5+ hour ago  (1094+ words) A Scottish-born baby was barred from travelling home to the UK from a holiday in Spain leaving her family stranded abroad due to new travel rules. Sarah Rodgers, 30, and husband Philipp, 34, were horrified when they were told at the boarding…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (206+ words) Police Scotland have called on people to be 'alert' after the UK Terrorism Threat Level was raised to 'Severe.' This means an attack is 'highly likely.' Officers, however, believe there is nothing to suggest there is a specific threat to…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (405+ words) London's Wireless Festival has been cancelled after Kanye West - who was due to headline the festival - was banned from entering the UK. The musician, who now goes by the name of Ye and suffers from bipolar disorder, has scored a…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (837+ words) THERE were "plenty" of alternatives to target the actions of Palestine Action aside from banning them as a terror group, the Court of Appeal has been told. The Home Office is challenging the High Court's ruling in February that the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (272+ words) A MEMBER of a self-styled "African tribe" that set up camp in the Borders has been deported from the UK, the Home Office has confirmed. Kofi Offeh, who called himself King Atehene, set up the self-proclaimed Kingdom of Kubala with…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago  (452+ words) The Home Office has released an update on an Oxfordshire "asylum seeker" hotel after a range of closures were announced. The Government has refused to reveal information about the status of the Oxford Witney Hotel on Ducklington Lane, stating that…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (496+ words) Millions of families should now be seeing higher Child Benefit payments land in their bank accounts, after last week's increase came into effect. From 6 April, payments increased to "27. 05 a week for the eldest or only child and "17. 90 a week for…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago  (875+ words) Blackpool South MP Chris Webb has made an urgent call to end the use of the town's Metropole Hotel to house asylum seekers. The MP, who has been a long-standing opponent of the hotel's controversial role, raised the issue again…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (557+ words) With one in five women being affected by stalking in their lifetime, PCC Joy Allen explains, in her own words, why we must stop treating stalking as isolated behaviour and recognise that it is part of a wider pattern of…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (501+ words) Four migrants have drowned after being swept away by strong currents while trying to cross the Channel. More than 40 people were rescued off the coast of northern France on Thursday morning. French authorities said an investigation has been launched after…...