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Jeremy Hunt is reportedly holding secret breakfast meetings with ministers to woo MPs to back him to replace Prime Minister Theresa May. A senior Tory figure has told The Sun that Hunt has been asking senior ministers what jobs they want in his Cabinet in exchange for their backing in secret morning meetings. Despite Savid Javid being widely tipped to become the next PM troubles over knife crime and illegal migrants in the Channel could hand the keys to number 10 to...

A business owner had to fight back the tears after discussing the impact Brexit uncertainty will have on operations and the livelihood of her staff.  Speaking to BBC News Sue Wynn-Jones, a horticulturist who runs Crug Farm Plants in North Wales, said two-thirds of their business is in Europe and that a turbulent departure from the union could close the company.  As she begins to tell the reporter what impact the uncertainty is having on her business she had to...

Remember Tory arch Brexiteer and trouble-maker Mark Francois? Many accused the MP for Rayleigh and Wickford of racism when he reacted to Airbus CEO Tom Enders warning about the implications of a no-deal Brexit for the aerospace firm's UK operations by snapping: “Mr Enders’ intervention is a classic example of the sort of Teutonic arrogance, which is one of the reasons why many people voted to leave the European Union.” Today the MP was involved in another race row live...

The Conservative Party is under fire after it was revealed that the party illegally accepted over £1 million in funds from Brits who are actually based in tax havens in the run up to the last election. The Political Parties and Elections Act of 2009 made donations of over £7,500 from people not based in the UK for tax purposes against the law. An investigation in The Times newspaper has revealed people living in tax havens and their UK companies...

Olimpia Bednarczyk was last seen at an address in Derby on Thursday night

The Treasury Committee has warned that the UK must get a grip on money laundering and that is could even increase post-Brexit. The Committee concluded that efforts to fight money laundering in the UK is “highly fragmented.” at the moment. They urged the government not to ignore the seriousness of economic crime in a rush to secure new trade deal in the post-Brexit political environment. Committee chair Nicky Morgan said government should not "bow to buccaneering regulatory pressures” The Treasury...

Ciprian Scorteanu, 45, had his heavy goods vehicle stopped by Border Force Officers at the port of Hull, East Yorks., on October 27, 2018.

The lawyer for Shamima Begum's family says there are "strong but as yet unconfirmed reports" that her baby son has died. Tasnime Akunjee wrote on Twitter: "We have strong but as yet unconfirmed reports that Shamima Begums son has died. He was a British Citizen." Begum's son, Jarrah, was born only a few weeks ago. Two earlier children died while in Islamic State Group territory. According to reports in The Mirror the pair were in hospital in recent days. Earlier this week the...

A thug who was jailed for a sickening plot to attack a three-year-old boy with acid has already been assaulted THREE times in prison, it emerged today. Jabar Paktia, 42, was battered by angry lags after he was arrested for his part in the sickening attack on July 21 last year. The youngster suffered serious burns to his face and arm and screamed: “I hurt, I hurt!” after being doused with acid at a Home Bargains store in Worcester. Dad-of-four...