Christine Hemming, the estranged wife of Liberal Democrat Birmingham MP John Hemming, receives a nine-month suspended sentence for burgling a kitten from the home of her husband's lover.

Whisper it. A quiet revolution has happened. Keep this quiet, please! Deputy Prime Minister’s Questions used to be akin to Bear Baiting (with apologies to bears and ursine mammal lovers everywhere). Nick Clegg would stand up and have all sorts of sticks prodded into his midriff by Labour members, while their sistren and breathren used

The Bolivian illegal immigrant allowed to stay in Britain because of his cat is planning to tie the knot with his male lover, it emerged last night.

Christine Hemming, wife of MP John Hemming, has been found guilty of stealing a kitten from husband's lover.

The wife of Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming is found guilty of burglary after taking a kitten from the home of her husband's lover.

An MP's wife has told jurors she has no recollection of taking a kitten from the home of her husband's long-term lover.

This year's Lib Dem party conference has seen everything from name-calling to lovers' tiffs to more serious political wrangling. Here we bring you the best from the past five days:

Can music lovers enjoy Wagner’s art in spite of his anti-Semitism? No. Nothing to do with the anti-semitism mind, it’s the “music”. Appalling, dreary stuff. No one who loved music could ernjoy it: Wagner is something to be endured.

Reinaldo da Silva, the boyfriend of Lord Mandelson, the former business secretary, has taken on a directorship in his lover's company.

Castlereagh councillors are asked to help an ongoing inquiry into the awarding of a council contract to Iris Robinson's former lover.