Friday morning UK news briefing: Today's top headlines from The Telegraph

1. Chris Pincher quits as deputy chief whip after claims he drunkenly groped two men

Boris Johnson’s deputy chief whip has resigned following claims that he drunkenly groped two men at a private members’ club in London.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, Chris Pincher said that he “drank far too much” at an event on Wednesday evening and had “embarrassed myself and other people”. Read the full story.

2. Nadhim Zahawi seeking 9pc pay rise for teachers to avert strike threat

Nadhim Zahawi has asked the Treasury to give teachers pay rises of up to nine per cent in an attempt to see off strike action, The Telegraph has learned.

Mr Zahawi, the Education Secretary, wants to give the 130,000 teachers in England in the first five years of their careers a rise of up to nine per cent from September as part of moves to take starting salaries to £30,000. Read the full story.

3. ‘Farts’ – How women who question transgender ideology are described in Scottish Government training

Women who question transgender ideology have been branded ‘farts’ as part of equalities training offered to civil servants in Nicola Sturgeon’s Government, it has emerged.

Workers who attended a workplace “trans 101” course were told the term was an acronym for “feminism appropriating ridiculous transphobe” and that women who oppose inclusivity measures were part of a “trans hate group”. Read the full story.

4. ‘Pure evil’: Boy, 14, murdered five-year-old stepbrother days after moving in with him

A schoolboy described as “pure evil” murdered his five-year-old stepbrother just five days after being allowed to move into his home by social services despite making repeated threats against him.

Craig Mulligan – who can be named after a judge lifted an anonymity order – was 13 when he, along with Logan Mwangi’s stepfather John Cole, 40, and mother Angharad Williamson, 31, killed the youngster and dumped his body in a river near their home in Bridgend, South Wales. Read the full story.

5. Longer advert breaks could hit TV viewers

Television viewers could face more frequent, and longer, advert breaks as Ofcom reviews whether to change its current advertising guidelines.

The media regulator will look at potentially increasing the number of minutes per day, and per hour, that broadcasters are allowed to show adverts for. Read the full story.