Joan Hocquard, Britain’s oldest person, dies aged 112

An independent spirit', she refused a 100th birthday card from the Queen

Britain's oldest person, Joan Hocquard, who drove ambulances during the second world war, has died aged 112.

Hocquard died at her home in Poole, Dorset, on Saturday. Her nephew, Paul Reynolds, 74, said she had always sought to live life to the full and that she loved eating butter and cream and didn't believe in dieting".