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Care workers trapped in UK’s ‘modern slave trade’

The visa system forces migrant health professionals who plug the British labour gap to stay silent on abuses ranging from rape to 20-hour days

Britain to expel up to 1 000 Zimbabweans

Britain is preparing to expel hundreds of failed asylum-seekers back to Zimbabwe because the government believes they are at no ”general risk” in their home country. The mass…

Leon warns on SA-Britain visa rule

Any move by Britain to impose visa requirements on South Africans will have a serious effect on business and travel links between the two countries, the Democratic Alliance (DA)…

Firefighters battle large London blaze

A big fire at a warehouse sent out a pall of black smoke over east London on Monday, but there were no reports of casualties and police said there was nothing to suggest it was…

British judge blocks SA ex-cop’s deportation

A judge on Thursday blocked a British decision to deport a South African former police officer who claims he would face violence from gang members if he returned to his homeland.…

Another Putin opponent may have fled to London

Relations between Russia and Britain were facing fresh turbulence on Wednesday after a billionaire oligarch wanted by the Kremlin for tax evasion was reported to have escaped to…