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Gang moved £135m worth of drugs under guise of a removal company

The so-called kingpin boasted of a wealth online

Wales Online

Drugs gang used fake furniture removal firm as cover to smuggle £135m of cocaine, heroin and ketamine into UK

The gang shipped nearly two tons of drugs from Columbia and Europe

Manchester Evening News

Sunak unable to commit to lowering migration as Border Force bring people ashore

A Border Force vessel brought about 70 people thought to be migrants in to Dover, Kent, on Friday, after a small boat incident in the Channel.

The Independent UK

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British troops ‘to be trained to check passports’ to avoid summer strike chaos

Military’s five-day training schedule has reportedly been reduced from three weeks

The Independent UK

Soldiers to be trained to check passports amid UK fears of summer travel chaos

Exclusive: Unions say move will diminish national security, with temporary staff unable to detain suspected terrorists

The Guardian - UK

Children handcuffed and subjected to rub-down searches at Border Force detention sites

Prisons inspector condemned use of restraints of children as ‘unacceptable’

The Independent UK

Melbourne man jailed for attacks on women he drugged, sexually assaulted and filmed

A serial rapist will spend decades behind bars for spiking the drinks of female colleagues, sexually abusing them while they were passed out and posting images of the attacks online.

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Right-wing protest fears as asylum seekers barge arrives in Cornwall

The vessel, which will house around 500 migrants, is then expected to be moved into position at the Portland of Port in Dorset

Wales Online

Jet2 issues warning to travellers arriving in UK on Friday

Border Force Staff across the country will stage a walkout at the end of the week, causing significant delays

Manchester Evening News

Pair arrested at Manchester Airport as part of £100m smuggling ring that saw wads of money stashed in suitcases

A group of cash mules have been found guilty of transporting millions to Dubai in suitcases

Manchester Evening News

Champion boxer’s ex-girlfriend among ‘Sunshine and lollipops’ cash mule gang who transported millions to Dubai

The couriers, who were paid around £3,000 for each trip, were booked on business class flights due to the extra luggage allowance

The Independent UK

Sudan live: Evacuation flights continue as fighting threatens newly brokered three-day truce — as it happened

Rishi Sunak says more flights to take off into Wednesday after first UK plane leaves Khartoum; Sudanese army accused of breaching ceasefire

The Guardian - UK

Man who smuggled stowaways into UK in car boot wanted by police

Gavin Charters was arrested in France by Border Force officers after two Vietnamese nationals were found in his boot

Liverpool Echo

Record amount of cocaine seized by police and Border Force, figures show

The amount of herbal cannabis seized also hit a near-30-year high, the Home Office said.

The Independent UK

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Daily Mirror

British woman called Shamina detained at airport 'for having same name as Shamima Begum'

A woman who has a similar name to former Isis bride Shamima Begum says she was surrounded by officers at a UK airport and detained for three hours for questioning

Leeds Live

Jet2 'Mayhem' at Leeds Bradford and Manchester Airports as booking systems go down

Jet2 says Border Force systems failed for a temporary period

Daily Record

Drug smuggler caught at Scots airport with £295k of cannabis in suitcase after flight re-routed

Pawlo Albanskyi, from Toronto, was meant to be flying to Birmingham but came under the suspicion of Border Force Officers after landing at Aberdeen Airport in December last year.

The Independent UK

Lifeboat crew rescues group of people after small boats incident in Channel

A large group of rescued people were photographed arriving at a beach in Dungeness, Kent on Tuesday.

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Evening Standard

London NHS Trust apologises after striking doctors warned they will be reported to Border Force

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust says message sent by staff member in local WhatsApp group was a ‘mistake’

Manchester Evening News

All the travel strikes planned over the Easter Holidays

Airport workers, Passport Office staff and air traffic controllers are among those walking out in the coming weeks

Daily Mirror

Full list of strikes expected to cause travel chaos over Easter and bank holidays

Passport Office worker, security staff at Heathrow Airport, French air traffic controllers, Border Force workers and Spanish airport workers are all due to walk out over the coming months

Daily Mirror

Border Force workers plan strikes ahead of May bank holiday weekend

On April 28 as many as 15,000 Border Force workers represented by PCS Union could walk out at airports and ports across the UK, potentially leading to chaos at travel hubs

The Independent UK

Border Force strike confirmed for end of April

The walkout is the latest in an ongoing dispute over pay, pensions and job security

The Independent UK

Hundreds join protest against migration Bill outside Parliament

The demonstration was organised by the campaign group Stand Up To Racism.

Daily Mirror

Airline passenger smuggled 83,000 cigarettes into UK avoiding £28,000 duty tax bill

Samuel Onyemenam has his suitcases X-rayed after he arrived on a flight from Nigeria at Newcastle International Airport where border control officers found the £28k haul

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