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Critics deride suggestion of return to arrangements ‘as we had during the Troubles’ Jacob Rees-Mogg has sparked a fresh row about the status of the Irish border after Brexit after a video emerged in which he suggests a return to checks “as we had during the Troubles”. The Conservative MP is seen on the footage from the public meeting suggesting ...

Disruption and cancellations across north of England as two-thirds of services cut People heading to Manchester Pride, Creamfields in Warrington and Leeds festival face disrupted weekend rail services across the north-west. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union at Northern rail are walking out for 24 hours on Saturday, and the company said it would operate fewer than a ...

The United Kingdom (UK) has called on the international community to provide long-term support to keep Rohingya people — both in Bangladesh and Myanmar– safe in the years to come. The UK has been at the forefront of that response and has contributed £129 million to support the displaced Rohingya since 25 August 2017, said UK Department for International Development ...

  A British-Iranian woman has been reunited with her family after being granted a three-day release from prison in Iran. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted of spying, which she denies.  She said she was “overwhelmed” and it would be “awesome” for her four-year-old daughter to “have a mummy again”.   Foreign Secretary Jeremy ...

Difference between number of EU citizens entering and leaving UK is now just 87,000 Net migration to the UK from other EU countries has reached a near six-year low as a so-called Brexodus continues. The difference between the number of EU citizens entering the UK and the number leavingsank to 87,000 in the year to March, its lowest level since ...

Warning comes in government ‘technical notices’ telling businesses and public how to prepare in event of no deal Consumers would face slower and more costly credit card payments when they buy EU products, and British citizens living abroad could lose access to their bank accounts, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the government has warned. The Brexit secretary, Dominic ...

Larger share of boys gain top marks under new system while share of pupils gaining C or 4 also rises Boys appear to have been the major beneficiary of the new GCSE examinations taken in England for the first time this summer, as results showed across-the-board improvements in boys gaining top marks while girls saw their share of top grades ...

Home secretary to apologise to 18 people but Home Office says 164 may have been wrongly told to leave A total of 164 Windrush generation people may have been wrongly removed or detained, according to detailed analysis by the Home Office of almost 12,000 immigration cases. The home secretary has said he will apologise to 18 Windrush people who the ...

The Conservatives raised £45.9m, while Jeremy Corbyn’s party received £55.8m, boosted by higher membership Labour raised nearly £10m more than the Conservatives last year in what is thought to be the largest amount ever raised over 12 months by a single political party. Jeremy Corbyn’s party was given £55.8m in 2017, while the Conservatives managed to raise £45.9m, also their ...

Muslim pilgrims have gathered in the valley of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for a day of prayer that marks the pinnacle of the annual hajj. Some 2 million pilgrims packed shoulder to shoulder early Monday for an emotional day of repentance and supplication. It was on this day some 1,400 years ago that Islam’s Prophet Muhammad is said to ...