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2 days ago | 
bbc.com | Ben Chu |Tom Edgington |Rob England |Lucy Gilder
What are the challenges facing the government's immigration plan? Ben Chu, Tom Edgington, Rob England and Lucy GilderBBCWhen it comes to reducing UK immigration, there have been plenty of promises and targets from successive governments over the last 15 years, but the numbers remain high. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is now pledging to "take back control of our borders", promising tighter rules to bring down the numbers "significantly".
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Tom Edgington |Lucy Gilder |Rob England
Has the government really 'returned' 24,000 people? Tom Edgington, Lucy Gilder & Rob EnglandPA MediaSir Keir Starmer has highlighted his government efforts to tackle illegal immigration, saying: "We've returned more than 24,000 people who have no right to be here." He was speaking at an international summit in London aimed at tackling people-smuggling gangs.
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1 month ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Esme Stallard |Jonah Fisher |Becky Dale |Rob England
Water companies released raw sewage into England's rivers and seas for a record 3.61 million hours last year, a slight increase on 2023. The data released by Environment Agency on Thursday showed that although the number of spills was down each spill lasted longer on average - resulting in a higher total number of hours. Some spilling can be legal, but concern has been mounting amongst scientists about the harm that regular sewage spilling is causing the country's aquatic life.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
msn.com | Rob England |Tom Moseley
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
aol.com | Rob England |Tom Moseley
Sales of personalised number plates have more than doubled over the past decade, figures obtained by the BBC suggest. More than 1.2 million transactions took place in 2024, up from about 500,000 in 2014, according to data from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). That includes plates bought directly from the DVLA, as well as those that change hands privately. Plates can be bought for less than £50 – but the most lucrative combinations can fetch hundreds of thousands of pounds.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Catherine Burns |Vicki Loader |Rob England
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Catherine Burns |Vicki Loader |Rob England
It would take more than eight years for the NHS to see all adult patients waiting for ADHD assessments in many parts of the UK, a BBC investigation has found. Through Freedom of Information requests, the BBC has identified 24 services in that position, and nearly 200,000 people waiting. The Royal College of Psychiatrists said no-one should be made to wait years for life-changing care. The new Labour government says delays to ADHD diagnosis are part of a “broken NHS” - which it is working to fix.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Daniel Wainwright |Rob England
More than 5,000 refugee households were classed as homeless between October and December 2023 in England, four times as many as in the same period in 2022. The refugees became homeless after gaining asylum, so they were no longer entitled to Home Office accommodation. The Refugee Council charity said they were being "set up to fail" and needed more time to find places to live. The Home Office said it was "working to make sure" refugees had the support needed.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Nick Triggle |Libby Rogers |Rob England
There is wide variation across England in how long patients wait for hospital treatment, BBC News analysis reveals. Patients should start treatment within 18 weeks but at the worst-performing hospital trust, Milton Keynes, nearly two-thirds are waiting longer. And that is four times as many as are waiting over 18 weeks at the best-performing trust in the country. It comes as figures for the end of January show the overall waiting list had fallen slightly to 7.58 million.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
bbc.co.uk | Rob England |Megan RiddellBbc Verify |Megan Riddell
New figures obtained by BBC Verify have raised questions about the government's claims that poor weather conditions had no impact on a fall in small boat crossings across the Channel. The number of successful crossings by migrants decreased by a third in 2023. The government later ruled out weather conditions as a reason for the fall. But a Met Office report for UK Border Force suggests there were more days in 2023 than in 2022 when migrants were unlikely to cross due to the weather.
