The Latest Breaking News from Lille

They were put on a waiting bus, accompanied by a heavy police presence.

Exclusive: Government accused of ‘outright lies’ after Eurostar confirms trains do not stop in Calais

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss told MPs about the ‘pop-up’ site in the city in northern France after the Government’s resettlement policy was criticised.

Furious Tories lined up to blast the Home Office after just 500 Ukraine Family Scheme visas were issued, with a centre due in Lille in 24 hours - but not Calais. Yet ministers defended the slow progress, saying imposters are already "pretending to be Ukrainian"

No 10 faces down pressure for application centre in port town – where 300 refugees have gathered

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss let slip the location in the House of Commons after hundreds of families arrived in the French port - only to discover they had to attend visa centres in Paris or Brussels in person

Ukrainian president summons spirit of Winston Churchill and tells MPs his country ‘will fight to the end in the sea, in the air, whatever the costs’

Top-flight clubs have been given the green light to relax Covid regulations at stadiums - great timing for an important show of support for Ukraine this weekend

The international Séries Mania festival, which will take place at the end of March in Lille, northern France, has entrusted the presidency of the jury of its international competition to a Ukrainian producer, Julia Sinkevych, a symbolic gesture motivated by the war in her country, it said on Wednesday.