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Small boats crisis could worsen if traffickers shift destinations across the south coast

An ‘ongoing cat-and-mouse dynamic between the authorities and smugglers’ could shift where small boats depart from and arrive

Blood cancer patient outlives prognosis by years after groundbreaking drug trial

About 70 per cent of patients who took part in the trial were still alive six years later

Tories to blame for anti-migration protests in Dover and Portsmouth, policing minister says

Sarah Jones warned that any protesters stepping ‘from peaceful protest into illegality will face the full force of the law’

Chiesa might leave Liverpool - Tuesday's gossip

Federico Chiesa's future at Liverpool is in doubt, Jadon Sancho might return to the Premier League, Real Madrid's Endrick is attracting interest from Italy, plus more.

Shots fired in Bootle recap as armed police search area

A witness told the ECHO they heard "two loud bangs" at the scene in Bootle this evening

Maternity and neonatal commissioner to be established over repeated failures

Maresca eyes rest for busy dad Haaland as Manchester City prepare for Porto

Norwegian forward has played every minute of season Parenting duties have changed player’s ‘priorities’ Enzo Maresca believes Erling Haaland has become “complete” as his priorities have changed after the birth of the Ma…

Zheng stuns Swiatek after winning another set from 5-0 down

Zheng Qinwen wins a set from 5-0 down for the second successive match as she shocks Iga Swiatek to reach the US Open quarter-finals.

Scots student 'raped by Tinder date' after meeting man in Milan

The 25-year-old woman allegedly escaped from the man's flat and raised the alarm with passers-by in the early hours of Sunday.

Federal investigators search for cause of Amazon cargo jet crash that killed five

Focus likely on whether plane touched down too late in its glide path on to tarmac to enable it to stop safely Federal investigators have started collecting evidence, including a flight data recorder, following the Sund…

Police name two men due in court charged with Jamie Evans murder

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Chinook choppers thunder over Dublin's skyline as Donald Trump visit countdown continues

The US president will be in Ireland at the weekend for engagements in Dublin as well as at his golf resort in Doonbeg, Co Clare

We must stop politics of poison seeping into our streets, Burnham says

Speaking to MPs and peers at a closed-doors meeting on Monday, the Prime Minister said the party’s mission must be to counter fear with positivity and hope

Screams heard as gunman opens fire on busy Merseyside street

Police rushed to the streets after shots were fired from a handgun in broad daylight

Police appeal to find man who absconded from care facility in east London

Balasankar Narayanan, 46 was last seen at 2pm on Thursday when he ran off from staff in South Park

Man, 58, killed after horror hit-and-run by Edinburgh Airport as manhunt launched

A 58-year-old man was declared dead and four others rushed to hospital following a hit-and-run crash while officers search for three people who fled the scene

Criminals who cut their way into storage units and ransacked the contents still at large

Thousands of pounds worth of possessions were taken

McGuinness to remain Donegal manager for 2027

Jim McGuinness is reappointed as Donegal manager for a fourth year of his second spell in charge.

Next wins appeal to overturn equal pay ruling

British retailer Next has won an appeal allowing it to pay its warehouse staff more than shop workers in a long running dispute over equal pay.

Major search launched for three who 'fled' scene of fatal hit-and-run by airport

A 58-year-old man was declared dead at the scene as three people, a man and two women, reportedly fled

Swansea vape shops shut down after raid found them sellling counterfeit tobacco

Three shops have been forced to close after they were raided

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Bruno Guimaraes: Arsenal star reveals new Mikel Arteta 'obsession' amid title race promise

Gunners boss wants to establish his side as Premier League’s great entertainers