Nicola Sturgeon, launching her party's campaign for the Dec. 12 UK election, says Scotland can avoid Brexit by holding an(other) independence referendum next year. "Vote SNP to escape Brexit," she says
A 24-year-old from Cornwall has pleaded guilty to making a string of hoax bomb threats in Britain, the US, and Canada – causing major disruption to schools, colleges, the Palace of Westminster, police stations and even the Super Bowl.
1 year agoThe River Don in Doncaster has burst its banks. The environment agency has issued 5 severe flood warnings for the area
UK lowers security level for its ships in Strait of Hormuz
1 year agoBank of England holds rates unchanged, says easing might be needed if Brexit, global risks worsen. Two MPC members unexpectedly vote for a cut
The Labour party has announced that Tom Watson is stepping down as an MP and Labour deputy leader
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns has resigned
1 year agoPrime Minister @BorisJohnson leaves for Buckingham Palace to inform the Queen of the general election.
A Downing Street spokesperson says Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to U.S. president Donald Trump this evening and the pair discussed security issues, next month's NATO leaders' meeting in London and U.S. tariffs on goods including Scotch Whisky
Sir Lindsay Hoyle has been elected the new House of Commons Speaker by MPs
1 year agoDOOM51 600024 USAF B52H BUFF out of Fairford, operating over The Wash / Holbeach area. 1016z
Vietnam arrests two people in connection with 39 bodies found in truck in Britain
Nigel Farage says that unless Boris Johnson drops the deal, the Brexit Party will contest every single seat
Essex Police says officers have spoken on the phone to Ronan Hughes who they want to question over the deaths of 39 people found in a lorry trailer in Grays
The chief coroner's report into the London Bridge and Borough Market terror attacks in June 2017 says MI5 needs to improve its systems for ongoing investigations into terrorist suspects
UK Brexit accord rules out trade deal with US, says Trump
1 year agoUSAF B-52H BRIG03 heading North off the coast of Scotland
MPs have voted to hold an early general election on 12 December
1 year agoMPs vote on whether to hold an early election on December 12, after rejecting amendment to move date forward to December 9
Britain's Labour Party will support a general election after EU agrees to delay Brexit
1 year agoBoris Johnson calls on EU to exclude "another Brexit postponement after 31 January"
Downing Street confirms the Government will "introduce a Bill almost identical to the Lib Dem/SNP Bill tomorrow" to push for a December election if the vote on an election fails today
Tusk: The EU27 has agreed that it will accept the UK's request for a Brexit flextension until 31 January 2020. The decision is expected to be formalised through a written procedure
Brexit extension until January 31 'very probable': French diplomatic source
No 10 source suggests if they are defeated on an election tomorrow, "we will look at all options to get Brexit done including ideas similar to that proposed by other opposition parties."
Liberal Democrat MP Chuka Umunna has told Sky News that it is "highly unlikely" MPs will approve another Brexit referendum and that is why a general election is needed to get a new Parliament which might back it
Community leaders and families in Vietnam say the 39 people whose bodies were found inside a lorry container in Grays in Essex were part of a convoy of more than 100 people travelling on three lorries trying to make it across Europe
The majority of the 39 people found dead in the back of a truck near London were likely from Vietnam, a community leader told Reuters
1 year agoPolice have arrested a fourth person following the discovery of 39 bodies in a lorry in Essex
British police detain two more suspects over 39 deaths in container
