Thousands of online grooming crimes have been recorded while waiting for updated online safety laws. Campaigners are urging tech companies and MPs to back the Online Safety Bill and are calling for no more hold-ups. The bill aims to crack down on illegal content and has faced repeated delays and amendments. Children’s charity the NPSCC […]
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Harben House Hotel in Newport Pagnell is due to receive 270 asylum seekers paid for by the home office. However, it has come to light that the hotel’s owner, Siddharth Mahajan, 42, from Ilford in east London, was convicted of offences linked to the operation of houses of multiple occupancy (HMOs). Milton Keynes Council leader
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Today marks the 431st birthday of the first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis. He made this monumental discovery on the 14th of August in 1592. It wasn’t until 1764 that the French established the first colony, later being kicked out by the Spanish in 1770. However, 1833 we returned and planted our
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An Analysis of courses advertised by the University Colleges and Admissions Service (Ucas) shows that foreign students are being offered places on hundreds more undergraduate degrees in a clearing at Russell Group institutions than their British counterparts. It means that British teenagers who fail to achieve the A-level grades needed for their first-choice course when results
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Six people have been confirmed dead, and over 50 have been rescued after a migrant boat capsized in the Channel this morning. The small boat is believed to have had difficulty at around 5 am on Saturday due to severe adverse weather conditions before being rescued around 5 miles from Calais. Five French ships, two
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Yesterday, the Homeland Party surveyed Buxton locals to determine if they wanted migrants housed in High Peak Halls. The University of Derby is determined to turn its halls of residence into migrant accommodation, which could house almost 300 migrants – this would be in a town of just 20,000 people! After initially withdrawing the application
The Home Office has officially launched a new task force; the task force will be responsible for collecting evidence to build more robust cases against ‘crooked’ immigration lawyers. The GOV.UK website states, ‘ We are stepping up action to support regulatory action and prosecution of unscrupulous lawyers, with a new dedicated taskforce and tougher sentences.’
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On Monday 7 August the first migrants were moved to the Bibby Stockholm barge amid concerns about the barges’ suitability and safety. Up to 500 men aged 18-65 will be housed on the barge while they await the outcome of their asylum application. The floating accommodation block was docked off the Dorset coast nearly three
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Eddie Izzard has announced he is aiming to stand as the Labour candidate in Brighton at the next general election. The 61-year-old said: ‘Labour needs a candidate that can inspire many thousands to become our friends and allies in the fight for a fairer-greener-cleaner planet’. Izzard, originally from nearby Bexhill-on-sea, said of Brighton: ‘Support this
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Teachers, governors and pupils are leaving a ‘toxic’ primary school in droves over allegations of ‘commonplace’ racism, bullying and serious failings. St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, has lost around a third of its pupils as parents pull their children out amid a plethora of concerns. At the centre of all the controversy
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