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Border Force

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FoundedMarch 1
2012
Number of employees7,500
Jurisdiction United Kingdom
PredecessorUK Border Agency
Agency executivePaul Lincoln, Director General
Parent agency Home Office
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About Border Force


Border Force is a part of the Home Office, responsible for frontline border control operations at air, sea and rail ports in the United Kingdom.

Suella Braverman's letter to Rishi Sunak in full

Suella Braverman's letter to Rishi Sunak in full
Nov 14,2023 12:51 pm

... I want to thank all of those civil servants, police, Border Force officers and security professionals with whom I have worked and whose dedication to public safety is exemplary...

Channel deaths: Government orders inquiry into mass drowning

Channel deaths: Government orders inquiry into mass drowning
Nov 8,2023 7:41 pm

... It said that might have contributed to the wrong assumption that people on board the boat had been rescued by the Border Force...

Plan for 40% of train services to run during strikes

Plan for 40% of train services to run during strikes
Nov 6,2023 2:41 pm

... The legislation will also apply to Border Force employees and some Passport Office staff in England, Wales and Scotland...

Significant quantity of drugs found off Dorset coast

Significant quantity of drugs found off Dorset coast
Oct 8,2023 9:40 am

... Border Force and Hampshire Police are supporting the investigation...

Train drivers strikes could continue in to Christmas, as fresh disruption begins

Train drivers strikes could continue in to Christmas, as fresh disruption begins
Sep 28,2023 8:51 pm

... Several industries have taken strike action since summer 2022, including nursing, Border Force staff, doctors and driving instructors...

Escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife still on the run

Escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife still on the run
Sep 7,2023 12:01 pm

... Even before the Met went public, queues were building at airports and ports after Border Force staff were instructed to put tighter security measures in place...

Chris Mason: Questions over how prisoner managed to escape

Chris Mason: Questions over how prisoner managed to escape
Sep 7,2023 3:31 am

... The decisions that came next followed established procedures and were taken not by ministers, but by others: police forces around the country sharing information, and Border Force being told about Daniel Abed Khalife in case he was was trying to flee the country...

We can avoid flight chaos in future, says air traffic boss

We can avoid flight chaos in future, says air traffic boss
Aug 30,2023 12:21 am

... After chairing a meeting between Nats, the CAA, airlines, airports, trade bodies and Border Force, Transport Secretary Mark Harper said on Tuesday that knock-on effects of the disruption were likely to continue over the coming days...

Covid vaccine: Pregnant women urged not to delay getting jab

Aug 24,2023 10:41 pm

Pregnant women are being urged not to delay getting their Covid jab or booster in a government campaign.

More Than 96% of pregnant women admitted to hospital with Covid symptoms between May and October Last Year were unvaccinated, according to the UK Obstetric Surveillance System.

The Campaign will share testimonies of pregnant women who have had the jab on radio and Social Media .

The government said the vaccine was safe and had no impact on fertility.

In December, saying they were at heightened risk from Covid.

Around one in five pregnant women admitted to hospital with The Virus needed to be delivered pre-term to help them recover, And One in five of their babies needed care in the neonatal unit, The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said.

Since April 2021, mothers-to-be have been offered the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna jab.

Around 84,000 pregnant women have received one dose and More Than 80,000 have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine since then, The Department said.

At the beginning of the UK vaccine programme, the advice was for pregnant women to be offered vaccines if they were in a high-risk group or at High Risk of exposure.

Dr Jen Jardine, from The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, who is seven months pregnant and has had her booster jab, said: " Both as a doctor and pregnant mother myself, we can now be very confident that the Covid-19 vaccinations provide The Best possible protection For You and your unborn child against this virus.

" I would strongly call on all pregnant women Like Me , if you haven't had the vaccine yet, to either speak to your GP or midwife if you still have questions And Then book right away today. "

Prof Lucy Chappell , chief scientific adviser to the DHSC, said: " Getting a Covid-19 vaccine is one of The Most important things a pregnant woman can do this year to keep herself and her baby as safe from this virus as possible.

" We have extensive evidence now to show that The Vaccines are safe and that the risks posed by Covid-19 are far greater. "

The UK recorded 141,472 new cases on Sunday, as well as 97 deaths within 28 Days of a positive Test - although The Number of deaths recorded over weekends tends to be lower because of reporting delays.

The total number of cases over The Past Seven Days is up 6. 6% on the previous week, while the figure for deaths is up 30. 9%.

Meanwhile, daily testing of 100,000 critical workers in industries including food processing, transport and the Border Force is due to begin on Monday.

On Sunday, Minister Nadhim Zahawi denied reports the government was planning to stop supplying free lateral flow tests, saying 425 million of them had been ordered in January.

He also told The Bbc cutting the self-isolation period for people who Test positive to Five Days .



Source of news: bbc.com

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