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The Met Police apologises to the speaker of the House of Commons

The force revealed he was behind information that led to the arrest of Lord Mandelson.

The Metropolitan Police has apologised for inadvertently revealing that Sir Lindsay Hoyle told its officers Lord Mandelson was considering leaving the country. Also: The government insists it's going ahead with its deal to transfer the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, despite a minister telling Parliament it was on hold. And satellite images of penguin moulting sites highlight the dangers to the birds of climate change.

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