Good evening. Three Bulgarian nationals suspected of spying for Russia have been charged by counter-terror detectives following a major national security investigation.

Elsewhere, a 99-year-old is among hundreds of people aged over 70 who have been fined by closed-door courts for minor motoring offences.

Scotland Yard has disclosed that five people – three men and two women – were arrested on suspicion of an offence under the Official Secrets Act on February 8. All five have been bailed until next month. 

Three of the individuals, Orlin Roussev, 45, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Bizer Dzhambazov, 41, of Harrow, north west London, and Katrin Ivanova, 31, of the same address, have been charged with an offence under the Identity Documents Act. 

Jamie Bullen writes that the trio have apparently lived in the UK for years and worked in a variety of jobs.

Victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault have had their personal details revealed in a police data breach of more than 1,000 people, reports Will Bolton. Details of witnesses to criminal offences were also included in the leak, police said. 

Norfolk and Suffolk constabularies said they had identified the problem, involving responses to Freedom of Information (FoI) requests for crime statistics between April 2021 and March last year.

Rishi Sunak is determined to negotiate a migrant returns agreement with the EU to tackle the small boats crisis despite Britain being rebuffed by Brussels officials, report Charles Hymas and Jack Maidment. 

Downing Street said the Prime Minister “remained open” to taking forward negotiations on a UK-EU returns deal as a way to deter migrants from crossing the Channel.

Metropolitan Police | Six former police officers have been charged following an investigation into alleged racist and misogynistic messages exchanged on WhatsApp.

Two former Commandos described their escape after they were ambushed and shot at during Amazon River expedition