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EXCL - leaked messages in China spy case Chris Berry: "I basically just summarise Guardian articles. Should I throw in red herrings to troll?" Chris Cash discussed a "regime collapse" in Beijing An intriguing insight into material that defence said could undermine the case

Prince Andrew has not paid rent on Royal Lodge for two decades, The Times can reveal, after the terms of his lease have finally been disclosed. https://t.co/R0Z6UkzrCh

EXCL MI5 has issued fresh warning on Chinese spying. Agents are flooding job platforms with fake job adverts to lure unwitting public officials, defence contracters + academics into leaking secrets Be wary of tempting online jobs that are "just too good to be true", MI5 warns

Several big questions arising from government statement in China spy trial tonight: 1. The 'positive' case for China Starmer has repeatedly insisted - including in the Commons - that the evidence related to the policy at the time of the then Tory government. But the Deputy

China statements raise many more important qns for govt/CPS Also extraordinary that Keir Starmer, former DPP who talks a lot about fair play + justice, has overseen release of the entire prosecution case against two men who don't have a trial where they put their defence

Interesting to hear new Foreign Influence Registration Scheme touted as important tool to resist hostile interference by China etc. It's all about increasing transparency but there are only four entries in the public register. From the Congo and Bosnia https://t.co/QGBctspcFS

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Macdonald asks if Parkinson was "over-fussy" in requiring Whitehall officials to explictly state in court that China was a threat, for Chris Cash/Chris Berry case to proceed.

More murky on China espionage case. Former DPP Ken Macdonald raises big qns for current CPS boss Stephen Parkinson. Parkinson sensationally claimed govt didn't provide China threat evidence needed to bring spy charges. Macdonald reckons he could have done it without them 👀

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Government hits back on this saying the position of Matthew Collins, the deputy national security adviser who would have given evidence at the trial, had been “consistent throughout, he has never wavered”. We haven't heard the last of this....

EXCLUSIVE - extraordinary intervention by Britain's top prosecutor on China spy case collapse. Stephen Parkinson says that CPS tried to get government officials to say "for many months" that Beijing was a national security threat, but the evidence was not forthcoming

There is a lot of deflection taking place by politicians this morning, suggesting that the court kept the superinjunction in place and that had to be overcome. That's not true or not complete- the government kept it in place by repeatedly applying for its renewal.

This morning I sat down with her

Baroness Louise Casey says she feels "rage" on behalf of sex grooming victims. "Nobody is accountable, lessons have not been learnt." 10 years ago in Rotherham she found denial, obsfucation, lack of data. And now she's found it across the country

We’re stunned at ⁦⁦@thetimes⁩ at the death of our friend and former colleague, Andrew Norfolk. The finest journalist I ever worked with, whose investigations changed the law. Starmer leads tributes to Andrew Norfolk, who exposed grooming gangs https://t.co/Dp4CMAUp0X

“Labour still has a woman problem” Interview with @RosieDuffield1 on being treated like a pariah on trans issues, feeling unsafe for speaking out, and what she really wanted to ask @Keir_Starmer when she was ignored during PMQS 👀 ⬇️ https://t.co/3jRBodB4eP

I complained about my daughter's school on WhatsApp then 6 police officers turned up. @TimesRadio producer @MaxieAllen_prod explains how he ended up in a police cell. #TimesRadio

EXCLUSIVE from @Fhamiltontimes Police sent six uniformed officers to arrest two parents who complained about their school on a WhatsApp group Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine were put in a cell for eight hours by Hertfordshire police after sending emails to their primary school