The family of a D-Day veteran with Alzheimer’s who died in a care home said today that the ‘hardest bit’ was not being able to hug him. World War Two hero Jim Pass, originally from Castleford, West Yorkshire, died aged 102 on November 4 shortly after testing positive for coronavirus. He had been moved into … Read more
Tributes have poured in for a second world war hero after he died in hospital after contracting coronavirus. Frederick Glover – who was known as Fred – was the only British infantryman known to have fought with the French Resistance. The veteran was due to be honoured by the French next year with a street in … Read more
A 99-year-old veteran who enlisted as a teenager has been surprised with a repaired set of his Second World War medals, allowing him to wear them for the first time. ‘Humble’ Ken Batt, of Loughton, Essex, had never worn the awards he received while serving with the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry during the conflict. But thanks … Read more
Veteran Bachelor star says he’s NOT watching The Bachelorette this year and has tuned in to the U.S. version instead because it’s ‘more dramatic’ By J. Peterson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:13 GMT, 4 November 2020 | Updated: 05:42 GMT, 4 November 2020 The latest season of The Bachelorette has been branded ‘boring’ by … Read more
Veteran foreign correspondent Robert Fisk, who famously interviewed Osama Bin Laden but cast doubt on war crimes in Syria, has died at the age of 74. The British journalist Robert Fisk, who was one of the best-known Middle East correspondents after spending his career reporting from the troubled region, died after a short illness, his employer … Read more
Britain’s oldest surviving female WWII veteran, 103, told top brass ‘I haven’t come from Jamaica to be a typist’ before becoming first black woman radar operator defending UK’s coast Ena Collymore-Woodstock objected to being given a clerical job at War Office Volunteered for Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) and was trained in military drill Many of the … Read more
Tom Hanks transformed into a charismatic Civil War veteran in a dramatic new clip from his new drama, News of the World. The Hollywood icon, 64, plays Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, who, five years after the Civil War has ended, travels from town to town telling news stories about what’s happening around the world in the … Read more
BBC veteran John Simpsonfears his son’s job prospects could be damaged if he gets an Oxbridge degree The reporter said his ‘great ambition’ for his son to study at Oxford or Cambridge could be ‘one of the biggest millstones around his neck’ He said he joined the BBC in 1970 as a ‘white male, privately … Read more
BBC veteran John Simson fears his son’s job prospects could be damaged if he gets an Oxbridge degree The reporter said his ‘great ambition’ for his son to study at Oxford or Cambridge could be ‘one of the biggest millstones around his neck’ He said he joined the BBC in 1970 as a ‘white male, … Read more
Police in riot gear today clambered up a treehouse to arrest eco-warrior Swampy where he had been protesting against the HS2 high-speed rail line with eight other activists. The activist, real name Daniel Hooper, was handcuffed and led away by five officers this afternoon before being put into a police van at Jones’ Hill Wood, … Read more