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      Tariq Tahir

      Tariq Tahir

      Senior Correspondent Investigations & News
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      Tariq Tahir joined The National as a senior reporter covering investigations in May 2023. Previously he has worked as a senior foreign news reporter for The Sun, senior reporter for Metro, senior reporter for the Evening Standard and Political Correspondent for The Press Association. He has also worked freelance for UK national titles including The Times and Telegraph.
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      Builder Danny Bennett says the Ulez charge will cost his business £400 a week. The National
      The streets split by London's new Ulez car pollution tax

      Many are furious about the scheme, though others say they're worried about children's health

      UKAugust 29, 2023
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      Flights to resume after UK hit by air-traffic control fault

      Fears of widespread knock-on effect after technical fault ironed out

      UKAugust 28, 2023
      A group of people thought to be migrants are brought into Dover on board a Border Force vessel. PA
      UK considers electronic tagging to stop migrants absconding

      With only 2,500 detention spaces available, GPS tags are among the options being looked at by Home Secretary Suella Braverman

      UKAugust 28, 2023
      Amanda Gruendell and her daughter, who was born via womb transplant. Photo: Cleveland Clinic
      Thousands of women could have womb transplants, says surgeon

      Tommaso Falcone of the Cleveland Clinic predicts widespread uptake of the procedure

      UKAugust 26, 2023
      Left: Tom Cruise in 'Mission: Impossible'. Right: Members of UK performers' union Equity at a London rally supporting striking US actors. Paramount Pictures / Getty Images
      As Hollywood strikes, tumbleweed blows through UK movie studios

      Blockbuster film lots are deserted and thousands of industry workers have been laid off as the walk-out grinds on

      WeekendAugust 25, 2023
      Diezani Alison-Madueke was a key figure in the administration of former president Goodluck Jonathan, serving as petroleum minister from 2010 to 2015. AP
      Former Opec president charged with corruption during time as minister

      Diezani Alison-Madueke allegedly took bribes in return for awarding large contracts

      UKAugust 22, 2023
      An inflatable craft carrying migrants crosses the shipping lane in the English Channel on August 4, 2022. Getty Images
      Permanent backlog of asylum claims could cost UK £6.4bn a year

      Report says new measures will leave refugees stuck in limbo

      UKAugust 22, 2023
      Alicia Kearns. Photo: DHS
      UK needs to refocus on Middle East, says Foreign Affairs Committee chief

      Alicia Kearns says country needs to be 'part of the conversations' as Gulf states 'step up to the world stage'

      UKAugust 19, 2023
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      VoloCity will whizz visitors around the French capital in the first commercial air taxi

      WeekendAugust 18, 2023
      The Guardia di Finanza of Naples has seized in the Port of Salerno a large quantity of drugs, 14 tons of amphetamines, 84 million tablets with the "captagon" logo, produced in Syria by ISIS to finance terrorism. The value of the drug, found by the "yellow flames" in three containers, has been estimated at over 1 billion euros. The drug had been hidden in industrial paper cylinders and machinery constructed in such a way as to prevent scanners from detecting the contents. Salerno, near Naples, Italy, on July 01, 2020. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/napolipress/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use Italy.
      Is Captagon heading for the UK and new markets in the West?

      Senior politicians in London and Washington fear the drug is likely to penetrate countries far beyond the Middle East

      WorldAugust 17, 2023
      The Taliban plough up a poppy field in Washir district, in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, as part of a campaign to stop opium and heroin production. AP
      EXCLUSIVETaliban opium ban 'fuelling Afghan migration to Europe'

      Consultant tells The National the West must change how it deals with the Taliban or face choice between 'drugs or people'

      UKAugust 17, 2023
      More than 16,000 people have crossed the English Channel this year despite UK government promises to 'stop the boats'. Getty Images
      SPECIAL REPORTBritain told to look beyond its borders to 'stop the boats'

      Experts tell The National how UK and Europe must collaborate if Rishi Sunak's pledge to crack down on illegal migrants is to be met

      UKAugust 15, 2023
      Refugees attempt to flee to the UK in an inflatable boat from Equihen-Plage, France. Getty Images
      ExclusiveAfghan refugee makes it to UK after 14 attempted Channel crossings

      Rafi saw friends die in front of him and slept in forests to escape the Taliban

      UKAugust 14, 2023
      An investigation led by the Spanish National Police, supported by Europol and involving the German Federal Police led to the dismantling of an organised crime group. Photo: Spanish National Police
      Gang who smuggled more than 550 migrants into EU dismantled

      The group suspected of being part of a larger network that charged for what has been described as a “VIP” service.

      EuropeAugust 13, 2023
      Leading UK scientist, Susannah Boddie advised the government during the Covid pandemic.
      UK government scientist who helped country through Covid killed

      Susannah Boddie, 27, worked at Downing Street and advised the government during the pandemic

      UKAugust 13, 2023
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