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10 High Tunstall photos from the day you welcomed an astronaut! What a huge achievement it was when Helen Sharman became the first British astronaut in space and the first to visit the Mir space station. Saturday, 15th May 2021, 4:55 am It is 30 years ago this month since that historic mission but students in Hartlepool have their own reason to remember Helen – because she came to their school. Back in 2015, she paid a visit to High Tunstall College of Science to help launch a STEM initiative. Helen spent loads of time with teachers and students (including some who came in from other school...

Prince Philip was a restless pragmatist with an extraordinary range of interests From helping young people become valuable members of society, to being a champion for nature, the Duke was committed to improving the world The Duke was a man of striking contrasts Credit: PA Prince Philip was a man ahead of his time. From the early 1950s, he addressed issues that are now at the forefront of international politics, but which back then were often dismissed as off-beat and even irrelevant. This could be frustrating. In the case of the environment, he could see what needed to be done and felt he had...

OXFORD University was ‘deeply saddened’ to learn of the death of His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh. The University was honoured by a close relationship with the Duke, who visited on many occasions over the last six decades and held several honorary positions. Chancellor, the Rt Hon the Lord Patten of Barnes paid tribute to the Prince. He said: “His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was a magnificent consort for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and a great public servant in many different sectors of our national life. “He was Chancellor of Cambridge University...

When a festival of the United Kingdom was announced by Theresa May in 2018 you could almost hear the collective sigh of the nation. It was immediately dubbed ‘the festival of Brexit’ and, after May’s successor as prime minister reiterated his support for the event, that name remained unchallenged, if much mocked. Now that the difficulties that are attending our departure from Europe, let alone those of the past dire year, have combined to such baleful effect, a huzza little more than a year from now with a budget of £120 million must surely strike a flat note. Or can it deliver against...