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Law Enforcement
Man charged with terror offences
(BBC) A man from Leicester has been charged with terror offences. Majid Novsarka, also known as Majid Freeman, has been charged with encouragement of terrorism and supporting a proscribed organisation, Leicestershire Police said. The charges follow a warrant being carried out in […]
Government & Politics
Disused cruise ships could house asylum seekers — as government due to spend £2.3bn a year on hotels The home secretary told peers at a committee there are 117,000 people in the UK's asylum system, with 40,000 in hotels, which is costing more than £5m a day.
(Sky News) Disused cruise ships could be used to house asylum seekers — while the government expects to spend £3.5bn on people who have come to the UK to find sanctuary from persecution this fiscal year, the home secretary has said. Suella […]
Health & Medicine
Bomb double the size of US marathon device — court
(BBC) A man accused of trying to detonate a bomb outside a hospital estimated it was “double the size” of a device used in a US marathon attack, a court heard. [Mohammad] Farooq, 28, is accused of targeting St James’s Hospital in […]