The operation starting on Tuesday saw armed officers move into the Complexo do Alemao and Penha favelas in Brazil’s most populous city.

Visitors have been leaving tributes at the National Trust site since the tree was illegally felled in September 2023.

The centrist D66 party, led by Rob Jetten, defied expectations and won the same number of seats as the Party For Freedom, led by Geert Wilders.

A FORMER priest who was jailed for historic sex offences against children in Workington died in prison of natural causes, an inquest has found.

Several areas are being moved out of drought status after recent rainfall but water scarcity remains across England.

Nigel Farage said he is “sad” to see an area of his constituency once again named the most deprived neighbourhood in England, describing parts of it as “very depressed”.

Some 10,737 foreign nationals were in prison at the end of September, down on the quarter but up year on year.

Plans to charge the families of victims of the infected blood scandal inheritance tax have been branded a “perversity” by MPs, who have demanded the Treasury rethink the move. The criticism came as ...