A 95-year-old D-Day veteran who left school with no qualifications has become the oldest person in history to be awarded a PhD by a British university.

Charles Betty is now a Doctor of Philosophy after completing a 48,000-word thesis on why elderly expats living in Spain return to the UK.

Mr Betty, who moved to the Costa del Sol in 1986, took five years to complete the long-distance course while also caring for his wife of 73 years Eileen, 93.

After leaving school aged 14 with no qualifications, he joined the Army and served in the D-Day Landings as a Corporal with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

Two years ago he was awarded the Legion d'Honneur by the French Government on Bastille Day for his part in the June 1944 operation.