Evening briefing on Monday 27th October

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0:50David Lammy said the mistake shouldn't have happened and has said that there will now be a clear checklist of actions given to prison governors. The minister addressed the Commons a few moments ago. Any foreign national offender being removed through the scheme through which Kabartu was supposed to be removed from the country can now only be discharged when the duty governor is physically present and there will be no ERS removals from HMP Chelmsford for the rest of this week. The Times has discovered the prison which mistakenly released Kabartu on Friday also wrongly released a suspected Froster two years ago.

1:24HMP Chelmsford was sent an email that appeared to be from the Royal Courts of Justice, instructing them to release a man called Junaid Ahmed, who was awaiting trial for fraud. The UK has agreed to sell 20 Typhoon jets to Turkey in a deal worth up to£8 billion. Sir Keir Starmer has signed the deal during a visit to the country, describing it as a win for British workers, a win for our defence industry and a win for NATO security. It's understood that Prince Andrew could potentially move out of his mansion on the Windsor estate if he and former wife Sarah Ferguson got two properties. It was recently revealed that he doesn't pay rent on Royal Lodge, but has paid£8.5 million in other costs in the last 20 years.

2:05Royal correspondent Rupert Bell told Times Radio he claims this is all because of Sarah Ferguson. She currently lives with Andrew, although they are a divorced couple, in Royal Lodge. But he's saying that, well, he needs to look after her. Well, putting her into possibly Adelaide Cottage, which is where the Prince and Princess of Wales have been living, but I believe are moving out this week. And Andrew is saying, I want to move into Frogmore and I need to house Sarah. So it's all part of the huge conundrum that is Prince Andrew for the royal family. Steve Coogan said he's happy he's made a film about the discovery of Richard III after having to pay damages to a man who sued his production company.

2:45Loughborough University boss Richard Taylor claimed he was being portrayed as smug and patronising, which harmed his reputation. He's won undisclosed substantial damages after settling out of court. And evacuations are underway in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa strengthens into a Category 5 storm, the most powerful on record to threaten the island. Forecasters are warning of catastrophic flooding, landslides and a life-threatening storm surge as the hurricane nears landfall. At least four people have already been killed in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. You can follow The Times News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio online.

3:20That's your Times Evening Briefing on Monday the 27th of October.

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