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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’.

Jonathan Hall KC said China was a ‘threat to national security’ and the public deserved a better explanation of what happened with the prosecution.

The former national security adviser and cabinet secretary said ‘of course’ China is a national security threat to Britain

Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has been charged with four counts of rape and sexual offences against seven women, spanning 33 years.

Simon Case said intelligence chiefs have described China as a threat for years

Prosecutor hinted at lack of backing from Downing Street but legal experts argue prosecution was still possible