Andrew Stunell, LibDem MP for Hazel Grove 1997-2015 and a Communities Minister 2010-12, has died age 81

Chinese communist revolutionary Song Ping is 107 today: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Ping

All of the political parties that elected MPs in Great Britain in 2019 have changed their leader since that general election - the last Parliament in which that was the case was that of 1955-59

900 years ago today David I became King of Scotland: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_I_o…

100 years ago today, the inventor Harry Grindell Matthews, who claimed to have invented a death ray, demonstrated it to the Armed Forces: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Gri…

Lord Christopher, the oldest current member of the House of Lords (currently on leave of absence) is 99 today; he is also the last remaining member of either House who served in the Armed Forces during WW2

The current oldest member of the government, Ministry of Justice minister Lord Bellamy, is 78 today

The current oldest member of the government, Ministry of Justice minister Lord Bellamy, is 78 today

Lord Christopher, the oldest current member of the House of Lords (currently on leave of absence) is 99 today; he is also the last remaining member of either House who served in the Armed Forces during WW2

Sir Francis Graham-Smith, Astronomer Royal 1982-90, is 101 today: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_G…

Frank Field, Lord Field of Birkenhead, Labour then Independent MP for Birkenhead 1979-2019, has died age 81: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

David Marquand, Labour MP for Ashfield 1966-77, has died age 89

100 years ago today the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley opened: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_E…

100 years ago today the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley opened: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_E…

Baroness Gardner of Parkes, who has died age 96, was the current longest-serving life peer in the Lords, oldest female member of the House of Lords and oldest female peer – records now held by Baroness Cox (since 1983), Baroness Seccombe (93) and Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes (95)

Today is the 80th anniversary of the start of Operation Tiger, the D-Day rehearsal at Slapton Sands that resulted in the death of at least 749 US personnel when it was attacked by German E-boats: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_…

Sir Peter Hordern, Conservative MP for Horsham 1964-97, has died age 95: thetimes.co.uk/article/aa008b…

Today is the 80th anniversary of the start of Operation Tiger, the D-Day rehearsal at Slapton Sands that resulted in the death of at least 749 US personnel when it was attacked by German E-boats: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_…