5 h. 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.

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6 h. ago Nobel winner Machado snuck through 10 checkpoints in Venezuela in a wig to reach Norway in daring three

The exiled Venezuelan opposition leader crossed the Caribbean Sea in a fishing boat before being escorted to Norway in a US plane

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8 h. ago Nobel winner Machado snuck through ten checkpoints in Venezuela in a wig to reach Norway in daring three

The exiled Venezuelan opposition leader crossed the Caribbean Sea in a fishing boat before being escorted to Norway in a US plane

Politics

7 d. ago Nigel Farage accuses BBC of sinking to 'new depths' with 'set up' that saw Reform's Zia Yusuf questioned by small boat migrants on Question Time

The Reform leader said the corporation was complicit in a 'set-up job' after Zia Yusuf, the party's head of policy, was questioned by a man who had arrived in the UK illegally.

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7 d. ago Nigel Farage accuses BBC of sinking to 'new depths' with 'set up' that saw Reform's Zia Yusuf ambushed by small boat migrants on Question Time

The Reform leader said the corporation was complicit in a 'set-up job' after Zia Yusuf, the party's head of policy, was questioned by a man who had arrived in the UK illegally.

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7 d. ago Reform's Zia Yusuf condemns BBC for ambushing him with questions from small boat migrants on Question Time

Zia Yusuf, the party's head of policy, appeared on the immigration special to debate the issue but was questioned by a man who had arrived in the UK illegally.

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2 w. ago Council cancels tree surgeon's £9,000 contract because he put up Union flags and St George's crosses on lampposts

Billy Crotty erected around 300 flags along a stretch of the A1198, near the town of Royston, because he wanted to 'make a stand for our country' and show he was 'proud to be English'.

Economics

2 w. ago Asylum seeker who entered illegally on small boat twice is hit with 7 word statement from judge

A asylum seeker has been jailed after crossing the channel on a small boat on two separate occasions

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage heading to Scotland in days to visit town at centre of migrant hotel protests

NIGEL Farage is heading north next week for a rally in a Scottish town that has become a flashpoint for anti-immigrant protests. The Reform UK leader will gather supporters in Falkirk on December 6 for a campaign event to mark six months until the Holyrood election. Some polls have tipped Mr Farage’s party to come...

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3 w. ago Cop30 delegates ‘far apart’ on phasing out fossil fuels and cutting carbon

President of talks urges ministers and high-ranking officials to find common ground as conference nears its endCop30 live – latest updatesClimate crisis talks look likely to stretch well into the weekend in Brazil, with countries still far apart on the crucial issues of phasing out fossil fuels and cutting carbon.The Cop30 president, André Corrêa do Lago, urged ministers and high-ranking officials from more than 190 countries to find common ground: “We need to preserve this regime [of the Paris climate agreement] with the spirit of cooperation, not in the spirit of who is going to win or is willing to lose’” he said. “Because we know if we don’t strengthen this, everyone will lose.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago British vigilantes film themselves smashing migrant boat engines on French beaches to stop crossings

VIGILANTES who led the push to cover our streets in Union flags have filmed themselves smashing small boat engines hidden on French beaches.  The Raise the Colours activists are trying to stop would-be migrants from crossing the Channel.  In their latest clip, they dig up a dinghy engine buried in the dunes by people smugglers.  They can be heard...

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3 w. ago French police plan to use nets to stop small boats ‘risks turning Channel into a graveyard’

France has been under mounting pressure from the UK to intercept migrant vessels at sea amid growing public anger over illegal migration

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3 w. ago French police to use nets to stop small boat migrants crossing Channel

New tactics to stop boats set to be introduced despite warnings there is ‘no way’ to carry out such manoeuvres safely

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3 w. ago 14 major asylum system changes as Shabana Mahmood announces draconian shake

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has unveiled a string of controversial measures aimed at cutting small boat crossings - including an end to the UK's legal duty to support asylum seekers

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last month Proportion of small boat crossings prevented by French authorities FELL after Labour's 'one in, one out' deal came into force

New figures show 28.7 per cent of small boat migrants' attempts have been prevented by French police since agreement came into force in August, down from 38 per cent immediately beforehand.

Economics

last month BREAKING Man causes M1 chaos as runs into oncoming traffic during horror police chase

The man was seen running into oncoming traffic on a stretch of the M1 near Rugby, Warwickshire, shortly after 9.30am on Tuesday causing chaos for police and other motorists

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last month Man causes M1 chaos as runs into oncoming traffic during horror police chase

The man was seen running into oncoming traffic on a stretch of the M1 near Rugby, Warwickshire, shortly after 9.30am on Tuesday causing chaos for police and other motorists

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