Stourton hosted Radio 4's Today programme for a decade and was a founding member of Channel 4 News.
Funding has been granted to Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and West Yorkshire as well as £6bn for London.
The US calls its latest sanctions on Iran an "economic D-Day", but Tehran says it has a plan to address them.
X-Men star Hoult was only announced as Lockhart two weeks ago but has had to drop out.
The trial of a Libyan man is delayed for a third time, after new evidence on the 37-year-old case came to light three da...
The comments on BBC Newsnight come after the UK announced it has agreed to hand over blueprints for British-made missile...
It comes after Moscow warned of "consequences" over the reported use of British drones by Ukraine.
