Calais Jungle: First migrants evacuated in week-long operation to clear camp

Calais Jungle: First migrants evacuated in week-long operation to clear camp

France is beginning operations to evacuate and dismantle the Calais Jungle refugee camp. 60 buses are to take the 6,500 residents to refugee centres across France where they will be able to apply for asylum in the country. However, aid workers claim there are over 8,000 people in the camp, many of whom are unaccompanied children. Over the past weeks Britain has taken in 1,300 unaccompanied children. Clashes broke out on 23 October as migrants and militants set fire to portable toilets and threw stones at police, who responded with tear gas. Oct 24, 2016
Police fear petrol stockpile as Northolt siege enters third day

Police fear petrol stockpile as Northolt siege enters third day

London police are still at the scene of an incident in North London. A man has been holed up in a property in Northolt for the last three days.Police believe he might have stockpiled “petrol and combustible material” in his home.The man’s behaviour is deemed unpredictable. Nearby residences have been evacuated as a precaution. Oct 23, 2016