On this day

14 YEARS AGO (2003)

We revealed Michael Howard was “waiting in the shadows” after Iain Duncan Smith was ousted as Tory leader. Howard – dubbed Dracula – was the favourite to take over.

60 YEARS AGO (1957)

The Government announced plans for Lords reforms, including admitting women and paying expenses under the Life Peerages Act.

67 YEARS AGO (1950)

Sir Michael Woodruff did the UK’s first successful kidney transplant at Edinburgh’s Royal Infirmary. The patient, 49, lived for another six years.