The unsung engineering heroes of D-Day

Never-before-seen photos of the momentous D-Day landings have come to light after 76 years. The images were taken by Lieutenant Stephen Malenoir-Vickers, of the Royal Engineers, who cleared mines and paths across Juno Beach using an armoured bulldozer. Juno Beach was one of five beaches targeted in the allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings … Read more

Beyonce shares open letter penned by her activist mom Tina Lawson on Heroes Act bill

Beyonce shares open letter penned by her activist mom Tina Lawson calling for U.S. senators to pass the Heroes Act bill to ‘ensure that our vote is protected this election cycle’ By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 05:18 BST, 29 June 2020 | Updated: 05:37 BST, 29 June 2020 Beyonce took to Instagram on … Read more

Celebrity photographer Rankin turns his lens on to the NHS heroes who helped fight coronavirus

One of the world’s most renowned celebrity photographers, who has snapped the likes of David Bowie and Madonna, has turned his attention from Hollywood to hospitals. The latest set of portraits by British photographer Rankin – real name John Rankin Waddell – are of 12 NHS workers who have helped in the coronavirus crisis.  From … Read more

United We Sing: A Grammy Tribute to the Unsung Heroes: Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock thank workers

Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock were among a slew of stars who showed their thanks to workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 crisis in United We Sing: A Grammy Tribute to the Unsung Heroes. The two-hour CBS special follows Harry Connick Jr. and his filmmaker daughter Georgia, who, along with a camera crew, go … Read more

Mail Force campaign raises £10million just weeks after asking for donations to protect NHS heroes

Barely two months after flying its first planeload of essential kit to the Covid front line, Mail Force has defied expectations again by raising £10million. The head of the NHS expressed his delight at the ‘extraordinary’ total, thanking donors to a charity whose sole aim is to deliver personal protective equipment to health workers. More … Read more

JOHN HUMPHRYS: We all need true heroes and villains… but which one is Boris Johnson?

Magistrates’ courts in small towns are where journalists’ careers were forged back in the heyday of the local paper. It’s where you learned the only thing that mattered was getting it right. Especially names. Spell a name incorrectly and you were dead meat. It’s also where you learned about the warp and the weft of … Read more

Young heroes’ exploits recalled in Children Against Hitler book

A spot-check almost caught out Adolfo Kaminsky. The teenager was clutching an attache case on the Metro in Nazi-occupied Paris when a patrol of the Milice, the vicious French militia who col laborated with the Germans, came sweeping through the train, checking papers, rummaging through bags and making arrests. They were on the hunt for … Read more

Racists or heroes? Black Lives Matter want to topple statues of famous Britons due to slavery links

Black Lives Matter activists are calling for the removal of 60 statues of slave owners and racists across Britain. Top of their target list is the statue of Cecil Rhodes and petitions also exist to remove the statue of slave-trading West India Docks founder Robert Milligan, and the statue of former Home Secretary Henry Dundas … Read more

How hotels across the UK have been helping our Covid heroes

Hotels’ reward for our Covid heroes: The extraordinary ways hotels across the UK have been helping their local communities through the pandemic Seaham Hall hotel, County Durham, cooks 400 meals a week for local hospitals London’s Strand Palace Hotel delivers food to ambulance control rooms   Best Western chain sends handwritten letters to those isolated by the … Read more

Police hunt vandals after ‘Tommy Silhouette’ memorials to fallen war heroes were ‘beheaded’

Police hunt ‘despicable’ vandals after ‘Tommy Silhouette’ memorials to fallen war heroes were ‘beheaded’ Tommy Silhouettes vandalised in Purfleet, Essex, between Friday and Saturday A total of 26 statues were beheaded or ripped from their stands in the attack  Locals raised over £300 to replace silhouettes recognising World War heroes By Milly Vincent For Mailonline … Read more