Some 19,982 migrants have arrived in the UK after making the dangerous crossing up to the end of June this year, latest Home Office figures show.

Employment rights minister Justin Madders criticised a ‘piecemeal approach’ to designing the parental leave system over the past 134 years.

Gary MacPherson, 58, committed the offences between 2005 and 2022 and was sentenced at the High Court in Paisley on Tuesday.

Conor McGregor’s legal team has withdrawn a bid to introduce fresh evidence in his appeal against a decision in a civil case.