**Barbara Stange-Alvarez destroyed wine, spirits and beer when she went on the rampage in

Aldi, St Albans Magistrates' Court was told. The 36-year-old from Stevenage, Hertfordshire,

walked along the aisle at the local store and used her arm to sweep hundreds of bottles off the

shelves, a judge heard.

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries today signalled the BBC licence fee will be scrapped after

2027 as part of the Prime Minister's policy blitz dubbed Operation Red Meat that aims to deflect

from the recent Partygate row.

Sir Keir Starmer was last night under mounting pressure to apologise after being pictured

drinking with colleagues during lockdown. The Labour leader has tried to ride out the

controversy but was forced on to the defensive yesterday as Tory MPs accused him of

hypocrisy.In an uncomfortable TV interview, Sir Keir said there was 'no comparison' between

his drinking and the Prime Minister's attendance at an event in the Downing Street garden.

Anne Frank may have been betrayed by a Jewish notary who became an informant for Nazi

occupiers in order to save his own family's lives.

A fitness centre receptionist who took two ecstasy pills at a music festival collapsed with

organ failure and died in hospital, an inquest heard.

Senior police officers who oversaw a 'boys club' have been sacked amid claims of cronyism,

bullying and racking up thousands in bogus expenses claims. Chief Superintendent Paul

Martin was found to have failed to declare a conflict of interest when he interviewed his friend

Chief Inspector Davinder Kandohla for promotion to Superintendent.**