PM's tribute to 'amazing' father

David Cameron paid tribute to his "amazing" father Ian yesterday, saying he had "touched a lot of lives in lots of different ways".

The Prime Minister also thanked French President Nicolas Sarkozy for arranging a helicopter so he could reach the 77-year-old's bedside after he suffered a stroke while on holiday near Toulon.

A statement released by Downing Street on behalf of the Premier and his family said: "We will miss him terribly but have a bank of memories that can never be exhausted."

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Mr Cameron cancelled his duties in the UK and took a commercial flight to France on Wednesday after learning that his father had been taken ill.

Thanks to the assistance of Mr Sarkozy, he arrived at the hospital along with brother Alex and sister Clare shortly before Mr Cameron senior died.