80 m. ago Saudi Arabian asylum seeker appears in court accused of groping a woman at a Tube station

Muslih Alotaibi, 39, is said to have carried out the sexual assault at Bank Underground station on April 13.

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2 h. ago ‘Killer’ asylum seeker ‘Chris Jude’ beat & raped another woman, 30, days before murdering teen cyclist Lisa, court hears

THE accused killer of a Dutch teen cyclist raped another woman just days before the shocking murder of Lisa, a court has heard. Prosecutors gave a painstaking minute-by-minute account of Chris Jude's alleged actions across two nights in August, leaving one woman traumatised and a teen girl dead. The accused has reportedly been calling himself...

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6 h. ago Australia rolls out red carpet to England fans with newfound time on their hands

Last-minute side trips the norm for travelling supporters in Bazball-eraCricket Australia face $4m shortfall after first Ashes Test lasts two daysRegional centres are rolling out the red carpet to travelling England cricket supporters with newfound time on their hands, and last-minute side trips are becoming the norm for the Barmy Army as Bazball changes what it means to tour Australia.The two-day Perth Test was unusually brief, leaving Cricket Australia with a $4m shortfall and broadcasters bereft of live content to fill their schedules. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Home Office 'should have the guts' to meet public over Cameron Barracks asylum seeker plan

Fergus Ewing said the UK government ‘has made this plan and should have the guts to put it to the people’

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12 h. ago Princess Andre wows in a red cut out dress as she joins step

Princess Andre made sure to command attention in a daring red cut out maxi dress as she hit the red carpet at Boots The Beauty Awards in London on Monday. 

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21 h. ago Islamist terror suspect questioned over Sri Lankan bombings which killed 269 people seeks asylum in Britain

The asylum seeker, from Sri Lanka, was held over allegations that he was involved in the Easter Sunday bombings in April 2019, which killed 269 including eight Brits.

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38 h. ago More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care

Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central governmentMore than 2,000 children who have been trafficked or who arrived in the UK alone to claim asylum disappeared from social services’ care last year, according to freedom of information data shared with the Guardian.The authors of a report, Until Harm Ends, submitted FoI requests to children’s services departments in councils across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland asking for information about trafficked children and those who arrived alone in the UK and claimed asylum, who then went missing after being taken into care. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago More than 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care

Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central governmentMore than 2,000 children who have been trafficked or who arrived in the UK alone to claim asylum disappeared from social services’ care last year, according to freedom of information data shared with the Guardian.The authors of a report, Until Harm Ends, submitted FoI requests to children’s services departments in councils across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland asking for information about trafficked children and those who arrived alone in the UK and claimed asylum, who then went missing after being taken into care. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago STUC to host summit 'to reject disinformation' over Cameron Barracks asylum seeker plan

The STUC has invited the UK Home Office, Highland Council, the local MP and MSPs, NHS Highland and Police Scotland to a meeting in a bid to “counter the false narratives permeated by the far right.”

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47 h. ago Hundreds take to the streets over plan to house asylum seekers at barracks

Campaigners marched through the streets of Crowborough carrying signs and flags, many wearing plain white T-shirts and chanting: ‘Send them home.’

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49 h. ago Hundreds protest against plans to house 600 lone male asylum seekers in army barracks near their homes

Furious residents have taken to the streets once again in a major backlash against government plans to move hundreds of lone male asylum seekers into an army training camp on the edge of Crowborough.

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53 h. ago Britain rolls out the red carpet for asylum seekers, yet we can't afford to live: Parents in poverty trap slam Labour for giving migrants free food, phones, housing

Huddled inside their cramped three-bed terrace, Gemma Grafton and Lee Stevenson are fighting a quiet battle that millions of struggling British families will recognise.

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56 h. ago The life and limbo of a UK asylum seeker: one man’s harrowing 17

Ussu fled imprisonment and torture, only to find himself treated like a liar and outcast in the UK. Here’s how he survived homelessness and horrific injury in almost two decades without a decisionThe outcome for those involved in military coups can be unpredictable at the best of times. In Ussu’s case, he was captured and tortured before making a bold escape. But after breaking out of the compound where he was jailed, and coming to Britain, a very different kind of fight lay ahead – one that lasted almost two decades.Ussu grew up in a small and unstable African country, a former Portuguese colony that was no stranger to attempted coups (the country is not being named to protect Ussu’s identity). A good student, he dreamed of going to university to train to become a doctor, but he was required to complete two years of military service first. Once he was in the army, though, his superiors refused to release him. Years passed and there was still no sign of an exit route. He became incr...

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3 d. ago Angry neighbours of new camp for 600 lone male asylum seekers hit out at school for telling children to be 'kind and caring' to new arrivals

Crowborough's Army Training Camp in East Sussex is set to move in hundreds of lone male migrants by January - news locals only found out after it was leaked to a newspaper.

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3 d. ago The full list of military bases that could house asylum seekers revealed: As the Home Office scrambles to move away from hotels by taking over army camps instead, we map all the 2,000 possible sites

The Daily Mail can today reveal the full list of military bases that could be retrofitted to house asylum seekers can today be revealed in a map.

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3 d. ago Celebrity crib sheet: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are back on the red carpet – here are seven things you need to know

As Wicked: For Good premieres in the UK, find out just how close its costars are, why so many of the cast are vegan and the truth about Grande’s move away from popIt doesn’t matter if you’ve never seen the musical, have no interest in the film or are left cold by red carpets: Wicked season is here again, and you will be made to pay attention. After last year’s chaotic press tour for the first instalment, giving rise to some of 2025’s biggest and most bizarre pop culture moments, all eyes are now on the rollout of the sequel Wicked: For Good and the theatre-kid capers of its stars, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Here’s what you need to know.1. They are still ‘holding space’ for one another Last year’s Wicked press tour was an infamous love-in for Grande and Erivo. Such was the intensity of their connection and mutual affection, both were frequently moved to tears in interviews. The enduring image was of Erivo stroking Grande’s index finger in response to a journalist’s unintelligib...

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3 d. ago Helen Skelton and Gethin Jones make their second cosy red carpet appearance together at the RTS Awards after months of romance rumours

Speculation that the Morning Live presenters were more than friends began earlier this summer, before it was later reported that they had 'cooled' off their romance.

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3 d. ago Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman can't stop laughing as they pose together on the red carpet at Song Sung Blue premiere in London

Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman can't stop laughing as they pose together on the red carpet at Song Sung Blue premiere in London  Daily Mail

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3 d. ago Labour MPs face a serious dilemma on asylum seekers – but this is not the way out of it | Polly Toynbee

The party sees its harsh policies as politically necessary. But what happened to talking up the value of migrants for a thriving economy and society?This is how Labour MPs see it. They face brutal dilemmas and miserable choices. How to manage our asylum system is one of the worst. Through their constituency work, they will have met refugees with tragic stories of war and fear, of terrifying journeys across the world, of gangsters on night-time beaches. But MPs’ experience of hearing those heart-rending stories clash head-on with what they see as political necessity, demanding they block their ears and harden their hearts. A life in politics is not for the squeamish.Wes Streeting, a practising Christian, yesterday writhed while answering questions on LBC radio about the home secretary’s tough plans for deterring small boat arrivals. The flavour of his reply reflected how many on Labour’s benches feel. Confronted with the government’s intention to deport more families with children – ...

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4 d. ago Security ramps up in town awaiting arrival of 600 lone male asylum seekers as residents are told they'll only get '48 hours' notice' before migrants move onto army base

Residents are in revolt over the plans for Crowborough Army Training Camp in East Sussex, with thousands of people turning out every week for noisy protests.

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