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Falkirk Council continues to offer support and accommodation to families fleeing war-torn Ukraine
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Falkirk Council's Welcome Hub supports over 50 families from Ukraine warzone

Falkirk Council staff were praised by councillors for the work they do to welcome children and young people seeking refuge and asylum.
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Councillors slam 'abhorrent underfunding' to support children seeking asylum

Falkirk Council has supported 50 families who have fled the war in Ukraine. Pic: Contributed

Help for Ukrainian children

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Prince Harry loses bid to challenge decision over UK security plans

Queen Elizabeth II: Government forked £162 million on state funeral

Cost of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral revealed by Government

Men in the UK being offered £10,000 to pose as dads for migrant women’s babies in visa scam

UK men being offered £10,000 to pose as dads in visa scam

CCTV footage shows police storming a couple's Essex pub and seizing their golliwog dolls, saying the toys were a suspected hate crime (Photos: SWNS)

CAMRA makes damning verdict on pub at centre of Gollies row

MI5 has warned ministers of Chinese spies who buy citizenship through third countries to gain access to the UK.

Ministers warned of Chinese spies who slip through the UK

The top 10 UK burglary hotspots have been revealed

List shows top 10 burglary hotspots in the UK

The Bibby Stockholm will house 500 people (Photo: Home Office)

More than 500 asylum seekers to be housed on barge off coast

Police searching for Madeleine McCann to get extra funding

Martin Lewis has issued guidance to British holidaymakers heading abroad soon

Money Saving Expert team issues passport warning to holidaymakers

Data has revealed how many people are being prosecuted each week for failing to pay their BBC TV licence

TV licence row as thousands prosecuted each week for failing to pay

dangerous domestic abusers will be recorded on the violent and sex offender register under new government proposals (Photo: Adobe)

Domestic abusers could be added to violent and sex offender list

Passport fees have increased for the first time in five years - here’s how much they now cost

New passport prices for adults & children as fees increase

DNP is used as a ‘slimming pill’ (not pictured) and has killed 33 people in the UK.

‘Slimming pill’ DNP to be classified as poison after 33 deaths

You can renew your UK passport online.

Countdown to passport price hike - how to apply before charge increase

Home Office vows law change to protect victims of sexual assault

British passport prices are set to rise next month

Passport application fees to increase next month

Emirates’ Airbus A3800-800 airliner approaches Heathrow international airport, where Border Force agents discovered a package contaminated with uranium in December

Scotland Yard continue investigations in uranium contaminated package

Detainees are seen inside the Manston holding centre for asylum seekers. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick this week vowed "more radical" policies to counter illegal migration.

Diphtheria confirmed at asylum centre following man’s death

‘Potentially hazardous’ substance found on body dumped in UK street - residents unable to leave their homes

‘Potentially hazardous’ substance found on body dumped in UK street

Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman addresses delegates on the third day of the annual Conservative Party Conference. Credit: Getty Images

Home Secretary plans to crack down on protests with new bill

The speed camera on Camelon Road near the entrance to Dollar Park will come into operation on Monday, September 12, 2022.

Motorists warned speed camera on Falkirk's Camelon Road set to come into operati...

Isaias is seeking asylum in the UK but has now been waiting months in hotel accommodation

Campaigners want to move asylum seekers out of Falkirk hotels

A Polish soldier carries a child and helps a refugee family after they crossed the border into Poland from Ukraine (Photo by LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine: Almost two dozen refugees expected in Falkirk yet to arrive, figures r...

TUI has warned travellers to check the date on their passports before travelling abroad (Photo: Adobe)

TUI issues passport warning to everyone with a holiday booked this year

Friends of Scottish Settlers (FOSS) has teamed up with Central Scotland Regional Equality Council to help asylum seekers with legal matters

Fundraising effort to provide legal aid for asylum seekers in Falkirk

Helix Hotel owner Nawaz Haq

Generous Grangemouth hotelier offers accommodation to refugees

QR codes on benches could appear on Linlithgow High Street. Stock Picture Michael Gillen.

Safer space strategy agreed by West Lothian Council

A child greets from the window of a bus after crossing the Ukrainian border with Poland at the Medyka border crossing. (Pic: LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Falkirk is home to dozens of refugees who have fled war or persecution

Stock shot of HGV. Photo by John Devlin.

Linlithgow MP calls for 12-month-visas for HGV drivers

Asda trials self-ID cameras that verify your age when buying alcohol at self-che...

Demonstrators take part in a Refugees Welcome rally in Glasgow last year.

Claim 'entire hotel' of refugees told to isolate after one positive case

Activist's and locals light candles and hold placards protesting against the treatment of refugees in response to the death of at least 27 people who drowned trying to reach the UK (Pic: Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)

Falkirk steps up support for refugees and calls for more UK Government resource

Falkirk Council's executive committee will decide whether the local authority will continue its commitment to refugees

Falkirk Council has the chance to cement its commitment to refugees

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More than 10,000 EU nationals granted permission to stay in West Lothian post-Br...

British passport

Drop in citizenship ceremonies in Falkirk blamed on pandemic

Afghans pictured fleeing their country, at Kabul Airport, after the Taliban took back control of the country. Photo: Getty Images.

West Lothian will support Afghan refugees

Asylum seekers were housed in ‘filthy’ and ‘cramped’ conditions which made Covid outbreaks ‘virtually inevitable’ (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Asylum seekers were housed in ‘filthy’ and ‘cramped’ conditions which made Covid...

The government is working to reach people who are not currently registered with a GP (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here's how to get the Covid vaccine if you're not currently registered with a GP

Tasers could become standard issue for all police who want them in England (Photo: Shutterstock)

Tasers could become standard issue for all police who want them in England

150,000 police records were wiped due to an ‘error’ - including fingerprints and...

UNICEF says the UK should ban the use of tasers and spit hoods on children

Government poised to crack down on illegal number plates