21+ hour, 52+ min ago  (638+ words) 7am - 11am7am to 11am A British holidaymaker in Jordan who asked the embassy if they knew where to get blonde highlights is among the most unusual requests consular staff have received, the Foreign Office has revealed. Another caller asked the British embassy in…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (964+ words) 4pm - 7pm4pm to 7pm Almost 80 MPs have called on Andy Burnham to water down Shabana Mahmood’s hardline migration reforms as the prime minister-in-waiting prepares to enter number 10. Labour MPs have long been concerned over the Home Secretary’s plans to make it harder for…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (489+ words) Pakistan is expected to refuse to take back the leader of the Rochdale grooming gang, as the government seeks to change the law to deport him. Shabana Mahmood will set out plans on Monday to amend a 1971 law preventing the…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (767+ words) 10pm - 1am10pm to 1am The Home Secretary is set to change the law to allow the deportation of a Rochdale grooming gang leader who was released from prison last week. Shabana Mahmood will set out plans on Monday to amend a 1971 law preventing…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (851+ words) 10am - 12pm10am to 12pm 7am - 11am7am to 11am Shabir Ahmed was released from prison after serving 14 years for multiple rape and sexual offences against young girls. Ministers have insisted they will leave 'no stone unturned' when it comes to the removal of grooming gang leader Shabir…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (689+ words) 4pm - 7pm4pm to 7pm The Government is facing mounting pressure to change the law so a Rochdale grooming gang ringleader can be deported. Shabir Ahmed, 73, who has been stripped of his British citizenship leaving him with only Pakistani nationality, cannot be deported due…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (714+ words) Each asylum application costs the taxpayer £18,700, according to startling new Home Office figures. The bill incurred by each asylum claim includes the cost of providing accommodation, covering living expenses and processing claims and legal appeals. The definition includes those arriving…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1155+ words) Police patrolling central London are now able to issue on-the-spot fines for street harassment, including wolf-whistling, catcalling and sexualised comments. The Metropolitan Police said the powers are helping to protect its female officers from inappropriate comments - including about their uniforms…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (273+ words) 6am - 10am6am to 10am England will play Mexico in the early hours of Monday and calls have been made to allow children to have the day off afterwards The full list of men's and women's singles players competing in Wimbledon this fortnight - and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (753+ words) 7pm - 10pm7pm to 10pm A plan to move 83 asylum seekers into 21 new-build homes in a UK village has sparked opposition from residents. The properties, on a development in Stoke Heath, Shropshire, were originally understood by villagers to be affordable or social housing, but…...