Drifters singer dies from cancer

By Peter McLaren-Kennedy

THE Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Drifters singer, Charlie Thomas has died at the age of 85 from liver cancer.

The singer’s death was confirmed on Tuesday, February 7 by long-time friend Peter Lemongello Jr who said that the star had died at his home in Bowie, Maryland on January 31.

Lemongello said: “He was ageing, but he was active almost every weekend. Unfortunately, he

GREG HANDS, the new Conservative Party chairman, believes that he was the target of a recruitment attempt by a suspected Russian spy many years ago. Speaking with Channel 4, the politician - who this week replaced Nadhim Zahawi - told them of the incident that occurred in a London pub in 2004. He was referring to an encounter with Alexander Kashitsyn who he originally met during a Tory party event. The man he now believes to have been a spy introduced himself as a worker went from being active to being at home and he started going downhill.”

The lead singer on hits including the 1961 hit ‘Sweets for my Sweet’ and the 1962 hit ‘When My Little Girl Is Smiling’, Thomas had been a member of the group for more than 60 years.

But despite the group’s popularity they only ever had one number hit, the all-time classic ‘Save the last dance for me’.

Despite his age, Thomas toured with the group until the start of the pandemic which resulted in the closure of venues.

Russian spy claim

at the Russian Embassy in the capital, as reported by the UK press.

Their meeting came at a time when Hands was looking to get himself elected as a Conservative MP he told the Dispatches documentary. In 2010, he finally became the MP for Chelsea and Fulham.

‘Strippers, Spies And Russian Money’ was broadcast on Channel 4 on Sunday. All allegations made in the doc-