[ A major rescue operation took place after a small boat believed to be carrying around 50 refugees ran aground on a sandbank in the English Channel off the Kent coast. Coastguard helicopter rescue teams and RNLI lifeboats were involved in the rescue mission which unfolded on Goodwin Sands off the Deal coast. The rescuers … Read more
[ Most holidaymakers don’t think of the Caribbean for a summer break, as hurricane season looms. The Atlantic storm season officially runs from 1 June to 30 November – but over the past 30 years the risk has been lower outside the period of mid-August to the end of September. So is it time for … Read more
[ The Home Office’s unsuccessful scramble to meet Rishi Sunak’s pledge to clear an asylum backlog is leading to a new “crisis” with a rapidly expanding mountain of appeals threatening to clog up the tribunal system, i has learnt. Specialist lawyers have said there will not be enough of them to handle the extra cases … Read more
[ Cities pull the attention in tourism trends. Gentrified villages take the rest. But most people actually live, work and, arguably, play in the bits in-between. In our work-from-home world, some of Britain’s suburbs are building on their heritage to provide alternative spaces for culture, cuisine, good living and clean air. Here are five that … Read more
[ Cities hog the attention when it comes to tourism trends. Gentrified villages take the rest. But most people actually live, work and, arguably, play in the bits in-between. In our work-from-home world, some suburbs are building on their heritage to provide alternative spaces for culture, cuisine, good living and clean air. Here are five … Read more
[ Conservative MPs have warned Rishi Sunak the scale of the Channel crisis remains “completely unacceptable” to voters despite small boat crossings dropping by a third. The number of migrants crossing the Channel dropped by 36 per cent in 2023 compared to the previous year, although a Border Force union warned it is likely to … Read more
[ The number of migrants crossing the Channel dropped by a third in 2023 compared to the previous year, but Border Force officials warned it is likely to rise in 2024 as smugglers get hold of “larger boats”. The total number of people recorded as arriving by small boat in 2023 stands at 29,437, provisional … Read more
