Battle of Cable Street veteran Beatty Orwell dies at 105

Battle of Cable Street veteran Beatty Orwell dies at 105

Former mayoress and Tower Hamlets councillor Beatty Orwell, veteran campaigner in the 1936 ‘Battle of Cable Street’, has died at her Bethnal Green home surrounded by family — just 14 days short of... Read more »
Property world pays tribute to industry veteran Micha…

Property world pays tribute to industry veteran Micha…

Its marketing boards adorned properties across the capital and in the heyday and afterglow of the 1960s commercial property boom, the firm employed more than 70 people occupying the entire floors of... Read more »
‘We can be in bed by 1am – amazing’: veteran DJ Annie Mac’s new clubbing venture hits the spot | Annie Mac

‘We can be in bed by 1am – amazing’: veteran DJ Annie Mac’s new clubbing venture hits the spot | Annie Mac

Before Annie Macmanus – aka veteran DJ Annie Mac – started her four-hour set for her new night, Before Midnight, she wandered around the early arrivals saying hello. They all said the... Read more »
British veteran sniper tells wife he is going birdwatching before flying to Ukraine

British veteran sniper tells wife he is going birdwatching before flying to Ukraine

A British veteran sniper said he told his wife he was going birdwatching before travelling to the Ukraine to help fight Vladimir Putin’s forces. The father-of-two, from Wirral, north west England, said... Read more »
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London politics latest news: Boris Johnson should resign over partygate, says veteran Tory

B oris Johnson should resign over the “embarrassment” of Partygate, a veteran London Tory has said. Bromley councillor Nicholas Bennett, who served as a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher’s government, told the... Read more »
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Second World War veteran, 103, ‘saw Nazi fighter pilot fly so low over South London she could see his face’

Helen Jewitt was just 23 years old when women were first called up to serve in the Second World War. She was born Helen Cecilia Tocher in Hamilton, near Glasgow in 1918.... Read more »
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Veteran left in tears after ‘receiving homophobic abuse from fellow serviceman’ at Remembrance march in London

Remembrance Sunday is a time of year where respects are paid to war heroes and veterans, but this was not the case. A gay RAF veteran claims he and his husband were... Read more »
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London to Brighton Veteran Car Run: Top pictures of this year’s event

The event has now ended on Madeira Drive, where motorists have been arriving all day from London. Pictures show the classic cars as they make their way through the city towards the... Read more »
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Surbiton Iraq war veteran praised by PM

An Iraq war veteran from south London has been praised by the Prime Minister after winning a prestigious Soldiering On award recently. Former Rifleman Stephen Vause was left severely disabled by a... Read more »
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London Marathon: Veteran who served alongside Prince Harry describes the pain of losing his daughter to suicide

Trevor Bygate was 5,000 miles away serving in the Army when he got the call no one should ever receive – his daughter Chloe had taken her own life. “It’s something no... Read more »