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Image caption One boat carrying 14 migrants landed at Kingsdown on Saturday morning A further four boats carrying 65 migrants have been picked up in the English Channel, the Home Office said. Border Force patrols found the boats travelling towards the UK on Sunday, a day after at least 151 migrants on 15 boats arrived […]

Image copyright Reuters The UK’s coastguard has issued a new warning urging people to be careful in the sea, after recording its highest number of call-outs in a single day for more than four years. Its teams dealt with 340 incidents and rescued 146 people on Saturday. Saturday was the second day of a mini-heatwave […]

Image copyright PA MediaImage caption Dawn Butler said she was pulled over by police while travelling through Hackney A Labour MP has accused police of racially profiling her after she was stopped while travelling in a car in east London. Former shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler tweeted she had been pulled over in Hackney and […]

Image copyright Reuters The UK has pledged a further £20m in aid to Lebanon following Tuesday’s deadly explosion in Beirut. The support will go directly to those injured and displaced by the explosion, providing access to food and medicine as well as other urgent supplies. The UK, which has already given £5m to the emergency […]

Image copyright PA MediaImage caption Andy Burnham attended a service for coronavirus victims in July Pubs may have to shut to allow schools to safely reopen if the NHS Test and Trace system is not “fixed urgently”, the Greater Manchester mayor has said. Only 53% of people in contact with a coronavirus carrier have been […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMigrants setting out to sea 20 miles east of Calais were filmed by a BBC team, as Gavin Lee reports Defence chiefs are considering a request from the Home Office for help to deal with migrants attempting to cross the English Channel. The government is looking at […]

Image copyright ReutersImage caption Protesters listened to speeches and held up banners during the peaceful demonstration Hundreds of people gathered outside a north London police station calling for an end to what they say is an “overpolicing” of black communities. Protesters held up banners and listened to speeches during the peaceful demonstration in Tottenham. Those […]

Image copyright Ian burtImage caption Crews from Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service assisted police in recovering the body. A man has died in a lake on one of the hottest days of the year. Norfolk Police said the man “got into difficulty” at Bawsey Country Park in King’s Lynn at about 11:30 BST. Norfolk Fire […]

Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption Lockdown restrictions were reintroduced in Aberdeen on Wednesday Another 60 confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Scotland, including 39 in the NHS Grampian area. A cluster of linked cases was discovered in Aberdeen last week, leading to lockdown restrictions being reintroduced in the city. Scotland’s national clinical director […]

Image copyright ReutersImage caption People watch a socially-distanced concert in Preston Young people in Preston are being urged “Don’t kill Granny” as new lockdown measures come into force. Extra restrictions were imposed after Covid-19 infections rose in the city. Adrian Phillips, chief executive of Preston City Council, said it was “alarming to see that the […]

Image copyright @MirrenGiddaImage caption A police cordon is in place around the station. Protesters have gathered outside a police station in north-west London following the arrest of teenage boy. About 40 people assembled outside of Colindale Police Station in Barnet. It comes after a 14-year-old was arrested on suspicion of possession of cannabis earlier. Police […]

Image copyright PA MediaImage caption Preston has seen a rise in positive tests for coronavirus Lockdown measures are being reintroduced in Preston from midnight after a rise in Covid-19 cases. Residents in the Lancashire city are facing stricter restrictions, which include banning separate households from meeting each other at home. The council had already asked […]