02/05/2026
Norwich, GB 6 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

MARY McGEE, aged 87

From racing cars, to motorbikes and then motocross, she was a rider who entered and won races no other woman has done – and was still riding as a veteran.

DESMOND STANFORD, aged 101

A Norfolk car mechanic who joined the Royal Navy and ended up a hero on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.

LANCE MACKEY, aged 52

Known as The People’s Champion, he was a ‘musher’, who completed in, and won, dog sled races in Alaska. However, his career was blighted by controversy.