SOME of the Travellers staying at the British caravan site at the centre of a slavery investigation are normally resident in Ireland and have claimed no knowledge of what was going on under their noses.

A pregnant woman - believed to be an Irish Traveller - arrested on suspicion of slavery offences in Britain has been released on bail.

Police in the UK are questioning five Irish people in connection with a suspected slavery ring in Bedfordshire.

A POLICEMAN free on bail while waiting to go on trial accused of murdering his wife may have been planning a killing spree, police revealed yesterday.