The British government has rejected a petition calling for Brexit to be stopped, which gathered more than 5.8 million signatures. The petition is due to be debated by MPs on 1 April, after breaking the 100,000 threshold for consideration In an official response the Department for Exiting the EU (DExEU) said: “This government ...
People with UK family ties have been held in detention centres, moved into isolation and rounded up for a removal flight tonight. The Home Office has not confirmed details, but it is believed a flight has been chartered to deport people to Nigeria and Ghana. But some appear to have ...
Brexit has ceased to be the "will of the people", analysis of British Social Attitudes Survey respondents has suggested. National Centre for Social Research data found 55 per cent of Brits would vote Remain in a second referendum, with just six per cent of respondents saying they now think the UK ...
Sir Alex Ferguson has raised £405,000 for the NHS at a star-studded charity bash thrown as a thank you for the brain operation which saved his life. The former Manchester United boss entertained hundreds of people who paid to attend the fund raising party at a Manchester hotel. Guests at ...
Of all the painful pictures to have adorned the front pages of the British press since Brexit few encapsulated the unfortunate state we find ourselves in as much as 13 white, privileged males driving into Chequers to orchestrate a supposed coup of the lone woman left in charge of administering ...
A petition on the government website, calling for Brexit to be cancelled has broken all records, surpassing 5 million signatures today. Margaret Georgiadou, 77, who started the petition, says that she has received death threats over the phone. Mrs Georgiadou who is visiting Cyprus with her elderly husband, also said her Facebook ...
Residents say the woman from Buckfastleigh, Devon, was helped out of the rubble by a brave man in his 20s
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 ...
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.