QUIRKY WORLD ... Journalist ‘humiliated’ over agony aunt column

ENGLAND: A Sun journalist told how he was “humiliated” in the newspaper by a boss who ordered a new Dear Deidre column focusing on his decision to turn down a job in New York.

Giving evidence at his trial at the Old Bailey, Chris Pharo told jurors how The Sun used scantily clad models pretending to be readers with problems for the regular feature.

The 46-year-old, who was later to become news editor, recalled the incident involving Neil Wallis which happened while he was working as a district reporter in Bristol.