Lt-Col Angus Southwood, officer involved in a covert Cold War reconnaissance operation – obituary
When a new Soviet aircraft crashed in the British sector of Berlin he kept a Soviet general at bay while the wreckage was examined
When a new Soviet aircraft crashed in the British sector of Berlin he kept a Soviet general at bay while the wreckage was examined
‘Rule 101 for confronting losses: Get out, stop losing and live to fight another day’
Inspired by Rosa Parks, he and his fellow activists succeeded in ending the unofficial colour bar against black drivers and conductors
He was told to clean up the agency but was unable to overcome vested interests and lasted only five months in the job
He implemented reforms in the country but became involved in a US-led campaign to crush Left-wing dissent in South America
Initially disillusioned, she was persuaded to stay on the show by Martin Luther King
His time at the Palace took in Princess Anne’s first wedding and the Silver Jubilee, and he was later a senior figure at Thames TV
His Wrightbus company in Ballymena launched the first hydrogen fuel-cell powered double-decker, as well as articulated ‘bendy’ buses
Flying long-range operations, he became adept at nursing his plane home on very little fuel
For a couple of seasons in the early Seventies he effectively had four jobs, as player-manager of both Hull City and Northern Ireland
‘My goal in later life is to disabuse people of the notion that I’m a slow-moving, heavy-lidded thug,’ he said in 2014
Unflappable and with a gift for communication, he worked for John Major and was later chairman of the Press Complaints Commission
He had a string of comedy hit singles, appeared in a Hitchcock film and read more Jackanory stories than anyone else
He was Dean of St Thomas’ and later principal of the merged St Thomas' and Guy's schools and initiated talks for a merger with King's
His invention of the electron capture detector enabled other scientists to identify the threat posed by CFCs to the ozone layer
The series - Hoffmann’s first professional acting job - became a staple of BBC children’s summer holiday schedules
He never begrudged England’s victory in 1966 despite Geoff Hurst’s infamous ‘goal’
His cousin Garry Sobers believed their familial connection cost Holford the top job
He went on to serve as First Minister in the power-sharing Executive alongside Sinn Fein
He and his fellow advisers quickly realised that the prime minister had no plans for what might be needed after the fall of Saddam Hussein