Child protection charities have criticised a leading barrister who argued that the age of consent for sex should be lowered to 13 in a bid to end the "persecution of old men" in the wake of the Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall sex abuse scandals.
The NSPCC has said that a leading barrister's call for the age of consent to be lowered in a bid to end the "persecution of old men" in the wake of the Savile scandal "beggars belief".
Barbara Hewson also argued that crimes committed by disgraced broadcaster Stuart Hall were "low level misdemeanours" and called for an end to anonymity complainants.
A woman who attempted to get her idol's full pout was left with hugely swollen lips when her plan went horribly wrong.
All would-be MPs should be forced to tell voters what paid jobs they have and whether they would keep them if elected, Lord Bew has said.
A Para who won the Victoria Cross gave up his military history studies just weeks into the course as he wanted to be a part of it instead.