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The Tory leader said the ‘public and Parliament deserve answers and transparency’.

Bridget Phillipson says national security adviser was not involved in discussions before CPS abandoned its prosecution

Tim Westwood, the veteran UK DJ, has been charged with rape and sexual offences dating from 1983–2016; the CPS and Met announced charges after a BBC/Guardian investigation and an independent BBC review.

Fayaz Khan, 26, had been on trial charged with making a threat to kill the Reform UK leader between October 12 and 15 last year.

If you grew up in the 1980s, your childhood probably looked very different from today’s. For instance, you likely roamed the neighborhood freely until the streetlights came on. Back then, parents considered optional car seats and alcohol-laced cough syrup to be standard. It was, after all, the era of latchkey…

The document could have been key to the collapsed trial of two men accused of spying for China.

The former home secretary, who was in charge of MI5 at the time, said she wanted the case prosecuted and was ‘deeply frustrated’ when it collapsed

In today’s newsletter: For weeks, the precise reason the trial broke down remained opaque. Then, prosecutors said the government wouldn’t hand over the evidence

The shadow home secretary claimed the Government could have handed the papers over to prosecutors, but they ‘chose not to’.