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• How did my MP vote on Parliament's Brexit options?

  27-03-2019 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Check how your MP voted on the eight different options put before Parliament.
  
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• Neo-Nazi terror suspect Mark Jones 'had Mein Kampf wedding edition'

  27-03-2019 23:45
  An alleged member of neo-Nazi group National Action had a special "wedding edition" of Adolf Hitler's autobiography Mein Kampf, a court has heard.Mark Jones, 24, told other extremists about buying the book, which apparently featured a Nazi party application form, during an online chat in February 2017, jurors at Birmingham Crown Court were told.
  
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• MPs fail to back alternative Brexit options

  27-03-2019 23:25
  None of the eight proposals secured a majority, but there were close results for a customs union and a second referendum.
  
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• Labour frontbencher resigns to vote against second referendum

  27-03-2019 23:23
  Melanie Onn confirmed she had resigned to vote against the option of a second referendum. Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PAJeremy Corbyn’s shadow housing minister has resigned and three shadow cabinet ministers abstained in protest against a three-line whip to vote in favour of plans for a second referendum.Melanie Onn confirmed she had resigned to vote against the option in the ballot of MPs on Wednesday and the shadow cabinet ministers Jon Trickett, Ian Lavery and Andrew Gwynne all abstained
  
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• Camilla thrilled to see documents in Havana which included relative’s signature

  27-03-2019 23:18
  The Duchess of Cornwall saw the signature of her relative George Keppel, the 3rd Earl of Albemarle.
  
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• How did your MP vote in the indicative votes?

  27-03-2019 23:13
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• May set to become latest Tory PM ousted over Europe

  27-03-2019 23:10
  The Conservative Party's long-running rows over relations with Europe have troubled previous occupants of Number 10.
  
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• Disappointed, says lawmaker who led move for parliament to seize Brexit

  27-03-2019 23:10
  The lawmaker who led a move for parliament to vote on Brexit alternatives said on Wednesday he was disappointed lawmakers had failed to find a majority on a way forward to break the impasse over Britain's departure from the European Union.Oliver Letwin, a Conservative, said there was another opportunity on Monday for parliament to find a majority for a way forward but also said he hoped lawmakers would pass Prime Minister Theresa May's deal before the end of Friday.
  
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• MPs reject all alternative Brexit options

  27-03-2019 23:09
  A first attempt by MPs to find a consensus route forward for Brexit has ended in deadlock and confusion after the Commons rejected every option put forward, albeit with a near-even split on the idea of joining a customs union. Oliver Letwin, the veteran Conservative MP who led the process which allowed backbenchers to seize control of the order paper to hold a series of indicative votes, said the results were “disappointing” but he hoped a new round of votes would be held on Monday.
  
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• Brexit Live: All eight options defeated in ‘indicative votes’ process

  27-03-2019 23:08
  The news came ahead of MPs staging a series of 'indicative votes' on alternatives to Theresa May's Brexit plan.
  
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• More than 600 people gathered outside Cookstown disco before crush deaths

  27-03-2019 23:07
  Almost half have been interviewed by detectives probing the Saint Patrick's Day tragedy in Co Tyrone during which three teenagers died.
  
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• May vows to resign before next phase of Brexit if deal is passed

  27-03-2019 23:07
  Theresa May has not set a specific date for her departure. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesTheresa May has played her final desperate card to tame Brexit rebels in her warring party, by promising to sacrifice her premiership if they back her twice-rejected Brexit deal. The beleaguered prime minister, whose authority has been shattered by the double defeat of her deal and a stream of resignations, made the high-stakes offer to Tory backbenchers at a packed meeting in Westminster. “I hav
  
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• Factbox - Brexit in numbers: How did the British parliament vote on Wednesday?

  27-03-2019 22:57
  LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers wrested control of the Brexit process from the government on Wednesday to try to find a majority for an alternative way forward that could break the parliamentary deadlock over Prime Minister Theresa May's proposed deal.
  
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• Angst and apathy outside parliament as lawmakers debate Brexit options

  27-03-2019 22:57
  In a public space otherwise dominated by vocal supporters and opponents of Brexit, Unbranded carries signs protesting the impact of plastic bags on the environment.Outside, veteran pro- and anti-EU protesters with flags and placards took up well-worn positions on nearby pavements and squares, their rivalry and modest numbers reflecting how Brexit has both divided and exhausted the nation.Only 7 percent of Brits recently surveyed by NatCen Social Research said the government had handled Britain's
  
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• May offer to quit fails to move key opponents of her Brexit deal

  27-03-2019 22:51
  British Prime Minister Theresa May offered on Wednesday to quit in a bid to get her European Union divorce deal passed, but the Northern Irish party crucial to getting the agreement through parliament were unmoved and said they would reject it again.If the Democratic Unionist Party had swung behind May, it might have convinced many eurosceptic rebels within May's Conservative party to back her deal, but the DUP's move made it highly unlikely it would get through at a third attempt.The DUP's deci
  
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• Who are the likely runners and riders to replace the Prime Minister?

  27-03-2019 22:48
  Could Michael Gove, Boris Johnson or Dominic Raab become the next occupant of Number 10?
  
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• Prince William to visit New Zealand to honour shooting victims

  27-03-2019 22:45
  Prince William will visit New Zealand next month to honour the 50 victims of the mass shooting at mosques two weeks ago, his office said on Wednesday.William, the Duke of Cambridge, will make the trip on behalf of his 92-year-old grandmother Queen Elizabeth, New Zealand's head of state, following a request from its Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern."The Duke will meet with those affected by the attack and will pay tribute to the extraordinary compassion and solidarity that the people of New Zealand
  
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• MPs Fail To Find A Majority For A Brexit Alternative In Historic Set Of Votes

  27-03-2019 22:45
  The first historic round of votes on alternatives to Theresa May's Brexit dealhas finished without any option getting a majority
  
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• MPs Fail To Agree A Single Plan To Break The Brexit Deadlock In Historic Votes

  27-03-2019 22:45
  MPs have failed to agree a single proposal to break the Brexit deadlockdespite seizing control of parliament to stage votes to chart a way throughthe chaos
  
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• DUP rejects PM’s deal over risk to UK integrity

  27-03-2019 22:38
  The Northern Irish unionists said they would not support Theresa May if she tabled another meaningful vote in Parliament.
  
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• Feelings run high and low as May tells Tories: I'm through

  27-03-2019 22:29
  Theresa May: ‘I have heard very clearly the mood of the parliamentary party.’ Photograph: Alastair Grant/APTheresa May kept her decision to play the final card for her Brexit deal secret until the last moment. Only a small number of her closest aides knew for sure that she would pledge to go, though it was long in the making.Cabinet ministers heard it for the first time when the prime minister opened her mouth to speak to Conservative MPs, packed tightly into a boiling hot room which
  
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• William to visit New Zealand to honour victims of Christchurch terror attack

  27-03-2019 22:28
  The duke will represent the Queen on the trip which will take place in late April.
  
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• Sterling jumps on report Johnson to back PM May's Brexit deal

  27-03-2019 22:24
  Sterling rose on Wednesday on a report that former British foreign minister Boris Johnson, a prominent eurosceptic, will now back Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal after she promised to quit if her agreement passes in parliament.
  
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• May offers to step down once Brexit deal is approved as Johnson signals support

  27-03-2019 22:24
  The Prime Minister's hopes of passing her Withdrawal Agreement were dealt a potentially fatal blow as the DUP withheld its backing.
  
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• May fails to convince DUP and ERG 'Spartans' to back her Brexit deal

  27-03-2019 22:22
  The ERG’s Steve Baker said he was ‘consumer with a ferocious rage’ and said he wanted to ‘bulldoze’ parliament into the river. Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/ReutersUp to 30 of the most hardline pro-Brexit Tories and 10 Democratic Unionist party MPs are still planning to vote against Theresa May’s deal, despite a string of Eurosceptics backing down when she promised to resign. May now faces an uphill battle to get her EU withdrawal agreement through parliame
  
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• Prince Charles mixes mojitos, grinds sugar cane on last day of Cuba trip

  27-03-2019 22:20
  His wife may have had some initial reservations about Cuban cuisine, but Prince Charles was so enchanted that he asked for some black bean croquettes to take away with him at a tasting session during the British royals' historic trip to Communist-run Cuba.The heir to the British throne and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla, also ground sugar cane for juice and prepared mojitos on Wednesday in one of the private restaurants that have flourished in Havana since Cuba started opening up its
  
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• Less Exodus, more Holy Grail: Boris Johnson mocked for U-turn on Brexit deal

  27-03-2019 22:11
  Mr Johnson has reportedly changed his mind after the Prime Minister said she would step down.
  
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• Theresa May’s promise to stand down ensures her legacy will be defined by Brexit

  27-03-2019 22:10
  The Prime Minister's brief and turbulent period in office has been dominated by rows over Europe.
  
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• Factbox: Conservative MPs who have switched to back UK PM May's Brexit deal

  27-03-2019 22:05
  LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May is considering bringing her twice-defeated Brexit deal back to parliament after some of its eurosceptic opponents indicated they could change their minds and back it amid fears another loss could mean Britain staying in the European Union.
  
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• DUP says will not support May's Brexit deal

  27-03-2019 22:05
  LONDON (Reuters) - The Northern Irish party which props up Prime Minister Theresa May's government said on Wednesday it would not support her Brexit divorce deal.
  
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• DUP Won't Support Theresa May's Brexit Deal In Potentially Fatal Blow To Plan

  27-03-2019 22:00
  The Northern Irish DUP has said it will not support the government if ittables a fresh meaningful Brexit vote because "the necessary changes we seekto the backstop have not been secured"
  
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• Brexit Westminster is like the Crystal Maze on crystal meth

  27-03-2019 21:58
  ‘All she cared about was that she’d created the ultimate lose-lose situation.’ Photograph: Mark Duffy/APThe only person missing was Prince Edward. Brexit has now turned Westminster into the Crystal Maze on crystal meth. A looking-glass world where any truth has a half-life measured in milliseconds, where normal rules no longer apply and every MP is desperate to play the joker. The best the rest of us can hope for is to wake up to find we had been dropped into the ninth series o
  
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• Briton finishes 5,500-mile charity run across US

  27-03-2019 21:53
  Jamie McDonald ended his mammoth run in Gloucester, Massachusetts - 11 months after starting his trip dressed as superhero Adventureman.
  
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• Fisherman dies after being rescued from North Sea

  27-03-2019 21:49
  The main was airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where he died.
  
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• When do the clocks change in 2019 and could this be the last time?

  27-03-2019 21:48
  They don’t change at 25 minutes past two. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty ImagesIt’s that time of year again, the ritual of trying to work out which of your electronic gadgets automatically adjust for clock changes, and which don’t. British Summer Time (BST) officially starts at 1am on Sunday 31 March, when the clocks go forward an hour to 2am. With Brexit on the horizon, it remains to be seen whether changes to daylight savings time (DST) plans in continental Europe will hav
  
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• Molly Russell: Prince William writes to family of girl who took her own life

  27-03-2019 21:29
  Prince William has written to the family of a schoolgirl who said Instagram was partly to blame for their daughter taking her own life.Molly Russell, 14, was found dead in her bedroom in November 2017 after viewing online content that promoted self-harm.William's letter, which Kensington Palace said was sent on Wednesday, follows comments he made in November about the responsibility social media firms have to tackle harmful content.
  
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• Pair arrested on suspicion of murder after man is shot dead in south London

  27-03-2019 21:12
  Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was shot dead in south London.The victim, thought to be in his late teens, was found in a critical condition by paramedics in Friar Mews, West Norwood, at around 4.10pm on Wednesday.The Metropolitan Police said two male suspects have been taken for questioning at a south London police station.
  
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• PM May's move falls short for many pro-Brexit Conservative lawmakers - ERG spokesman

  27-03-2019 20:54
  LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May's promise to leave office if her deal is passed by parliament has not convinced enough members of a hardline pro-Brexit Conservative group to back her agreement to leave the EU, a spokesman for the group said on Wednesday.
  
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• Plans submitted for UK's largest live entertainment venue

  27-03-2019 20:50
  Plans to create the UK's biggest concert venue, featuring the "largest and highest resolution LED screen in the world", have been submitted to authorities.The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG), which is behind the New York concert and sports venue of the same name, aims to create what it claims will be "a state-of-the-art live music and entertainment venue - known as MSG Sphere" in east London.
  
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• Vince Cable urges Premiership Rugby to ditch sponsor in racism row

  27-03-2019 20:40
  Sir Vince Cable said: ‘Such awful words from the chief executive of Premiership Rugby’s biggest and most prominent sponsor can only inflict damage on the sport.’ Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PASir Vince Cable has written to Premiership Rugby urging the organisation to consider ending a sponsorship deal with insurer Gallagher, after its UK boss made a racist comment about a departing employee. AJ Gallagher International’s chief executive, Simon Matson, has admitted calling
  
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• Mesh implants wrongly used in dozens of patients, NHS admits

  27-03-2019 20:37
  Southmead hospital in Bristol, where the patients were given artificial mesh implants. Photograph: View Pictures/Rex/ShutterstockMore than 50 patients who were given a controversial type of bowel surgery involving artificial mesh implants should not have been operated on, a hospital trust has admitted.Dozens of women should not have received a pelvic floor surgery using mesh at Southmead hospital in Bristol, an investigation found.In 2017 the Guardian uncovered a national scandal surrounding mes
  
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• Cholera confirmed in regions hit by Cyclone Idai

  27-03-2019 20:34
  It is estimated that three million people have been affected by the cyclone.
  
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• Factbox: Who might be Britain's next prime minister if May quits?

  27-03-2019 20:32
  British Prime Minister Theresa May offered on Wednesday to quit if her twice-defeated EU divorce deal passes, in a last-ditch attempt to persuade Eurosceptics to back it.Gove, one of the highest-profile Brexit campaigners during the 2016 referendum, has had to rebuild his cabinet career after falling early to May in the contest to replace David Cameron, who resigned the day after losing the referendum.Seen as one of the most effective members of cabinet in bringing forward new policies, the high
  
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• How would the process of the Prime Minister standing down happen?

  27-03-2019 20:31
  Theresa May's announcement sets the scene for a new PM as early as June or July.
  
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• Camilla horses around with ‘shy Di’ on equestrian centre visit

  27-03-2019 20:23
  The Duchess of Cornwall fed the horse sugar at during the tour of Cuba.
  
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• Boeing Just Said It Would 'Do Everything' To Stop Crashes And People Have Questions

  27-03-2019 20:15
  An official for Boeing, the company whose planes have been involved in twofatal crashes in recent months, has said it will "do everything" to preventaccidents in the future
  
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• Indicative votes: What different types of Brexit are MPs voting on?

  27-03-2019 20:13
  MPs are voting on a range of different Brexit scenarios, as they try to find an alternative they can support over Theresa May's deal.
  
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• Boris Johnson Backs Theresa May's Brexit Deal Despite Once Calling It 'A Suicide Vest'

  27-03-2019 19:48
  Boris Johnson has announced that he will back Theresa May's Brexit deal afterthe prime minister promised to quit once the UK leaves the EU with her deal
  
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• Leadership contest to replace May will begin after May 22 if Brexit deal passes

  27-03-2019 19:47
  A leadership contest to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May will begin after May 22 if her deal to leave the European Union is passed by parliament, her office told Conservative MPs on Wednesday.In a statement to MPs in May's Conservative Party, her office said a timetable for the leadership election would be set by the party and that she would remain as prime minister until her successor was elected.
  
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• Commons catering staff serve up Eton mess for big day of Brexit

  27-03-2019 19:45
  MPs are set to stage a series of indicative votes on alternatives to the Prime Minister's Brexit plan.
  
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