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Such enduring marriages are rare these days, but Andrew and Doreen’s (left) was exceptional because they were a British mixed race couple — she a white girl from Godstone, Surrey, he a West Indian immigrant from Dominica, at a time when such matches were almost unheard of. Andrew and Doreen raised two children, Penny, now 60, and Chris, 52, (pictured as children right and inset) and sent them both to private schools. They overcame intolerance and bigotry, worked tirelessly and, against all odds, bought their own home in London. Andrew, who is now 86, still lives there with Chris. Their incredible story is told tonight on TV’s 24 Hours In A&E;, which shows the couple in their impossibly moving last moments together.

A British oil executive's son has died on holiday in Greece after falling off of a speedboat. Toby Finnett (left), 15, was riding on a rigid inflatable boat when he fell off the back and hit the blades of the propeller. His father Paul Finnett (back centre), 53, a managing director at energy and mining company Aon, was at the helm of the boat when the tragic accident occurred. Mr Finnett from Littlehampton, West Sussex, jumped into the water and dragged his younger son on board the vessel, before heading to the nearest port.

In a recent interview, Elle Macpherson said she woke at 5am and spent 30 minutes meditating in bed before getting up. No booze, almost no carbs, almost no dairy, and no meat – Elle’s alkaline diet of fruit and vegetables is a hardcore regime, and she prefers it to be raw, and where possible, fully vegan. After breakfast she will do yoga, go jogging or swim. At around 5pm she does a vinyasa yoga class. She enjoys many sports, including hiking, wake-boarding, cycling, paddle boarding and surfing. All executed in a highly competitive manner.

Contractors were called in to remove two murals, one featuring Sadiq Khan (left) and the other depicting Theresa May, from outside Food Bazaar Café in Gray's Inn Road in Holborn two weeks ago. The first portrait, by renowned graffiti artist Loretto, shows the Mayor of London adopting a suggestive pose clad only in a pair of underwear emblazoned with the Labour rose. Another mural depicts Prime Minister Theresa May (right) wearing lingerie decorated with EU stars and several Euros stuffed into her stockings.

Theresa May’s government was saved by a handful of Labour Eurosceptics as they joined forces to defeat a vote to keep Britain tied to the EU. Amid dramatic scenes in the Commons, a dozen Tory Remainers defied warnings they would collapse the Government by siding with Jeremy Corbyn in a bid to preserve the customs union with Brussels. Analysis of the voting record later showed that five Labour MPs voted with the Government: former ministers Frank Field (centre bottom) and Kate Hoey (centre top) and backbenchers John Mann (top right), Graham Stringer (centre right) and Kelvin Hopkins (bottom right), who is currently sitting as an independent following suspension.

Nelson Mandela's granddaughter said today that the new Duke and Duchess of Sussex's stance on 'justice and fairness in the world makes them a shining example for the youth of today'. She spoke as Harry and his wife Meghan visited the opening of an exhibition in London celebrating the South African freedom fighter who became his country's president. A specially curated programme of historic artefacts, photographs and film is on show at the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall in tribute to Mr Mandela on the centenary of his birth. Harry and Meghan spent 45 minutes being shown around the collection after being warmly welcomed by Mr Mandela's granddaughter Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela (centre right, in red). The couple were also treated to a performance from the Ubunye Choir, brought together by the South African Diaspora Ubunye Trust especially for the occasion.

The supermodel, 44, shared a sweet picture of the two cuddling up to one another on Instagram today captioned with a heart broken in two (main picture). The stars were so close that Annabelle, Alexander McQueen's best friend and muse, had previously referred to Kate as being a 'sister' to her. Kate's tribute came as MailOnline revealed Annabelle feared she was 'cursed' before her death and sank into depression after her children's books failed to sell because she wanted to be famous in her own right. The 49-year-old nicknamed Tinky, who had battled heroin addiction as a teenager after a brutal two-hour attack while on an Australian gap year adventure, was found dead at her Chelsea home on Thursday. A friend told MailOnline today: 'Tinky always said that she thought she was cursed. All she wanted was to be known for being successful at something other than simply being a friend to the famous and she saw writing kids' books as a way to make that happen. Sadly the books never took off.' Annabelle was last seen a week ago at Blenheim Palace, where she posed happily alongside her friends Ms Moss, Alice Temperley and Kimi Hammerstroem (right) at the wedding of her ex-boyfriend Edward Spencer Churchill.

The wife of a disgraced British doctor pictured kissing Elle MacPherson is 'shocked' at the public romance, her family told MailOnline today. Andrew Wakefield was pictured locking lips with the model and underwear tycoon nicknamed 'the body' at a food market in Miami, Florida. But the snaps have upset the mother of Wakefield's four children Carmel because they only separated only a few months ago, according to her brother. Speaking to MailOnline Finbar O'Donovan said: 'We had no idea that Andrew was seeing Elle Macpherson. 'My sister and Andrew only split up a few months ago. They are not divorced yet but they plan to.'

Convicted drug dealer Sam Walker has returned to the UK after fleeing police to Sierra Leone in May, evading capture once again as he took a helicopter flight to north England. The brazen gangster even filmed himself in a video outside Cheshire Police Station and laughed as he taunted police for 'framing him' and failing to catch him. He also posted a step-by-step video of how he returned to the UK including taking a boat from north Africa to Italy, flying to Barcelona, getting another boat to Portugal and then taking the helicopter to the UK from Spain via France. Walker, who has more than 100 offences under his belt, is wanted for failing to show up for court for driving without a licence.

Margaret Reynolds, 67, from London was at Seaside Heights on Jersey Shore in New Jersey on Monday when a parasol was driven into her right ankle. She is pictured being treated.

It's been one of the driest summers on record that has led to hosepipe bans and parched reservoirs in Britain. And the impact of the longest heatwave since 1976 on the country was today revealed in stark aerial photographs of London's famous parks which have been turned from luscious lawns into arid plains. The pictures of Green Park, Hyde Park, St James's Park, Regent's Park and Clapham Common emerged a fortnight after the UK had its ninth driest June on record, with eight days of no rain recorded during the month. Rain showers over the past few days have hit parts of the North West of England where United Utilities will impose a hosepipe ban on August 5 for its seven million customers - but the prolonged dry spell is forecast to resume. Pictured: Hyde Park, Green Park and Clapham Common today (main images), along with how they looked in greener times (inset).

A mother who went for a day trip with her disabled son was shocked to come back to the car and find a parking ticket. Theresa Page, 52, was given the fine after parking just over the edge of the disabled parking bay (pictured right) on Friday in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. But she said she only parked like that so her wheelchair-using son James, 26, had enough space to get out of the car (left) and she was not encroaching on another spot. James (shown inset) became disabled when he had a brain tumour at the age of seven despite being perfectly healthy beforehand. He now needs a wheelchair to get around and carries a blue badge in the car because he needs to park in a spot with enough space for his wheelchair to get out.

Three judges and six other lawyers arrested over an alleged plot to scam £12.6million from the legal aid system have appeared in court. Part-time immigration judges Kareena Maciel (right) and Rasib Ghaffar (centre) along with part-time civil judge Razi Shah (left) are accused of making claims in excess of £12.6m. The others charged are legal clerk Gazi Khan, barrister Shahid Rashid and solicitors Joseph Ameyaw-Kyeremeh, Azhar Khan, Lloyd Moody and Samira Bashir.

A Louis Vuitton model harassed a French catwalk star for sex and 'talked bad' about his rival to 'impress her' just days before stabbing him to death. George Koh, 24, is alleged to have murdered well-known fashion model Harry Uzoka, 25, after arranging a fight on social media. Mr Uzoka (shown right) died on the pavement outside his home in Shepherd's Bush, west London, on January 11 after he was stabbed in the heart. The Old Bailey has heard Mr Uzoka was annoyed by the less successful Koh (shown inset), who some said looked like him, because he tried to copy him and make contact with his friends. But the relationship deteriorated after French model Annecetta Lafon (shown outside the Old Bailey, left) arrived in London at the end of December last year, it is said. Koh arranged for the star to stay at his flat, where he allegedly tried to kiss her and force her to perform a sex act.

A boat load of tourists were treated to an amazing display as a pod of dolphins swam up to their boat and played there for twenty minutes. The pod was spotted by the marine wildlife safari boat off the Dorset coast on an incredibly clear day making the sea mammals easy to see by the amazed onlookers.

The Russian president has one of four lavish £390million IL-96-300PU presidential jets to call upon for travel while Donald Trump relies on his own private airliner - Air Force One. The exterior of Putin's jet looks like a basic model but the cabin is lavishly decorated with tapestries and gold accents with even a gold-plated toilet. Meanwhile the US presidential plane has a cabin area of nearly 4,000-sq-ft and accommodations include a bedroom, bathroom, gym, offices and even a fully functioning medical suite.

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. A drowned woman and child were found slumped on the remains of the wrecked migrant boat in the Mediterranean, 80 nautical miles from the Libyan coast, on Tuesday. A distressed sole female survivor was rescued from alongside their corpses (inset, above). Proactiva Open Arms, who saved the woman and took photos of the harrowing scene, have accused Libya's coastguard of abandoning the three migrants and sinking the ship after they refused to be returned to the North African nation.

A wave measuring nearly five feet hit Ciutadella on the west coast of Menorca early this morning. Nearby beaches were also flooded by the meteotsunami, called a rissaga in Catalan Spanish. The freak weather phenomenon also affected holiday resorts in Majorca, with seawater flooding bars and terraces by the coast in Andratx and covering beachside roads. Boat owners in the resort on Majorca's south west coast were filmed trying to protect their boats.