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  If a general election is held on 9 December, most students in the UK will still be at university – but by the end of that week, most would be heading off for the Christmas holidays. With potential election dates being debated by MPs, close attention is being paid to the student vote – which is likely to influence ...

London, Oct 25 : Two people have been arrested on suspicion of the manslaughter of 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Essex. The man and woman, both 38, from Warrington, Cheshire, were also held on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic. The BBC has spoken to the families of three Vietnamese people who are worried their relatives may ...

London, Oct 25 : Mylands paint, founded 135 years ago, has survived two World Wars, the Great Depression and the end of the British Empire by adapting its products and practices. So when it was faced with the economic upheaval threatened by Britain’s departure from the European Union, CEO Dominic Myland wasn’t going to wait for politicians to resolve the ...

Photo: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. London, Oct 25 : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday said that he would give MPs more time to debate the new Brexit deal he reached with the European Union as long as they agree to a Dec. 12 general election. The prime minister urged the opposition Labor Party to back an election ...

Downing Street has dismissed reports of disagreements within UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government over how to move forward with the Brexit process. No 10 has indicated the PM will seek a snap poll if the EU proposes delaying the Brexit deadline until January.However, some ministers are understood to want to focus on getting the PM’s Withdrawal Agreement Bill through ...

London, Oct 24 : All 39 people found dead in a container truck near an English port were Chinese citizens, British police confirmed Thursday as they pressed to investigate one of the country’s deadliest cases of people smuggling. The Essex Police force said 31 men and eight women were found dead in the truck early Wednesday at the Waterglade Industrial ...

London, Oct. 23 : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson put his Brexit deal on hold Tuesday night, almost certainly ruling out any chance of Britain leaving the European Union (EU) at the end of October. It was a sweet and sour night for Johnson in the House of Commons, finally winning support for his Brexit deal, also known as the ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...