Starmer has ‘lost control of borders’ after record small boat crossings

Sir Keir Starmer has “lost control” of Britain’s borders after the number of small boat crossings surged to a record high, the Tories have said. A total of 656 migrants crossed the English Channel on Saturday, taking the number of those crossing this year to more than 8,000. It is the worst ever start to a year and the total so far is 46 per cent higher than at this point in 2024. Chris Philpthe shadow home secretary, said the Prime Minister’s pledge to crack down on the gangs lay “in tatters”. He ...

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Can You Really Go to Jail for Not Paying Your Taxes? The Answer May Surprise You

The deadline to pay your taxes is days away. If your tax bill isn’t paid in full by April 15, you may receive a letter from the IRS saying your taxes are overdue. That can lead to interest, fees and in extreme cases, possible jail time. I’ve been an accountant for more than a decade and I can say that jail time is rarely the first step the Internal Revenue Service takes if you owe money. The tax agency will give you the opportunity to address the issue before it escalates to this extreme. But ...

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Coup leader Oligui Nguema wins poll by huge margin

Paul njie BBC News, Libreville AFP Gen Brice Oligui Nguema has been handed a seven-year mandate by an electorate relieved that the Bongo era is now past Gabon’s military leader Gen Brice Oligui Nguema – who in 2023 led a coup that ended a near-60-year dynasty – has won Saturday’s presidential election with more than 90% of the vote, provisional results show. Ahead of the vote, critics argued that the new constitution and electoral code were designed to give Oligui Nguema a comfortable ...

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Jean Marsh, Actress Who Co-Created ‘Upstairs, Downstairs,’ Dies at 90

Jean Marsh, the striking British-born actress who was both the co-creator and a beloved Emmy-winning star of “Upstairs, Downstairs,” the seminal 1970s British drama series about class in Edwardian England, died on Sunday at her home in London. She was 90. The cause was complications of dementia, the filmmaker Michael Lindsay-Hogg, her close friend, said. “Upstairs, Downstairs” captured the hearts, minds and Sunday nights of Anglophile PBS viewers decades before “Downton Abbey” was even a gleam ...

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