A MILLIONAIRE financier being sued by a former employee for discrimination yesterday told a tribunal he never used prostitutes.

A LONDON executive who is suing her boss for £4 million (€2.42m) for discrimination, believes he hired a hit man to kill her, a tribunal heard yesterday.

A woman was taken to hospital with minor injuries after an explosion under a car in Belfast today.

David and Victoria Beckham are set to splash out on a £10m (€11.8m) London home, according to reports.

A gunman who traded shots with police in a five-hour stand-off has died, Scotland Yard said tonight.

Armed police have been shot at after being called to an incident at a west London residential street.

Tearful heiress Paris Hilton was sent back to jail to serve the rest of her sentence behind bars less than 36 hours after she was allowed home.

Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho wasted no time in raising the temperature ahead of the Champions League re-match with Liverpool at Anfield tomorrow night by claiming the Merseysiders were not the best team in Europe last season.

Around 200,000 Chelsea fans turned out in their thousands to pay tribute to Jose Mourinho and his all-conquering squad today.

WHEN the champagne and lager stops flowing down the Kings Road, when the tears are wiped away, and heads have cleared in about four weeks’ time, there will be opportunity to reflect on the double act which has dominated the European football scene this season.

Arsenal 1 Tottenham 0

A leading Northern Ireland estate agent was accused of money laundering today.

READERS regularly ask for suggestions about the best restaurants in London. To start, arm yourself with a Zagat’s Guide.

Liverpool 2 Arsenal 1

Jose Mourinho believes Chelsea can win the Barclays Premiership title “one or two weeks” before the end of the season.

Book retailer Borders today unveiled a £18.6m (€28m) deal to take control of stationery-to-greeting cards seller Paperchase.

Chelsea may have suffered Champions League heartbreak earlier this month but at least they look to be getting the European Cup-winning manager as a hugely valuable consolation prize.

Hotel group Jurys Doyle has opened its new Jurys Inn in Chelsea. London.

Marks and Spencers may open up to 10 stores under the Per Una name, its young person's fashion label.

I WAS so impressed by a comment written on one of my end-of-year school reports, that it remains firmly entrenched in my mind some 30 years later.

FROM the sound of the Blues fans in the corner of Highbury on Saturday, the Beatles were way off the mark when they said ‘Money can’t buy me love’.

YOUR readers may be interested to learn of one of their heroes, Lt Col WJ English VC (Victoria Cross).

CELEBRITY chef Gordon Ramsay yesterday said he planned to drug-test every new member of staff starting work at one of his restaurants.

CHELSEA defender John Terry has insisted that Charlton’s players were actually looking forward to playing on the Stamford Bridge “beach” — as they believed the appalling surface could suit them better.

Chelsea 3 Sunderland 0

THE Martell Grand National could literally be a race in a million in less than five years’ time.

Jurys Doyle Hotel Group is planning three new Jurys Inn developments in the UK costing about €89m.