7 h. ago Two illegal migrants evade border checks before being discovered on school coach returning from France

Pair were only discovered when luggage compartment was opened at a UK service station

Events

9 h. ago Asylum seeker 'who recruited child soldiers' wins appeal to stay in Britain despite being refused refugee status in France because he's an alleged war criminal

The Sri Lankan, who remains unnamed after he was granted anonymity, faces claims he 'enlisted children under the age of 15' to separatist terrorist group Tamil Tigers.

Events

29 h. ago Home Office plans to spend £2.2bn of foreign aid on asylum support this year

International rules allow countries to count first-year costs of supporting refugees as overseas development assistance.

Economics

30 h. ago Labour struggling to slash 'unsustainable' foreign aid spending on asylum hotels, despite vow to end practice

The Government is spending £2.2 billion of overseas development funds to house migrants

Events

33 h. ago Labour is still spending £2.2bn a year of foreign aid on UK hotels for asylum seekers

Figures released by the Home Office show Labour only managed to reduce its spending on official development assistance between 2024/25 by around £1million.

Economics

47 h. ago Cardiff Council leader confirms he will seek to run in the 2026 Senedd elections

The leader of Cardiff Council, Cllr Huw Thomas, has previously refused to say whether or not he will run in the 2026 Senedd elections

Politics

51 h. ago Latest plans to transform what was once the biggest public sector housing scheme in Wales

Trivallis expects to submit an application for 150 homes in Penrhys this month which are part of wider regeneration plans for the area

Politics

5 d. ago Deadly Lyons gang set to seek bloody revenge over killings of key lieutenants in Spain

The crime clan -one of the deadliest in Scotland - has been left reeling since the double murder.

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7 d. ago Hamas pledges to free Israeli hostages in prisoner exchange as it seeks amendments to US ceasefire proposal

In a dramatic development, the terror group submitted its counterproposal to a framework drawn up by Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's special envoy to the Middle East.

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8 d. ago Major UK bar's plan to save the 'after work pint' with bold new scheme

Despite more than 30 million Brits clocking off before 5pm, the post-work pint is in dire straights thanks to home workers - but one bar chain is on a quest to bring the custom back

Politics

8 d. ago How successful asylum claims for gay refugees have QUADRUPLED since pre

Before the small boats crisis hit all-time highs, fewer than 500 arrivals were granted refugee status because of their sexual orientation each year.

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8 d. ago Immigration court ruled a Sudanese asylum seeker with a deep voice and 'very hairy legs' was a child as physical attributes are 'not a useful indicator for age'

The decision is said to have overruled a Home Office assessment who claimed his physical appearance 'strongly suggested' he was 'over 18' and that he was likely to be around 24.

Events

9 d. ago Manchester United have wildcard £17m transfer solution to Liam Delap snub

Manchester United transfer news with Reds seeking new striker as Liam Delap closes in on Chelsea move

Economics

1 week ago Repeated failings at migrant hotel where asylum seeker killed himself exposed

Special report: Staff at hotel were ‘not appropriately trained’ and Home Office officials didn’t know who was providing crucial services

Events

1 week ago Ayrshire College horticulture students lend a hand at Alloway Railway Tunnel project

Students and staff designed, planned, procured and delivered a full planting scheme at the entrance to the tunnel.

Politics

1 week ago Shein seeks Hong Kong stock market listing in blow to London – reports

Shein has been planning to float in London for the past year but has struggled to get the go-ahead from Chinese regulators.

Politics

1 week ago UK’s most senior police officer criticises early prison release scheme

Mark Rowley joins head of MI5 and National Crime Agency in letter to justice ministry to say public could be at risk Britain’s most senior police officer has criticised ministers for failing to assess the impact on forces of its plans to release prisoners early.Sir Mark Rowley said the scheme to free thousands of offenders early to ease overcrowded prisons would “generate a lot of work for police”. The Metropolitan police commissioner added: “Every time you put an offender into the community, a proportion of them will commit crime [and] will need chasing down by the police.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Syrian asylum seeker who killed three people and wounded ten others in knife rampage at 'festival of diversity' after he was slated for deportation pleads guilty at German court

Issa Al Hasan, 27, made the confession at the start of his trial, held under tight security at the higher regional court in Duesseldorf on Tuesday.

Events

1 week ago UK ‘to ask Kosovo’ to take failed asylum seekers in overseas ‘return hubs plan’

North Macedonia, Kosovo, and Serbia said to be being considered for housing UK’s failed asylum seekers

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2 w. ago Gay Pakistani asylum seeker pleads with Keir Starmer to let him stay in the UK because he'll be forced to marry a woman if he goes back to his home country

Ali Raza Nasir insists he came to the UK to study but when he visited Soho in central London and met other gay people he knew that Britain was where he needed to settle.

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