May pledges £44m for border controls

THERESA MAY has welcomed President Emmanuel Macron for summit talks which will see Britain commit tens of millions of pounds to strengthen UK border controls in France.

The French president, making his first visit to Britain since entering the Elysee Palace, was greeted at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, with a guard of honour from the Coldstream Guards.

Before the ceremonial welcome, the two leaders enjoyed a working lunch at the Royal Oak pub in Paley Street, in Mrs May’s Maidenhead constituency.

Officials said the £44.5 million cash injection would go towards fencing, CCTV and detection technology in Calais and other ports along the Channel. Part of the money will also go towards helping relocate people away from Channel ports to prevent another migrant camp from forming as it did in Calais in 2015. A Government spokeswoman said: “This is about investing in and enhancing the security of the UK border.” The French president has been pressing for Britain to increase its financial contribution as well as a commitment to take more refugees ahead of his first visit to the UK as president. TURKISH authorities used a large crane to lift a passenger plane that skidded off a runway in Trabzon and was left dangling on a cliff facing the Black Sea. Recovery workers posed for photographs in front of the plane.