Prince Philip funeral: Son of Falklands hero Colonel ‘H’ Jones among pallbearers carrying coffin

The son of a hero of the Falklands War is among the group of senior officers who will carry Prince Philip on his final journey today. Deputy Colonel Commandant of The Rifles, Major General Rupert Jones, is the son of Herbert ‘H’ Jones, who was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross by the Queen for his … Read more

Son of Falklands hero Colonel ‘H’ Jones is among pallbearers carrying Philip’s coffin

The son of a hero of the Falklands War is among the group of senior officers who will carry Prince Philip on his final journey today. Deputy Colonel Commandant of The Rifles, Major General Rupert Jones, is the son of Herbert ‘H’ Jones, who was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross by the Queen for his … Read more

Russian colonel offers to conscript cheating boyfriends on International Women’s Day

Is your boyfriend cheating on you? Tell us and we’ll conscript him into the Russian Army: Colonel’s extraordinary offer on International Women’s Day Russian women urged to get revenge on cheating lovers by telling the army   Colonel Yury Khromov, 63, said errant partners could then be conscripted  Offering it up as a ‘gift’, he tells … Read more

Gary Lineker transforms into KFC’s Colonel Sanders as he sports a white goatee for new Walkers ad

He bares a striking resemblance to the KFC founder.   And Gary Lineker made the most of the similarity as he transformed into Colonel Sanders in a new ad for Walker’s Crisps. The football star, 60, is seen sporting a goatee and wearing the businessman’s famous white suit as he lines up with its reflection in the … Read more

Gary Lineker transforms into KFC’s Colonel Sanders as he sports a white goatee for new Walkers ad

He bares a striking resemblance to the KFC founder.   And Gary Lineker made the most of the similarity as he transformed into Colonel Sanders in a new ad for Walker’s Crisps. The football star, 60, is seen sporting a goatee and wearing the businessman’s famous white suit as he lines up with its reflection in the … Read more

Colonel Gaddafi’s daughter-in-law ‘drove her 4×4 into police and pedestrians’

The daughter-in-law of late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is suspected of ramming her car into police and pedestrians in a road rage attack in Damascus.  Arab media reported that Aline Skaf is wanted by Syrian security agents after witnesses described a 4×4 running into crowds in the country’s capital. The former model is said to have … Read more

Ex-Austrian colonel ‘is Russia informant whose info could have helped plan Salisbury attack’

Martin Moller, 72, has reportedly been identified as a Russian informant on NATO, in an operation by security services across Europe – including MI6 A retired Austrian colonel turned ‘Russian informant’ gave information which was ‘likely’ to have been used to help plan the Salisbury Novichock poisonings, it has been claimed. Martin Moller, 72, has reportedly … Read more

Ex-Austrian colonel ‘is Russia informant whose info could have helped plan Salisbury attack’

Martin Moller, 72, has reportedly been identified as a Russian informant on NATO, in an operation by security services across Europe – including MI6 A retired Austrian colonel turned ‘Russian informant’ gave information which was ‘likely’ to have been used to help plan the Salisbury Novichock poisonings, it has been claimed. Martin Moller, 72, has reportedly … Read more

Army officer ‘chickened out’ of reporting Lieutenant Colonel ‘for groping her bottom’

Army officer ‘100 per cent’ let down his wife when he ‘chickened out’ of reporting Lieutenant Colonel ‘for groping her bottom on hospital visit to see her injured son’ Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Edwards, 59, ‘sexually assaulted a colleague’s wife’  A trial at Bulford Military Court in Wiltshire heard how he ‘squeezed her bottom’ Soldier’s wife … Read more

Cotswolds mother renowned for her perfect scones was also Soviet spy Colonel Ursula Kuczynski

BOOK OF THE WEEK AGENT SONYA   by Ben Macintyre (Viking £25, 416 pp) Her scones were the envy of the Oxfordshire hamlet of Great Rollright, where the friendly woman known as Mrs Burton lived in a stone farmhouse. In her late 30s, she moved there with her three children and husband Len just after the … Read more