14 h. ago Bride’s brother convicted of murdering Good Samaritan with his car before stabbing groom at wedding

Hassan Jhangur, 25, hit five people with his Seat Ibiza when he arrived at his sister’s wedding reception

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14 h. ago Man who killed Good Samaritan when he drove into wedding brawl guilty of murder

Hassan Jhangur hit five people with his car when he arrived at his sister’s wedding reception, where a fight had broken out between the two families.

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19 h. ago Too late to stop small boats once people arrive in Calais, says UN migration chief

More orderly migration would ease crisis, says Amy Pope as UK and France prepare to announce plan to block crossingsThe head of the UN’s organisation for migration has warned that it is too late to stop people from crossing the Channel in small boats by the time they have reached northern France, as Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron prepare to announce new measures to stop overloaded dinghies setting sail from French shores to the UK.Amy Pope, the director general of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), said making safe and orderly migration possible closer to the countries people were moving from was a better approach, along with removing the toxic anti-migrant narrative that dominates much of UK politics. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Thousands meet their MPs to show huge demand for climate action

Mass lobby in Westminster is kicked off with giant image on cliffs of Dover stating ‘89% of people want climate action’More than 5,000 people from across the UK arrived in Westminster on Wednesday to meet their MPs and demand urgent climate action to protect their communities.The mass lobby is one of the largest to date. The constituents, including parents and pensioners, doctors, teachers, farmers and youth campaigners, have arranged to lobby at least 500 MPs, about 80% of the total. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Mum orders pair of shoes from Shein for £3.34 and can't believe what turns up

When Shauna O’Neill ordered a cheap pair of sandals from Shein, she never expected these shoes to arrive at her door. The shopping blunder has cracked many people up

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7 d. ago Moment military helicopter explodes into ball of flames after crash as it arrived back at airport

The Mi-24 helicopter with eight people on board was arriving from an airfield in the Lower Shabelle region before it plummeted to the ground and went up in flames.

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7 d. ago Alleged people smuggling gang member ‘made millions while on Universal Credit’

The group is believed to have used visas of people with legitimate status in the UK to aid the arrival of over 500 Gambian citizens.

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1 week ago Are rents affordable in Amsterdam? Not if you are a newcomer | Amber Howard

The city was once the pinnacle of inclusivity, with working- and middle-class people alike living in social housing – then the private landlords arrivedIn this series, writers discuss the causes of – and solutions to – the housing crisis in key European citiesWhen I moved to Amsterdam, I felt incredibly lucky to find an illegal six-month sublet 15 minutes by bike from the centre, secured through a friend of a friend. The cost was €1,000 a month – a bargain by market standards but still well over double what my downstairs neighbour, Henrika, paid under the lifelong social housing contract she had obtained four decades earlier.In the intervening years, Amsterdam had shifted from a pinnacle of inclusivity and progressive housing politics to one of Europe’s most unaffordable markets. In the last year, Dutch house prices have surged by more than 10%, homelessness has risen by more than 20%, and rents in the private rental sector have climbed by more than 7%.Amber Howard is a researcher i...

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3 w. ago UK will look into more ‘transactional’ approach to granting visas, says Starmer

Prime minister outlines plans to penalise countries that refuse to take back refused asylum seekersThe UK will look into penalising countries that refuse to take back people who are refused asylum by making visa applications for their nationals harder, Keir Starmer has said at the G7 summit in Canada.Asked during a media Q&A about ways to reduce the number of people arriving irregularly, the prime minister said it would have a more “transactional” approach to granting visas for countries depending on their cooperation with returns. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago More migrants arrive in UK after blundering Labour minister claimed majority on small boats were women and children

More people have been spotted arriving in the UK via small boats after making the dangerous crossing of the English Channel from France after a Labour Minister had to issue the clarification.

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3 w. ago Moment BBC Question Time audience turns on Labour minister for 'outrageous' claim most small boat migrants are women and children

More than 14,800 people have arrived in Britain after making the crossing so far in 2025 - making it the worst start to the year on record.

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3 w. ago Moment BBC Question Time audience turns on Labour minister for 'outrageous' migrant claim

More than 14,800 people have arrived in Britain after making the crossing so far in 2025 - making it the worst start to the year on record.

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3 w. ago Before crash, Air India spent years attempting a turnaround after emerging from government control

The deadly crash of an Air India flight carrying more than 240 people on Thursday arrives after years of attempts to turn around the country’s flag carrier — which had been plagued by tragedy and financial losses under prior state ownership

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3 w. ago An Indigenous nation in Canada hails historic constitution: ‘We’re now the architects of certainty for ourselves’

Product of decades-long process aims to restore Heiltsuk’s system of coherent governance destroyed by colonial powersWhen outsiders arrived in the lands of the Heiltsuk people, they brought with them a rapacious appetite for the region’s trees, fish and minerals. Settlers and the government soon followed, claiming ownership of the thick cedar forests, the fjords and the abundance of life. Heiltsuk elders were confused. “If these are truly your lands,” they asked, “where are your stories?”For the Heiltsuk, stories explain everything from the shape of a local mountain to the distinct red fur fringes on the sea wolves stalking shores. They tell of the flesh-eating monster baxbakwa’lanuxusiwe, whose entire body was covered with snapping mouths before it was destroyed by a shaman and became a cloud of mosquitoes. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Air India crash: London Gatwick statement on passenger flight bound for UK

The plane, with around 240 people on board, was due to arrive at London Gatwick at 6.25pm

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