TODAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2018
On this day 73 YEARS AGO (1945)
We told how Red Army troops were now within 125 miles of Berlin. And in the Ardennes, south-east Belgium, the RAF continued to pound fleeing German troops and supplies.
92 YEARS AGO (1926)
Scottish engineer and inventor John Logie Baird gave the first demonstration of the television to members of the Royal Institution and a news reporter in his laboratory in London’s Soho.
20 YEARS AGO (1998)
US President Bill Clinton denied an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, 24. He also rejected claims he asked her to lie about their relationship.
Today’s events
3.20am England v Australia in a One Day International in Adelaide. Live coverage, BT Sport.
8.15am Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell addresses the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland.
2pm Bill Gates visits University of Edinburgh to view projects assisting African farmers.
Today’s giggle
Why is cheese no good for making clothes? Because it turns out fromage frays!