Tom Tugendhat has admitted foreign secretary "would be a fantastic job to do" - but insisted Tory leadership frontrunner Liz Truss has made him no promises.
Mr Tugendhat, who also stood as a candidate to take over from Boris Johnson, is the latest senior Tory MP to back Ms Truss over Rishi Sunak.
Mr Tugendhat and Ms Truss shared a warm embrace at a campaign event at Biggin Hill Airport in south London on Saturday, during which he said the current foreign secretary's promises of tax cuts are based on "true Conservative principles" and that she can unite the party.
Mr Tugendhat, who chairs the Commons foreign affairs committee, was asked by reporters if he would like to be named foreign secretary in return for his support of Ms Truss.
"Well, look, it would be a fantastic job to do, let's not pretend it wouldn't," he replied.
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But there are "many other jobs that I've spoken about wanting to do", he added, hinting that he would like to be involved with trade.
"But the reality is I've been promised nothing, I expect nothing," he went on.
"I hope for a lot, but I have no right to expect."
Asked whether Mr Tugendhat would be foreign secretary in a government headed by her, Ms Truss said that making such a decision would be "extremely premature" because the "leadership election is not finished".
But she did hold out an olive branch to Mr Tugendhat, describing him as a "very, very talented person".
Image:Ms Truss and Mr Tugendhat looked delighted to see each other
Boris Johnson held a celebration of his wedding to wife Carrie on Saturday.
Asked whether he should have been "concentrating more on the crises facing our country", Ms Truss replied: "Well he's done a fantastic job in standing up to Putin, in delivering Brexit and in delivering our COVID vaccine, and helping us deal with that great crisis.
"I think he's entitled to enjoy his wedding day and I wish the best to him and Carrie and all the family."
Regarding the cost of living crisis, Ms Truss said one way she would deal with it is by "growing the economy".
She also said she was a "fan of grammar schools" and her "two daughters both go to a grammar school".
Questioned about her status as the frontrunner in the leadership contest, she replied: "This is a very, very close race, and I am fighting for every vote."
Image:Rishi Sunak was asked to sign a copy of Margaret Thatcher's biography in Hampshire on Saturday
Rishi Sunak was also out on the campaign trail on Saturday, tweeting photos of himself with supporters in the south of England with the caption: "Busy Saturday meeting hundreds of members. Wouldn't have it any other way!"
The former chancellor was due to attack "woke nonsense" in a speech apparently designed to enthuse the Tory grassroots on culture war issues.
He was also expected to tell supporters in West Sussex that he would prevent "left-wing agitators" from taking "a bulldozer to our history, our traditions and our fundamental values".
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a nine-year-old girl was fatally stabbed in a town centre.
Lillia Valutyte was found with a stab wound in Fountain Lane in Boston, Lincolnshire, on Thursday.
Lincolnshire Police said the 22-year-old was detained in Boston on Saturday after two people previously arrested were released without charge.
Earlier the force had circulated photos of a man officers wanted to speak to in connection with the killing.
Police said the man was arrested in the Boston Central Park area at about 14:45 BST.
They said his arrest followed "a combination of intelligence and information supplied by several members of the public".
The force added: "We are not looking for anyone else in connection with this incident."
Ch Supt Martyn Parker said he understood people would have questions about how this had happened.
He added: "We are in a very sensitive stage of our investigations having just arrested a 22-year-old male.
"Please allow my officers the time and space to conduct their enquiries and continue their investigations."
Police said there would continue "to be a significant police presence in the town" and said people could still pass on information via its major incident portal.
Lillia had reportedly been playing with a hula hoop with her younger sister on the street and a toy pram was left at the scene, according to locals.
Dozens of flowers and other tributes have been left at the corner of Fountain Lane and Fountain Place in memory of the schoolgirl.
People have also been gathering at a local church to light candles.
Reverend Jane Robertson said the community was coming to St Botolph's Church to reflect on what had happened.
Father-of-five Mark Gostelow said he wanted to light a candle for Lillia's life.
"It's horrific, I've got children myself so it hits home with me," he said.
Jerena Tyler, who also visited the church to pay her respects, said: "It breaks your heart because you're thinking all of her nine-year-old life has been wiped away in one night."
More than 4,000 surviving victims of the contaminated blood scandal should each receive no less than £100,000 "without delay", a judge has said.
Sir Brian Langstaff, chair of the infected blood inquiry, said his recommendation was made in light of the "profound physical and mental suffering" caused by the scandal.
"An interim payment should be paid, without delay, to all those infected and all bereaved partners currently registered on UK infected blood support schemes, and those who register between now and the inception of any future scheme," he said.
Almost 3,000 people died in what was described as the worst treatment disaster in the history of the health service.
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The UK had been reliant on supplies imported from the US, where it was manufactured with blood collected from prisoners, sex workers, drug addicts and other high-risk groups who were paid to give blood.
Sir Brian made it clear his recommendations do not have to be accepted by the government.
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The government has now said it would consider the former High Court judge's report with "the utmost urgency" and "respond as soon as possible".
"The government is grateful to Sir Brian Langstaff for his interim report regarding interim compensation for victims of infected blood," a spokesperson said.
"We recognise how important this will be for people infected and affected across the UK."
'Late but welcome'
Des Collins, senior partner at Collins Solicitors, which is representing more than 400 of the victims and their families, said the payments "will, at last, provide some financial compensation that many of those suffering have been due for decades".
"Whilst coming too late for the thousands who have tragically passed away over the intervening years since they were infected, it is a welcome development for some of those still living with the dreadful repercussions of this avoidable treatment failure," he said.
"We look forward to the day when all victims of this scandal are properly compensated for their suffering and for those whose decisions led to the ruining of countless innocent lives being held to account."
Kate Burt, chief executive of The Haemophilia Society, said the recommendations "leave no room for doubt".
"Many of those infected or bereaved are ill and dying and need compensation now," she said.
"The government has ignored the urgent and compelling case for interim compensation payments for too long," she added.
Sir Brian apologised to victims that would not be eligible for the payments.
"I ask those who are disappointed to remember that this is not the end of the inquiry's work, and the question of compensation, and its scope is not resolved in this short report on interim payments," he said.
He said delivering the payments to people on the infected blood support schemes was the most practical way of providing compensation quickly.
Rebekah Vardy has lost her Wagatha Christie case against Coleen Rooney.
Vardy attempted to sue her fellow WAG for defamation, but a High Court judge has ruled that Rooney's Instagram post outing Vardy for leaking stories to The Sun newspaper was true.
Vardy said Judge Justice Steyn "got it wrong" with her ruling, adding that "it is not the result that I had expected, nor believe was just".
But she added that she would not appeal as "the case is over".
Rooney said she was "pleased" the judge had found in her favour, adding: "It was not a case I ever sought or wanted".
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Alluding to what she called a "difficult and stressful time" throughout the trial, she concluded: "Although I bear Mrs Vardy no ill-will, today's judgment makes clear that I was right in what I said in my posts of October 2019".
Image:Some of Rooney's fake posts, shown during the trial
The court found that the essence of Rooney's social media post was "substantially true" - that's to say Vardy was responsible for leaking Rooney's private information to the press.
In her verdict, Judge Steyn described Vardy's evidence in the libel trial as "manifestly inconsistent... evasive or implausible" - while Rooney's evidence was "honest and reliable".
In her conclusion, the judge said: "I have found that Ms Vardy was party to the disclosure to The Sun... Ms Vardy knew of and condoned this behaviour, actively engaging in it by directing Ms Watt to the private Instagram account, sending her screenshots of Ms Rooney's posts, drawing attention to items of potential interest to the press, and answering additional queries raised by the press via Ms Watt."
Caroline Watt was Vardy's agent and friend, and had been implicated in the leaking of the private posts during evidence heard in court. She did not give evidence during the hearing.
Although the judge labelled the information within Rooney's leaked posts as "trivial", she said the content "does not need to be confidential or important to meet the sting of the libel."
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Despite the court finding that Rooney's reveal post "was on a matter of public interest", the judge ruled that it couldn't be used as part of her defence because she did not take "steps to put the allegation to Ms Vardy and give her an opportunity to respond".
Addressing what was referred to during the trial as "a series of unfortunate incidents" - which involved a broken laptop, forgotten passwords and lost data - Mrs Justice Steyn said: "In my judgment, it is likely that Ms Vardy deliberately deleted her WhatsApp chat with Ms Watt, and that Ms Watt deliberately dropped her phone in the sea".
The court praised Rooney's evidence as "honest and reliable", but said Vardy's evidence was "manifestly inconsistent... evasive or implausible".
Mrs Justice Steyn said: "Ms Vardy was generally unwilling to make factual concessions, however implausible her evidence."
While the judge found that Vardy had disclosed private information, she said she believed Vardy had felt "genuinely offended" by Rooney's accusation, employing "a degree of self-deception" to minimise her role in the leak.
Image:Vardy and Rooney at Euro 2016. Pic: AP
Former WAG Lizzie Cundy, Rooney's friend, told Sky News she "wasn't surprised" by the outcome and knew Rooney - who she described as "an honest girl" - would only have made the original reveal post if she was "100% sure it was correct".
She said when the spat first began she'd even suggested to Rooney and Vardy that they, "Come over and have some prosecco and nuts and sort this out", adding, "Now Rebekah will be thinking, 'I should have listened'".
The wife of former England star Wayne Rooney was dubbed "Wagatha Christie" after claiming that three fake stories posted on her personal Instagram page - which unbeknown to Vardy at the time were shared only with her account - were passed on to The Sun newspaper.
Image:Rooney and husband Wayne at court in May
In written submissions to the court during the trial, Vardy's barrister Hugh Tomlinson QC argued that while the case had been trivialised as "WAG Wars" it had had a "very profound" impact on his client's life, leading to "high intensity abuse and vilification".
The 40-year-old suffered "immense distress" as a result of Rooney's allegations and "had no choice" but to take her to court "to establish her innocence and vindicate her reputation", Mr Tomlinson said.
However, in the written argument for Rooney, 36, barrister David Sherborne said his client felt "absolutely confident" in the investigation she conducted to find the source of the leaks and that her "authentication was as thorough as many newsrooms".
Image:Rebekah and Jamie Vardy pictured at Leicester City's King Power Stadium in the days after the trial
A libel is a published statement which is defamatory - damaging to a person's reputation.
Vardy said she had suffered "very serious harm to her reputation" as a result of Rooney's allegations and therefore brought the case to court to defend herself.
Rooney defended the claim on the basis it was true and in the public interest for her to publish it. Under English defamation law it was Rooney who had to prove her post was "substantially true".
As this was a civil case, not a criminal one, the standard of proof was "on the balance of probabilities", or "more likely than not", rather than "beyond reasonable doubt".
There is an upper limit of damages in libel actions in the UK of about £300,000, with the amount awarded depending on a number of factors - including the level of reputational damage and the prevalence of the published libel. However, any damages are usually swallowed up by legal costs.
At a hearing in March 2022, it was revealed that Vardy had a costs budget of nearly £900,000, while Rooney's costs were estimated to be about £400,000.
However, it is believed the case exceeded those budgets.
A safeguarding children board review found there were systemic failings in the adoption process and information was not always shared between agencies.
Cumbria County Council said it had already made changes to how it worked.
In response to the findings, the authority said Castle "deliberately and repeatedly misled and lied to social workers about vitally important aspects of her life".
Castle and her husband Scott took in Leiland-James in August 2020 when he was eight months old after he had been taken into care at birth.
The couple had been assessed and approved by the county council's adoption service.
However, at the time Castle was having counselling with the organisation First Step about issues including her "low mood, anxiety and anger management".
The adoption team did not make checks with the service as they were under the impression from her, and from her GP, that her therapy was in the past.
First Step was unaware that Castle and her husband had applied to adopt and were being assessed - though they did inform the GP it was working with her - as it is not current practice for an adoption service to contact a counselling agency for information.
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The information held by First Step revealed that she drank six bottles of wine a week, considerably above the recommended alcohol limit and three times the amount she told adoption assessors she consumed.
Shortly after Leiland-James's placement, Castle was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis but social workers were not made aware of her new medical condition.
A concern was raised about her alcohol intake as part of a consultation for a separate health issue.
This information was shared with her GP, but not with any other agency.
'Increasing debt'
The report found the Castles had significant loans and credit card debts but did not have the income to service them.
However, the financial assessment form for the adoption did not ask about the total they owed - it only required the couple to disclose what they were spending on loans and credit cards each month.
That "enabled the family to disguise what they owed and they were only paying the minimum amount each month", the review said.
The form has since changed and there is also a plan to review financial assessments at the time of a match to ensure information is up to date.
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The NSPCC said the murder was a "pivotal reminder" of the need for national leadership and radical reform of children's social care.
"The report highlights, among other issues, a lack of information sharing between agencies, which we know is a persistent problem," said Clare Kelly, associate head of policy and public affairs.
"It is crucial that the seeking and sharing of information between all agencies involved in child safeguarding and adoption processes is strengthened to spot potential dangers earlier."
'Repeatedly misled'
John Readman, executive director for people at Cumbria County Council, said it fully accepted the report's findings, was deeply sorry for Leiland-James's death and offered condolences to his birth family.
"The Castles went through a full eight-month assessment and approval process involving criminal records checks, multiple references and extensive training," he said.
"No concerns were raised by anyone, in any agency, about their suitability to become adopters.
"Laura Castle deliberately and repeatedly misled and lied to social workers about vitally important aspects of her life, including her mental and physical health, her alcohol use and debts.
"We also know now that relevant information about Laura Castle was not shared between agencies, and that more could have been done to clarify some of the information we were provided with."
Mr Readman said the council had followed "lengthy and intensive" national standards but accepted there were "vulnerabilities in the process" when prospective adopters were untruthful.
Lesley Walker, independent scrutineer with Cumbria Safeguarding Children Partnership, told BBC Radio Cumbria: "I think that they [social workers] need to be challenging information, triangulating and checking out information from a number of sources about adult vulnerabilities.
"There were a number of pieces of information that were not shared as widely as they should've been.
"We've taken steps with a new questionnaire to go into detail about vulnerability and financial situations and seek out information in a robust way."
At her trial, Castle pleaded guilty to manslaughter and told the jury she had shaken Leiland-James because he would not stop crying.
She claimed he hit his head on the armrest of the sofa before he fell off her lap on to the floor.
Prosecutors said Castle killed the boy when she lost her temper and suggested she smashed the back of his head on a piece of furniture.
The major change in the law, announced on Wednesday, allows broadcasters to film judges sentencing serious criminals. Broadcasting an entire trial will not be permitted.
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During sentencing, Oliver, of Bexleyheath, south London, was denied a hospital order because he "presents a significant risk to the public", the court heard.
He attacked his bedbound grandfather, David Oliver, as he lay "helpless" in his bedroom following a stroke, jurors heard during the trial.
David Oliver was found with 21 stab wounds to the face and seven stab wounds to the torso.
Louis Mably QC, for the prosecution, said: "It was a brutal attack, plainly carried out with the intention of killing him."
The defendant had become "very angry" after learning of allegations against his grandfather of historic sexual abuse of girls, Mr Mably said.
TV cameras in England and Wales criminal courts
Under new rules announced on Wednesday the BBC, ITN, Sky and Press Association can ask to film sentencing of a defendant - the very last stage of a criminal prosecution.
Sentencing hearings are witnessed daily by journalists, juries, victims or their families. But until now they are little understood by the public because the detail is often simplified in daily news reporting.
Under these new rules, each sentencing that is filmed will be kept on YouTube so viewers can see the judge's full reasoning.
Cameras will not be allowed to film victims, witnesses and jurors amid concerns that wider televising of trials could damage the quality of evidence or sensationalise cases.
A law from 1925 bans all other filming in crown courts.
Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said: "Opening up the courtroom to cameras to film the sentencing of some of the country's most serious offenders will improve transparency and reinforce confidence in the justice system.
"The public will now be able to see justice handed down, helping them understand better the complex decisions judges make."
In Scotland, which has its own legal system, filming has been allowed in criminal courts since 1992.
Although full trials are rarely broadcast because of strict rules, broadcasting of sentencing in major cases has been fairly common since 2012.
Jurors were told the grandson had autism which, combined with other emotional and mental factors, diminished his responsibility for the killing.
Due to his condition, he "did not think there was an alternative to killing his grandfather", Judge Munro said.
In 2016, Ben Oliver was convicted of sexual offences against a young girl when he was aged 15, the court was told.
Ms Munro said this was "learned behaviour from your own childhood".
His step-dad was "extremely cruel" and physically violent towards him, the court heard.
The man, named only as Steve in court, subjected Ben Oliver "to a sexualised environment", and introduced him to child pornography at the age of five.
Psychologists appointed by the court described Oliver as "a very damaged man who will require psychological work in the longer term", Judge Munro said.
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In the months before the killing, he had become aware of allegations of sexual abuse against his grandfather, who was also said to have mistreated his wife and had affairs, jurors were told.
His grandmother told him she could not have peace until her husband had died.
The defendant was also depressed and had attempted suicide several times, jurors heard.
Mr Mably said: "He was a troubled and angry young man."
Every day, reporters, victims or their families listen to a judge delivering a sentence. This is often a lengthy analysis of a crime, the defendant's culpability, and the harm they have caused - along with the mitigating factors in their often sorry lives.
In short, jailing criminals is simply not a case of plucking the first number of years that comes to mind.
There is only so much that reporters like me can say on any given day about a particular case. We inevitably have to gloss over some of the details.
This major reform, in favour of greater transparency, fills that gap.
For the first time, the public will be able to watch a judge performing their work in full, in the name of public protection.
And anyone who watches the cases as they begin to be published on YouTube will soon see how this complex public duty is a world away from TV dramas or simplistic headlines.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said one of his shadow ministers was sacked yesterday for making up policy "on the hoof" as he stood on a picket line during rail strikes.
He told Sky News workers should be offered pay rises in line with inflation - however Labour's position is that pay negotiations are for unions and ministers.
Speaking for the first time since he was sacked, Sir Keir explained: "Sam Tarry was sacked because he booked himself onto media programmes without permission and then made up policy on the hoof.
"That can't be tolerated in any organisation because we have got collective responsibility, so that was relatively straightforward."
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"Of course, as far as the industrial action is concerned, I completely understand the frustration of so many working people who have seen the prices go up, have seen inflation through the roof and their wages haven't gone up.
"So the Labour Party will always be on the side of working people but we need collective responsibility as any organisation does."
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He said it was a "severe mistake" as the Labour Party was formed by the trade unions "so when the trade unions have a just cause, we support them - and this is a just cause".
Some in the party believe Mr Tarry was goading Sir Keir into sacking him to help him fight a deselection battle.
Wards in Tarry's Ilford South constituency unanimously voted for a full reselection, meaning he is likely to lose his seat.
Mr Tarry won the east London seat in 2019 after local council leader Jas Athwal, who was also going to run, was suspended from the party just before the vote over allegations of inappropriate behaviour.
Mr Athwal was subsequently cleared after an almost year-long internal investigation but has spoken of how it badly affected him.
