The 350 residents of the Oxfordshire village of Piddington have dominated headlines with their opposition to a proposed 1,200-strong asylum seeker camp nearby, echoing the stance taken by Epping in Essex last summer.
Anyone with common sense can see it is a terrible idea to put a camp full of newly-arrived migrants, many without background checks, near a rural, family village.
Badenoch visits village
Express home affairs editor Michael Knowles was in Piddington on Monday with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch.
Badenoch told Knowles it was "bonkers" that migrants could end up with more rights and freedoms than villagers who have lived there for years and are now concerned for their safety.
Andy Burnham should put an end to this madness but he probably does not really want to.
Burnham's UN meeting with Trump
Political editor Martyn Brown was at the UN assembly for Burnham's meeting with President Trump, filing on their first encounter and lively exchange over the Chagos deal.
As always with Trump it was a highly surreal situation. Burnham came out of it okay but gave off the image of a startled schoolchild in the presence of the headmaster.
The telling moment came when Trump slammed the "terrible" Chagos Islands handover deal and more or less told the Prime Minister he was reviewing it. Burnham could only mumble "mmm yep."
Strictly verdict and Arnhem veteran
Showbiz Editor Sasha Morris filed her first Strictly verdict, praising new presenter Emma Willis as a "total pro" but questioning why she needed sidekicks Johannes Radebe and Josh Widdicombe.
Chief reporter Giles Sheldrick covered 101-year-old Arnhem veteran Geoff Roberts's return to the region to pay respects to fallen comrades. Roberts urged schools to teach children about the horrors of war.
Sheldrick also paid homage to D-Day hero Ken Hay, who died at 101. Hay always insisted his part in the Normandy Landings was minimal, saying: "I'm not a hero - I just did what was expected of me."
Medical advances and grooming justice
Health editor Hanna Geissler watched a pioneering robotic procedure at London's Cromwell Hospital, where surgery for endometriosis is performed entirely through a patient's belly button.
Crime editor Paul Jeeves spoke to a grooming gang survivor who believes 99% of paedophiles involved in the industrial abuse of children nationwide have avoided justice.
Royal commentator Phil Dampier accused Earl Spencer of "stirring up painful memories from nearly thirty years ago, attacking the monarchy and exacting revenge" in his book Swan Song: Diana, My Sister.
Border seizures and upcoming events
Sunday Express reporter Tony Whitfield and chief political commentator David Williamson reported on the "flood" of illegal knives seized at Britain's borders. In the first half of this year, 2,729 illegal knives were seized by Border Force officers, compared to 2,912 for the whole of 2025.
Senior reporter Richard Ashmore was in Germany to report on Chancellor Friedrich Merz's "disaster" state election results, referencing his party's two defeats to AfD in the same month.
Next week, the Express launches Royals Unscripted on its YouTube channel with royal editor Emily Ferguson and columnist Carole Malone. The political team will be in Liverpool for Labour's conference, where Andy Burnham will make his first address as party leader and Prime Minister.
