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Do you have tens of millions in an offshore trust that you secretly control . Does that mean you can avoid millions in tax through that trust . Why dont you talk to me, it would be great to hear your view . Over the next half an hour, this bbc news special programme will report on the first revelations of the Paradise Papers and the issues they raise about the secretive world of offshore finance and tax avoidance. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Reporting on one of the biggest ever leaks o...

Margaret Smith, (left) whose 18 year-old daughter Maxine (right) was killed in the Birmingham bombings (bottom inset), has issued a civil writ against Michael Patrick Riley (top inset)

Chris Mullin (pictured today), 74, challenged an application by West Midlands Police to require him to disclose source material dating back to his investigation in 1985 and 1986.

Mr Mullin, also a former Labour MP and minister, is challenging an application by West Midlands Police to require him to disclose source material dating back to his investigation in 1985 and 1986.

Chris Mullin, who was a government minister before leaving Parliament in 2010, reported in the 1980s that West Midlands Police framed six innocent men for the 1974 IRA pub bombings.

1/1 A MAN accused of raping and sexually assaulting a woman after a night out in Barrow claimed he had ‘raunchy sex’ with her, a court heard. Peter Johnson, 48, denies the attack on the woman after dancing with her in a Barrow bar in August 2019. The court heard the pair had known each other and had run into each other while out in the town. But after flirting on the dance floor they took a taxi back to the woman’s house. In the taxi, Johnson is alleged to have t...