Pte Johnson Beharry was awarded the Victoria Cross yesterday, Britain's highest honour for bravery. Apparently it was the first non-posthumous award for 40 years. He is an incredibly brave man and rightly regarded as a hero.

But I noticed something interesting when reading the front page story about the investiture in London's Evening Standard. Not once did they mention the fact that this man, who put his life at risk twice to save his colleagues and ended up in a coma, was born in Grenada. They mentioned that he used to be a painter and decorator but they couldn't bring themselves to recognise the fact that he was (whisper it) an immigrant. At least this morning's Metro which is basically last night's Evening Standard reheated did acknowledge his roots. But I still can't help feeling that Associated Newspapers found it convenient to ignore his origins at a time when immigration is a political hot potato and they lead the line in stoking the fire. Scum.