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A married City lawyer's career is in ruins after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman he branded an "Australian slut" at a posh rowing club Christmas party. Former England international rower Alastair Main, 35, was spared jail today despite pouring beer over the woman's head as he carried out the humiliating attack. But the court heard he was sacked from his lucrative job with investment firm Schroders two days after he was convicted in connection with the incident...

A police force paid out £750,000 in compensation after damaging property, assault, breaching the Human Rights Act and even failing to post a letter. Bungling Surrey Police faced more than 150 successful claims were made against the force last year following a series of errors, accidents and misdemeanors including discrimination towards the disabled. A total of 38 successful claims were made by those wrongly arrested, imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted or detained forcing cops to shell out £192,000. Claimants who said they...

Yesterday David Davis, Con, told the house that a White Paper over Brexit was basically impossible in the time frame before invoking article 50, but at today’s PMQs Teresa May announced there would be one after all, responding to a planted question from Chris Philp, Con. So during the previous 24 hours the Government has listened/u-turned (delete as appropriate) and told the country they will now produce a White Paper, which was effectively ruled out the previous day. Instead of...

A quarter of courses are struggling to meet tough new targets on gender balance in Scottish colleges. In total, five out of 18 subjects have failed to meet the goal of ensuring that at least 25 per cent of students on the course are male or female. The figures show just how difficult it will be for the colleges to fall in line with the Government's targets by 2030. Subjects such as nautical studies and construction are dominated by male...

This is the extraordinary moment a Tory councillor appears to try and silence claims he was illegally hunting a fox by telling a female activist: "I'd quite like to SHAG you." Middleton hunt master Charles Carter, 33, is filmed telling the woman that she is "very pretty" before requesting her number and asking: "Can I take you to bed please?" The young Breckland Council member made the remarks after being challenged by activists during a meet of the Middleton Hunt,...

Brefugee, noun, UK, informal - a worker who is to be displaced by Brexit Paris and Frankfurt are set to battle over so-called Brefugees. The workers, who have been displaced by Britain exiting the European Union, will in most cases have to choose between the French capital and the German financial centre. While Theresa May’s statement last week that she would be willing to turn the UK into a low-tax, fiscal paradise offers a new kind of hope to the...

It is said that at any given time there are almost five barrels of whisky maturing in Scotland for every person living in the country. In a nation with a population of  5.3 million people it is quite remarkable that it houses a global industry worth £5 billion a year to the UK economy. That's a £1,000 contribution per Scot! Or £125,000 per ever person working in the industry, said to be around 40,000 people according to the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA). Their...

Loan sharks are pushing vulnerable families into homelessness according to a campaign launched to raise awareness about the dangers associated with borrowing from illegal lenders. New figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government show there has been a 16 per cent increase of people sleeping rough on England's streets compared to last year. Outside London, the number of people on the streets rose 20 per cent, whereas in the capital it was three per cent. The homelessness charity Crisis said it was...

Dundee, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Falkirk are the top five cities in the UK for fuel poverty, according to an infographic published by MoneySuperMarket. Scottish residents who are considered fuel poor struggle to pay their annual energy bills by an average of £437 per year. The shortfall is much less (an average of £371.00 per year) for those in other parts of the UK. MoneySupermarket further explains that many parts of the United Kingdom are wasting more than £100.00 each year...