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AI to be used to check age of asylum seekers posing as children
4+ hour, 1+ min ago (122+ words) Friday, 29 May 2026 12: 42 A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after another teenager was stabbed to death near a park. Two suspects have been charged after a mum-of-one was shot dead outside a city centre bar in Sheffield…...
First small boat arrivals in Dover since UK's "662m deal with France
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (685+ words) Saturday, 25 April 2026 17: 08 The first small boat arrivals to cross the Channel since the UK government signed a major deal with France earlier this week have reached Dover. The "662m agreement will see French police officers "targeting and detaining" people on the…...
66, 000-a-year immigration health surcharge manager needed
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (251+ words) Friday, 5 December 2025 16: 07 The government wants to employ a new manager to oversee the new immigration health surcharge - with a salary of up to "66, 000 a year. The new Project Lead for Immigration Health Surcharge would work on a 12-month contract at…...
Jim Gamble withdraws from process to become chair of grooming gang inquiry
7+ mon, 6+ day ago (1034+ words) Wednesday, 22 October 2025 17: 11 One of the frontrunners to become chair of the grooming gang inquiry has withdrawn, blaming "vested interests" and "political opportunism and point-scoring". Jim Gamble told the home secretary in a letter there was a "highly charged and toxic…...
Number of cops sacked and barred from service revealed - how many are in your area?
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (590+ words) Wednesday, 15 October 2025 03: 26 The number of police officers dismissed and barred from police forces across England and Wales has been revealed, including 21 struck off for child sexual offences. Figures from the College of Policing show 735 officers were banned from returning to…...
Women and children will be detained under Farage deportation plans
9+ mon, 3+ day ago (953+ words) Tuesday, 26 August 2025 13: 12 Women and children would be detained and deported under Nigel Farage's plans to stop small boat crossings in the Channel. Addressing a news conference in Oxford, Mr Farage admitted that the question of "how we deal with children…...
The latest migration stats are going in the wrong direction - and the argument might get more vicious
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (492+ words) Thursday, 21 August 2025 19: 52 By Rob Powell, political correspondent The UK government won't find much in the latest dump of migration data to back up its claim that it is restoring order to a broken asylum system. In a competitive field, perhaps…...
Hundreds arrested in 'week-long crackdown' on asylum seekers working for delivery companies
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (591+ words) Saturday, 9 August 2025 05: 17 Hundreds of arrests have been made across the UK as part of a "week-long crackdown" on asylum seekers taking jobs for delivery firms. A total of 1, 780 people were stopped and spoken to over suspected illegal working activity between…...
Ban asylum seekers who work illegally from gaining refugee status, Tories say
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (631+ words) Wednesday, 6 August 2025 22: 33 Ms Badenoch and her shadow home secretary Chris Philp criticised the UK as being a "soft touch" and that illegal working acts as a "pull factor" for those making the dangerous journey across the English Channel. While people…...
Clampdown on social media ads for Channel crossings unveiled
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (540+ words) Sunday, 3 August 2025 04: 36 Anyone who advertises Channel crossings or fake passports on social media could face up to five years in prison under new government plans. Research suggests about 80% of migrants arriving to the UK by small boat used internet platforms…...