3 d. ago Asylum seeker accused of killing migrant hotel worker with a screwdriver denies he lied about his age

Asylum seeker Deng Chol Majek who is accused of killing a young female staff member at his migrant hotel has denied lying about his age when he arrived in the UK.

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4 d. ago Female migrant’s chilling murder confession after she ‘raped and killed’ Lola Daviet, 12, as she says ‘I wasn’t myself’

A FEMALE migrant who has confessed to torturing, raping and brutally murdering a schoolgirl made a chilling admission in court today. Algerian migrant Dahbia Benkired, now aged 27, is accused of the horrifying murder of 12-year-old Lola Daviet in a case that rocked France three years ago. Speaking in court today, she said: "I know I killed a baby,...

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4 d. ago Horror injuries of Lola Daviet, 12, ‘raped & strangled by female migrant’ revealed as court hears scale of girl’s terror

A TRAGIC 12-year-old "undoubtedly suffered" during a brutal assault that saw her "raped and strangled" by a female migrant, a court heard. Algerian migrant Dahbia Benkired, now aged 27, is accused of murdering 12-year-old Lola Daviet in a case that shocked France three years ago. A court has now been told the harrowing details of poor Lola's...

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5 d. ago Male migrant who posed as a female nurse and worked in A&E department for months avoids jail

Male migrant Lucius Njoku borrowed a female friend's identity to tend to seriously ill patients in the A&E unit at the NHS hospital where killer nurse Lucy Letby worked, a court heard.

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2 w. ago Colin Hanks on his John Candy documentary: ‘Inspiring for me as an actor’

Amazon’s John Candy: I Like Me looks back on the much-loved comedic actor’s life with contributions from Bill Murray, Steve Martin and Tom HanksThe new Amazon documentary John Candy: I Like Me takes its title from a famous scene that happens surprisingly early in the 1987 comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles.In what is arguably Candy’s most beloved performance, he plays Del Griffith, a sweet-natured if initially irritating traveling salesman who winds up accompanying uptight Neal (Steve Martin) on a series of cross-country misadventures, attempting to get home for Thanksgiving. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Three people trapped on sinking fishing boat as it hits rocks

The fishing boat sent a Mayday call, prompting lifeboat and helicopter crews to rush to the scene

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3 w. ago Body of young migrant found on French beach as crossings to UK rise

French authorities have announced the discovery of a body on a beach used by migrants attempting to cross from northern France to the U.K. on flimsy boats

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3 w. ago Child dies after falling off migrant boat carrying nearly 100 people in the English Channel

The horrific incident on Sunday morning followed two Somali women dying in similar circumstances the day before (pictured)

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3 w. ago Two female migrants die while attempting to cross the Channel after dinghy carrying 100 people sinks

French police said the women died by suffocation or drowning after the overloaded boat set off for the UK at around 3.15am.

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4 w. ago Migrants keep piling into crammed rubber boats to cross the Channel just hours after two women died trying to reach the UK

The female migrants died while a further 60 were rescued after 100 squeezed into an overcrowded makeshift boat on Saturday morning off the coast near Neufchatel-Hardelot.

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last month Home Office probes Afghan migrant who won UK asylum then shared holiday snaps from Taliban

The man, who goes by the name DG Usama, arrived in the UK in April 2022 on a dinghy across the Channel

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