10 h. ago French authorities are 'giving small boat migrants lifejackets to cross the English Channel' and crisis is getting WORSE under Labour, fisherman claims

Fisherman Matt Coker, owner of Coker Seafishing in Dover, Kent,, claims groups of asylum seekers are being escorted by the French authorities instead of being intercepted and stopped.

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57 h. ago Migrants brought ashore in lifeboat as number of Channel crossings rises 25% in a year

People wearing life jackets were pictured disembarking from Border Force and RNLI boats in Dover on Tuesday

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57 h. ago Migrants brought ashore in lifeboat as number who have made Channel crossing this year set to surpass 7,000

People wearing life jackets were pictured disembarking from Border Force and RNLI boats in Dover on Tuesday

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58 h. ago Dozens of small boat migrants brought ashore after being found crossing the English Channel

So far this year 6,796 people have arrived in 123 boats - with increasing numbers of passengers being crammed onto fewer boats.

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3 d. ago 'Bubbly blonde' prison governor accused of relationship with gang boss was 'green and stupid', jury told

Kerri Pegg is accused of accepting a £12,000 Mercedes from major Liverpool crime figure Anthony Saunderson

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5 d. ago Keir Starmer urged to channel Hugh Grant's Love Actually PM and stand up to Trump as world braces for more turmoil

In Love Actually, Grant's PM turns on an arrogant US president during a press conference to say the so-called special relationship has become 'a bad relationship'.

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5 d. ago More than 30,000 people have crossed Channel since Keir Starmer elected

The arrivals on Friday were the first to cross the Channel since March 27, when 236 people were brought ashore

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5 d. ago Figures show more than 30,000 migrants crossed Channel since Starmer became PM

A total of 154 people made the crossing in four boats on Friday, according to the Home Office.

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1 week ago UK's Starmer blames a lack of joint action as he struggles to stop migrants crossing the Channel

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says a lack of coordination between U.K. police and intelligence agencies is partly responsible for a surge in the number of migrants reaching the U.K. in small boats across the English Channel

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1 week ago Fragmentation between authorities ‘open invitation’ to Channel gangs, says PM

Sir Keir Starmer said work was being done to better co-ordinate efforts to tackle people-smuggling gangs.

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1 week ago XL Bully owner savaged in garden by dog hits out at breed ban after more than 20,000 attacks last year

Exclusive: Figures obtained show more than 23,000 dog attacks across England and Wales despite the ban on XL Bully dogs last year

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1 week ago US consumer confidence hit by tariff fears; Thames Water’s finance chief leaving within days – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsOver in Germany, the number of people out of work has risen at the fastest rate since October of 2024.The German labour office said the number of unemployed increased by 26,000 in seasonally adjusted terms to 2.92 million. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected that figure to rise by 10,000.“March marks the start of the so-called spring recovery on the labour market. This year, however, the economic slump is noticeably slowing it down.”One bright spot was the impressive 1.9% q/q (CE forecast 0.7% q/q) rise in consumers’ real incomes in Q4. The 4.2% rise in 2024 as a whole suggests households experienced the strongest real income growth in nine years.With consumer spending hardly rising, at 12.0% in Q4 (up from 10.3% in Q3), the saving rate remains unusually high, suggesting households are choosing to save rather than spend the bulk of those gains. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Tariff uncertainty risks ‘significant economic damage’; Thames Water’s finance chief leaving within days – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsOver in Germany, the number of people out of work has risen at the fastest rate since October of 2024.The German labour office said the number of unemployed increased by 26,000 in seasonally adjusted terms to 2.92 million. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected that figure to rise by 10,000.“March marks the start of the so-called spring recovery on the labour market. This year, however, the economic slump is noticeably slowing it down.”One bright spot was the impressive 1.9% q/q (CE forecast 0.7% q/q) rise in consumers’ real incomes in Q4. The 4.2% rise in 2024 as a whole suggests households experienced the strongest real income growth in nine years.With consumer spending hardly rising, at 12.0% in Q4 (up from 10.3% in Q3), the saving rate remains unusually high, suggesting households are choosing to save rather than spend the bulk of those gains. Continue reading...

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1 week ago China’s Xi urges global CEOs to protect trade supply chains; UK’s 2024 growth revised higher, but households hoard cash – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsOver in Germany, the number of people out of work has risen at the fastest rate since October of 2024.The German labour office said the number of unemployed increased by 26,000 in seasonally adjusted terms to 2.92 million. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected that figure to rise by 10,000.“March marks the start of the so-called spring recovery on the labour market. This year, however, the economic slump is noticeably slowing it down.”One bright spot was the impressive 1.9% q/q (CE forecast 0.7% q/q) rise in consumers’ real incomes in Q4. The 4.2% rise in 2024 as a whole suggests households experienced the strongest real income growth in nine years.With consumer spending hardly rising, at 12.0% in Q4 (up from 10.3% in Q3), the saving rate remains unusually high, suggesting households are choosing to save rather than spend the bulk of those gains. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gap of 8,000 secondary school places in special schools last year – figures

Around two in three special schools in England were ‘at or over capacity’ in the last academic year, the Department for Education said.

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2 w. ago Figure of 262,000 transgender people in England and Wales in the latest census was wrong, ONS finally admits

Bosses at the Office for National Statistics said data suggesting there were 262,000 trans individuals 'should not be used' as an exact reflection of the population.

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2 w. ago Number of people on ADHD waiting lists in Greater Manchester will rise to 25,000

There are already more than 20,000 people on ADHD waiting lists in the region, and figures could increase even further by at least 8,000 new patient referrals every year

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2 w. ago Home Office ends asylum hotel contract over performance concerns as Channel migrant crossings hit record highs

Between January 1 and March 23, some 5,847 people have arrived in the UK from France - up 36 per cent on last year

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2 w. ago Asylum hotels will house Channel migrants 'for years to come' despite Keir Starmer's vow to end their use

Before winning power at last July's general election, Labour vowed to end the use of hotels for asylum seekers.

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2 w. ago Channel migrant arrivals hits another record: 5,847 asylum seekers landed in UK in first three months of 2025

A total of 5,847 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel so far in 2025, including 335 yesterday, according to provisional Home Office figures.

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