内容摘要：The police watchdog added that there had also been "appropriate considerations, including a desire not to discourage victims of historic sex offences coming forward".

The police watchdog added that there had also been "appropriate considerations, including a desire not to discourage victims of historic sex offences coming forward".

But what about the performance of the Conservatives?Back in 2021, they took third in this seat with around 18% of the vote.

Last night they narrowly held onto their deposit with 6%.It's likely that the introduction of Reform – another party of the right – is eating into their vote. That could prove disastrous for them come the 2026 Holyrood election.Something needs to change quickly for the Scottish Conservatives, or they could face significant losses next year.

It will be Labour activists who are waking up happy this morning – perhaps to better news than many of them expected.But they threw the kitchen sink at this seat, with over 200 activists on the ground on polling day - and that only delivered a narrow victory.

Regardless, a win's a win. And those sort of triumphs are even sweeter when they surprise many of the pundits and pollsters.

Plenty could change over the next 11 months as we head towards a Scottish election.She predicts Denmark will face a serious labour shortage in the future.

Spain's centre-left government, meanwhile, is taking a very different road. Its Social Democrat prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, loves pointing out the Spanish economy was the fastest growing amongst rich nations last year.Its 3.2% GDP growth was higher than America's, three times the UK's and four times the EU average.

Sanchez wants to legalise nearly a million migrants, already working in Spain but currently without legal papers. That extra tax revenue plus the much-needed extra workers to plug gaps in the labour market will maintain economic growth and ensure future pension payments are covered, he says.Spain has one of the lowest birth rates in the EU. Spanish society is getting old, fast.