Machine-gun hero’s medals go up for sale
ELECTRIC cars travel up to three times the distance of their petrol and diesel rivals for the same cost.
Car reviews and advice website Parkers.co.uk compared how far cars can be driven for £1, regardless of what fuel they run on.
Based on “miles per pound” (mpp), it found the Kia e-Niro First Edition and the Renault Zoe 65kW both give 33.1mpp – more than three times as far as the Ford Fiesta, which does a maximum of 9.3mpp.
Cost for electric cars was based on home charging rather than public charging points. Data was only on offer for cars available since 2017.
Sales of purely electric cars more than tripled this year, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
Keith Adams, of Parkers, said: “As interest in electric vehicles becomes more widespread, there remains a lot of confusion around costs but the ‘mpp’ figure is relatable to anyone.” MEDALS of a Royal Marine who braved machine-gun fire to take out an enemy stronghold in the Second World War are expected to sell for £5,000 at auction.
Despite taking a bullet in his arm, Captain William Cunningham led his troop of eight men to claim a gun emplacement on the first day of the Allied invasion of Sicily.
Capt Cunningham, the brother of famous RAF night fighter ace John “Cat’s Eyes” Cunningham, was awarded a Distinguished Service Order for inspirational leadership. He died, aged 68, in 1989.
Ned Cowell, specialist at Salisbury auctioneers Woolley and Wallis, said: “This is the DSO of a man who so courageously assailed the enemy at the outset of the Allied fightback in Europe.
“He showed such fortitude in discharging his duty in spite of having been machine gunned.”
The sale takes place on November 20. AN EVENTS planner who dreamed of having a house, husband and career by the age of 25 took her own life after a break-up, an inquest heard.
Emily Henthorn, 25, hoped to move in with married Andrew Hardman after a five-month fling.
But when Mr Hardman confessed all to his wife, they agreed to try to save their marriage and he ended the affair.
Devastated Emily later told him: “If I can’t live with you, I can’t live without you.’’
Days later, on May 7, she was found dead in bed by her father after gassing herself.
The Bolton inquest was told she left a series of suicide notes.
Police and paramedics were called to Emily’s home in Leigh, Greater Manchester, after she threatened suicide. A mental health team also got in touch but Emily insisted she was fine.
Darren Henthorn told the hearing his daughter had struggled with mental health for years.
He said: “She always said she had a plan where she wanted to be by the time she was 25.
“I knew it wasn’t the life she was living – she wanted better things for herself.”
Coroner Alan Walsh recorded a verdict of suicide.