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Small boat arrivals in UK likely to rise in 2024, says Border Force officials’ union
Immigration Services Union says recent lull in Channel crossings was due to bad weather

Emily Dugan

01, Jan, 2024 @1:14 PM

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Michelle Mone’s husband says couple being ‘hung out to dry’ by ministers
Doug Barrowman says NCA investigation into Covid ‘VIP lane’ firm is being used to distract from government incompetence

Ben Quinn Political correspondent

01, Jan, 2024 @12:31 PM

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Period pants to get cheaper as tax on product abolished
Retailers including Marks & Spencer and Tesco promise to pass on savings to customers after VAT axed

Sarah Marsh Consumer affairs correspondent

01, Jan, 2024 @5:00 AM

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Man arrested after two women found dead in Staffordshire
68-year-old held on suspicion of murder after two women found in house in Cheadle

Tom Ambrose

31, Dec, 2023 @10:49 PM

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New Year’s Eve fireworks cancelled as heavy rain and high winds buffet UK
Plymouth winter wonderland and train services also scrapped as Met Office warns of gales along southern English and Welsh coasts

Tom Ambrose

31, Dec, 2023 @7:31 PM

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Concentration of power in London is ‘UK disease’ says outgoing Bristol mayor
Marvin Rees says best way to tackle issues such as decaying infrastructure and the climate emergency is at a city level

Steven Morris

31, Dec, 2023 @5:00 PM

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Civil servant at MoD alleges sexual assaults by three male colleagues
Woman came forward to Prospect trade union after feeling allegations were not sufficiently dealt with

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

31, Dec, 2023 @1:00 PM

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‘It hasn’t delivered for them’: where next for Harry and Meghan, content creators?
The Duke published a bestselling memoir and won a court battle but the couple’s media deals didn’t go as planned

Caroline Davies

31, Dec, 2023 @12:00 PM

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Gales threaten New Year’s Eve travel chaos in England and Wales
Bad weather in southern England, the West Country and south Wales likely to cause further disruption

Matthew Weaver

31, Dec, 2023 @9:32 AM

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Grenfell families ‘left in limbo’ lash out at delays to decision on demolition
Residents say ministers have wasted six years and ‘dodged’ making plan for tower since fire claimed 72 lives

Jon Ungoed-Thomas

31, Dec, 2023 @8:00 AM

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‘They’ve knocked down hundreds of trees’: concerns over Cornwall’s new anti-gridlock road
The infamous A30 summer bottleneck will go when dual carriageway opens in March, boosting the local tourism economy. But for some residents, the cost is too high

Jonny Weeks

31, Dec, 2023 @8:00 AM

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‘Their arrival has divided us’: Essex villagers torn over treatment of asylum seekers
Surprise visit to club by ‘impeccably behaved’ occupants of Wethersfield airbase prompts villagers to tighten admission policy for New Year’s Eve

Diane Taylor

30, Dec, 2023 @11:00 AM

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