Border Force intercepts at least seven more migrants off Kent coast today

At least eight migrants including a baby have been picked up off the coast of Dover today following more than 1,000 arrivals in the past 10 days. Border Force crews were seen out on the water off the Kent coast today after intercepting a boat carrying men and women. The refugees will have been taken … Read more

Royal Navy called in to help Border Force police the Channel for the first time this year

The Royal Navy has been called in to help Border Force police the Channel for the first time this year as 1,000 migrants crossed into England in 10 days. On Saturday evening the Ministry of Defence announced that it was sending a specialist team to provide support for ‘the daily running of Border Force operations’ after … Read more

Migrants make desperate Channel dash in dinghy only to be caught by Border Force

More than 1,000 migrants arrived in the UK in 10 days after crossing the Channel in small boats. Some 1,004 migrants were brought ashore by Border Force between August 4 and 13, analysis found. This takes the total so far this year to at least 4,511, more than double the amount thought to have crossed … Read more

Mail Force charity hands 20,000 face masks to one of UK’s top hospitals

Delighted nurses at one of Britain’s top hospitals stepped out into the sunshine this week to unload the latest van full of life-saving Mail Force PPE. And the 20,000 masks and 60 visors presented to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge were for the first time manufactured entirely in Britain. The Mail Force charity – set up … Read more

Dutch ‘exit tax’ plan would force Unilever to abandon bid to base itself in the UK only

Dutch ‘exit tax’ plan would force Unilever to abandon bid to base itself in the UK only By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 10 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 10 August 2020 Dutch politicians have proposed a radical ‘exit tax’ for businesses that could scupper Unilever’s bid to establish a … Read more

UK Border Force have issued just NINE Fixed Penalty Notices for quarantine breach so far

The UK’s Border Force have issued just nine Fixed Penalty Notices to people breaching foreign arrival quarantine rules so far.  Home Office figures revealed that fewer than ten people have been hit with the notices in relation to their completion of the passenger locator form. The form allows arrivals from countries deemed high-risk – such as … Read more

Thirty million pieces of vital PPE kit sent to frontline staff in the Mail Force campaign

The Mail Force charity is today celebrating two truly outstanding achievements. Thanks to our generous readers and supporters, donations have hit an astonishing £11million – and it has now provided more than 30million pieces of personal protective equipment to the nation. The landmarks were reached just 100 days after its first delivery to the coronavirus … Read more

Ex-Border Force chief: Migrant arrivals will hit crisis levels without joint patrol treaty

Migrant arrivals will hit crisis levels if UK and France fail to agree joint Channel patrols, warns former head of Border Force More than 200 migrants managed to cross to Britain on Thursday alone in surge Ex-Border Force chief Tony Smith urged Britain to agree new joint patrol treaty  He claimed that the current approach  … Read more

Who are secretive British protest group Forever Family Force?

Wearing what appeared to be stab vests with paramilitary-style black uniforms, demonstrators marched through London yesterday demanding Britain make amends for generations of African slavery.  The peaceful protest saw a number of small action groups come together to bring Brixton to a standstill, but it was the little known Forever Family group that made the … Read more

Fears over the ‘Strictly curse’ force TV bosses to scrap plans for isolating together

Series 1: Natasha Kaplinsky and Brendan Cole Did they/didn’t they? Natasha Kaplinsky and her hunky partner Brendan Cole sparked affair rumours Strictly hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons during season one. Viewers were transfixed by the apparent close bond between newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky and her hunky partner Brendan Cole.  Although the pair went on to … Read more