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Driver arrested after 39 bodies found in lorry container in Essex

Man, 25, from Northern Ireland held on suspicion of murder after bodies found in Grays A murder investigation has been launched after 39 bodies were found inside a lorry from Bulgaria on an industrial estate in Essex. A 25-year-old driver, from Northern Ireland, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The victims, found at the Waterglade industrial park in Grays, ...

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PM to pull Brexit bill if timetable not approved

The government will abandon its Brexit bill if MPs vote down its three-day timetable to get it through Parliament. Boris Johnson told MPs if the programme was rejected and the EU confirmed a delay to the 31 October exit, he would instead push for a general election. The PM said Parliament had been “caught in a deadlock of its own ...

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EU’s Tusk says letter of Brexit extension received

Brussels, Oct. 20 : The European Union (EU) has received the letter of Brexit extension from London, Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, said Saturday. “The extension request has just arrived. I will now start consulting EU leaders on how to react. #Brexit”, said Tusk on his twitter account. According to some British media, Prime Minister Boris Johnson requested ...

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UK’s Johnson asks for a Brexit delay that he doesn’t want

London,  Oct 20 : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is pressing ahead to try to win parliamentary backing for his new Brexit deal even as the European Union considers his grudging request to extend the looming Oct. 31 Brexit deadline. Johnson sent an unsigned letter to the EU late Saturday seeking a delay to Britain’s impending departure from the bloc, ...

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Johnson urges support for Brexit deal before knife-edge vote

London, Oct 19 : Boris Johnson worked behind the scenes Friday to win enough support to push his new Brexit deal through the fractious British Parliament and pave the way for Britain — finally — to leave the European Union in two weeks. His message to allies and opponents alike: Approve the agreement so Britain can finally put the tortuous, ...

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UK lawmakers vote to delay final Brexit decision again

London, Oct 19 : In a major blow to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, U.K. lawmakers voted Saturday to postpone a decision on whether to back his Brexit deal with the European Union, throwing a wrench into government plans to leave the bloc at the end of this month. At a special session of Parliament intended to ratify the Brexit ...

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Anti-Brexit protesters march through London

Photo: Anti-Brexit protestors march in London, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. London, Oct 19 : Tens of thousands of anti-Brexit protesters are marching through London as lawmakers debate Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new European Union divorce deal. Protesters, many wearing blue berets emblazoned with yellow stars symbolizing the EU flag, poured out of subway trains and buses for the march to ...

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Johnson says he will push ahead with Brexit

London, Oct 19 : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will push ahead and try to leave European Union by Oct. 31. He said Saturday he is not daunted or dismayed by a vote delaying approval of the new Brexit deal, and said there will be no new negotiations with the EU. He says he still believes he can ...

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PM Johnson launches drive to pass Brexit deal in upcoming decisive vote

London, Oct. 19 : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson launched an offensive Friday to win over more support ahead of a crucial vote on his Brexit deal in the House of Commons on Saturday. Number crunching by major British news organizations suggest that currently Johnson is just a handful short of the 320 votes needed to guarantee success for the ...

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Brexit: What to expect from Parliament’s Saturday sitting

Parliament is sitting on a Saturday for the first time in 37 years to debate and vote on Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal – here is what to expect. What time is Parliament sitting? MPs will gather in the House of Commons at 09:30 BST – we don’t know what time they will finish. Peers sit a little later at 10:00 ...

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