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27 April - 3 May 2023
Tony Blackburn off-air MUCH-LOVED radio leg end, Tony Blackburn was absent from his show last week due to illness and has said it may be some time before he’s back. Last week, 80yearold
Mr Blackburn, was un able to host his weekly Radio 2 show, Sounds of the Sixties due to a chest infection, and his old friend Johnny Walker, 78, stepped in to take
It’s a struggle SIR ROD STEWART said he can’t get a response to his re quest to provide free MRI scans. While he says he is “well on their side” about the doctors and nurses strikes, he said he can’t get a response about his plans to give away MRI scans. In February he paid for some members of the public to have scans in a mobile unit at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Essex. It was in a Sky News phone in that he pledged to help when talking about the state of the NHS. He had just returned from a scan himself. “I said when I did Sky TV that I wanted to try and do them all
over the country.” He said, “Iam not going to show up and be photographed, I just wanted to do it.” But he says he struggling to get his plans off the ground. “It’s like banging your head against a brick wall.”
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over. In a tweet on April 21, he tried to reassure wor ried listeners that he was okay, according to a news source. The statement read “The infection I have is requiring more treat ment than initially thought and it means I am having to reschedule the Sounds of the 60s Tour for the moment in order to recover fully. “All tickets booked will be automatically trans ferred to the new dates and you will be notified of this change by your ticket provider. I am sor ry for the disruption, and I really am looking for ward to getting back on the road with the band. “Finally, to all the nurs es, Drs and support staff at Barnet General hospi tal who I spent a few days with over the last week, thank you for looking after me. You are brilliant!”
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Two WWI soldiers rededicated in France TWO soldiers who were previously unknown have now had their graves rededicated with head stones to commemorate their deaths in the First World War. The two Irish soldiers are Private (Pte) James McCaf frey of the 5th Battalion Tank Corps and Corporal (Cpl) Thomas Stannage of the 10th (Prince of Wales Own Royal) Hussars. The MOD’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC), also known as the ‘War Detectives’ organised the ceremonies in France. Louise Dorr of the JCCC said: “It’s been a pleasure to have both men’s families with us today. As we reded icate their graves with known headstones. It is a great comfort to know that their bravery and sacrifice will always be remem
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UNKNOWN SOLDIERS: Now have graves with headstones.
bered.” James McCaffrey was born in Tullyish County Down. He was found buried as an unknown soldier northeast of Sebencourt. He was identified because three men were killed when two tanks were clear ing an area around Retheuil Farm and James was known to be one of them. Two of the men had known graves so he was
the only possible casualty left. Corporal Thomas Stan nage was born in Rath downey, County Laois. His remains were found buried east of Honnecy. His battal ion’s war diary places the 10th Hussars in the area. Nine corporals lost their lives and eight of them had known graves which left Thomas as the only possible casualty.
