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BBC Verify fact-check: Is Reform's Nigel Farage right to claim one million in UK 'don't speak any English’?
6+ hour, 52+ min ago (751+ words) We've fact-checked a claim made by Reform leader Nigel Farage about the number of people in the UK who don't speak English at all Our team has verified footage from Ukraine after overnight Russian attacks reportedly killed at least six…...
Police start live facial recognition trial at London stations
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (802+ words) The cameras are in place at London Bridge station as part of a British Transport Police pilot British Transport Police (BTP) has begun a six'month trial of live facial recognition technology, which will be deployed across several London stations. The…...
Three African countries agree to UK migrant returns after sanctions threat
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (1020+ words) Three African countries have agreed to take back foreign offenders and illegal migrants after the UK Home Secretary threatened them with visa penalties. In December - following threats from Shabana Mahmood - Namibia and Angola agreed to cooperate on returns. The home…...
Asylum seeker barracks plans could face further delays
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1197+ words) Asylum seekers were originally due to start arriving at Inverness' Cameron Barracks in December Planning rules could further delay Home Office moves to house about 300 asylum seekers at a military base in Scotland, it has emerged. MSPs Fergus Ewing and…...
Number of homeless refugees in England soars, BBC has found
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1253+ words) The number of refugee households who are homeless or at risk of homelessness increased by more than 15,000 in four years, figures show There has been a five-fold increase in the number of refugee households who are homeless or at risk…...
Devon group helping plans to widen scheme helping refugees in UK
2+ week, 16+ hour ago (909+ words) The Pickwell Foundation helps refugee families settle into life in the UK A scheme which enables community groups to help refugee families settle and integrate into the UK could be widened out under new government proposals. The Community Sponsorship Scheme,…...
Court of Session review into Palestine Action ban will go ahead
2+ week, 3+ day ago (564+ words) Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organisation last year A judicial review of the ban on Palestine Action will be allowed to go ahead, a judge at Scotland's highest civil court has ruled. The UK government proscribed the group…...
High Court told police live facial recognition needs limits
2+ week, 3+ day ago (725+ words) Live facial recognition technology has been deployed in Croydon, south London Police use of facial recognition technology must be tightly controlled or Londoners will find it "impossible" to travel without being scanned, the High Court has been told. The Met…...
'Disgusting' South Liverpool hotel to become council rehab home
2+ week, 4+ day ago (551+ words) The Green Park Hotel is to be turned into a hostel A plan by council bosses to turn a run-down hotel into a rehabilitation centre has met with opposition. Liverpool City Council wants to turn the Green Park Hotel in…...
Crowborough protest over housing asylum seekers in army barracks
2+ week, 5+ day ago (926+ words) Plans were announced by the government in October to house male asylum seekers at the site in Crowborough A protest has taken place in an East Sussex town after the government began housing asylum seekers at a military site. Plans…...