Out of 4,540 people detected arriving by small boats in the first three months of 2022, 24% were Afghan nationals according to the Home Office.
Goodfellas actor Ray Liotta has died aged 67, his representative has confirmed.
British consumers spent less on credit and debit cards and made fewer restaurant bookings than the week before, while job adverts showed a big increase, weekly figures collated by the Office for National Statistics showed on Thursday. Spending on credit and debit cards - which is not adjusted for inflation or the time of year - fell 3 percentage points on the previous week to 101% of its February 2020 average, based on Bank of England CHAPS interbank payments for the week to May 19. Restaurant bookings fell by 2 percentage points, according to OpenTable figures, and job adverts on the Adzuna recruitment website were 7% higher.
Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo, who has died aged 83, was the traditional ruler of the ancient Oyo kingdom in Nigeria. As occupant of a seat that had survived for centuries into the modern republic of Nigeria, he wielded great influence as an authoritative representative of the interests and culture of the Yoruba people.
Volodymyr Zelensky has crushed calls for Ukraine to cede some of its territory to Russia, comparing it to the appeasement of Adolf Hitler in the run-up to the Second World War.
The courtroom in Fairfax County Court in Virginia witnessed a rare moment of agreement among the legal teams of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke on Friday to Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and stressed the importance of concluding Israel's probes into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. "Secretary Blinken underscored the importance of concluding the investigations into the death of Palestinian-American Shireen Abu Akleh," the U.S. State Department said in a statement. The Palestinian Authority said on Thursday its investigation showed that Abu Akleh was shot by an Israeli soldier in a "deliberate murder."
A TWO-day country show to raise money for donkeys has returned after two years.
‘He is way too way young to have left us,’ the actor said
The likely culprits are lead-based fishing weights
Pupils from a Blackburn nursery school celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Belgian PM Alexander De Croo says he is "convinced" that European Union members will remain united in their approach to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, because their strategy was the fruit of careful coordination.
Oklahoma has become the first US state to effectively put a stop to abortions after Governor Kevin Stitt signed a ban into law on Wednesday. State politicians approved the ban enforced by civil lawsuits rather than criminal prosecution, like a Texas law that was passed in 2021. The bill was tabled and received final legislative approval in April 2022 by the state's Republican-controlled House of Representatives.
The 75th Cannes Film Festival wraps Saturday with the presentation of the Palme d’Or and other awards selected by a nine-member jury headed by French actor Vincent Lindon
PARENTS of twin babies and their friends will set off on a sponsored walk from to raise money for hospital wards who cared for their twin daughters.
Actor Kevin Spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men. The Crown Prosecution Service said the 62-year-old has also been charged after a review of the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police in its previous investigation into the two-time Oscar winner.
Pointing out the widening pay gap between staff and CEOs isn't the "politics of envy" – it's necessary.
The show's original star will pay tribute to the long-running cosy crime drama.
The Chancellor set out a £15 billion emergency package to help ease the cost-of-living crisis.
The injunction is being sought against anyone damaging, delaying or hindering the project’s agents contractors, sub-contractors and employees.
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