Today’s birthdays

Miss Moira Anderson, singer, is 80; Dame Margaret Drabble, author, 79; Lord Rooker,

Chairman, Food Standards Agency, 2009-13, 77; Mr Nigel

Rees, journalist and broadcaster, 74; Sir David Hare, playwright and screenwriter, 71; the Earl of

Dundee 69; Dame Elizabeth Gloster, a former Lady Justice of Appeal, 69; the Hon Ed Vaizey,

MP, 50, Mr David Weir, wheelchair athlete; six-times Paralympic gold medallist and eight-times winner of the London Marathon, 39; and Mr Ross

Wilson, table tennis player; Paralympic bronze medallist table tennis team Class 6-8, London 2012, 23.