Rod Liddle, a titan of Fleet Street and columnist for titles including The Sunday Times and The Spectator, has died after a short illness

His children paid tribute to their father who they say was their guide 'on how to live an extraordinary life'.

Liddle died at the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough

Rod Liddle’s children paid tribute to their father, who was their guide ‘on how to live an extraordinary life’

Tributes paid across industry to provocative journalist who died after short illness