Jordan, Chris Hinchliff, Brian Leishman, and Rachael Maskell will no longer sit as independents in the Commons.

Assistant Chief Constable Mark Sutherland said police were doing ‘everything we can to trace those responsible’.

Police Sergeant Lawrence Hume, based within the Metropolitan Police detention unit, was filmed as part of a BBC Panorama programme.

Peace talks in Istanbul between Pakistan and Afghanistan were at a deadlock, a day after both sides accused each other of mounting border clashes that risked breaching a ceasefire brokered by Qatar.