1 hour ago Passengers face flight delays while Airbus A320s undergo safety checks as Gatwick, Wizzair and Easyjet issue updates

At least 15 JetBlue passengers were injured last month when an A320 aircraft suddenly dropped in altitude, forcing an emergency landing in Florida.

Transport

2 h. ago Mahmood announces ban on taxi use for asylum seeker medical trips

The Home Secretary said the Government is working with providers to introduce alternatives.

Events

3 h. ago Asylum seekers banned from using taxis for most medical trips, Home Secretary announces

All service providers will be required to stop using taxis for medical journeys from February

Events

9 h. ago Free taxis for migrants to be axed following backlash to asylum seekers taking long journeys costing hundreds of pounds

It comes after a BBC investigation found migrants had travelled huge distances at the taxpayer's expense for a medical checkup.

Events

13 h. ago Home Office delays plan to house 300 male asylum seekers at Highland barracks

The UK Government said it did not want ‘replicate the mistakes of the past where rushed plans led to unsafe and chaotic situations’.

Society

14 h. ago Police swarm Hilton asylum seeker hotel and arrest three men after 'stabbing'

The incident took place at around 10.45am yesterday at the Hampton by Hilton hotel in Westhill, which has been used to house asylum seekers since 2023.

Events

15 h. ago Migrant 'stabbed at asylum seeker hotel' as police swarm building

The asylum seeker, believed to be aged 26, was reportedly stabbed at the hotel in Aberdeenshire - police have made three arrests and recovered a weapon

Events

17 h. ago Three arrested after attack outside asylum seeker hotel near Aberdeen

A man was left with facial injuries after he was attacked by a group of men in Westhill, near Aberdeen

Events

20 h. ago Plan to move migrants into army barracks is delayed over safety fears after hundreds of furious residents marched in protest

Ministers initially promised Crowborough Camp in East Sussex and Cameron Barracks in Inverness would start housing hundreds of asylum seekers by December 1.

Events

24 h. ago Plans to send asylum seekers to military barracks delayed over safety concerns

Ministers had hoped to move hundreds of people to Cameron Barracks in Inverness and Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex while their claims were processed to get people out of hotels

Events

25 h. ago The brain drain from Starmer's socialist chaos: Record 110,051 seek asylum but younger Britons leave in droves

Official figures on Thursday revealed an exodus of young Britons while asylum seekers now make up nearly half of net migration.

Events

33 h. ago The brain drain from Starmer's socialist chaos: Record 110,051 seek asylum but Britons leave in droves

Official figures on Thursday revealed an exodus of young Britons while asylum seekers now make up nearly half of net migration.

Events

34 h. ago The brain drain from Starmer's socialist chaos: Record 110,051 seek asylum as Britons leave in droves

Official figures on Thursday revealed an exodus of young Britons while asylum seekers now make up nearly half of net migration.

Events

43 h. ago Asylum seekers in detention centre go on hunger strike over deportation to France under Labour's 'one in, one out' policy

Thirty asylum seekers held in a UK detention centre have launched a hunger strike in protest at their imminent removal to France under Labour's controversial 'one in, one out' policy.

Events

45 h. ago Number of asylum seekers living in Scots hotels listed by area

New figures show the geographic spread of asylum seekers housed in council areas by the Home Office.

Events

46 h. ago Asylum seekers now make up 44 PER CENT of net migration to Britain

The number of asylum seekers coming to Britain has surged to a record high, making up 44 per cent of total net migration.

Events

47 h. 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

Events

49 h. ago Revealed: 4,232 more asylum seekers in hotels as visas issued to foreign workers plummet

Net migration has dropped to the lowest annual figure since 2021 but the number of migrants housed in hotels is now at 36,273

Economics

49 h. ago Number of migrants in asylum seeker hotels rises despite Labour pledge to end their use

Record 110,000 people claimed asylum in the UK in the past year

Events

49 h. ago Asylum seeker hotel numbers up by 13% in three months, new data shows

Labour has pledged to no longer be using asylum hotels by the end of this Parliament – which would be 2029, if not earlier.

Events