A 72-year-old bed blocker was yesterday ordered to vacate the hospital bed he has refused to leave for three years, despite being in good health.

Some historians have suggested that modern ‘humanitarian intervention’ began with the philhellenes in Greece in the 1820.

Other members of the greatest generation found their life's calling in uniform, continuing to serve in the military after the war and helping it to adapt to the changing times.

Yet once again, exclaimed he, passionately, let me gaze on that beautiful and beloved face! let me see if sorrow has cast a shadow on its surpassing loveliness! I will not let her know how near I am, and how wretched! No, in secret and in silence will I look upon her once more; and then, farewell for ever!