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New figures from the Department for Education show there were 24 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children under the care of Wigan Council as of March 31

Number of asylum-seeker youngsters in local council care falls

Men caught in cocaine boat following 28-mile chase are convicted.

Watch: Drug importers chased across beach after 28-mile boat pursuit

Two drugs smugglers who attempted to import cocaine with a street value of £42 million into the UK on a small boat have been jailed.

Gangsters get FOILED smuggling £42m of cocaine on inflatable boat

Paul Green is arrested.

Watch: Moment leader of ‘UK’s biggest drugs conspiracy’ is arrested

Men leap from boat as they’re caught with £39m cocaine haul.

Watch: Men leap from boat as they’re caught with £39m cocaine haul

Charlie the cockatoo has been caged for three months at Heathrow over paperwork issues

Pet bird caged at Heathrow for three months over missing paperwork

One package was found on the Isle of Wight (Image: National Crime Agency)

Breaking A significant amount of cocaine has washed up on England's south coast

The PCS Union (Credit: Getty Images)

PCS union announce 100,000 members will strike on Budget Day

Emirates’ Airbus A3800-800 airliner approaches Heathrow international airport, where Border Force agents discovered a package contaminated with uranium in December

Scotland Yard continue investigations in uranium contaminated package

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Since Wednesday 22 July GMP officers have received 263 quarantine requests from Border Force regarding individuals who are not responding to self-isolation requirements

Greater Manchester Police has received more than 260 reports of people breaking ...

International travellers, including residents returning from abroad, could face police spot checks and fines if they fail to self-isolate on arrival in the UK (Photo: Shutterstock)

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Cameras will initially be used to monitor arrivals in immigration halls in Terminal 2 (Photo: Shutterstock)

Heathrow and Edinburgh airports to trial temperature checks - here’s how it work...

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A boxed up sex doll of the type imported from abroad

Suspected paedophiles identified amid surge of child sex doll imports

Holdalls which had washed up on Hopton Beach near Great Yarmouth, containing around 360 kilos of cocaine (National Crime Agency /PA Wire)

Â£50m cocaine haul washed up on the beach
Around 794lb (360kg) of cocaine with a potential value of Â£50 million has washed up on two beaches in Norfolk.
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