Ifthikhar Alam, 25, is also charged with fraud over allegedly lying about being the Cabinet Office’s ‘Head of Western Balkans’.

Sharon Graham’s comments came after former prime minister Sir Tony Blair criticised efforts to limit fossil fuels.

The Wall Street Journal had reported the electric car maker’s board had contacted search firms to help it find a new chief executive.

The housebuilder is forecasting a sharp jump in home sales this year, but said economic uncertainty could hit mortgages and spending eventually.

Mosquitoes have been found as far north as Shetland, according to a citizen science project which studied the insects. Scientists at the University of Glasgow received more than 700 reports of ...