Today’s birthdays

Sir Martin Jacomb, company chairman, is 93; Mr Richard Fell, former diplomat, 74; Prof Dame Jane Dacre, President, Royal College of Physicians, 2014-18, 67; Miss Cristina Odone, writer and broadcaster, 62; and Ms Ellie Simmonds, former swimmer; five times Paralympic gold medallist; broadcaster, 28.

Today is the anniversary of Armistice Day, First World War, 1918.