Dick Francis, former champion jockey who sold more than 60m books, dies in the Cayman Islands
The bestselling thriller writer Dick Francis, has died at the age of 89, his family said today.
Francis, a former champion jockey from Oxfordshire, sold more than 60m books and was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list in [...]
The Ministry of Defence has named the soldier from 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, who was killed in Afghanistan yesterday as Lance Corporal Darren Hicks.
The 29-year-old is a father-of-two, from Mousehole in Cornwall.
His wife Katie paid tribute, saying: “I am devastated by the loss of Darren. He was a loving husband and father, he was my [...]
Celebrities have paid tribute to fashion designer Alexander McQueen.
The 40-year-old was found dead in his home after reportedly committing suicide.
In a statement, Victoria Beckham said that the fashion industry has lost a “true great” and added: “An icon of all time. He made all he touched beautiful and will be desperately missed. My heart is [...]
THE Sun’s Helping Haiti single was last night outselling its nearest chart rival by four to one.
Everybody hurts looked certain to be No1 on Sunday, ousting Owl City’s Fireflies after five weeks.
The charity track – featuring Leona Lewis, Rod Stewart, Take that and Robbie Williams – is also outselling X Factor twins Jedward’s Under Pressure [...]
Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan blast have been named as Cpl John Moore, 22 and Pte Sean McDonald, 26 from the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
The pair died while on foot patrol near Sangin in Helmand province.
A total of 256 soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since 2001.
The MOD is reporting the sad news of the deaths of two soldiers from The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS), part of the 3 RIFLES Battle Group, in an explosion near Sangin. Apparently these deaths are not connected with the current major attack in Helmand.
The MOD states:
It is [...]
The British government has warned the country to brace for more casualties, ahead of a major offensive against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.
Thousands of troops from Britain, the United States and Afghanistan are preparing to launch ‘Operation Moshtarak’ (‘Together’) in Helmand province within days.
According to Press TV, over 400 families have so far evacuated the [...]
Japanese authorities said Monday they are trying to identify a body found inside one of the landing gear compartments on a Delta Airlines plane flight that arrived in Tokyo from New York.
The body of the apparent stowaway, identified only as that of a male with dark skin, was clad only in a long-sleeved, plaid shirt [...]
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