As a Valentine’s gift it is impossible to beat one given by Queen Emma, the widow of King Canute. In 1042 she gave the head of St Valentine to the New Minster in Winchester.
British dad Matt Hammond said he and his family spotted a group of three women waving from the sea near Rodney bay beach in St Lucia, before they sprang into action and dived in to save them
Francis Dymoke, who has died aged 68, was a former accountant and Lincolnshire farmer who, at the Coronation of King Charles III on May 6 this year, was seen by millions of television viewers around the world leading the royal couple into Westminster Abbey carrying the Royal Standard as the King’s Champion – a ceremonial role that had been performed by members of his family since the reign of William the Conqueror.