'Woman gets £18K compensation after pub fall'

A hospital cleaner has won £18,000 compensation after she broke a leg when her stiletto heel got snagged in a pub courtyard. Selena Gilder, 40, was smoking a cigarette when one of her three-inch heels became trapped. She fell backwards through a door into a disused toilet block. She spent seven months off work on crutches after being hurt at the Albion pub in Tewkesbury, Glos, in 2007. Selena said yesterday: "There was very poor lighting in the smoking area, which I blame for what happened." - Mirror ​

The credit crunch has seen the number of empty shops triple in the past year, it was revealed yesterday. In some towns a quarter of high street stores stand empty - The Sun ​

Telecoms giant BT is being hit by the hundreds of small firms going to the wall - as their phone lines go dead - The Sun ​

A baker hooked on heroin at 12 and an alcoholic by 15 died after a massive boozing binge, an inquest heard. Anthony Miller, 22, regularly drank four-and-ahalf litres of vodka a day. In the three days before his death, he collapsed due to alcohol three times - Mirror ​

The BBC has run into trouble with English rugby fans when it said that only international games featuring Wales should be given a protected status that ensures they are shown live on terrestial TV - Daily Mail ​

Dozens of types of seafood deemed at risk due to over fishing will no longer be served at thousands of restaurants across the UK after one of the country's largest contract caterers decided to ban 69 species from their dishes - Scotsman​