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An IBM manager who was victimised by her four female bosses after she warned them that making female staff take work calls on Saturdays amounted to sex discrimination has won £20,000 in damages. Dawn Davidsen, 54, from Surrey, repeatedly told her superiors that the computer giant could face legal action from workers due to bullying, harassment and the scheduling of calls on weekends and days off. She said women could claim this was sex discrimination as they were more likely to have children to care for. But rather than investigate her claims, a tribunal heard the 54-year-old whistleblower was branded a 'mother hen' who had 'gone native' by female managers who then targeted her for raising concerns.   IBM manager Dawn Davidsen, 54, from Surrey, told her superiors that they could face legal action for scheduling work calls on weekends and days off. She said women could claim this was sex discrimination as they were more likely to have children to care for Senior IBM exec

A millionaire Qatari businessman accused of killing a pedestrian in his £250,000 Rolls Royce near Buckingham Palace insisted in court today he was not 'driving recklessly'. Hassan Nasser Al-Thani, 41, denies causing the death of 66-year-old Charles Roberts while driving a purple Rolls Royce Wraith around Hyde Park Corner. Al-Thani is accused of driving 'without due care and attention and reasonable consideration for other persons using the road' when his Qatar-registered car hit Mr Roberts.  Hassan Nasser Al-Thani, 41, pictured, appeared via video link from Doha, Qatar, at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday afternoon where he pleaded not guilty to causing the death of 66-year-old Charles Roberts Al-Thani appeared via video link from Doha, Qatar, at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday afternoon where he pleaded not guilty to the charge. He traveled home to Doha after the incident on August 22, 2019, and was charged at the end of last week.  Charles Rob

A newly sworn-in West Virginia delegate, the CEO of a Chicago data analytics company and a man sentenced to eight years for attempted murder are among 14 people federally charged so far following Wednesday's riots at the Capitol.  The Justice Department named in a conference call on Friday 13 people charged in the unrest, and Republican West Virginia State House member Derrick Evans, 35, was later charged.  They also include a handyman whose daughter claimed had been 'radicalized' and a white supremacist who broke into Nancy Pelosi's office to sit at her desk.  Richard Barnett, 60, was pictured putting his feet up on her desk.    Barnett, who proudly referred to himself as a white nationalist on social media, was charged with unlawful entry. He was taken into custody at his home in Little Rock, Arkansas. It's unclear where he now is or if he'll be extradited but he is in custody.   Among them was also Michael Curzio, of Summerfield, Florida, who spent eight year

Claudia Webbe, Labour MP for Leicester East, is pictured in London last November A Labour MP accused of carrying out a harassment campaign against a woman will stand trial in March, a court heard today. Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe, 55, who had the party whip removed pending the case, has been accused of making 'numerous unwanted telephone calls' to Michelle Merritt. The alleged incidents occurred between September 2018 and April last year. Webbe was elected in the December 2019 general election, taking over the seat previously held by Keith Vaz.  Webbe did not appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court today for her case management hearing due to the pandemic. During today's case management hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court, District Judge Paul Goldspring was told how prosecution and defence had yet to come to an agreement on admissions.  Deanna Heer, prosecuting, said she would not be seeking an adjournment and the trial remained fixed for March 16. Webbe

Boris Johnson met cabinet colleagues last night to discuss an even-tougher lockdown with limits on exercise, compulsory mask-wearing outdoors and a ban on social bubbles all being considered by ministers, sources claim. The Cabinet Office refused to deny that draconian new laws were coming - and instead pointed to Matt Hancock's vague statement earlier today.  The Health Secretary refused to speculate when directly asked if harsher measures - including curfews and nursery closures - might be brought in, and instead said Britons should 'follow the rules that we've got'. One Whitehall source told MailOnline that the changes discussed today even included introducing a ban on people leaving their homes more than once a week. Under current rules, Britons can exercise with one other person or with their household or support bubble. But a Government source said the rule is 'being used as an excuse for people to go for a coffee in the park with their friends' and could