Edd Dracott

UK

JD Vance joins world tributes to Pope Francis after Easter Sunday meeting

French President Emmanuel Macron said Pope Francis wanted to ‘unite people with one another and with nature’.
21 Apr 2025
UK

‘LemonAid’ boys, seven, thirsty for more success after £100,000 charity campaign

‘We can’t just do this on our own, because we are just two little kids.’
28 May 2021
UK

An apology from Cummings ‘isn’t going to cut it’, says bereaved son

Mert Dogus joined a number of people who lost loved ones to Covid in condemning what they had heard from Dominic Cummings.
26 May 2021
UK

A movement not a moment: Britons pay tribute to George Floyd a year since death

Demonstrators have said they hope to ensure the Black Lives Matter movement is ‘not just a moment’.
25 May 2021
UK

Immigration detentions protester warns Home Office ‘shouldn’t act like mafia’

Mohammad Asif was one of hundreds of people who acted to stop an enforcement van in Glasgow’s southside on Thursday.
14 May 2021
UK

‘BoJo of Blackburn’ Tiger Patel wins election seat after viral campaign video

Mr Patel beat the incumbent councillor by more than 100 votes after a campaign video showed him giving peace signs next to X-rated graffiti.
7 May 2021
UK

Pilot raises funds to buy and ship 30 oxygen concentrators to India

Chris Hall, who works for Virgin Atlantic, hopes to fly the machines over himself.
4 May 2021
UK

Cancer patient cycles hundreds of miles as public join Captain Tom challenge

Frank McEwan has a terminal diagnosis but has committed to 100 laps of Rutland Water.
2 May 2021
UK

Captain Tom challenge: Man counts to 100 for first time since stroke

Gary Yates, 58, has been practising his counting for weeks and raised more than £1,000 for charity in the process.
2 May 2021
UK

Art exhibition showcases homeless people’s photos throughout lockdown

Six homeless people were paid to fill disposable cameras during the UK lockdowns, with the images now going on display in an exhibition in London.
28 Apr 2021
UK

‘Calm’ eight-year-old praised after directing emergency services to house fire

Cody Peterson dialled 999 and successfully guided three fire crews to the scene in Watford.
26 Apr 2021
UK

Relatives of black and Asian war dead call for change to national curriculum

Descendants said the Commonwealth War Grave Commission’s racism findings should be ‘just the start’.
23 Apr 2021
UK

Disabled nine-year-old wears bowler hat and tie for duke’s funeral

Noah Wall, who was born with a rare brain condition, said he felt ‘proud to be British’.
17 Apr 2021
UK

Author receives date offers after mum announces ‘he’s single’ to book conference

Menachem Kaiser’s mother Judy told more than 100 viewers ‘the answer many of you may be wondering’.
14 Apr 2021
UK

Scary trousers and a beard barb – public share memories of meeting Philip

‘He looked at me… and said, ‘well, you’re going to have to learn to grow a better beard than that!’
10 Apr 2021
UK

Woman follows ‘childhood dream’ to become a foster parent during pandemic

Sarah Smith had little idea what was in store when she applied to be a foster carer in February 2020, but is encouraging others to follow suit.
6 Apr 2021
UK

Easter-inspired restaurant owner offers burglar a job after break-in

Carl Wallace said he wants to ‘break the cycle’ of the burglar’s criminal actions.
4 Apr 2021
UK

Fireball stuns onlookers in Seattle as SpaceX rocket burns in atmosphere

The second stage rocket was briefly confused for a plane and ‘aliens’ by some onlookers.
26 Mar 2021
UK

Brothers, three and five, send hundreds of thank you cards to frontline workers

‘Kindness is our religion,’ the boys’ mother said.
23 Mar 2021
UK

‘Speechless’ hiker spots rare Brocken spectre weather phenomenon in Wales

The rare weather quirk was spotted by Liam Roberts on a mountain in North Wales.
22 Mar 2021
UK

David Attenborough writes ‘beautiful’ reply to reassure concerned four-year-old

Otis Allen had written to Sir David asking if humans will one day become extinct ‘like the dinosaurs’.
17 Mar 2021