HELPING to set up a school and orphanage for deprived kids in Kenya; saving distressed horses from Welsh mountains, and making life better for the homeless and hungry on her doorstep...

Those are just some of the dozens of good causes championed by one of Teignmouth’s most prolific fundraisers, described as ‘a remarkable woman’.

And now Melissa Middleton’s charitable efforts over 40 years have been recognised with a well-deserved British Empire Medal in the New Year’s honours list.

Read the full story in tomorrow’s paper.