On this day

15 YEARS AGO (2003)

We told how PM Tony Blair faced calls to prove Iraq’s Saddam had weapons of mass destruction, amid claims Britain was “duped” into war by No.10 spin.

65 YEARS AGO (1953)

Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey in front of 8,000 guests – and nearly 18 million TV viewers.

24 YEARS AGO (1994)

An RAF helicopter crashed at Mull of Kintyre, killing 25 senior police, army and MI5 officers on the flight from Belfast to Inverness.