Day: May 9, 2026
Channel crossings: Number of migrants arriving in UK since 2018 hits 200,000
May 9, 2026The annual total increased to 1,843 in 2019, then to 8,466 in 2020, 28,526 in 2021 and 45,774 in 2022, which is the highest number in a calendar year to date.
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Trump congratulates ‘good man’ Swinney on election win
May 9, 2026Donald Trump congratulated the First Minister on social media (Jane Barlow/PA) PA Wire US president Donald Trump has described John Swinney as a “good man” as he congratulated him on his election win. The SNP will remain Scotland’s largest party after winning 58 seats on Friday, a drop from the 64 MSPs elected for the […]
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Plaid Cymru eyes up prospects for Welsh Government as Labour licks its wounds
May 9, 2026Rhun ap Iorwerth says his party ‘stands ready’ to form the next Welsh Government (Peter Byrne/PA) PA Wire Plaid Cymru is set to gather its 43-strong team of Welsh parliamentarians together, as the party sizes up the prospects of forming the next Government of Wales while Labour licks its wounds from a historic defeat. Rhun […]
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Two men charged with filming antisemitic TikTok videos in London
May 9, 2026Huw Rogers, chief crown prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to charge Adam Bedoui, 20, and Abdelkader Amir Bousloub, 21, with religiously aggravated intentional harassment and intentional harassment following an incident where Jewish people in Stamford Hill were being approached, harassed and filmed.
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