A new Explorer Scout unit has been launched in Woodham Ferrers. The Phoenix Explorer Scout Unit, for teenagers aged 14 to 17, will meet every Thursday at 8.15pm at the Scout Hut in Creekview Road.

The top five nationalities issued Refugee Family Reunion grants in the year to March were Syrian, Iranian, Afghan, Eritrean and Sudanese.

The care home had called 999 after Mr Burgess, a single-leg amputee and wheelchair user, reportedly grabbed a knife and threatened to stab staff.

The comment comes almost a week after the first face-to-face engagement between the countries’ delegations since 2022.

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said pitting the creative industries against artificial intelligence was ‘unnecessarily divisive’.

The number of asylum applications in the UK has hit a new high, though the backlog of cases waiting for a decision has fallen to its lowest level since 2021. A total of 109,343 people applied for ...