Contractors using a mechanical digger had to be called in to remove a 40ft-long mound of waste from a lane near Lichfield in Staffordshire.

Sir Keir Starmer stressed that what information could be disclosed up to now has been limited to avoid prejudicing the trial.

Sir Keir Starmer has held his first press conference in the Downing Street briefing room after up to £80,000 of taxpayers’ money was spent on a “politically neutral” refurbishment. The room, in 9 ...