Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
TODAY: FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2018
On this day 78 YEARS AGO (1940)
Our front page revealed thousands of British Expeditionary Force troops who had been fighting in Belgium had started to arrive home.
33 YEARS AGO (1985)
Hundreds of New Age travellers clashed with police at Stonehenge in what became known as ‘the Battle of the Beanfield”.
17 YEARS AGO (2001)
The heir to the throne of Nepal, Prince Dipendra, went on a gun rampage killing 11 people, including parents, the King & Queen.
Birthdays
Spider-man star Tom Holland is 22. Model Heidi Klum is 45. Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is 71. And many happy returns to Mirror readers Sid Maylen, from Braintree, Essex, who is 80 and Geoff Lambourne, from Skegness, Lincs, who turns 77 today. If you’d like us to mention the birthday of a loved one, write to Birthdays, Daily Mirror, One Canada Square, London E14 5AP or yourvoice@mirror.co.uk
Today’s events
9.30am The Handmaid’s Tale writer Margaret Atwood and Green Party leader Caroline Lucas are among speakers at an event exploring the role of women in action against climate change.
11.30am John Mcdonnell speaks at the TUC Retrospects & Prospects Conference in Manchester.
Today’s giggle
An Egyptian mummy has been found with a chocolate and nut covering.
It’s believed to be Pharoah Rocher!