Sean “Diddy” Combs filed a new request for bail on Friday, saying changed circumstances and new evidence mean the hip-hop mogul should be allowed to prepare for a May trial from outside jail.

It came on the same day it was announced that two former advisers to Sir Tony Blair had been given senior jobs in Whitehall.

Boris Johnson has said broadcaster Emily Maitlis was getting “pretty revved up” during their Channel 4 coverage of the US election, before he left the panel unexpectedly. The former prime minister ...