Archer faces 'missing aid' probe
Police will be asked to investigate claims millions of pounds are missing from an aid fund for Kurdish refugees run by disgraced peer Lord Archer.

BACKGROUND

1987: Sex, money and politics
In 1987 Lord Archer won £500,000 in damages after the Daily Star newspaper said he had spent the night with a prostitute.

PROFILES

Mary Archer: For better and worse
Mary Archer, once famously described as "fragrant" by a high court judge, has supported her husband through 35 years of turbulent marriage.

TRIAL COVERAGE: WEEK SIX

Archer jury sent home
The jury in Lord Archer's perjury trial is sent home after an afternoon of deliberations.

TRIAL COVERAGE: WEEK FIVE

Lady Archer defends her marriage
Lord Archer's wife Mary denies they lead separate lives as she gives evidence at her husband's Old Bailey perjury trial.

TRIAL COVERAGE: WEEK FOUR

Archer jury visits libel trial scene
The jury in the Lord Archer perjury trial is taken to Court 13 at the High Court - the scene of his 1987 libel battle.

TRIAL COVERAGE: WEEK THREE

Court hears Archer 'confession'
A jury hears taped telephone conversations in which Lord Archer admits he did not have the disputed 'alibi dinner' with Ted Francis.

TRIAL COVERAGE: WEEK TWO

'Secret gifts for Archer's mistress'
Lord Archer's former secretary tells a court she bought gifts for his mistress on her credit card to "protect his reputation".

TRIAL COVERAGE: WEEK ONE

Archer 'showed fake diary at trial'
Jeffrey Archer produced a fake diary in his 1987 libel case against the Daily Star newspaper, a court hears.