Crispin Odey is suing the Financial Times for libel and is separately being sued by five women over denied claims of alleged misconduct.

There were “failings” in the provision of care for former England cricketer Graham Thorpe in the months before he died, a coroner said, as he recorded a conclusion of suicide at his inquest. The ...

The former Labour leader warned other councils could threaten wage cuts as he visited a picket line in Tyseley.