Tag: Geography of England
Far-right nationalists protest against housing refugees in Skegness hotels – BBC Newsnight
The issue of how to house those who arrive in the UK on small boats in order to claim asylum is becoming more acute as the numbers arriving increase. Where more permanent accommodation is unavailable, Home Office policy is to house them in hotels around the country, at a cost of approximately £4.7 million a day. With public services in many of the towns they…
MI5 missed significant opportunity to prevent Manchester Arena attack, finds inquiry – BBC News
The security service MI5 missed a significant chance to take action that might have prevented the Manchester Arena attack, an inquiry has found. Chairman Sir John Saunders said the reasons for the missed opportunity included a “failure” by an MI5 officer to act swiftly enough. Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a homemade bomb after a concert on 22 May 2017. The youngest…