Marcel Albert, who became one of the leading French fighter pilots of World War II, flying Soviet-built planes in duels with German aircraft on the Eastern front, died Monday in Harlingen, Tex. He was 92.

Marcel Albert, who became one of the leading French fighter pilots of World War II, flying Soviet-built planes in duels with German aircraft on the Eastern front, died Monday in Harlingen, Tex. He was 92.

By the 1970s, she was internationally famed as a humanitarian and advocate for the poor and helpless, due in part to a documentary and book Something Beautiful for God by Malcolm Muggeridge. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and India’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1980 for her humanitarian work. Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity continued to expand, and at the time of her death it was operating 610 missions in 123 countries, including hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, children’s and family counselling programs, orphanages, and schools. [link]

COUNCIL officials in Runnymede are joining national attempts to establish a new bank holiday in 2015 to mark the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta.

COUNCIL officials in Runnymede are joining national attempts to establish a new bank holiday in 2015 to mark the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta.

An award-winning TV historian is using ancient maps to fight plans to route hundreds of walkers through his front garden after claims he has blocked off a public footpath.