The girlfriend of convicted rapist and star striker Ched Evans has stood by him because she feels “protective” towards him.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg today effectively opened the door of No 10 to David Cameron by saying the Conservative Party had the “first right” to attempt to form a government in the UK.

A gang member who armed the killer of British schoolboy Rhys Jones will have his sentence reviewed today to determine if it is “unduly lenient”.

Jail terms handed down to the killers of a Catholic schoolboy in the North were not too lenient, the Attorney General’s office ruled today.