6 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

5 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

8 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

8 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

9 d. 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

9 d. 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

9 d. 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

9 d. 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 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 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

3 w. ago Border Force seizes enormous £100m cocaine shipment at London port

An massive haul was discovered hidden beneath containers on a ship arriving at London Gateway port from Panama, the Home Office said.

Economics

3 w. ago Cocaine worth £100m seized by Border Force officers in huge port bust

It is the sixth-largest cocaine haul found since records began.

Economics

3 w. ago Border Force busts 'one of biggest drug hauls in UK history' as £96MILLION of cocaine found at port

Officers made one of the biggest drug hauls in UK history after they tracked a container ship coming into the UK from Panama, with 2.4 tonnes of cocaine being seized

Economics

3 w. ago Border Force seizes £96m cocaine haul at London Gateway in one of UK’s biggest busts

The 2.4 tonne find marks the sixth-largest cocaine seizure since records began.

Economics

3 w. ago Incredible moment boat with £18m of cocaine crashes onto beach after being chased for 28 miles at sea by 'Britain's FBI'

Border Force Officers spotted the Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boat (RHIB) on the horizon while carrying out an operation off the coast of Newquay, Cornwall, last September.

Events

3 w. ago Socialist Zohran Mamdani could be New York’s next mayor. This is what the western left could learn from him | Owen Jones

He has used clear messaging to redirect anger from the disenfranchised to the economic elites. That the wealthy are worried shows it’s workingThe Zohran Mamdani phenomenon should not be happening, if received wisdom is a reliable predictor of events. He’s the 33-year-old Muslim leftist and Queens assemblyman running for the New York mayoralty with the support of the Democratic Socialists of America, and the vitriolic campaign against him suggests his momentum has caused panic in gilded circles. His chief opponent for the Democratic nomination, Andrew Cuomo, could not scream party establishment more loudly: he’s New York state’s former governor – just like his father was – and a former cabinet secretary. He married into that classic Democratic royalty, the Kennedys; his endorsements include the former president Bill Clinton; and billionaires such as Mike Bloomberg are pouring millions into his Super Pac.In another age, someone like Mamdani would have been a no-hoper. What changed was...

Politics