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Dr Ashleigh Williams (pictured left, leaving the Manchester tribunal with her partner) used a colleague's name to prescribe herself tablets which she pretended were for her sister. The 'high-flying' GP trainee from Burnley General Hospital was said to be too embarrassed to ask for the Amoxicillin tablets herself. She has been found guilty of serious professional misconduct but escaped with a written warning and was described as a 'highly competent and responsibly clinician'.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage raged that pro-EU politicians were just 'moaning about every single election which they lose'. The furious rebuke came after some Remainers argued that adding up the votes for anti-Brexit parties could be taken as an indication that the public did not want to leave the EU. Presenter Charlotte Hawkins challenged Mr Farage about the idea as he appeared on ITV's GMB programme.

Viewers felt the corporation's election broadcast had emphasised the strong performance of the Greens and Liberal Democrats rather than focusing on Mr Farage's (pictured) victory in the UK contest. They also took aim at BBC presenters for allowing former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell to launch an attack on the Brexit Party's finances. Mr Campbell, a close former aide of Tony Blair, said Mr Farage's party had had the 'roubles coming in' - a reference to the Brexit campaign's alleged links to Russian money. However the Liberal Democrats also felt they had not been given enough airtime.

Ahmed Dawood Seedat, 37, killed Fahima Yusuf - originally from Bolton - while their children slept at their home in Perth, Western Australia in August. Accountant Seedat, 32, murdered his wife because he wanted a relationship with her sister. Today, a judge in Australia sentenced him to 23 year behind bars and called the killing brutal, callous and cowardly. Seedat's lawyer Bernard Standish previously told the court his client had lost attraction for his wife of eight years and that he could no longer meet her 'sexual demands'.

A veterinary nurse escaped a jail sentence and has been struck off after deliberately poisoning her pet cocker spaniel with insulin. 'Attention seeking' Georgina Bretman (right) injected her black and white pooch with insulin in 2013, causing the animal to suffer hypoglycaemia, convulsions and seizures. The two-year-old dog received immediate veterinary treatment in order to avoid going into a coma and dying. In 2017, the then 28-year-old was convicted of causing Florence the dog (left) unnecessary suffering after a trial in Glasgow and she has now been struck off the register by the RCVS Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee.

Howard Stark was the sole objector to beech trees being axed (pictured top right, circled in red) after his neighbours complained they left their home in darkness. Angus and June Clark argued the trees (pictured left and bottom right) left their ground-floor property in Paisley, Renfrewshire, with no natural light and took their fight to council bosses. They were delighted when a high hedge notice was issued by Renfrewshire Council ordering the trees to be cut to ground level. But Mr Stark, whose flat overlooks the communal garden where the trees sit, appealed to the Scottish Government who have now quashed the ruling and said they are not a hedge.

A group of travellers have descended on a children's play park in Hedge End, Hampshire. With the council and courts shut until after the bank holiday, the travellers are free to stay until they return and issue a court order. Police arrived at the site this morning to see if any criminality was taking place but trespassing is a civil, not criminal offence and in the hands of the landowners.

Readymoney Cove (above), in Cornwall, sits at the mouth of the River Fowey and is less than 50 yards from a sandy beach. The four-bed cottage is just one of four houses in the secluded spot and enjoys glorious views over the beach to the river and open sea (bottom right). Less than a mile away is the home of author Daphne du Maurier, as well as the ruins of St Catherine's Castle, which dates from the 16th Century. On the ground floor is a charming entrance hall, three bedrooms and a family shower room. Upstairs there is an additional bedroom (bottom, centre) along with a generous sitting room - which doubles up as a dining room - and a quirky kitchen (bottom left) which has doors out to a breathtaking balcony. It has been listed with Cornish estate agents Lillicrap Chilcott who have given it an asking price of £950,000. The idyllic cottage was built around 300 years ago but by the time the current owners purchased it in 2007 it was just a 'hovel' and underwent a total refurbishment.

Nick Singh (left and right) alleges the company failed to deal properly with incidents including a BA pilot calling him ‘a dirty black P***’. He also claims that, despite being born in England, he was told to ‘**** off back to your own country’ by a white steward. The father of one, who is claiming racial discrimination at an employment tribunal, says he took his allegation that racism ‘is commonplace’ to senior managers including the chief executive, Alex Cruz.

Sian Young, 44, who is now based in Sussex was raped when she was 15, and ended up homeless for seven years (pictured left after being rescued by a family friend). She decided to go travelling for six months with her son, Jordan, (inset in Australia), and when she returned to the UK, she set up her own pole dancing business. After making it a success, she trained as a life coach and now helps other women look after their health, as well as their career success. Right: Speaking at a pole event. Inset: Receiving a business award.

Nigel Farage will lead an army of 29 new Brexit Party MEPs as they head to Brussels after thrashing the Tories and Labour. The group, who only joined the party six weeks ago, were elected in a shockwave vote sparked because Britain failed to leave the EU on March 29 this year. Many of the candidates are political newbies, most have a background in business but others have worked for the NHS, in the media or for Mr Farage himself. The eclectic group includes Belinda de Lucy (fourth row, far left), a mother-of-four, seafood millionaire Lance Forman (fourth row, centre left), former Communist Party member Claire Fox (bottom right), a panelist on BBC Radio 4's The Moral Maze and TV doctor David Bull (fourth row, second row), who helped launched ghost hunting TV show Most Haunted Live.

Thousands across the UK made the most of the three-day weekend by enjoying a night out after getting dressed up to the nines (pictured inset in Manchester) and hitting bars in major cities around the country. Plenty of those out celebrating will likely need a lie-in today after looking a little worse for wear at the end of the night. Pictured left, centre and right are revellers in Birmingham, including a woman in a very colourful outfit (right) and another who managed to persuade a male friend to give her a lift (left).

The man and woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, are due to appear at Sheffield Magistrates' court today following the incident at a house (left) in the Shiregreen area of the city on Friday. South Yorkshire Police previously said a 37-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman had been arrested on suspicion of murder. Reports speculated that they had been poisoned, but detectives have so far given no indication about the nature of the incident, but have confirmed it was not a shooting, and said it was confined to one property. A spokesman said detectives are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. Dozens of floral tributes were left outside the family's home (top right) that was sealed off behind police tape (bottom right) as forensics officers (inset) carried out their investigations.

Sam Espensen, who runs Bristol Spirit in Redfield, Bristol, sparked a fierce online debate about the financial difficulties businesses face. Sam wrote on Twitter (inset): 'If you just ask for tap water, it feels like you are telling us you don't value our business enough to buy a drink, which is the reason we exist. 'If you come to Bristol Spirit and you only drink free tap water - we will not make enough money from your table to break even, let alone turn a profit. Sorry to sound harsh but it REALLY affects our business - we have 26 covers in a sitting, and in the last week we've had at least 14 people just drink water.'

Virpi Mikkonen (pictured), from Helsinki, Finland, is an award-winning blogger championing plant-based eating. Yet the vegan diet she was promoting as a route to health was making her sick. A specialist in Chinese medicine said Virpi should stop eating so much raw food.

Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd (left) is in talks with London-based production firm Story Films over a documentary that would give him a chance to 'tell his version of events' over Charlotte Brown's (right) death. Miss Brown, 24, was killed when his speedboat crashed in the River Thames in 2015 and Shepherd, 31, was later convicted of her manslaughter at trial and jailed for six years. But before the trial concluded, he fled to Georgia for 10 months before eventually being extradited to face justice. Her family have accused the father-of-one of showing 'no remorse' for his actions and a source said they felt 'any air time for him is too much'.

Bathed in sunshine week near their new home close to Coventry, 32-year-old Niz, his wife Spougmai and their five children need no longer worry about ambushes. For the past five years the family have ‘lived in the shadows’ after Niz was branded an infidel spy and told by the Taliban that he would be hunted down and killed for working as a senior interpreter for the British military – and later for the Foreign Office – at the height of the war in Afghanistan. But last week Niz became the first translator to begin a new life in Britain under rules brought in by former defence secretary Gavin Williamson in a major victory for the Daily Mail and its awardwinning Betrayal of the Brave campaign.

A 23-year-old man was taken to hospital, where his condition has been described as life-threatening following a stabbing in Mile End, East London. Another man, believed to be in his 20s or 30s, suffered less serious injuries, but was also taken to hospital for treatment. Scotland Yard has launched an investigation while officers (pictured main) remain at the scene. Cordons (main and inset) are in place. No arrests have been made. Any witnesses or anyone with information should call police via 101 quoting CAD 5291/may26.

Emmanuel Desreux, 45, (pictured) sold 39 motorised inflatable boats to people trying to make the journey from France to the UK illegally. He was sentenced to a year and a half behind bars, with another 18 months suspended for abetting illegal migration between October 2018 and March 2019. More than 30 migrants (some pictured in Border Force dinghy after being caught off Kent coast on Friday, top right) have been returned to Europe so far this year after they were caught trying to enter the country by boat (Deal beach pictured bottom right). There has been a huge spike in Iraqi, Iranian and Afghan nationals travelling to the UK in recent months, prompting border officials on either side of the Channel to step up patrols.

The illegitimate son of an aristocrat celebrated inheriting his £50million Cornwall mansion by having a Chinese takeaway on the family silver. Jordan Rogers, 31, (left) got the 1,536-acre estate after a DNA test proved he was the son of late Lord Charles. He moved to the house in March with girlfriend Katie (left) and now receives a trust fund of about £100,000 a year. She was pregnant when the couple moved in but has now given birth to their son, Joshua. (Pictured top right) Jordan standing in the main dining room and (bottom right) a view of the estate. His father Charles (Pictured in his earlier years - inset) had a fling with his mother.

Sir William Worsley (inset) rejoices in the title of Britain's first 'Tree Champion'. Yet his job has suddenly become a great deal more serious. For if Britain is ever going to hit the carbon emissions targets set in the recent Climate Change Report, then ministers will need all the help they can get from the squire of Hovingham.

Astonishing pictures show the moment a man in his 20s is found squeezed behind a car dashboard (left) trying to enter Spain's North African enclave, Melilla. Police said three vehicles were stopped in the space of three hours yesterday (Saturday). Another migrant was found wedged in an engine compartment (Inset) while a third was discovered under rear seats. Pictures also show a fourth migrant who was also found packed into a car's bodywork (Right). Border police said three men were arrested after the vehicles were stopped at Beni-Enzar, Morocco. All Moroccan nationals, the trio aged 19, 30 and 31 were held on suspicion of people smuggling.

Two teenagers have been charged with murder after an out-of-control house party left an 18-year-old boy dead on the street.  Alex Ioane was attending a 16th birthday party in Ingleburn, about 40 kilometres south-west of the Sydney CBD, when a fight broke out about 9.40pm on Friday.  The brawl spilled out on to Chester Road, and a group of men arrived in vehicles, wielding weapons including a baseball bat, golf club and wooden and metal poles.  

The quake, at a moderate depth of 68 miles struck at 2.41am, 50 miles southeast of the village of Lagunas and 98 miles northeast of the larger town of Yurimaguas. There were no immediate reports of casualties, although some buildings collapsed and power cuts were reported in a number of cities. Earthquakes that are close to the surface generally cause more destruction. In a tweet, President Martín Vizcarra called for calm and said that authorities were checking the affected areas. Left: A road in Cajamarca, Peru was completely destroyed. The roof of a building in Yurimaguas after it fell into the street.