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Published: 17 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A British father living in Thailand is facing an increasingly expensive struggle to bring his five-month-old son and his fiancée to the United Kingdom for Christmas after the Home Office refused his partner a visitor visa. The decision has put a planned family reunion in jeopardy, leaving the child's elderly great-grandfather in Lancashire uncertain whether he will ever...

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Russian anti-war activists who fled their homeland to escape political persecution are facing a new threat in the West, as increasingly restrictive asylum policies leave some at risk of being forcibly returned to a country where they fear imprisonment, interrogation or conscription into the war against Ukraine. For some, the journey to safety has ended in a terrifying...

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Reform UK MP Robert Jenrick has strongly defended party leader Nigel Farage amid renewed allegations that the party has struggled to prevent extremist and racist views among some of its representatives. Jenrick said Farage had “probably done more than almost anybody” to oppose racism and the far right, after undercover footage appeared to show the Reform leader being...

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The United Kingdom could potentially establish a much closer relationship with the European Union within months of making a political decision to deepen ties, according to a senior European parliamentarian who played a significant role in the Brexit negotiations. Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament’s trade committee, has suggested that a “Switzerland plus” arrangement could offer Britain...

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Survivors of sexual violence could be denied recognition and support as victims of human trafficking under proposed changes to UK immigration law, the country’s independent anti-slavery commissioner has warned. Eleanor Lyons has raised concerns that new credibility requirements contained in the immigration and asylum bill could make it significantly harder for survivors to have their experiences formally recognised,...

Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Repairing the economic damage caused by Brexit should be one of Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s highest priorities as the government considers a closer relationship with the European Union, according to the head of one of Britain’s leading business organisations. Shevaun Haviland, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, has argued that the UK’s current trading relationship with...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK government has threatened to impose a complete entry ban on Eritrean nationals unless the East African country agrees to accept more of its citizens whose asylum claims have been rejected, as well as foreign criminals facing removal from Britain. The warning marks a further escalation in the government’s efforts to pressure countries that refuse to cooperate...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Aardman, the British animation studio behind the internationally loved characters Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, has reduced its annual losses substantially but failed to achieve its target of returning to profitability in 2025. The employee-owned company increased its revenue despite production delays and difficult trading conditions in the children’s entertainment market, highlighting the financial challenges facing...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK economy unexpectedly returned to growth in August, offering a welcome boost to the government less than two weeks before Chancellor John Healey is due to deliver his first budget. Official figures showed that gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.1% during the month, defying economists’ expectations of a contraction and providing fresh evidence of resilience amid...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK government has yet to establish a timetable for making information about major landowners in England and Wales freely available to the public, leaving questions about land ownership transparency unresolved months after ministers promised to work towards opening up the data. The delay has renewed concerns among environmental campaigners and transparency advocates, who argue that greater public...