20 h. ago Civil servants working from home 'could miss fake asylum claims'

Home Office staff, who oversee asylum seeker claims and cases of foreign national offenders, are permitted to work three out of five days a week from home.

Events

39 h. ago The historic buildings of Scotland fighting for their future

How we care for Scotland’s historic properties is changing

Politics

51 h. ago Moment asylum seeker 'threatens to come to England and "pop pop pop" Nigel Farage while making gun gesture'... and 'marry' Reform UK leader's sister 

This is the Afghan migrant accused of making threats to kill Nigel Farage on TikTok. Fayaz Khan, who is said to be 26, has a gun tattoo on his face. He denies the charge and is on trial in London.

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3 d. ago Three men jailed for violent disorder outside Epping migrant hotel this summer

Several protests were held outside the Bell Hotel after an asylum seeker sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl and a woman

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3 d. ago Historic Environment Scotland embarks on 'difficult and emotional' decisions over future of 300 properties

There are tough talks ahead on the future of Scotland’s prized historic sites as climate change, costs and rising visitor numbers take their toll

Culture

4 d. ago Life in Britain's asylum seeker capital: How one of the UK's most liberal cities is feeling the strain of spiralling refugee numbers

It was recently branded the 'asylum capital' of the UK after figures showed it housed the highest proportion of asylum seekers of any local authority - 65 per 10,000 residents, totalling 4,023.

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7 d. ago Home Office ‘missed opportunities’ to assess asylum seeker who took his own life

Leonard Farruku died onboard the Bibby Stockholm in December 2023.

Society

8 d. ago Syrian asylum seeker who stabbed two people while on the run from police is jailed for nine years

Abdul-Rahman Al-Ahmed, 21, chased his first victim through a town centre in broad daylight before stabbing him several times.

Events

9 d. ago Ireland will offer migrant families up to 10,000 euros in return for dropping their asylum claims

The country is experiencing a chronic housing shortage and the payment is aimed at easing the pressure on the asylum seeker system.

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9 d. ago Asylum seeker who claimed he didn't know he was doing anything wrong when 'messaging a teenage girl' is spared jail

Fahad Al Enaze, 31, from Kuwait, was apprehended by members of the Widnes Parents Against Predators group in September 2024. Al Enaze reportedly lives in a Liverpool migrant hotel.

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9 d. ago Asylum seeker paedophile who claimed he didn't know he was doing anything wrong when 'messaging a teenage girl' is spared jail

Fahad Al Enaze, 31, from Kuwait, was apprehended by members of the Widnes Parents Against Predators group in September 2024. Al Enaze reportedly lives in a Liverpool migrant hotel

Events

1 week ago Affordability and looking further afield are key in the Scottish housing market

According to online property portal Zoopla, affordability is shaping more house buying decisions in Scotland, and people are looking further afield to find the right home.

Politics

1 week ago Starmer vows to crack down on taxi rides costing hundreds for asylum seekers in hotels

Sir Keir Starmer made the pledge after it was revealed one taxi bill cost the Home Office £600 to take an asylum seeker 250 miles from a hotel to a doctor’s appointment

Economics

1 week ago Game of Thrones power couple Kit Harington & Rose Leslie own £660k plush pad near asylum seeker hotel

GAME of Thrones stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie own a plush pad near a hotel housing 120 asylum seekers. The showbiz couple spent £660,000 on the flat near Edinburgh city centre six months after their 2018 wedding. It is close to the controversial Learmonth Hotel in the capital’s West End which is being used...

Economics

1 week ago Medical student, 19, raped and murdered as Apple Health app exposes killer's lies

Maria Ladenburger was on her way home from a party when she was attacked by an asylum seeker who strangled, raped and later drowned her in a river

Events

1 week ago Asylum seeker from Gaza ‘tried to meet a girl he thought was 14 for sex’

AN asylum seeker from Gaza tried to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex, a court heard.  Al-Najjar Amir Abdulrahim, 30, is alleged to have had “sexual communications” over 57 days until last Saturday.  The Palestinian refugee, learning English at a college in Stockton-on-Tees, Co Durham, tried to fix a meeting with the supposed child, who...

Events

1 week ago Man arrested after fire at asylum seeker hotel in central London

Man arrested after fire at asylum seeker hotel in central London  The Independent

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1 week ago Fire at asylum seeker hotel being investigated as hate crime

Fire at asylum seeker hotel being investigated as hate crime  The Independent

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1 week ago Council condemns ‘despicable attack’ at asylum seeker hotel after fire

The blaze took place in the grounds of a premises in Dingley Road, Islington, shortly after 10.50pm on Wednesday.

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2 w. ago Brazen illegal lorry migrant who claimed to be child faces being deported after officials saw his real age on Instagram

AN ILLEGAL migrant who claimed to be 15 was found to be eight years older after officials spotted his date of birth on Instagram.  The Sudanese asylum seeker, who arrived in the UK in the back of a lorry, used it to sign up for the messaging service, a tribunal was told.  The migrant, referred...

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