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UK halts visa routes from four countries amid claims migrants ‘exploiting’ asylum

Study visas for nationals from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan have been halted, as have work visas for Afghans.

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Irish Government to charter flight from Middle East for its citizens
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King to lead royal family at Commonwealth Day service
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Council aims to acquire former Dambusters base with plans for new aerospace jobs
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Trump ‘not happy’ with UK over Iran and says Starmer is ‘not Winston Churchill’
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Supporting image for story: Duchess of Edinburgh celebrates 40 years of Guide Dogs for the Blind in NI
Duchess of Edinburgh celebrates 40 years of Guide Dogs for the Blind in NI
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Global stock market sell-off deepens as oil and gas prices continue ascent
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Irish Government to charter flight from Middle East for its citizens
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King to lead royal family at Commonwealth Day service
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Council aims to acquire former Dambusters base with plans for new aerospace jobs
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Trump ‘not happy’ with UK over Iran and says Starmer is ‘not Winston Churchill’
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Duchess of Edinburgh celebrates 40 years of Guide Dogs for the Blind in NI
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Global stock market sell-off deepens as oil and gas prices continue ascent
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Inventive West Midlands dad turns car into amphibious vehicle by fitting 5ft snorkel
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Charity campaigner flies to America for 3,000-mile ‘tartan trek’
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'I was a shopaholic with £15k of debt - but now I get my dopamine hit from saving'
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Charity offers ‘extraordinary’ opportunity to work in remote part of Highlands
Viral news|Feb 9
Supporting image for story: What a yarn! Knitting entrepreneur casts off for Atlantic charity row
What a yarn! Knitting entrepreneur casts off for Atlantic charity row
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‘Code breaker’ coin gives competition entrants chance to win a solid gold bar
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Has Dubai Airport reopened? Latest update as first Emirates flights to likes of London and Manchester take-off
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Iran strikes US embassy in Saudi Arabia as war expands yet again
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