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Between January 1 and March 31, 2023, the most common nationality arriving via small boat was Afghans (909, 24 per cent) followed by Indians (675, 18 per cent), the new data revealed. A total of 3,793 people were detected arriving in small boats in the same period, a Home Office statement said, adding that the "crossings are generally higher in better weather."

More than 2,200 people, including Members of the Royal Family, as well as international representatives from 203 countries, including approximately 100 Heads of State, alongside community and charity champions, will attend the ceremony, Buckingham Palace announced.

Captioned "Diversity and Community", the stamp reflects a multi-faith community and the cultural diversity of contemporary British society, a news release stated. The stamp features figures representing the Jewish, Islamic, Christian, Sikh, Hindu and Buddhist religions and is representative of all faiths and none.

The drivers, working for companies including Deliveroo, JustEat, and UberEats, were arrested for offences, including illegal working and possession of false documentation. The majority of offenders were of Brazilian nationality. Indian and Algerian nationals were also found to be working without the right to do so in the country, a UK Home Office statement read.

Braverman's comments that British Pakistani men "hold cultural values at odds with British values" and that they are "linked to the grooming scandal" have drawn wide criticism, with senior Conservative leaders accusing her of peddling racist and Islamophobic lies to gain the support of right-wing sections.

In a footnote to his entry on the register, Rishi Sunak declares that among "a number of direct shareholdings" owned by his wife, Akshata Murty, is a "minority shareholding" in Koru Kids, one of six companies involved in a pilot scheme to incentivise people to become childminders, The Guardian reported.

The Commissioner, Daniel Greenberg, opened an investigation into the Prime Minister on Thursday last week, an update on the Commissioner's website said, The Guardian reported. The entry says only that it relates to paragraph six of the updated code of conduct for MPs, which states they "must always be open and frank in declaring any relevant interest in any proceeding of the house or its committees".

Pressure was mounting on UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to intervene to protect the party's reputation after the UK home secretary stoked renewed anger by criticising police for confiscating a set of racist dolls displayed in an Essex pub, The Guardian reported. A former senior minister from Boris Johnson's government told The Guardian they believed Braverman was a "real racist bigot".

The story in question was published last Sunday, but as of Thursday, it was no longer available on The Times' web page, and readers, instead, receive a notice that the article "has been removed", RT reported. An online service that records the content of popular internet links dates Tuesday morning as the latest snapshot of the article.

Piran Ditta Khan was taken into custody at a West Yorkshire police station, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said, adding that he is scheduled to appear before the Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday, reports the BBC. Beshenivsky, a 38-year-old mother of three and stepmother of two children, was shot on November 18, 2005, as she responded with colleague PC Teresa Millburn to an alarm at a travel agent in Morley Street, Bradford.