The 28-year-old Sunderland winger turned up at Bradford Crown Court this morning with his girlfriend Stacey Flounders. He pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child and also admitted a charge of grooming, but denied two other charges of having sex with an underage girl. Johnson had initially denied all four charges against him, but at the last minute he changed his plea to guilty on two of the counts. He is now due to stand trial on the remaining two counts of sexual activity with a child.
Jordana Carr, 35, (pictured left) was found unresponsive by her 17-year-old daughter and later pronounced dead at her home in Platt, Kent, on October 29 last year. Moments before taking her life Miss Carr's ex-partner saw she had a noose around her neck after turning on the FaceTime video call function on his phone because he couldn't hear her properly. Simon McDowell immediately hung up and called police seconds after Miss Carr said: 'I don't want you to see me I just wanted to say goodbye.' The inquest was told Miss Carr had suffered a history of mental health issues after her mother, Maria Colaco (top right), was brutally murdered by her lover Andrew Gaffney (bottom right) on New Year's Eve in 2009. She also described suffering nightmares about the attack. A coroner at an inquest into Miss Carr's death recorded a verdict of suicide.
Grandmother-of-six Patricia Mallon, who won the BBC quiz show in 2010, died after the chair burst into flames at her home in Bournemouth, Dorset, while she was sleeping in it.
EXCLUSIVE: Becky Nicholls, who is five and a half months pregnant, sat in the seat aft`er failing to find a free one in the standard carriages of the train from Bromley South to London Victoria.
The new probe comes after the force was heavily criticised for probes into Lord Bramall and the late Lord Brittan. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has been under growing pressure to make formal apologies.
An article on 11 January wrongly suggested that Gale Booth is Lauren Booth's mother. We are happy to make clear that Gale Booth was not an alcoholic or an unfit parent.
The family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler have revealed the harrowing details of her final hours after her killer Levi Bellfield (right) finally confessed to the crime. Years after their daughter's death, Milly's parents Bob and Sally Dowler (inset, with Milly's sister Gemma) were told by police that the 13-year-old was raped in broad daylight and tortured before being strangled. The family said they hoped her 'soul, at long last, can finally rest in peace' now that the serial killer has given his account.
Kristen Brekke, Adeel Ulhaq and Forhad Rahman were found guilty at the Old Bailey in London of playing their part in the plan to get teenager Aseel Muthana to Syria to fight for ISIS.
Mohammed Uddin, 29, from Barking in Essex, who travelled to Syria to join ISIS but returned home because he disliked the 'cold water', 'bland food' and 'doing absolutely jack' has been jailed.
The world's third biggest fashion retailer was today accused of setting up 'opaque' accounting to declare net losses to HMRC, which allowed it to claim more than £4.2m in tax credits.
Public Health England's Dr Dilys Morgan told a committee of MPs in Westminster that the four cases were 'travel associated' and not believed to have been contracted in the UK.
The second time Brian Kay, 84, and his wife Audrey, 80, of Mawdesley, Lancashire, had to amend the flights with travel agent CheapOair (pictured) was because their passports had been stolen.
Detectives were unable to question Norman Williams, 70, over the suspected murders of his sister-in-law Sheila Jefferson and her husband Dennis, who were found dead at home in Chidham, West Sussex.
Workers collected ten truckloads of garbage as they cleared out the hovel following 'rat activity' in the street in Bridgwater, Somerset. Photos taken from inside the filthy property show plastic bags cluttered knee-high in the hallway, full to the brim with old, rotting newspapers (left). Decomposed planks of wood, loose electrical wires and old milk cartons can also be seen strewn across the rooms (right), while several of the fixtures and fittings inside the property have also come loose, exposing the filthy walls. Officers from Sedgemoor District Council applied to Taunton Magistrates' Court for an order after repeatedly telling the unnamed owner to 'sort out the mess' at the mid-terrace house.
A judge has given Maxine Turner-Hankinson just eight weeks to move out of her cottage in the grounds of the £2.5million former family estate in Derbyshire
Married David Lee, 37, said he was 'hounded' around Selfridges in Manchester by a female perfume seller while he was trying to find a Valentine's Day present for his wife.
The Dark Hedges, a short stretch of road in Northern Ireland lined by beech trees, attracts thousands of visitors because of its atmospheric appearance and TV fame. But last week, broken white wines were painted in the middle of the track, leading to an uproar from locals keen to preserve the unique site featured in Game of Thrones, inset. Within just a few days, officials was forced to admit that the move had been a mistake, and workmen today returned to the road to remove the markings.
Mathematics teacher Michael White, 26, sent a naked picture of himself to a 12-year-old while aroused. He was now been jailed for three years and four months at Chelmsford Court Crown.
Phillip Barrett, who was head of PE at Eggbuckland Community College in Plymouth, persistently tried to coax who he believed was a teenage girl into explicit sex talk over the internet.
Five thousands black cab drivers have brought central London to a standstill today (pictured) in protest against the 'unfair competition' from mobile taxi app Uber. The drivers are demonstrating (pictured inset) in Whitehall against what they consider is the light touch regulation of the industry harming cabbies and promoting private hire firms. But Uber bosses said the competition it provides could lead to 'service improvements and better experiences for passengers'.
Marina Wheeler, pictured with her husband Boris Johnson, has given a damning legal assessment of the Prime Minister's draft proposals for reforming Britain's membership of the EU.
Lord Maude, who quit the Commons at the General Election and was made a peer, said in a letter to the Prime Minister it had always been his intention to leave after establishing the new post.
Simon Binner, 57, from Purley, Surrey, was killed by a lethal dose of anaesthetic which he administered in a Swiss suicide clinic 600 miles from home on October 19 last year.
Michelle Little, 29, was walking through the centre of Guildford, Surrey with a friend following a heavy drinking session when she flashed the passers-by.
Connor Batty was known to have a serious drug habit, but police refused to intervene and carers at a home in Greater Manchester said they could not search him.
The Polish prime minister Beata Szydlo, pictured with David Cameron last week, is report introducing a new child benefit to encourage Polish workers to stay in the country and to have more children.
Solicitor Patronia Campbell claimed she was unfairly dismissed from Lehman Brothers after she refused an affair with Tory Hugh Merriman when they worked together in London.
Anthony Da Costa (pictured) was knocked unconscious in London last year. Cyclist Reeve Allen has now been fined for cycling without due care and attention
Stephen Auker (right), 58, is a pioneer in the so-called wombling world, the latest trend for thrifty shoppers, which involves 'womblers' gathering discarded receipts (bottom left) and swapping them for any unclaimed value. The practice seems to be a more recent phenomenon, thanks to the loyalty and price-match schemes offered by supermarkets and other retailers. The most popular womble spot is Asda, which allows shoppers to scan their receipt into the website (top left) and claim money back if their shop is not at least 10 per cent cheaper than rival stores. Mr Auker, who began wombling in 2010, estimates that he now saves up to £200 per month - more than half of his shopping bill - through the practice.
John Green, 47, filled up his Nissan Qashqai with £25 of diesel at a store in Yardley, Birmingham, yesterday but was left perplexed when his receipt showed he was charged £25.05.
Rosa Calaca, 45, was caught on CCTV shovelling 'handfuls' of items into shopping bags during one of five raids on a shop in Crawley, West Sussex, last year.
Liban Abdi assaulted three women in three separate attacks on the same day on the streets of east London. He was caught after being seen on a night bus. File photo
The charity received more than £6million from E.on last year, part of this from commission on the energy deals it recommended to the elderly which it is now claimed were not the cheapest on the market.
William Wragg, 28, MP for Hazel Grove, Greater Manchester, has admitted that he is part of the 'clipped wing generation' of graduates who are forced to go home to save a deposit.
Fire brigades across Britain were called to 926 tumble dryer fires between 2011 and 2013, amounting to 309 each year - but millions of faulty models still have not been recalled.
Lord Maude, who quit the Commons at the General Election and was made a peer, said in a letter to the Prime Minister it had always been his intention to leave after establishing the new post.
Marina Wheeler, pictured with her husband Boris Johnson, has given a damning legal assessment of the Prime Minister's draft proposals for reforming Britain's membership of the EU.
Elliott Johnson, 21, right, was said to have been threatened by senior Conservative election aide Mark Clarke, left, who has since been kicked out of the party.
The Polish prime minister Beata Szydlo, pictured with David Cameron last week, is report introducing a new child benefit to encourage Polish workers to stay in the country and to have more children.
MPs will benefit from another salary increase of almost £1,000 this April, with the basic wage of House of Commons members climbing to almost £75,000 a year, plus expenses.
Today, junior doctors launched an online campaign on Twitter using the hashtag #IAmTheDoctorWho, before outlining some of the life-saving or caring they do. Holding a placard, Dr Emily Williams (top left) is pictured holding up a piece of paper saying she 'cares for your loved ones every day in the final hours of their lives' in her job in palliative care. Dr Paul Watson (bottom right) works in intensive care and holds another saying he 'answered your questions when your child was admitted to intensive care'. Another, Dr Amanjeet Dahaley (bottom left) gives a visual demonstration of the work he does fixing 'patients in major accidents and with broken bones', posing for a picture with casts on his arms. The campaign comes as junior doctors stage a second 24-hour walk out in a row over new contracts and as Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt called for doctor's to do the 'right thing' and end strike action.
EXCLUSIVE: The findings - which have not been published - suggest voters are more sympathetic to Jeremy Hunt's attempts to impose a new contract on junior doctors than previously thought.
The BMA and the Department of Health still do not have a deal over Saturday working hours following a long dispute over a new contract Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt insists is necessary.
Firefighter Paul Keenor, 23, a father-of-two, who was thrown from his car and killed while responding to a 999 false alarm was not wearing his seatbelt, an inquest has heard.
Scotland cut the drink-driving limit from 80mg per 100ml of blood to 50mg in December 2014. If the Scottish experiment is successful, England and Wales could be set to follow suit.
Jacqueline Scott, 55, died at St George's Hospital in Richmond, London, after nurses failed to recognise her life support machine that kept her breathing had a power failure and shut down.
Just two days after Storm Imogen battered the country with 96mph winds and 63ft waves, forecasters are now warning about ice and frost. Showers are expected to fall in parts of Scotland and South West England while there are still about 170 flood alerts and warnings in place. The rest of the UK should experience a dry and sunny day today, although MeteoGroup expects temperatures to fall to -3C overnight into tomorrow. It comes as a frantic search for an RSPCA inspector who went missing on Sunday during a wildlife rescue in Cornwall entered a third day today. Pictured: A photographer found this amazing work of art on the roof of his car today after the overnight frost in Beith, Ayrshire.
A representative some of the victims' families said there was suspicion among them that West Midlands Police lied to gain the wrongful convictions of the Birmingham Six.
The bug is linked to miscarriage and is also a danger to the elderly and people who are already sick and so have a weakened immune system - and can take up eight weeks to appear.
Rosa Calaca, 45, was caught on CCTV shovelling 'handfuls' of items into shopping bags during one of five raids on the same shop in Crawley, West Sussex, in just nine days in March last year.
Residents in the Buckinghamshire market town of Beaconsfield claim the mounds of earth - which are up to 4ft high in places - are 'ridiculous' and an 'eyesore'. Mechanical diggers have been used to create the mounds, or 'bunds', on the grass areas near the local rugby club as a deterrent to travellers. Pete Foster, general secretary of Beaconsfield Old Town Residents Association, said the earth mounds could reduce parking in the area.
Ahmed Ali, 39, of Derby, said he feels 'victimised' after being taken off his honeymoon flight with his pregnant wife to Marrakech from Morocco by police who questioned him about terrorism.
Labour attacks the Government for its 'astonishing' mistake after the Home Office admitted that it had miscalculated the number of youngsters sent back to war-torn countries.
Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch has jetted back into Ireland from Lanzarote as a bitter gangland feud that claimed the life of his brother, Eddie Hutch Senior, in Dublin intensifies.
For most of us, the sticking point would be having to get up for work at 3am - even if it was for a plum job on television. But new BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker (right) was more worried about ensuring that he did not have to work on Sundays. The 38-year-old, who will take over from Bill Turnbull (pictured) at the end of this month, has plotted his career around his Christian faith.
Amount of time people spend on listening BBC's radio stations has dropped to its lowest levels.The average Briton spent just 10.1 hours a week tuning in to BBC radio in the last three months of 2015
Scientists from the universities of Bristol and Oslo suspect taking paracetamol induces 'oxidative stress', in which unstable molecules known as free radicals trigger an allergic response.
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Gangster David Byrne was gunned down at Dublin's Regency Hotel last Friday by a six-man hit squad
Research by analysts at Nielsen shows UK families are shopping as if the country is still in recession and households buy less and use leftovers in push to save money.
Teapigs, Rachel's organic yoghurt and Dorset Cereals are examples of seemingly 'homespun' brands, which are actually owned by large companies like TATA, Nestle and Associated British Foods.
Councils will be able to ditch Sunday trading laws, which limit large stores across Britain to opening just six hours on a Sunday, by the autumn. Some Tory MPs oppose it on family and religious grounds.
Evangelina Tsadiosou, 40, was planning to move 3,200 miles on Valentine's Day to live with Darryl Brown Fancey, 38 - and the couple were set to marry at the airport. But after she had sold nearly everything she owned and given up the lease on her flat, several women contacted him saying they had also had a romantic relationship her fiancé. He then denied that he had ever agreed to marry Miss Tsadiosou, leading her to cancel her plans to build a new life with him in Guelph, Ontario. The former teacher from Stevenage, Hertfordshire says she was deceived by his charm and has warned others not to be taken in.
Police have issued an e-fit of one of the two armed robbers that shot Timothy Mardon in the leg during a bungled raid on his £2million home in Essex.
Luis Nobre (pictured), 49, splurged millions of the cash while living in a five-star London hotel then fled to Switzerland, leaving his girlfriend and their newborn baby with the £130,000 bill.
Elliott Johnson, 21, right, was said to have been threatened by senior Conservative election aide Mark Clarke, left, who has since been kicked out of the party.
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Isa Dare (pictured), the son of Muslim convert Grace 'Khadija' Dare from south east London, is filmed pushing the button (top left) that blows up four alleged spies sitting in a white car (bottom right) in Raqqa, Syria. This is the second time the young boy, who was brainwashed after his mother took him to Syria three years ago, has appeared in one of the extremists' propaganda videos. His grandfather told of how the child begged him to save him just days before he was forced to appear in the first video last month. In what was seen as a 'promotion' of the next murderous release, Dare was made to declare: 'We are going to kill the kuffar [non-believers] over there' - before pointing to the men killed in today's video.
The 1,142 'super confessors' have been given the power to pardon the worst sins to mark the Vatican's Jubilee year in a bid to win back the hearts of people who have left the Catholic church.
Reinhold Hanning, 94, is accused of serving as an SS 'sergeant' at the Auschwitz death camp in Nazi occupied Poland between 1943 and 1944, a time when hundreds of thousands were killed ther
The photos taken by NASA's Earth Observatory show a dusty plain where the mountainous saline lake used to lie after water evaporated three times as fast between rainfalls.
Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed took to Twitter to announce a radical Cabinet reshuffle in which Ohood al Roumi (pictured), 29, was tasked with injecting some joy into the country
Frenchman Brahim Zaibat snapped a selfie with the sleeping National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen on a flight from Paris to Nice. It went viral the night before the party was defeated in December.
The panicked elephant had wandered from the Baikunthapur forest, crossing roads and a small river before entering the town of Siliguri in West Bengal state.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Edrogan today also hit back at UN demands he open Turkey's borders to Syrian refugees, saying he had shouldered the burden of the crisis since it began.
Ri Yong-gil (pictured), chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, was conspicuous in his absence from events celebrating the North's satellite launch in Pyongyang on Sunday.
Vasili Magdici, 25, has revealed how his wife, Angela Magdici became fascinated with Syria and started reading the Koran before helping her lover, Hassan Kiko (pictured) break out of jail.
Police from Cologne and neighbouring Leverkusen said there had been 673 crimes reported of which 55 were of a sexual nature, ranging from people who had been groped through to rape.
The alleged attacker, identified only by his first name Rheda, is accused of following the student as she walked home from a nightclub at 5am in Hannover, Germany.
The German Chancellor reportedly made the call after the Pope delivered a withering attack on a 'haggard' Europe in a November 2014 address.
A report into civil servants' freebies should trouble any taxpayer. Whitehall officials, their spouses and even their children, have been entertained by big businesses at London's most exclusive venues.
The strongest argument advanced by the 'remain' campaign is that it would be disastrous for Britain's trade if we pulled out of the EU. Today comes striking evidence that this is palpable nonsense.
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