Leveson Inquiry: Media vilified me, Christopher Jefferies says

The landlord wrongly arrested over Joanna Yeates's murder has told the inquiry into media ethics that the media had "shamelessly vilified" him. Christopher Jefferies' statement to the Leveson Inquiry told of a "frenzied campaign to blacken his character". He said the tabloid press had decided he was guilty of the murder, which happened in Bristol in December 2010. Some headlines over which Mr Jefferies successfully sued included "The Strange Mr Jefferies: Creepy". In other evidence on Monday,...

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Ken Russell, Women In Love director, dies at 84

Film director Ken Russell, who was Oscar-nominated for his 1969 film Women In Love, has died at the age of 84.His son, Alex Verney-Elliott, said he died in hospital on Sunday following a series of strokes. During his career, he became known for his controversial films including Women In Love, which featured Oliver Reed and Alan Bates wrestling nude. He also directed the infamous religious drama The Devils and The Who's rock opera, Tommy, in 1975. "My father died peacefully, he died with a smile...

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DR Congo votes amid delays and violence

Voters in DR Congo are choosing their leaders in elections marred by violence and logistical difficulties.At least four people have died after gunmen attacked polling stations in the second city, Lubumbashi, officials say. Voting has been delayed in some areas because of a lack of ballot papers in polls contested by President Joseph Kabila and 10 other candidates. It is the second election since the end of successive wars which left some four million people dead. At least three people were killed on Saturday in election clashes, leading to...

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