Documents also suggest the peer explored the possibility of a £500,000 severance payment after being sacked as US ambassador.

Sources tell the BBC that pupils had to hide under their desks as the incident unfolded.

Fuel duty on petrol and diesel is due to rise from September, when a 5p cut is phased out.

Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, known as Mo Chara, had been accused of showing support for proscribed organisation Hezbollah following a gig in London in 2024.

Police believe the last sighting of Vitoria Figueiredo Barreto was on CCTV just after midnight on 3 March in Brightlingsea.