TEN years ago this week, a binman was being hailed a hero after saving a toddler's life.

Paul Thompson was on his rounds when a distraught woman ran towards him carrying an unconscious girl.

Mr Thompson cleared the two-year-old's airways and got her breathing again, before paramedics took over.

He said at the time: "I'd like to think I just did what anyone would do, but I'm pleased to have been able to help and delighted that the child is alive and well."

Also that week, the Queen headed to sunny Royal Ascot as punters celebrated 300 years of the famous racecourse.

Racegoers applauded as she waved to the crowds, entering the parade ground in a traditional horse-drawn royal carriage procession.

The colour of the Queen's hat was always the subject of much speculation and plentiful bets during the five-day meet in Berkshire, and yesterday the monarch opted for pale green.

Her Angela Kelly creation was made of sinamay with pink and green trimming and her matching fine wool coat and pink and green printed ivory silk satin dress was by Karl Ludwig.

She was joined by the Duke of Edinburgh.

Meanwhile, a great-grandmother had become an internet sensation after securing her first acting job at the age of 82.

Jean Jones had been watched on video clip site YouTube more than 500,000 times after starring in budget supermarket Aldi's tea advert.

The tongue-in-cheek advert shows Mrs Jones sitting behind a table with a packet of PG Tips and a packet of Aldi tea.

Indicating the PG Tips, then the Aldi tea, she told the camera: "I buy this tea for my husband. He likes tea. He also likes this one. I don't like tea.

I like gin."

She then took a glass of gin and tonic from behind the tea and drinks it.

Mrs Jones, from Middleton One Row, near Darlington, was chosen for the 23-second advert from dozens of hopefuls after responding to an advert.