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After adventurer, author and former soldier Jordan Wylie rowed solo, unsupported and unarmed across the most dangerous body of water on the planet – the pirate-infested Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (aka the Gate of Tears) – he described the 13-hour 42-minute voyage, from Djibouti to Yemen and back, as ‘the toughest thing I’ve ever done’. And at … Read more
Checking in… Former Lib Dem leader Vince Cable reveals how he drove to India via the USSR and Iran, was interned as a spy suspect in Pakistan and the joys of the Nürburgring By York Membery for the Daily Mail Published: 10:39 GMT, 2 February 2021 | Updated: 10:39 GMT, 2 February 2021 Vince Cable … Read more
A furious mother refuses to eat the birthday cake bought by her son’s girlfriend during a tense showdown on I Love A Mama’s Boy! Tonight’s episode of the Discovery+ show focuses on Shekeb, his partner Emily, 24, and his mother Laila’s dislike of her – primarily due to the difference in culture. Originally from Afghanistan, Laila … Read more
Afghan military translator who is trapped with his sick wife in a ‘hellhole’ Greek refugee camp has been told they CAN come to the UK Former British military interpreter trapped on Greek island is coming to UK Nesar, who worked on front lines in Helmand, said news was ‘dream come true’ He and his wife … Read more
Afghan military translator who is trapped with his sick wife in a ‘hellhole’ Greek refugee camp has been told they CAN come to the UK Former British military interpreter trapped on Greek island is coming to UK Nesar, who worked on front lines in Helmand, said news was ‘dream come true’ He and his wife … Read more
The British Army officer leading Boris Johnson’s effort to deliver hundreds of thousands of coronavirus vaccines per day pledged to use combat techniques to get them to the needy as fast as possible. Brigadier Phil Prosser, Commander of Military Support to the Vaccine Delivery Programme, said his team would use ‘our extensive operational and logistic … Read more
Boris calls up Afghanistan and Iraq war veteran to lead charge against COVID: Rugby-loving head of the Army’s ‘Iron Viper’ unit Brigadier Phil Prosser is enlisted to spearhead mass vaccine roll-out Welshman Brigadier Phil Prosser is the commander of the 101 Logistic Brigade He will join Boris Johnson at a Downing Street press conference tonight … Read more
An ex-serviceman has climbed the first of 50 mountains in 2021 in memory of his brother who was killed serving in Afghanistan. John Davies, 31, from St Helens, Merseyside, is taking on the challenge in memory of his brother Chris, who died in action in 2010. The veteran kickstarted the endeavour on New Years Day when he … Read more
An ex-serviceman has climbed the first of 50 mountains in 2021 in memory of his brother who was killed serving in Afghanistan. John Davies, 31, from St Helens, Merseyside, is taking on the challenge in memory of his brother Chris, who died in action in 2010. The veteran kickstarted the endeavour on New Years Day when he … Read more
Top Afghan women’s rights activist, 29, is shot dead by motorbike-riding gunmen days after she condemned wave of assassinations in the country Freshta Kohistani is the second activist to be killed in Kabul in two days Her brother was also killed in the drive-by attack which took place near her home Freshta was outspoken about women’s … Read more