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France hits out at Reform’s plan to use Navy to stop small boats as former officer says proposal ‘lacks substance’

Retired Royal Navy commander Tom Sharpe said military warships would not be best used for ‘ferrying people around’

Evening Standard

France hits back at Reform UK’s plan to use navy to stop small boats from crossing Channel

Experts say Nigel Farage’s plan would only increase death and violence at the border – after the party promised the ‘largest military operation in the Channel since WWII’

The Independent UK

Restore leader accuses Farage of ‘outright lying’ over pact offer but says his party ‘remains open’ – as it happened

Rupert Lowe says no talks have taken place after the Reform UK leader said he was ‘open to conversation’ on some sort of electoral deal

The Guardian - UK

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Former navy officer criticises Reform plan to use military to stop small boats

Retired commander says policy lacks substance as party accused of trying to distract from Nigel Farage’s scandals

The Guardian - UK

France will have to take migrants if they are picked up by Navy, says Zia Yusuf

Reform UK has called for ‘the largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two’.

Evening Standard

How Much Does It Cost to Shadow a Russian Warship? Britain's Navy Faces a Growing Bill

A recent live-fire exercise off Plymouth highlights the Royal Navy's challenges monitoring increasing Russian naval activity near UK waters. Explore the costs and strategic implications of these routine missions.

International Business Times UK

Russian Warship Fires Heavy Cannon Near Plymouth as Naval Expert Warns Stray Shells Threaten Channel Shipping

A Russian warship conducted a live artillery exercise near Plymouth, raising safety concerns for commercial vessels in the English Channel amid escalating tensions between Moscow and London.

International Business Times UK

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Come on in – the water’s full of sewage

The irony of publicising a seaside supplement next to a headline about effluent in the sea was not lost on readers

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: the secret love story behind the slapstick of author Tom Sharpe

The famed writer depicted outrageous antics in Porterhouse Blue and the Wilt novels. But now a new book has uncovered poems inspired by his heartbreak

The Guardian - UK

Michael Jayston obituary

Veteran stage and screen actor hailed for his roles in the 1971 film Nicholas and Alexandra and BBC TV’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

The Guardian - UK

Property-flipping experts move into latest stunning Welsh renovation and don't want to leave

And it was Nan's fault they even bought it in the first place

Wales Online

Solution for tackling migrant crossings ‘not at sea’, MPs told

The Prime Minister signed off plans for the military to take over command of the operation from Border Force.

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