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People-smuggler jailed for manslaughter of 39 migrants

People-smuggler jailed for manslaughter of 39 migrants

Marius Mihai Draghici is sentenced over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants who were found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex, in October 2019. The court was told they suffered “unimaginable suffering and anguish” in their finals hours. The 50-year-old Romanian has been described as the “right hand man” in the gang responsible for […]

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Jess Phillips and Katharine Birbal Birbalsingh

Labour MP bullies headmistress

Labour frontbencher Jess Phillips has been accused of “racist and bullying behaviour” after a row on social media with high-profile headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh. Ms Birbalsingh, once dubbed “Britain’s strictest headteacher”, accused the Birmingham Yardley MP of seeking to “whip up a social media mob” against her on Twitter. It came after Ms Birbalsingh, head of

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Nahel Merzouk

The riots in France

We have all seen on the news recently the rioting, looting and carnage in France that has been caused by the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk by a police officer after a failed traffic stop. Nahel M, as the media insist on calling him, was of north African descent with his ethnicity being seen

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Suella Braverman

Cost of housing migrants could top £30m a day by 2026

Housing migrants and asylum seekers in temporary accommodation like hotels could cost up to £11billion a year if the new proposed Mall Boats Bill fails, according to the Government. Home Secretary Suella Braverman is set to point to the figures as evidence that her new Illegal Migration Bill would save British taxpayers money. Braverman’s Illegal Migration

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Stephen Lawrence suspect named

Stephen Lawrence suspect named

There have been calls to reopen police inquiries into the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence after a BBC investigation uncovered new evidence. Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Stephen’s mother, said it was “infuriating” no officers had suffered consequences. There should be “serious sanctions” for the failed investigation, she said. A BBC investigation has named Matthew White as

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Arthur’s Seat killer told wife to stop being like a ‘British woman’

The mother of a woman murdered by her husband who pushed her off a hill says he was “evil, jealous and insecure”. Fawziyah Javed, from Leeds, died after she was pushed from Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh by Kashif Anwar in 2021. Fawziyah married Anwar, an optical assistant, in an Islamic ceremony on 25 December 2020.

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