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Moment shoplifting gang steal bottles of wine in front of stunned shoppers before scarpering – as Britain’s £1bn crime spree fuels demand for security guards

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Moment shoplifting gang steal bottles of wine in front of stunned shoppers before scarpering – as Britain’s £1bn crime spree fuels demand for security guards

This is the moment a shoplifting gang of thieves were caught on camera stealing alcohol in front of stunned shoppers before scarpering out of a Tesco. This comes as Britain’s £1billion crime spree has led to a major spike in demand for security guards as retail chains crackdown on thieves and abusive thugs. Phil Bentley, boss of … Read more

MATT GOODWIN: Obsessing over illegal migrants in small boats is a bit like worrying about an unlocked first-floor window when the front door is wide open

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MATT GOODWIN: Obsessing over illegal migrants in small boats is a bit like worrying about an unlocked first-floor window when the front door is wide open

As someone who has spent years monitoring the ever-growing number of migrants entering Britain on an annual basis, I am rarely shocked by the scale of the influx. But even I was astonished to read yesterday that the latest net-migration figure — the number of people entering the country minus the number leaving — now … Read more

EXCLUSIVE: Rishi Sunak has lacked moral leadership over the protests and police have let the British people down: Suella Braverman reveals what she REALLY thinks (and yes, she IS named after Sue Ellen in Dallas)

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EXCLUSIVE: Rishi Sunak has lacked moral leadership over the protests and police have let the British people down: Suella Braverman reveals what she REALLY thinks (and yes, she IS named after Sue Ellen in Dallas)

When Suella Braverman was born in 1980, Britain was gripped by Dallas, the American TV series starring Larry Hagman as Texan oil magnate J R Ewing who is gunned down by a mystery assailant.  Mrs Braverman’s mother Uma was so hooked on the programme she named her daughter after JR’s long-suffering, shoulder pad-wearing wife Sue … Read more

Rapist Yaqub Ahmed arranged for associates to film fake video posing as Islamic State terrorists threatening to kill him if he was sent back to Somalia

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Rapist Yaqub Ahmed arranged for associates to film fake video posing as Islamic State terrorists threatening to kill him if he was sent back to Somalia

As rapist Yaqub Ahmed was handed yet another set of deportation papers by an immigration officer, he could barely conceal his contempt: ‘I have been planning,’ he boasted. ‘I’m two steps ahead.’ The reason for this arrogant swagger? He had cooked up what he believed to be a cunning ruse that would get the Home … Read more

Victim of rapist whose deportation was thwarted in plane mutiny hits out at passengers for making her suffer years of unbearable torment: ‘You thought you were being such heroes. But you kept an evil predator here to haunt me for years’

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Victim of rapist whose deportation was thwarted in plane mutiny hits out at passengers for making her suffer years of unbearable torment: ‘You thought you were being such heroes. But you kept an evil predator here to haunt me for years’

After enduring five years of unbearable torment, they were the words Hannah feared she would never hear: ‘He’s gone’. As she sat nervously on the edge of her bed and peered into her mobile phone, a senior Home Office official gently informed her, via a video call three months ago, that Yaqub Ahmed, one of … Read more

A three-and-a-half month stay at a comfortable hotel overlooking the Indian Ocean with an on-call doctor. Not the usual care package you’d expect to be provided to a traumatised rape victim let alone their attacker

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A three-and-a-half month stay at a comfortable hotel overlooking the Indian Ocean with an on-call doctor. Not the usual care package you’d expect to be provided to a traumatised rape victim let alone their attacker

It was the kind of dedicated care you would perhaps expect to be provided to a traumatised rape victim. A personalised support package that included a three-and-a-half month stay at a comfortable hotel overlooking the Indian Ocean with a doctor on call to give crucial psychological therapy. This is not, however, what was offered to … Read more

Government may grant ‘amnesty’ to illegal migrants being held in detention indefinitely after Rwanda policy was ruled unlawful by Supreme Court to avoid legal challenges, Home Office source claims

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Government may grant ‘amnesty’ to illegal migrants being held in detention indefinitely after Rwanda policy was ruled unlawful by Supreme Court to avoid legal challenges, Home Office source claims

The Home Office is considering granting an effective amnesty for migrants who have arrived in the UK since July after holding thousands in detention for ‘indefinite’ periods for potential deportation to Rwanda with no access to the asylum system.  Since the Illegal Migration Act received royal assent in July, thousands have been left in limbo after … Read more

Shoplifters in Britain will have mugshots sent to shops to create rogue gallery of worst offenders in bid to crack down on crime spree across the country

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Shoplifters in Britain will have mugshots sent to shops to create rogue gallery of worst offenders in bid to crack down on crime spree across the country

Plan drafted as Britain deals with a surge in shoplifting blamed on criminal gangs By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 00:57 GMT, 19 November 2023 | Updated: 01:28 GMT, 19 November 2023 Britain’s most prolific shoplifters will have their mugshots sent to stores and supermarkets in an attempt to stop them going on sprees across the … Read more

After five years, 24 court appearances, 20 judges and £85,000 in legal aid, Britain finally sends plane-mutiny rapist back to Somalia… with plush hotel, armed guards and therapy you paid for

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After five years, 24 court appearances, 20 judges and £85,000 in legal aid, Britain finally sends plane-mutiny rapist back to Somalia… with plush hotel, armed guards and therapy you paid for

He is the vile gang rapist whose deportation was infamously thwarted at the last minute by a mutiny of virtue-signalling airline passengers on the same flight. Now The Mail on Sunday can reveal how it has taken another five years to finally send Yaqub Ahmed back to Somalia – with Ministers forced to offer an … Read more

Priti Patel urges government to introduce news laws in the wake of rapist Yaqub Ahmed’s long-awaited flight back to Somalia: ‘We must fix the broken asylum system, victims like Hannah deserve no less’

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Priti Patel urges government to introduce news laws in the wake of rapist Yaqub Ahmed’s long-awaited flight back to Somalia: ‘We must fix the broken asylum system, victims like Hannah deserve no less’

Throughout my political career, victims of crime have always been at the forefront of my work on justice matters. I have been a long-standing advocate of changes to our laws to put victims first. That was why, as Home Secretary, I took such a deep and personal interest in the shocking case of Yaqub Ahmed … Read more