A group of female school employees have won a Supreme Court victory in their equal pay fight against a local authority.

Jeremy Clarkson’s TV outburst in which he said striking workers in the UK “should be shot” has led to more than 21,000 complaints to the BBC.

THE BBC was last night standing by Jeremy Clarkson following his remarks about wanting to execute strikers.

The Government’s efforts to promote human rights in Northern Ireland suffered a setback today when two founder members of the province’s Human Rights Commission resigned, expressing concerns at the body’s failures.