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Pensioner’s miracle escape as explosion blows walls and roof off bungalow
Residents say the woman from Buckfastleigh, Devon, was helped out of the rubble by a brave man in his 20s
The best (and the naughtiest signs) from the Put It To The People march
Organisers estimate over a million people marched through the capital’s streets to Parliament square to ask for the public to have the final say on Brexit options. Speakers addressed the many from all over Britain thronged into Parliament Square. “Brexiteers told us we would have £350 million extra for the NHS – they lied. They told us we could leave the EU with all the benefits, but none of the consequences – they lied. They told us we would have...
‘Over a million’ estimated at march for public to have final say over Brexit
Demonstrators from the "Put It To The People" campaign will march from Park Lane to Parliament Square, followed by a rally in front of Parliament.
Theresa May asked for resignation date as vote on her Brexit deal unlikely now
Theresa May is facing unprecedented pressure to announce a resignation date – even by her standards. The beleaguered PM who not long ago fought an election with the slogan “strong and stable” has been significantly weakened now the government has admitted it may not be try to push her Brexit deal through the House of Commons next week after all. The government is looking unlikely to command a majority of MPs if such a vote was forced on MPs a...
Stop Brexit petition hits 4m, breaking records as 96% of signatures confirmed from UK
A petition calling for the government to revoke Article 50 has just past four million signatures and is set to surpass previous records for epetitions for parliamentary debates. The petition can be found here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/241584 Millions of people have added their name to the petition in the hours after Theresa May delivered a disheartening speech to the nation earlier this week, hitting out at MPs for the failure of Brexit, and telling the country she is with them. Nine in...
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