As Home Office confirm Assange extradition to US, Pamela Anderson calls UK “America’s bitch”
The Wikileaks founder is in custody at a central London police station and is due to appear in court "as soon as possible"
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Julian Assange arrested
UK police have said that WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested. He was seen being dragged out of the Ecuadorean Embassy by half a dozen men, protesting this morning. He has been living in Ecuador's embassy in London for the previous seven years since he took refuge their from ...
Brexit is delayed until Halloween, Theresa May dodges questions about her future
EU leaders announced a flexible delay until October 31, Donald Tusk, president of the European Council imploring “our British friends” not to “waste this time.” The deadline is flexible, giving the UK just about enough time to change its Brexit strategy, hold an election, a referendum, or revoke Article 50. ...
Jon Ronson – “I want to humanise people who other people demonise”
“Whatever you’re doing at any point in your life you can rest assured that Mike Quasar is probably shooting porn,” Jon Ronson tells me during a candid discussion on the impact free ‘tube’ sites are having on the porn industry. At one point Quasar - a self-titled “Reluctant Pornographer” - ...
Theresa May’s parliamentary bind could make cancelling Brexit her “new default”
Revoking Article 50 could have become the government’s default Brexit position, ITV political editor Robert Peston has revealed. Following Sunday’s sofa chat in which the Prime Minister revealed the choice over Brexit is a binary one between some version of her negotiated deal and not leaving at all, she could ...
Mum vows to fight on as Border Force seizes cannabis she uses to treat daughter’s life-threatening epilepsy
Teagan Appleby suffers hundreds of seizures every day thanks to a rare genetic disorder which trials have shown is relieved by taking cannabis.
Watchdog finds Boris Johnson has ‘over-casual attitude’ to rules with another financial breach
“That does not demonstrate the leadership, which one would expect of a long-standing and senior Member of the House, nor compliance with the general principles of conduct.”
Packed rush hour train catches fire at London Bridge station
The Southern train had just arrived in London Bridge when its brakes went up in flames.
“I may lose my job, but my constituents’ jobs are more important” says Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips says she may lose her job by backing a second referendum, but her "constituents' jobs are more important". The Labour MP was speaking in her constituency of Birmingham Yardley this weekend in response to criticisms that MPs should reflect the will of the people they represent. Yardley voted ...