24 h. ago Home Office fails to collect 'basic information' about UK visa holders, MPs warn

An inquiry has revealed that data on whether someone left the UK after their visa expired was not collected by the government

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27 h. ago Alaska woman dies from rampant STD after infection spreads throughout her organs

An anonymous Alaska woman in her 50s has died after a rare and severe complication of an STI, health officials report. The infection traveled through her bloodstream and caused organ failure.

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32 h. ago Home Office doesn’t know how many migrants overstay skilled worker visas, MPs warn

An inquiry has revealed that data on whether someone left the UK after their visa expired was not collected by the government

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32 h. ago Home Office 'does not know' how many foreign workers stay in Britain to work illegally after visas expire, MPs warn

The Home Office fails to collect 'basic information' on foreign workers including whether they carry on working illegally in the UK at the end of their visas, Commons' Public Accounts Committee says.

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32 h. ago Home Office fails to collect 'basic information' on UK visa holders and left foreign workers 'vulnerable'

An inquiry has revealed that data on whether someone left the UK after their visa expired was not collected by the government

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44 h. ago This is the dark truth about Keir Starmer's catastrophic failure to stop immigration

For the greatest disaster of Sir Keir Starmer 's first year in office has been his catastrophic failure to curb mass uncontrolled immigration.

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54 h. ago This is the dark truth of Keir Starmer's catastrophic failure to stop immigration

For the greatest disaster of Sir Keir Starmer 's first year in office has been his catastrophic failure to curb mass uncontrolled immigration.

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64 h. ago Haringey landlord hit with £10,000 fine for failing to licence property

Despite multiple warnings from officers regarding his legal obligations, the landlord failed to comply with licensing requirements

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3 d. ago Heathrow fire caused by problems first identified by National Grid 7 years ago

Official review finds blaze caused by ‘catastrophic failure’ at local substation

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3 d. ago Pilots grounded after another Air India flight struggles during takeoff hours after Ahmedabad crash

Pilots’ post-flight report failed to mention critical stall and ‘don’t sink’ warnings, official says

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4 d. ago China left off toughest tier of UK regime tracking ‘covert foreign influence’

Firs register is designed to offer assurance on activities of overseas powers seen as posing a national security risk

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6 d. ago Gaelic officialdom is failing to engage with its existential crisis

The Scottish Languages Bill is simply a rehash of the status quo, writes Professor Conchúr Ó Giollagáin, the co-author of a landmark study published in 2020

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2 w. ago Voices: Whitehall isn’t working – here’s how the PM can fix it

Keir Starmer complains that the government machine is slow to crank into life when he demands action. To prevent his ‘mission-driven’ domestic agenda from being doomed to failure, the prime minister should first get rid of the Cabinet Office, says Andrew Grice

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2 w. ago Revealed: How Rochdale social services workers failed two teenage girls who were repeatedly raped by Asian men

The case, which concluded on Friday with all seven gang members being convicted of rape, has laid bare the shocking failure of police and social workers to protect their vulnerable young victims.

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3 w. ago Met pays damages to woman for failing to investigate rape claim against ex

Officers questioned woman but not the alleged rapist, bringing force into disrepute, rules watchdogScotland Yard has paid a five-figure sum to a woman after officers “brought the service into disrepute” for failing to investigate her report of rape by her ex-husband, the Guardian has learned.The Metropolitan police’s directorate of professional standards – known as the “Line of Duty unit” – criticised officers involved in the woman’s case, saying they had damaged the reputation of the force “at a time when we are working hard to build bridges with the public and re-build the trust we have lost”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 2026 World Cup host city CEOs admit to ‘uncertainty’ amid rocky political landscape

Host city heads in charge of welcoming visitors Ice raids, visas, and travel bans could impact fansExecutives from the US host city committees for next year’s World Cup said on Monday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) raids have created “uncertainty” as they prepare to host an influx of foreign visitors.The 2026 World Cup, which will be co-hosted with Canada and Mexico, will take place in 11 cities across the US, and is predcited to draw more than five million visitors over the course of the 40-day tournament. However, visa processing times have been slow for several countries, travel bans have been instituted (including for recently qualified Iran), and raids ostensibly aimed at deporting undocumented immigrants have seen the government arrest and deport visa holders, permanent residents and even citizens. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'Call yourself a police force? There's no force in ya!' Officers ridiculed as they struggle to knock down door

This is the hilarious moment a group of police officers in West Yorkshire fail to break down a door while locals watch on in amusement.

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3 w. ago UK may have failed to protect wild birds with environmental law, watchdog says

Government appears not to be meeting legal targets to halt decline of species, Office for Environmental Protection saysThe government may have failed to protect critical wild bird populations by neglecting to implement environmental law properly, the environmental watchdog has found.Wild bird populations are declining across the UK. Under the EU, certain parts of Britain’s landscape were designated specially protected conservation zones when the UK was still a member state. They include estuaries, coastal areas and peatlands, as well as wetland areas where wading birds live, and places birds of prey prefer to nest. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Youth worker who told vulnerable child 'I could murder a cuddle in bed now, lol, naked' struck off

Francois Hanson was a youth worker at Neath Port Talbot Council when he abused his position supporting an 'extremely vulnerable child' he nicknamed 'chicken nugget', a professional standards hearing was told

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