All news by author James Smith

Despite repeated rounds of sanctions, the notorious arms dealer Slobodan Tešić remains a dominant player in Serbia’s weapons trade.

It comes as more than 700 migrants crossed the Channel in small boats yesterday

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

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

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.

A man whose torso was discovered wrapped in plastic at a nature reserve has been identified by police as 67-year-old Stuart Everett.

Women constitute only a third of local election candidates in England, a new study has found.

The SNP has begun its search for Humza Yousaf’s successor – but the Scottish Government will still face a vote of no confidence in Holyrood.

Matteo Bottarelli chased colleagues with a pickaxe and a scalpel around the grounds of Central Middlesex Hospital in London, saying “today is your lucky day” before stabbing one in the neck

Post-Brexit checks will add more than £330m to annual business costs and 0.2% to food inflation over three years, the government admitted.

A British backpacker has been found dead at his holiday accommodation in Colombia.

TikTok prankster Mizzy, real name Bacari OGarro, 19, was knocked off balance by an officer’s baton when he tried to dodge police while on an e-bike, a court heard

Two other travellers in the car were also injured

The former Manchester City and France defender had been a wanted man with HMRC, who had sought a bankruptcy order against him over an outstanding figure of £710k

Lee Byer, 45, stabbed Thomas O’Halloran to death in Greenford in August 2022. A post-mortem found the victim had suffered multiple stab wounds to the neck, chest and abdomen.

British and Irish ministers are set to meet as tensions grow over the UK’s policy on migrants.

Ernest Moret was held en route to a book fair amid fears police are using counter-terrorism powers to target activists

Born to a poor Romany Gypsy family in 1970, Alfie Best has amassed a huge fortune of more than £700million and has now moved to the millionaire’s playground of Monaco

Plans are at an early stage, according to a newspaper report, although there is no decision on whether the missile will be launched from land, sea or air.

Durham Constabulary has launched an investigation after a man in his 40s was killed today in a parachute incident at an industrial estate in Shotton, County Durham

Fiona Beal, of Moore Street, Northampton, was arrested in March 2022 after police discovered the body

The mental health doctor, who was elected as a Tory MP in 2010, said the Conservatives had become a “nationalist party of the right”, and no longer prioritised the NHS

The tourist, a 64-year-old British man, is now in intensive care after sustaining injuries to his left hand, left thigh and stomach while swimming near the Starfish Hotel in Tobago

Monarch to resume public-facing engagements after palace says doctors ‘very encouraged’ by his progress