UKIP's Woolfe Failed To Declare Conviction

Steven Woolfe has admitted failing to declare a drink-driving conviction when he stood for a police and crime commissioner role.

The barrister-turned-MEP is considered the front runner to succeed Nigel Farage as UKIP's next leader.

But he says he "forgot about the conviction" when he stood in the Greater Manchester PCC election in 2012.

Sky's political correspondent Darren McCaffrey said Mr Woolfe had initially been fined £350 and disqualified from driving for one year on the charge of being drunk in charge of a scooter.

This was then reduced to nine months' disqualification and the requirement to complete an awareness course.

McCaffrey said: "There will now be questions about Steven Woolfe's ability to stand potentially as UKIP's leader."

The Electoral Commission website says: "It is a criminal offence to make a false statement on your nomination papers as to your qualification for being elected, so if you are in any doubt you should contact your employer, consult the legislation or, if necessary, take your own independent legal advice."

Mr Woolfe came last in the PCC election, with just 8.55% of the vote.

It is not the first dent in his UKIP leadership hopes - on Sunday he missed the party's deadline to compete in the leadership race.

Mr Woolfe presented his PayPal receipt in defence of his application

A spokesman blamed technical problems with the party system for the fact that Mr Woolfe applied 25 minutes before the midday deadline but the application did not go through until 12.17.

There are also questions over whether he has been a member of the party for long enough to run for the leadership.

The party's former deputy chairwoman Suzanne Evans told Sky News: "Given the membership, given his nomination paper, it's not looking good for him. I think he's probably ineligible."

She added: "If toast is the word you want to use, then perhaps he's going to be toast."

McCaffrey said: "I wouldn't go quite as far as saying he's toast but he has certainly taken a significant blow."

Mr Woolfe, 48, had won the backing of multi-millionaire donor Arron Banks, and vowed to help UKIP win seats in Labour's heartlands where millions of voters backed Brexit.

An MEP for the North West since 2014, he is currently the party's spokesman on migration.

UKIP's Woolfe Failed To Declare Conviction

Steven Woolfe has admitted failing to declare a drink-driving conviction when he stood for a police and crime commissioner role.

The barrister-turned-MEP is considered the front runner to succeed Nigel Farage as UKIP's next leader.

But he says he "forgot about the conviction" when he stood in the Greater Manchester PCC election in 2012.

Sky's political correspondent Darren McCaffrey said Mr Woolfe had initially been fined £350 and disqualified from driving for one year on the charge of being drunk in charge of a scooter.

This was then reduced to nine months' disqualification and the requirement to complete an awareness course.

McCaffrey said: "There will now be questions about Steven Woolfe's ability to stand potentially as UKIP's leader."

The Electoral Commission website says: "It is a criminal offence to make a false statement on your nomination papers as to your qualification for being elected, so if you are in any doubt you should contact your employer, consult the legislation or, if necessary, take your own independent legal advice."

Mr Woolfe came last in the PCC election, with just 8.55% of the vote.

It is not the first dent in his UKIP leadership hopes - on Sunday he missed the party's deadline to compete in the leadership race.

Mr Woolfe presented his PayPal receipt in defence of his application

A spokesman blamed technical problems with the party system for the fact that Mr Woolfe applied 25 minutes before the midday deadline but the application did not go through until 12.17.

There are also questions over whether he has been a member of the party for long enough to run for the leadership.

The party's former deputy chairwoman Suzanne Evans told Sky News: "Given the membership, given his nomination paper, it's not looking good for him. I think he's probably ineligible."

She added: "If toast is the word you want to use, then perhaps he's going to be toast."

McCaffrey said: "I wouldn't go quite as far as saying he's toast but he has certainly taken a significant blow."

Mr Woolfe, 48, had won the backing of multi-millionaire donor Arron Banks, and vowed to help UKIP win seats in Labour's heartlands where millions of voters backed Brexit.

An MEP for the North West since 2014, he is currently the party's spokesman on migration.

Asteroid Strike Could Cause 'Immense Suffering'

A huge asteroid hurtling through space at 63,000mph could one day hit Earth causing "immense suffering and death", astronomers say.

The space rock was discovered in 1999 and is likely to blast in between the Earth and the moon in 2135 - a little too close for comfort.

But on a return trip later in the century, it is estimated the asteroid known as 101955 Bennu could actually strike our planet.

Dante Lauretta, the NASA expert in charge of a new mission to analyse the asteroid, said: "That 2135 fly-by is going to tweak Bennu's orbit, potentially putting it on course for the Earth later that century.

It is due to hurtle between Earth and the moon in 2135

"We estimate the chance of impact at about one in 2,700 between 2175 and 2196.

"It may be destined to cause immense suffering and death."

But he added that there's a very good chance that science will be so advanced by then that it could be knocked off course, saving humanity.

The team puts the finishing touches to the spacecraft. Pic: NASA

"Don't run out and buy asteroid insurance," he said, explaining that "nukes" or a "gravity tractor" could be among the options for knocking it off course.

"I wish I could be around in 2135 to see what happens," he added.

The asteroid measures 500m across, and a space rock of that size is - on average - expected to hit the Earth every 130,000 years.

An artist's impression of how the operation will look. Pic: NASA

The force of Bennu striking the Earth would be the equivalent of three billion tons of high explosive being detonated.

A spacecraft is being launched by NASA to scan the surface of the asteroid, and harvest samples from its surface.

As most asteroids predate the formation of planets, scientists hope the information gleaned will help them to better understand the building blocks of life.

But by better understanding the make-up of the asteroid, they will also hopefully be a step closer to working out how to avoid a potential collision.

Asteroid Strike Could Cause 'Immense Suffering'

A huge asteroid hurtling through space at 63,000mph could one day hit Earth causing "immense suffering and death", astronomers say.

The space rock was discovered in 1999 and is likely to blast in between the Earth and the moon in 2135 - a little too close for comfort.

But on a return trip later in the century, it is estimated the asteroid known as 101955 Bennu could actually strike our planet.

Dante Lauretta, the NASA expert in charge of a new mission to analyse the asteroid, said: "That 2135 fly-by is going to tweak Bennu's orbit, potentially putting it on course for the Earth later that century.

It is due to hurtle between Earth and the moon in 2135

"We estimate the chance of impact at about one in 2,700 between 2175 and 2196.

"It may be destined to cause immense suffering and death."

But he added that there's a very good chance that science will be so advanced by then that it could be knocked off course, saving humanity.

The team puts the finishing touches to the spacecraft. Pic: NASA

"Don't run out and buy asteroid insurance," he said, explaining that "nukes" or a "gravity tractor" could be among the options for knocking it off course.

"I wish I could be around in 2135 to see what happens," he added.

The asteroid measures 500m across, and a space rock of that size is - on average - expected to hit the Earth every 130,000 years.

An artist's impression of how the operation will look. Pic: NASA

The force of Bennu striking the Earth would be the equivalent of three billion tons of high explosive being detonated.

A spacecraft is being launched by NASA to scan the surface of the asteroid, and harvest samples from its surface.

As most asteroids predate the formation of planets, scientists hope the information gleaned will help them to better understand the building blocks of life.

But by better understanding the make-up of the asteroid, they will also hopefully be a step closer to working out how to avoid a potential collision.

Asteroid Strike Could Cause 'Immense Suffering'

A huge asteroid hurtling through space at 63,000mph could one day hit Earth causing "immense suffering and death", astronomers say.

The space rock was discovered in 1999 and is likely to blast in between the Earth and the moon in 2135 - a little too close for comfort.

But on a return trip later in the century, it is estimated the asteroid known as 101955 Bennu could actually strike our planet.

Dante Lauretta, the NASA expert in charge of a new mission to analyse the asteroid, said: "That 2135 fly-by is going to tweak Bennu's orbit, potentially putting it on course for the Earth later that century.

It is due to hurtle between Earth and the moon in 2135

"We estimate the chance of impact at about one in 2,700 between 2175 and 2196.

"It may be destined to cause immense suffering and death."

But he added that there's a very good chance that science will be so advanced by then that it could be knocked off course, saving humanity.

The team puts the finishing touches to the spacecraft. Pic: NASA

"Don't run out and buy asteroid insurance," he said, explaining that "nukes" or a "gravity tractor" could be among the options for knocking it off course.

"I wish I could be around in 2135 to see what happens," he added.

The asteroid measures 500m across, and a space rock of that size is - on average - expected to hit the Earth every 130,000 years.

An artist's impression of how the operation will look. Pic: NASA

The force of Bennu striking the Earth would be the equivalent of three billion tons of high explosive being detonated.

A spacecraft is being launched by NASA to scan the surface of the asteroid, and harvest samples from its surface.

As most asteroids predate the formation of planets, scientists hope the information gleaned will help them to better understand the building blocks of life.

But by better understanding the make-up of the asteroid, they will also hopefully be a step closer to working out how to avoid a potential collision.

Asteroid Strike Could Cause 'Immense Suffering'

A huge asteroid hurtling through space at 63,000mph could one day hit Earth causing "immense suffering and death", astronomers say.

The space rock was discovered in 1999 and is likely to blast in between the Earth and the moon in 2135 - a little too close for comfort.

But on a return trip later in the century, it is estimated the asteroid known as 101955 Bennu could actually strike our planet.

Dante Lauretta, the NASA expert in charge of a new mission to analyse the asteroid, said: "That 2135 fly-by is going to tweak Bennu's orbit, potentially putting it on course for the Earth later that century.

It is due to hurtle between Earth and the moon in 2135

"We estimate the chance of impact at about one in 2,700 between 2175 and 2196.

"It may be destined to cause immense suffering and death."

But he added that there's a very good chance that science will be so advanced by then that it could be knocked off course, saving humanity.

The team puts the finishing touches to the spacecraft. Pic: NASA

"Don't run out and buy asteroid insurance," he said, explaining that "nukes" or a "gravity tractor" could be among the options for knocking it off course.

"I wish I could be around in 2135 to see what happens," he added.

The asteroid measures 500m across, and a space rock of that size is - on average - expected to hit the Earth every 130,000 years.

An artist's impression of how the operation will look. Pic: NASA

The force of Bennu striking the Earth would be the equivalent of three billion tons of high explosive being detonated.

A spacecraft is being launched by NASA to scan the surface of the asteroid, and harvest samples from its surface.

As most asteroids predate the formation of planets, scientists hope the information gleaned will help them to better understand the building blocks of life.

But by better understanding the make-up of the asteroid, they will also hopefully be a step closer to working out how to avoid a potential collision.

Asteroid Strike Could Cause 'Immense Suffering'

A huge asteroid hurtling through space at 63,000mph could one day hit Earth causing "immense suffering and death", astronomers say.

The space rock was discovered in 1999 and is likely to blast in between the Earth and the moon in 2135 - a little too close for comfort.

But on a return trip later in the century, it is estimated the asteroid known as 101955 Bennu could actually strike our planet.

Dante Lauretta, the NASA expert in charge of a new mission to analyse the asteroid, said: "That 2135 fly-by is going to tweak Bennu's orbit, potentially putting it on course for the Earth later that century.

It is due to hurtle between Earth and the moon in 2135

"We estimate the chance of impact at about one in 2,700 between 2175 and 2196.

"It may be destined to cause immense suffering and death."

But he added that there's a very good chance that science will be so advanced by then that it could be knocked off course, saving humanity.

The team puts the finishing touches to the spacecraft. Pic: NASA

"Don't run out and buy asteroid insurance," he said, explaining that "nukes" or a "gravity tractor" could be among the options for knocking it off course.

"I wish I could be around in 2135 to see what happens," he added.

The asteroid measures 500m across, and a space rock of that size is - on average - expected to hit the Earth every 130,000 years.

An artist's impression of how the operation will look. Pic: NASA

The force of Bennu striking the Earth would be the equivalent of three billion tons of high explosive being detonated.

A spacecraft is being launched by NASA to scan the surface of the asteroid, and harvest samples from its surface.

As most asteroids predate the formation of planets, scientists hope the information gleaned will help them to better understand the building blocks of life.

But by better understanding the make-up of the asteroid, they will also hopefully be a step closer to working out how to avoid a potential collision.