News Round-Up

• “214,000 migrants let into the UK under a scheme that shut five years ago” – Tens of thousands of migrants have used a post-Brexit visa scheme to settle here – despite it closing five years ago, reports the Mail.
• “Sudanese woman can stay in UK with her cousin because they are married” – A Sudanese woman initially refused asylum has been allowed to stay in the UK because she is married to her cousin, says the Mail.
• “Man due in court charged with rape of 17 year-old girl near Piccadilly Gardens” – Abdul Shinwari is due to appear at Manchester Crown Court charged with the rape of a 17 year-old girl near Piccadilly Gardens, reports the Manchester Evening News.
• “Date set for Prestwich man’s [sic] trial over sexual assault allegations” – Chigozie Emenike has had a trial date set for next year to face allegations of assault, four counts of assault by beating and sexual assault of a woman, according to the Bury Times.
• “Burnham ‘poised to give EU students cut-price tuition fees’” – Andy Burnham is set to offer EU students cheaper tuition fees after telling European leaders he has ‘ambitions’ for a summit aimed at resetting relations with Brussels later this year, reports the Mail.
• “Britain must be bolder about moving closer to EU” – Andy Burnham says the UK should be bolder about moving closer to the EU, promising deeper ties on education, culture, defence and security, according to the Telegraph.
• “Benefits to cost taxpayer extra £1.7 billion, warns IFS” – The Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned Britain’s benefits bill will rise by an extra £1.7 billion if inflation remains high, says the Telegraph.
• “Now ‘mansion tax police’ are allowed to snoop in homes” – ‘Mansion tax police’ will be sent into homes to decide whether properties should pay more under Labour plans, reports the Mail.
• “Labour MPs want a wealth tax – Angela Rayner has already imposed one” – Dramatic cuts to council funding are forcing higher bills on more households, with Labour MPs now openly pushing for a wealth tax to go further, says the Telegraph.
• “Home buyers get 41% less space for their money compared to a decade ago, with Manchester buyers seeing the biggest squeeze” – House buyers in Britain are getting 41% less space for their money this year than a decade ago, with Manchester experiencing the sharpest decline of all, reports This is Money.
• “Reform vows to put British workers at top of the list for social housing” – Reform UK has pledged to prioritise British-born workers at the front of the queue for council housing if the party comes to power, says the Mail.
• “I want a Tory victory not a monstrous coalition with Reform, says Kemi” – Kemi Badenoch has branded Tory defectors to Nigel Farage’s party “some of the most dishonest people” she has met and ruled out any coalition, reports the Mail.
• “Giorgia Meloni warns Kemi Badenoch against deal with Reform” – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has urged Kemi Badenoch to “stand her ground” and “be herself” during a meeting in Rome, cautioning the Tory leader against any pact with Reform, says the Times.
• “Greens accused of ‘banning’ antisemitism charity from conference” – The Green Party has been accused of “effectively banning” an antisemitism charity from holding an event at its annual conference after organisers expressed fears it could be used to attack the party’s record, reports the Times.
• “Tell us who shaped anti-Muslim hostility definition” – In the Times, Melanie Phillips raises serious concerns about whether the Government is concealing the involvement of extremist Islamist groups in shaping its official definition of anti-Muslim hostility.
• “Gary Lineker is done disguising his true views on the Jewish state” –
  Gary Lineker apologised after being sacked by the BBC but is now sharing posts comparing Zionism to the Third Reich. He clearly no longer feels the need to pretend, says Stephen Pollard in the Telegraph.
• “The plot to stamp out cigars is proof we are living under a bully state” – The ban on traditional cigar packaging is petty, patronising and pointless, writes Brian Monteith in the Telegraph.
• “‘Keep yourself to yourself’: life in the UK’s least friendly place” – Barking and Dagenham has earned the unenviable title of Britain’s least friendly borough in a new study, with residents and traders admitting they are not surprised, says the Mail.
• “Burnham arrives in Kyiv as he hands over secret missile plans” – Moscow has accused the UK of “participating in this war” as Andy Burnham touches down in Kyiv for his first foreign visit bearing secret Storm Shadow missile plans, reports the Mail.
• “Germany accuses Italy of undermining new EU migrant returns deal” – Germany has accused Italy of wrecking the EU’s new pact on migration amid an escalating row over returns and rescues in the Mediterranean, according to the Telegraph.
• “‘I wanted to die’: husband and wife reveal hell they endured in Gaza” – In the Mail, Imogen Garfinkel reports on the harrowing testimony of Aviva and her husband, who describe witnessing Israeli women return from sexual assault bleeding and bruised during their 51 days of captivity in Gaza.
• “Afghan teenager begs Taliban official for divorce from violent husband” – An 18 year-old Afghan woman’s desperate plea to a Taliban governor for protection from her violent husband lays bare the brutal reality facing women under Taliban rule, says the Mail.
• “The AI reckoning is coming, it’s just a matter of timing” – Fortunes will be made and lost as investors scramble to predict when the AI bubble will finally burst, writes Andrew Orlowski in the Telegraph.
• “TikTok promotes high-speed police chase videos as ‘thrilling’” – TikTok is promoting high-speed police-chase videos to young users by labelling them as “thrilling”, reports the Telegraph.
• “Ominous sign Super El Niño is here: ocean temperatures hit record high” – Global ocean temperatures have hit their highest daily average ever recorded, in what is being described as a worrying sign that a Super El Niño is ramping up, says the Mail.
• “‘We’ll never invest in Britain again,’ says FTSE oil giant” – A major FTSE oil company has declared it will never invest in Britain again, warning that the UK’s “crazy” politics has “done a lot of damage” to its growth prospects, reports the Telegraph.
• “2026 Atlantic cyclone energy index running at 85% below normal” – The 2026 Atlantic cyclone energy index is running at a remarkable 85% below normal levels, notes P. Gosselin at No Tricks Zone.
• “Canada threatens to cut off US power as Trump’s trade war spirals” – Ontario Premier Doug Ford has threatened to cut off America’s electricity supply after Trump announced tariffs targeting Canada’s auto industry, reports the Mail.
• “Net Zero is dead and gone” – From Biden-era green energy fads to corporate boardroom pledges, the Net Zero agenda has collapsed under the weight of political and economic reality, says Stephen Moore at Creators.
• “Desperate climate crisis cultists turn to OnlyFans for ‘sexy’ messaging” – Climate activists are resorting to OnlyFans to push “sexy” Net Zero messaging, notes Leslie Eastman in Legal Insurrection.
• “When the woke Left hounded a black researcher” – The racial identitarians who rallied behind Jason Arday will turn on any black voice that dares to dissent from their approved script, warns Neil Davenport in Spiked.
• “Why EDI must end” – The imposition of equality, diversity and inclusion frameworks is corroding the university’s core mission of teaching people how to think, says the Anonymous Don in the Critic.
• “Old Bill’s gender top trumps” – On his Substack, Frank Haviland reveals how gender ideology has transformed the classic British bobby from a no-nonsense upholder of the law into something utterly unrecognisable.
• “Prince Harry quits African charity at centre of rape and torture claims” – Prince Harry has quit charity African Parks after its park rangers were accused of rape and torture, reports Channel Nine.
• “We must pursue truth wherever we find it” – On BBC’s Sunday Morning Live, Spiked’s Tom Slater says the mainstream media isn’t racist – it’s just petrified of being called racist, which is exactly why the grooming gangs scandal stayed buried for years.

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