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Brexit 50p coins commemorating October 31 to be melted down
The special coins were originally designed to be minted in time for Britain’s departure from the EU on October 31.
Boris Johnson’s third attempt for early general election rejected by MPs
The Prime Minister had urged the Commons to back his plan for a poll on December 12.
Tory minister’s researcher ‘sexually assaulted teenage girl in Houses of Parliament’
Callum Warren, 27, denies sexually assaulting young female colleague
Video – Astronomers have found smallest dwarf planet in our solar system
Just 350 million miles from earth, Hygiea, it was originally believed to be an asteroid
The internet reacts to Boris Johnson’s Halloween nightmare
Despite an October 31 withdrawal looking increasingly unlikely, Johnson had vowed he would rather be “dead in a ditch” than delay it - a great look for Halloween costumes.
Man stuck up 270ft chimney: fire chiefs make urgent public appeal
Firefighters have called for anyone with a high-rise cherry picker to call them on 999.
Couple who try to meet 14-year-old girl for sex after grooming her on Facebook are jailed
Detective Sergeant Helena Congreve, from Northamptonshire Police, said: “I’m very pleased to see Longhurst and Bourne given custodial sentences for these very serious offences and that two sexual predators are now off the streets and behind bars."
Johnson’s October 31 Brexit vow is dead in a ditch as EU agrees January ‘flextension’
Boris Johnson previously said he would prefer to be “dead in a ditch” than fail to leave on October 31.
Johnson’s October 31 Brexit vow looks dead in a ditch as EU January extension plan leaked
Johnson had vowed he would rather be “dead in a ditch” than delay Brexit past October 31, and the government has spent £100 million on adverts preparing the UK for a Halloween withdrawal.