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Border Force overhaul after 500,000 let into UK without checks

More than 500,000 people have been let into the UK through ports including Dover and the Channel Tunnel without proper checks.

More than 500,000 people have been let into the UK through ports including Dover and the Channel Tunnel without proper checks.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary Theresa May has announced an overhaul of the Border Force following an inquiry last summer when passport controls were relaxed without the authority of ministers. The investigation showed the practice had been going on for at least five years.

Kent's farmers are making contingency plans to deal with the drought that has been declared in the south east. It is drier now than at this time in 1976. It could mean food shortages if crops cannot grow.

Just a few weeks after we revealed an alarming rise in diabetes in the county, comes news of new research showing that across the country thousands of sufferers are dying needlessly for the want of a few simple tests.

Last month we told you how the number of cases of diabetes had gone up in the county by more than a quarter in the last five years. Now, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's File on Four will reveal this morning how 24,000 sufferers in England are dying each year for the want of a few basic diagnostic tests. You can find out more in File on 4 tonight at 8pm on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

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  • Tue 21 Feb 2012 06:00