FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 17 - The Untold Story

Investigation launched as migrant boat ‘reaches Kent coast’ without being intercepted

Five people were detained in a village north of Dover, it was reported

Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025

Investigation after migrant boat ‘reaches Kent coast’ without being intercepted

Five people were detained in a village north of Dover on Saturday, it was reported.

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025

UK politics live: Thornberry and Haigh make Labour deputy leader pitches as race heats up

Labour’s national executive meeting to draw up plans for contest today

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2025

Shabana Mahmood appointed Home Secretary after cabinet reshuffle

Mahmood replaces Yvette Cooper in the role amid pressure over migration and asylum hotels

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2025

‘I won’t stand on the shoreline and shout at the sea’: Cooper attacks Farage and Badenoch’s migrant crackdown calls

The home secretary insisted the government will ‘get on with the hard graft, roll up our sleeves and do it step by step’

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025

Yvette Cooper fails to guarantee that boat crossings will fall by next year

The home secretary also failed to confirm that migrants will be sent back to France this month as part of the returns agreement, saying she refused to make ‘grand promises’

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025

Visa warning: International students will be told to leave UK when right to remain expires

Warning campaign comes after Home Secretary revealed the first returns of migrants crossing the Channel will begin later this month

Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2025

International students and families to get Government warnings to leave UK after visas expire

On Monday, MPs returned after a summer which saw unrest over how ministers have handled the small boats crisis

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025

First migrant returns under UK-France deal ‘to begin this month’

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper also told MPs new applications to the existing refugee family reunion route will be suspended this week.

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2025

I longed to swim the Channel, until an Olympic swimmer sent me off in a different direction

I was too skinny to realise my dream, she said – but then I got the chance to help others overcome their fear of the water, says writer Gareth Roberts

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2025