British Isles

Police bribe mother to drop assault case

26 Oct 2013
Hayley Clayton spent a night in hospital with ten stitches to a serious head wound following an unprovoked attack. Three weeks later police told her they had found the culprit but would not prosecute because ‘it…

Christian woman to sue for right not to work on Sundays

26 Oct 2013
Celestina Mba, 58, from south London was forced to leave her job after refusing to work Sundays. She told Merton Council she was unable to work Sundays before accepting a job but she was later told…

Charlotte Church attacks 'sexist' music industry

19 Oct 2013
The music industry has a ‘culture of demeaning women’ that forces stars to sell themselves as sex objects, according to singer Charlotte Church. Church said she was ‘pressurised’ into wearing revealing outfits in videos by male…

Shining a light on corruption as bells ring out

19 Oct 2013
The bells of St Paul’s Cathedral rang out across the city of London on Monday, October 14, 2013, as people gathered in the portico and on the steps of the ancient place of worship to ‘Shine…