37 h. ago Border Force chief who ‘suggested game of Naked Attraction’ with colleagues was able to leave civil service with unblemished record

Exclusive: Review of Home Office procedures ordered after ‘shambolic’ disciplinary process relating to Steve DannA Home Office investigation has found one of its most senior officials harassed and behaved inappropriately towards a female colleague, before being able to leave the civil service with an unblemished record after a “shambolic” disciplinary process.The case has caused such alarm in the department that the new permanent secretary, Antonia Romeo, has ordered an immediate review of complaints, conduct and disciplinary procedures to “ensure confidence in the integrity of the system”. Continue reading...

Sport

6 d. ago Moment drug dealer congratulates police officers for finding record £1million drugs haul in his car boot after 120mph chase

David Sherratt, 48, was found with one of the biggest drugs hauls seized by West Midlands Police following a high speed motorway pursuit.

Economics

6 d. ago Le Spectre de Boko Haram review – how terror works its way into the minds of children

Cyrielle Raingou’s documentary absorbs the horror of the terrorist group’s impact on Cameroon by following the mischief of a pair of truant brothersShot matter-of-factly, there is however a fairytale or fabular quality to this Cameroonian documentary, in how it portrays the impact of the terrorist group Boko Haram through the lives of children, and how displacement and violence surface in their idle chatter and not-so-innocent drawings. When young truant brothers Mohamed and Ibrahim finally do a runner into the countryside to which they seem inextricably drawn, it almost has the air of some misadventure out of an early Terrence Malick film transplanted to the Sahel.The locale is the village of Kolofata near the Nigerian border, under constant surveillance from military forces because of insurgents in the nearby mountains. It’s never 100% clear what has become of Mohamed and Ibrahim’s parents; either they’ve taken up with Boko Haram, or been kidnapped by them. Not that these two inco...

Events

9 d. ago UK politics live: Cooper refuses to criticise Macron’s Brexit swipe after more migrants arrive in Dover

Several migrants, wearing life jackets, were brought ashore by Border Force to Dover, Kent, on Friday

Politics

9 d. ago More migrant small boats head to UK hours after Starmer and Macron agree one

One Border Force vessel arrived in Dover before 9am, having picked up a group of people after a ‘small boat’ incident in the Channel

Politics

1 week ago Nigel Farage takes to the Channel to witness the French Navy hand over an overcrowded dinghy of migrants to be ferried to Britain in a Border Force vessel

200 yards away a grossly overcrowded dinghy is pulled up alongside the Border Force cutter, about to unload its contingent of 78 migrants who left from a French beach a few hours earlier.

Events

1 week ago Channel crossings continue amid crunch talks with France over migrant returns deal

More than 21,000 people have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel so far this year

Economics

1 week ago Channel crossings continue amid crunch talks over migrant deal

Border Force vessels have been sent as part of the response to multiple boats on Thursday morning, according to HM coastguard.

Economics

1 week ago 'I don't know what it is', man tells Border Force officers following suitcase discovery at Manchester Airport

Wembadive Onokoko claimed he had 'only brought clothes'

Society

1 week ago Fresh flooding hell as Oklahoma boys and girls club race to escape biblical torrent a week after Texas storm

The Boys & Girls Club in Sallisaw, Oklahoma - near the Arkansas border - was forced to evacuate as heavy rain fell and flooded the River Valley.

Events

1 week ago Man accused of assisting Russia ‘planned to pass on Grant Shapps information’

Howard Phillips is on trial over allegedly intending to assist the RIS by helping people he believed were agents working for Moscow.

Politics

1 week ago Man passed details on minister to police posing as Russian spies, UK court told

Howard Phillips gave information on then defence secretary Grant Shapps for ‘easy money’, prosecutor saysA retired man passed on the personal details of the then defence secretary, Grant Shapps, to two undercover police officers, believing them to be Russian intelligence operatives, for “easy money”, a court has heard.Howard Phillips, 65, was struggling financially and in the process of applying for a job at UK Border Force when he was approached by the undercover officers, who were posing as Russian agents called Dima and Sasha, Winchester crown court heard. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Drug smugglers set fire to own yacht to destroy cocaine haul

Drug smugglers set fire to their own yacht to destroy cocaine, dramatic footage released by Spanish authorities shows.

Events

1 week ago Moment Bella Culley 'smuggles £200k drug haul to airport' as cops share CCTV

Brit Bella May Culley, who is currently on trial for attempting to smuggle £200,000 worth of cannabis over the boarder and into Europe, has been captured in CCTV footage before her alleged crime

Economics

1 week ago Gunman opens fire near major international airport as border control forced to shoot back

Graphic images of the aftermath of the scene have since flooded social media, with the US custom's office main door riddled with bullet holes, while a gun and blood stains can be seen on the walls

Events

2 w. ago Eight jailed for 129 years over €157m drug plot that saw cocaine haul seized from ship

Eight men were sentenced on Friday for their roles in trying to smuggle cocaine worth more than 157 million euro in the drug trafficking operation on the MV Matthew

Events

2 w. ago Major Cocaine Bust: UK Border Force Seizes Record Shipment at London Gateway

Major Cocaine Bust: UK Border Force Seizes Record Shipment at London Gateway  gCaptain

Transport

2 w. ago Moment Border Force agents smash people smuggling ring as they arrest Gambian national in terraced family home 'who helped launder £3m in profits'

Operation Bayburn swing into action today after months of painstaking investigation following the discovery of a doctored passport on a migrant at Manchester Airport .

Economics

2 w. ago One of UK’s Largest Cocaine Seizures Made at London Gateway Port

One of UK’s Largest Cocaine Seizures Made at London Gateway Port  The Maritime Executive

Politics

3 w. ago One of the biggest drugs haul in history discovered at British port with £100m of cocaine seized

After the vessel was intercepted officers moved 37 large containers out of their way before locating the haul which weighed 2.4 tonnes worth an estimated £96m

Economics