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George Lithgow

Reporter · GB

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 29, 2026
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Jul 13, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · George Lithgow

    Hundreds of prisoners to walk free as expanded early release scheme begins (opens the original)

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    Hundreds of prisoners are due to walk free from jail on Thursday in the first wave of the Government’s controversial expanded early release scheme. Some 5,000 prisoners are scheduled to be released in stages over the next year, down from 6,000, after ministers intervened to exempt rapists and the most serious child sex offenders. The plan to free up capacity in the overcrowded male prison estate comes as figures show the number of people behind bars has jumped by more than 1,700 in the past thre

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · George Lithgow

    Ten people arrested after migrant boat lands at tiny harbour in Cornwall (opens the original)

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    Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Ten people, including two Albanian nationals, have been detained after a migrant vessel arrived at a small harbour in Cornwall. Devon and Cornwall Police said several people were seen disembarking from the boat at Mylor Harbour, near Falmouth, before departing the area in a van on Sunday. The force added that the two Albanians were arrested on suspicion of immigration offence

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · George Lithgow

    Government to ‘push further and harder’ after 780 cross Channel in one day (opens the original)

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    The Government has said it must “push further and harder” to stop migrants crossing the Channel after more than 700 people arrived in the UK on Wednesday – the highest number for a single day so far this year. It comes after a Cabinet minister said not every migrant boat can be intercepted in the wake of two vessels landing undetected on British shores within two days. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who has ordered an urgent review by the Border Security Command, said the failure to inter

  4. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · George Lithgow

    RAF pauses Hawk jet training after pilots ejected moments before crash (opens the original)

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    The RAF has “temporarily paused” its high speed Hawk fighter jet training after two pilots ejected from their aircraft moments before it crashed and narrowly missed homes. The Hawk T2 aircraft had been flying out of the RAF Valley station on Anglesey when it plummeted to the ground in the nearby Pencarnisiog area. The pilots are being treated for injuries. On Wednesday evening, the RAF said it had decided to pause Hawk operations as a “precautionary measure” whilst investigations are ongoing. Ch

  5. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · George Lithgow, Matt Watts

    Home Secretary slams failure to stop two migrant boats in two days (opens the original)

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    This content is provided by Exco Player and may use cookies or similar technologies. Please click 'Allow and Continue' below to load the content. The failure to intercept two migrant boats in two days before they reached the Kent coast was “not acceptable”, Shabana Mahmood has said. The Home Secretary has ordered an urgent review by the Border Security Command, saying “even one” uncontrolled landing is “one too many”. Some 21 people were detained after a boat arrived on the beach of

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