BARBARA Windsor took on her fight against dementia with real courage.
Now her influence will live on in Boris Johnson’s enormous efforts to step up the war against this terrible disease.
The Prime Minister has revealed how he was inspired by Babswho died in 2020 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.
The Carry On icon begged him to deal with the devastating condition with the same urgency as cancer.
So he is not alone doubling of research expenditurebut he uses the world famous team that tackled Covid.
Build on The Sun’s Jabs Armyhe calls for a voluntary Babs army for essential clinical trials when funding is in place.
Boris writes moving of the heartbreaking moment when bubbles Babs didn’t recognize her devoted husband Scott anymore.
“That is the brutal cruelty of what this disease has done to Barbara – and what it still does to many of our loved ones,” said the prime minister.
“But we can unite to change that.
“So let’s gather around this national mission in memory of Barbara and in honor of all those we have lost to this cruel disease.”
It’s an essential first step in tackling Britain’s biggest killer, who still has no cure – and Boris rightly sees this as a proud part of his legacy.
But it’s also a fitting tribute to one of our biggest British stars.
Maserati’s misery
THE prospect of easy money tempts many Albanians to risk the insidious Cross Channel to Great Britain.
As one of the country’s police chiefs, Saimir Boshnjaku, says: “The people who make money from drugs come back here with Maseratis and Mercedes.”
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Attempts to stop the deportations of Albanian criminals are welcome.
But with its nationals now making up one in four of those arriving illegally on our shores, this is only going to surface.
tirana needs to do a lot more to deter its people from seeking a new life in the UK.
And our Government should do everything possible to support an Albanian crackdown.
Attacks on freedom
The cruel stabbing of novelist Salman Rushdie was terrible enough.
But the death threat tweet sent to JK Rowling after the attack is also terrible.
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It’s sickening enough to see such hate on social media targeting authors just for expressing their opinions.
But this new outcry poses a chilling threat to the future of free speech.