Police Scotland thanks public who helped trace 29-year-old Jamie Ross who escaped from guards while at Edinburgh crematoriumA prisoner who escaped from guards while attending a family funeral in Scotland has been found, police said.Officers began a search for Jamie Ross after he absconded from custody at about lunchtime on Tuesday. Continue reading...

A peaceful action at the school near Atlanta, Georgia, was met with violent use of force and 28 arrests of students and facultyClifton Crais, a history professor, was walking to class at Emory University in Decatur, Georgia, outside Atlanta, on Thursday shortly before 10am when several students rushed up to him.“Please, please contact president Fenves,”...

Emergency services corden off large area of Darwen while army bomb disposal unit removes and destroys grenadeA town centre in Lancashire was placed in lockdown on Saturday, with British army bomb disposal experts forced to remove and destroy a grenade.It is understood that a member of the public had donated items to a heritage centre in Darwen which...

The deputy prime minister says Australia remains committed to Ukraine’s war effort as it struggles to hold back Russian advancesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government has announced a new $100m assistance package for Ukraine, which includes munitions and military equipment, during a visit to...

Private job providers can claim public money when jobseekers find work. But they need their payslips to do so, and some resort to extreme methods to get themGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA former employee of one of Australia’s biggest job network providers has spoken up about the extreme methods they use to...

UK PM points to Irish deputy PM’s claim that threat of being deported led people to cross border from Northern IrelandAn increase in asylum seekers heading to to Ireland proves that the Conservative party’s Rwanda plan is working, Rishi Sunak has claimed.In an interview with Sky News’ Trevor Phillips that will air on Sunday morning, the prime minister...