Category Archives: News

NHS: Poles, paracetamol and the myth of health tourism

Never mind the stupid EU referendum, there were some truly regrettable things about the Queen’s Speech: chiefly, the proposals to tackle benefit and healthcare “tourism” (modern Conservatives use this previously bland word, used for simply exploring foreign countries, as a euphemism for deliberate exploitation. Who knows where tourism tourism will...
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UK Student visa interviews – Nigeria

From 9 May 2013, if you apply for a Tier 4 student visa you must now make an appointment online to attend the visa application centre. You will need to sit a short interview when you attend the visa application centre to submit your application and biometric information. The interview...
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Neo-Nazi Gang Member On Trial Over Murders

The surviving member of a neo-Nazi cell blamed for a series of racist murders in Germany has gone on trial. Thirty-eight-year-old Beate Zschaepe appeared in court in Munich charged with complicity in the murder of eight Turks, a Greek and a policewoman between 2000 and 2007. Scuffles took place outside...
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How has immigration changed Britain?

He is answering the criticisms made not just by the white British residents but a significant number of the city’s large Asian community, who complain that eastern Europeans simply don’t integrate. Sounds like America but, in fact, this is the UK – Peterborough, to be precise. I’ve been filming in...
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