A 56-year-old woman who is due to be evicted on 1 May has been told she should be able to "function reasonably well" if she ends up on the streets. Thurrock Council wrote to Heidi Dodson rejecting her application for priority housing following an eviction notice from her landlord.more
The convoy arrived just after sunrise: a stream of police vehicles, council trucks, mounted cranes and coaches, ready to dismantle a tent city of migrants and refugees in the heart of Dublin that had become too big, too visible, too political.more
The Balkan Insight website warns against fraudulent beauty clinics that are mushrooming in Greece. Self-proclaimed clinics extract thousands of euros from clients, people go into debt to pay for their services, but the desired results are not achieved.more
Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats have committed to introducing extra security checks to crack down on riders working illegally, the Government has said.
Workers in the gig economy are self-employed and have the right to substitute another rider to carry out jobs.more
Tech that comes with weak passwords such as “admin” or “12345” will be banned in the UK under new laws dictating that all smart devices must meet minimum security standards.more
Boris Becker has been released from a London bankruptcy court judgment after a judge found the famous tennis player had done "everything in his power" to repay tens of millions of pounds to creditors.more
As of April 1, there were 77,450 people in prisons and pretrial detention centers in France, the highest number in history, the country's Ministry of Justice reported. During the year, as many as 4,370 inmates arrived. Prisons are overcrowded and some inmates have to sleep on mattresses.more
The UK Home Office said yesterday that the detention of illegal immigrants singled out for deportation to Rwanda under an agreement with the country had begun.more
The UK has returned its first illegal immigrant to Rwanda, in line with a deportation agreement with the country, 'The Sun' newspaper revealed last night.more
The Irish government yesterday backed the passing of an emergency bill to recognise the UK as a safe third country, which would allow illegal immigrants coming from there to be sent back to the UK. This is another development in the escalating dispute between the two countries.more
Every year, tens of thousands of Poles apply for a visa lottery to try to fulfill their American dream. This year, applicants will learn the results on May 4. The chances of winning are small, less than 1%, but you must also remember that this is not the only option for legally moving to the USA.more
Meat and dairy products, plants and seeds are among the goods now subject to physical checks when imported to Britain from the European Union from Tuesday.more
The Home Office has admitted losing contact with thousands of migrants set to be deported to Rwanda - with claims they could have fled to Ireland. An internal document revealed that officials are only in touch with 2,143 of the 5,700 people earmarked to be on the first flights to the African state. more
A significant chunk of UK adults say they have no idea about how the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) will work when it kicks off in October. Almost two thirds of UK adults are unaware of the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) which is scheduled to launch later this year.more
British drivers risk a £120 fine if they fail to display a UK identifier when driving abroad and must use a UK sticker when driving their car in Spain, it has been announced. That's the warning from Swansway Motor Group, which is encouraging holidaymakers to check their licence plates if they're considering driving their car abroad this summer.more
A third UK airport has now lifted hand luggage restrictions on laptops and liquids in time for summer. Aberdeen International Airport is the latest airport to remove the requirement for passengers to limit liquids in hand luggage to 100ml and place them in clear plastic bags.more
A law passed by the British Parliament allowing the deportation of illegal immigrants to Rwanda received formal approval from King Charles III yesterday, marking its entry into force. The government, meanwhile, has said it already has a date booked for the first flight and the migrants selected.more
The pro-independence coalition between the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Scottish Greens, which had been in place for three years, fell apart yesterday due to a dispute over abandoning existing greenhouse gas reduction targets.more
The European Parliament adopted the first legislation in EU history to combat violence against women and domestic violence. They are intended to help prevent rape and to better protect women against cyberbullying and online harassment, including sending them obscene content. However, the EU has failed to adopt a common definition of rape.more
Using the phrase ‘back in your day’ to older colleagues could be considered age harassment, an employment judge has ruled. The “barbed and unwelcome” expression highlighting the age gap between two people may amount to “unwanted conduct”, a tribunal concluded.more
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary said he would ‘happily’ fly asylum seekers to Rwanda, but only after summer.
The UK government has not approached the budget airline to aid in carrying out its controversial plans to ship thousands of people off to the African country. But the Ryanair CEO has indicated he would be willing to make money off the deportation of migrants to a country known for human righmore
Roads could start going back up to 30mph by the end of the year, the Welsh government has announced, just months after lower speed limits were put in place.more
Discrimination against women, threats to judicial independence and excessive use of force by the police are examples of human rights violations in Poland, pointed out by the US Department of State in its report for 2023. The document contains an analysis of the situation in over 200 countries and regions of the world.more
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences after five people including a child were killed as they tried to cross the Channel.more
Supermarkets are no longer just security tagging steaks and single malt whiskies now at Tesco they have begun slapping tags on their shopping baskets. With the cost-of-living crisis causing a rise in food theft, supermarket shoppers have seen all sorts of items security tagged— including milk, butter, meat, and bars of chocolate.more