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JOHN Simpson, BBC World Affairs Editor, reporting from an underground bunker of a hotel in Kiev at the age of 78.
Were it not for these remarkable journalists, people like my friend Lynne O'Donnell, as well as the teams that support them, the world would not know what is going on in dark places like Ukraine and Afghanistan.
It is one of the great privileges of my career to have been awarded membership of the Frontline Club, whose number includes many war reporters and foreign correspondents.
The club helps to support these brave journalists with practical items like helmets and flack jackets, as well as with first aid and other training.
My hope, at some stage, is to be able to go and see for myself our work in places like Ukraine.

DURING the leadership campaign Liz Truss made much of her interest in numbers and mathematics.
However, she seems to struggle to understand that as a consequences of the mini budget, for many households, savings made on energy bills, will be more than wiped out by increased costs, especially for those with mortgages.
Does she also not understand that any changes such as to stamp duty to encourage the property market is wasted when people face rocketing mortgage interest increases?
Being good at maths is not the same as understanding numbers as Ms Truss ably demonstrates.