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Scale of police security operation on royal wedding day revealed

Metal barriers, airport-style scanners and extra patrols will be employed when Prince Harry marries Meghan Markle in Windsor on May 19. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s post-wedding carriage ride route may be closed to latecomers if the 100,000 revellers expected become a safety issue. Details of Thames Valley Police’s operation to safeguard the newlyweds, their guests and spectators have been released, with airport-style security scanners and bag searches also planned in Windsor. Metal barriers will be erected in the Berkshire town to deter attackers from using vehicles, like the terrorist…

Pope Francis to have cataracts surgery next year

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Pope Francis revealed the news as he bid farewell to prisoners at Rome’s Regina Coeli prison, after he performed the Holy Thursday ritual of washing the feet of 12 people. Francis, who frequently tells inmates they need to keep hope alive, told them that they must clear their eyes every day so they can see and spread hope. He said cataracts often make it difficult to see. He says “at my age, for example, cataracts come and you don’t see reality well. Next year I have to have an operation.”…

Two teenagers found dead seven hours after crash in Hampshire

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The wreckage of a car in which two teenagers died was spotted seven hours after the vehicle crashed into trees at the side of a busy main road in Hampshire. Police believe the crash happened at 10.30pm on Tuesday, but the white Fiat 500 was spotted and reported by a passing motorist at 5am on Wednesday morning. Ella Alford and her friend Aimee Clayton, both 18, were pronounced dead at the scene. Hampshire constabulary said it was impossible to say whether the teenagers’ lives could have been saved if the…

Police discovers 16 suspected illegal immigrants including a child at the back of a lorry transporting boxes of shoes from Belgium

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Police have found 16 suspected illegal immigrants in the back of a truck transporting shoes from Belgium. The 15 adults and one child were discovered at Toddington services on the M1 in Bedfordshire this morning. The migrants were in the back of an Irish-registered truck carrying Skechers shoes. Bedfordshire Police confirmed the 15 adults and one child were found in the back of the truck which had recently arrived from Belgium. The migrants were assessed by the East of England Ambulance Service before being taken to police stations across the…

Frank-Walter Steinmeier German Minister says EU must hear people’s expectations

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The European Union must hear “the expectations of the people” on issues such as migration and unemployment as it responds to Britain’s vote to leave, Germany’s foreign minister said. Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been meeting with top diplomats from the EU’s five other founding nations in Berlin for hastily arranged talks following Britain’s referendum. The German foreign minister invited his counterparts from France, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium and Luxembourg to the government’s Villa Borsig mansion on the outskirts of Berlin. As he was heading into the meeting, Mr Steinmeier implied it is…

Farage lauds a ‘new dawn’ for Britain outside the EU

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Nigel Farage realised lifelong dream after 25 years of of Eurosceptic politics Today hailed ‘a new dawn’ for independent Britain on steps of Westminster called for a pro-Brexit Prime Minister to replace David Cameron after vote But with no seat at Westminster, his future in politics is now uncertain. Nigel Farage today celebrated ‘a new dawn’ in Britain after his impossible dream of leaving the EU came true. He looked jubilant after the vote, despite the fact that it could mean the end of his political career after 25 years…

Migrants In, Murdoch Out”.

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Altab Ali was a Bangladeshi garment worker killed in a racist attack by three teenagers in 1978, as he walked home from work. In the east London park where he was murdered – now named Altab Ai Park – over 1000 people gathered on Friday evening to protest a new, less marginal form of English racism: the nativist violence unleashed by the campaign to leave the EU. The protest, called Defend Migrants’ Rights, was called a week ago by various radical-left groups and saw those involved march from Altab Ali…

David Cameron Resigns as Prime Minister

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An emotional David Cameron has announced his resignation as Prime Minister after the historic EU referendum delivered clear backing for Brexit. The Prime Minister said he accepted the verdict of the ‘great democratic exercise’ which saw the Leave campaign triumph after stacking up 52 per cent of the votes – despite massive support for Remain in Scotland and major cities including London. Bank of England governor Mark Carney moved to reassure panicking markets this morning after the Pound nose-dived to its lowest level against the US dollar for 31 years,…

Police killed a man in a bid to release prisoner in Wood Green

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A man has been shot dead in wood green during a police operation relating to a suspected plot to free a prisoner. Armed officers were in Bracknell Close, near Wood Green Crown Court, London, at about 09:00 GMT when the man was shot. The Met said the operation was “intelligence-led” and resulted in the arrests of four people. Two of the arrests were in the Bracknell Close area on suspicion of “conspiracy to facilitate the escape of an individual from custody”. The suspects arrested there were a 30-year-old and a…

Heathrow runway decision suspended till next year

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A decision on whether to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport has been suspended till next year, the government has confirmed. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughhlin said further research on the environmental impact was needed. The Airports Commission, led by Sir Howard Davies, recommended a third runway at Heathrow in report in July but he said that the new runway should come with severe restrictions to reduce the environmental and noise effects, and did not completely rule out another runway at Gatwick or doubling an existing runway at Heathrow. Business…