News about Margaret Wilson

Marriage was the ultimate aim for women in the 1950s; even if you did work, you were supposed to leave your career at the time the ring was on your finger, writes YSENDA MAXTONE GRAHAM in her book Jobs for Girls. 'There's no point in having a career,' a girl who is 17, says, 'you're perfectly bed-worthy and will get married.' As a result, Cicely had no aspirations as a young girl. It was only later in life, after a string of unethical occupations and yes, getting married, that she began to get angry at her father's demeaning words.

In September 2009, Peter Brown (centre) started a fire in a block of flats in Norton, North Yorkshire, and apprentice jockeys Jamie Kyne, 18, and Jan Wilson, 19, who were trapped inside. Father-of-one Brown, a former Aberdeenshire man who was born in Aberdeen, denied starting the fire and refused to give evidence. He was not guilty of murder but was found guilty of murderer. Brown was cleared of a charge of arson with the intention of ending anger's life, and he was sentenced to a minimum of seven and a half years in jail.

Hundreds of readers registered in our annual prize lottery, choosing from a list of eight candidates unveiled at the start of December. With British Gas emerging as the clear victor. Chris O'Shea, the manager of British Gas parent company Centrica (pictured in a parody of the trophy that he refused to collect), refused repeated calls from Money Mail to address his company's woeful operation and explain how he was doing it properly.