Border Force is being trained on ‘turn-around’ tactics but France warns plan could endanger lives Priti Patel is preparing to send back small boats carrying migrants in the Channel despite warnings from the French authorities that it could endanger lives. Border Force staff are being trained to employ “turn-around” tactics […]
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Group signs open letter criticising decision to extend Cressida Dick’s term in office by two years Victims of police incompetence and malpractice, including Doreen Lawrence and the brother of murdered private eye Daniel Morgan, have called for the replacement of the Metropolitan police commissioner, Cressida Dick. In a scathing open […]
Rallies in Afghanistan have already been broken up violently, now ‘severe consequences’ are threatened for demonstrators The Taliban has moved to tighten its crackdown on escalating protests against its rule, banning any demonstrations that do not have official approval for both the gathering itself and for any slogans that might […]
MPs likely to pass PM’s healthcare levy on Wednesday, pushing tax burden to record peacetime level MPs are set to usher in a historic £12bn healthcare levy on Wednesday, pushing the tax burden to a record peacetime level as Boris Johnson stakes his political reputation on attempting to fix the […]
Police claim plans for end-to-end encryption will stop officers being able to access ‘incisive intelligence’ Facebook’s plans to allow encrypted messaging across all its platforms could prevent the detection of up to 20m child abuse images every year, a senior investigating officer has claimed. Rob Jones, the director of threat […]
Third of headteachers had to slash their budgets last year due to insufficient funding, survey finds Cash-strapped schools in England have been forced to cut support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) after nearly a third of headteachers said they were forced to slash their budgets last […]
Country will once again be officially known as an Islamic emirate, as at least two people killed in protests The Taliban have announced an all-male caretaker government including an interior minister wanted by the FBI, on a day when at least two people were killed by violent policing of street […]
Channel 4’s Grenfell: The Untold Story will include previously unseen recordings of pleas to former MP and landlord executive Previously unseen footage of Grenfell Tower residents pleading with their MP and landlord to end their mistreatment in the months before the 2017 disaster is to be broadcast for the first […]
RNLI lifeboat charity experiences especially busy day after recent run of bad weather halted crossings Hundreds of people have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel, as several charities said the current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan showed why people risk their lives to flee. It followed a first day […]
Government source says UK wants to ‘create space for talks to happen without deadlines looming’ Plans for post-Brexit checks on some goods entering Northern Ireland have been suspended indefinitely by the UK after negotiations with the EU reached a stalemate. Grace periods designed to ease the transition into new trading […]