A riot squad officer who hit a G20 protester twice with a metal baton will be told today if he broke the law.

A POLICE officer has been charged with assaulting a female protester during anti-G20 demonstrations in London earlier this year, prosecutors said yesterday.

THE number of people in Britain with surnames like Cockshott, Balls, Death and Shufflebottom — likely the source of schoolroom laughter — has declined by up to 75% in the last century.