3 h. ago The great retreat: Up to a million Romanians came to the UK to work as cleaners and builders... now nearly 40,000 are leaving each year to escape crime, the crumbling NHS and the cost of living

The numbers of Romanians leaving the UK are higher than for any other EU nationality, dwarfing the 25,000 Poles who left Britain to return to their low-tax homeland in the year up to last June.

Economics

25 h. ago Britain's 40,000 small boat migrant arrivals are nothing, United Nations official suggests

Filippo Grandi, the outgoing head of the UN refugee agency, said the UK's 41,000 arrivals this year represented a small number compared to what other countries faced.

Politics

65 h. ago Nigerian official refuses to rule out AMERICAN troops on the ground after working with Trump to bomb ISIS

American troops may be deployed to Nigeria following President Trump's bombing of ISIS targets in the nation, a Nigerian official said.

Politics

69 h. ago Zelenskyy to travel to US for Trump meeting amid push for Ukraine deal

Meeting on Sunday will follow flurry of US, Russian and Ukrainian talks, but Putin has shown little sign of softeningVolodymyr Zelenskyy is to travel to the US for a planned meeting with Donald Trump on Sunday, as Washington continues to push for a possible peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow.The Ukrainian president announced the visit on Friday in a social media post, saying he had received a briefing from Rustem Umerov, the secretary of Ukraine’s national security and defence council, on new contacts with US officials. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago More than 13,000 foreign nationals claimed asylum in Britain after first coming here on a work visa in the last year

In a growing loophole in Britain's border controls, Home Office data shows the number of work migrants who later claim they are refugees is soaring under Labour.

Economics

3 d. ago Andre Onana drops Man Utd future hint ahead of January transfer window

Andre Onana is enjoying his season-long loan with Trabzonspor, having dropped to third in the pecking order at Manchester United following the arrival of Senne Lammens

Politics

5 d. ago US supreme court blocks Trump bid to deploy national guard to Chicago

In a 6-3 decision, the high court sided with a lower court ruling that blocked deployment of troops to the Illinois cityThe US supreme court refused on Tuesday to let Donald Trump send national guard troops to the Chicago area, in an important reining-in of the US president’s efforts to expand the use of the military for domestic purposes in historic moves against a growing number of Democratic-led jurisdictions.The nation’s highest court denied the US justice department’s request to lift a judge’s order in October that has blocked the deployment of hundreds of national guard personnel in a legal challenge brought by Illinois state officials and local leaders, who had opposed any federalization of those troops to offer backup to immigration enforcement. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Brits have become POORER in 2025 as Labour's tax bonanza reduced household incomes despite Starmer's promises

Official national accounts painted a dismal picture, with growth slightly worse than previously thought in the second quarter of the year.

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7 d. ago Labour's 'stop the boats' promise in tatters as more than 41,000 migrants have arrived in Britain on small boats in 2025

Some 803 people made the dangerous journey across the English Channel in 13 dinghies from northern France, starting overnight on Friday and into Saturday.

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8 d. ago Britain's 'most generous' boss splashes £100,000 on employee's presents

A boss has gone viral for gifting one of his employee's a luxury car - and forking out £100,000 on his staff Christmas presents as people ask if his company is hiring

Economics

1 week ago 20 Greatest British engineering marvels: From the London Underground to Concorde

A survey of 2,000 adults shows Britain's favourite engineering achievements, from the London Underground and Channel Tunnel to the World Wide Web and Concorde

Politics

1 week ago No wonder they don't want us to vote! Grim figures show Rachel Reeves' raking in £5.5bn more tax in November BEFORE the Budget raid

Official figures showed central government receipts from tax and national insurance were up 7.3 per cent compared to November 2024.

Economics

1 week ago Manchester United need a new leader and £74m man has to prove it can be him

Bryan Mbeumo has led the Man United attack since his arrival from Brentford but in his absence during AFCON Ruben Amorim needs someone else to step up.

Politics

1 week ago The Latest: Hegseth and Rubio brief lawmakers on US military escalation

President Donald Trump’s top Cabinet officials overseeing national security are back on Capitol Hill as questions mount over the swift escalation of U.S. military force and deadly boat strikes in international waters near Venezuela

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1 week ago Gen Z behind jump in use of oral nicotine pouches across Great Britain

More than half a million people now consume products as experts link rise to ‘aggressive’ marketing and advertisingMore than 500,000 people in Great Britain now use nicotine pouches, with the significant rise in uptake driven by members of gen Z, research has revealed.Nicotine pouches are placed between the lip and gum to slowly release nicotine and come in a wide variety of different flavours. Health experts say the products, which are banned in Germany and the Netherlands, should not be used by anyone who does not already smoke. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Property prices will grow slowly in 2026, but no sign of a bust, say lenders

Nationwide and Halifax issue their official forecasts for house prices next year

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2 w. ago Horror moment illegal migrant tries to snatch teen girl off street as sicko is jailed

According to sources, the migrant had arrived into the UK on a small boat back in September 2023, before attempting to abduct the defenceless teen in shocking footage

Events

2 w. ago Days without migrant boat crossings nears longest stretch in seven years

December is traditionally one of the quietest months for migrants attempting the journey.

Events

2 w. ago Kremlin official says Russian police and National Guard to stay in Ukraine's Donbas even after peace

A senior Kremlin official says Russian police and the National Guard will remain in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas even if a peace settlement ends the war

Politics

2 w. ago ‘Rebranded plantations’: how empire shaped luxury Caribbean tourism

Research shows that the British colonial wealth extraction system still influences the region’s tourist industryLuxury tourism in the Caribbean sells a kind of timelessness. A paradise of sun, sea and sand. But to step off the cruise ship or away from the all-inclusive resort is to see a more complex picture: a history of colonialism and a future of climate devastation. New research from the Common Wealth thinktank maps how, over the 400 years since the first English ships arrived in Barbados, empire engineered a system of wealth extraction that shapes the tourism economies of today.Sir Hilary Beckles, Barbadian historian and chair of the Caricom Reparations Commission, describes Barbados as the birthplace of British slave society. Between 1640 and 1807, Britain transported about 387,000 enslaved west Africans to the island. Extraordinary violence, from whippings to amputations and executions, were a regular feature of their lives. On the Codrington Plantation in the mid-18th centur...

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