Wednesday, 20 May 2015
MTN staff protest in South Africa
Nearly 2,000 workers are on strike at the headquarters of telecoms giant MTN in Johannesburg, SA. Workers, who were singing and chanting anti-establishment slogans, are demanding bonuses and a 10% wage increase. Communications Workers Union national organiser Tshepo Matlou told the BBC that they also want temporary workers' contracts to be upgraded to permanent staff. (BBC)
Innocent man whose marriage fell apart after he was suspected of murder remarries his ex-wife
Phil and Jill Williams (pictured right renewing their vows), from Camelford, Cornwall, who divorced in 2008 - five years after Mr Williams, 54, was arrested on suspicion of strangling pensioner Joan Roddam (inset) - have remarried after he was cleared of her death.
Premier League star Danny Simpson was 'caught throttling the mother of his child
The Leicester City defender - who is the ex-boyfriend of popstar Tulisa - was 'straddling' his ex-girlfriend Stephanie Ward (pictured, left, with Simpson) with both hands around her throat when police arrived at her home following a 999 call, magistrates were told.
Married British nurse dies in India just days after travelling to meet lover she met on Facebook
Angela Slinn, 45, of Crewe, Cheshire, allegedly did not tell her estranged husband that she was flying to see Jaspal Singh, 30, whom she met on Facebook.
Former Chelsea star David Luiz reveals he is still a virgin at 28
Former Chelsea defender David Luiz (pictured left in 2014) has revealed he is a virgin and plans to abstain from sex until he marries his girlfriend Sara Madeira (together right at a London basketball game in 2011).
Thug left his girlfriend paralysed and brain damaged after kicking her FORTY times in the head
Lisa Taylor, 35, was left paralysed and unable to speak after former boyfriend Steve Clark, also 35, kicked her in the head 40 times in a park in Taunton, Somerset, in 2000.
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