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Published: 17 November 2025 Monday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A community in shock and grief is coming to terms with a tragic road traffic collision near Dundalk in the Republic of Ireland that claimed the lives of five young people over the weekend. The crash, which occurred just after 21:00 local time on Saturday, involved a Volkswagen Golf and a Toyota Land Cruiser on the Ardee...

Published: 17 November 2025 Monday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK government is preparing to introduce one of the most significant reforms to its asylum and immigration system in decades. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is set to announce plans to fast-track the deportation of illegal migrants, overhaul human rights legislation, and restrict the rights of those granted asylum to temporary status. The reforms, designed to reduce...

Published: 17 November 2025 Monday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK government is embarking on what could be the most ambitious overhaul of its asylum system since the aftermath of World War Two. Under the leadership of Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, the reforms are designed to tighten immigration controls, increase deportations, and limit the incentives that attract migrants to the UK. Mahmood, appointed by Sir Keir...

Published: 17 November 2025 Monday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The early hours of Sunday brought an unusual stillness to Crowborough, a usually quiet East Sussex town better known for its proximity to the Ashdown Forest and its calm, small-town life. But that calm shifted as hundreds of residents gathered to voice their objections to a central government proposal that has drawn sharp attention across the region....

Published: 17 November 2025 Monday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Rosalind Levine and Maxie Allen say they never imagined a series of messages in a parents’ WhatsApp group would one day lead to their arrest, an overnight ordeal in police custody, and a long, painful battle to clear their names. Yet, ten months after officers entered their home and detained them on suspicion of harassment and malicious...

Published: 17 November 2025 Monday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A blast of cold Arctic air is poised to sweep across the United Kingdom this week, bringing a sharp drop in temperatures and the possibility of snow on higher ground as communities in Wales continue to clean up from devastating weekend floods. The arrival of the cold spell marks a dramatic shift from the exceptionally mild and...

Published: 17 November 2025 Monday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is set to announce one of the most extensive overhauls of the United Kingdom’s asylum and immigration system in more than a decade, introducing fast-track deportations for illegal migrants and tightening the conditions under which refugees may build a long-term life in Britain. The reforms, expected to be laid out in a statement...

Published: 14 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Nothing quite prepares you for your first glimpse of Chatsworth. As visitors turn into the drive, the house reveals itself, a handsome limestone edifice framed by wooded hills ablaze with autumn colours, fronted by rolling parkland where sheep graze along the riverbanks. Behind its bucolic appearance lies centuries of careful landscaping and architectural craftsmanship by the Cavendish family,...

Published: 14 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Global markets fell sharply after a sell-off in technology stocks and alarming economic data from China signalled a slump in investment, rattling investors worldwide. The FTSE 100 opened down 1.1%, shedding roughly 100 points as major banking stocks, including Barclays, Lloyds, and NatWest, fell between 3% and 3.5%. The index now stands at 9,705, retreating from its recent...

Published: 14 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Schools in England are steering away children with special needs, leading some to have six times as many pupils requiring learning or behaviour support compared with others, according to research. Local authority leaders told the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) they knew of schools that were “happy” to see others take children requiring extra support detailed by...