A woman who concealed the births of four stillborn babies and kept three of them in her wardrobe for two decades was spared a jail sentence today.

ENGLAND footballer Steven Gerrard yesterday apologised for lashing out three times at a man in a bar brawl, saying he mistakenly believed he was about to attack him.

The mother of Rhys Jones's killer was told today that she faces jail for lying to detectives investigating the schoolboy's murder.

Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton was today starting a six-month jail sentence for his part in a brutal, alcohol-fuelled street attack.