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Exclusive: Royal Navy backs out of Channel migrant patrols The Royal Navy is planning to end its role in charge of tackling Channel migrants, The Telegraph has learned.The Ministry of Defence has told ministers it plans to relinquish responsibility for dealing with migrants crossing illegally to the UK on Jan 31.It comes only four months after Boris Johnson brought in the first Navy vessels to patrol the Channel, saying the move would help ensure that “no boat makes it to the UK undetected”.Government sources said the Navy was proposing to hand back control to Border Force “unless there are ministerial actions”.MPs have complained that policing the Channel has turned the hard-pressed Navy into a “super taxi service” for migrants at a time when its ships are needed for other key military duties.
Real wages fall at fastest rate on recordRegular pay fell at the sharpest rate on record between April and June, official figures show.Wages - when taking into account rising prices - dropped by 3% on the year, the Office for National Statistics said.Household budgets are being hit by soaring energy bills as well as higher food and fuel costs in recent months.The rise in prices has fuelled the UK inflation rate to a 40-year high and figures due out on Wednesday are expected to show a further increase.Darren Morgan, director of economic statistics at the ONS said the "real value" of pay was continuing to fall.
Pfizer CEO Bourla has Covid-19Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was diagnosed positive for the coronavirus. The head of the pharmaceutical giant announced that he has received four doses of the vaccine and is being treated with the antiviral pill Paxlovid.
Grisly twist in police murder inquiry: Human remains found in suitcases purchased from storage-locker auction, multiple victims possible - reportHuman remains found in suitcases at an Auckland home were unknowingly taken there following the sale of goods in a storage locker - and may be from multiple victims, according to a TV report.The remains were found in suitcases that had been sold to a Manurewa family as part of an auction to clear the storage locker last week.
Greece’s Regional Airports See Arrival Figures Soar in July
UK to launch dispute proceedings against EU for first time over alleged Brexit deal breaches Britain is set to launch dispute proceedings against the European Union over alleged breaches of the post-Brexit trade deal for the first time. Ministers could trigger "formal consultations" as soon as this week over Brussels’ refusal to sign off on the UK’s membership of the bloc’s flagship research programme, according to government sources.The move would mark the first time either the UK or EU have used the dispute resolution mechanisms within the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, signed in December 2020, to settle a row.Despite the UK agreeing a £15 billion membership fee for the seven-year Horizon programme, the European Commission has refused to finalise the agreement because of tensions over the Northern Ireland Protocol.Britain has also been denied access to the EU’s Copernicus satellite system and Euratom, its atomic energy regulation treaty.Short of legal action, the escalation will likely fuel tensions between London and Brussels after a number of long-term disputes over the post-Brexit relationship.It is the start of a lengthy process that could take years before any concrete action is taken.
The swanky corner of Greece that’s luring A-listers (and Boris Johnson) Stretching from chic yachties’ hangout Palaio Faliro to the marble-pillared splendour of Cape Sounion, the Athenian Riviera is where well-heeled Greeks go to escape the city during sweltering summers – but has long been overlooked by tourists.
Back from the dead: How scientists aim to bring Tasmanian tiger back from extinctionThe Tasmanian tiger has been extinct for almost a century, but scientists now claim they are able to resurrect the lost species and return it to the wild.An organisation specialising in "breakthrough genetic engineering" and which describes itself as a "de-extinction company", has said it has already begun work on bringing back the species, which is properly known as the thylacine.If the process is successful, the company claims the return of the Tasmanian tiger "has the potential to re-balance the Tasmanian and broader Australian ecosystems," which have suffered biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation since the loss of the predator.The species was largely extinct across the Australian mainland by around 2,000 years ago but survived in considerable numbers in Tasmania. Here the species was hunted to extinction by 1930 after the animals were said to have killed sheep.The distinctive striped animals resemble dogs or foxes more closely than tigers, however, they are marsupials, and as such have abdominal pouches like kangaroos.
Android 13: Major new Google software update release date arrives earlyAndroid 13 is arriving on Pixel devices now, bringing with it a host of new changes.The update is being released now the Pixel 4, 5 and 6. It will arrive as an over the air update – and should be available straight away, though that might depend on what phone network or carrier you are on.The update will roll out “later this year” to other devices from “Samsung Galaxy, Asus, HMD (Nokia phones), iQOO, Motorola, OnePlus, Oppo, Realme, Sharp, Sony, Tecno, vivo, Xiaomi and more”, Google said. Neither Google or those manufacturers gave any more specific information on when it might arrive.
Elderly man on mobility scooter stabbed to death in west LondonAn elderly man who had been riding a mobility scooter has been stabbed to death in Greenford, west London.Officers were called to Cayton Road at around 4:06pm on Tuesday, to reports of a male with stab injuries.Despite the best efforts of paramedics, the man - believed to be in his 80s - was pronounced dead at the scene.