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Failed asylum seeker who went on the run for 10 years arrested when he turned up again on a dinghy after crossing the Channel
A failed asylum seeker who had already once been deported from the UK has been picked up again - this time aboard a dinghy in the English Channel.
Man arrested in Plymouth on suspicion of using his own boat to smuggle migrants across Channel
A Devon man has been arrested in Plymouth on suspicion of people smuggling offences, after allegedly using his own boat to transport migrants across the Channel.
National Crime Agency investigators arrested the 57-year-old in the Lydford area of the city.
Covid's UK cancer calamity
The NHS shut down more services during the first year of the pandemic than almost every other country in Europe, a major study reveals.
Good Samaritan who pelted sex attacker with rocks to stop him assaulting 16-year-old girl is presented with bravery award
A hero who tackled a sexual predator and threw rocks at him as he tried to assault a teenage girl has been presented with an award to recognise her bravery.
Whistleblower US scientist who worked with Wuhan lab claims COVID WAS genetically engineered and leaked from the site
A scientist who worked closely with a US-funded Wuhan lab has claimed that Covid was genetically engineered and leaked from the Chinese facility.
Birmingham and Leicester Become Minority-Majority Cities
England's second-largest city Birmingham, and the multicultural hub of Leicester, have joined the ranks of minority-majority cities in England, according to last year’s census results.
Ministers AXE plans to turn migrant boats around in the Channel
Plans to use ‘pushback’ tactics against small boats in the Channel have been ditched by the Home Office, the immigration minister confirmed this week.
Two arrests over foiled attempt to smuggle migrants to UK across Channel on speedboats
Police have arrested two people in Nottingham as part of a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into a foiled attempt to smuggle migrants to the UK using a speedboat.
The move comes after an operation on October 30 during which Belgian police stopped a high-powered rigid hulled inflatable boat leaving the coast near the town of Nieuwpoort in Flanders.
Census shows fewer people in England and Wales describe themselves as white and under HALF are Christian for the first time
England and Wales are becoming less white and Christian, according to new official data that reveals a snapshot of modern Britain.