16 h. ago Asylum hotel group awarded £2.5billion taxpayer deal faces claims secret Deliveroo and Uber Eats takeaway kitchen was being run from inside one of its branches

The Home Office has launched a major investigation into Cedar Court Hotel in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, after the pop-up kitchen was revealed.

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17 h. ago Engineer who told followers 'burn any hotels' in social media post after Southport killings is jailed

Joseph Haythorne, 26, posted 'burn any hotels with those scruffy b*****ds in it' at lunchtime on August 4 last year, just as violence erupted outside a hotel housing asylum seekers near Rotherham.

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19 h. ago Asylum hotel group awarded £2.5billion taxpayer deal faces claims secret Deliveroo and Uber Eats takeaway kitchen was being run from inside one of its chain

The Home Office has launched a major investigation into Cedar Court Hotel in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, after the pop-up kitchen was revealed.

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19 h. ago The real Da Vinci Code is SOLVED after 500 years: Dentist cracks geometric secret hidden in Vitruvian Man

Some 500 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci sketched what he believed was the perfectly proportioned male body. Now, a dentist claims to have worked out the secret to how he did it.

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37 h. ago Surrey engineer jailed for 15 months for ‘vile’ post after Southport murders

Joseph Haythorne from Ashford made comment on X as violence was breaking out at asylum hotel near Rotherham An engineer who posted “burn any hotels with those scruffy bastards in it” online as violence erupted outside a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for 15 months.Joseph Haythorne, 26, from Ashford in Surrey, posted the comment on X, formerly known as Twitter, at lunchtime on 4 August last year, just as violence was breaking out near Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Man jailed for 15 months after ‘burn hotels’ social media post during riots

Joseph Haythorne posted the comment in August 2024 just as violence erupted outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in South Yorkshire.

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3 d. ago Fast food delivery firms to ramp up security checks to curb illegal working

Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat met with Home Office bosses on Monday after concerns and reports of abuse in the sector.

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7 d. ago Brian May's wife Anita Dobson breaks silence on Freddie Mercury secret lovechild claim

Queen legend Brian May was left stunned by bombshell claims that his late bandmate Freddie Mercury fathered a secret love child. - but wife Anita Dobson admitted they aren't convinced.

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7 d. ago Brian May in shock over claims Freddie Mercury fathered secret lovechild

Brian May has poured cold water on rumours that Freddie Mercury secretly fathered a child during an alleged affair, with the Queen guitarist casting doubt on the sensational claims.

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7 d. ago Conservative Central Scotland MSP backs proposals to give "taxpayers a fair deal"

Meghan Gallacher says her party's plans would cut the cost of running government, allowing a tax cut worth up to £444 a year for everyone earning over £15,397 in Lanarkshire.

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7 d. ago Brian May in bombshell comment on Freddie Mercury secret lovechild claim

EXCLUSIVE: Brian May has dismissed rumors that Freddie Mercury fathered a secret lovechild following an alleged affair as the Queen icon expressed skepticism over the claims

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9 d. ago US strikes 'did not destroy Iran's nuclear programme': White House rages after 'top secret' doc is leaked as Israel AND Iran claim victory

The 'top secret' report suggested that Tehran's stockpile of enriched uranium remained intact after the bombing - with the damage mainly confined to aboveground structures.

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9 d. ago ‘Clear evidence’ asylum seekers living in London hotel ‘working illegally as delivery drivers’

Bikes and bags with Just Eat, Uber Eats and Deliveroo branding were filmed parked at an asylum hotel in central London

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9 d. ago Migrants living in asylum hotels 'illegally working for Uber and Deliveroo within hours of arriving in UK'

Bikes and bags with Just Eat, Uber Eats and Deliveroo branding were filmed parked at an asylum hotel in central London

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1 week ago Family of asylum seeker shot dead in Glasgow hotel after stabbing six call for review

Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh attacked his victims at Park Inn in the city in 2020.

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1 week ago Migrant hotel stays prolonged as record numbers appeal rejected asylum claims

There were 50,976 outstanding appeals as of March, which is almost double the number compared to 2024

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1 week ago Rape charge against man staying in asylum hotel 'was kept secret to avoid stirring up community tensions'

Council chiefs in Portsmouth have been accused of hushing up a rape charge against the inhabitant of an asylum hotel in order to avoid inflaming 'community tension'.

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1 week ago Train ticket website sues Transport Secretary after making claims about 'secret' £32million agreement involving state

State-owned London North Eastern Railway (LNER), which has been run by the Department for Transport (DfT) since 2018, was said to have recently extended a ticketing sales platform contract.

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on Israel’s shock attack on Iran: confusing US signals add to the peril | Editorial

The recklessness of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and the incoherence of Donald Trump’s deepen the crisis in the Middle EastUS presidents who thought they could easily restrain Benjamin Netanyahu have quickly learned their lesson. “Who’s the fucking superpower?” Bill Clinton reportedly exploded after his first meeting with the Israeli prime minister.Did Donald Trump make the same mistake? The state department quickly declared that the devastating overnight Israeli attack on Iran – which killed key military commanders and nuclear scientists as well as striking its missile capacity and a nuclear enrichment site – was unilateral. Mr Trump had reportedly urged Mr Netanyahu to hold off in a call on Monday, pending US talks with Iran over its nuclear programme due this weekend. The suspicion is that Israel feared that a deal might be reached and wanted to strike first. But Israeli officials have briefed that they had a secret green light from the US, with Mr Trump only claiming to oppos...

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2 w. ago Is Iran as close to building a nuclear weapon as Netanyahu claims?

Israeli PM alleges Tehran has capacity to make nine bombs, but this runs contrary to recent US and UN assessmentsMiddle East crisis – live updatesIn justifying Israel’s attack on Iran, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he had acted to pre-empt a secret Iranian programme to build a nuclear bomb, claiming Tehran already had the capacity to build nine nuclear bombs. Israeli officials also claimed to have presented information to the US that Iran had recently made the necessary technical breakthroughs.Netanyahu’s critics are saying he acted to pre-empt something else: a diplomatic agreement between the US and Iran on its civil nuclear programme, or even the demise of his own government. They point out that Israel has been saying for 20 years that Iran is on the brink of building a bomb. Continue reading...

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