THE final set of official immigration figures before the referendum on the European Union will be published on Thursday.

Fresh data will be released on net migration to the UK in the Office For National Statistics' latest quarterly bulletin.

Findings on the number of people arriving from the EU will come under particular scrutiny with the poll on Britain's membership a month away.

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LORD Sugar - the Government's newly appointed Enterprise Tsar - has warned the Remain campaign must do a better job of explaining why Britain needs to stay in the EU.

The Apprentice boss, who is launching a drive to encourage young people to set up their own businesses, said it would be "crazy" for Britain to leave the 28-nation bloc.

He expressed concern however that voters were being confused by the exaggerated claims being made by both sides in the referendum.

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BRITISH special forces blew up an Islamic State suicide truck in Libya earlier this month, a military commander there has said.

The strike apparently came when a vehicle, acting as a bomb, approached a bridge leading towards the city of Misrata in the north-west of the country.

UK forces appeared ready for the attack and fired a single missile during the incident on May 12, Commander Mohammed Durat told The Times.

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DELAYS in discharging older patients from hospital when they no longer need care is costing the NHS in England more than £800 million a year, a new report has concluded.

The health service is shelling out £820 million every year on so-called b ed-blocking - which occurs when patients are medically fit to leave but care h as not yet been organised to help them outside of hospital , according to a new report by the National Audit Office (NAO).

Older people are cared for in hospital by the NHS, but once discharged some may need short or long-term support from their local authority or community health services.

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A BLANKET ban on so-called legal highs comes into force on Thursday, amid questions over how far it will deter users and warnings it could drive dealers on to the "dark web".

Laws criminalising the production, distribution, sale and supply of the drugs took effect from midnight.

Offenders will face up to seven years in prison under the Psychoactive Substances Act. It had been widely expected that the measures would be rolled out in April but the start date was pushed back.

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