Vera Lynn back in charts

FORCES sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn became the oldest living artist to make it into the top 20 of the British albums chart, her record company said.

Dame Vera, who kept up the spirits of millions with her songs and personality during the darkest days of the Second World War, entered the album chart at number 20, at the age of 92.

Her album, We’ll Meet Again – The Very Best of Vera Lynn, returned her to the charts almost six decades after she topped them in the 1950s.

It overtook those of comparative spring chickens U2, the Stone Roses, Green Day and Eminem.