"She's lovely, but won't stand for any nonsense"

Bingo-caller Ann – who divorced in the 1970s and whose son Andre has a young daughter Eden in the US – sits on residents’ committees to tackle local crime.

She also led a successful campaign to drive junkies, drug peddlers and hookers from the Northampton estate where she lives. One neighbour said: “She’s our very own crime-buster. She’s lovely, but won’t stand for any nonsense.”