Harry and Meghan’s controversial return to the UK has been ruthlessly mocked during a sketch on Saturday Night Live UK. 

The Sussexes, played by comedians Jack Shep and Ayoade Bamgboye, visit King Charles (Larry Dean) and Queen Camilla (Emma Sidi) at their Balmoral estate.

‘Harry, what are you doing here? This castle is for Royals only,’ Charles tells his youngest son before Camilla admonishes him for being a ‘grump’. 

‘Sweet Harry,’ she tells the Duke of Sussex before adding: ‘And beautiful Meghan, as brown as ever,’ in a reference to claims aired in the couple’s Oprah interview. 

The Suits star then gives ‘step-Queen’ Camilla ice that she ‘made myself’ as Harry praises his ‘whizz in the kitchen’ wife for ‘hiring the best cooks’. 

‘What do you two want?’ Charles then demands. 

‘We’re moving back to the UK and we need your help,’ Meghan replies to which the King retorts: ‘Don’t tell me you’ve spent all your Netflix money already.’ 

Harry whines: ‘Daddy, it was $60million. How long was it meant to last? I’m not asking for much, just a duchy or two.’

Meghan greets Camilla as ‘step-queen’ and gifts her ice she ‘made myself’ during the skit

The Sussexes are seen greeting members of the public in Sydney. The couple moved back to the UK from the US on August 26 amid an ongoing row about their personal security

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Charles then tells the prince ‘what a waste’ he’s become.

‘You’re lucky your father isn’t around to see this,’ the King sighs. The slip of the tongue prompts panic from Charles and Camilla and confusion from Harry. 

‘Daddy, just because I don’t want to be a Royal, it doesn’t mean I want to be a regular  guy,’ the Duke whinges. 

The tense moment was interrupted by ‘regular guy’ Prime Minister Andy Burnham, played by comedian George Fouracres. 

Fouracres, who played Sir Keir Starmer in the last series, started his monologue by joking: ‘I’m the new PM and I’m nothing like the last one.’ 

He continued: ‘Harry, Meghan, I’m here to tell you just because you’re normal folk, doesn’t mean your life has to be c***. That is the Burnham promise.’

Mr Burnham then shared his message with the group.  

He said: ‘There is more to Britain than London. There is Manchester. There is Liverpool. There’s that town I’m MP of now. It’s all a bit of a rush, I didn’t catch the name.’

‘Regular guy’ Andy Burnham, played by comedian George Fouraces, also made a surprise appearance at the Balmoral estate

Sources close to the Sussexes have suggested the King’s assessment of them as ‘private citizens’ is unrealistic given their level of fame (the couple are pictured in 2017)

Harry tells him: ‘Makerfield?’ to which Mr Burnham responds: ‘Make a field? Maybe I will.

‘I’m gonna make all sorts of things when I remember the name of that bloody place.’

Further gags poked fun at No10 North in Manchester, with Mr Burnham joking he would build a No10 on ‘every street in this country’ and his eagerness to be liked. 

‘Until then, I will buy everyone a pint,’ he proclaimed. 

‘Because I want you to like me. I need you to like me.’

Viewers were quick to share their thoughts on the sketch online. 

‘This is public execution in prime time,’ one person wrote on X. 

‘If even the Brits are turning their return into a punchline, Harry and Meghan may want to brace themselves for the royal homecoming tour,’ a second said. 

A third agreed: ‘They left the UK for privacy, but the jokes followed them anyway.

‘Even the UK TV shows are joining the joke party now.’

The sketch follows the couple’s criticism of being described as private citizens and an announcement of several pseudo-royal appearances in the UK and US.

The duke’s plans have been interpreted as him making a return to public life in Britain and come amid rising tensions between the Sussexes and Buckingham Palace.

The couple remain unhappy with the King’s recent letter of ‘guidance’, which confirmed they would not be working royals and cannot use their HRH titles.

Sources close to the Sussexes have suggested the King’s assessment of them as ‘private citizens’ is unrealistic given their level of fame.

The sketch follows the couple’s criticism of being described as private citizens in the UK. They are pictured with their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet

An insider told People: ‘Members of the public know who they are. The idea that they can live a normal, “private” life is sadly not realistic.’

It comes amid an ongoing battle over taxpayer-funded security and claims that they are concerned about the safety of Archie and Lilibet on the school run.

The Sussexes appear unwilling to accept the King’s position, which stated that nothing had changed since ‘Megxit’. 

The decision prompted a series of briefings from sources close to the couple, with one suggesting they be viewed as ‘public figures’ rather than private citizens.

Harry will attend the inaugural Invictus Spirit Awards on September 17 and the launch of the Invictus education programme INSPIRE.

The duke is also taking part in one of his favourite annual occasions, the WellChild Awards, in London on September 21.

Harry has been patron of WellChild – the national charity for seriously ill children and their families – since 2007 and regularly attends the awards ceremony.

And he will also return to the US to support the Clintons’ Global Initiative on September 22 and 23 in New York.

Sources told People on Thursday that Harry and Meghan were ‘happy to be back’ in the UK despite a dispute with Buckingham Palace over Uganda’s withdrawal from the Invictus Games.

Insiders close to the couple have maintained that the East African nation’s decision to pull out of the 2027 Games was a ‘direct result’ of a letter written by the King which insisted they are ‘private citizens’.

The insiders told People: ‘They made it very clear that the reason they pulled out was a direct result of perceived guidance from the Lord Chamberlain.

‘This was an unintended or intended consequence of the letter – and that was always going to happen. Hence the wish not to rush it out.’

Four people were arrested during Sunday’s Old Firm clash, including a man accused of assaulting a police officer and another held over alleged sectarian abuse.

Four people were arrested during the Old Firm clash between Rangers and Celtic at Ibrox on Sunday, including one man accused of assaulting a police officer.

Another man was arrested over alleged sectarian abuse, while a third was detained for alleged threatening and abusive behaviour and resisting arrest. A fourth person was arrested for an alleged breach of the peace.

Police also issued a warning in relation to a drugs offence, while a youth was reported in connection with an alleged Section 38 offence. The arrests came as Rangers secured their place in the Premier Sports Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 win over Celtic in a pulsating quarter-final clash at Ibrox.

Despite the incidents, police said the fixture passed without a “major incident”. Chief Superintendent Stevie Dolan said a “proportionate policing plan” had been put in place for the match on Sunday, September 13.

He said: “We worked closely with a range of partners, including both clubs, to maintain public safety and minimise any disruption. The match passed without major incident and I would like to thank the majority of fans for their conduct throughout the day.

“A small number of offences were detected during the course of the event. These included one instance of police assault and a separate incident involving sectarian abuse. Behaviour such as this is never acceptable and will not be tolerated. In both cases people have been arrested and will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal.”

Police Scotland said the policing operation had been designed to maintain public safety and minimise disruption around the fixture.

Rangers won the match 3-0 thanks to two goals from Dan Neil and one from Kevin Kelsy. There were no Celtic supporters in attendance after away fans were completely banned from all domestic matches between the two Glasgow giants for the remainder of the season.

The decision was made following crowd disorder, pitch invasions, and fan clashes during the Scottish Cup quarter-final at Ibrox in March.

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By JAKE HOLDEN, UK NEWS REPORTER

Published: 13:20 BST, 13 September 2026 | Updated: 19:20 BST, 13 September 2026

King Charles and Queen Camilla were seen heading to church ahead of his meeting with top global artificial intelligence chiefs to ask them how the new technology can be developed for ‘the good of humanity’.

They were pictured driving to their go-to church, Crathie Kirk, just outside the Balmoral royal residence, where they had attended a church service with Andy Burnham last week.

This week, Charles will meet with AI leaders from Nvidia, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and OpenAI in Scotland in hopes of a ‘wider understanding of the responsibilities’ of developing the tech, a source said.

It comes after researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic last week and warned that AI ‘could kill us all by the end of the decade’ in a dramatic X post.

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Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, Google DeepMind founder Sir Demis Hassabis and chairman and chief executive of IonQ Niccolo de Masi are among those understood to be in attendance.

Paolo Benanti, who is an adviser to the Pope on issues of AI and technology ethics, is also believed to be going to the summit.

King Charles and Queen Camilla were seen driving to their go-to church, Crathie Kirk, just outside the Balmoral Royal residence, ahead of his planned AI summit this week

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Queen Camilla was seen sporting tartan on the journey. They attended the same church with Prime Minister Andy Burnham last week

A royal source told the Sunday Times: ‘The King is there to convene, listen and encourage those discussions and to pose the question of: ‘How do we develop AI for the good of humanity?’

‘As we’ve seen him do on issues like the environment and water scarcity, he is hoping to provide a neutral space to aid conversations that are part of a national and global issue on something that is going to impact all of us.’

They said Charles ‘hopes the discussions bring about a wider understanding of the responsibilities of developing this technology, as well as the opportunities, ensuring any technological development remains centred around human benefit for communities’.

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They added: ‘He knows it will impact everyone in society. He wants to ask the question: “Would it be helpful to have a set of principles?” His feeling is it is not an easy thing to do, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try.’

The event will be overseen by the Ditchley Foundation, which has drawn up the draft charter for AI leaders. 

The source said the charter is understood to include a ‘shared set of principles’ that would ‘help guide the future application of AI, not merely as a driver of capability and efficiency, but as a tool that upholds human dignity and contributes to the flourishing of both people and the planet’.

The boss of Anthropic – whose company created the AI assistant Claude – warned that AI development must ‘slow down’ so safety measures are given time to catch up.

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In an essay titled We Must Pace the Frontier, Dario Amodei said he is concerned that since this summer, AI has been ‘advancing drastically faster’.

Given the rate of AI development, Mr Amodei is worried that within six to 12 months it could be capable of leading a swarm that could take over the entire internet.

The essay has been supported by other industry leaders, including Elon Musk, the chief executive of SpaceX, and Sam Altman, head of OpenAI.

Anthropic previously said it blocked efforts by bad actors to use its AI models for malicious activity, such as cyberattacks, surveillance and research that could have led to biological weapons.

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In July, OpenAI – the makers of ChatGPT – shook the industry after saying its AI system hacked into another company on its own in an ‘unprecedented cyber incident’.

Police are appealing for information about the whereabouts of a 13-year-old girl from Tredegar who has been missing since Friday morning.

Lacey was last seen in the Nantybwch area at around 5.50am on 11 September and is described as being around 5′ 5″ tall with black hair.

She was last known to be wearing a grey sweatshirt with red writing on, black leggings, and carrying a large black-blue shoulder bag.

Lacey has links to the Bath and Bristol areas

Anyone with any information on her whereabouts is asked to call 101, visit the Gwent Police website or send them a direct message on social media, quoting log reference 2600298094. Lacey is also urged to get in touch.

While he was on a university field trip in 2022, the boat in which Joseph Nguthiru was traversing Kenya’s Lake Naivasha suddenly came to a halt. It became tangled up in water hyacinth, an invasive plant that covers much of the water. Here, he and his fellow classmates in the boat were forced to sit for five long hours.

The hyacinth, which has been a problem in Kenya since the late 1980s, floats on the top of water, like a thick carpet and it can double in size in just a few days. It blocks oxygen from getting into the water, effectively making the area beneath it barren, killing aquatic life.

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In some places, the hyacinth is so thick, engines need to be turned off and a long pole is used to pull boats through it.

Joseph, aged 28, says everyone in Kenya knows about the phenomenon, but it wasn’t until this trip that he’d “experienced the pain behind the people who face it every day”. The weeds mean it’s becoming almost impossible to fish here, which was a thriving industry and an important food source for local communities.

Joseph describes that day as a “crazy experience” but it left him thinking there must be a way to use this invasive plant, and help unclog the vital waterways.

Inspired, Joseph took some of the water hyacinth back to Egerton University, where he was studying civil engineering, and specialised in water and environmental engineering. He decided to base his final-year project on finding a solution for it. It took plenty of trial and error, but he turned it into a bioplastic, which was something the country needed after banning single-use plastic in 2017, and the project was a success.

Joseph went on to form HyaPak, a startup turning the invasive water hyacinth into biodegradable packaging. His work earned him the East Africa Youth for Climate Action Award, and he was named a Young Champion of the Earth, as part of the United Nations Environmental Programme. He’s also become a leader at the Obama Foundation, and was made a Presidential Awardee for Best Innovator in Kenya and included on the Africa 40 Under 40 list.

It wasn’t only that day on the lake that inspired him, though. He grew up in the Eastlands side of Nairobi, where he says, “one of the things you’re constantly exposed to is pollution, as there’s a lot of trash lying around”. Here, people have different problems, from paying rent and getting children into education, so pollution is a secondary problem. “You see it, but you don’t even have the time to think or to do anything about it. People have bigger problems to solve where I come from.”

And Joseph is aware that plenty of human-made waste ends up in the water. “The thing about humans is that we are really good at pollution, especially making trash go into water. So chemical waste, agricultural runoff, and even urban waste, some way or another, ends up in water bodies, and hyacinth derives from this.”

The lake is also on the edge of one of Kenya’s biggest rose farming areas and it’s thought chemicals from the farms end up in the river, though they have started using closed-loop water systems which helps prevent this.

Water hyacinth is an indicator of those pollution problems. “Anywhere you see hyacinth, the water is polluted,” he says.

It’s technically easy to remove, as it just floats on water, but the issue is that after removing it, 6-12 days later, it will have grown back. “It’s one of the world’s fastest-growing plants,” Joseph says, explaining that the issue is they have to keep on removing it over and over again.

So far, HyaPak has removed about 20 acres (eight hectares) of water hyacinth, according to its last annual figures at the end of 2025. Though its regrowth speed makes it hard to calculate accurately.

For this reason, Joseph doesn’t like to think of HyaPak as “removing” the weeds, as it gives the impression it’s being eliminated and won’t come back. But that’s almost impossible to do, given the speed it grows. Instead, he prefers to look at it as managing it. “We need to utilise it for something that has a value and a benefit to the people and communities that you’re working with,” he says.

It’s a bad problem fundamentally, but for Joseph, turning it on its head, he’s able to see how removing the weeds and replacing bioplastics feed each other. Finding a commercial use for this fast-growing weed also helps create what he calls “green jobs” – something that actually facilitates the world’s transition into a circular economy.

“We work with the fishing community and they collect the water hyacinth for us,” he explains, which both men and women do. For many of the people living here, they’re below the World Bank’s poverty line. By being able to add an extra source of revenue to the community, Joseph thinks this is “the best way to go about any social innovation”, plus it gives hope and dignity to people.

Once harvested, the weeds are dried on the side of the lake, then sent to HyaPak’s facility in Nairobi. They’re then crushed into a fine powder, the cellulose is extracted and is used to make different types of packaging materials. These include courier packages where HyaPak is working with one of the world’s largest courier companies to transition their packaging away from plastic, and liners for boxes, which help keep food fresher for 2-3 days longer without the need for cold storage.

But one of the biggest uses is more unexpected. In 2022, Kenya launched Jaza Miti, a huge tree-planting target, set by the president, Wiliam Ruto, to plant 15 billion trees over 10 years.

“It’s a crazy target,” Joseph says, breaking it down to meaning 4.1 millions trees would need to be planted each day. But it’s a target he admires. “If you’re planting 15 billion trees, you need 15 billion packaging bags for those trees. Overnight, there was huge demand [for bioplastic replacements] that didn’t exist before,” he says. Now HyaPak makes bioplastic alternatives that cover the root system of seedling trees before they’re planted, and then decompose directly into the soil. Of course, HyaPak’s unable to meet such huge targets, but it is scaling up to work towards the demand of the seedling bags.

Joseph’s plan now is to also try to scale the business in other countries suffering from the same invasive species, such as El Salvador, India, South Africa and then onto Mexico and Nigeria. It’s largely been made possible to imagine after winning the UN’s Young Champion of the Earth award, which really took HyaPak to the world stage.

As well as HyaPak, Joseph’s also co-founded M-SITU, which uses solar-powered artificial intelligence sensors to detect deforestation, wildfires and illegal charcoal burning. He created a small water-bottle-size detector, using 3D printing, that scans a radius up to 1km around it looking for illegal loggers or wildfires, so it can alert rangers. A pilot scheme in Kenya’s Ngong Forest cut ranger response times from six hours to 15 minutes.

All from one day getting stuck on a boat in a mass of invasive weeds, Joseph has turned a problem into a resource – and, in doing so, found a way to make the very thing clogging Kenya’s waterways part of the solution, providing value and jobs along the way.

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Billy Watson has been named locally as the 35-year-old man who was shot dead at a property on Harestanes Road in Armadale, with a police investigation underway

A dad who was killed in a suspected shooting in West Lothian has been named locally.

Billy Watson, 35, died at the scene after he was injured at a property on Harestanes Road in Armadale on Saturday.

Emergency services descended on the town shortly before midday after police received a report of a man injured at the property around 11.50am.

Billy, who was a dad, was pronounced dead at the scene and his next of kin has been informed and a major investigation is underway by police into what happened.

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Detectives have said a line of inquiry is that a firearm may have been involved in the incident. A post-mortem examination will take place in due course and enquiries remain at an early stage.

Forensic officers and detectives have continued to work at the scene, examining property and taking photos, with a police cordon in place on the residential street, reported the Daily Record.

The area was also the focus of a major emergency service response, with an air ambulance deployed from Glasgow and tracked travelling towards Armadale before returning to the city.

People have taken to social media to express their sadness with one person writing on social media: “So sad my condolences to the family,” while another similarly wrote: “Condolences to the family cant imagine what they must be going through.”

Meanwhile, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed they received a report of a vehicle set ablaze on Northrigg, a rural road leading to a nearby farm behind the scheme in question. The fire was put out by crews and there were no reports of injuries.

Police said enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances of both incidents. Officers are keeping an open mind but are investigating them as linked, reported the

Detective Superintendent Michelle Findlay, of the Major Investigations Team, said: “Our thoughts are with the family of the man who has died in this incident.

“Officers remain in the area and anyone with concerns or any information can approach them or call us on 101, quoting incident number 1361 of Saturday, 12 September, 2026.”

Pauline Stafford MSP for Bathgate, said she is “deeply concerned” about the incident, adding: “My thoughts are with the family and all of those affected. While investigations are at an early stage I would encourage anyone with information to share it with the Police.”

The statement from Police Scotland read: “Around 11.50am on Saturday, 12 September, Police Scotland received a report of a man injured at an address on Harestanes Road in Armadale.

“Emergency services attended and the 35-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin is aware. Enquiries are at an early stage and a post-mortem will take place in due course. However, a line of enquiry is that a firearm may have been involved in the incident.

“Around 12pm on Saturday, 12 September, officers received a report of a car on fire nearby in the Netherhouses area, near to Armadale. The fire was put out by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Services and there were no reports of injuries. “Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances of both incidents. Officers are keeping an open mind but they are being investigated as linked.”

A member of the congregation died after suffering a serious medical emergency during a service at Holy Trinity Church in Dunfermline on Sunday morning.

A person has died at a church in Fife after suffering a medical emergency during a service this morning.

Holy Trinity Dunfermline confirmed that a member of its congregation became seriously unwell during the Sunday morning service, which starts at 11am.

Despite the “swift arrival and intervention” of paramedics, the person sadly died. A picture from East Port shows three police vehicles and two ambulances outside the Scottish Episcopal Church.

The church service was cancelled following the incident.

In a post on social media, the church said: “As people may have seen from speculation and pictures already circulating on social media, and from the sudden cancellation of our service this morning, unfortunately a member of our congregation this morning suffered a serious medical emergency, and subsequently passed away, despite the swift arrival and intervention from paramedics.”

They thanked the multiple paramedic teams and police officers who attended, as well as members of the congregation who helped before emergency crews arrived and supported those involved.

The church added: “We would ask for prayers for all of those involved, and particularly the family and friends of the person who has passed away. May they rest in peace and rise in glory.”

Police Scotland have been contacted for further information.

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Police have released images of six men they want to speak to after the violent anti-immigration protest in Portsmouth last weekend. 

Overnight last Sunday, around 200 people gathered at Eastney Marina after a dinghy crossed the English Channel before dispersing early on Monday.

Seven police officers were injured and treated at the scene, while Coastguard and Border Force vehicles were damaged, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said.

The force has reviewed ‘hundreds of hours’ worth’ of footage and has shared images of six men ‘who can assist our investigation’, the force said. 

The first man charged over last week’s demonstration in the city appeared in court on Saturday morning.

Del Leon Somerville, 42, of Paulsgrove, appeared before Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court charged with violent disorder and assaulting a police constable in the execution of their duty.

On Saturday afternoon, anti-immigration protesters took to the streets of Portsmouth again, facing off with anti-racism demonstrators.

A 16-year-old boy, from Waterlooville, was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder in relation to scenes last week and has been released on bail until December 12.

Around 200 people gathered at Eastney Marina after a dinghy crossed the English Channel

The force has reviewed ‘hundreds of hours’ worth’ of footage and has shared images of six men ‘who can assist our investigation’, the force said

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Assistant Chief Constable Tony Rowlinson said: ‘We have been consistently clear that violence and criminal damage have no part in peaceful protest and we will investigate incidents like this thoroughly and take robust action against those responsible.

‘Clearly events on Sunday evening were not peaceful protest, rather violent public disorder, and this will not be tolerated as we work to keep our wider communities in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight safe.’

He urged anyone who recognises the men to call 101 or make a report online quoting reference 44260435943.

‘The reality of public order policing is that arrests at the time are not always possible, especially where evidence may need to be reviewed to clearly identify who is responsible for offences,’ Mr Rowlinson said.

‘During the disorder seven police officers were injured and treated at the scene, thankfully no-one was seriously injured.

‘Our officers did not deserve to be assaulted as they worked incredibly diligently on Sunday to ensure the safety of everyone in the area.

‘Neither do they, or anyone from our partner agencies, deserve to be singled out online or subjected to abuse via social media.

‘We will work with our colleagues across policing to address any online threats that are made.

Hundreds of protestors clashed with police near Eastney beach in Portsmouth last weekend after a dinghy carrying 140 asylum seekers was escorted to the shore

Police have urged anyone who recognises the men to call 101 or make a report online quoting reference 44260435943

Dozens of anti-migrant protesters waded into the sea to confront 140 asylum seekers rescued from a packed mega-dinghy

The demonstrators were dispersed by riot police at 3am and footage posted online showed migrants being taken off lifeboats to shore 

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‘The actions we have been taking as part of our investigation send a clear warning to anyone intent on causing disruption and disorder at any future events.

‘If you break the law we will take action against you and where it is feasible to do so seek a prosecution.’

Dozens of anti-migrant protesters waded into the sea to confront 140 asylum seekers rescued from a packed mega-dinghy.

A large group ran across the beach in Portsmouth and into the water, chanting ‘stop the boats’ and ‘enough is enough’ as a Coastguard vessel prepared to bring them ashore.

The demonstrators were dispersed by riot police at 3am and footage posted online showed migrants being taken off lifeboats to shore, where they were met by several buses which took them to a processing centre in Kent.

The incident was the flashpoint which triggered around 500 demonstrators to block the road to try to stop the coaches leaving Portsmouth. 

Some got into cars and followed the buses on their journey to the Manston facility in Kent.

It is the second major anti-migrant protest after hundreds of men wearing balaclavas blockaded the Port of Dover last Saturday.

The mega-dinghy had set off from the Baie de Seine in Normandy – a 180-mile drive south-west of Calais – suggesting people smugglers are expanding their launch points along the French coast to evade enforcement efforts.

But rather than intervene, the French coastguard shadowed the vessel for ten hours, claiming it was too dangerous because of the number of people on board.

British lifeboats, supported by a helicopter and a plane, then took over and brought the migrants to the UK.

Following calls to action on social media, protesters flocked to the coast and spent at least five hours on Eastney beach and in the water before police threatened arrests after a dispersal order was imposed.

Around 2,000 protesters descended on Portsmouth again on Saturday, September 12 following the arrival of a small boat of migrants in the city last weekend.

Police had banned face coverings for the event after masked men blocked roads in Dover, also in protest against immigration.

Three arrests were made, including one protester, 76-year-old Timothy Miller from Southampton who was caught covering his face in violation of the order and is due to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates Court on Monday.

Yesterday, a spokesman for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said: ‘Three arrests were made at today’s protests.

‘A 76-year-old man from Southampton has been arrested on suspicion of wearing/using an item to conceal identity at a protest.

‘A 33-year-old man from Portsmouth was arrested on suspicion of obstructing a highway and criminal damage.

‘A 16-year-old male from (Waterlooville) was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder, in relation to violent public disorder at Eastney Marina on Sunday September 6.’

Today, a spokesman further clarified: ‘Timothy Justin Miller, 76, of Sherwood Avenue in Hedge End, Southampton, has been charged with wearing/using an item to conceal identity at a protest. He is due to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates Court on Monday September 14.

‘David Kenny McNally, 33, of Winchester Road in Portsmouth, has been charged with wilful obstruction of a highway and attempted criminal damage. He is due to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates Court on Thursday October 29.

‘A 16-year-old male from Waterlooville was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder, in relation to violent public disorder at Eastney Marina on Sunday 6 September. He has since been released on bail until Saturday December 12.’

Lord Deramore’s Primary School, in Heslington, was presented with the award at a special ceremony at York Racecourse on September 10.

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Headteacher James Rourke said: “We have everyone who represents the school year groups and departments here with us on stage.

“We could not run the school without them.

“It’s a team effort, but the real winners are our children.”

Lord Deramore’s is a busy school with children from a wide range of backgrounds, including those with additional social and educational needs.

The school’s nominator said: “We were blown away by the effort they put into their Yorkshire Day celebration when we joined them as a civic party.

“The whole school had come together to learn about Yorkshires history, their place in the county, what made Yorkshire special and why they could be proud of where they lived.

“They had decorated the school and even got an ice cream van for the children to enjoy a treat.

“Whilst outside the regular curriculum, this is the above and beyond work that make a school special and its pupils connected and integrated in ways that many others don’t.

“It was a joyful celebration and one the children will remember and look forward to in future.”

In 2024, Lord Deramore’s was rated Outstanding by Ofsted, who praised the school for its high expectations and “effective” transition strategies, helping pupils get the support they needed immediately.

It added: “Pupils at Lord Deramore’s achieve exceptionally well.”

Through creative, memorable experiences the school fosters pride, belonging and connection, leaving a lasting impact on its children.