6 h. ago Shein files to float in Hong Kong but hopes to keep London IPO alive – reports

The fast fashion retailer confidentially filed a draft prospectus last week with the Hong Kong exchange, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

Politics

6 h. ago UK government backs French police immobilising small boats, minister says

Heidi Alexander says new tactics are ‘welcome’ and would prevent people leaving French shores to cross ChannelUK politics live – latest updatesFrench police slashing the boats of people smugglers was not “pleasant” but the right tactics, a UK cabinet minister has said, saying the government welcomed the new tactics from the authorities.It comes as Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are expected to announce new plans for French police to do more to block small boats crossing the Channel when the French president arrives for his state visit in London this week. Continue reading...

Politics

62 h. ago Will the French keep slashing boats of people smugglers? Non! Starmer left 'humiliated' after continental cops revealed that they will not routinely use tactic to stop people smugglers

Only two days ago, No 10 hailed footage showing French officers ripping open a dinghy in shallow waters as a 'significant moment' in the bid to smash the people-smuggling gangs.

Politics

3 d. ago Cooper orders ‘crackdown’ on suspected illegal working for delivery apps

Officers will carry out checks in hotspots across the country where they suspect asylum seekers are working as delivery riders without permission.

Events

4 d. ago Moment police arrest county lines 'gang member' during dawn raid as they shut down 100 drugs networks in a week

This is the moment dozens of police officers smashed their way into the east London home of a suspected county lines criminal as they crackdown on 100 drug networks in a single week. 

Events

4 d. ago I'm a travel agent...this is the first thing I ALWAYS do when entering a hotel room

Dimple Chudasama-Adams, a travel agent from Birmingham, has revealed a checklist of essential tasks every holidaymaker must do before settling into their hotel room. 

Politics

5 d. ago Revealed: The true cost of Trump’s tariffs on UK small businesses

Exclusive: SMEs are increasingly looking to export to China, while exchange rates are playing havoc with profit margins

Economics

6 d. ago Fears over £160bn blow to London’s stock market as AstraZeneca considers listing move to US

CEO Pascal Soriot has not hidden his annoyance at taxes and regulations the pharmaceutical firm have to navigate

Economics

7 d. ago People smugglers caught out boasting about profits from sending migrants to UK on small boats are jailed

The six Afghans and two Iraqi Kurds were sentenced to up to eight years each following their trial

Events

7 d. ago People smugglers jailed for sending migrants to their deaths in UK

The six Afghans and two Iraqi Kurds were sentenced to up to eight years each following their trial

Events

7 d. ago Former Ecuadorian vice president detained in embassy raid gets 13 years in prison

The former vice president of Ecuador who was detained last year during a highly criticized police raid on Mexico’s embassy has been sentenced

Events

7 d. ago Nine people smugglers jailed in France over fatal Channel small boat crossing

A boat got into trouble off the Kent coast while carrying 47 people on December 14 2022.

Events

7 d. ago A Russian media outlet is raided in Azerbaijan's capital as tensions rise between Moscow and Baku

Azerbaijani media said police in the capital of Baku searched the offices of Russia’s state-funded news outlet Sputnik, amid rising tensions between the two countries after the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis during a police raid last week in a Russian city

Events

8 d. ago Two charged over drugs offences after police raid homes in south Manchester

Kaiden Smith and Alisha Petrie will appear in court in August

Events

8 d. ago Illegal vapes worth £8,000 seized as police raid Stockport shops

A prolific shoplifter was also arrested after being found in possession of a large quantity of meat

Economics

8 d. ago Two illegal immigrants from Albania found in £400,000 drug farm

The pair had paid people smugglers to get them into the UK

Events

9 d. ago Inside story of the gang of people smugglers who used adapted Vauxhall Vectras

The gang's leader Mukhlis Jamal Hamadamin, a Kurdish-born UK citizen from Stockport, is behind bars

Events

1 week ago UK’s financial watchdog launches probe into troubled Wood Group

The Financial Conduct Authority’s probe will look into the period between January 2023 and November 2024.

Events

1 week ago Moment police raid twisted ritual where women 'in trances' bury themselves alive

A self-styled shaman and his assistant have been arrested after police raided a bizarre ritual in Russia and found worshippers gathered around a fire while two women had been buried

Events

1 week ago Crackdown on Scotland gang war: Police arrest 49 suspects including boy, 17, after spate of shootings, firebombings and assaults rocked Edinburgh and Glasgow

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of firebombing in connection with Operation Portaledge, the ongoing investigation into a spate of violent incidents in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

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