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Mahmood agrees Channel migrant intelligence deal with Belgium
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (406+ words) The Home Secretary has agreed an intelligence sharing deal with Belgium in an effort to stop migrant boats launching from the country. Ministers hope the agreement will help police in both countries to work faster against people smuggling and organised…...
Bridgwater's MP given promotion into Tory shadow cabinet
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (256+ words) BRIDGWATER MP Ashley Fox has been promoted in Kemi Badenoch's reshuffle of the Conservative frontbench, taking up a role in the party's Shadow Energy Security team. The Conservative leader has announced changes to her Shadow Cabinet and wider frontbench team,…...
Death of Nottingham attacks student was ‘potentially preventable’, inquiry hears
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (523+ words) The death of a student who was stabbed by paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane was potentially preventable if he had different medical treatment at the scene of the attack, a panel of experts found. Calocane was detained under mental health laws…...
Hundreds of protesters descend on Portsmouth after small boat arrival
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (411+ words) Hundreds of protesters have descended on Portsmouth, where a small boat thought to be containing asylum seekers and heading towards the coast sparked a major response with a helicopter, aeroplane and lifeboats sent to the scene. The boat’s occupants have…...
Gianni Infantino refuses to answer questions about his future
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (276+ words) Gianni Infantino refused to answer questions about his future with pressure continuing to mount on the FIFA boss. Infantino spoke to reporters ahead of the start of the Women’s Under-20 World Cup in Poland but declined to make any remarks…...
Iran accuses US of targeting tanker in Persian Gulf
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (99+ words) Four US missiles have struck a tanker about six miles from Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, Iranian broadcasters said. The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting said the crew are being evacuated and there were no casualties. Kharg Island is…...
Hundreds gather in Middlesbrough for first A66 crash funeral
1+ week, 1+ day ago (338+ words) Hundreds of people gathered in Middlesbrough for the first funeral of one of five young men killed in a head-on crash on the A66. Jakub Matusiak, also known as Jacob, was killed when a Volkswagen Passat he was travelling in hit…...
Locals left waiting for prescriptions due to Bridgwater postal delays
1+ week, 2+ day ago (889+ words) Long lines outside Bridgwater’s Royal Mail depot have become a familiar sight as residents try to collect post they say has not been delivered for up to four weeks. Huge queues have formed outside the Friarn Street depot as customers…...
Spanish PM rejects suggestions Morocco was behind Ceuta border crisis
1+ week, 2+ day ago (368+ words) Spain’s Prime Minister has rejected suggestions that Moroccan authorities helped orchestrate the deadly mass crossing of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, as pressure grows over his handling of the crisis. “I can assure you that no…...
Gary Glitter pleads not guilty to repeated sexual abuse of girl in 70s and 80s
1+ week, 3+ day ago (366+ words) Ex-pop star Gary Glitter has pleaded not guilty to eight allegations of sexual abuse against a girl when she was aged between eight and 11. Glitter, 82, whose real name is Paul Gadd, is accused of offences against the girl between 1978 and…...