Yes, believe it or not someone at Jackson Stops & Staff was stupid enough to upload a property to Rightmove with the word 'lesbians' in the spot where the property reference number should have been. The gay couple who owned the £650,000 property were, understandably, horrified when they stumbled upon the advert a few days after it went live.

Although Jackson-Stops & Staff originally said they "fail to see how we have discriminated against you", they have now paid damages of £5,000 in an out-of-court settlement to avoid being sued. A spokesman at the estate agency’s head office has since described the incident as ‘a truly regrettable situation’. Quite. More here.

By guest blogger, Poppy Dinsey