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Boris Johnson has been booked to give a £75-a-head Brexit talk just three days before the UK officially leaves the European Union. The former Mayor and Foreign Secretary will discuss issues such as the Irish backstop, customs union, transition period and Article 50 at the event in Westminster's Central Hall. Billed as a "conversation" with former Editor and columnist Charles Moore, he will deliver his thoughts on Brexit in a "unique event" presented by The Telegraph’s Editor, Chris Evans. Early...

Net migration to the UK from countries outside the European Union has hit its highest level for 15 years, the Office for National Statistics has reported. 261,000 more non-EU citizens came to the UK than left in the year ending September 2018 - which is the highest figure since 2004. In contrast, net migration from EU countries has continued to fall to a level last seen in 2009. Jay Lindop, director of the Centre for International Migration at the ONS,...

The 'rover' collected micro-organisms in Chile's Atacama desert ahead of NASA and the European Space Agency missions to the Red Planet in 2020

Birmingham and Leeds are among the cities due to introduce the zones to improve air quality in those areas, which may require drivers to pay a fee to enter

Fisheries minister George Eustice, a Brexiteer, who stood as a UKIP MEP candidate before joining the Conservative Party has resigned from the Government. He has left his role over the PM's decsion to delay Brexit if her deal is voted down in Parliament. Eustice, MP for Camborne and Redruth in Cornwall, said he was leaving with "tremendous sadness". In his resignation letter to the PM, he said: "I fear that developments this week will lead to a sequence of events culminating...

MPs Are Getting A £2,000 Pay Rise This Year, which will anger many people struggling by on meagre wages. MPs are to receive a 2.7% pay rise this year, well above the rate of inflation and taking their basic salary for 2019/20 from £77,379 to £79,468. The extra salary will be effective from April 1, and is well above the current inflation rate of 1.8 per cent on the main CPI measure. At a time when MPs have failed time...

Caroline Lucas yesterday bemoaned the Prime Minister for putting people's lives at risk through "bargain bucket supply deals". The Green MP told MPs that DHL - a company "incapable of delivering chicken to KFC" - will be charged with importing medical supplies if Britain leaves without a deal. The courier company got caught in a storm last year when KFC switched distribution partners. A technical glitch left countless stores without chicken, resulting in a grovelling "FCK" marketing campaign that became...

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is urging business owners in the Greater London area to prepare now and consider three steps to ensure their businesses can continue to trade with the EU if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. The first step businesses need to take is to register for an Economic Operator and Registration Identification (EORI) number. UK businesses that have only ever traded inside the EU will not have an EORI number. In the event of...

Researchers have found that by vaccinating people with weakened strains of Salmonella their immune systems were strengthened against other viruses and diseases, not just typhoid