Four footballers were cleared today of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room.

In the UK, two of Baby P’s social workers have lost an appeal against an employment tribunal ruling that they were fairly sacked.

The natural father of Baby P has been awarded £75,000 (€90,000) against the publishers of The People after being wrongly described as a sex offender convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl.

One of the trio jailed over Baby P’s death could walk free from prison this week.

The Supreme Court in Britain has rejected applications by the Department for Education and Haringey Council for leave to challenge a landmark ruling that Sharon Shoesmith was unfairly sacked following the Baby P tragedy.

MORE vulnerable children will die at the hands of their “desperate” parents as a result of funding cuts, disgraced former children’s services boss Sharon Shoesmith warned yesterday.

An inquest into the death of Baby P will not go ahead, a British coroner ruled today.

Baby P's mother named her violent partner as her next of kin on an official form but UK authorities still failed to realise he was living with her, a previously secret report has revealed.

Baby P’s mother named her violent partner as her next of kin on an official form but authorities still failed to realise he was living with her, a previously secret report revealed today.

More damning failings that led to Baby P’s death will be revealed today with the publication of previously secret official reports.

Baby P's GP was suspended by the UK's General Medical Council for 12 months today for a series of failures in his care of the toddler.

A GP who failed to spot Baby P was suffering abuse eight days before the toddler’s death will learn today whether he is to be struck off.

A British GP who breached his professional duty towards Baby P in the months leading up to the toddler’s death faces being struck off after a disciplinary panel ruled today that his fitness to practise was impaired.

A GP breached his professional duty towards Baby P in the months leading up to his death and “deprived” himself of an opportunity to protect the child, Britain's General Medical Council ruled today.

Sacked UK social services chief Sharon Shoesmith spoke of her distress and sorrow over the death of Baby Peter, in north London, as she warned that the "whole story" of what happened to the toddler had not yet been told.

THE decision by Children’s Secretary Ed Balls to strip former children’s services chief Sharon Shoesmith of her post following the death of Baby P was upheld by the High Court yesterday.

A doctor will appear before the UK's General Medical Council today accused of failing to spot that Baby Peter was suffering abuse two days before his death.

The British stepfather of tragic Baby P was injured in a shocking prison attack, it was reported today.

One of the three people jailed in Britain over the death of Baby Peter lost an appeal today against his conviction for the rape of a two-year-old girl.

The boyfriend of Baby P’s mother has been attacked in prison, a prison spokeswoman said today.

TWO brothers jailed following the death of Baby Peter could face charges over an alleged attack on their grandmother, police said yesterday.

ONE of the three people jailed over the death of Baby P won an appeal against his indefinite sentence yesterday.

One of the three people jailed over the death of Baby P won an appeal against his indefinite sentence today.

The former children’s services chief who lost her job over the Baby P tragedy will today launch a judicial challenge against her sacking.

The couple responsible for the death of Baby P have been identified after a court order giving them anonymity expired.

THE couple responsible for the death of Baby P can be identified today after a court order protecting their anonymity expired.

Boy George was starting a 15-month jail term tonight for a “humiliating” attack on a male escort.

The trial of a woman and two men accused of murdering a baby boy in England has been put back to September following a defence application at the Old Bailey, London.

Newcastle United midfielder Lee Bowyer is facing a driving ban after being clocked doing around 110mph in his Porsche 911 on a stretch of the A1 near his Northumberland home.

England footballer Lee Bowyer has lost the first stage of his legal challenge in the High Court, his solicitor said today.

England footballer Lee Bowyer will appear before magistrates in September following an on-pitch brawl with a team-mate, it was announced today.

THE English Football Association yesterday indicated their willingness to work alongside the police in serious cases, although they stressed these are extremely isolated.

Peter Ridsdale has expressed his thanks to players' union boss Gordon Taylor for intervening in the row between Leeds and Lee Bowyer.