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Only way to stop the boats is an agreement with the EU, ex-UK Border Force chief says
We spoke to Tony Smith, a former Director General of the UK Border force and head of Border Control, who’s now a global border security consultant.
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FactCheck: the Nadhim Zahawi tax allegations explained
What are the tax allegations facing Nadim Zahawi and what have he and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said? Here’s what we know so far.
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Houses raided in smuggler investigation after 39 people found dead in lorry trailer
The village in County Armagh where the driver of the truck came from is said to be in “complete shock”.
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Revealed: Arron Banks puts controversial diamond mine up for sale
The millionaire businessman Arron Banks, who spent £8m on the Brexit campaign, has put a controversial South African diamond mine on the market. Mr Banks confirmed to Channel 4 News that the Newlands mine in Barkly West, Northern Cape province is up for sale for ZAR10m – just over £500,000. In a statement Mr Banks told…
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage accused of ‘serious breach’ of MEPs’ code of conduct in leaked letter
The committee acted after Channel 4 News revealed how Mr Farage’s lavish lifestyle was funded to the tune of £450,000 by Arron Banks’ companies.
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Nigel Farage’s funding secrets revealed
Channel 4 News investigation reveals how millionaire Arron Banks spent approximately £450,000 on Nigel Farage to fund lavish lifestyle the year following the EU referendum in summer 2016.
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The Banks Files: Did Arron Banks bribe a South African police chief to have a business rival investigated?
Evidence from witnesses and previously unpublished documents raise the question of whether Banks was trying to bribe the police chief in a bid to discredit Chris Kimber.
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The Banks Files: How Brexit ‘bad boy’ Arron Banks was eyeing a massive Russian gold deal
Millionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks eagerly pursued a multibillion-pound gold deal brought to him by a Russian oligarch with links to the Kremlin just months before the EU referendum, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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FactCheck: just three of England’s 39 police forces say they’ve never investigated a grooming gang
Nearly every police forces has investigated, or is investigating, a “grooming gang”, new FactCheck analysis can reveal.
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Leave.EU and Arron Banks firm fined for data breaches
The Information Commissioner has fined the Leave.EU campaign and Arron Banks’s Eldon Insurance a total of one £120,000 for “serious breaches of electronic marketing laws”.
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Rise in ‘county lines’ drug dealing
They have become known as “county lines” drug supply chains. They are the network of supply lines for crack cocaine and heroin that link powerful big-city dealers with small-town, rural users.
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Police seize handguns bought online from eastern Europe
The National Crime Agency has seized more than 50 handguns which were bought online from eastern Europe in a nationwide operation from Cornwall to Scotland. Twenty-five police forces were involved and 10 people were arrested, including a serving firefighter. The weapons are becoming popular with gangs because they’re small and easy to carry.
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Arron Banks’ company faces fine over Brexit campaign
As Andy mentioned, the Information Commissioner intends to fine the Leave dot EU campaign and Arron Banks’s Eldon Insurance one hundred and thirty five thousand pounds after they shared mailing lists without consent.
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Arron Banks probe stretches abroad
He’s already being investigated by the National Crime Agency, the Information Commissioner and the Financial Conduct Authority. Now this programme has learnt police in Gibraltar are also part of the probe into businessman Arron Bank’s pro-Leave funding.
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Arron Banks under pressure to explain Brexit funds
Mr Banks, who has denied any wrongdoing, insisted there was no Russian money and no interference of any kind – declaring the money came from a UK-based limited company, which he owned.