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Distraught friends and relatives of the British soldier killed in Iraq hailed her as ‘a true hero’ and an ‘incredible force of nature’. Lance Corporal Brodie Gillon died when Iranian-backed gunmen fired missiles on a military base on Wednesday. She was the first British soldier to be killed in combat during the current fight against … Read more
The London singer who went viral after she was challenged to a game of ‘finish the lyrics’ by a comedian revealed she used to work as a ‘chauffeur and barmaid’ while performing on the weekends. Charlotte Awbery, from Romford, East London was stopped by Kevin Freshwater for one of his Facebook videos while she was … Read more
A talent producer who worked on The Jeremy Kyle Show before it was axed last year has died. Natasha Reddican was employed on the controversial show from October 2014 until May 2019 when it was pulled after the death of Steven Dymond, 63, who took his own life a week after appearing on the programme. … Read more
I read with interest your article about how much you need to earn to get a qualifying year towards the state pension, and applaud your good advice – but is there another point to be borne in mind? I attach a P60 that I generated from my firm’s payroll software in which five months have … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK WORKING WITH WINSTON by Cita Stelzer (Head of Zeus £20, 400 pp) Fetch me klop!’ That was Winston Churchill, barking instructions to his quaking new secretary Kathleen Hill in 1937, on her first evening working for him. ‘Klop’ was Churchill’s private onomatopoeic word for his hole-puncher. But Kathleen had no idea … Read more