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From left, Brunswick PACT chairman Brian Roberts, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and policing minister Dame Diana Johnson at the Home Office discussing the NationalWorld campaign Silent Crime on November 21, 2024

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper pledges action on Silent Crime

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Two million crimes went unsolved in a single year in Britain, according to the latest Home Office data (Photos by National World/Adobe Stock)

‘Unpunished crime undermines the whole system of justice’

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We built a posh shed office from scratch - by raiding a skip

Travis Scott performs during Michael Rubin's 2023 Fanatics Super Bowl Party; the “Astroworld” musician is set to perform two dates in the UK this week despite being arrested in June 2024 in Miami (Credit: Getty Images)

Controversial US rapper will still perform in the UK despite arrest

Home Office figures show North Yorkshire Police handed out 691 fixed penalty notices to people for driving while using a hand-held device in 2022 (picture posed by model).Photo: Press Association

North Yorkshire fines for using mobile phone while driving more than doubles

it is unclear how many refugees will remain at the Scarborough hotel on Wednesday August 16

Condemnation of potential refugee evictions from Scarborough hotel

A body working with Afghan refugees who put their lives at risk by working with British forces in fighting the Taliban has condemned a Home Office move to force them to leave a Scarborough hotel on Wednesday, saying it puts them at risk of “homelessness and destitution”.

Stuart Minting, Local Democracy Reporting Service

Many refugees in Scarborough have found employment according to a North Yorkshire County Council report.

Refugees resettled in Scarborough have a “good take-up rate” of jobs

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Queen Elizabeth II: Government forked £162 million on state funeral

Cost of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral revealed by Government

Men in the UK being offered £10,000 to pose as dads for migrant women’s babies in visa scam

UK men being offered £10,000 to pose as dads in visa scam

CCTV footage shows police storming a couple's Essex pub and seizing their golliwog dolls, saying the toys were a suspected hate crime (Photos: SWNS)

CAMRA makes damning verdict on pub at centre of Gollies row

MI5 has warned ministers of Chinese spies who buy citizenship through third countries to gain access to the UK.

Ministers warned of Chinese spies who slip through the UK

The top 10 UK burglary hotspots have been revealed

List shows top 10 burglary hotspots in the UK

The Bibby Stockholm will house 500 people (Photo: Home Office)

More than 500 asylum seekers to be housed on barge off coast

Police searching for Madeleine McCann to get extra funding

Martin Lewis has issued guidance to British holidaymakers heading abroad soon

Money Saving Expert team issues passport warning to holidaymakers

Data has revealed how many people are being prosecuted each week for failing to pay their BBC TV licence

TV licence row as thousands prosecuted each week for failing to pay

dangerous domestic abusers will be recorded on the violent and sex offender register under new government proposals (Photo: Adobe)

Domestic abusers could be added to violent and sex offender list

Passport fees have increased for the first time in five years - here’s how much they now cost

New passport prices for adults & children as fees increase

DNP is used as a ‘slimming pill’ (not pictured) and has killed 33 people in the UK.

‘Slimming pill’ DNP to be classified as poison after 33 deaths

You can renew your UK passport online.

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Home Office vows law change to protect victims of sexual assault

The Home Office has promised to bring in new law to protect sexual assault victims from “invasive” personal record requests

Beth Franklin

New figures show that more than four in five formal allegations made against North Yorkshire Police officers resulted in no misconduct action last year

No action taken in more than four in five allegations against police officers

British passport prices are set to rise next month

Passport application fees to increase next month

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

Detainees are seen inside the Manston holding centre for asylum seekers. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick this week vowed "more radical" policies to counter illegal migration.

Diphtheria confirmed at asylum centre following man’s death

‘Potentially hazardous’ substance found on body dumped in UK street - residents unable to leave their homes

‘Potentially hazardous’ substance found on body dumped in UK street

Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman addresses delegates on the third day of the annual Conservative Party Conference. Credit: Getty Images

Home Secretary plans to crack down on protests with new bill

Home Office figures show Humberside Police received 45 reports of the "dishonest use of electricity" in the year to March – though this is down from 75 in 2020-21. Photo: PA Images

Dozens of electricity thefts recorded in the Humberside Police force area last y...

The latest available Home Office figures show there were the equivalent of 784 full-time firefighters at the Humberside Fire and Rescue Service. This was down from 799 a year before and 1,011 in 2011 – a fall of 22% over a decade.

Hundreds of firefighter jobs cut in Humberside over decade – Home Office figures

More than 200 Afghan refugees are currently being temporarily housed in two Scarborough hotels.

Afghan refugees 'dumped' in unsuitable Scarborough hotels after fleeing Taliban

The former RAF base at Linton-on-Ouse, near York.

Council's rebuke for Home Office over plans for ex-RAF base in North Yorkshire

A centre for asylum seekers is to open at the former RAF Linton-on-Ouse training base.

Plans to open centre for asylum seekers at former RAF base are moved forward

TUI has warned travellers to check the date on their passports before travelling abroad (Photo: Adobe)

TUI issues passport warning to everyone with a holiday booked this year

Home Office data shows Humberside Fire and Rescue Service responded to 12,713 call-outs in the year to September. Photo: JPI Media

More than 100 hoax callouts for Humberside Fire and Rescue Service crews last ye...

Home Office figures show that the Humberside Fire and Rescue Service response time had slowed since 2011. Photo: PA Images

Humberside fire crews taking longer to respond to emergencies, according to Home...

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Crews from the Humberside Fire and Rescue Service were at the centre of 193 incidents. Photo: PA Images

Humberside Fire and Rescue Service crews attacked nearly 200 times, figures show

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Many have expressed concerns that the new law will disproportionately impact traveller communities (Photo: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

New trespassing laws will mean £2,500 fines or 3 months in prison for being on l...

Asylum seekers were housed in ‘filthy’ and ‘cramped’ conditions which made Covid outbreaks ‘virtually inevitable’ (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Asylum seekers were housed in ‘filthy’ and ‘cramped’ conditions which made Covid...

Most false alarms were caused by faulty equipment. Photo: PA Images

Thousands of false alarms tackled by North Yorkshire firefighters as malicious c...

The government is working to reach people who are not currently registered with a GP (Photo: Shutterstock)

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Domestic abuse rates are up 10% despite an overall drop in crime (Photo: Shutterstock)

Domestic abuse rates are up 10% despite an overall drop in crime

Home Office data shows 15 deaths of injuries occurred last year.

North Yorkshire sees rise in deaths and injuries caused by flooding and water in...

Tasers could become standard issue for all police who want them in England (Photo: Shutterstock)

Tasers could become standard issue for all police who want them in England

The findings raise questions about the efficacy of the watchdog (Photo: Shutterstock)

Fewer than 1 in 10 UK police officers lose their jobs after committing gross mis...

150,000 police records were wiped due to an ‘error’ - including fingerprints and...

New immigration rules came into force with a Brexit deal agreed.

Brexit: Here's how many EU nationals won the right to remain in Scarborough

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