Joe McCann: Trial of two soldiers collapses

Scotland’s first minister tells an inquiry that claims of a plot against her predecessor are “absurd”.

The government comfortably won the vote despite growing pressure from some of its own MPs to scrap the policy.

The case was dropped in 2019 after the CPS deemed there was insufficient evidence to bring charges, police say.

In an exclusive interview, the ex-Tory peer says she and her husband were made “scapegoats” for PPE failings.

Ukraine says 264 fighters – some badly wounded – have been taken from the Azovstal steelworks.