Robert Wright

Wondered what the police had to say about the curious handling of the September 27 RAF Fairford incident? My story about today's first charges has now been updated with a police statement acknowledging the handling might "appear illogical" but defending it: www.ft.com/content/7128...

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This story went up late on Friday and got less attention than it otherwise might have done. A sentencing hearing on Friday was told three participants in the Tory election-betting scandal - dismissed at the time as "a flutter" - would have made nearly £50,000 if undetected www.ft.com/content/510e...

Have you ever wondered what Britain's security services made of Aneurin Bevan, founder of the NHS and long one of the key figures on the Labour Party's left? Wonder no more after reading about newly released papers detailing MI5's monitoring of him: www.ft.com/content/aa6d...

For people wondering why The Canary has come to grief, I have an example. In April, I was due to cover the trial of the men eventually convicted of arson offences against then-PM Sir Keir Starmer. The trial was listed to start on April 27. But it started with two days' jury selection and legal stuff

Lo and behold, once there was something reportable, the conspiracy of silence broke: www.ft.com/content/b3d6...

For people wondering why The Canary has come to grief, I have an example. In April, I was due to cover the trial of the men eventually convicted of arson offences against then-PM Sir Keir Starmer. The trial was listed to start on April 27. But it started with two days' jury selection and legal stuff

A trustee of an Islamic charity in west London leads an Iranian state propaganda organisation, according to evidence today at a tribunal that heard it was "inappropriate" for a charity to be associated with such a group: as.ft.com/r/c6b48577-7...

Wondered what the stakes were when it comes to regulating police forces’ use of AI? Wonder no more as the head of the police watchdog for England and Wales tells me justice depends on it: as.ft.com/r/8b2f2dde-c...

I don't like to be snotty. But Facebook has just offered me a charity "challenge" to cycle 124 miles. I looked at it, thinking, "Well, I've never ridden as much as 124 miles in a day." Turns out it's 124 miles in a month. I rode 699 miles in September just with commuting and a few leisure rides.

Heard about how the Crown Estate might end up paying Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor for giving up his royal lease? We've found out today that the cost of putting right wear-and-tear has more than cancelled out the compensation he was due: as.ft.com/r/c8f16c5c-7...

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I’m waiting for my annual flu vaccine and another customer at the pharmacy is complaining that on a recent visit he handed a £20 note to a woman standing by the counter thinking she was a member of staff. Turns out she wasn’t. More true crime stories as I encounter them.