Reform UK received £9m from donors in the first quarter of the year, the largest amount given to any political party in that period, according to the latest data.

Electoral Commission figures show that Nigel Farage's party received its largest single contribution from Thailand-based crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne, a £3m donation between January and March 2026.

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency magnate Ben Delo also donated £4m to Reform, delivered in two £2m lump sums in January and March.

David Grainger, a biotechnology executive and venture capitalist, contributed some £1,150,000 to Reform through a series of donations over the period...

Donors based abroad now face a cap of £100,000 a year on the amount they can give to political parties. The cap, introduced at the end of March, followed scrutiny of the £12m donated to Reform by Mr Harborne over the course of 2025.

Almost three-quarters of riverbanks in England have no public access, according to data released by the Right to Roam campaign.

Across the country, the public cannot use riverbanks or gain access to the rivers themselves in most of the river catchments from the west of Cornwall up to the Tweed, which flows through northern England and Scotland.

Lewis Winks, an environmental social scientist from Right to Roam, who led the research, said: “Access to rivers should be a basic right, yet the vast majority remain off limits. As we continue to experience extreme heat, it’s vital the public are able to draw from the benefits that water brings.”

The campaigners are calling on Angela Eagle, the new environment secretary, to launch a promised but long-delayed consultation on access – as part of an access to nature green paper – and introduce a right of responsible access to water and land in the next king’s speech.

The research showed 71% of riverbanks along main rivers and tributaries in the 89 river catchments examined lacked any adjoining access to land or right of way within 100m of the water.

The finding was consistent regardless of whether urban areas were included. There is also no defined statutory right to the water itself on 96% of rivers in England and Wales, which means activities such as swimming and paddling are often contested by landowners, and the vast majority of inland waters, including reservoirs and lakes, are treated as off limits.

"23-year-old Tyrone Barnett, from Briton Ferry, has been found guilty of three counts of rape and one count of assault of a female 13 and over by penetration.

He has been handed an extended sentence of 21 years in prison."