Poverty was rife in the mid 1940s, so receiving Care packages was a lifeline for many families (Picture: Care International) Tim Thomas was four years old when the much-anticipated box arrived on his family’s rural Wiltshire doorstep. The Thomases didn’t know when the parcel would arrive – or what would be inside it – but when it did, it was like ‘Christmas and your birthday all come at once’, Tim…
Lorna Rooke was told she had the personality of a Sith Lord (Picture: Lucasfilm/Fox/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock) A woman has been handed nearly £30,000 after she was compared to Darth Vader in a team building exercise. Lorna Rooke, an NHS blood donation worker, was told she had the personality of a Sith Lord by colleague Amanda Harber. Amanda had taken a Star Wars-themed Myers-Brigg psychology quiz on Lorna’s behalf because she was out…
The ready-made lasagne had to be recalled over a ‘packing error’ (Picture: Getty Images/Westend61) A popular lasagne – the Italian dish famously made from beef – has been recalled for being made of lobster. La Famiglia Rana Slow-Cooked Braised Beef Lasagne – sold in supermarkets like Tesco and Morrisons – has been recalled. A ‘packing error’ means the ready-made meal, which says ‘slow-cooked braised beef’ in large letters on the…
The base rate started falling for the first time in four years last summer (Picture: Getty Images) Interest rates have fallen for a fourth consecutive time, after the Bank of England decided the economy is healthy enough to cut them to their lowest level in two years. The Bank’s governor Andrew Bailey announced this afternoon its Monetary Policy Committee has decided on a reduction of a further 0.25%, bringing the…
Veterans Mabel Kidney and John Roberts had VE Days unlike any other (Picture: Solent News/Royal British Legion/Supplied) Something unheard of happened in Mabel Kidney’s Navy barracks on May 8, 1945 – she was given rum. The Women’s Navy veteran had never had a lick of the drink in her life before VE Day 1945. But that all changed at the end of the Second World War, when she and her…
Crowds rammed in Trafalgar Square (Picture: Bob Landry/The LIFE Picture Coll) 80 years ago today – May 8 – the United Kingdom went through one of the most momentous days in its history. The country marked Victory in Europe after Germany surrendered to the Allies on May 7 after almost six years of brutal war on the continent. It was a day full of national political events, as well as…
Disability campaigner and presenter Sophie Morgan spoke to Metro ahead of the Scope Award winners being announced next week (Picture: Metro/Rex/ITV) TV presenter Sophie Morgan is calling for greater protections for the disabled community after a raft of ‘inhumane’ government cuts. The Loose Women panellist, who also presented Crufts this year, told Metro that it is ‘unbearable’ and a ‘dark and difficult time’ for disabled people in the UK right…
The royals made eight Buckingham Palace appearances (Picture: The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty Images) The Royal Family’s appearance alongside war hero Winston Churchill on the Buckingham Palace balcony is one of the iconic moments of VE Day in 1945. But what is less well known is that the monarch greeted the packed crowd on the Mall eight times on the historic day. Their schedule did not stop there, they…
Steven Frank and Gerald Granston faced the horrors of the Holocaust (Picture: Stella Pictures/BBC/Getty) In the attic of a Nazi concentration camp, a hidden radio crackled to life – and Winston Churchill’s voice filled the air. He was announcing the end of war in Europe and Beatrix Frank was the first person in the Theresienstadt camp in Czechoslovakia to hear those famous words. She quickly spread news of Germany’s surrender…
The Metropolitan Police’s Operation Grange could unearth vital evidence before Christian Brueckner is released from jail after serving a separate sentence for sexual assault (Picture: PA/AP) German detectives have begged British police to reopen their investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann before the prime suspect ‘walks free’. The Metropolitan Police’s Operation Grange could unearth vital evidence before Christian Brueckner is released from jail after serving a separate sentence for…