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It's a desperate measure to avoid living next to Travellers - but Sky News has learned of at least one community which clubbed together to buy land, fearing unwelcome neighbours were about to move in.

The public body which examines potential miscarriages of justice needs to urgently improve the quality of its work, an independent review has found.

The parents and grandparents of 16 children found living in a "disgusting" home with "signs of human faeces" have appeared at a US court via videolink.

A teenager has drowned during a Duke of Edinburgh's Award trip in Wales.

A father killed his four-week-old baby by shaking him in a moment of "pure violence", a court has heard.

At least 59 people have been killed in flooding in Ivory Coast, according to a government spokesman,

A yellow heat health alert has been issued for large parts of the UK later this week - as the Met Office said it was provisionally the hottest June on record in England.

New CCTV images have been released by police of a man pictured in the days before he was found dead in woodland in Cornwall.

Hollywood actor Danny Glover has revealed he has Alzheimer's disease.

Sky News understands the case against the suspended Labour MP Dan Norris has been sent to the CPS for a charging decision, as he faces multiple allegations of serious sexual offences.

New CCTV images have been released by police of a man pictured in the days before he was found dead in woodland in Cornwall.

An ex-Scottish Labour MSP will stand trial later this year over allegations he caused multiple crashes in Edinburgh while over the drink-drive limit.

A sex predator who tried to rape a vulnerable woman in a dark city centre lane was thwarted by a security guard who came to the victim's rescue.

Detention was the "only appropriate sentence" for three teenage boys spared custody over the rape of two girls, the Court of Appeal has heard.

Two people have died after a light aircraft crashed in a field in Essex yesterday afternoon, police have said.

Andy Burnham has publicly backed the pension triple lock, saying he will abide by the promises made in Labour's 2024 manifesto.

Andy Burnham has publicly backed the pension triple lock, saying he will abide by the promises made in Labour's 2024 manifesto.

Andy Burnham has publicly backed the pension triple lock, saying he will abide by the promises made in Labour's 2024 manifesto.

At least six people have been killed in a fire at an apartment block in Belgium, police have said.

The family of a three-year-old boy who was seriously injured in a crocodile enclosure has thanked staff at the zoo who rescued their son.