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French Demand Cash As Another 40 Migrant Boats Cross Channel

A BORDER Force boat brings migrants to Dover yesterday following reports that 1,115 people made the perilous journey on Friday and Saturday alone.

Stark Warning: Get Used To Higher Food Bills

As Britons face Christmas shortages, top boss delivers wake-up call

Tokyo Drift Doubts On Legacy And Cost Concerns Hang Over Japan's Summer Games

The public square outside Shimbashi station, the scene of anti-Olympic protests this summer, has resumed its usual role as an after-work rendezvous. Newspapers that juxtaposed athletic feats with a rising coronavirus caseload now wonder how Japan’s new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, will fare when voters go to the polls at the end of this month.

Pakistan Mourns ‘Father' Of Nuclear Programme

Abdul Qadeer Khan, considered to be the father of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme and later accused of smuggling technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya, has died aged 85.

President In Hospital As Election Shock Leaves Czech Politics In Turmoil

The Czech Republic is facing political upheaval and a possible power vacuum after its billionaire prime minister, Andrej Babiš, suffered a surprise general election defeat and his most powerful backer, the Czech president, was taken to hospital.

‘Adults Are Scared' The Teenagers Taking Charge Of Mental Health

They are busy studying for GCSEs and A-levels, but four pupils from Devon have found time to develop lesson plans, newsletters and videos on mental health that are now being used by schools across England.

‘Mesmerised': Underwater Power Cables Changing Crab Habits

Underwater power cables mesmerise brown crabs and cause biological changes which could lead to them staying put rather than migrating, scientists have discovered.

France And UK In Funds Row As 1,100 Channel Migrants Arrive In Two Days

More than 1,100 people made the perilous journey across the Channel in small boats on Friday and Saturday, as France accused Britain of failing to provide funds promised to tackle the problem.

World Leaders Urged To Halt Destruction Of Nature

World leaders must do more to prevent the destruction of nature, business leaders have warned before a summit in China that aims to draw up a draft UN agreement for biodiversity.

40k Crisis Calls Were Abandoned

Mental health sufferers are 'let down'

Government Launches Smear Test Campaign

A CAMPAIGN has been launched urging people eligible for a smear test to attend when invited.

Long-Haul Back On The Map After Red-List Overhaul

TRAVEL to dozens of long haul destinations such as Mexico and South Africa opens up from UK airports today.

1m Abuse Attacks ‘Unreported'

Up one million incidents of domestic violence may go unreported in Scotland every year, according to a charity.

Indian Wells Loss Will Serve As A Useful Lesson, Raducanu Insists After Return To Court

Emma Raducanu says she needs to “cut myself some slack” after her return to the court following her sensational US Open triumph ended in defeat at Indian Wells.

Hard Work And Belief Crucial To Ogbene Success

Chiedozie Ogbene believes Ireland's 3-0 World Cup win in Baku was due reward for the players and management's hard work.

Who Will Voters Trust More, The Straight Man Or The Joker?

There goes Keir Starmer, copying Tony Blair again. “The jokes are all very well but they’re going to wear thin when people are hit in their wallet,” Starmer told Robert Peston after Boris Johnson turned the Conservative Party conference into a four-day extended play version of his own stand-up comedy routine.

Havana Syndrome Comes To The US Embassy In Berlin

German police are currently probing a number of cases of socalled “Havana syndrome” at the US Embassy in Berlin, a mysterious set of symptoms believed to have affected 200 US diplomats, offiials and family members worldwide.

Iraq Elections Won't Achieve Any Change, Protesters Warn

Today, voters take to the ballot box seven months earlier than planned, but with rallies often being met with deadly force, revolutionaries lack hope. Bel Trew reportsfrom Nassiriya

Johnson's ‘Betrayal' Of Pledge To Level Up North

Regions set to be denied key rail infrastructure improvements

Native Leads Blues Cruise For Appleby

NATIVE TRAIL goes into his winter quarters as the 5-2 favourite for next year's QIPCO 2,000 Guineas after preserving his perfect record in Newmarket's Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes.

Taliban To Claim Billions From UK

Fury over 20yr war compo demand

Royals' Mansion Visits & Trip On Infomercial Tycoon's Jet

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have become pals with a tycoon who made a fortune flogging a self-help book called Think and Grow Rich.

Get Set For Ho-Ho-Hot Christmas

Bookies predict a scorcher

Very Funny PM... But Seriously, Now Deliver

In the brutal assessment of one commentator: “If optimism and humour could heat our homes we’d be fine, but actually they don’t.” And he was right. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s speech to his party’s faithful in Manchester last week at times resembled an open-mic night at your local comedy club – but you have to wonder if he was aware that many up and down the country are not in the mood for laughing just now.

Jealous French Will Never Be Our True Friends

DESPITE the many shared challenges that confront us – Islamic extremism, climate change, Covid, the refugee crisis and a bullying Russia – the French president, Emmanuel Macron, seems determined to make life as difficult for our post Brexit Britain as he can.

Britain Will Buy Up Boats To Keep Smugglers At Bay

Britain intends to stop international criminal gangs getting hold of the small boats used to smuggle people across the Channel.

Roll On Christmas! Shoppers Planning Ahead For Festivities

Many supermarket shelves were left empty yesterday as shoppers began stocking up early for Christmas, writes Berny Torre.

City Lads Set For Epic 3,000-Mile Challenge

Atlantic row will raise cash for charities - but they need financial help

Royals Vote Of No Confidence

Just two years after retirement, Moran takes on Leitrim role because it ‘stood out’ from others

15% Tax Rate ‘Is The Right Decision'

Move hits multinationals. But Ireland will lose €2bn