The former adoption agency at the centre of the illegal adoptions scandal has gone into voluntary liquidation — just months after hundreds of illegal birth registrations were found in its files.

A provisional liquidator has been appointed by the High Court to the company which owns and operates a website allowing people to locate and buy second hand cars.

The High Court has made orders winding up a group of companies involved in motor sales today.

The High Court has granted orders for the winding up of four companies in the Thomas Read group on grounds they have no reasonable prospect of survival.