Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen 2.56pm BST Back in the House of Lords, where at least the plumbing is still functional and the ceiling is still holding up (see 2.51pm), the closure motion has been passed by 249 votes to 97 – a majority of Read more
A committee of MEPs has voted in favour of the proposed regulations Via: Veggie burgers renamed 'veggie disks' under proposed new EU food labelling rules
Committee investigating handling of sexual harassment claims contacts first ministerNicola Sturgeon has been warned by a Holyrood inquiry investigating the Scottish government’s handling of sexual harassment claims against Alex Salmond that she and her staff must not destroy any personal text messages.The committee has written to the first minister and Read more
Pat Lam is adamant his players’ positive intent will not waver even if they are dragged back down into a relegation dogfight but he is looking upWhen Bath opted to shift their home fixture against Bristol to Twickenham and market it as “the Clash” they did not imagine the uneasy Read more
• Chelsea (£26.8m) and Manchester City (£24.1m) are next on list • Spurs made £113m profit in 2017-18 to break Liverpool’s recordLiverpool spent £43.8m on agents’ fees during the past year – around £17m more than any other Premier League club – according to new figures from the Football Association. Read more
Ralph Harper downloaded videos of children as young as eight being abused Via: Paedophile paediatrician who worked at Great Ormond Street convicted over 'most serious' child abuse images
Labour leader steps in to rescue key ally Ian Lavery – despite other frontbenchers being ordered to quit for breaking whip Via: Brexit: Labour MPs attack Corbyn after party chairman keeps job despite defying order to back new referendum
New sharia laws came into effect in Brunei on Wednesday amid an international outcry Via: Brunei should be suspended from Commonwealth over new law punishing gay sex with stoning to death, UK government told
Follow our live coverage of the day’s political events Via: Brexit news – LIVE: Labour vows to keep Lords sitting 'all night' to pass bill blocking no-deal, as Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn's teams meet for pivotal talks
The doomed Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max that crashed and killed 157 people last month reportedly had its angle-of-attack sensor damaged on takeoff from a foreign object or bird. Via: Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 had sensor damaged by foreign object at takeoff