2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (259+ words) A maritime border operation targeting private boats arriving in Jersey found no offences and only minor breaches of customs and immigration rules, officials said. The Jersey Customs and Immigration Service (JCIS) worked with officers from the UK Border Security Command…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (166+ words) People living in vans on "meanwhile sites" in Bristol will have their council tax payments refunded. Councillor Kathy Hodson makes the plea before a debate on running carbon capture pipes on council land. Seven people have been arrested in connection…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (546+ words) A public planning inquiry is set to be held into proposals to expand an immigration removal centre. Gosport Borough Council and MP Dame Caroline Dinenage had previously written to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood urging the government to provide greater transparency…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (593+ words) The Premier League has announced it will stage seven matches on Boxing Day this year after releasing its festive schedule. Four fixtures will be staged at 15:00 GMT, with further matches played at 12:30, 17:30 and 20:00. The fixture programme for 26 December, which falls…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (593+ words) A man who witnessed the RNLI help a group of migrants crossing the English Channel in a dinghy has said people need to have more compassion. Demonstrators blocked roads in an attempt to stop coaches carrying the 120 migrants from leaving…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (524+ words) Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has denied her party's plans to cut housing benefit would make people homeless, but suggested some would have to "move somewhere cheaper". At Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, she had challenged Andy Burnham to commit to…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (398+ words) A football club has been granted permission to build a £4m stadium on grounds it used to call home for more than 100 years. Councillors approved Gorleston FC's plans to return to its traditional Recreation Ground home in a project that will…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (528+ words) Lifeboat crews helped to ensure the safety of anti-migrant protesters in the sea off Portsmouth, the RNLI has said. On Sunday, demonstrators blocked roads to try to stop 120 cross-Channel migrants who were brought ashore at Eastney with the RNLI's assistance....

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (502+ words) Police should urgently consider whether more could have been done in response to anti-migrant protests in Dover and Portsmouth, Downing Street has said. Masked activists brought Dover to a standstill on Saturday and a further protest took place in Portsmouth…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (445+ words) A council leader says he wants a hotel used to house asylum seekers to be restored to "its former glory". The Royal Hotel on Ferensway was used by the Home Office to house asylum seekers for more than six years,…...