Morning briefing Monday 6th July

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1:17In other news, Nigel Farage says he's a victim of an establishment hit job and insists he followed the rules over support from long-time associate George Cottrell. The Sunday Times revealed Cottrell provided funding for the Reform UK leader's operation, including for staffing, security and housing. Farage says he's done no wrongdoing, followed the rules and claims he is considering legal action. He added that it's clear the establishment will stop at nothing to hurt reform. George Greenwood is investigations reporter at The Times. Reform's position is that it's just an old friend helping out a friend of his.

1:51That's the question that is likely to be tested by the Parliamentary Investigations Committee to see whether it could be deemed to be just something that is dealt with there's something to do with their friendship. The problem they've got is that Cottrell was a very senior figure in UKIP. He does appear to have the ear of Farage in terms of politics. The government's announced measures to crack down on foreign political donations and funding funneled through dubious companies. The new rules will impose a£100 ,000 donations limit on donors coming to the UK from overseas for a year after they arrive.

2:27Cryptocurrency tycoons Christopher Harbourn and Ben Dillow could be hit by the limit after reportedly returning to the UK, having previously donated millions to Nigel Farage's party. Skydivers died after an incident in Nottinghamshire. Emergency services were called to near Langer Airfield at lunchtime yesterday. The 22-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene after being found in a nearby field in Nottinghamshire. Nottinghamshire police say her family have been informed. The Australian Space Agency is investigating six unidentified objects which have washed up on a beach in Queensland.

3:02Analysists think the mysterious space walls may be debris from a rocket launch. Andrew Lownd is a space expert and told Times Radio what he thinks they could be. So it looks like a tank of some kind from a rocket that's launched. The bits have come back, of course. These haven't sunk into the ocean. They've bobbled around because you have your graveyard in the South Pacific Ocean. And therefore, if they've bobbled around for a bit, then they've actually got washed up in Australia. It's a great souvenir release space programme. And you can hear more on all of those stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

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