All news for 2024-05-01

A piece of land that was wrongly sold for development by a council has been bought back by the authority for £1.34m.

An active shooter at a middle school in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, was ‘neutralized’ by police who stopped the individual from breaking inside the campus.

Under a scheme unveiled in March people whose asylum claims have been rejected are being offered cash to move to Rwanda - it is separate to Rishi Sunak’s deportation plan

A woman’s body has been found on a beach near the Pennar area of Pembroke Dock. Officers from Dyfed-Powys Police and UK Coastguard were seen at beach and an investigation has been launched

Guardian understands dozens of detentions have taken place across the UK this week, prompting demonstrations

Susan Hall became member a day after an exposé about its contents – much of which is directed at Sadiq Khan

A faction of the ’Ndrangheta based in Toronto allegedly relied on relationships with staff at two major Canadian banks to facilitate their financial activities.

Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein is expected back in a New York court on Wednesday, days after his state rape conviction was overturned.

I’m in Victory Park, Moscow’s giant memorial complex dedicated to the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany. A new open-air exhibition has just opened.

Ofcom is investigating OnlyFans over concerns it is not doing enough to stop children accessing pornography.

Two suspects have been arrested after a man’s body was found following reports of a burglary.

A huge operation has begun in Dublin to move hundreds of asylum seekers who had been sleeping in a large encampment of tents in the city centre.

Little Sara died in the channel crossing from France to the UK along with four adults - her heartbroken dad has now shed new light on the horrifying tragedy as police arrest a young Sudanese man

A schoolboy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a child and two adults were taken to hospital after an attack at Birley Academy in Sheffield

Woman detained in Netherlands for alleged role in non-fatal shooting of Alejo Vidal-Quadras in Madrid last year

A former Italian foreign minister has been convicted and sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for his role in the sale of an apartment in Monte Carlo inherited by his right-wing party.

Men intercepted travelling on fishing boat off Gladstone in what federal police say is one of the state’s largest cocaine busts