31 h. ago The 13 Brits banged up abroad amid alarm over 'drug mule' explosion

There's mounting concern among police and border force officials about the rise in Britons being detained over drugs trafficking

Events

4 d. ago Mystery of Brit 'drug mule' explosion as 13 in hellhole jails with some facing death

A dramatic surge in the number of Brits arrested for drug smuggling around the world has triggered mounting alarm among police and border force officials as 13 languish in hellhole jails

Events

4 d. ago Bizarre 'drug mule' explosion as 13 Brits in hellhole prisons and facing death

The arrests of a number of Brits abroad in recent months has shone a spotlight on the worrying trend of criminal networks targeting ordinary UK citizens to act as drug mules.

Events

4 d. ago Alarm at soaring number of 'smuggling' Brits arrested abroad in 'drug mule crisis'

An alarming explosion in the number of Brits arrested for drug smuggling abroad has raised fresh concerns about the growing use of UK citizens as international drug mules

Events

1 week ago Keir Starmer and Labour are accused of standing in the way of a ban on cousins marrying each other

Pakistani and Bangladeshi Britons are most likely to support the first cousin marriages, with 39 percent of those polled saying it should be legal.

Politics

1 week ago Poll reveals the British communities most likely to back first cousin marriages

Pakistani and Bangladeshi Britons are most likely to support the first cousin marriages, with 39 percent of those polled saying it should be legal.

Politics

1 week ago Brit is arrested with a suitcase 'stuffed with £100,000 of cannabis' travelling from Bangkok to UK

A British man has been busted trying to smuggle a suitcase stuffed with cannabis from Bangkok to Newcastle as cops crack down on a fast-developing drug route from the Thai capital.

Economics

1 week ago 'Happy go lucky' British traveller was found dead in Bangkok hotel room with her boyfriend after accidentally taking lethal cocktail of drugs, inquest finds

Rebecca Turner, 36, died in a Bangkok hotel room after taking what she thought was a line of cocaine with her partner.

Events

1 week ago Martin Lewis issues urgent energy tactic that could save money in 'next few days'

The Money Saving Expert is back with a bang, urging Brits to act now if they want to save a chunk of money in the months ahead - and that includes those looking to book a holiday

Politics

2 w. ago This new EU deal is great for Britain. Now, Labour, focus on the future, not on Farage | Polly Toynbee

Cheaper food, passport e-gates, youth exchanges – we are finally on a path to repair the colossal damage Brexit has doneCircle the wagons: Europe draws together confronting an enemy to its east and a rogue state to its west. “Everything has changed,” said the prime minister and chancellor, and so it has. Once nestled in the arms of Nato, now alarmingly alone, we have no choice but to embrace neighbours we shunned. Thanks to Vladimir Putin, (nearly) all Europeans now see clearly what was always the case. In danger we need each other, never mind fish or dynamic alignment.But talking about less important things was always the British way. So headlines and the Today programme bang on about the 12-year continuance of the fishing deal struck by Boris Johnson, allowing French boats into our waters. It’s hard on fishing communities, but not worse than before. The Brexiters used and cheated fishers. But a government has to weigh up winners and losers when fishing contributes just 0.03% to UK...

Economics

last month Hay fever sufferers urged not to buy certain drug online as pharmacies sound alarm

Pharmacies have urged Brits to avoid an unlicensed hay fever drug that could 'pose a serious risk to their health'

Events