On this day
6 YEARS AGO (2016)
On day one of Brexit Britain, we asked, “What the hell happens now?” after PM David Cameron resigned, the pound collapsed and shares plummeted by £1.2trillion after the shock result.
72 YEARS AGO (1950)
The UN condemned communist North Korea’s invasion of neighbouring South Korea. Two million soldiers would lose their lives in the war that followed.
21 YEARS AGO (2001)
Race riots broke out between white and Asian gangs in Burnley, Lancs, after similar clashes in the northern cities of Oldham, Leeds and Bradford.
Today’s giggle
Did you hear about the cartoonist found dead at home? Details are sketchy.