Conservative peer Ruth Davidson does not think Mark Menzies will survive the week as an MP. The ex-Tory MP for Fylde in Lancashire is being investigated by his party over reports in The Times that he misused campaign funds. Mr Menzies disputes the allegations but the Conservative Party said it …...Read More

A former senior civil servant criticised some of the policymakers behind the illegal migration bill, accusing them of "harbouring racist views" about immigrants, it has emerged. The senior policy official was in key ministerial meetings on the small boats policy, including in meetings with the then prime minister Boris Johnson. …...Read More

A woman has appeared in court charged with murder following the death of another woman in Aberdeen. Police were called to a report of an injured woman at an address in the city's Auchinleck Road at around 2.30am on Wednesday. Emergency crews responded and a 34-year-old woman was taken to …...Read More

A masked gunman who shot at a car on a busy north London street in a "gang dispute" has been convicted. Ricardo Anderson, 21, was found guilty of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, possession of ammunition with intent to endanger life, and attempted grievous bodily harm. …...Read More

A 170-year-old lizard specimen is to be taken back to its Jamaican homeland from Scotland as part of reparatory justice moves. The Jamaican Giant Galliwasp, a species now presumed extinct, is thought to have been collected in the 1850s and became part of the University of Glasgow collections in 1888. …...Read More

This is a tale that's more than just a marmalade dropper. It's a story so astounding you have to pick yourself up off the floor. Mark Menzies MP last December allegedly made a 3.15am phone call to an elderly party volunteer asking for £5,000 as a matter of "life or …...Read More

A man wrongly jailed for 17 years for a rape he did not commit has received an apology from the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC). Andrew Malkinson was jailed in 2003 but eventually released in December 2020. His charges were quashed last year after new DNA evidence potentially linked another …...Read More

A man wrongly jailed for 17 years for a rape he did not commit has received an apology from the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC). Andrew Malkinson was jailed in 2003 but eventually released in December 2020. His charges were quashed last year after new DNA evidence potentially linked another …...Read More

Lower-league football clubs have hit out at the FA over its decision to scrap replays in its flagship men's competition. FA Cup replays will be scrapped next season amid concerns the increasingly congested calendar could impact player welfare. Sky News in December revealed the players' union was considering legal action …...Read More

A drug dealer accused of organising the execution of a man who was shot eight times as he left a party was caught entering Morocco in the back of a lorry, a court has heard. Nana Oppong, 43, is said to have led a team including drivers and spotters to …...Read More