On this day

62 YEARS AGO (1956) We announced Anthony Eden’s Conservative Government had decided to withdraw British forces from the Suez Canal.

36 YEARS AGO (1982) Animal rights campaigners sent a letter bomb to Margaret Thatcher at No10. An aide suffered minor injuries.

13 YEARS AGO (2005) John Sentamu became the 97th Archbishop of York and the first black Archbishop in the Church of England.