Britain's border protection neither 'effective nor efficient', report finds

Good evening. Britain’s border protection is neither “effective nor efficient”, a delayed report by the sacked border watchdog has found.

Elsewhere, evidence from the investigation which cleared Christian Horner of inappropriate behaviour has been leaked.

Britain’s border protection neither ‘effective nor efficient’, delayed report finds

Britain’s border protection is neither “effective nor efficient”, a delayed report has found. The Home Office has published 13 papers written by David Neal, the former chief inspector of borders and immigration who was dismissed for breaching his contract by revealing what the Home Office claimed was sensitive but inaccurate data.

Christian Horner messages leaked to hundreds via anonymous email

Christian Horner and Red Bull have been plunged into a fresh crisis following a dramatic leak of secret evidence from the investigation that cleared him of inappropriate behaviour towards a female colleague.

Wayne Couzens sexually assaulted a child, report reveals

Wayne Couzens sexually assaulted a child, attempted to kidnap a woman at knife point and was reported to police eight times for exposing himself in the years before he murdered Sarah Everard, a damning inquiry has found. A timeline of his offences can be read here. Judith Woods argues that the police protected Couzens because he was one of their own.

Evening Briefing: Today’s essential headlines

Crime | Mohamed Al-Fayed’s daughter has been charged with robbery after allegedly ordering her bodyguards to steal her brother’s phone.

Downing Street | Trans women criminals must be recorded as men, says No 10

Royals | Prince William says ‘anti-Semitism has no place in society’ as he returns to work

Horizon scandal | MPs demand Post Office boss hands over report into his conduct

London | Left-wing activists protest for Gaza ceasefire – and climate change – at Liverpool Street station

BBC | Hairy Bikers chef Dave Myers dies aged 66

Pictured: Humpback sex photographed for first time – and both whales are male

Exactly why male humpbacks engage in gay penetrative sex is “the million-dollar question”, researchers say.

Comment and analysis

Henry Olsen | McConnell stood down – it’s Biden’s turn next

Jemima Lewis | British parents have forgotten their most basic responsibilities

Con Coughlin | Hamas is blackmailing the West into submission

Telegraph view | Emmanuel Macron is posturing on Ukraine once again

Jade McGlynn | The most terrifying thing about Putin is not that he’s delusional, but that he might be right

World news: Israel has killed 25,000 Palestinian women and children since October attacks, US says

Israel has killed more than 25,000 Palestinian women and children since the Oct 7 attack by militant group Hamas, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday.

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