Mike Ridley

BRITAIN’S oldest war veteran – actress Hannah Waddingham’s grandad – has died, age 109. Royal Navy gunner Harry Waddingham became Britain’s oldest surviving veteran last July on the death of 110-ye…

A WORLD War Two veteran has died at the age of 100 — after receiving more than 16,000 cards for his landmark birthday last year. Dougie Shelley, who joined the Royal Navy at 17 and served in …

AS diesel hit £2 a litre at some service stations across the country, a THIRD of struggling sole traders have warned that rising fuel prices could force them out of business. In a survey for FairFu…

GREAT dames Judi Dench and Helen Mirren have both played no-nonsense spies on screen. Dame Judi was M, head of UK foreign intelligence service MI6, in eight Bond films. Helen, meanwhile, played Eli…

KEITH STEERS grew up on a council estate and was the first of his family to escape life on benefits. For nearly 35 years, he has successfully run his own garden maintenance firm.&nb…

GENEROUS Sun readers have helped the annual Poppy Appeal raise an amazing £56.6million. The final total of last year’s fundraiser for military veterans far exceeded the Royal British Legion’s expec…

IN new TV drama Legends he is portrayed as a gold Rolex-wearing thug with a short temper and a penchant for extreme violence. But in real life, Guy Stanton is an overweight family ma…

THE secret world of undercover Customs officers who infiltrated Britain’s first drug gangs is finally being brought to screen in gripping new six-part Netflix drama, Legends. But what really happen…

CELEBRATED artist David Hockey, who died today, age 88, had a wonderful life, and he knew it. At his studio in the Hollywood hills, he proudly told me: “Every day for over 60 years, I got up …

JIM Lee is a tax expert with a head for figures and nose for a news story. For the last 35 years, accountant Jim has been The Sun’s tax guru hascovered more than 50 Budgets and Autumn Statements fo…