Former politician Derek Hatton and his wife Sonjia have appeared in court to deny misconduct in a public office ... Mr Hatton, of Mossley Hill, Liverpool, pleaded not guilty at a hearing earlier this year to a charge of offering a bribe.
“We’re not out of the woods with the whole system being improved,” Hatton said ... “Whether it’s a shutdown, whether it’s reductions in force, hollowing out agencies, hollowing out HR staff through the deferred resignation program,” Hatton said.
Graham, who trained RickyHatton for all but the last three of his 48 fights, used to sit with his fighter on the grimy steps outside their first boxing gym in Salford in the late 1990s... The Hattons settled out of court ... In 2012, Hatton told me.