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Nigel Farage and his Brexit Party are well-fancied by bookmakers to secure their first seat in the House of Commons by winning the Peterborough by-election. Set to take place in the coming weeks after support for a petition ousted sitting MP Fiona Onasanya, Betway rates the Brexit Party as 13/8 second-favourites to triumph in the Leave-voting city. Peterborough voted overwhelmingly to leave in the EU referendum, returning 60.9 per cent in favour of exiting the European Union against 39.1 per...

Bombardier is putting its Belfast operation up for sale as part of a reorganisation of the business. The aerospace firm is selling its entire aerostructures operations, which also has factories in Morocco, in a bid to create a single aviation unit. The Canadian aircraft manufacturer employs about 4,000 people across several locations in Northern Ireland. The company said it would be working closely with employees and unions, through any future transition period. In a statement, Bombardier announced the "strategic formation...

125 litres of oil have been dropped into River Welland, which have affected at least 22 swans

By Sophia Akram New data from The Bristol Cable and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) shows that almost a fifth of all people stopped and asked to prove their immigration status have been British. It follows a previous investigation covering a five year period between 2012 and 2017 that suggested Home Office Immigration Officers were conducting spot checks based on racial profiling rather than intelligence. The Home Office records, collected through Freedom of Information requests that cover a 21-month...

Political uncertainty and financial constraints have seen a halt to growth in London’s construction sector as sentiment turns negative in the capital, according to the RICS UK Construction and Infrastructure Market Survey, Q1 2019. Growth in workloads has slowed or declined across almost all sectors of construction this quarter in London. At the headline level, 2% of respondents in London reported a fall (rather than rise) in workloads, the lowest net balance since November 2010. Workloads in public housing and...

Karanbir Cheema, known as Karan, became ill at his school in Greenford, west London, was severely allergic to wheat, gluten, dairy products, eggs and nuts

The two were found piled on top of each other in a chest freezer and they were so frozen it will take ‘a week’ before they can be identified

The public purse will take a £50m hit after the DoT (Department of Transport) ended its no-deal Brexit ferry contracts. Chris Grayling’s department had agreed £108m contracts with three ferry organisations, to assist with moving goods in the event of a no-deal Brexit. He has decided to terminate the agreements after the UK's departure date was moved to the end of October. Even though the deals were cancelled it is likely to cost around £50m to honour part of the...

The number of people found sleeping rough in London has increased by 31 per cent on the same period last year, according to the latest figures. GLA’s Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) quarterly report has revealed a total of 3,217 people were spotted between January and March 2019. Of these, 1,558 people were sleeping rough for the first time – 55 per cent higher than the 1,008 found a year earlier. But more than eight in 10 of the...