Police had searched the home of the person, who was taken into custody at a traffic stop.

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Thomas Frank's sacking came as no surprise on Wednesday. His appointment by Tottenham was a gamble that ended in a storm of toxicity, writes Phil McNulty.

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Runic inscriptions from the Viking Age still turn up in Sweden 1,000 years after they were written – revealing fascinating stories of love, loss and epic battles.

These design masterworks reveal the origins of Scandi style – and they all emerge from a distinctive vision of "soft modernism" that still influences how we live now.

Was 16th-Century aristocrat Jane Boleyn a treacherous, "sex-mad" spy – or was she a convenient scapegoat? A new book explores her story.

From luxury island villas in the Maldives to an off-grid Australian resort, these are the six new property openings we're most excited about.

Each year in the village of Villavallelonga, friends and family gather to honour a local saint with a 50-course meal where no forkful goes uneaten – just as they have for centuries.

The women brave biting cold to count and conserve a predator once seen as a threat in their villages.

Uma Moriarty of CenterSquare explains US retail sales have stalled as consumers struggle with high retail prices.