20/03/2013

Other News In Brief

Sun Deputy Editor Charged Over Alleged Payments

Geoff Webster, deputy editor of the Sun, has been charged with allegedly authorising two payments to public officials for information.

He is charged with conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office, relating to payments totalling £8,000.

The charges are part of the Met's Operation Elveden, a probe into illegal payments to public officials.

’No Obvious Natural Causes’ Found In Hockney Assitants Death

A post mortem on a man who worked for David Hockney has found "no obvious natural causes".

Dominic Elliott, 23, died on Sunday after he was taken to hospital from the world-renowned artist's home in Bridlington, East Yorkshire.

A spokeswoman said further tests would be carried out and the results would not be known for some weeks.

Librarian Fired Over ‘Harlem Shake’ Video

An Oxford University librarian has been sacked after students filmed a Harlem Shake video in a library.

Around 30 students from St. Hilda's College, a college in the university, took part in the dance, posting the resulting video online.

It is reported that the librarian lost her job and up to five students got fined.

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