ministers want to move hundreds more on to the bibby stockholm this week, but about 20 have refused to go. speaking on bbc breakfast, the justice secretary alex chalk accepted there were legal challenges ahead for those who refuse to go on board. the position as they have made illegal objections to that process will need to go through its normal course, through our independent courts. we are very clear that if people don t have a right to be in the uk, that it is no longer sustainable for the british people to be spending £6 million a day on up to be spending £6 million a day on up to fourstar to be spending £6 million a day on up to four star accommodation, so of course we will be fair to people and ensure they are put up an appropriate accommodation which is safe and clean and decent and so on but we also have to be fair to the british people as well, and that means ensuring where there are alternatives to expensive hotel accommodation, be it a part of a disused army bas
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hour. england ride their luck to reach the women s world cup quarterfinals. but they ll be without laurenjames, whose one match ban could be extended, following her sending off against nigeria. and we have a north south split in the weather today. in the north, largely dry with some sunshine, but wind increasing in the far north east. in the south, turning cloudy and murky with some patchy light rain. all the details later. it s tuesday the 8th of august. our main story. 15 asylum seekers have spent their first night on the government s controversial accommodation barge, after a series of delays over safety concerns. ministers want to move hundreds more onto the bibby stockholm in dorset this week, but some have already refused to go, launching legal challenges. all this comes as the home office announces a new taskforce to crack down on rogue lawyers who may be helping migrants to remain in the uk, underfalse claims. ellie price reports. the first asylum seekers move into th
ahead: 50,000 police officers are deployed across france, as security is tightened ahead of the first round of voting in the country s presidential election. we put them in the sport because it is quiet. they will be happy. and they have access to our garden and oui’ they have access to our garden and our neighbour ‘s garden. in this spot. a helping hand for hedgehogs how a village in east yorkshire has take on their closes rivals tottenham, in the first of this weekend s fa cup semi finals at wembley. and ben has the weather. a decent weekend in prospect. plenty of dry weather. even some sunshine. but there is a big change on the way for the start of next week, something much colder on the way. all of the details in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the conservatives are attempting to play down speculation that they will raise taxes if they win the general election. yesterday, the chancellor, phillip hammond, hinted that the government might aba