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A man has been jailed for two years after pleading guilty to violent disorder after throwing a plastic bottle and swearing at police during an anti-migrant protest in Portsmouth earlier this month.

Hundreds of anti-migration protesters faced off against police in Gosport last night as fury broke out over police "escorting invading migrants".

Six people have been arrested after protesters waiting for a migrant mega-dinghy from France to come ashore clashed with police.

A small boat is heading to the UK after spending more than 33 hours at sea in "precarious conditions" despite refusing help from the French coastguard.

Criminal gangs launched two migrant boats from French beaches today, despite poor weather conditions and increased beach patrols.

A 76-year-old man has been charged with concealing his identity by wearing a burka at an anti-immigration protest in Portsmouth.

Shortly after 7am last Saturday in the English coastal town of Dover, livestreamed footage distributed by Britain’s newest anti-migrant movement showed dozens of men in paramilitary outfits jumping out from the backs of vehicles, their faces covered beneath balaclavas, their hands in black gloves.

Protesters wearing face coverings at protests planned in Portsmouth this weekend could be arrested under new policing powers, Hampshire Police has said.

Shabana Mahmood has ordered police chiefs to make greater use of mask bans and surveillance technology as forces prepare to clamp down on anti-migration protests this weekend.

French rescuers refused to stop a 120-strong migrant mega dinghy bound for Britain after claiming do so could have put their lives in jeopardy.

The RNLI boats that picked up 140 migrants in the English Channel were denied entry to two larger ports and forced to go ashore during large protests, it has been revealed.

Nigel Farage has called for full face coverings to be banned in public ‘once and for all’ after masked protesters gathered for anti-migrant demonstrations over the weekend.

Most of the hundreds of men clad in sinister balaclavas and black outfits on the Dover anti-migrant protest were anonymous, but one well-built man stood out from the mob.

A Royal Navy sailor took his own life on a warship after he was charged with sex assault allegations, an inquest heard.

Nigel Farage has warned Britain stands "on the edge of serious civil disturbance" after a series of anti-migrant protests on the south coast.

A police chief has warned England’s south coast is not prepared for the arrival of migrants after a night of protests in Portsmouth.

A 14 year old boy has died after being hit by a bus outside a city centre train station.

Armed police were called to a beach after a man was spotted carrying a rifle during a barbecue with friends.

HMS Dragon, a destroyer dispatched to protect British air bases in Cyprus following a missile attack, will be docked due to a "minor technical issue".

An Irish folk group was taken off stage mid-performance at a UK music festival after they displayed a Palestinian flag and started a pro-Palestine chant.

A man has died and another is missing after a boat crashed off near Portsmouth Harbour.