The funnel cloud was spotted during a surfing competition on Llantwit Major Beach.

Leigh-On-Sea town clerk Helen Symmons said Sir David would ride a float for the town’s Christmas parade each year.

Matt Bagwell is set to complete a 1,000km journey in just 26 days to raise money for a mental health charity.

Carolyn Webster said she ‘fell into’ helping Afghan interpreters after sending a tweet in support of their relocation.

Mark Flint has notched up more than 260 runs so far this year and will be taking part in the London Marathon in two weeks as part of his challenge.

Athletes including Hollyoaks actors Jazmine Franks and David Tag joined a host of runners to create a giant drawing across Liverpool and Manchester.

Mohamad fled Afghanistan to the UK in 2015 after being kidnapped by the Taliban, but his family are still trapped in the country.

Abdullah is a Taliban target after working for the BBC, who he criticised for not helping him to escape.

Abdul Ghafoor said the UK has been ‘very tough’ on Afghan refugees, and some nations were trying to deport to Afghanistan up until Kabul fell.

One Afghan student said she is ‘99%’ sure her friend, who she tried to persuade to leave the airport, was killed in the blast.

Abdul married his Afghan wife Fatima just says before the country fell.

The 24-year-old said he was about to refuse to board his evacuation flight, but his mother persuaded him to leave with his pregnant wife.

A man who worked with British authorities to arrest Taliban drug traffickers said it is Britain’s ‘moral responsibility’ to help him escape.

Abdul Ghafoor stayed behind to destroy data after evacuating staff from the offices where his company helped displaced Afghans.

A ‘ragtag bunch of Royal Marines’ is helping people flee the Taliban.

Rescuers have issued an urgent plea for help in evacuating the journalist, who is said to be a high-priority target for the Taliban.

Tommy Marcus said he is ‘so proud’ after using his platform on Instagram to raise money for Afghans to escape the Taliban.

Fereba Hafizi’s 78-year-old mother had to be carried to UK authorities in the Afghan capital after being knocked unconscious in a crowd.

Afghanaid worker Kitty Chevallier boarded a flight from Kabul early on Monday morning, passing crowds of Afghan families as she left.

‘If I go and the Taliban see my British passport on me I don’t know what will happen to me,’ the 24-year-old said.