PM murder plot woman cleared
The city of Derby is today taking a first step towards rehabilitating a woman vilified for almost a century for plotting to murder the Prime Minister.
Alice Wheeldon's name cleared at last
For almost a century, she's been vilified as a traitor. But today, Alice Wheeldon's home city took a first significant step to putting the record straight.
In 1917 Alice, a peace activist, was wrongly accused of plotting to murder the Prime Minister and sent to prison.
Now a blue plaque has been unveiled in her honour. Peter Bearne reports.
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