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2 weeks ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Robert Hardman
They were the most innocent, most vulnerable victims of a conflict every bit as savage as the Second World War – but lasted three times longer. With no families and precious little food, with the bombings and street-battles drawing closer by the day, they had run out of hope, too. Not that most of them had the faintest idea of what was going on. The majority were toddlers and babies. Many were disabled.
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2 weeks ago | 
thisismoney.co.uk | Robert Hardman
They were the most innocent, most vulnerable victims of a conflict every bit as savage as the Second World War – but lasted three times longer. With no families and precious little food, with the bombings and street-battles drawing closer by the day, they had run out of hope, too. Not that most of them had the faintest idea of what was going on. The majority were toddlers and babies. Many were disabled.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Robert Hardman
All seemed peaceful and serene as we sailed past what, from afar, looked like a great craggy molehill. A whisp of smoke from the top of it was the only reminder that this was (and is) an active volcano. At which point there was an almighty eruption – not from on high but from me. For an Italian patrol boat suddenly appeared from nowhere, ordered us to halt and lower our sails and then threatened me with arrest unless I coughed up £270 – pronto.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Robert Hardman
The children are just a few feet away. I can hear them on the other side of the fence. Fortunately, I can’t see them so they can’t see me and, more importantly, what’s in front of me. But they must be able to smell it: a mountain of leaking bin bags, foul-smelling waste sacks, suppurating wheelie-bins and industrial waste carts full to overflowing. It’s a sickly whiff of what a wine critic might describe as compost, chip fat and old socks with notes of cheese, onion and fox.
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1 month ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Robert Hardman
Few sectors of the British economy are looking forward to the Chancellor's Spring Statement today with anything but a queasy sense of foreboding. One, in particular, is especially fearful of being picked on for the simple reason that Labour's ideological wrecking ball has already done untold damage. If private education is singled out for any further punishment, those working within it say, then what is already a crisis will become a disaster.
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1 month ago | 
thisismoney.co.uk | Robert Hardman |Simon Trump
Few sectors of the British economy are looking forward to the Chancellor's Spring Statement today with anything but a queasy sense of foreboding. One, in particular, is especially fearful of being picked on for the simple reason that Labour's ideological wrecking ball has already done untold damage. If private education is singled out for any further punishment, those working within it say, then what is already a crisis will become a disaster.
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1 month ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Rebecca English |Robert Hardman |Harry Howard
Prince William issues moving tribute to last Battle of Britain pilot John 'Paddy' Hemingway after his death aged 105By REBECCA ENGLISH, ROYAL EDITOR and ROBERT HARDMAN and HARRY HOWARD, HISTORY EDITOR Published: 05:04 EDT, 18 March 2025 | Updated: 05:04 EDT, 18 March 2025 The Prince of Wales has paid a moving personal tribute to John 'Paddy' Hemingway, the last surviving Battle of Britain pilot who has died at the age of 105.
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1 month ago | 
thisismoney.co.uk | Rebecca English |Robert Hardman |Harry Howard
The Prince of Wales has paid a moving personal tribute to John 'Paddy' Hemingway, the last surviving Battle of Britain pilot who has died at the age of 105. Writing on social media, Prince William said: 'I was sad to hear about the passing of John 'Paddy' Hemingway this morning, the last of "The Few". 'We owe so much to Paddy and his generation for our freedoms today. Their bravery and sacrifice will always be remembered. We shall never forget them.
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1 month ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Robert Hardman
John Allman Hemingway might never have joined the RAF, were it not for a newspaper advertisement. Born in Dublin on July 17, 1919, he was a citizen of the Republic of Ireland which would remain neutral all through the war. The eldest of four children (and only son) in a well-off Protestant family, he was a natural sportsman with an aptitude for athletics and rugby, playing on the wing for Dublin schoolboys.
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1 month ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Robert Hardman
And then there were none. The last of ‘The Few’ has now flown to his maker. In 1940, John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway was one of that extraordinary band of brothers who were all that stood between Britain and enemy invasion during what Winston Churchill called our ‘finest hour’. Now, with both sadness and gratitude, the Daily Mail announces that the last of the ‘fighter boys’, the youthful victors of the Battle of Britain, passed into history yesterday at 5.45pm at the age of 105.
