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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...

Theresa May has said if her deal fails 'we may never leave' EU in an impassioned speech just weeks away from Brexit.  The Prime Minister said the Commons would face "a crucial choice" over "whether to back the Brexit deal or to reject it." She said: "Back it and the UK will leave the European Union. Reject it and no one knows what will happen." Talking in Grimsby she told an audience that now is the moment “to get this...

Money is a bigger taboo than sex, religion or politics, according to new research. Half of Brits say talking about personal money matters is taboo in everyday conversation, higher than sex (42 per cent), religion (26 per cent) and politics (14 per cent). The study also found that a quarter of Brits have lied to family and friends about their personal finances, with one in ten admitting to lying to their partner about how much debt they have. And 23...

At least two children from St Augustine’s Catholic High School were taken to A&E after they had ash crosses smudged onto their foreheads

Another has been called Obelix, the Asterix character - because of its rather rotund shape.

Police held the man on suspicion of murder - a week after the 17-year-old was stabbed to death in an east London park