UK News & Investigations

THE first illegal migrants have moved into the former military site Crowborough training camp in East Sussex, as part of the government’s mission to try to end the use of expensive hotels.   The site accommodates single adult male illegal migrants who are claiming asylum in the UK in basic, safe accommodation while their claims are being assessed. The first 27 migrants have been moved into the site which will be scaled up to more than 500.  They will only be housed there for 

A man who supplied thousands of boats and engines to people smugglers operating in the English Channel has been jailed, following a joint operation involving the National Crime Agency and Belgian authorities. Turkish national Adem Savas, 45, (above) admitted offences of people smuggling and being a member of an organised crime group on 3 December following a hearing at a court in Bruges. The same court today sentenced him to 11 years in prison, and a fine of 400,000 euros. Th

THE Bondi Beach terror attackers, who shot at Jewish people celebrating Hanukkah, were a father and son, New South Wales Police have said. In a press briefing it was confirmed the 50-year-old father was killed and the 24-year-old son is in hospital in a critical, but stable condition. Sixteen people, including a ten-year-old girl have now died, while 42 other people, including at least three other children, remain in hospital. Those killed range in age from 10 to 87, police s

MORTUARY staff were put at risk of cyanide poisoning when they received bodies from the Air India Boeing 787 crash in June, it has emerged. There were 241 people on the aircraft who died and at least 19 on the ground when the aircraft crashed just 32 seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad Airport to London Gatwick at 1:39pm on June 12 this year. Several of the bodies of British citizens killed in the tragedy were repatriated to Westminster Public Mortuary after being wrapped

AN Iraqi wanted in Germany in connection with rape and murder was found in the UK. In the latest of cases of migrant fugitives from the EU (mostly Germany) found in the UK, Sadeq al Saed Ahmed, , was arrested on 25 October 2025 in the Euston area of London on an arrest warrant from Germany. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court and was remanded in custody for extradition proceedings. A CPS spokesperson said: "The requested person is sought for alleged offences amounti

An 18-year-old man has been charged with a terrorism offence followig allegations he tried to fly to Sria to join ISIS. Chafik Aziz (17.05.2007) of Wallington, Sutton was charged today, 11 November 2025, with an offence contrary to section 5 (1)(a) of the Terrorism Act (TAC), 2006: The charge states that "between 1 July, 2025 and 5 November, 2025 with the intention of committing acts of terrorism, (he) engaged in conduct in preparation for giving effect to his intention, name

THOUSANDS of "cash" premises have been targeted by law enforcement in a major operation. The second wave of the National Crime Agency (NCA) led Operation Machinize saw the criminal exploitation of high street businesses targeted. Conducted in cooperation with the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), it ran throughout October and involved every UK police force and Regional Organised Crime Unit, Home Office Immigration Enforcement, Trading Standards, HM Revenue and Customs a

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

A MAN is fighting extradition to Armenia after he was accused of having non consensual sex with a woman there. Armenia has failed in a number of previous attempts to extradite citizens from the UK, but Aleksandr Sahakyan, 37, is the latest person to face extradition there from this country after being accused of the offence in an international arrest warrant. There is no implication of guilt from such an arrest and it is understood that Mr Sahakyan is confident of clearing hi

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