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 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.

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

A teenager has been left with potentially life-threatening gunshot wounds after a shooting near a mosque in Birmingham.

A teenager alleged to be a member of the criminal cyber hacking group Scattered Spider - which was linked to attacks on M&S and Transport for London - has been arrested, according to US authorities. 

A couple have been arrested after scaling the Empire State Building in an apparent marriage proposal. 

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

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