4 month agoBritish Pound jumps higher as a report says the UK is said to drop its Brexit demand regarding the Irish border to ease a deal.
WikiLeaks is accusing Ecuador of cutting off Assange's access to the outside world.
Trans activists have set off smoke bombs outside the entrance to Northcliffe House, HQ of the Daily Mail/Metro/Independent. Unclear if they're protesting against the Mail - or the Metro taking the advert last week - but staff leaving by side entrance.
Former Head of MI6, Sir John Sawers, has called for a second Brexit referendum: "I believe that all of us, the advocates of Britain leaving the EU as well as those arguing we should still remain a member, should support a second referendum"
Ayrshire Police says officers have received a report of a black panther sighting in fields near Drongan and Coalhall and are asking residents to be vigilant and not to approach it
The second vehicle has been identified, and officers from the Staffordshire and West Midlands Serious Collision @cmpg_ciu Investigation Unit have spoken to the driver. The investigation is on-going, and any witnesses are asked to contact Staffordshire Police on 101.
Government of Scotland announces the discovery of mad cow virus in the country
Big news in Brussels - that Brexiteers will not at all like. According to a senior EU official, the PM has just told the 27 leaders she is "ready to consider the extension of the transition period".
12 Romanians were arrested in the UK and Romania on Tuesday in a joint operation between these countries targeting human trafficking suspects. Since it joined the EU, Romania has become known as a hub for trafficking – of women in particular.
Downing Street confirms the PM will have three bilateral meetings in Brussels to make her case to key players before tonight's dinner - Donald Tusk, Jean-Claude Juncker and Leo Varadkar.
EU chief negotiator Barnier has offered to extend Brexit transition by a year: diplomats
USAF RC-135V Rivet Joint airborne SIGINT platform on mission
4 month agoBROMLEY: Unconfirmed incident at the Metro Bank in the High Street at Bromley. Pic @realRobertFisk
A leaked memo by the Ecuadorian embassy in London reportedly ordered to avoid "interfering in the internal affairs of other states" or risk losing his asylum status.
European Council President Donald Tusk has invited Prime Minister Theresa May to address the remaining EU 27 member states on Wednesday night
British PM Theresa May says still believes a Brexit deal is 'achievable', despite talks with the European Union becoming deadlocked on the issue of the Irish border
Sky News: British military files and secrets have been hacked dozens of times over the past year through piracy ops
UK Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle is pregnant: Kensington palace
USAF RC-135V Rivet Joint airborne SIGINT platform on mission
A Downing Street and Brexit Department spokesperson says "there remain a number of unresolved issues relating to the backstop" following talks between Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier
Members of the British Parliament send a message to the British Foreign Secretary on Jamal Khashoggi
Moscow doesn’t doubt the veracity of the story told by Petrov and Boshirov - Russian ambassador to London
4 month agoRussian Amb in London Yakovenko: @bellingcat is a tool of the "deep establishment" with links to intelligence, including financial links
4 month agoRussian ambassador to UK Alexander Yakovenko giving a press conference where he says news published in British press citing "sources" from "authorities" is mostly "fake".
4 month agoYakovenko accuses Bellingcat of being a "tool of the deep establishment" in the UK. There is obviously no evidence for this.
Brexit: Irish foreign minister says 'I think the optimism we have read about in newspapers in recent days is probably not well founded'
Fracking in the UK Gets Final Green Light: High court judge rules against injunction sought by protesters over Cuadrilla's plans. Company is free to run first frack of horizontal well in Lancashire shale rock in coming days.
DARTFORD: Reports of police helicopter and patrol cars apparently searching for someone in the STONE area of Dartford since about 9:30am this morning.
British billionaire Richard Branson freezes business links with Saudi Arabia amid reports journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have been murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Woman threatened with sledge hammer during armed robbery in Belfast
