内容摘要：that she had lived next door to the couple since 2015 and had been on holiday with them.

that she had lived next door to the couple since 2015 and had been on holiday with them.

He is seeking a senior role with Tory MS Laura Anne Jones, who earlier this month also apologised for using a racial slur in a text message.The ex-Conservative Welsh secretary was an MP from 2005 to earlier this year, losing his seat in Monmouthshire in the summer general election.

BBC Wales was told Mr Davies will not be commenting about the move, while Ms Jones was also asked to comment.Mr Davies had served as an member of the Welsh Assembly, as it was known at the time, for the seat of Monmouth from 1999 to 2007.He was also Welsh secretary - the UK government's main ministerial spokesperson for Wales - in Rishi Sunak's cabinet before the general election.

It is understood Mr Davies, who was defeated by Labour candidate Catherine Fookes in July, is looking for work in an area he is familiar with.Laura Anne Jones is being investigated by police over allegations about her expenses, after she was referred to the police by Senedd Standards Commissioner Douglas Bain.

Earlier in the summer BBC Wales published texts about expenses from the phone of Ms Jones, where a staff member was asked: "When doing petrol thing - always make more than I did – add in stuff please OK."

The context for the WhatsApp messages regarding her expenses was not evident.The ceremony takes place in Birmingham on 17 October.

Downing Street has said it is "confident" the raw materials needed to keep the furnaces at British Steel's Scunthorpe site switched on will reach it in time.The government has been attempting to source the materials needed to fuel the plant's central blast furnaces since taking control of it on Saturday, and has confirmed a shipment will arrive "in the coming days".

Ministers seized control of operations after talks with British Steel's Chinese owner Jingye broke down, and the government accused the firm of planning to switch the furnaces off.Beijing has accused the British government of "politicising trade co-operation", and said the move raised doubts about investment in the UK.