A three-year deal to pay for more French patrols to intercept smuggling gangs was due to expire at midnight. The UK is to pay France £16.2m to patrol beaches for the next two months, as the two sides continue to hammer out a new deal to intercept small boats attempting to cross the English Channel. Under a three-year agreement signed in 2023, the UK has pai... [3396 chars]
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