House of Lords

A court heard Lenny Scott was ambushed and shot dead for simply doing his job as a prison officer.

Peers had a choice between Lord Forsyth and ex-ballet dancer Baroness Bull in a vote earlier this month.

Supporters are increasingly concerned the bill could run out of time to become law.

It's more than a year since MPs first backed the proposed legislation but it still needs to be approved by peers.

Concern is growing among supporters the bill won't pass parliamentary hurdles in the allotted days.

Parliamentarians will shortly have to decide if they should leave their building to allow for billions of pounds of maintenance work to take place.

The Darlington students will be meeting members of the committee to discuss drought preparedness.