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A man who punched a woman with dementia in the face 'like a boxer' when she asked him to stop hitting his dog has avoided prison time. Alan Bairstow, 58, of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, was handed a suspended six-month jail term after being found guilty of assaulting Joy Watson, 62. At the time of the assault, Joy, of Eccles in Salford, was wearing a badge which read: 'I have Alzheimer's. Please be patient.' She was diagnosed with dementia eight years ago and forced to give up her career as a carer - and her ensuing campaigning won her praise from ex-Prime Minister David Cameron.  Joy's ordeal began as she pulled into a picnic lay-by for a cup of tea and was left hospitalised with a bloody nose and fractured eye socket after Bairstow 'punched her like a boxer'. She says she still suffers flashbacks in the wake of her assault, and months after the incident, she tried to take her own life.    Joy Watson, 62, of Eccles in Salford was left hospitalised with a

The US Supreme Court on Monday handed victory to a transgender high school student who sued his school to be able to use the boys' bathroom. The justices declined to take up the case involving Gavin Grimm, leaving in place a lower court's ruling that a Virginia public school board acted unlawfully by making him use the female bathroom at his high school when he was 15 because it lined up with his biological sex. The justices opted to not hear the Gloucester County School Board's appeal of a 2020 ruling by the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Grimm is protected under the federal law that bars sex discrimination in education, known as Title IX, and the Constitution's requirement that people be treated equally under the law.  Grimm, now 22, was born female but identifies as male. He was allowed to use the boys' bathroom in 2014 for several weeks until parents complained. In response, he was then told he could either use the girls' bathroom or a

A Texas woman was arrested on felony charges after she was caught on video driving her SUV into a liquor store, striking a bystander and crashing into several parked cars during a lovers' quarrel. The bizarre incident took place at 8pm last Friday when police were dispatched to the Liquor Depot in the 3500 block of North Belt Line Road in the Dallas suburb of Irving for a hit-and-run report. According to the Irving Police Department, the suspect, identified as 58-year-old Annie Williams, had been fighting with her domestic partner and tried to hit him with her black Chrysler SUV, but instead drove into the store. Police in Irving, Texas, say 58-year-old Annie Williams drove her black Chrysler into Liquor Deport during an argument with her domestic partner on Friday  Bystander video shows Williams' vehicle backing up, allegedly to try and run down her partner  The Chrysler hits a woman standing next to a parker car, leaving her with a broken ankle Bystander video shows William

Pop-up vaccine centres in London are ignoring official guidance and handing out second Covid vaccine doses early, it was claimed today.  Official guidance says Britons should wait for between eight and 12 weeks between doses to get the maximum protection. But yesterday there were reports that the Science Museum's walk-in vaccination centre was offering second doses to anyone who'd been jabbed more than three weeks prior.   There have also been similar reports at the temporary jab hub at the Emirates Stadium in North London.   Damien Stanton, an assistant stage manager at the West End's Theatre Support Fund, said: 'About to be jabbed at the Science Museum - had my first dose of Pfizer on May 29. It's quite busy but you can absolutely walk in today.' And Rupert Myers, a barrister for the East Anglian Chambers, said: 'More than three weeks after my first jab I'm back at the Science Museum for a second Pfizer. Walked in with no appointment.' One of No10&

Mixing and matching Covid vaccines may result in higher protection against the virus, a UK Government-backed study has found. People who had been vaccinated with AstraZeneca's jab initially and then received a top-up with Pfizer's had nine times more antibodies than those who stuck to the UK vaccine. Although antibodies are just one part of the immune response, the Oxford University researchers said the findings strongly suggested the approach could enhance immunity.    However, Professor Matthew Snape, chief investigator of the trial, said the UK should stick to its standard dosing regimen because it was proving to work in the real world. He warned there was a danger of complicating the hugely successful rollout, which has seen four-fifths of the adult population jabbed at least once.   'The default has to stay to what is proven to work,' he told a press briefing this afternoon. However, the findings opened the door for more flexible rollouts in countries with limited

An 18-year-old woman has been rushed to hospital by air ambulance after she was stabbed in East London today.  The victim was knifed in a Sainsbury's car park in Billet Lane, Hornchurch, around 4.10pm on Monday.  Police have arrested a 27-year-old man at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder.   An 18-year-old woman was rushed to hospital by air ambulance after she was stabbed in a Sainsbury's car park (pictured, general view) in Billet Lane, Hornchurch, around 4.10pm on Monday A Met police spokesperson said: 'Police were called shortly after 16:10hrs on Monday, 28 June following reports of a stabbing in car park in Billet Lane, Hornchurch. 'Officers and London Ambulance Service attended and a woman, believed to be 18, was found with knife injuries. 'She was taken to hospital and we await an update on her condition.' A police dog unit along with multiple police vehicles attended the scene with ambulance and paramedics.   Officers are continuing their investi

A grandfather who spent the last decade digging out a 17ft-deep medieval well in his living room floor has found a coin from 1725. Colin Steer, 70, discovered the well after he noticed a dip in the floor of the living room in his Victorian home in Plymouth, Devon, while redecorating 34 years ago. At the time he had three small children running around so his wife Vanessa asked him to cover it back up, but when he retired in 2012 he took it on as a project and started digging.  Mr Steer discovered a sword five feet below the soil, leading him to believe it could date back to medieval times, and he said site plans suggest record of the well in the 1500s. Of the sword, he previously said: ‘It was hidden at a 45 degree angle and sort of just fell out. ‘It looks like an old peasant’s fighting weapon because it appears to be made up of bits of metal all knocked together.’ Colin Steer , 70, discovered the well after he noticed a dip in the floor of the living room in his Victorian home in Plym

An old poetry book is expected to sell for £150,000 after it was found to contain lost artwork from the famous English landscape painter John Constable. An auctioneer was doing a routine valuation at a country cottage when he spotted the 1836 illustrated edition of poet Thomas Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' in a bookcase. He opened it and was stunned to find three watercolours by Constable fastened to pages inside, alongside a hand-written letter and ink sketch by him. They refer to scenes the Hay Wain artist was asked to illustrate for the re-printing of the popular 1750 poem about mortality and remembrance. One of the watercolours shows two soldiers looking on in shared contemplation over the tomb of an English knight. An 1836 illustrated edition of poet Thomas Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' is expected to sell for £150,000 after it was found to contain lost artwork from the famous English landscape painter John Constable. Pictu

A chef who mowed down a lawyer and left him dying in the street before fleeing to his girlfriend's house has been spared jail. Daniel Petch, 28, was given just 300 hours of unpaid work after admitting causing the death of Shakeel Sheikh by dangerous driving.  Mr Sheikh, 52, who had been drinking heavily, collapsed in the road after being taken ill as he was opening the electronic gates to his £500,000 home in Altrincham, Greater Manchester and was run over by Petch's VW Golf GTI. But instead of stopping, the pastry chef carried on driving and went round the block twice before fleeing to the home of his girlfriend.  Mr Sheikh, a grandfather who survived five heart attacks, was tended to by a passer-by but suffered fatal chest injuries and died later in hospital. At Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester, Petch, from Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottingham, faced up to five years jail after admitting the charge but walked free after being handed a nine month sentence, suspended for two y

The EU is poised to agree an extension on both fish and sausages after officials today edged towards a breakthrough in two of the thorniest post-Brexit issues. In one significant development, Jersey announced it was giving French trawlers another three months to fish in its waters without meeting conditions for the new Brexit permit.  A dispute over the fishing licences flared earlier this year, with both France and Britain sending patrol vessels off the shores of the Channel Island after a flotilla of French fishing boats sailed to the island in protest. An interim accord had been due to expire on June 30 as part of the UK's deal with the EU, after which French vessels would be required to prove the 'extent and nature' of past fishing activity for access to be granted. But many French fishermen say their small boats do not carry the electronic equipment to do this.  Therefore today, Jersey said 177 such vessels would be able to keep fishing off its shores while negotiation