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A FEMALE police officer groped a woman in a bar and tried to kiss her after downing Prosecco on a night out, a court heard.

PS Rachel Bright, 46, had complimented the alleged victim all night before grabbing her bottom, it is said.

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PS Rachel Bright allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in a bar[/caption]

She also allegedly put her hand up her “skort” – a mix between a skirt and shorts – while at the bar in Clapham, South West London.

Kingston Crown Court heard she then told her: “Ha well that got your attention”.

CCTV of the alleged attack on December 5, 2022, showed the woman shoving Bright’s hand away.

She grew tearful as she told jurors how she kept trying to pull away from the Metropolitan Police officer during the night out.

Recalling the alleged attack, the woman added: “I felt a body behind me, then I felt a hand go up and grope on my vagina and then a laugh and a ‘haha that’s one way to get your attention.’

“I froze, the room went black.

“I just felt absolutely disgusting and gross and absolutely degraded.

“I am ruined, you have not only ruined my life, you have ruined your own life, I am a wreck, I don’t know why you did it.”

The court was told PS Bright, attached to the Southwest Command Unit, had been out to a number of bars with the woman.

They then made their way to Be At One where the alleged assault took place.

Prosecutor Paul Edwards said Bright had been complimenting the woman all night and took “every opportunity to be very touchy-feely”.

The police sergeant also allegedly told her she “loved everything about her”.

Bright claims the touching was accidental and not sexually motivated.

She has denied one count of sexual assault and the trial continues.

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PS Bright allegedly put her hand up the woman’s ‘skort’[/caption]

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FANS will be delighted that the popular satirical TV series The Last Leg is still standing.

Now bosses have confirmed that Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker are due to return to screens on the popular TV series The Last Leg this month.

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The Last Leg: (Adam Hills and co-hosted by Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker)[/caption]

It comes after the programme aired a special show on July 5 following the General Election the day before.

Then in August and September, Channel 4 viewers saw a successful Paralympics show live from Paris each night during the competition.

Now The Last Leg is back on firm footing once again with a new series launching on the network on October 25.

To date, 30 series and over 300 episodes have aired with host Adam Hills and co-stars Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe.

Fans now only have a few weeks to wait to see the trio together again.

The new series is even more welcome considering last year, Channel 4 said it was in the process of cost-cutting, and reduced the programme to seven shows rather than nine.

The Last Leg started in 2012 as a spin-off show from Channel 4’s Paralympics coverage.

The trio dissect the week’s biggest, most entertaining news stories, using wit, enlightening discussion and unique sketches.

They also invite guests from comedy, entertainment, and politics to help them analyse all the events.

Viewers can share their tips on the hashtag #isitok.

Meanwhile Alex, 40, took part in this year’s series of The Masked Singer.

He was eventually revealed as Bigfoot after making it all the way to the final, where he finished runner up to winner Danny Jones as Piranha.

The new series lands on Friday October 25. Audience tickets are available here.

A MAN who begrudgingly moved out of a derelict housing estate says he still keeps an eye on his old gaff despite its demise.

Michael Keogh, 81, was the last resident to pack his bags and flee the once close-knit community of pensioners on Highfield Close in Stretford, Manchester on June 8 last year.

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Former resident Michael Keogh says he still checks in on the now-derelict Highfield Close estate[/caption]

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Today, the 38 one-bed houses are plagued by overgrown gardens, piled up rubbish, tinned up windows and graffiti, Manchester Evening News reported.

But it was once a cosy haven for locals to spend their golden years with pals of a similar age.

“When I first moved I thought it had real potential,” Michael said.

“The back garden was incredible.

“There were lots of trees and views over the fields. I spent quite a, lot of money building a little courtyard and planting, so I had a nice place to sit out.

“It was such a nice community.”

Swirling rumours soon circulated of plans from their then-landlord Trafford Housing Trust to bulldoze around half-a-dozen homes.

The outfit later had plans approved to obliterate every single bungalow.

Trafford Housing Trust said the properties were situated on a ‘high risk’ flood plain and were built in a way that had ‘created severe damp and mould issues’.

A number of residents disputed those claims.

Since the bungalows were razed to the ground, the area has become a hotspot for vandals and metal thieves.

Michael continued: “The gates went first, then it was the lead flashing.

“It was bad enough when they ripped out the front doors and back doors, but then they got ransacked again and again.

“Look at it now, it’s desolate. It’s very sad.

“I was lucky, I just moved round the corner, but a lot ended up in Davyhulme or Urmston.”

Michael now resides in a maisonette around the corner from Highfield Close, but still routinely checks in on his old stomping ground.

Fellow resident Lynda Mawdsley also bemoaned the property’s demolition.

“They’re not taking my bloody home away from me, over my dead body,” she told the Manchester Evening News in 2022.

“When they said they had decided to demolish them, I just burst out crying.

“We’re not just a community, we’re a family.

“We look after each other here.”

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The windows are now tinned up and the gardens are overgrown[/caption]

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Many former residents bemoaned the decision to bulldoze the bungalows[/caption]