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Government plans to use Pontins site as asylum seeker holding camp?
The government is reportedly proposing to buy up and convert "underperforming" holiday camps for the purpose of temporarily housing migrants, including a Pontins site at Camber Sands in Kent.
Four asylum seekers arrested in connection with alleged rape of a girl at a school in Kent
Four teenagers who arrived in the UK on small boats as asylum seekers have been arrested in connection with an alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl in Dover.
Post-Brexit Britain forced to pay £2.3 BILLION in fines to EU
Britain has been forced to pay £2.3billion to the European Union – three years after leaving the bloc.
A long-standing import dispute has come to a close this week, with the final payment of £1.1billion being made.
Lifeboats called out 200 TIMES last year to help migrants in English Channel
The RNLI was called out 200 times to pick up migrants from small boats in the English Channel last year.
The revelation comes amid growing criticism from some that lifeboats and Border Force vessels are being increasingly used as a “glorified taxi service”.
Anti-terror programme 'not doing enough' to tackle Islamist extremists
The Government’s anti-terror programme is not doing enough to tackle Islamist extremism, a review has found.
The findings of the long-awaited assessment of the Prevent programme – which aims to stop people turning to terrorism – also recommends a series of reforms.
Liverpool Labour politicians get 51 parking tickets cancelled
Liverpool City Council has been blasted amid claims politicians used back door routes to have parking tickets thrown out following the results of a damning probe.
BP profits hit record £23BILLION in 2022 while energy bills soared
BP has reported record profits for last year after gas prices spiked in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The oil giant announced that it have seen underlying profit more than double to £23billion in 2022.
Home Office resumed responsibility for tackling Channel migrant crisis
More than 200 migrants arrived in the UK over the weekend for the first time since the Home Office resumed responsibility for tackling the crisis.
Vaping e-cigarettes shown to be more harmful to lungs than smoking cigarettes
A research paper, published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, warned that vaping can "cause pulmonary inflammation and increases the risk of lung disease". Worryingly, the report suggests that e-cigarette users have greater lung inflammation than cigarette smokers.
This study is the first to provide evidence that vaping e-liquids with e-cigarettes creates a unique inflammatory response in the lungs that is different from cigarette smoking.