Some 9,885 people had been logged as making the journey from France as of Sunday, according to provisional Home Office figures for 2025.

Responding, environment minister Baroness Hayman of Ulloch said: “Regarding the company choosing KKR as its preferred bidder in the ongoing equity raise process, clearly Thames Water is a commercial ...

Jess Phillips has suggested she is open to co-operating with Rupert Lowe’s private inquiry into grooming gangs. The Home Office minister said she was “more than happy” to meet the Independent MP to ...

The Duchess of Sussex has said she is enjoying a new “honeymoon” feeling with Harry since the pair got “a little bit of breathing space” after stepping back from their royal duties.

A man with a “crazed attitude to sex” groomed a schoolgirl and then enjoyed watching others further degrade her in a “den of iniquity”, a judge has said. Ashley Darbyshire, 28, targeted his victim ...

Home Office minister Jess Phillips said she expects local inquiries into grooming gangs will “go further” than the five already announced. During an urgent question in the Commons, Ms Phillips also ...

Belfast rap trio Kneecap are a “hate fest” that “promote division”, DUP leader Gavin Robinson has said. The Belfast East MP said that the promoter of a Kneecap gig in Belfast in August has questions ...

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was important for the Government ‘to take stock’ after the Supreme Court ruling and Cass report.

Police have arrested and charged a seventh person in connection with damage at US President Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf course. The 27-year-old woman was arrested and charged in Ayr on Sunday and is ...

A one-year-old girl has died after a crash on a campsite in North Wales, police have said. Emergency services were called to reports of a collision involving the child and a vehicle at the Bryn Gloch ...

A BORDERS play park has reopened after a "significant" upgrade. Members of the community, including children from St Ronan's Primary School, gathered with councillors on Friday to celebrate the ...