4 h. ago Former footballer Joey Barton pleads not guilty over calling Jeremy Vine a 'bike nonce'

The former Manchester City and Newcastle United midfielder is accused of sending posts which referred to football pundits as serial killers

Politics

5 h. ago Joey Barton denies 12 charges of sending offensive messages to Jeremy Vine and Lucy Ward

Former Manchester City and Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton has pleaded not guilty after being accused of sending offensive messages to Jeremy Vine, Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko

Events

5 h. ago Joey Barton denies calling Jeremy Vine ‘bike nonce’ and comparing female pundits to serial killers

Former footballer Barton is accused of 12 offences relating to allegedly grossly offensive social media posts

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6 h. ago Joey Barton pleads not guilty over alleged offensive tweets to Jeremy Vine and football pundit

Joey Barton was bailed until a further hearing in June

Politics

6 h. ago Joey Barton in court over online posts about Jeremy Vine and football pundits

Former footballer Barton is accused of 12 offences relating to allegedly grossly offensive social media posts

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6 h. ago Joey Barton denies sending offensive posts after calling Jeremy Vine a 'bike nonce' and comparing football pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko to 'serial killers'

The former Manchester City midfielder looked serious as he arrived at Liverpool Crown Court sporting sunglasses, a blue coat and a navy suit, dressed up with a colourful patterned scarf.

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6 d. ago 'Human Ken Doll' from Hull blackmailed fella and wanted £70 so 'it would all be over'

Jimmy Featherstone, who was dubbed Hull's 'Ken Doll' because of his fondness for plastic surgery and fake tan, used online dating apps to meet his victims, a court heard

Economics

1 week ago Joey Barton causes controversy with 'pathetic' opinion on Jean

Crystal Palace star Jean-Philippe Mateta was hospitalised after being kicked in the head by Millwall keeper Liam Roberts, who was send off - and Joey Barton has caused a stir on social media

Politics

1 week ago Jeremy Clarkson wins the battle of the boozers: Historic pub in same village as his Farmer's Dog venue goes up for sale for first time in 300 years

A historic country pub in a picture postcard village is up for sale - after Jeremy Clarkson took over its nearest rival and suddenly their business dropped dramatically.

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2 w. ago Plans for secretive online magistrates court hearings axed in media victory for open justice

Plans to allow more secrecy in magistrates courts dropped after backlash condemning the idea as ‘justice in the dark’

Society