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Abandoned Oasis centre in Swindon now subject to closure order
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (597+ words) The ruling comes after "repeated" trespass incidents at the Oasis in Swindon People breaking into an abandoned building risk being arrested as part of a new crackdown, police have warned. Wiltshire Police has obtained a three-month partial closure order for…...
Seventy-eight migrants rescued in Channel after boat engine failed
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (745+ words) Seventy-eight people have been rescued by the French coastguard after the engine of their small boat broke down as they attempted to cross the English Channel from Belgium. The French authorities dispatched a number of vessels on Friday after receiving…...
Fresh clarity call over Cameron Barracks asylum seeker plans
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (483+ words) The former military base was due to become operational late last year but, to date, no asylum seekers have arrived Highland Council has renewed its calls for further discussions over plans to use Cameron Barracks in Inverness as a home…...
North West firms apologise for paying illegally low salaries
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (779+ words) B&M Retail Ltd said it had mistakenly paid one employee in Liverpool below the minimum wage Several companies who paid their staff thousands below the minimum wage have apologised after the government released a list of firms who had…...
Essex Police tweaks 'biased' facial recognition software
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (834+ words) A police force has paused the use of live facial recognition (LFR) cameras after a study found it was statistically more likely to identify black people than other ethnic groups. Essex Police has used the technology since summer 2024, but the…...
Labour MPs threaten vote to show opposition to Mahmood's migration plans
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (1070+ words) Shabana Mahmood sent officials to Denmark to study its immigration system Labour MPs opposed to the government's immigration reforms are threatening to expose the party's divisions by forcing a symbolic vote in Parliament unless ministers back down. Home Secretary Shabana…...
Epping council considered evacuating homes due to asylum protests
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1098+ words) Protests were staged outside The Bell Hotel for many months in 2025 Council chiefs considered evacuating houses as they feared anti-asylum seeker protests were spiralling out of control, emails seen by the BBC reveal. One senior member of Epping Forest District…...
Reform UK-led Kent council seeks to declare illegal migration emergency"
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1278+ words) The Reform administration in Kent said the county was "at the forefront of a small-boat invasion" The Reform UK leadership of Kent County Council (KCC) is seeking to declare an "illegal migration emergency" in the county. A motion will be…...
Epping council cannot appeal Bell Hotel asylum seeker ruling
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1242+ words) A wave of anti-asylum seeker protests and counter-demonstrations were staged outside The Bell Hotel in Epping during summer 2025 A council cannot appeal against a High Court decision that allowed asylum seekers to remain at a hotel in Essex, judges have…...
Northallerton hotel to stop housing asylum seekers
1+ week, 4+ day ago (673+ words) Allerton Court Hotel has housed family groups of asylum seekers for a number of years A hotel in the constituency of former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will stop housing asylum seekers later this year, the government has confirmed. The Home…...