Men who said they were kept as slaves on a Travellers’ site escaped by jumping into a canal, hiding in a back garden, and confiding in a community service officer, a British jury has heard.

A man charged in connection with alleged slavery offences following a police raid at a Travellers' site in Leighton Buzzard has been remanded in custody by magistrates.

A 30-year-old pregnant woman charged with slavery offences was granted bail when she appeared in court in Britain today.

PATRIOTISM was far removed from the minds of some members of the Old IRA, suggests the author of a controversial new book.