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People’s Vote March: when, where, why, will it be bigger than Farage’s Brexit march: all you need to know
In what is set to be one of the biggest protests the country has seen, Brits from all over the UK and the world are set to march on Westminster tomorrow to ask the government for the people to have the final say on Brexit. Nearly three years on from the EU referendum of June 2016, the world is none the wiser about Britain’s future relationship with the EU and the other countries with EU trade deals across the globe....
Two men were on top of moving freight train when electrocuted in East London
27-year-old from London and 25-year-old from Aberystwyth found besides tracks between Hackney Wick and Stratford in east London on Thursday.
It’s a knockout: Alternative Brexit plans to be tabled if May’s deal gets defeated again
MPs could vote on as many as seven alternatives if Theresa May's deal gets defeated for the third time in parliament next week. HuffPost UK has reported that the Prime Minister's deputy, David Lidington has floated the idea of holding so-called ‘indicative votes’ on a string of Brexit plans under the alternative vote (AV) system. They could include revoking Article 50, a second referendum or going with a no deal. Other potential options to be tabled are thought to be...
Man sentenced for swallowing goldfish with half pint of lager in social media stunt
Josh Coles appeared at Exeter Magistrates Court
Dad jailed for killing baby son after shaking him so hard he suffered internal head injury
Christopher Barnes, 28, was jailed for six-and-a-half years today (Fri) for the manslaughter and GBH of his son Harry.
MP blames Theresa May after he is attacked in the street over Brexit
A remain-supporting MP has blamed Theresa May after he was attacked in the street the day after the PM blamed MPs for the failure of Brexit. The PM had “whipped up fear and division” in the country, said the MP attacked in the street on Thursday afternoon. Lloyd Russell-Moyle was attacked on the street by a man calling him “traitor,” damaging his glasses and trying to hit him as the Brighton Kemptown MP was with an ITV News news crew....
Police shot man who stabbed an officer while holding two knives
The Independent Office for Police Complaints are investigating after the man was shot by Met Police gun cops.
Fourth arrest in murder investigation of Girl Scout Jodie Chesney
17-year-old arrested on Friday for sixth former's stab murder an east London park
Friend of Libby Squire pays heartfelt tribute to her “best friend”
The body of Libby, 21, was recovered from the Humber Estuary and formally identified on March 21.