Comedian faces jury as rape and sexual assault trial begins
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The trial of Russell Brand has opened in London with the selection of a jury. The comedian faces charges of rape and sexual assault, all of which he denies; the proceedings follow a decade of allegations from six women.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has become the first British leader to state plainly that the Kremlin interfered in the Brexit referendum. If the Prime Minister is looking for a more immediate problem, he might find it in his Chancellor’s inbox; economists have warned John Healey that a £35bn hole in the budget can only be filled by cutting public services or raising taxes.
The Green Party is facing what its own members call an existential crisis as numbers drop following a by-election loss and a row over an anti-Zionist motion. Elsewhere, police are being urged to adopt a new protocol for women who fall to their deaths; under the proposed Bee’s Law, such cases would be treated as domestic abuse until proven otherwise.