One of the last remaining women code-breakers at the heart of the D-Day secrets campaign at Bletchley Park has died aged 94. Margaret Kelly was only 18 when in 1944 she was posted to the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, during the Second World War. She joined a top secret Nazi code-breaking … Read more
Receptionist, 62, who gave out face masks at hospital front door dies just one week after catching Covid – as colleagues pay tribute to the great-grandmother for going ‘above and beyond’ Val Stimson, 62, worked as a receptionist at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital Colleagues have described her as ‘a real character who will never … Read more
Tesco shuts superstore in Manchester due to staff Covid outbreak as one employee dies Tesco Extra on Chester Road in Stretford was closed Saturday amid outbreak An employee has died, though Tesco would not confirm if it was covid-related Meanwhile up to 50 staff have been infected by the disease, sources revealed Comes amid 35 … Read more
Sir David Barclay has died aged 86 after a short illness Billionaire media mogul and co-owner of The Daily Telegraph Sir David Barclay has died aged 86 after a short illness. His newspaper reported last night that he passed away on Sunday. Together with his identical twin Sir Frederick Barclay, Sir David built a business … Read more
Britain’s last surviving female World War Two pilot has dies aged 103 decades after she flew Spitfires, Hurricanes and Hellcats. Eleanor Wadsworth died at her home in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk last month, reported The Sun. She joined the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) trainee pilot scheme after war broke out in 1939. Born in … Read more
James Bond and Coronation Street director Michael Apted dies aged 79 The British filmmaker was perhaps best known for Up series of documentaries Apted directed James Bond The World Is Not Enough, starring Pierce Brosnan Thomas Schlamme – president of the Directors Guild of America – paid tribute By James Gant For Mailonline Published: 21:40 … Read more
Girl, 9, who could only communicate through her eyes after suddenly collapsing at home due to terminal brain tumour tragically dies Abigail Johnston, nine, could only use eyes to communicate after brain tumour She had defied doctors’ fears to live months after terminal condition was found But she died on Christmas Day, her father revealed … Read more
The Queen’s maternal cousin Lady Mary Colman, who was a regular guest at Balmoral and Sandringham, has died at the age of 88. Lady Mary passed away at her Norfolk home, Bixley Manor, which she shared with husband Sir Timothy Colman, on Saturday, January 2. She was related to the Queen through the Queen Mother as the … Read more
A man who made history with his wife as the UK’s first couple with Down’s Syndrome to marry has died from Covid-19 – just two weeks after contracting the virus. Tommy Pilling, 62, from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, lost his battle to coronavirus on January 1, leaving behind his doting wife Maryanne, 49, who says she is … Read more
Gerry Marsden dies age 78: You’ll Never Walk Alone singer and Gerry And The Pacemakers front-man passes away following short illness By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 17:14 GMT, 3 January 2021 | Updated: 17:14 GMT, 3 January 2021 Gerry Marsden has died age 78 following a short illness. The Gerry And The Pacemakers front-man … Read more