A whistleblower at the heart of the Tesco accounting scandal in the UK has described the determination of senior managers to meet budget targets with them ignoring concerns raised by staff who feared they would end up in jail.

Three former Tesco executives are accused of “cooking the books” in a scandal which wiped £2bn (€2.25bn) off the super- market’s total share value and sent “shockwaves” through the stock market.

Three former Tesco executives are accused of "cooking the books" in a scandal which wiped £2bn(€2.27bn) off the supermarket's total share value and sent "shockwaves" through the stock market.

The trial of three former Tesco executives is due to start on Monday over the £326m accounting scandal at the British supermarket.

Barclays and four former top bankers have appeared in court over side deals struck during emergency fundraising at the height of the financial crisis.

Jurors trying former entertainer Rolf Harris over alleged sex attacks have been discharged after failing to reach verdicts.

Rolf Harris embraced children and fans in a "fraternal or brotherly" way, his former tour manager said.

One of Rolf Harris's alleged victims said she is speaking out for "vindication and justice" as the entertainer sat in court for the first day since his trial began.

One of Rolf Harris's alleged victims said she is speaking out for "vindication and justice" as the entertainer sat in court for the first day since his trial began.

Upset by what had happened at the event in Cambridge, when she was 16, she went home and told her father Harris was a "dirty old man".

A former BBC employee carried out a "persistent, repeated and unwanted sexual harassment" of a woman while he worked for the company more than 30 years ago, a British court has been told.

Two Hatton Garden raiders posed as workmen to break into a high-end London jewellers in a burglary bearing striking similarities to the daring multi-million pound heist five years later, a court has heard.

A man in the room at the time when Rolf Harris allegedly assaulted a blind, disabled woman said he heard or saw nothing that gave him "cause for concern", a court has heard.

Disgraced Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning has pleaded guilty to 21 historical child sex offences as part of a police investigation into a youth disco.

A man who took more than a million pounds from his severely-disabled father's bank account to go on a lavish spending spree has been jailed for five years in England.

Three former Barclays traders have been found guilty by a London jury of conspiring to fraudulently manipulate global benchmark interest rates in a stark warning to junior bankers and a major victory for Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO).

Disgraced former celebrity publicist Max Clifford has told a jury he is determined to clear his name as he faces a fresh allegation of indecent assault.

Max Clifford “gyrated” in front of a 17-year-old with his penis exposed, a court has heard.

The woman who claims that celebrity publicist Max Clifford forced her to perform a sex act on him when she was 17 felt giving evidence about it in court this week was like “going 10 rounds with Mike Tyson”.

A woman has told a court she thought Max Clifford was going to “rape or kill” her as he forced her to perform a sex act on him when she was 17.

A former teacher at a remedial school in England molested an 11-year-old boy at a school camp and spent years grooming him with his boyfriend, a court in the UK has heard.

The jury in the London trial of former trader, Tom Hayes, who is charged with eight counts of conspiracy to defraud, by manipulating global Libor interest rates, retired yesterday to consider its verdict, after hearing nine weeks of evidence.

A “greedy” City trader tried to involve his “cheeky young graduate” stepbrother in an attempt to rig a key interest rate, a court has heard.

Gary Glitter broke down in tears as he tried to explain to jurors why he had been in possession of pornographic images of children.

Gary Glitter broke down in tears as he tried to explain to jurors why he had been in possession of child pornography images.

A man accused of stealing more than £700,000 (€914,000)worth of rare Faberge antiques today declared his name was Lee Harvey Oswald – the man who assassinated John F Kennedy.

Former glam rock singer Gary Glitter crept into a schoolgirl’s bed and tried to rape her at the height of his fame, a court heard.

A former teacher has been jailed for 13 years in the UK for carrying out hundreds of sexual assaults on young boys.

A former Downing Street aide to David Cameron has pleaded not guilty to child indecency offences.

Gary Glitter has appeared in court to deny a string of historic sex offences against three girls.

Disgraced DJ Dave Lee Travis's three-month suspended sentence for indecent assault was "neither wrong in principle nor unduly lenient", the Attorney General has found.

A senior banker from a leading British bank has pleaded guilty to trying to rig the interbank lending rate Libor.

Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis has been found guilty of indecent assault.

The retrial of veteran DJ Dave Lee Travis over historic sex abuse allegations is expected to open today.

Former X-Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos has said she is "outraged" at her conviction for assaulting a celebrity blogger at a music festival.

An undercover reporter has told a court he wanted to "expose criminality" about an alleged drug deal involving Tulisa Constostavlos and it was "outrageous" to suggest he spiked the singer’s drink during one of their meetings.

Former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos helped to supply cocaine to an undercover reporter who promised he could help the singer crack the movie business, a court has heard.

Former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos helped to supply cocaine to an undercover reporter who promised he could help the singer crack the movie business, a court has heard.

The pain of the women who fell prey to convicted paedophile Rolf Harris was laid bare as he was told he will serve just under three years in prison for a string of sex crimes.

Convicted paedophile Rolf Harris will not stand trial over allegations that he downloaded sexual images of children, prosecutors said today.

According to Sky News, Rolf Harris left his home by boat shortly before 7am today. His home backs on to the River Thames.

Rolf Harris’s reputation was left in tatters as police considered fresh allegations against him amid calls for tributes and honours to the disgraced entertainer to be removed.

Tributes to the disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris could be torn down in his home state of Western Australia as police consider new allegations against him.

Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris saw his decades in the spotlight end in disgrace yesterday as he was found guilty of a string of indecent assaults.

AFTER 60 years in showbusiness Rolf Harris is no stranger to the limelight, but his trial for a string of alleged indecent assaults proved to be the performance of his lifetime.

Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris saw his decades in the spotlight end in disgrace today as he was found guilty of indecent assault.

Rolf Harris targeted young fans whose "penalty" for their admiration was to suffer sexual assault at the hands of the star, a court has heard.