It was 10pm and Britain’s first woman Prime Minister was in the middle of a group of rugged SAS soldiers in jubilant spirits, sipping chilled beers. In a packed room at the Regent’s Park Barracks in ...

An SAS hero who took part in the infamous Iranian embassy siege and daring raids during the Falklands War is selling his medals. Warrant Officer John Thompson, 69, says he only found out they were ...

A rescued BBC sound recordist and an SAS hero who led the Iranian Embassy assault to save the hostages 40 years ago met again today for the first time. Sim Harris, 64, had been waiting for a visa at ...

Two women managed to flee the scene when the siege started, but for the rest of them, this would be an unforgettable nightmare. A new film, ‘6 Days’ chronicles the events that took place during the ...

SAS hero Bob Curry won his ­battle for a home — thanks to an army of Sun readers. Bob, 64, freed hostages in the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege but had been left penniless and without a roof over his head ...

A leading light in the famed SAS Iranian Embassy siege was due to play a crunch West Midlands cup final on the very day he and colleagues stormed the building. Rusty Firmin – easily identifiable in ...

Bob Curry had to use a sledgehammer to smash a window at the back of the building in South Kensington after an explosive charge failed to go off. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT His actions ...

A SAS veteran hailed for his role in the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980 has been left homeless after his local council failed to find him housing, he has claimed. Bob Curry, who was part of the team ...

An SAS hero of the Iranian Embassy siege has put his medals up for sale for £25,000. Bob Curry was one of the first commandos to break into the London building where 26 hostages were being held by ...

At noon on 30 April 1980 I was walking across Hyde Park from my flat in Westbourne Terrace in Notting Hill towards the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate in South Kensington. I was going there in pursuit ...

The Foreign Office expected countries to ask for the loan of the SAS in a siege or hijack after the London Iranian Embassy rescue, documents show. Documents from 1980 released by the National Archives ...