‘We wish we’d stayed in France’: Four Sudanese asylum seekers who crossed the Channel in a dinghy and are now being held in converted Army barracks in Kent complain they are ‘being kept like animals in pens’ Four Sudanese asylum seekers moved to former Army barracks in Folkestone The men, who said they are in their … Read more
‘This place is no good’: Migrant whose journey from Sudan has ended at a converted Army barracks says the conditions are like a prison… and wishes he had STAYED in France to claim asylum there Four Sudanese asylum seekers moved to former Army barracks in Folkestone The men, who said they are in their 20s and … Read more
The first migrants have arrived in taxis at an army barracks in Kent which has been converted into a ‘dispersal facility’. Around 20 migrants were brought to Napier Barracks in Folkestone today where they could be housed for the up to a year. At 7.45pm this evening a black BMW saloon arrived at the barracks … Read more
The first migrants have arrived in taxis at an army barracks in Kent which has been converted into a ‘dispersal facility’. Around 20 migrants were brought to Napier Barracks in Folkestone today where they could be housed for the up to a year. At 7.45pm this evening a black BMW saloon arrived at the barracks … Read more
Mexican military seize drug cartel’s homemade TANK converted by covering pickup truck with bulletproof armor plates Mexico’s National Guard seized a pickup that had been converted into a tank The vehicle was found in Apatzingán, Michoacán, and reportedly belonged to Los Viagras, a self-defense group that transformed into a cartel The vehicle featured large sheets of … Read more
Would you go behind bars for £100k? Ground-floor flat for sale in a converted police station boasts a bathroom with a jailhouse door and a walk-in wardrobe with a food hatch The flat in Greater Manchester is being sold via online action, guide price £100k It has some of the original features that were in … Read more
High street’s vacant shops ‘should be converted into 800,000 new homes’ because online buying and ‘working from home’ culture is here to stay, think tank says Social Market Foundation has called for a dramatic overhaul of UK high streets It said coronavirus crisis would mean ‘long-lasting’ changes to shopping habits It suggested that converting vacant … Read more
The government is tearing up planning red tape from today to allow boarded up shops and abandoned offices to be turned into homes without the need for full planning permission, under new laws being introduced today. Changes to the planning system will make it easier for business owners and developers to ‘repurpose’ premises that are … Read more
Plane-ly amazing! The 1950s nuclear strike aircraft that’s been converted into a boutique Airbnb lodge, with a double bed in the cockpit The converted 1950s English Electric Canberra bomber affords superb views over the Somerset countryside It has a double bed in the cockpit, where guests can gaze through the window at the night’s sky … Read more
STOCK WATCH: Will Johnson Matthey’s investors be converted by dividend? By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 6 June 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 6 June 2020 Ten weeks is a long time in a crisis. But it’s how long shareholders of Johnson Matthey have had to wait since the … Read more