Fined a record £70,000 for breaking rules on Election Spending in the rules on Election Spending in some key marginal seats at the last election. The party claims the iiieifief. 154,55 fizl . eieifeis iii . With an administrative failure with an administrative error. The Electoral Commission has referred the case to the metropolitan police, saying there was a realistic prospect the money had given the party an advantage. 0ur had given the party an advantage. Our Home Affairs CorrespondentDaniel Sandford has more details. The south thanet constituency in 2015, where the conservatives were battling nigel farage, desperate to heffiififi nifiei faranefieenerafe fun a him winning the seat. Heffiififi nifiei faranefieenerafe fun a w him winning the seat. Any stop him winning the seat. Any chance of counting on your support . They poured big games and resources into it and now theyve been given the ever fine, into it and now theyve been given the ever fine, £70,000, for the biggest everfine, £70,000, for breaking the rules on recording Election Spending. Both here and elsewhere. Weve never issued fines to that extent before and i think they are some of the worst in the fa ct they are some of the worst in the fact that they were unable to provide evidence when we needed it and the reports were and and the reports were inaccurate and the spending did and the reports were inaccurate and the spending did not contain the spending returns did not contain the spending returns did not contain the things they should have done. To candidate won the seat. His the tory candidate won the seat. His official expenses after the campaign showed he had spent £14,838, just short of the legal limit in the constituency. But now the partys spending here is under question. The Conservative Party spent thousands of pounds on hotels here in south thanet, £15,000 in a single hotel on the hill here in ramsgate, and the Electoral Commission this could still lead to criminal prosecutions and even by elections constituencies. Prosecutions and even by elections constituencies like. Prosecutions and even by elections § constituencies like south prosecutions and even by elections § constituencies like south thanet. In constituencies like south thanet. Recently, the lib dems and labour have also been fined for legal a; returns h have also been fined for legal £5232 returns. The electoral expenses returns. The Electoral Commission is worried parties are starting to see the finds of the cost of doing business rather than a way of keeping British Elections there. Fair. zei fair. Ttzf States Committee has ruled united States Committee has ruled there is no support for Donald Trumps claimed that his home had been under surveillance in the order of his predecessor barack 0bama. And his latest attempt to impose a travel ban against six mostly muslim countries has again been blocked by courts. The courts. Jon sopel has the latest. Saint patrick stay is being celebrated in washington but donald trump doesnt seem to be enjoying tfeee fifieefe eeefi e . 56 efiifislfifi luck teeee eeeeee eeee e e6 efiifislfifi Luck Of The Irish as his the Luck Of The Irish as his problems pile up. Saint patricks day. Remember his tweets that barack 0bama had tapped his phone and that his predecessor was sick and bad . He stood by the claim. |j his predecessor was sick and bad . He stood by the claim. I think you will find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks. But today the Senate Intelligence committee flatly contradicted him. Based on the Information Available to us, we see no indication that trump tower was subject to surveillance by any element of the United States government, either before or after government. Either before ereftee day government. Either before oreftee day 2016. Election day 2016. Ata election day 2016. At a tetchy white house briefing, a spokesman said trump stood by the claim, even suggesting British Intelligence could have been involved, but again no evidence was despite the fact the senate offered. Despite the fact the Senate IntelligenceCommittee Says they see evidence. He stands by it but no evidence. He stands by it but again you are mischaracterising what happened and last night in happened today and last night in National Vote nashville, tennessee, with just hours to go before his travel ban was to come into effect, bad news. Ajudge in hawaii blocked the move again and Mrtrump Let Rip mr trump let rip again. Frustrated mr trump let rip again. 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Josh edmundson says he confessed at the time but alleges it confessed at the time but allegesil was covered up. We have this exclusive report. He was one of British Cyclings top young talent, a team mate to legends, but beneath the surface, Josh Edmondson was struggling to deal with the pressure and for the first time, the 24 year old from tea m first time, the 24 year old from team sky has broken his silence about the depression he suffered, me he linked it to the telling me he linked it to the controversial Painkiller Tramadol that he secretly took to get through training and races. The dangerous thing about it is you dont know when you are coming to your limit, soi when you are coming to your limit, so i would be pushing and pushing and pushing, and normally you cant keep it up, but you go a bit further than that. The next day if feels like you are over so you need it to just get through. And i think the withdrawal from that immediately after a race, iwasjust withdrawal from that immediately after a race, i wasjust depressed. I was at the point where i didnt leave the house two months. So it doesnt get much worse than that other than committing suicide. There is no Suggestion Team Sky were aware his use of the painkiller, but he of his use of the painkiller, but he says he went a step further and broke the sports no needle ruled by self injecting an illegal cocktail of vitamins he bought from italy in the lead up to a major race in 2014. I bought the fly clips, the syringes, the folic acid, and syringes, the folic aerd, aner vitamins, and syringes, the folic aerd, aner vitamins, and i would just inject sort of two or three times a that sort of two or three times a week, maybe. Especially when i wa nted week, maybe. Especially when i wanted to lose weight. It was very effective. Actually putting the needle in and making sure there are no bottle bubbles in the butterfly clip, because if there are, you can have a heart attack and died, so its a very daunting thing to do. Team sky say he denied using the needle and because of concerns over his mental health, theirformer clinical director told me he had advised Senior Management not to report the incident to the Teeefe The Insissnt To the F Ifi Teeefe The Insissnt To the f if i had done that, and authorities. If i had done that, and i suppose authorities. If i had done that, and isuppose im authorities. If i had done that, and i suppose im looking at safety issues, but i did think there was a risk this lad would be pushed over the edge. He told us very clearly he had done the injection because he didnt know how to use the needle, and he said, i didnt use them, i didnt know how to use them before. This was at the time. Without going into too much detail, i havent got somebody whos in a good place, ive got somebody breaking down. But edmondson says he did confess at the time but Senior Management covered it up. They would have said publicly there was a young Lad Injecting that there was a young Lad Injecting things on their team. It is against the rules to self administer anything. What you are suggesting is the team covered up what had happened because they wanted to preserve the reputation and their jobs of team sky. I can see his interpretation. But we did it in good faith and we did it on two counts. 0ne good faith and we did it on two counts. One is that the Team Discussion was we didnt think he had violated. And secondly, most importantly, he just wasnt in a good place. These revelations come with British Cycling under unprecedented scrutiny over regulation