In 1968 Horrocks collaborated with J & L Randall as editor of the ' Merit ' board game ' Combat '.

Artistic collaborators on this sequence were Steve Stamatiadis, Dylan Horrocks and Pete Mullins, who all collaborated on one story each.

A further announcement by Head of television news Peter Horrocks came at the same time as Bakhurst's appointment in which he outlined his plan to provide more funding and resources for the channel and shift the corporation's emphasis regarding news away from the traditional BBC One bulletins and across to the rolling news channel.

Horrocks continued as artist until late 1990, when he was succeeded by Beano newcomer David Parkins, who began a major overhaul of the strip, making the effects of Billy's speed more destructive to his surroundings, giving him a more laid-back attitude, and later introducing a rather alien-looking tracksuit.

In 1943, Horrocks was seriously wounded and took more than a year to recover before returning to command a corps in Europe.

The journey took more than a month, and as the only party member fluent in Russian, Horrocks had to deal with many of the difficulties they encountered.

Several explorers had passed through the area on their way to more remote places, including Edward John Eyre and John Horrocks.

Williams took the chance to duet with his long-time friend Jonathan Wilkes, Little Voice star Jane Horrocks, Saturday Night Live star Jon Lovitz, Rupert Everett and actress Nicole Kidman.

He associated himself with local gentlemen interested in astronomy, including William Litchford, whose library included the work of the astrologer John Gadbury which included astronomical tables by Jeremiah Horrocks, who had died in 1641 at the age of twenty-three.

Although the area is generally flat and open with less than a variation in altitude, Horrocks, commander of XXX Corps recalled that " The country was wooded and rather marshy which made any outflanking operation impossible.

It also stars Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha, along with June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks.

Horrocks became a name with the role of Bubble in Absolutely Fabulous ( 1992 – 2012 ).

For 10 years, Horrocks appeared with Prunella Scales in commercials for the UK supermarket chain Tesco.

Also in 2009, Horrocks took the lead in the BBC TV production Gracie !, a drama portraying the life of Gracie Fields during World War II and her relationship with the Italian-born director Monty Banks ( played by Tom Hollander ).

Horrocks lives with playwright Nick Vivian in Twickenham with their children, son Dylan and daughter Molly.

* Jane Horrocks as Babs, the fattest of the chickens with a dim-witted innocence and a love of knitting.

Wilson continues in the music business, and with his friends, starts Factory Records, signing Joy Division ( Sean Harris, John Simm, Ralf Little and Tim Horrocks ), led by erratic, brooding lead singer Ian Curtis ( Harris ), as the first band.

In 2009, Jane Horrocks took the lead in the BBC TV production Gracie !, a drama portraying the life of Fields just before and during World War II and her relationship with Monty Banks ( played by Tom Hollander ).

irregularity of apparent motion, i. e. the effect of the obliquity of the ecliptic and the effect of the Earth's orbital eccentricity, was not generally adopted until after Flamsteed's tables of 1672 – 73, published with the posthumous edition of the works of Jeremiah Horrocks.

Annoyed, Montgomery sacked Bucknall and replaced him with Brian Horrocks, a veteran of North Africa.

By the 21st the Guards Armoured Division troops were exhausted, and Horrocks also took ill, with the Corps periodically being commanded by its Brigadier General Staff ( BGS ) Brig.

Notable people who have had some connection with Tilbury include: two football players, John Evans ( 1929 – 2004 ), who played for Liverpool, and Tom Scannell ( 1925 – 1994 ); Noel Betowski, artist, who was born there in 1952 ; and Thomas Horrocks Openshaw ( 1856 – 1929 ), who was a consultant surgeon at Tilbury Hospital.

The selection included stories by Graham Joyce, Kristen Sundberg Lunstrum, E. V. Slate, John Burnside, Mohan Sikka, L. E. Miller, Alistair Morgan, Roger Nash, Manuel Muñoz, Caitlin Horrocks, Ha Jin, Paul Theroux, Judy Troy, Nadine Gordimer, Viet Dinh ( not to be confused with conservative jurist Viet Dinh ), Karen Brown ( author ), Marisa Silver, Paul Yoon, Andrew Sean Greer and Junot Díaz, with A. S. Byatt, Tim O ' Brien and Anthony Doerr – all authors of past O. Henry Prize Stories – serving as the prize jury.

In 1997 Hodder Children's Audio released a dramatisation produced by David Benedictus with Judi Dench, Stephen Fry, Jane Horrocks, Geoffrey Palmer, Michael Williams, Robert Daws, Sandi Toksvig, Finty Williams and Steven Webb.

The rim of Horrocks is somewhat irregular and polygonal, particularly with an outward protrusion on the eastern rim.

When Brussels was liberated, she allowed her palace to be used for headquarters of the British XXX Corps, and presented its commander General Horrocks with its mascot, a young wild boar named ' Chewing Gum '.

The Lancashire cotton industry was then in its infancy, but Horrocks was greatly impressed with its future possibilities, and he managed to obtain a few spinning-frames which he erected in a corner of his father's offices.

Most of his wealth came from the results of his speculations with J. H. Whitehead of Shaw, Whitehead & Co. Horrocks Whitehead died in September 1846 at the age of 36.

Lorna in Our Own Kind ( Roy MacGregor ), Bush Theatre, London ( April 1991 ), Coleman co-starred with Kevin Whately, Nisha Nayar and Jane Horrocks.

Commissioned on 8 August 1914 into the 1st Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, Second Lieutenant Horrocks joined the British Expeditionary Force's retreat following its baptism of fire at the Battle of Mons.

It was a year before Horrocks recovered sufficiently to tell Alan Brooke, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, that he was " very anxious to be given another corps ".

Of Alexander, Alan Brooke felt that he needed an able chief of staff " to think for him ", while Montgomery ( Alexander's subordinate in Africa and Italy ) claimed to think of Alexander as " incompetent " and success was only attained in Tunisia only because Montgomery lent Brian Horrocks to organise the coup de grace.

Horrocks has appeared on stage in Ask for the Moon ( Hampstead, 1986 ), A Collier's Friday Night ( Greenwich, 1987 ), Valued Friends ( Hampstead, 1989 ), and The Debutante Ball ( Hampstead, 1989 ).

In the morning, Horrocks visited the Polish positions at Driel to see the front for himself.

O ' Connor remained in command of VIII Corps, for the time being, and was given the task of supporting Horrocks ' XXX Corps in Operation Market Garden, the plan by Montgomery to establish a bridgehead across the Rhine in the Netherlands.

The character later returned for brief appearances in Dylan Horrocks ' Hunter: The Age of Magic and Si Spencer's Books of Magick: Life During Wartime, before author Mike Carey brought her back in the prestige format graphic novel God Save the Queen.

Lance Sergeant Haane Manahi of the Māori Battalion was posthumously honoured in 2007 by representatives of the Queen after it was decided that his Distinguished Conduct Medal, awarded for actions at Takrouna, was not to be upgraded to a Victoria Cross, despite recommendations from senior officers, including Brian Horrocks.

Around that time Amy displayed a skill for composition and became a student of Carl Schloesser and Amy Horrocks.

Upon Judge's death in 1989, Appleby acted as artist for a few weeks before Steve Horrocks took over as regular artist.

Barrie Appleby draws the strip for the next few weeks, before Steve Horrocks takes over.

It has therefore been used as a filming location for many of the Tesco television adverts featuring Prunella Scales and Jane Horrocks among others.

It was later made for television by renowned director Alan Clarke and starred many young actors who later became well-known including Jane Horrocks, David Thewlis, Moya Brady and Lesley Sharp.

During his 13 years in Preston he amassed a personal fortune of at least £ 150, 000, and set the foundations for the Horrocks / Miller mill owning dynasty that dominated Preston into the mid nineteenth century.

In 1801 Horrocks built " The Lodge " ( later called Penwortham Hall ) in Penwortham as a residence for himself.

He was eventually placed in a compound for Russian officers, in the hope that the language barrier would hinder his escape attempts ; Horrocks used the time to learn the Russian language.

Horrocks spent the remainder of the inter-war years in postings that included adjutant for the 9th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment of the Territorial Army ( 1926 — 1930 ); student at the Staff College, Camberley ( 1931 — 1932 ); Staff Captain at the War Office ( 1934 — 1936 ); Brigade Major with the 5th Infantry Brigade ( 1936 — 1938 ); and instructor at the Staff College.

In 1928, Horrocks married Nancy Kitchin, daughter of an architect for the Local Government Board.

Horrocks, an infantry soldier with no experience in dealing with cavalry, was an unusual choice for commander of an armoured division.

Among these was Horrocks, an officer whom Montgomery felt was " exactly what was wanted for the job that lay ahead ".

Horrocks prepared for a purely defensive battle, with his armour dug in around the ridge.

The army's defensive success raised morale, and Horrocks was praised by his subordinate, Brigadier Roberts, for his " wonderful knack of inspiring confidence and enthusiasm wherever he goes ".