48 h. ago Putin thugs caught operating illegally in Britain face five years in prison as Russia joins Iran as top 'malign influence' in the UK today

Vladimir Putin's dictatorship will be placed in the 'enhanced' tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (Firs), which makes it easier to tackle spies and thugs operating in Britain.

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2 w. ago 'Netflix hit Adolescence shows us we don't need Minister for Men. We need better mums and dads'

After a think tank called for a Minister for Men and Gareth Southgate said boys were coming under the malign influence of online misogynists, Fleet Street Fox argues they're missing the point. It's the dads that need help

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2 w. ago Primary school teacher barred for life after sick sex chats with children

Alan Harbottle has been barred from teaching for life after being caught in a police sting operation

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2 w. ago Albanian who tried to enter Britain illegally four times before being locked up for cannabis farming avoids deportation after judge rules he is not a 'foreign criminal'

Erind Koka, 33, came into the country unlawfully on a lorry in October 2019 after seven years of attempting to do so.

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2 w. ago Pakistani sex attacker who groped woman after living illegally in Britain for 11 years avoided deportation by claiming he is gay

The sex offender, 53, had been living in the UK illegally for 11 years but was granted refugee status after arguing he was homosexual and would face persecution in his home country.

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3 w. ago Political asylum seeker fighting to stay in US or face six years in prison if she returns home to Russia

Feminist and LGBT+ activist Valeriia Razheva co-founded Feminist Anti-War Resistance - labelled an ‘undesirable organisation’ by Moscow

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3 w. ago Police seize £850,000 of cannabis from illegal factories across Britain in weekend raids

Police have seized £850,000 of cannabis from illegal factories in Cumbria and Northern Ireland during weekend raids

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4 w. ago Foreign office slams Russia for 'false charges' as Brit sentenced to Putin hellhole prison

James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, was tried on “false charges”, said the Foreign Office, after he was accused of flouting international law by fighting for Ukraine

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4 w. ago Briton captured while fighting for Ukraine jailed for 19 years in Russia

James Scott Rhys Anderson was charged with terrorism and ‘mercenary activities’ after capture in Kursk in NovemberA British citizen captured while fighting alongside the Ukrainian army has been sentenced in Russia to 19 years in prison on charges of terrorism and “mercenary activities”.James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, was captured by Russian forces last November while fighting on Ukraine’s side during its cross-border offensive in Russia’s Kursk region. Continue reading...

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