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Pound rallies to strongest versus Euro since 2017 as Brexit delay seen
The pound has soared to the highest level versus the euro since 2017 after both the government and the opposition gave signs of changing strategy on Brexit. Sterling gained for a third day against the common currency after the Labour party came out in favour of a second Brexit vote and Prime Minister Theresa May was expected to bring up the topic of extending the Brexit deadline beyond March 29 at a meeting of her cabinet on Tuesday. Politics.co.uk Editor...
Tube passenger yelled racist abuse & punched someone in the face – because he was unhappy train was busy
The British Transport Police has released CCTV of the man after he launched a racist tirade on a passenger on the Piccadilly line - and then punched someone in the face when they tried to intervene.
Brain cells that cause insomnia have been identified for the first time by scientists
And there are found strong genetic links with depression and anxiety.
Fifth London murder in just eight days
Police say a man in his mid-twenties or early thirties was found with multiple stab wounds in the East End following reports of a fight
Britain’s WORM population is in decline which is also hitting bird numbers
A study has shown that the average field has just 9 worms per spadeful of soil - almost half of the number there should be
Councillor dubbed ‘Disappearing Donald’ after moving 400 miles from his constituency in Cambridge
Donald Adey moved miles away and despite this move, he claimed he could serve the residents of Trumpington and interact with them via Skype.
Watch lawyer explain Brexit vote would be void for corruption if only it was binding…
A court has ruled that the 2016 EU referendum should be voided because of criminal activity by the Brexit campaign. – Only it can’t be because of this loophole: it wasn’t a binding referendum. Yet Theresa May is still treating it as legally binding. You couldn’t make it up. Barrister Jessica Simor took May’s government to court for proceeding with Brexit on the basis that the referendum was lawful, despite their full knowledge of the illegal behaviour of the campaign...
Two county lines drug dealers who murdered a man have been jailed for life
Juned Ahmed, 18, and Ashraf Hussan, 20, stabbed Peter Anderson, 46, multiple times at just after 4pm on 25 July last year
Dogs to demonstrate in ‘Brexit is a Dog’s Dinner’ parliament protest
UPDATE: "Brexit is a Dog's Dinner" protest outside parliament will now be going ahead on Sunday 10 March. In a barking Westminster protest no one will relish cleaning up after, dog owners from around the country will be having a "dog's dinner" outside parliament to demand a ‘Wooferendum’ on Sunday, March 10th. The pups' protest will commence at Victoria Tower Gardens at 1pm with dog owners demanding the public have the final say on leaving the EU now it has...