UK News & Investigations

A MAN suspected of being a high-ranking member of a Syrian people smuggling gang which arranged crossings of the Mediterranean was at large in the UK for at least a year after entering the country via a Channel boat under a false name. The arrest by the National Crime Agency (NCA) Extradition Unit of Ayman Al Taleb, 41, in the Rusholme area of Manchester on 13 November 2025, has raised fresh concerns over the security risk posed by the Channel crossings. Al Taleb is wanted by

THE High Court has dismissed an application by Epping Forest District for an injunction against using the Bell Hotel to house asylum seekers. Mr Justice Mould has today, November 11 2025, handed down judgment dismissing the council's claim. The planning authority was seeking a final injunction to restrain Bell owner Somani Hotels Limited from using the Bell Hotel, High Road, Epping to provide accommodation for asylum seekers. As UK News and Investigations previously revealed,

A ROMANIAN man wanted in connection with an attempted murder in his home country has agreed to be extradited there. Ianis Elisei Marinica, 22, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court today when the court heard he is wanted in Romania for the offence of attempted murder. Marinica did not oppose extradition and was remanded into custody so a flight can be arranged. No address was recorded for him at the court. He was remanded into custody due to the "nature and seriousness o

PRISON staff did not tell police about a foreign convicted sex offender being mistakenly released until six days later it has been confirmed. Another urgent manhunt is underway after the accidental release of 24-year-old Brahim Kaddour Cherif (above) who is an Algerian national. Details of the mishap at HMP Wandsworth in south London have only just been released despite it happening on 29 October, only five days after the release of migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu from HMP

JUST days after our special investigation exposed the high numbers of migrant fugitives using the Channel crossings to flee justice in the UK, we can reveal that Germany is seeking the extradition of another man accused of serious offences who has been found in the UK. Sadeq Al Saed Ahmed, 29, was arrested on 25 October 2025 in the Euston area of north London.  He appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court for a first extradition hearing on Monday, October 27, and did not co

Bell Hotel migrant Hadush Kebatu has arrived back in Ethiopia after being deported from the UK, with no right to return, the Home Office said. Kebatu was removed on a flight last night to Ethiopia and arrived there this morning. Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, said: “Last week’s blunder should never have happened – and I share the public’s anger that it did. I would like to thank the police for rapidly bringing Mr Kebatu into custody and the public for their vigilance. “I ha

The AFGHAN national arrested on suspicion of murder after three people were stabbed on Monday evening, October 27 2025, entered the country illegally in the back of a lorry and was given asylum, it has been confirmed. On Monday, 27 October 2025 police were called at 5pm to Midhurst Gardens, Uxbridge, west London, following reports that three people had been stabbed. It is believed the suspect, 22, may have been living in a house of multiple occupation in the street after he w

THE scale of the security threat posed by continued Channel crossings is today laid bare as a UK News and Investigations probe exposes how fugitive migrants wanted in connection with the most serious crimes including murders and rapes are regularly using small boats as a way to sneak into the UK to try to evade justice in Europe. Migrants from Middle Eastern and African countries have slipped into the country after being identified as suspects in violent, sexual and other off

AN ILLEGAL migrant, who was booted out back to France under the Labour Government's one-in-one-out pilot scheme, has reportedly returned to the UK on a small boat. The Home Office has refused to confirm it, but said a migrant was under detention with their removal being arranged swiftly. The man was one of just forty two people sent to France under the scheme launched in August which sees the French take illegal migrants in return for another one, sakid to have been vetted. T

UK Border Force fears migrants are trying to enter the UK off the south west coast. As the focus remains on the Channel crossings, there are fears yachts and fishing boats are being used more often to bring illegal immigrants into quieter coastal areas, including the coasts of Devon and Cornwall. Patrolling the south west coast was one of priority target areas during a month of action against people smugglers last month, it was revealed yesterday, October 20 2025. During a na