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Afghan nationals accounted for the single largest group of arrivals across the year.

For the first time in five years, since current records began in 2018, no Channel crossings took place on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or Boxing Day.

The teenager was pronounced dead at Primrose Hill in Camden at 11.40pm on New Year’s Eve.

GPs are paid for patients on their list, meaning practices could be receiving millions of extra pounds for people who may not be real.

A range of stories make the headlines for the first day of 2024.

SNP MP Tommy Sheppard said voters would be ‘fizzing’ at the increase in sales of the drink during the cost-of-living crisis.

The Government set an ambition for there to be at least six high-powered chargers at all motorway service areas in England by the end of 2023.

Liberal Democrat Liam McArthur expects to formally introduce proposed legislation on assisted dying in Scotland in the ‘early part’ of 2024.

Tom Merry, head of banking strategy at Accenture, said the tech could ‘touch almost everything that goes on at a bank’.

Households that have not yet done so are urged to submit meter readings to their supplier as quickly as possible to ensure they are charged correctly.

It comes after another year of tough economic conditions resulted in increased business failures during 2023.

Some 51% intend to travel abroad more than once in 2024, the poll commissioned by financial protection scheme Atol indicated.

Weather warnings for wind and rain had been issued for parts of England and Wales for New Year’s Eve.

Edinburgh was lit up with fireworks as crowds from near and far danced and sang along to some of the Sheffield band’s greatest hits.

Revellers were wowed at shows in both Edinburgh and London.

One reveller said the display is ‘what Edinburgh is all about’.

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said the Government would not hesitate to take ‘direct action’ to prevent further attacks.

Both women were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Raiders struck at the England midfielder’s Cheshire mansion during City’s Premier League clash against Everton on Wednesday.

Flemming Kloster Poulsen said she was a ‘perfect mix of royal and at the same time down to earth’.