Animals
Ministers could back bid to cut number of animals killed without being stunned (LINK ONLY)
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Employment
Channel migrants: French politicians call on UK to overhaul ‘lax’ labour laws to deter crossings
(Euronews) French politicians hit back at the UK and at their own government on Monday as a surge in the number of migrants trying to cross the English Channel in small boats heightened tensions between the two countries. Politicians from the region […]
Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: John Atkinson badly let down, family says
(BBC) The family of a man killed in the Manchester Arena attack say he was “badly let down” by some members of the emergency services. John Atkinson, 28, was one of 22 people who died in the bombing on 22 May 2017. […]
Immigration
Migrant crossings: Channel boats bring 364 more people
(BBC) Eleven boats with 364 migrants on board crossed the English Channel to reach Kent on Sunday, the Home Office said. French authorities also stopped 16 vessels, preventing over 500 further migrants from making the crossing. It follows 40 boat crossings on […]
Government & Politics
France to get migrant patrol funds soon, says UK minister
(BBC) Payments to France to help tackle migrant Channel crossings should be finalised in “the coming weeks,” Security Minister Damian Hinds has said. The UK promised France £54m in July to boost police patrols at its beaches. But on Saturday, a French […]
Government & Politics
More than 1,000 cross Channel as UK urged to honour £54m pledge to France (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
France urges UK to pay promised money for migrant policing
(AP) France’s interior minister on Saturday urged Britain to fulfill its promises to provide tens of millions of pounds (dollars) to help France stop migrants from trying to cross the English Channel. Visiting the northern port of Dunkirk, French Interior Minister Gerald […]
Government & Politics
France calls for an EU-UK treaty on migrants
(AFP) French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Saturday called for the start of negotiations for a migration treaty between the European Union and Britain. Darmanin also urged the British government to “uphold its promise” to finance the fight against the illegal immigrants […]
Crime
Migrant-smuggler jailed for 10 years for plot to carry people on dinghy in English Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Islamic State mother Nicole Jack says ‘don’t sweep us under carpet’
(BBC) A British woman who joined the Islamic State group with her young children has said UK politicians should “open your minds” to allowing them to return. Nicole Jack and her three daughters are currently being held in a detention camp in […]
Legal
High Wycombe man accused of IS membership appears in court
(BBC) An alleged member of the Islamic State group has appeared in court charged with terror offences after he was arrested at Heathrow Airport. Shabazz Suleman, 25, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, is alleged to have performed guard duty and carried out military […]
Crime
Burnley man who claimed spirits murdered victims jailed
(BBC) A man who murdered a doctor and her daughter in “a brutal, shocking attack” has [been] jailed for life. Shahbaz Khan drugged Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi, 49, and Vian Mangrio, 14, before killing them and setting fire to their house in […]
Law Enforcement
Man charged with terror offences after arrest at Heathrow Airport, Thames Valley Police say Shabazz Suleman, 25, who is accused of being a member of the so-called Islamic State terrorist group, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Wednesday.
(Sky News) A man has been charged with terror offences after being arrested at Heathrow Airport, Thames Valley Police said. Shabazz Suleman, who is also accused of being a member of the Islamic State group, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on […]
Crime
No retrial for Burnley killer who blamed spirits for murders and pleas
(BBC) A last-ditch attempt to seek a retrial by a man who murdered a doctor and her 14-year-old daughter has been rejected. Shahbaz Khan had pleaded guilty to the murder of Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi, 49, and Vian Mangrio, 14, in Burnley […]
Health & Medicine
Reading terror attacker attempts to appeal whole-life prison sentence (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Patel: There is no reason for asylum seekers to travel from France to the UK (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Migrants crossing Channel in small boats from France to be detained in Albania in new asylum crackdown (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Channel migrants: Boris Johnson says France ‘could do more’
(BBC) The prime minister said the French authorities “could do more” to stop migrants crossing the English Channel. The number of people who have crossed the Channel so far this year is more than double the total for 2020. In an interview […]
Immigration
French police open fire on migrants’ dinghy on Dunkirk beach with potentially lethal rubber bullets (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Manchester Arena inquiry: Any mistakes will not be covered up, families told
(BBC) The families of the Manchester Arena attack victims have been told that any mistakes by police or security services will not be kept secret. A public inquiry, which started in September 2020, will shortly examine whether they could have prevented the […]
Legal
Syria returnee jailed for sharing so-called Islamic State propaganda (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Small boats, big tensions between France and Britain
(AFP) “The moment they are in the boats at sea, they’ve won,” says a French policeman as he looks out across a windswept departure point for migrants heading across the Channel to Britain. Day and night, military police officers like Maxence, a […]
Law Enforcement
British ISIS suspect had nearly €50,000 in bitcoin when arrested (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Suspected Islamist extremist, 25, is arrested at Heathrow Airport (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
British terrorist who fled ISIS caught because he couldn’t stop eating kebabs (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Channel migrants: Crossing numbers in 2021 double 2020’s figure
(BBC) More than 660 migrants crossed the English Channel on Sunday, bringing the total so far this year to more than double the total for 2020. The Home Office said 669 people crossed in 22 boats on Sunday, with the French authorities […]
Immigration
Number of people crossing English Channel nearly doubles 2020 record (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Man denies launching terror attack at Marks and Spencer in Burnley (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Channel crossings: September sees record number of migrants
(BBC) More migrants have crossed the Channel in small boats so far in September than in any other previous month since the crisis began. According to the Home Office, 459 migrants were intercepted on Wednesday, on 14 boats. The total number of […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Hossam Metwally: How doctor’s ‘bizarre’ exorcism trial unfolded
(BBC) Hossam Metwally has been sentenced for poisoning his partner during a series of exorcism ceremonies which left her on the brink of death. The doctor’s trial, which could not be reported until its conclusion, over his “dangerous perversion” of the Islamic […]
Government & Politics
Manchester Arena inquiry: Families’ lawyers make bid to question MI5
(BBC) The security services made “grave breaches of their duty” in failing to stop the Manchester Arena bomber and should face questions from the bereaved families, the attack inquiry has heard. Salman Abedi, 22, killed 22 people when he detonated a device […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Hossam Metwally: Doctor jailed for bogus exorcism rituals
(BBC) A doctor who poisoned his partner in a series of bogus exorcism ceremonies has been jailed for 14 and a half years. Hossam Metwally, 61, brought Kelly Wilson to the brink of death by injecting her with drugs during the sessions […]
Immigration
Channel crossings: More than 400 migrants intercepted
(BBC) More than 400 migrants have been intercepted or rescued while crossing the Channel on small boats, the Home Office has confirmed. UK authorities dealt with 426 people in 14 incidents on Saturday. French officials dealt with 28 people in two incidents […]
News: Europe
Shamima Begum’s lawyer denies ex-Isis bride would withhold intelligence (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Parents must alert police to terrorist-sympathising children if they don’t want them to be prosecuted, says Prevent head (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Jihadi bride Shamima Begum tells pals she will never name Brits who joined ISIS (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
France stops more Channel migrant boats since UK threat to scrap £54m deal (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Six of Britain’s most dangerous convicted terrorists could be back on the street in months as cases face Parole Board (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Migrant crossings: More than 400 people cross Channel in three days
(BBC) More than 400 migrants have crossed the English Channel in three days, the Home Office has confirmed. On Wednesday, 85 people made the crossing, followed by 222 on Thursday and 174 on Friday. The French authorities stopped 267 people from making […]
Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Experts ‘stunned’ by police misapprehension
(BBC) Terrorism experts were “stunned” to hear senior police officials were unaware of a major failure on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing, an inquiry has heard. Former Assistant Chief Constable Debbie Ford did not know Greater Manchester Police (GMP) had […]
Government & Politics
Home secretary returns to Channel as migrant crossings continue (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Police lauded for ‘exemplary’ response
(BBC) British Transport Police officers’ response to the Manchester Arena attack has been described as “exemplary,” despite significant command failures. The officers were among the first to enter the foyer area, where the May 2017 suicide bombing killed 22 people. Policing experts […]
Academics & Education
Zarah Sultana invited to learn about Prevent after repeating false ‘Free Palestine’ claim (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Shamima Begum apologises to UK public and says she’d ‘rather die’ than return to IS
(ITV) Shamima Begum has said she is “sorry” to the UK public for joining the Islamic State (IS) and says she would “rather die” than go back to the terrorist organisation. Speaking to ITV’s Good Morning Britain from a Syrian camp where […]
Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry told police failed in response to bombing
(BBC) Police “failed” in their response to the Manchester Arena attack, terrorism experts have told the bombing inquiry. Three experts told the Manchester Arena inquiry there had been a “significant failure” in Greater Manchester Police’s (GMP) emergency response to the attack, which […]
Children & Teens
UK’s most senior police officer takes aim at tech companies over online harms (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Two of Britain’s most dangerous terrorists could be free in weeks as UK faces biggest threat from extremists in decades (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
More migrants arrive in Kent as numbers hit new 2021 record (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: Medical equipment ‘dumped’ at bomb scene
(BBC) Medical equipment could have been distributed “more effectively” to help those injured in the Manchester Arena bombing, a public inquiry has heard. An ambulance expert said items including triage packs and stretchers were “dumped” outside Victoria Station during the emergency response. […]
Clerics & Preachers
Hate preacher Anjem Choudary blames US and Israel for 9/11 on 20th anniversary (LINK ONLY)
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