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BREAKING: Tiger Woods has been arrested for driving under the influence

Ares appoints administrators to owner of French football club Lyon as.ft.com/r/eb156c14-e46… via @FT

Inside Lebanon

NEW: A former Alba Party spin doctor who served as Alex Salmond’s right-hand man unsuccessfully applied to work for Reform UK, The National can reveal. Chris McEleny put in a vid to become the party's head of press and head of policy development - but he didn't get a response

Perhaps you can take the opportunity to apologise to the people of Gorton and Denton for attacking the integrity of the election where they rejected you, ie the Greater Manchester police have confirmed there is no case to answer

Sad news ... One of our greatest athletes, Mary Rand has died in the United States where she lived. She won the long jump gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic games of 1964. The won icon is overused, but Mary was an inspirational golden girl for a generation.

I was on BBC News Highlands and Islands discussing the UK government’s decision to block a major Chinese wind manufacturing plant at Ardersier which would have created 1,500 green manufacturing jobs. It’s in the first report here. bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p…

🚨‼️ BREAKING: FBI Director Kash Patel's Gmail account was hacked by Iranian nation-state hackers. They have published his entire inbox, including mails on his home in India, private life, personal data, business dealings and travel history (Havana, Cuba!).

WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - Iran-linked hackers have publicly claimed the breach of FBI Director Kash Patel's personal inbox, publishing photographs of the director and his purported resume to the internet.

Greater Manchester Police say they have no evidence of family voting after an extensive investigation, including speaking to Democracy Volunteers and seizing CCTV: We’ve concluded our investigation into alleged ‘family voting’ at last month’s Gorton and Denton by-election, finding no evidence of any intent to influence or refrain any person from voting. Our investigation into alleged influencing of voters at a polling booth (under Section 62C Representation of the People Act 1983 (Ballot Secrecy Act 2023)) began after a criminal report from the Reform UK party following a public statement made by independent electoral observers at Democracy Volunteers. We have spoken to the four Democracy Volunteers observers present at polling stations on the day of the by-election (26 February) who have shared with us their eyewitness account. This includes some instances of more than one voter going into a booth at the same time, and instances of people looking over the shoulder of voters. The information they have provided to us estimates this may have happened on 32 occasions across 15 polling stations. The observers do not allege any verbal instruction or physical conduct that indicated one person was directing or coercing another regarding how to vote. This is a crucial part of the legislation to prove such an offence was committed. Our investigation team, led by an experienced senior investigating officer, spoke to all four volunteers from Democracy Volunteers as part of our enquiries – obtaining a copy of their observations. We also spoke to the Presiding Officers at 15 stations as well as the Acting Returning Officer, none of whom received any reports other than from Democracy Volunteers. We have received no further criminal reports. For us to investigate allegations, we require an understanding of who the potential suspects may be, and evidence that may corroborate eyewitness accounts. For an investigation to meet the criminal threshold for prosecution, we require admissible evidence of intent or action aimed at influencing the vote. We have asked Democracy Volunteers for descriptions of those alleged to be involved, and timings on when these are believed to have occurred. These details were not documented by observers or the complainant, and we have not been provided with any identities or descriptions to pursue. The absence of this information means there is no remaining reasonable line of enquiry. This also includes limitations with CCTV as an absence of descriptions, and votes not being time-stamped, meaning we are not able to identify individuals from footage. We have approached all 45 polling stations in the Gorton and Denton constituency to ask for CCTV from the day. Forty-one of those polling stations told us they did not have CCTV activated in the building as it would have compromised the secrecy of the vote during polling day, in line with advice given. We have seized and viewed CCTV from three of the remaining four polling stations. These are three polling station that Democracy Volunteers visited. We have spoken to the Presiding Officer from each one. However, these stations do not show any evidence of anyone directing or coercing another regarding how to vote – the crucial part of the legislation to prove such an offence was committed. There is no evidence to suggest any intent to influence or refrain a person from voting as stated in the Ballot Secrecy Act 2023. We have been liaising with the Electoral Commission, who we have shared our findings with. We have also shared our findings with the Returning Officer. We have updated the complainant about the work of our investigation and the conclusion we have reached.

@rosemeyer1939 Thats no way to talk about the echo ...........😜

What a journey eh? From "daft meme page sharing funny videos" to dangerous crank posting any unverified drivel for clicks. What a career!

Liz Truss told CPAC she doesn’t know which “side” Keir Starmer is on. She’s also said that Britain has been taken over by globalists and Islamists and appeared at an event called “Europestan: can Europe survive?” She didn’t want to justify her words when we ran into her.

Motherwell announce almost £400,000 profit before Lennon Miller club record transfer cash is counted | @ScottBurns75 ✍ dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football…

@Liverpoolshell Youd spill something down the front of it 😜

The situation looks even worse at the operating level (excluding profit on player sales, interest and exceptional items), where not a single club has reported a profit. Average operating losses: Premier League £66.7m, Championship £25.5m, League One £6.2m, League Two £2.8m.

Just over half of the 92 clubs in top 4 divisions in England have published 2024/25 accounts. Only 4 are profitable: Liverpool, Bournemouth, Plymouth Argyle and Peterborough United. Average pre-tax losses: PL £31.1m, Championship £15.1m, League One £5.0m, League Two £2.6m.

Reform UK figures braced for electoral damage from Trump links ft.trib.al/AG6E7s4

I regret to inform you that Liz Truss has gone full conspiracy tonto. Here’s what I saw at CPAC…

I follow a few journalists on here who are generally active around this time of day. With expectation of @BethRigby whos plugging her interview with the PM last night there doesn't seem to be any activity from them.

Today's launch of an inquiry into the violence at Orgreave is a historic step over 40 years in the making. ASLEF ensured that not a shovelful of coal was moved by rail during the 1984–85 miners' strike. That solidarity with @NMineworkers and @orgreavejustice continues today.