Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have announced a new agreement to co-operate on Channel crossings on the last day of the French president’s state visit to the UK.

Sir Keir Starmer said the plan was a ‘real breakthrough in the way we tackle the vile trade of people smuggling’.

Repair works to a town centre road – which was closed off due to a sinkhole – are to continue into the weekend.