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Home Secretary hails work with French to stop small boat crossings
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/06/13/9d083b6a7018604352d68cadb50b8294Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUxODg2NDU3-2.80889978.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 The Home Secretary has hailed the UK’s co-operation with France after reports that authorities are…
Shopkeeper jailed for 10 years for sexually assaulting and grooming a girl in his shop
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/06/9/21/Daniel-Hashmi-mugshot-from-Manchester-police.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=195%2C0%2C108%2C0 A shopkeeper who groomed and sexually assaulted a teenage girl in Stockport has been jailed…
Ukrainian grandmother, 78, stranded for two days after being refused flight to UK over eVisa issues
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/01/11/49/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-28-at-13-29-00-(1).jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=376%2C0%2C157%2C0 A Ukrainian grandmother was left stranded at Krakov airport after being stopped from boarding a…
Any breakaway party should be called ‘Farage assistance group’ – Lord Kinnock
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/06/12/60d3079bb5700fc632ab04ef64f76afcY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUxODgzODcy-2.80884406.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 A breakaway party to the left of Labour should be known as the “Farage assistance…
Met Police chief says policing football matches across country costs £70m
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/06/12/b5e47311430425e0249666dd2a4a2a4dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUxODg1NTMw-2.80594040.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Football clubs should contribute more to the £70 million cost of policing their matches, the…
Urgent police search for missing girl, 12, who vanished in popular seaside town
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/06/9/11/pixie.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C0%2C250%2C0 Police are urgently searching for a missing 12-year-old girl who disappeared in Bournemouth on Saturday.…
Ex-England and Premier League star ‘arrested in Stansted Airport in front of stunned passengers’
https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/02/28/22/71daf115e705ad8ae94de8946788f249Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjc3NzA5MjE4-2.22812524.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 A former Premier League and England footballer was arrested at an airport in front of…
Ministers ‘pushed ahead too fast’ on welfare reform, says Phillipson
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/06/11/98e12785156aacff30221540b5972047Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUxODgxNDM0-2.80908097.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Ministers “pushed ahead too fast” and “didn’t listen enough” on welfare reform, the Education Secretary…
Corbyn and Sultana’s new breakaway party will only boost Nigel Farage, Neil Kinnock warns
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/04/16/b28ecbb783ba8a59779a4202cf4c329eY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUxNzI2MzIz-2.80884406.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana are working on the creation of a “Farage assistance party”,…
Labour policies ‘obscured’ by rows over welfare and winter fuel – Lord Kinnock
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/06/11/33e52d0dc95f444d2f2aaf7506bbed77Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUxODc5NDE2-2.80864935.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Labour policies are “barely being noticed” and have been “obscured” by rows over welfare and winter…
