Colonel Oliver Lee said the court martial that condemned Alexander Blackman to life in prison for murdering a dying Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan was 'not balanced'.

Lawyers will argue Sgt Alexander Blackman, imprisoned for murder for shooting a wounded insurgent in Afghanistan, deserves to be granted bail and reunited with his family.

KATIE HOPKINS joins Marines, Chelsea Pensioners and the ordinary men and women campaigning to free 'Marine A', Sgt Alexander Blackman.

His wife Claire was in court as the Lord Chief Justice denied his immediate release from prison where he is serving a life sentence for shooting a Taliban fighter.

Former Royal Marine Commando Neal Ascherson has joined the campaign to secure the release of Sgt Alexander Blackman who is serving eight years for killing a wounded Taliban terrorist.

Alexander Blackman offered his ‘profound and heartfelt’ thanks to Mail readers after learning he will be freed within weeks for killing an injured Taliban fighter in Afghanistan in 2011.

The decision took a second or two to sink in. Their years of armed combat had left some of the gents in this crowd a little hard of hearing, writes ROBERT HARDMAN.

Sgt Al Blackman, known as Marine A, left HMP Erlestoke, Wiltshire, on the backseat of an Audi car (pictured) just after 12.30am today, having spent 1,277 days behind bars.

Sergeant Blackman was reunited with wife Claire in April after serving 1,277 days behind bars for shooting a Taliban fighter in Afghanistan.

Sgt Alexander Blackman - known as Marine A - has joined a new scheme supporting wounded servicemen find work, which was officially launched yesterday at the Houses of Parliament.

Marine A Sergeant Alexander Blackman, who was released from prison in 2017, appeared on ITV on Wednesday, where he said he was looking for work following his manslaughter charge.

The current bid for Jennifer's custom made dress is $5,500, while Alex's black suit is starting at $1,500. Tailored made for Jennifer, the dress is a size EU 38 and features a giant crystal cross.

Alexandra Shulman is British Vogue's longest-serving editor. Between 1992 and 2017 she oversaw the magazine's rise to a record circulation.

Alex Iwobi is determined to make a name for himself after completing a £30m move from Arsenal to Everton on deadline day. The winger became Marco SIlva's seventh signing of the summer.

Arsenal legend Nwankwo Kanu has attacked his former club over their decision to sell Alex Iwobi to Everton for £30million on transfer deadline day.

Alex Yaschenko, from Brunswick, Victoria, is in a critical condition in hospital after plummeting to the ground in Pakistan's Hunza Valley on Saturday.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Last week's tour of Pakistan has been widely acknowledged as a triumph for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. It's the tour where they came of age.

Hales returned home early from the Pakistan Super League, which has seen its knockout stages called off, and has now gone into self-isolation after developing symptoms of coronavirus.

On Tuesday's edition of The One Show, the presenter, 43, broke down in tears as actor Christopher, 56. read out a heartfelt poem in support of the NHS amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Nottinghamshire continued pre-season preparations unabated, as Alex Hales self-isolates since returning from the Pakistan Super League.

Morgan insists 'the door is still open' for Hales to return to England's white-ball cricket - but says he has yet to rebuild the trust lost when he was dropped from last year's World Cup squad.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY DAVID COVERDALE: Hales could have done no more to push his case for a place in England's T20 World Cup squad but he knows that runs alone are not enough.

As the Planters NUTmobile comes barreling down a busy street, the 53-year-old actor says, 'And people think I'm nuts.'

Ferguson won an unprecedented 38 major honours during his reign at United, managing to maintain the club's dominance over two decades before retiring in 2013.

Phelan took part in a Q&A on Twitter on Friday night on the official account of the Manchester Football Association. Fans asked a host of questions to Sir Alex Ferguson's old No 2.

The pop diva spent three nights at the Regnum Carya Hotel's luxurious five-bedroom, bulletproof Crown Villa in Antalya

ALEXANDRA SCHULMAN: The other day I was reminded of the bizarre occasion when Prince Andrew asked a lunch party of glossy magazine editors, which included me.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: There couldn't be a better time for Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy to wage war. We're all desperate for a bit of escapism and this is a blockbuster.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Chatting recently about how good a mutual friend looked, I suggested they may have had some fresh 'work' done. 'Duh,' shouted another friend. But not me. I have never had Botox.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Last week's tour of Pakistan has been widely acknowledged as a triumph for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. It's the tour where they came of age.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Of course Emma Watson's 'self-partnering' is open to mockery and caricature but, I say go for it.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: The generation now disparaged for not being woke fought for and welcomed: the legalisation of homosexuality and the 1965 Race Relations Act.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: In our house, there's one passionate Christmas proselytiser - me. I'm the commander- in-chief, urging the others to fling themselves once more unto the breach.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Four shortlisted artists were asked to share the £40,000 Turner Prize instead of having one winner. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo shared Booker Prize.

ALEXANDRA SCHULMAN: Nothing makes people appreciate spending than watching the real thing disappear from the wallet and it teaches our children the value of money.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Few of my friends had small babies, the house seemed stiflingly silent (bar my son's crying) and both the days and the nights felt endless.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN:One set of my grandparents fled the Ukrainian pogroms early last century to build a life in Toronto, starting with nothing.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: One afternoon last week I was sitting on the top deck of a London bus when a middle-aged woman was followed by a clearly mentally disturbed man waving a beer can at her.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: The American singer-songwriter Lizzo (pictured) stormed the Brit Awards, massive in her leather corset and again heralded as a torch-bearer for body positivity.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: I won't be so cravenly woke as to pretend that attractive youth isn't still admired in our society and that its currency doesn't still exist.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Arriving at a lunch last week, my host introduced me to the other guests as 'a coronavirus denier'.This was because I went to a party with people who had been to Milan.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Despite our best efforts to prove otherwise, the coronavirus is making some of us consider that we might, in fact, be old.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Paying attention to our appearance as the world falls apart isn't shallow - it fulfils a deep-seated psychological need.

The shattering news that Boris had been admitted to intensive care will be remembered as one of the defining moments of the coronavirus outbreak, ALEXANDRA SHULMAN writes.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Covid-19 is so powerful that it is tearing up life as we have previously known it. It is everywhere around us, dominating everything- yet we can't see it.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: We might be horribly restricted in who we can see and chat to in the flesh but we are still in touch with our friends. Possibly more than usual.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who is in his first full season as United manager after taking over in December 2018, has had a difficult campaign at times and his side are fifth in the Premier League.

It is the debate which seemed to have been settled a few years ago - is the modern full-back really a defender any more, or is he closer to a winger? It has now been reignited.

SPORTS AGENDA: It would appear to have been a week of cock-ups by sporting authorities. UEFA sent out a tweet announcing that it would still be 'Euro 2020' next year, before backtracking. 

Alex, 30, revealed that she is pregnant with husband Servando Carrasco, 31 on October 23, and this week she flaunted her bump at a community sports event.