Countdown star Rachel Riley was libelled by a former Jeremy Corbyn staffer, High Court hears

Rachel Riley claims she was libelled by a former Jeremy Corbyn staffer who ‘dog whistled’ her followers to cause a Twitter ‘pile on’, the High Court heard today.  The Countdown maths ace told the court her view is that the Corbyn-led Labour Party was ‘fostering antisemitism’ – and she felt ‘affronted’ at being called ‘dangerous and stupid’ … Read more

‘Smirking’ Army trooper grabbed the bottoms of two female colleagues, court martial hears

‘Smirking’ Army trooper grabbed the bottoms of two female colleagues while they were on parade to ‘lighten the mood’, court martial hears Trooper Phillip Ewart pinched the women within minutes of each other  Tpr Ewart told court it was just ‘banter’. He denies two charges of sexual assault One of the women burst into tears … Read more

Heiress with a £1,500 monthly allowance hears a skint father-of-two ate out of bins as a teenager 

A Nigerian heiress living off a £1,500 monthly allowance from her grandfather got a brutal reality check while staying with a skint family of three on tonight’s Rich Kids Go Skint.  Engineering student Mercedez, 24, who lives in a £2,000 a month penthouse flat in London, went to stay with expecting parents-of-one Liam and Caitlan … Read more

‘Neo-Nazi’ politics student accused of 12 terror offences called for ‘racial holy war’, court hears

A university student allegedly wrote ‘we did not finish the job’ in regard to the Holocaust on an extreme right-wing website, a court has heard. Andrew Dymock, 23, wrote articles on the now banned group System Resistance Network’s (SRN) website in 2017 and received donations for the organisation, the Old Bailey was told. The defendant, … Read more

‘Neo-Nazi’ politics student accused of 12 terror offences called for ‘racial holy war’, court hears

A university student allegedly wrote ‘we did not finish the job’ in regard to the Holocaust on an extreme right-wing website, a court has heard. Andrew Dymock, 23, wrote articles on the now banned group System Resistance Network’s (SRN) website in 2017 and received donations for the organisation, the Old Bailey was told. The defendant, … Read more

Wales rugby winger gave girlfriend two black eyes after drunken bedroom brawl, Cardiff court hears

Women’s rugby international player gave her fiancee two black eyes when she punched her repeatedly in drunken bedroom bust-up Hannah Bluck, 24, was told to pay £400 compensation fees to her ex-fiancée Welsh winger repeatedly assaulted her lover, Toni, in a drunken bedroom brawl Bluck was also given a 12-month restraining order at Cardiff Magistrates’ … Read more

Wales rugby winger gave girlfriend two black eyes after drunken bedroom brawl, Cardiff court hears

Women’s rugby international player gave her girlfriend two black eyes when she punched her repeatedly in drunken bedroom bust-up Hannah Bluck, 24, was told to pay £400 compensation fees to her ex-fiancée Welsh winger repeatedly assaulted her lover, Toni, in a drunken bedroom brawl Bluck was also given a 12-month restraining order at Cardiff Magistrates’ … Read more

Coronation Street technician killed himself after struggle during lockdown, inquest hears 

A Coronation Street production veteran killed himself just days after his ruby wedding anniversary after struggling to cope with lockdown, an inquest has heard.    Glyn Pattison, 64, from Harwood, Bolton, was the head of grips for ITV Granada – a qualified technician role in camera equipment – and spent more than 30 years working on … Read more

Care worker, 24, ‘murdered her baby who was just hours old and dumped body in park’, court hears 

A young immigrant mother murdered her new born baby daughter after hiding her pregnancy when she entered the UK, a court heard today. Babita Rai crushed the infant’s skull, leaving her with ‘severe’ injuries and dumping her body in a park within hours of giving birth, a jury was told. The 24-year-old is accused of … Read more

British barmaid in Magaluf, 23, hanged herself because she was ‘exhausted’ by anxiety, inquest hears

A British barmaid working in the Spanish party resort of Magaluf took her own life after she penned a heartbreaking suicide note detailing how she was too ‘exhausted’ to carry on living, an inquest heard. Danielle Finlay Brookes, 23, had publicly called herself a ‘Queen building her own empire’ on social media and to friends … Read more