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A man has died after throwing petrol bombs at a new British immigration border force centre before killing himself, a witness has claimed. The attacker, who is described as being white and wearing a striped top, drove up to the centre in Dover, Kent, in white Seat sports utility vehicle.

UK holidaymakers could be hit with travel disruption due to trials of a new European Union border system technology set to take place this month.

Nova Twins have cancelled their planned appearance at Les Nuits Secrètes tonight (July 22) due to travel issues.The London duo were scheduled to perform on the first evening of the three-day festival, which is taking place in Aulnoye Aymeries, northern France.However, the band took to social media this afternoon to confirm that they’ve now pulled out of the event.“We’re so sorry to say that due to extreme queues leading to the ferry at Dover, we are no longer able to make it to Les Nuits Secrètes in time for our performance later this evening,” Nova Twins wrote in a statement.“We’re so gutted to be missing the festival but have been in standstill traffic at the port since 8am and the situation is completely out of control.”A post shared by Nova Twins (@novatwinsmusic)They added: “We miss our French family and can’t wait to return as soon as possible. À bientôt! [See you soon!].”The group also shared a screenshot of a BBC News article on the current situation in Dover, Kent.

Guinness World Record that had stood for a decade after deadlifting nearly 130kg with just one finger, and he's got his sights set on 150kg. Steve Keeler, 48, a retail manager, from Shepherdswell near Dover in Kent, managed to lift 129.5kg with just his middle finger for eight seconds, beating the previous record of 121.7kg.Mr Keeler only came up with the idea when he was “playing around” with some weights with a pal in a home gym he had built during lockdown.READ MORE: 'First human to live past 150 years has already been born', claim scientistsHe explained: "In lockdown we were doing some gym work and after messing about with some of the weights I moved a weight that was quite heavy with one finger."We set challenges to see how heavy we could get and I wondered what the world record was."It wasn't much more than what I'd lifted."Mr Keeler began training for the challenge and managed to lift 7.8kg heavier than the previous record, which had stood for 10 years and was held by Armenian Benik Israyelyan.His strength training consisted of lifting six iron weight discs at the same time: a smaller one measuring roughly 10 kg, one 20 kg, three measuring a little over 25 kg each and one measuring 26 kg.He said: "It’s incredibly painful, but my fingers are strong and I am proud of my lift.To get more stories from Daily Star delivered straight to your inbox sign up to one of our free newsletters here . “It's not the weight that's the hard thing to lift, it's getting through the pain and if you can do that then you're fine."It's such a random record but it is mine.

Singer and ex-One Direction member Liam Payne went viral on Sunday 27 March night when he debuted a bizarre new accent on the red carpet at Elton John AIDS Foundation's annual Academy Awards viewing party. Forgoing his well-known Wolverhampton accent for a seemingly Irish-American twang, he left viewers scratching their heads.

Heartbroken friends have been paying tribute to a man who died in a car crash.

SEX Pistols actors Louis Partridge and Anson Boon yearn for a Holiday in the Sun — but get the icy sea instead. Louis, 17, is playing hellraising bass guitarist Sid Vicious and Anson, 21, is Johnny Rotten in director Danny Boyle’s TV drama about the infamous punk band.

Investigators probing the suspected murder of PCSO Julia James think the killer may have left his phone at home to avoid detection, it has been reported.

A candlelight vigil has been organised to pay tribute to Julia James this evening.

coronavirus restrictions. The 49-year-old, an American who goes by the name Joe Donor, insists is work is “essential”.He doesn’t feel guilty for leaving his Tier 4 home in Greater London to visit women elsewhere.And against government advice to “stay home”, he stopped off in Dover, Kent, to see a client over the weekend.

Two workers have died after a coronavirus outbreak at a factory making Marks & Spencer salads - with unions calling for it to be closed.

jailed after attempting to smuggle almost £2million worth of "Rolls Royce" cocaine into Britain. Erwin Jozef Kuchowicz, 37, had 24 kilos of cocaine hidden in a locker inside the cabin of his truck with the packages covered with the logo of the luxury car.

The wife of the "naughty Tory" sex attack MP said she had to leave him after a "horrible and humiliating" court ordeal.

The UK will splurge £700million in just a few months on setting up new bureaucracy at our border after Brexit.

Two RSPCA medics who were trying to rescue an injured seal on a beach were shocked when yobs tried to drop a massive rock on them from a nearby cliff.