Elphicke, the former Conservative Party MP for Dover, ended his defamation case against Times Media Limited before it went to trial.

The move is the latest part of an escalating dispute over the June 2023 assassination of a Sikh activist in Canada.

Tamara Davis died at Royal Sussex County Hospital on December 13, 2022 as a doctor said patients in corridors is a ‘tragedy’.

Nasa’s Europa Clipper will now travel 1.8 billion miles, before finally arriving at the biggest planet in the solar system in April 2030.

The former Scottish first minister died of a suspected heart attack while attending a conference in North Macedonia on Saturday.