内容摘要：A Ukrainian man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged in connection with fires at two properties and a car linked to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

A Ukrainian man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged in connection with fires at two properties and a car linked to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

A woman who unknowingly had a criminal record for 56 years for being a lesbian in the military is encouraging more women to apply to a government pardons scheme.Liz Stead, 78, was thrown out of the RAF in 1969 when bosses discovered a love letter from her then-girlfriend.

More than 50 years later Liz discovered she was also given a criminal conviction for "perceived same-sex sexual activity" and had unknowingly lived with a criminal record for most of her adult life.She is one of 40 people in England and Wales who have had convictions of this nature overturned since 2023, when the government's Disregards and Pardons Scheme was expanded to include women for the first time.Liz, from Chichester, West Sussex, first learned of her criminal record in December last year, when applying for a different scheme, which

who were sacked during a ban on homosexuality in the armed forces which was lifted in the year 2000.In emails seen by the BBC, her application for restorative measures was initially denied because of the conviction, and she was advised to apply for it to be pardoned by the Home Office.

She applied to have the application fast-tracked due to ill health - and says she was "astonished" to learn of the charges.

She now wonders what unknown impact it has had on her life.But others are not convinced.

"You can subscribe to this scheme but you might never take off," says James Glenton, 36, from York, who is still hoping for compensation for a cancelled Wizz Air flight a year on.In July 2023, Wizz cancelled Mr Glenton's flight from Leeds Bradford Airport to Wroclaw in Poland and rebooked him on one from London Luton the next day, he says.

That meant he lost two days of his holiday, the parking he'd booked at Leeds Bradford, money spent on his hotel, and the petrol costs getting to Luton and back, he says.According to Mr Glenton, Wizz has blamed air traffic control restrictions for the cancellation so won't refund him. But he claims the airport denies this and has told him it was the airline that cancelled the flight directly.