The former England women’s footballer told Liverpool Crown Court the pair had previously exchanged ‘friendly, supportive’ private messages.

The British Transport Police has provided a major update following a mass stabbing on a London-bound train, with a timeline of reports made to the police in the days before the incident.

Two people were inside the mosque in Peacehaven when the fire, which damaged the front entrance of the mosque and two cars, was started on October 4.