3 h. ago People smuggler who crammed nine migrants including child aged four into van and crossed Channel jailed

Border Force officers stopped Constantin-Florin Pauliuc’s vehicle at the Port of Dover after he arrived in the UK from Calais

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8 h. ago Record number of children died crossing Channel last year, says UN

Data from UN agency’s Missing Migrants Project should serve as ‘wake-up call’, say officialsA record number of children died in the Channel last year according to UN data shared with the Guardian that officials have said should serve as a “wake-up call”.Last year, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) Missing Migrants Project recorded the highest number of deaths and missing persons in the Channel, with 82 people losing their lives, at least 14 of whom were children – also a record high. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago People smuggler, 55, who ran £1.5 million operation to transport migrants across the Channel in small boats while working as railway cleaner is jailed

Pistiwan Jameel, 55, acted as a broker for smuggling gangs in France and boasted of being a 'trusted' fixer who made at least £1.6million for his criminal network.

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32 h. ago Boris and Carrie Johnson enjoy luxury trip away to Saudi Arabia with their children after 'miserable' Christmas

Mrs Johnson posted scenes from a family trip to a resort in Saudi Arabia, including her husband hugging their 19-month-old third child Frank.

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3 d. ago Peru shopping centre collapse horror as child killed and 70 injured in roof cave

At least three people, including a child, were killed when the roof of a shopping centre in Trujilo, Peru, collapsed, injuring dozens more as searcha nd rescue teams get to work

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4 d. ago Blue collar bourgeois! 'White van man' stereotype dismantled as research shows a third of tradies are privately educated

According to new figures from Mercedes-Benz Vans, '33 per cent of van drivers under the age of 35 went to private school' and 'just under half' have a degree - be it foundation, bachelor's or master's.

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7 d. ago Albanian people smuggler who jumped bail and fled to Spain joins the rest of his gang in jail after being extradited back to UK

Arsen Feci, 49, from Nottingham , has been sentenced following an investigation after a coastguard plane saw migrants being taken off a small boat in Joss Bay, Kent.

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7 d. ago Vile thug attacked his girlfriend just hours after she gave birth to their baby son

Neil Jones , 28, subjected Olivia McMahon to a series of vicious assaults over the course of around two years, including repeatedly attacking her while she was pregnant with his child.

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7 d. ago Delta plane crashes and flips over at Toronto airport leaving 18 injured, including child: Latest

All 80 passengers and crew aboard Delta Flight 4819 survived the accident

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7 d. ago Vile abuser 'punched girlfriend in face' hours after giving birth

Neil Jones subjected his partner to a series of vile assaults over the course of around two years, including while she lay in hospital near her newborn child

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7 d. ago Delta plane flips over at Toronto airport leaving 18 injured, including child: Latest

All 80 people on the flight survived the accident

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7 d. ago Delta flight flips over at Toronto airport leaving 18 injured, including child: Latest

All 80 people on the flight survived the accident

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7 d. ago Delta flight flips over at Toronto airport leaving at least 17 injured, including child: Latest

All 80 people on the flight survived the accident

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7 d. ago Everything we know about the Delta flight that crashed in Toronto

At least 18 people have been hospitalized, including one child and two adults with critical injuries

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7 d. ago Delta flight flips over at Toronto airport leaving three critically injured, including child: Latest

At least 15 passengers have sustained injuries

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