24 h. ago Woman, 23, who tried to smuggle £800,000 worth of crack cocaine into the UK in a wheel of cheese is jailed

US national Jamie Choi, 23, was stopped by Border Force officers at Heathrow on May 25 after arriving on a flight from Brazil.

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4 d. ago Six key details to spot fake football tops as cops raid UK 'menace' towns over £5m kits

Seven people have been arrested after police seized a haul of fake football kits worth an estimated £5.1 million. The pre-season crackdown is part of a collaboration between a number of police forces and border agencies

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5 d. ago Border Force search charity row boat mistaken for ‘illegal migrants’ by Rupert Lowe

A group of charity rowers were stopped and searched by a Border Force patrol boat after MP Rupert Lowe mistakenly identified them as “illegal immigrants” on social media.

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7 d. ago ‘Unprecedented’ wildfire burns area size of Paris in southern France

Advancing blaze scorches 16,000 hectares near Spanish border, destroying homes and forcing people to fleeHundreds of firefighters are battling to stop the spread of a fast-moving wildfire in southern France after one woman died and nine people were injured as the blaze scorched a vast area of the Corbières hills.The blaze burned an area the size of Paris over one afternoon and night and was still burning on Wednesday evening, making it the second biggest fire in France in 50 years. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago First Channel crossing migrants arrive in UK as returns deal comes into force

Pictures taken on Wednesday afternoon show a UK Border Force boat ferrying migrants including children into the Port of Dover.

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7 d. ago France’s largest wildfire this summer leaves one dead and many injured

Blaze burns through 13,000 hectares close to Spanish border, destroying homes and forcing residents to fleeHundreds of firefighters are battling to stop the spread of a fast-moving wildfire in southern France, after one woman died and nine people were injured as the blaze scorched a vast area of the Corbières hills.The fire, which started on Tuesday afternoon, has burned 13,000 hectares inland from the Mediterranean near the Spanish border, and is the largest and fastest-spreading wildfire in France this summer. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago UK travellers could face £5,000 fines for buying these 5 items from duty free

Changes at the border could leave you in hot water with Border Force if you try taking through these few common items as Brit travellers could be hit by hefty fines

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9 d. ago Moment British drug runner brags 'there's zero f*****g risk' in cocaine smuggling... days after his associates crashed boat into beach while trying to outrun Border Force

Alex Fowlie, 35, helped engineer a plan to bring the vast quantity of drugs from South America on a cargo vessel across the Atlantic before dumping them in water tight bales into the English Channel.

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3 w. 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...

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