And a further £14,000 was spent on private medical bills. He strongly disputes the claims, according to the times. The Conservative Party was made aware of the allegations three months ago. It says its investigating. 0ur Political Correspondent nick eardley reports the honesty needs to start now. The lack of clarity needs to stop. This was mark menzies last week in a local campaign video. When this was filmed, he was still a conservative mp. But last night he was suspended from the party. It came after allegations in a newspaper that he used funds from donors to pay thousands to so called bad people who had apparently locked him in a flat. The bbc has checked details of some of the allegations printed in the times this morning that mr menzies called a 78 year old local activist in the middle of the night, asking for money. It is claimed he said he was being detained against his will, that he needed money as a matter of life or death. The £6,500 was provided by a local activist, the m
into delivery vans. 0ne charity volunteer handed him get well cards for kate and king charles. an inquest has found the 48 people who died in dublin s stardust nightclub fire, in 1981, were unlawfully killed. after the verdicts were read, family members of the victims walked to the garden of remembrance to honour their loved ones. the inquests began in april last year and heard evidence from 373 people. it was the longest running inquest in ireland s history. police have broken up an alleged international cybercrime gang that provided scammers with the technology needed to trick people into paying them online using fake text messages. almost 40 people were arrested worldwide. around 70,000 people in the uk are among those thought to have been tricked by them. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, reports. it s 5am in south london the end of a two year investigation. police!