Morning Briefing Wednesday 11th November

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0:19This is Times Radio's morning briefing on Wednesday the 11th of November. I'm Daryl Jackson. A member of the U.S. Army has been arrested in Gloucestershire as part of a counterterrorism investigation linked to Russia. Police say they've worked closely with the FBI and US military and two addresses are being searched. It's understood the soldier was stationed near Innsworth, where NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps has its headquarters. Rob Fox, defence editor for the Evening Standard, told Times Radio that that could be significant. They would be very much involved in communications, intelligence analysis and appreciation of what is going on on the ground and in the air.

1:01in Ukraine. And I think that that is the key to this. This is quite clearly a joint operation, British counter-terrorist security police and the FBI. It is something really very serious. The Metropolitan Police has contacted The Guardian and ITV News to ensure that any potential victims of David Walliams are made aware of how to report any criminal allegations. The author and TV star has been accused by multiple women of grooming teenage fans. In a statement, he says he behaved thoughtlessly, but denies being a sexual predator or breaking any laws. David Walliams' attempt to avoid public exposure by claiming in court he'd kill himself if he was named was unprecedented, but failed.

1:46Andrew Eborn, broadcaster and barrister, told Times Radio why. The judge looked at this sort of situation and says, OK, we understand that there may be mental pressures and so on and so forth on David Walliams. That's why he was seeking this particular injunction. But the right for journalists basically to pursue this as an issue sort of outweighed those in these particular circumstances. And the basic test is this, could damages be an adequate compensation for breaching that sort of fundamental right for privacy? Police say several people have contacted them with allegations and information about Russell Brand during his trial and after it concluded.

2:22On Monday, the disgraced comedian and actor was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison after being convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. Last week, it was revealed two further rape allegations against Brand were already being investigated. The Duchess of Sussex's father has been re-arrested and is in US federal custody after he cut off the ankle bracelet monitoring his movements while under house arrest. Thomas Markle was bailed by a court last Friday after being arrested and charged with allegedly possessing child sexual abuse images. He denies the charges.

2:58The Times reports that mansion tax inspectors will be allowed to photograph homes without permission to determine if a property is liable for the new high-value council tax surcharge. The tax is set to be imposed on homes valued at just over£2 million from April 2028. The new powers for inspectors have been dubbed a snoopers charter by critics. Deputy property editor for The Times is David Byers. There's been no council tax revaluation of homes since 1991. So all the homes in England are totally inaccurate in terms of the valuation according to the taxman. So they're going to have to do what is known as a targeted exercise to identify which properties are liable to pay the levy.

3:40In other words, they don't know which properties are liable. And you can hear more on all of those stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

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