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Ignoring a colleague when they say hello BREAKS employment law, tribunal indicates
IGNORING a colleague when they say hello breaks employment law, a tribunal has ruled.
The judgment came in the case of a recruitment manager, who has won an unfair dismissal claim after her new boss deliberately ignored her.
Nadine Hanson said hello to Andrew Gilchrist three times when she arrived for work but he purposely did not respond on any occasion, the tribunal heard.
And Judge Sarah Davies said his behaviour undermined trust.
She added: “While it might not, by itself, be a fundamental breach of contract, it was capable of contributing to such a breach.”
Mr Gilchrist, 62, had just taken over as MD of Interaction Recruitment, which has 30 offices.
After a brief meeting, he was said to have formed a poor opinion of northern operations manager Ms Hanson, with the firm 20 years.
And when he turned up at the Scunthorpe office a few days later, he ignored her greetings because he thought she was late.
He then pushed away her phone when she tried to show him she had a medical appointment and “suggested she leave” the company.
Within an hour, he sent an email to her two staff offering them pay rises without telling her.
The following month, Ms Hanson resigned.
Now, the tribunal in Leeds has concluded her dismissal was unfair.
Compensation will be decided at a later hearing.
Mrs Brown’s Boys star cracked sick ‘joke’ using vile racial slur in front of junior member of production who later quit
MRS Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll cracked a “joke” using the N-word in front of a junior member of production who was so upset they later quit.
Brendan, 69, who plays Irish matriarch Agnes, improvised on a read-through of the Christmas special script, referring to “calling a spade a spade”.
He was stopped from saying the final syllable of the offensive word by his wife, Jennifer Gibney, who plays his daughter, Cathy on the show.
The BBC temporarily halted filming of the Christmas special, and the creator of Mrs Brown’s Boys has since apologised for making the attempted gag, admitting it had backfired.
A TV insider said: “Virtually everyone in the room on the day that the outburst happened were shocked, but the reading continued for some time without anyone saying or doing anything as they were so stunned.
“One member of the production team in particular was upset by what came out of his mouth and it was quickly reported to the bosses.
“There was no excuses for what he said or any kind of context or mitigation he could provide for making the slur, he just seemed to think it was amusing.”
An urgent probe was ordered by the BBC and rehearsals for the festive show were temporarily suspended and the cast and crew stood down.
But filming is due to resume later this week at BBC Scotland’s Pacific Quay studios in Glasgow.
Brendan yesterday admitted: “At a read-through of the Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas specials, there was a clumsy attempt at a joke, where a racial term was implied.
“It backfired and caused offence, which I deeply regret and for which I have apologised.”
The corporation added: “While we don’t comment on individuals, the BBC is against all forms of racism and we have robust processes in place should issues ever arise.”
It’s particularly difficult for the Beeb since Mrs Brown’s Boys remains one of their most popular shows, and in their top most-watched sitcoms.
The festive specials, in particular, have become staples of BBC One’s schedules on Christmas Day, with millions still tuning in.
Mrs Brown’s Boys been on our screens since 2011 and has won the National Television Award for Best Comedy for the last six years in a row, constantly beating off competition from new, trendier rivals.
But it hasn’t always been so popular with BBC bosses, including the corporation’s current head of comedy Jon Petrie.
He was recently asked at a Beeb event whether he found the Dublin-based comedy funny or if he would watch it if he didn’t have to, and he turned down the chance to say he did.
After the gaffe he quickly issued a statement saying: “Brendan has created an iconic comedy character in Agnes Brown. Mrs Brown’s Boys is a Bafta-winning comedy show and one of the BBC’s most-watched comedies ever.
“I’m proud to have it in the BBC Comedy stable.”
Emily Atack looks incredible in short black dress as she’s supported by boyfriend Alistair at Rivals screening
EMILY Atack wowed adoring fans as she wore an LBD to the latest screening of an upcoming Disney plus show.
The actress, 34, was supported by her boyfriend Dr Alistair Garner as she made a glamorous appearance at the event.
Emily is starring in Rivals as a character called Sarah Stratton, who is known to use her beauty to her advantage.
She previously made her first red carpet return after the birth of her son while attending another screening for Rivals in September.
This time Dr Alistair came with her and posed up next to the blonde beauty with an affectionate arm around her waist.
Emily looked gorgeous in her fur-lined dress, which she paired with matching black heels.
By contrast, her nuclear scientist partner wore a grey tuxedo.
Rivals is set in the fictional county of Rutshire and the plot is said to be packed full of raunchy drama and shady deals among a group of socialites.
The drama was adapted from Dame Jilly Cooper’s best-selling book with the same name.
It will follow the lives of British elite in the 80s who are working in television over the course of eight episodes.
Disney+ bosses have confirmed that the entire show will become available to stream on the platform from Friday, October 18.
The cast includes other A-list actors such as David Tennant, Luke Pasqualino, Danny Dyer, Alex Hassell, Katherine Parkinson, Aidan Turner, Bella Maclean, Nafessa Williams and Victoria Smurfit.
The Sun previously revealed that Emily will strip off in her role as Sarah.
One scene will see Emily bare all as Sarah plays a naked game of tennis.
Parents’ fury after school turns off heating to save energy and tells kids to wrap up to keep warm
A SCHOOL’S plan to turn off its heating for a day to cut its carbon footprint has been cancelled after a backlash from parents.
Teachers had advised pupils to wear vests and extra thick socks to keep warm on Blue Nose Day.
But they were forced into a U-turn after mums and dads raged about their kids being asked to shiver through the day.
Friday had been chosen as temperatures were still likely to be a mild 15C.
But parents said it broke workplace heating rules and threatened to keep children at home.
One said: “We assumed this was a joke at first.
“What utter woke nonsense. Where do the teachers come up with these ideas?
“What next? Turn the lights off too to save costs? It’s complete tosh and the entire school teaching team deserves a week’s detention.”
Another hit out: “These people are nuts! Parents should just pull the kids out of school if possible and take it to court over the fine!”
A mother said: “Will be keeping my child off and they will stay home in the warm with the heating on max.”
The event — planned by the climate action team at Wolsingham secondary in Co Durham to highlight sustainability — has now been rescheduled for the summer term.
Labour is drowning in a tide of public disgust but unless the Tories can unite Starmer will win again
NEVER underestimate the stupidity of the Stupid Party.
Having been almost wiped out in the Fourth of July massacre, the Tories have been miraculously offered the chance of rising from the dead.
Yet here they are, squabbling, plotting and looking a gift horse in the mouth.
Labour has crashed in flames. Freebie-grabbing ministers are leaving old folk to freeze. Jails have been emptied on to our streets.
In just 100 days, Keir Starmer has become the most unpopular new Prime Minister in history.
It’s surely an open goal for an Opposition which has learned from 14 years of misrule.
The Tories just need to pull themselves together, pick a decent leader and start selling their wares as a viable party of government.
Not so fast. Forget about pulling victory from the jaws of defeat, this lot have forgotten what it means even to stand together and fight.
‘Boris is beguiling’
We are three months into a shambolic battle for the Tory crown, with true-blue party members having to choose between two candidates — Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick.
Badenoch and her “Tell The Truth” manifesto is the grassroots darling.
Jenrick preaches to the Tory choir with his promise to abandon Europe’s absurd human rights laws.
Yet even as the battle moves into its final stage, headless-chicken MPs are threatening to abstain, spoil their ballot papers or refuse to support whoever is elected.
Some are sulking because pet Remainer Tom Tugendhat has been eliminated.
Others blame dirty tricks for turning James Cleverly from cock-of-the-walk into a feather duster.
Still others shy away from Badenoch and Jenrick’s forthright views on the issues which worry voters most — multiculturalism and immigration.
Worst of all, there is a well-founded assumption the next leader is simply a caretaker until Boris Johnson makes his glorious return as the Messiah.
BoJo dismisses the rumour as “less likely than being reincarnated as an olive”.
But the irrepressible ex-PM has admitted his restless ambition in an interview with Sun Political Editor Harry Cole.
The Tories just need to pull themselves together, pick a decent leader and start selling their wares as a viable party of government
Boris’s new book, Unleashed, is the Trump-style bugle call of a political giant brought down by pygmies.
And it could work.
Johnson is a beguiling force of nature who can charm suspicious and even hostile voters into giving him a hug.
No Tory could win twice as Mayor of Labour-leaning London without a magical capacity for turning dross into gold.
Only a Casanova of political seducers could win Brexit and leapfrog his rivals into Number 10.
And yet his three-year psychodrama inflicted more damage on the Tory brand than has any other Prime Minister — including Liz Truss, who would never have got the job but for BoJo’s meltdown.
His new book is a catalogue of excuses for failure and a charge sheet of treachery against anyone who stood in his way.
And if by some disastrous mis- hap he is given a second chance, it will be Groundhog Day all over again. It is thanks to Boris that the Tories now face their biggest obstacle in the shape of Nigel Farage’s fast-growing Reform Party.
Farage fell for BoJo’s bluff and ordered supporters to stand aside for a Tory landslide in 2019.
In exchange, Boris pledged to guard Britain’s borders and curb immigration, legal and illegal. As Prime Minister, he failed dismally on both counts.
Immigration is out of control, unstitching the very fabric of British society.
Farage has vowed never to do a deal with the Tories again. Time is already running out. Whoever wins the Tory crown must galvanise the party, spell out coherent policies — especially on immigration — and win back deserters in time for next May’s local elections.
Farage is already ahead in this race. If he wins big then he will raise his sights still higher.
He does not want a deal with the Tory Party. He wants to smash it, then lead it.
That would leave the door wide open for Labour to rule indefinitely — a bleak prospect for millions of voters who have now seen behind the curtain of Starmerite socialism.
Tide of public disgust
First impressions count. It is hard to imagine this Government — with no cash to spend — reversing the tide of public disgust over its greedy and unprincipled opening months in power.
In theory, Labour should struggle to win re-election.
In theory, Labour should struggle to win re-election
But many thought the same when class warrior Sadiq Khan was running again for Mayor of London earlier this year.
Thanks to an almost insultingly inept Tory campaign, Khan won a record third chance to wreck our great capital city.
Just imagine what five years’ hard Labour in Westminster would do to Britain.
Unless the Tory Party seizes the Lazarus-like miracle on offer, rallies around its new leader and puts up a proper fight, Keir Starmer will win again in 2029.
That would be a betrayal of the British people — and the last nail in the coffin of the Stupid Party.
Fury as EU set to agree plan to send migrants to ‘deportation camps’ outside Europe after Labour SCRAPS Rwanda
EU leaders are poised to agree plans to send asylum seekers to holding camps outside Europe.
The dramatic shift comes after the bloc called Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda scheme “not a humane and dignified migration policy”.
Ahead of a meeting tomorrow, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen wrote to leaders to encourage “out-of-the-box thinking”.
She said they should learn from Italy’s scheme to send male migrants to Albania. The first group, rescued by Italian coastguards, are due to arrive today.
“We should explore possible ways forward as regards the idea of developing return hubs outside the EU,” she wrote.
EU home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson previously called the Rwanda scheme “not humane and dignified”.
Sir Keir Starmer shelved the policy as soon as Labour came to power.
Yesterday Tory leadership contender Robert Jenrick said that the camps outside the EU were “not going to succeed”.
He told Times Radio: “That’s a policy that we have considered which is called offshore processing.
“Yes, here individuals are sent to a country and their applications heard. If they are successful they then come to your country.
“If not, your country still has to take responsibility and find them a way back to their home country or another safe country.
“I don’t see that as a viable way forwards. The proposal that I pursued, the Rwanda scheme, was a different one.
“That is one whereby if you try to come illegally to the United Kingdom you will be removed and never come back.”
I tested high street pumpkin spiced lattes – the bargain winner was £2 less than Starbucks
WITH Halloween just two weeks away, the season’s favourite coffee is firmly back on the menu.
But a pumpkin spice latte is more sinister than it looks – with some options containing more sugar than a Mars Bar (31g).
Dietician Emma Shafqat said: “Pumpkin lattes are marketed as an autumn treat.
“However, they are not the best pick for our health, as they are high in calories, sugar and fat.
“I would classify them as more of a pudding than a drink.”
But if you still want to (trick or) treat yourself to a pumpkin spice latte or similar seasonal tipple, which popular chain offers the tastiest and healthiest?
Lynsey Hope put eight to the test and gave each a score out of five.
Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte (grande), £5.15 – 3/5
Calories 266, Fat 9.4g, Sugar 32.9g, 6.5 tsp
THE biggest of the bunch, Starbucks’ famous pumpkin drink has become synonymous with this time of year.
It comes with a generous helping of whipped cream and a sprinkling of mixed cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves on top.
What really stood out here was the flavour of the espresso, which was better than the rest, and it wasn’t as sweet as the others.
But beware: this one has more sugar than a Mars Bar, even if it was delicious.
At this price, costing over a fiver, it will likely be a once-in-a-while treat anyway.
Pret A Manger Pumpkin Spice Latte (reg), £4.40 – 2/5
Calories 183, Fat 4.7g, Sugar 24.6g, 4.9 tsp
I THOUGHT the Pret offering was pricey for what I was given.
No cream – just cinnamon sprinkled on top.
The coffee was nicely roasted, as you would expect from Pret, and this one had the most potent cinnamon flavour of all the drinks I tested.
Not only did this deliver a lovely taste but it had a really appetising aroma, too.
It cheered up my day and felt warming and comforting to drink – but despite that, I didn’t think it was great value for money.
Costa Maple Hazel Latte (medium), £4.65 – 4/5
Calories 320, Fat 13g, Sugar 33.5g, 6.7 tsp
I LOVED the maple syrup and roasted hazelnut flavour of this delicious and comforting drink.
It was thick and creamy, and came topped with a drizzle of rich maple syrup and crunchy biscuits.
I’d never had one of these before and although it is calorific, with 320 in a medium cup and a whopping 33.5g of sugar – that’s even more than Starbucks – I’ll definitely be sneaking another while it is still on the menu.
Caffe Nero Amaretto Latte (regular), £2.45 – 1/5
Calories 343, Fat 22.7g, Sugar 23.5g, 4.7 tsp
A CLASSIC flavour of espresso mixed with amaretto syrup and steamed milk.
The syrup was less noticeable in this than it was in many of the other drinks.
It tasted pretty similar to a regular latte with just a slight hint of amaretto, which you really had to prime your taste buds for.
If I had not seen it go in there, then I may not have noticed it.
And the closer to the bottom of the cup I got, the stronger the flavour, but alas I wasn’t that impressed.
Leon Honeycomb Latte (regular), £4.55 – 4/5
Calories 234, Fat 9.8, Sugar 27g, 5.4 tsp
IF you like honeycomb, you will be in heaven with this.
There is a lovely espresso flavour, with a hint of sweet, golden honeycomb syrup.
It is not so overpowering as to make it sickly.
It has just the right notes of sweet and I really enjoyed the drink and would go back for another.
It is not cheap, but it still comes in cheaper than the Costa and Starbucks offerings and had a lovely autumnal feel.
M&S Cafe Cinnamon Bun Latte (regular), £3.80 – 3/5
Calories 152, Fat 7.7, Sugar 9.8g, 2 tsp
YOU get an unmistakable whiff of cinnamon as soon as you put your nose to the cup.
It has that really cosy, autumnal feel, but sadly the aroma was better than the flavour.
I had to drink quite a bit before I could make up my mind as to whether I liked it or not.
But sadly I found it over-sweet, verging on sickly.
It is pretty low in calories though, and not too sugary despite the taste.
Plus it comes at a decent price.
Greggs Pumpkin Spice Latte (regular), £2.50 – 5/5
Calories 204, Fat 7.3, Sugar 25g, 5 tsp
HALF the price of the Starbucks favourite while also being smaller – but with slightly less fat, sugar and calories, so that is a plus.
It came with whipped cream and a sprinkle of spiced sugar, and, although the cream melted quickly, it did give the coffee a lovely, rich body and full flavour.
It was strong with cinnamon notes, without being too over-powering.
This was my favourite, and the price point makes it an even sweeter deal.
McDonald’s Toffee Latte (regular), £2.29 – 3/5
Calories 186, Fat 6.1, Sugar 23g, 4.6 tsp
McDONALD’s McCafes are known for offering budget-friendly hot drinks, but sadly its autumnal offering is toffee- flavoured rather than pumpkin.
As expected, it is priced very reasonably at just £2.29 and comes with some smooth, whipped cream on top and a drizzle of toffee sauce.
It was uber-sweet, verging on sickly, and I’m not sure I’d order it again.
It was more similar to a dessert than coffee, but if that is your thing, you will like this.
Unlike the posher chains, buying one won’t break the bank.
Our hero SAS need protection from legal witch hunts but shameful MoD won’t protect them
A NEW book about the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980 makes compelling reading.
Six terrorists stormed the building in central London and took 26 staff hostage for almost a week before then-PM Margaret Thatcher finally gave orders for the SAS to go in.
What followed was a scene of chaos amid the thick smoke of fire and CS gas as the elite soldiers had to make split-second judgments between innocents and terrorists.
“British!” shouted the embassy’s maintenance man Ron Morris.
“Diplomat,” cried Dr Ali Afrouz, the Iranian charge d’affaires, before pointing out that two others claiming to be “students” were in fact gunmen.
Wisely, the SAS hog-tied everyone face down on the grass outside before they set about the task of differentiating embassy staff from the terrorists demanding the independence of Khuzestan, a region in southern Iran.
Her cheek pressed to the ground, embassy secretary Nooshin Hash- emenian sobbed: “That was fantastic. I think we have just been rescued by one of the finest anti-terrorist squads in the world.”
Indeed. So how shameful to learn that, 44 years later, our elite troops have lost faith in the ability of those in charge to protect them from legal witch-hunts brought under human rights law.
Murky corners
Today, the SAS is facing multiple legal probes into secret missions carried out in Syria, Northern Ireland and Afghanistan.
In other words, those who don’t put their lives on the line for others arguing the legal toss about what should and should not go on in the adrenalin-fuelled heat of war.
Do mistakes get made? Of course they do. But better that than being a hostage and your potential rescuers feeling too wary of legal repercussions to storm in and save you.
General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith, a former boss of the Special Air Services, says of the unit: “They don’t believe the MoD is able to stand up for them, which is a corrosive and toxic mix hardly conducive to morale and military effectiveness.”
He adds that the NCND (neither conform nor deny) policy of Defence chiefs “doesn’t cut it with people risking their lives.
“No one thinks it’s their problem other than the soldier standing in extreme danger at the tip of the spear.”
In 1980, the SAS soldiers who shot dead five of the terrorists faced accusations that they had unnecessarily killed two of them, but an investigation cleared them of any wrongdoing.
One terrorist survived, served 27 years of a life sentence for manslaughter, and now lives in the UK.
Two of the soldiers involved say now that, in such high-stakes circumstances, it’s “kill or be killed” and, “if you shoot them, you better kill them.
“A wounded animal is always more dangerous than a dead one.”
That’s why it’s so important that Ben Macintyre’s book The Siege has shone a rare light into the terrifyingly murky corners of what these elite soldiers face when they enter life-or-death situations at the behest of those in power.
In another excerpt, one soldier recalls evacuating distressed hostages down the embassy stairs before realising that one of them was a possible terrorist.
“He’s got a grenade,” someone yelled, and all hell broke loose. Four of the rescuers opened fire and killed him before finding the weapon on the fourth step, the pin thankfully still in it.
That’s the high-octane reality of the split decisions the SAS has to make during its secret operations.
So let’s not turn Who Dares Wins into Who Dares Gets Prosecuted.
Bikini boost for Amanda after epic bike ride
CONGRATULATIONS to Amanda Holden for raising £370k on a 250-mile charity bike ride from Cornwall to London.
Having done three, 350-mile slogs in aid of Help for Heroes over the years, I know only too well the pain of aching muscles and inner leg chafing.
But the upside is that I was the fittest and most toned I had ever been (note use of past tense).
Meaning Amanda will now look even better in a bikini than she does already.
Kemi so canny
TORY leadership contender Kemi Badenoch was criticised for supposedly bottling an interview with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday. She had been invited to appear alongside rival hopeful Robert Jenrick, but cited other commitments.
“Whoever becomes leader will need to be up for scrutiny and media interviews – that’s how the public get to know you,” says a Tory source.
Hmmm. When Laura told viewers that Kemi had declined the invitation but might accept this week, I thought her absence was a shrewd move.
As every self-help guru will tell you, true leaders speak last to maximise their input.
Tom’s a lesson to BoJo
ANGLOPHILE Tom Cruise is reportedly returning to the US after five years of filming Mission Impossibles here.
His determination to keep the cameras rolling through the pandemic helped plough millions into the British economy, and who can forget the leaked audio when he saw crew members breach Covid rules?
“We are creating thousands of jobs, you motherfers . . . we are not shutting this fing movie down. Is that understood? If I see it again, you’re f***ing gone,” he raged.
They listened, and both movies made it to fruition.
Compare and contrast this passionate outburst to former PM Boris Johnson’s attitude towards Partygate.
Ok, so he didn’t eat the birthday cake, but he still fails to understand how those kept apart from their dying loved ones during lockdown were angered by reports of social gatherings at Downing Street on his watch.
It’s irrelevant whether he attended any or not.
The fact remains that if he’d shown even a smidgen of Cruise’s control over the workplace he was purportedly in charge of, staff might have listened and behaved themselves.
A lucky let-off
JAMES BLUNT said he would legally change his name to “whatever the public wanted” if his Back To Bedlam album returns to No1 this week.
The winner is “Blunty McBluntface” – a choice 50-year-old James has described as unimaginative.
Given that online trolls are fond of referring to him as James C***, one might conclude he’s had a lucky escape.
Killers’ siblings lacking
COLD-BLOODED killer Virginia McCullough murdered both her parents and spent the next four years spending their pension money while their bodies lay decomposing at home.
Now jailed for life, her crimes only came to light when the couple’s GP raised concerns over missed appointments.
McCullough’s siblings – granted anonymity by the judge – said they had been left “devastated and bereft” at the deaths.
They added: “We have been cruelly robbed of more loving memories and bonds with our mum and dad for years to come.”
Yes, their sister Virginia is 100 per cent the villain of the piece, but am I alone in finding it curious that, if the bonds were so strong, none of them felt compelled to visit and, if necessary, kick the door down to try to see their parents?
FOREIGN Secretary David Lammy travelled to Luxembourg to meet 27 of his European counterparts.
In a joint statement with the EU’s Foreign Affairs boss Josep Borrell, he said: “Our message and our actions have greater force when we speak with one voice.”
Hmmm. As long as that voice isn’t French or German.
AN investigation has been launched after a prankster secretly recorded Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag’s team talks in the dressing room at an Aston Villa match.
Apparently, his instruction to the players “can clearly be heard”.
One assumes that “get a goal” and “stop a goal” about sums it up.
Have I missed anything?
ACCORDING to influential British pollster Lord Ashcroft, the challenge for US VP Kamala Harris is not to define herself before the presidential election on November 5, but to avoid doing so.
He says: “This strategic ambiguity means that moderates who thought Biden was too old and don’t want a return to the Trump circus can cling to the hope that she represents experience and continuity; younger voters fed up with what they see as the compromises of the Biden years can project on to her their hope for something more radical.”
In other words, the same pre-election ambiguity adopted by Sir Keir Starmer.
And look how that’s turning out.
PRINCE WILLIAM met movie director Paul Greengrass last week and pleaded with him to “make another Bourne”.
And unlike his younger brother when he met a Disney exec, he thankfully didn’t ask him to give his wife a job.
RAF D-Day hero celebrates 102nd birthday with news he’ll receive major award for wartime bravery
A D-DAY hero celebrates his 102nd birthday today — with the news he is to receive a French Legion d’Honneur medal.
RAF Flight Sergeant John Haddock heard nothing after applying for the award ten months ago and supporters feared it had been lost.
But The Sun chased it down and, hours later, the dad of two received the good news from the UK Ministry of Defence.
Speaking from his home near Dudley, West Midlands, John said: “It’s a nice little birthday present.
“I wasn’t getting too excited about it because nothing ever seemed to happen.
“But now it has, it’s very nice.”
On D-Day John patrolled the Channel in a twin-engine Bristol Beaufighter to sink Nazi fast attack craft, sitting on his helmet to protect himself from enemy fire.
Prince William saluted his bravery during 80th anniversary commemorations in June.
Speaking in Portsmouth the Prince of Wales said he was “deeply honoured to recognise the bravery of all of those like John Haddock who participated in the D-Day landings, the start of the liberation of France and Europe, that led to victory of the Allied Powers”.
John, who has been helped to live independently by the charity Blind Veterans UK, planned to celebrate his birthday with son John, 67, and daughter Barbara, 62.
More than 5,000 veterans of the 1944 Normandy landings have received Legion d’Honneur medals since being made available to applicants in 2014.
Up to 100 are thought to be still unclaimed.