Metropolitan Police officer Martyn Blake was cleared of murder in October and force bosses argued he should not face a disciplinary hearing.

A man “decapitated and dismembered” a couple before freezing parts of their remains and bringing the rest in suitcases to the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, a court has heard.

Abdullah Sabah Albadri, 33, is also accused of possessing a pointed or bladed article near the embassy in Kensington on Monday.

Group chief executive CS Venkatakrishnan said the move follows the recent Supreme Court ruling that the term woman is defined by biological sex.

House sales soared 104 compared with the same month a year earlier, according to HM Revenue and Customs figures.