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The Sun
January 22, 2018
THIS is the house filled with loving family snaps where tragic Mylee Billingham was stabbed to death just minutes after her dad pictured her eating pizza in bed. Mylee's dad Bill, 54, is the only suspect in the investigation into his daughter's death and moved into the property in Brownhills, West Mids, a fewÃâà...
expressandstar.com
January 22, 2018
He was awarded an MBE in 2005 for leading a mission in Iraq to rescue British hostage Norman Kember. Bill Billingham. However, others spoke in sympathy for the victim with nurse Laura Beech saying simply: “Rest with the angels, little one.” Detective Inspector Jim Colclough, from West Midlands PoliceÃâà...
The Sun
January 21, 2018
THE dad arrested over the murder of his eight-year-old daughter has been revealed as the brother of an SAS TV star and former bodyguard to Brad Pitt. Bill Billingham, 54, has been named locally as the man arrested after tragic Mylee was discovered with knife wounds at his home in Walsall last night.
Liverpool Echo
September 29, 2017
... move away, and he awoke three weeks later in Selly Oak hospital having been flown home from the conflict-ridden Lashkar Gah province. McCombe had survived two previous tours of Afghanistan, hunted insurgents in Baghdad and helped liberate hostage Norman Kember from his Iraqi captors in 2005.
MoneyWeek
October 21, 2016
In 2005 he led the mission that rescued British hostage Norman Kember in Iraq and, later that year, the SAS counter-terrorist team during the London bombings and their aftermath. Now he has forged a successful second career as a Hollywood bodyguard – protecting celebrities such as Angelina Jolie andÃâà...
The Times
October 14, 2016
Billingham – just “Billy” if you know him – has spent 27 years in the SAS, has fought in war zones around the globe, hunted down IRA snipers, apprehended Balkan war criminals and, in 2005, was appointed MBE for leading the mission in Iraq that saw the rescue of British hostage Norman Kember.
Ekklesia
March 24, 2016
Ten years ago, Norman Kember, the peace activist taken hostage in Iraq, returned home after being freed by SAS troops. We are very grateful to Norman for providing us with his reflections on his experiences. I had originally considered entitling this piece of writing 'Je ne regrette rien' but then some regretsÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 8, 2012
When Norman Kember, a 74 year-old peace activist, was abducted late in 2005 his group Christian Peacemaker Teams was criticised for putting its members and British soldiers in danger. Mr Kember was freed in an multi-national operation the following March but was accused of not showing gratitude toÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 8, 2012
When Norman Kember, a 74 year-old peace activist, was abducted late in 2005 his group Christian Peacemaker Teams was criticised for putting its members and British soldiers in danger. Mr Kember was freed in an multi-national operation the following March but was accused of not showing gratitude toÃâà...
BBC News
April 1, 2006
The rescue of Norman Kember highlighted the role of the Special Services in Iraq - soldiers the public rarely sees, but who are key to the UK's military might, says military historian Peter Caddick-Adams. We've had a steady drip-feed of bad news from Iraq. On 31 January the 100th British serviceman,Ãâà...
BBC News
March 27, 2006
Freed hostage Norman Kember has thanked the soldiers who rescued him from kidnappers in Iraq after being reunited with his wife Pat at Heathrow airport. But the peace campaigner - criticised earlier for apparently failing to thank the rescuers - restated his opposition to foreign troops in the country.
CNN
March 12, 2006
A group calling itself the Swords of Righteousness Brigade kidnapped Fox on November 26 along with three other members of Christian Peacemaker Teams: Briton Norman Kember, and Canadians James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden. During a news conference, the Rev. Carol Rose, a ChristianÃâà...
BBC News
January 30, 2006
British peace activist Norman Kember has been freed in Iraq along with two Canadian colleagues. The body of fellow hostage Tom Fox was found in Baghdad two weeks ago. The BBC News website looks at the events since the four westerners were kidnapped during a peace mission to Iraq in November,Ãâà...
