And a further £14,000 was spent on private medical bills. He strongly disputes the claims, according to the times. The Conservative Party was made aware of the allegations three months ago. It says its investigating. 0ur Political Correspondent nick eardley reports the honesty needs to start now. The lack of clarity needs to stop. This was mark menzies last week in a local campaign video. When this was filmed, he was still a conservative mp. But last night he was suspended from the party. It came after allegations in a newspaper that he used funds from donors to pay thousands to so called bad people who had apparently locked him in a flat. The bbc has checked details of some of the allegations printed in the times this morning that mr menzies called a 78 year old local activist in the middle of the night, asking for money. It is claimed he said he was being detained against his will, that he needed money as a matter of life or death. The £6,500 was provided by a local activist, the m
incredibly, this summer he s heading to his fifth games. but putting on the team gb uniform never gets old. but it s got like this soft bit at the bottomm as well as the tracksuit material. so it s, like, smart, yet comfy and casual, which is nice. his diving cv starts atjust aged seven and. ..a three time winner of young sports personality of the year, he s now 29 and may be the ideal teammate for a gb squad brimming with talent the likes of noah williams and andrea spendolini sirieix. being part of team gb is something that is so special. it is something that every single athlete works so hard for. previous 0lympics, i kind of used to torture myself through the whole experience. because you want to do well so badly that you put everything on the line. and i think that s the difference this time round, i ve not been diving for two years. so i think, for me, it s all excitement right now. famously, to keep calm during competitions, knitting is the olympic champion s go to.