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Published: 26 August 2025. The English Chronicle Desk The primary tool used across the United Kingdom to determine which victims of domestic abuse receive urgent support has come under scrutiny after Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips admitted to the BBC that it “doesn’t work.” The revelation has sparked growing concern among professionals, academics, and advocacy groups who warn that the existing system may leave vulnerable individuals exposed to further harm. Since...

Published: 26 August 2025. The English Chronicle Desk The BBC has come under fire following a heated exchange between Today Programme host Emma Barnett and Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf during a live discussion on the party’s new immigration policy. The controversy erupted after Barnett interrupted Yusuf’s argument that deporting illegal migrants would not only save billions of pounds in accommodation costs but also reduce the burden on Britain’s criminal justice...

Published: 26 August 2025. The English Chronicle Desk Disturbing images from the French coast have reignited the political and humanitarian debate surrounding Britain’s asylum system, showing children being carried onto flimsy dinghies as desperate families attempt the perilous Channel crossing. One photograph captures a man waist-deep in water, struggling to keep a young child on his shoulders while boarding an overcrowded boat—an image campaigners have described as a “stark reminder”...

Published: 26 August 2025. The English Chronicle Desk Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, delivered a high-profile speech this morning outlining his party’s ambitious and contentious plans for addressing illegal migration, a move that has immediately drawn sharp criticism from opposition figures and sparked widespread debate across the political spectrum. Speaking at 10:30 a.m., Farage promised to implement what he described as a policy of “mass deportations” targeting individuals arriving...

Published: 25 August  2025. The English Chronicle Desk The British high street is preparing to bid farewell to one of its most familiar supermarket outlets as Marks & Spencer confirmed the closure of its Great George Street branch in Glasgow’s West End. The decision, which follows the expiration of the store’s lease, marks another chapter in the retailer’s sweeping reorganisation programme designed to reshape its estate for long-term growth. The...

Published: 25 August '2025. The English Chronicle Online Public frustration over the housing of asylum seekers in hotels has once again erupted in Tamworth, Staffordshire, a town administered by a Labour-led local council, as part of a wider wave of demonstrations held across the United Kingdom. The issue, which has remained highly contentious in recent years, has seen protests staged in several cities including Bristol, Liverpool, Newcastle, Aberdeen and Perth,...

Published: 25 August  2025. The English Chronicle Online The United Kingdom has once again experienced an unusual wave of seismic activity, with two earthquakes striking within the space of three hours and bringing the nation’s annual tally of tremors to more than one hundred. The quakes, each measuring 1.3 on the Richter scale, occurred on Tuesday, August 19, first in Cumbria and later near the celebrated hiking spot known as...

Published: 23 August '2025. The English Chronicle Desk. A report for the English Chronicle Online. Ruby Tui, the former New Zealand Black Ferns star who dazzled the world during her country’s triumphant Women’s World Cup campaign three years ago in Auckland, has taken on a new role in England at this year’s tournament. Snapped up by the BBC as part of its punditry line-up, she has already established herself as...

Published: 23 August '2025. The English Chronicle Desk. A report for the English Chronicle Online. Ruby Tui, the former New Zealand Black Ferns star who dazzled the world during her country’s triumphant Women’s World Cup campaign three years ago in Auckland, has taken on a new role in England at this year’s tournament. Snapped up by the BBC as part of its punditry line-up, she has already established herself as...

Published: 23 August '2025. The English Chronicle Desk A diplomatic row has erupted in the world of international sport after members of Britain’s wheelchair basketball team turned their backs during the Israeli national anthem at the Wheelchair Basketball Nations Cup in Cologne. The protest, which took place during the opening ceremony of the final group-stage match last Saturday, has been widely condemned as disrespectful and in violation of the rules...