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An actor has claimed he was the victim of "police misconduct" after allegedly being pepper sprayed in an "unlawful arrest". 

Two squirrels who boarded a rush hour train to Gatwick forced operators to cancel the service. 

A drone attack has destroyed a Russian weapons arsenal storing missiles, bombs and ammunition, according to a Ukrainian security source. 

A hillwalker survived for a week in the great outdoors after getting lost during a trek for a "free pint" at the UK's "most remote pub". 

Police say they have arrested a woman who spent 16 months on the run after being sentenced for drugs offences. 

Zimbabwe will cull 200 wild elephants to feed communities facing severe hunger during the worst drought in four decades, wildlife authorities have said. 

The London Victims' Commissioner has called for it to be easier to appeal lenient sentences after it emerged the case of Huw Edwards cannot be reviewed. 

First Minister John Swinney believes Scotland is closer to independence than it was in 2014. 

Conservationists have declared a "butterfly emergency" after a vast community survey recorded the lowest ever numbers of the insect. 

Inflation held steady at 2.2% in August, in line with expectations and confirming that, while prices and interest rates rose like a rocket, they will return to earth like a…