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• Brexit in numbers: How did parliament vote on Monday?

  25-03-2019 23:55
  British lawmakers on Monday used a vote on the government's next steps on Brexit to wrest control of the process so that they can then try to find a majority for an alternative that would break the parliamentary deadlock.Lawmakers voted on amendments to a government motion saying that parliament has considered a statement made by May on March 15 which set out the government's next steps on Brexit, including its plan to seek a delay.This has been put forward by opposition Labour leader Jeremy Cor
  
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• Theresa May maintains carry-on-regardless Brexit strategy

  25-03-2019 23:51
  Theresa May making her statement in the House of Commons. Photograph: UK Parliament/Mark Duffy/PAIt was the day that Theresa May was meant to face a full-blown cabinet revolt and a move by parliament to take control of Brexit.But it soon became clear the anti-May plotters in the cabinet had bottled a direct confrontation. “No one actually dealt with the leadership issue,” one cabinet source said. “They didn’t even skirt around it.”Neither did the cabinet come up wit
  
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• MPs back votes on Brexit alternatives by 329 votes to 302

  25-03-2019 23:47 via bbc.co.uk
  MPs vote to take control of Commons business in unprecedented move to try to find majority for any Brexit option.
  
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• Farage SNAPS at Remainer accusing him of ‘WHINGING’- 'The ELITE won't walk over us!'

  25-03-2019 23:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  NIGEL FARAGE shut down a Remainer who accused the LBC host of “whinging” about Brexit as he claimed that he would not allow the “political elite” to walk over the people.
  
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• Montenegro 1-5 England: Ross Barkley shines in Euro 2020 qualifying win

  25-03-2019 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Ross Barkley scores twice and provides an assist as England come from behind to hammer Montenegro in their Euro 2020 qualifier in Podgorica.
  
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• Sterling rises after UK lawmakers vote to take control of Brexit process for a day

  25-03-2019 23:36
  LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling rose at the start of the Asian trading session after British lawmakers voted to wrest control of the Brexit process from Prime Minister Theresa May's government for a day.
  
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• What are the Brexit amendments and how are MPs voting?

  25-03-2019 23:33
  An anti-Brexit protester outside parliament. Some of the amendments will be voted on later on Monday.Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesAnother week, another neutral government motion on Brexit, and yet another set of amendments. Here are the amendments tabled. The Speaker, John Bercow has decided that three of them will be voted upon on Monday evening. D. The Labour indicative vote plan – not moved Less prescriptive than the Letwin/Grieve amendment that follows (A), this notes support fo
  
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• Junior foreign minister Burt resigns over Brexit

  25-03-2019 23:31
  LONDON (Reuters) - British junior foreign minister Alistair Burt has resigned to vote against the government for a proposal to give parliament control over the Brexit process, Press Association reported.
  
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• How did your MP vote on the indicative votes amendment?

  25-03-2019 23:26
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• MPs seize control of Brexit process by backing indicative votes amendment

  25-03-2019 23:25
  MPs have inflicted a fresh humiliating defeat on Theresa May, voting to seize control of the parliamentary timetable to allow backbenchers to hold a series of votes on alternatives to her Brexit deal.An amendment tabled by former Tory minister Oliver Letwin passed, by 329 votes to 302 on Monday night, as MPs expressed their exasperation at the government’s failure to set out a fresh approach.Theresa May had earlier declined to say whether she would abide by the outcome of a process of &ldq
  
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• British lawmakers vote to seize control of Brexit for a day

  25-03-2019 23:19
  British lawmakers voted on Monday to wrest control of Brexit from Prime Minister Theresa May for a day in a bid to find a way through the European Union divorce impasse that a majority in parliament could support.Lawmakers should now vote on a range of Brexit options on Wednesday, giving parliament a chance to indicate whether it can agree on a deal with closer ties to Brussels, and then try to push the government in that direction.The move underlined to what extent May has lost her authority, a
  
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• UK lawmakers vote to take control of Brexit process

  25-03-2019 23:17
  LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers on Monday voted to wrest control of the Brexit process to try to find a majority for an alternative way forward that would break the parliamentary deadlock.
  
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• The indicative vote options as MPs aim to break Brexit deadlock

  25-03-2019 23:17
  With no Brexit parliamentary consensus in sight, the House Commons has passed an amendment from Sir Oliver Letwin that proposes that MPs vote on a series of options to establish what could command a majority in the house.There is no agreed list of options, but one has been produced by the Commons select committee for exiting the EU to help clarify the debate. Here we outline the Brexit outcomes that MPs could vote on: 1\. Theresa May’s deal, againIt may have been rejected twice already, bu
  
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• Sammy Wilson SAVAGES Theresa May in FURIOUS Brexit rant - ’Your deal has NO FOUNDATION!’

  25-03-2019 23:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  DUP BREXITEER Sammy Wilson confronted Theresa May after she blamed Northern Ireland for the failings of her Brexit withdrawal agreement in a furious rant.
  
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• Man jailed for cracking egg on head of opposition leader Corbyn

  25-03-2019 23:15
  A man who hit Britain's opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn on the head with an egg in an attack apparently provoked by the politician's stance on Brexit was sentenced to 28 days in jail on Monday.Closed circuit television footage showed John Murphy, 31, approach Corbyn, who was visiting a Muslim community centre in London's Finsbury Park on March 3 with his wife and supporters, and crack the egg on the side of his head."Although Mr Corbyn was not seriously hurt, Murphy had come with a number of egg
  
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• MPs Seize Control Of Brexit As Commons Wrests Power Away From Theresa May

  25-03-2019 23:14
  MPs have dramatically voted to seize control of the Brexit process fromTheresa May and give parliament a real say over alternatives to her EU divorcedeal
  
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• Parliament faces choice on who controls business - Brexit minister

  25-03-2019 23:13
  British lawmakers face the question of who controls business in parliament, Brexit minister Stephen Barclay said on Monday, trying to persuade them to reject a bid by parliament to wrest control of Britain's departure from the European Union.Members of parliament are poised to try to seize control of Brexit, hoping to force time to consider alternative options beyond Prime Minister Theresa May's deal.Barclay said the government had already promised to give parliament time to try to find a way fo
  
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• Superstar ballet dancer praises royal visit to Cuba

  25-03-2019 23:04
  Cuban Carlos Acosta, artistic director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, met the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall in Havana.
  
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• Home Office funded paedophilia group, whistleblower says

  25-03-2019 22:45 via bbc.co.uk
  A group campaigning to legalise paedophilia in 1970s received government money, an inquiry is told.
  
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• 'Pain and grief': Coroner inquest into Radiohead stage collapse begins

  25-03-2019 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Radiohead drummer Philip Selway told a coroner's inquest the band is still "haunted" by the incident.
  
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• A Group Of Brexiteers Have Been Dubbed The 'Grand Wizards' And Someone Really Should Have Googled It

  25-03-2019 22:30
  Because Brexit is not ridiculous enough, an influential group of ConservativeBrexiteers has attracted a new nickname: the Grand Wizards
  
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• Pinner murder: Shopkeeper killed in robbery named

  25-03-2019 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Ravi Katharkamar was stabbed to death outside his newsagents in a "vicious and unwarranted attack".
  
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• Birmingham mosque attacks not linked to far-right extremism or terror, police say

  25-03-2019 22:23
  The Birmingham mosque attacks are not being treated as acts of far-right extremism or terror, police have said.
  
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• 'Abhorrent!’ Fury after yobs ATTACK ambulance carrying child - staff injured

  25-03-2019 22:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  YOBS threw a stone at an ambulance carrying a child in Liverpool on Saturday night, causing criminal damage and injuring a member of staff.
  
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• Apple ‘yet to convince’ it can compete with Netflix, industry expert says

  25-03-2019 21:54
  The technology giant has unveiled plans to make original TV shows, films and documentaries.
  
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• Brexit: Not enough support for deal vote yet, says PM

  25-03-2019 21:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May is still trying to get her deal passed, as MPs prepare to vote on taking control of Brexit.
  
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• 'Embarrassing and strange': Boxer kisses female reporter on lips during interview

  25-03-2019 21:49
  Kubrat Pulev ends interview with Jennifer Ravalo with kissBulgarian had just beaten Bogdan Dinu in Las VegasBulgarian heavyweight boxer Kubrat Pulev had distinguished himself by knocking out Bogdan Dinu in Las Vegas on Saturday night, his 27th victory in his 28th professional fight. What was to follow was less glorious.He was interviewed by Vegas Sports Daily reporter Jennifer Ravalo after the bout. At the end of the interview Ravalo asked Pulev if he deserves a shot at Britain’s former he
  
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• Child taken to hospital in Dundee after being hit by van

  25-03-2019 21:48
  Police are appealing for information about the incident in Charleston Drive on Monday afternoon.
  
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• Crack use up in England after 'aggressive marketing'

  25-03-2019 21:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Health workers say there is less stigma about the form of cocaine and new users are being attracted.
  
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• Theresa May shows clean pair of heels as the Usain Bolt of failure

  25-03-2019 21:30
  Theresa May making her statement on Brexit to the House of Commons. Photograph: UK Parliament/Mark Duffy/PAThe sprint to the bottom is now parliament’s blue riband event. But, in a highly competitive field, Theresa May is still streets ahead of the opposition. She is the Usain Bolt of failure, someone who, in her prime, not even MPs on stupidity steroids can hope to get near to. Even so, the Leader in Name Only’s descent into incoherence must surely now be reaching terminal velocity.
  
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• London's Westminster station reopens after reported emergency - witnesses

  25-03-2019 21:30
  LONDON (Reuters) - London's Westminster underground train station reopened on Monday after briefly evacuating passengers due to a reported emergency, two Reuters witnesses at the scene said.
  
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• CPS under fire for delay in charging man accused of raping boy, 12

  25-03-2019 21:21
  The victim’s lawyers are calling for updated national guidance on police and CPS access to digital data. Photograph: Kirsty O'Connor/PAThe Crown Prosecution Service has come under fire for waiting nearly a year and a half to charge a man accused of raping a 12-year-old boy despite him admitting to the crime.The child and his family were devastated by the lengthy delay as the CPS insisted on trawling through 40,000 files of the victim’s personal data.The lawyers representing the boy h
  
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• All the key announcements from Apple’s live event

  25-03-2019 21:18
  From Apple TV+ to Apple Card, the tech giant has a host of new services.
  
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• PM considered separate vote on Brexit withdrawal agreement, Labour claims

  25-03-2019 21:09
  Jeremy Corbyn held an hour-long meeting with the prime minister. Photograph: ReutersLabour has claimed an increasingly desperate Theresa May suggested severing the Brexit withdrawal agreement from the forward-looking political declaration on Monday, as she made a fresh bid to win Jeremy Corbyn’s backing for her deal. The Labour leader held an hour-long meeting with the prime minister at Westminster on Monday, alongside the Brexit secretary, Steve Barclay, and his shadow, Keir Starmer, with
  
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• UK weather forecast: Britain braced for ROLLERCOASTER as HEAVY SNOW 'battles' BAKING HEAT

  25-03-2019 21:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  BRITAIN’S chaotic weather is about to dish up a rollercoaster mix of near-72F heat this week before sub-zero temperatures and snow return at the start of April.
  
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• Gatwick drone policing costs 'shocking'

  25-03-2019 21:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Drone sightings that closed Gatwick last year led to policing costs of £459,000, figures show.
  
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• Theresa May compared to DRUNK DRIVER in brutal Brexit dig - 'Not in control of wheel'

  25-03-2019 20:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  THERESA MAY is no longer in charge when it comes to Brexit, a European Scrutiny Committee member has warned.
  
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• Mike Ashley considers Debenhams cash bid

  25-03-2019 20:52
  Mike Ashley's Sports Direct said it was considering a cash offer to take over Debenhams as it fired the latest salvo in the tussle for control of the struggling chain.Sports Direct already owns 30% of the department store business but faces seeing its stake wiped out, along with those of other shareholders, under a restructuring plan which would see lenders take over.Earlier on Monday, Sports Direct attacked Debenhams for rejecting these rescue plans - which include an offer last Friday to pay &
  
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• Pro-Brexit ERG lawmakers to vote against all amendments on Monday - lawmaker

  25-03-2019 20:42
  The pro-Brexit European Research Group of Conservative lawmakers plans to vote against all proposed changes to Prime Minister Theresa May's next steps on Brexit on Monday, a Conservative lawmaker said.The lawmaker said the group planned to vote against the so-called amendments, including one which seeks to wrest control of the Brexit process to try to find a majority for an alternative that would break the parliamentary deadlock.As long as the government's motion on its next steps is not amended
  
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• Brexit BETRAYAL: Farage lashes out at Letwin over amendment - 'Say one thing, do another'

  25-03-2019 20:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  BREXITEER Nigel Farage unleashed his frustration at “dishonest” MPs as he revealed a speech by the Oliver Letwin contradicting his current amendment.
  
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• Parliament's bid to control Brexit process is not constitutional revolution - lawmaker

  25-03-2019 20:29
  A British lawmaker said his plan to allow parliament to wrestle control of the Brexit process from the government by trying to find a majority for an alternative way forward to end the impasse is not an attempt at a constitutional revolution.The proposal put forward by Oliver Letwin, a member of Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives, seeks to change the rules of parliament on March 27 in order to provide time for lawmakers to debate and vote on alternative ways forward on Brexit."It is not
  
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• May confronted with staggering '108 TIMES' she promised MPs Brexit would be on March 29

  25-03-2019 20:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  THERESA May was confronted by Tory Brexiteer Mark Francois on the staggering amount of times she promised MPs in the House of Commons Brexit would be delivered on March 29.
  
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• Forensic investigation into Libby Squire death ongoing, inquest told

  25-03-2019 20:24
  The 21-year-old student's body was found in the Humber Estuary last week.
  
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• Catalogue of failings led to death of 'gentle' man at detention centre

  25-03-2019 20:10
  Colnbrook immigration removal centre, where Tarek Chowdhury was killed by Zana Assad Yusif. Photograph: Tim Ockenden/PAA catalogue of failings contributed to the killing of a “gentle and polite” man in immigration detention, an inquest jury has found. The jury at West London coroner’s court examined the role of the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice, health professionals and detention centre subcontractors in the death of Tarek Chowdhury, from Bangladesh. The 64-year-old was
  
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• Fresh protests over gay relationship lessons at primary school in Birmingham

  25-03-2019 20:01
  Parents at a primary school in Birmingham have held a fresh protest calling for lessons about gay relationships to be stopped.Demonstrators gathered outside Anderton Park School calling for the headteacher to stand down and chanting "let kids be kids" while holding posters that read "my child my choice"."Our children are innocent" one mother told Sky News.
  
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• In Pictures: Spring has sprung – Britons enjoy the sunshine

  25-03-2019 19:59
  Temperatures are expected to rise this week.
  
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• National Action Trial: Nazi Badge Found At Home Of 'Miss Hitler' Beauty Contest Organiser, Court Hears

  25-03-2019 19:56
  A badge for the Nazi association for women was found at the home of a far-right terror suspect who took part in a "Miss Hitler" beauty contest, a courthas heard
  
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• May fights for control as lawmakers aim to seize Brexit process

  25-03-2019 19:56
  British Prime Minister Theresa May admitted on Monday she did not have enough support to pass her EU withdrawal deal as some in her party called on her to quit and parliament plotted to wrest the Brexit process away from her government.At one of the most important junctures for the country in at least a generation, British politics was at fever pitch and, nearly three years after the 2016 EU membership referendum, it was still unclear how, when or if Brexit will take place."It is with great regr
  
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• Charles and Camilla tour Cuba’s Old Havana

  25-03-2019 19:54
  The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall are carrying out the first official visit to the Communist state by members of the royal family.
  
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• Emiliano Sala contract not legally binding, Cardiff to tell FIFA

  25-03-2019 19:53
  Cardiff City will tell world football's governing body FIFA that the contract to sign Emiliano Sala from Nantes was not legally binding.The Welsh club have refused to pay the£15m transfer feefor the striker, who was killed in a plane crash two months ago.Ligue 1 outfit Nantes have complained to FIFA, and Premier League side Cardiff have until 3 April to respond.
  
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