Ben Brabyn News Today

Ric Cole was 19 years old when, in 1995, he joined the Royal Marines as a young Commando. He’d applied for three services – Royal Marines, Army and RAF – but picked the Marines, he says, partly because they immediately offered him a job. And, he adds wryly, “I think the biggest motivator for me was that a lot of people said I couldn’t do it. I wasn’t particularly sporty, in the traditional sense. I wasn’t big or strong – I’m not a st...

Nick Hungerford, who was from the West Country but lived in Washington DC in the latter stages of his life, set up the charity Elizabeths Smile in his daughters name to help bereaved children.

After the half-term travel chaos, stranded families are refused redress while many online applications are left unresolved