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This video shows the dawn immigration enforcement operation by six officers, showing a “distressing” and “intimidating” sequence of events.reports the Guardian Qu Zixuan and her fiance, Duncan Watkinson, describe the moment they were confronted by six immigration officers at dawn in their London home. The couple describe their confusion, fear and anger as the officials told Qu she had no leave to remain in the UK, despite them having an immigration appointment at the Home Office. Six immigration officers have been accused of...

What have the Conservatives got against the UK shipbuilding industry, asks GMB? GMB, the union for shipbuilding workers, says the Conservative Government must not be allowed to downgrade the Royal Navy any more by ‘sneaking’ out of their obligation to build three Royal Navy Auxiliary vessels. The Ministry of Defence today announced it may only commission two new Fleet Solid Support ships – rather than the three that were expected. The new ships are required to replenish the UK’s £6.3 billion...

The East Coast Mainline renationalised by government after Virgin Trains deal terminated after a troubled tenure, with many passengers complaining of sky high tickets prices, and the private operators claiming they can turn a profit. Trains will be now be run by the Department for Transport (DfT) from 24 June this year. “We are surprised and disappointed that the Department for Transport has chosen not to proceed with our proposals,” said Martin Griffiths, chief executive of Stagecoach, who run the...

MPs have slammed the senior levels of management at Carillion for its untimely demise. Carillion’s auditor KPMG, was also heavily criticised, with MPs claiming they were “complicit” in the company’s “questionable” accounting practices. A hugely damning report, that runs to 100 pages, has been compiled by two select committees on the matter. One of the most shocking findings is that Carillion’s directors focused on bonus pay-outs to senior executives even as the firm teetered on the brink of collapse. Additionally...

Arriving late, wearing inappropriate clothes - and bumping a colleague’s vehicle in the car park are among the biggest blunders made by employees on their first day at work, a study has found. A poll of almost 3,000 workers revealed almost half have made a bad first impression after having a terrible or humiliating start to a new job. Others arrived to find they were completely over-dressed, spilled tea everywhere, got lost en-route to the office and said something inappropriate...

It heated water from room temperature to 100,000 degrees Centigrade - in under a trillionth of a second

As the date to leave the EU comes ever closer another company is jumping ship before Brexit actually begins. This time it is Thomson Reuters who have said they will shift their foreign exchange derivatives trading to Ireland. The outfit will relocate to Dublin so they can continue to do business within the EU. There are fears of a mass exodus of companies, especially in financial services, in the run up to Brexit. A spokesperson said: “Thomson Reuters has commenced...

They targeted the Senate House which is over a thousand years old.

The Dorset countryside - forever associated with the novels of Thomas Hardy - has stood in for Mars as scientists hunt for life on the red planet