Leaders in agriculture, hospitality and the care system lashed out at the Home Secretary after she dismissed fears over staff shortages caused by the proposed points-based system.

DAVID GOODHART: The post-Brexit shake-up to Britain's immigration system, unveiled today by Priti Patel, should be welcomed on the grounds of politics, economics - and general fairness.

Priti Patel blasted rapper Dave's incendiary claims that Boris Johnson is a 'real racist' this morning on Sky News and BBC Breakfast, calling them 'utter nonsense' and 'highly inappropriate'.

The 47-year-old, who was born in London to Ugandan Asian parents of Gujarati descent, admitted they would not have made the cut were the system in place in the 1960s when they arrived.

Protesters from RAICES Action, a prominent immigrant rights group, interrupted Biden's closing remarks near the end of Wednesday's two-hour televised debate at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas

Priti Patel has been hit with new 'bullying' claims as it emerges immigration boss Mark Thomson was prompted to resign from his role following 'uncomfortable' demands by the Home Secretary.

Low-skilled immigration will be made virtually impossible under a points-based system as free movement rights are consigned to history.

Verónica Carmen Lara-Márquez, who is three months pregnant, was briefly detained by ICE last week in Philadelphia moments after leaving her four-year-old daughter at a school.

Verónica Carmen Lara-Márquez, who has been in the U.S. since 2011, was given 45 days to self-deport to El Salvador after being detained by federal agents outside of her daughter's school.

Let's imagine for a second if a senior member of Vote Leave had tweeted about barring a senior black or Asian Labour politician from the country, writes DAN HODGES.

The Pitch Perfect star, 39, was at the Mammoth Film Festival for the weekend to support Mickey and his latest film Deported, and the incident occurred at a celebrity bowling tournament.

The allies claim Sir Philip's live statement to the BBC - in which he said he was planning to take her and the department to court for constructive dismissal - had 'Javid's fingerprints all over it'.

Maria De Los Angel Sanz Pimentel, a Dominican woman who is allegedly in the United States without a work visa, was taken into custody by several ICE agents after a raid in Brooklyn on March 1.

Ilaitia Cokanasiga, 48, from Fiji, said he felt 'immense pride' to have served with the UK armed forces but now feels 'betrayed' after he was let down by the government.

President Rodrigo Duterte announced strict immigration curbs and a halt on domestic land, sea and air travel to and from Manila to arrest the spread of coronavirus on Thursday.

Border patrol agents at the Chula Vista Border Patrol Station near San Diego, California, have come under fire over the treatment of a 27-year-old Guatemalan woman when she delivered her baby.

Michael Wildes helped secure US citizenship for both Melania Trump and her parents Viktor and Amalija Knavs as well as a green card for Melania's sister Ines.

Priti Patel today signalled a fresh crackdown on illegal migrants crossing the English Channel as she also vowed to tackle 'vexatious' asylum claims.

Her sister Gigi is said to be expecting her first child with boyfriend Zayn Malik. And it appeared Bella Hadid was helping out by taking control of the cooking on Tuesday night.

Sir Mo Farah has been beaten in a race by a mystery runner at a school sports day event. He was visiting his son's school in south-west London when he took part in the 60-metre sprint.

Sir Mo himself took to social media in March to make clear the advertisement by the UK-based company Diamond Mist had nothing to do with him.

After Saturday's dramatic come-from-behind win over Estonia in Tallinn, victory for the Green and White would put them on 12 points from four games.

The hosts of the 2030 World Cup will only have six years to prepare for the tournament. The FIFA Council decided at a meeting Thursday that the bidding process will be launched in 2022.

CHRIS WHEELER AT WINDSOR PARK: A goalless draw was enough to send Holland through to Euro 2020 and render Northern Ireland's final Group C game against Germany meaningless.

Dean Ray scored a deal with Sony Music after he was declared the runner-up on  The X Factor Australia in 2014. 

Former X Factor Australia stars Jess and Matt Price have revealed their family plans and the secret to balancing marriage and working together. 

Former X Factor Australia stars Jess and Matt Price packed on the PDA in a series of photos shared to Instagram on Friday.

The Pussycat Dolls' Nicole Scherzinger has spoken out about the costume controversy that followed their recent raunchy UK television performance.

Paddy McGuinness, 45, joined Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris in Top Gear all-new presenting lineup on Sunday night. Viewers have taken to Twitter to reveal how impressed they were with the trio.

Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff, who hosts the show with Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris, revealed they have decided against cutting the film from the new series.

The couple raced each other around a Surrey race track in a Toyota GT86 for the show's A Reasonably Priced Car Segment, with Zara at one stage hurtling off the gravel and onto the grass.

The RHOC star, 31, appeared in great spirits as she treated herself to a hair salon visit at The Style Lounge in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, on Wednesday afternoon.

Chris Evans didn't even make the top ten in a vote on iconic British motoring show Top Gear's best-ever presenters. Instead Jeremy Clarkson topped a Radio Times poll of almost 5,000 viewers.

The former Top Gear presenter is renovating his £3.5m home in Hammersmith which he bought in 2000, but he had the plans to change the style and size of his windows rejected in April.

Rodney Lynn, head of Coffs Harbour Christian Community School, wrote a letter to pupils and parents on September 26. He did not mention Greta by name but told pupils not to pay attention to her.

In March 2015, Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson punched Oisin Tymon at Simonstone Hall in North Yorkshire, when the producer told him that his choice of steak dinner wasn't available.

The 32 year old looked sensational when she stepped out on Monday night at the premier of the 28 season of Top Gear in London

The former Top Gear presenter is adjusting to a fifth week of enforced lockdown as the country battles to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19.

The Met Office warned Earth will be about 1.11C above pre-industrial levels in 2020 due to rising greenhouse gases, after Australia endured its hottest day ever with an average high of 41C.

The Environment Agency has issued 34 flood warnings meaning flooding is expected - along with 110 alerts, which mean flooding is possible, despite the rain expected to ease this weekend.

136 flood alerts have been put in place - mostly in the South - while the north has large yellow rain warnings for today before some respite on Sunday.

Temperatures will rise as high as 15 or 16C in the south on Tuesday. It will feel markedly like spring although it will be colder in the north.

The UK faces much-needed warm and lovely sunny weather this weekend after a -6C chill tonight, as the country sinks into a gloom amid the raging coronavirus crisis (St Anne's Beach).

The Met Office is warning of high pressure systems from the Atlantic and northern Europe crossing towards the eastern parts of the UK from Friday afternoon.

Britons feeling blue because of the coronavirus lockdown are set to bask in some sunshine with forecasters predicting temperatures could soar to 68F by Sunday.

A 2,000 mile-wide 'high pressure bubble' will see temperatures climb in Britain from 68F (20C) on Monday to 73F (23C) by Thursday, which would make the UK hotter than Essaouira, Morocco.

The Met Office said the 'unsettled' theme will likely last into the beginning of May, becoming more 'settled' into the second week, May 11 onward, with 'mixed' conditions until the end of the month.

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Gochugaru, or Korean red pepper flakes, are available online and at specialist shops. They really make the dish

One of the easiest and nicest dinners I can think of is roasted sweet potato - and this smoky version, jazzed up with sharp feta, spring onions and some crunch from the peanuts, is up there