5 STORIES COMING UP TODAY

PC RAPE CHARGES

Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick, 47, has been remanded in custody by Westminster magistrates after being charged with three more counts of rape, bringing the total number of charges against him to 44, including 21 of rape, with 12 alleged victims.

PORN MP RETURN?

Disgraced politician Neil Parish has not ruled out running against his old colleagues in the Tory party in the by-election triggered by his resignation for watching pornography in Parliament.

MUSK DEAL ON HOLD

Elon Musk said his £34.5bn deal to buy Twitter is “temporarily on hold” over details around the number of spam and fake accounts present on the site.

ROYAL PRESTIGE

The status of living in a street with a name which has royal associations can help to generate a princely sum for homeowners. Streets with names including words such as queen and crown often have homes worth more than the average house price at £323,196, according to Savills.

BEAVER BIRTHDAY

The first beaver born on Exmoor in 400 years has celebrated his first birthday and is already helping turn degraded landscape into a thriving wetland.