Here's a quick recap of today's main political stories:

• UKIP have dominated the headlines today, as two election candidates are suspended and another prospective parliamentary candidate quits.

• The head of the Unite union has said he will not "respect" any law passed by a future Conservative government tightening the rules on strike ballots

• Meanwhile, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has predicted that his party will "wipe the smile off" Alex Salmond's face by preventing him from returning to Westminster

• And a committee of MPs said there should be a statutory ban on identifying people who are arrested for sexual offences in England and Wales

• Plans to overhaul transport across the North of England, were also laid out by the government

• And the Ministry of Defence's equipment plan is at "real risk" from cost overruns and potential spending cuts, a group of MPs said

That's it for tonight folks, see you at 08:00 GMT on Sunday.

Here's a quick teaser as to what will be in a few of tomorrow's papers:

• The Independent leads on the identification of a major Labour donor which it claims the party has "tried to keep secret" - he's a hedge fund manager. The Times has a statement from the donor, released via Labour, in which he says there is "no mystery" around his identity, and he's "proud" to support the party.

• The Financial Times reports that weeks before major changes to pension schemes come into effect, "hundreds of thousands of savers" remain unable to arrange the free guidance the government has offered.

• The Sun's front page mixes coverage of the eclipse and the acquittal of four of its journalists charged with making illegal payments to public officials, under the punning headline: "the Sun Smiles."

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The Home Secretary Theresa May has been speaking about the dangers of children being groomed online by extremists. In light of the recent stories about teenagers heading to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) Ms May called on mothers and fathers to become more aware of what their children got up to online. During a ministerial visit in the Welsh capital, she said: "I think that parents don't sometimes realise the impact of the internet and particularly social media.

"Sometimes they don't know what interactions their children are having and what is going on can be effectively unseen by parents. One of the messages that I want to give to parents is that if you are concerned they might be being radicalised or if they might be thinking of going to Syria to join terrorist groups please say something as soon possible."

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"UKIP are a weather-changing party... but one which bounces off internal turbulence. With three incidents today, it will be intriguing to see whether it affects their standing. They seem to defy gravity - these kinds of headlines don't seem to make a difference."

An article gaining interest at politicshome.com, external highlights the latest research carried out by Survation for the Daily Record, which puts the SNP on 47% to Labour's 26%. If that were replicated at the general election it would see Nicola Sturgeon's party pick up 53 out of 59 Scottish Westminster seats, while the Lib Dems would be left with just one MP in Scotland.

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The former Liberal leader, Lord Steel, says "the most" Liberal Democrats would accept in another hung parliament is a "confidence and supply" deal.

With polls predicting no clear winner at May's general election, the Liberal Democrats could be called upon to shore up a Conservative- or Labour-led government.

Lord Steel, who agreed the Lib-Lab pact with Jim Callaghan's government in the 1970s, told The Week in Parliament there was a "general feeling" the Liberal Democrats needed to "recharge our values".

"I'm pretty certain that the mood in the party will be to say the very most we would accept would be confidence and supply," he said.

"I don't think there will be a mood in the party to go into another coalition with either party," he said.

Campaigners say proposals to bring back a ban on identifying people arrested for sexual offences in England and Wales would "institutionalise the myth that lots of women lie about rape". Lisa Longstaff, from Women Against Rape, told BBC News the cross-party group of MPs calling for the change had been influenced by celebrities and that such a ban would prevent other victims from coming forward. The Home Affairs Committee says the names of suspects should not be published by the media until they're charged - unless police believe there are "exceptional" circumstances.

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Asked "What is British-ness?", the panel seem almost united, mentioning tolerance, fair play, respect for individuals and freedom. Mark Littlewood says there is a "strand of small-l liberalism, live-and-live attitude to people that is shared across the political spectrum".

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On the subject of whether suspects of sex crimes should remain anonymous until they are charged - which is an idea mooted by the Home Affairs Select Committee - Labour's Chris Leslie says he thinks it "legitimate" in a case where there are multiple victims "that we do have to have some of that information available". But he accepts that it is a difficult issue. Tory Patrick McLoughlin wades in, and makes reference to the case of BBC presenter Paul Gambaccini who was put through what was described as "12 months of trauma", and then never charged. "That is just not acceptable, once that air of suspicion comes over somebody and then is not charged," says Mr McLoughlin, but he adds "but I don't want to see anything that stops prosecutions taking place".

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Lib Dem MP Tessa Munt says she and other female politicians have suffered attacks on social media and elsewhere.

Some had had a "dreadful time for their faith, size.. the way they dress". It had to be stopped, she said and the perpetrators charged.