Public letter sent by PM deemed ‘unacceptable’ by French

French president Emmanuel Macron has accused Boris Johnson of failing to act “seriously” in the migrant crisis, as he justified Paris’s decision to withdraw Priti Patel’s invitation to an emergency summit on Sunday.

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Travel restrictions needed while scientists ‘check out’ variant, says transport secretary

French interior minister Gerald Darmanin has told Priti Patel she “was no longer welcome” at Sunday’s European meeting on migrant issues

Four teenagers - aged 13, two aged 14, and one aged 15 - arrested on suspicion of murder

Twenty-four-year-old is due to appear at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court

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Met Office has issued an amber wind warning for parts of north-east England and Scotland

Former PM likens Labour’s position to 1983 when it was criticised for supporting LGBT rights

Defence secretary insists army will be ‘leaner but more productive’, despite concerns from ex-commanders

The suspect is alleged to have scoped out the street disguised as a litter-picker days before the shooting

RMT union at odds with TfL over driver shift patterns as Night Tube returns

Hard-working healthcare professionals are fighting an uphill battle, says Macmillan chief

No assurance Kickstart scheme jobs are ‘high quality’, says National Audit Office

Hundreds gather to pay tribute to teenager as police reveal she had ‘no link’ with murder suspect

Countryside crime on the rise while offenders go unchecked and convictions drop, warn nature experts

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Most crossings facilitated by smugglers but some launched by migrants acting alone, investigators say

Hunts will collapse or struggle to keep going, saboteurs predict

Priti Patel to travel to France for emergency summit called by Emmanuel Macron

Peers accuse government of adding ‘draconian’ amendments to bill at late stage of parliamentary scrutiny

Victoria Hewson, from the Institute of Economic Affairs will be on hand to answer your questions about Brexit

Two-thirds of applications granted despite home secretary’s claims 70% of small boat passengers are ‘economic migrants’

Tory MP Mims Davies found black substance in glass

No confidence letters from 54 MPs to 1922 chairman needed to trigger Tory leadership election

Local charity worker says ‘it’s proof that the government’s strategy of deterrence isn’t working’

Storm Arwen to bring strong winds to swathes of UK

Data also suggests consumers are now buying early ahead of Christmas to ensure they can get hold of goods

‘Is it any wonder we’re seeing so many young men committing crime?’ asks MP Nick Fletcher

Earlier, Paris said the five arrested were ‘directly linked’ to tragedy

Row over fishing rights after Brexit boils over

Priti Patel tells MPs: ‘In terms of toughness, I have not ruled anything out’

Germany’s outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed her “full solidarity” with Warsaw over Poland’s tense border situation with Belarus

Figures suggest people happier to socialise as most vulnerable offered first dose of jab

Police given more time to question 24-year-old man as 26-year-old released without charge

Toys contain excessive amounts of plastic softening chemical, which may be harmful to children

Thatched roof caught light in devastating blaze

‘He gets angry if the courts or parliament try to interfere ... he thinks he should not be impeded in these ways’

New EU food safety regulation – coming into force next March – is ‘concerning’ exporters, MPs told

People were pictured arriving in to Dover on an RNLI lifeboat in the early hours of Thursday morning

The Dublin regime made it easier to return migrants to other countries

States Assembly members vote in favour of allowing terminally ill to chose to die

One of those who died was a pregnant woman

‘I’m not sure the British people would accept it the other way round, with the French army patrolling the British shore’

President Macron reportedly warned Boris Johnson the British should ‘refrain from using a dramatic situation for political ends’

Workers describe ‘unprecedented’ situation as calls to confidential staff helpline hit record numbers

Arctic winds sending temperatures tumbling as we enter December but opinion divided among experts on whether Britain will experience coldest winter since 2010

Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46, were out celebrating a birthday when they were killed in June last year

The runaway hogs caused chaos by charging onto the green

Exclusive: PM must ‘up his game’ to keep support of backbenchers, senior MP tells The Independent

‘They live in London peacefully in beautiful villas,’ says Hauts-de-France politician on smugglers

In total, 1,500 people smugglers have been stopped by the French police since the start of the year, according to France’s interior minister

Exclusive: Demand for ‘climate waiver’ to free countries from fear of litigation over emission cuts

‘I was getting pointed at, people were laughing, trying to take pictures of me’

More details emerge of author’s infamous detective work to identify source of tabloid leaks