We have a history of brilliant law enforcement cooperation to put the criminal smuggling gangs where they belong behind bars. This government will continue to work closely with international partners as we restore order and control to UK borders.
The Jukebox Man is one of three horses that were involved in a blanket finish to the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day. Jango Baie and Gaelic Warrior are the others that are currently vying for favouritism for the day's feature race.
The PAC was deeply troubled to learn that the BBC still does not know how much the government would fund the World Service for the coming year. The government provides about 30% of the budget for the World Service, which reaches more than 300 million people a week and is 'a jewel in the crown of the UK's soft power', according to the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee.
Island communities have long experienced mobile coverage challenges, and addressing total not-spots is a key focus of the £1.3bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme. Launched in 2020, the SRN is a joint initiative between the government and the UK's mobile network operators - EE and Virgin Media O2 (VMO2), as well as Three and Vodafone before their merger - to extend 4G connectivity to 95% of the UK's landmass by the end of 2025.
You would have to have known Gwen to know that she would have done whatever trying to protect the children in her care. She paid the ultimate price for that commitment. Finally, we now feel that she has been honoured for what happened that day.
James Coltella had instructed students at Tonbridge School to sing sections of the song Marvin Gaye' by Charlie Puth, with lyrics including king size to ourselves and it's a Karma Sutra show and tell. In a witness statement, one of the pupils said that Mr Coltella would walk up and down the line, searching for eye contact.
Officers would like to speak to the man pictured, as they believe he may have information that could help their investigation. Anyone who recognises him is asked to contact BTP by texting 61016 or calling 0800 40 50 40, quoting reference 266 of 1 January.
This investigation continues at pace with a number of lines of inquiry being pursued by our detectives. The warrants of further detention for these three men will allow us to continue the investigation, while mitigating any potential risk to the public as we do so. This has been a long-running investigation and part of our ongoing work to disrupt malign activity where we suspect it.
A 31-year-old man on suspicion of voyeurism when asked about reports that a BA pilot had been accused of filming sex sessions with up to 16 women without their consent, before sharing the footage online. The Met said the arrest, on Thursday, came after a woman in her 20s alleged that videos had been taken of her and then distributed without her consent.
A briefing by the health justice charity Medact said the highly interoperable nature of Palantir's software could enable data-driven state abuses of power, including US-style ICE raids. The report, released on Thursday and backed by doctors, lawyers, patients and human rights groups from the No Palantir in the NHS campaign and sent to hospital trusts and integrated care boards nationwide, was shared with the Guardian and BMJ.
In late 2024 and early 2025, whilst undoubtedly mentally unwell, he sent a number of emails, addressed to or copying into his communications bodies representing one or more foreign countries. Those emails contained information which the prosecution say should not have been disclosed in that way, the disclosure of which was damaging to UK national interests.
James Short, who runs Adventure Pirate near Lytchett Minster, had introduced the three pigs to a plot of land adjacent to his education business, which previously housed animals. However, when he began advertising "pig walking" and "pig therapy" for his predominantly child customers on social media, Dorset Council intervened.
Both defendants ferried migrants across the English Channel from northern France to the English coast, in particular to Itchenor in Chichester Harbour and they ferried the migrants across the Channel in a yacht called Uforia. It was established some of the migrants paid up to 15,000 euros - this was a premium bespoke service and any one trip would involve three to six migrants being taken across the Channel.
Four undercover police officers spied on the justice campaign run by the family of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent man shot dead by police on the tube in 2005, the spycops public inquiry has heard. The surveillance took place while the grieving family was seeking to hold the Metropolitan police to account and uncover the truth of why officers had mistaken him for a suicide bomber when they shot him seven times in the head.
A man who broke into a family home on Christmas Eve and beat a mother in front of her young children and stabbed her boyfriend has been jailed for six years. Stephen Power, (34), who had prior convictions including for arson, possession of knives, possession of drugs for sale or supply, burglary, theft, criminal damage, was sentenced by Judge Colin Daly at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court.
Local authorities can increase council tax by as much as 4.99% year on year without the need for a referendum of residents. Seven authorities were this year given permission by the Government to raise council tax by more than 4.99%: Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (by as much as 6.74%); North Somerset (8.99%); Shropshire (8.99%); Trafford (7.49%); Warrington (7.49%); Windsor & Maidenhead (7.49%); and Worcestershire (8.99%).
