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Wiltshire police recovered 15 people in a lorry in Wednesday while their Dutch counterparts found 16 people in a truck about to board a ferry.

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Dutch, UK police find 31 people in lorries in two separate operations

A Reuters poll has found that sterling would bounce in the case of a Conservative win in the UK election, whereas a Labour win would see the opposite.

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Sterling to get post-election blues if Labour wins majority: poll

Political parties are still in the process of writing their election manifestos - but here are the pledges made so far.

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UK general election 2019: What are the main parties promising?

Watson had long been a thorn in the side for the Labour left.

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Labour deputy and Corbyn critic Tom Watson standing down as MP

There has been a surge in registration among voters aged under 25 since Boris Johnson announced Britain would be holding a snap general election on December 12.

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UK election prompts surge in young voter registration

Extinction Rebellion climate-change activists won a legal challenge in London's High Court on Wednesday (November 6) against a police-imposed blanket ban on protests during its "Autumn Uprising" in the British capital in October.

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Extinction Rebellion wins court challenge to police protest ban

Police ban on Extinction Rebellion protests was unlawful says High Court

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Police ban on Extinction Rebellion was unlawful says High Court

Costumed processions and bonfires mark the foiling of Guy Fawkes' Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament in 1605, and the memory of Lewes' Protestant martyrs.

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Burning crosses and Boris Johnson effigy light up Lewes bonfire night

Britons will go to the polls in a snap election on December 12.

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Game on: UK election rivals trade blows on first day of campaigning

A UK charity that donates school shoes to children around the world is receiving requests closer to home. Shoes are distributed through baby banks or often requested by concerned teachers.

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Watch: UK charity struggles to meet demand for children's shoes

The UK general election in December shouldn’t just be about Brexit. It should be about how we cushion the effects of Brexit, if and when we leave - and even if we don’t.

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Euroviews. Britain’s post-Brexit survival depends on being more open to the world – by promoting tourism ǀ View

Jacob Rees-Mogg has been widely criticised after suggesting the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire in the UK lacked "common sense".

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Rees-Mogg: Grenfell fire victims lacked 'common sense'

An intelligence report which security experts and politicians say should be published, will not be released until after the December general election.

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UK government denies ‘sitting on’ report into Russian meddling

Highlights from the 2019 international design conference held by Dezeen in London.

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Dezeen Day: 4 eco designers changing the world with their art

"Despite the change in the threat level, terrorism remains one of the most direct and immediate risks to our National Security," Home Secretary Priti Patel said in a statement.

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UK terror threat level downgraded to 'substantial'

04/11/2019

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Sir Lindsay Hoyle elected to replace John Bercow as UK Commons Speaker

Becoming Speaker was traditionally viewed as a reward for long service, but now involves refereeing the the country's protracted struggle over Brexit.

04/11/2019

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Why I quit my job at Vogue to live in a tree for a year

I meet Alex Fisher, who lived in a tree for a year in the 1990s to stop British forests being cut down.

04/11/2019

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Is the 'toxic' atmosphere over Brexit pushing more MPs to quit?

A quarter of British MPs not seeking re-selection have complained of a toxic atmosphere in parliament and politics.

03/11/2019

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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage will not run in UK election

Farage told the BBC he chose instead to campaign countrywide against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's EU divorce deal.

03/11/2019

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Watch: Brits burn John Bercow in effigy at Bonfire Night bash

The Speaker of the House of Commons stood down on October 31.

Scottish First Minister addresses thousands at rally in Glasgow.

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Scotland will be 'ripped from Europe' without independence: Sturgeon

Laura Karup made the bold decision not to present a final collection for her Masters of Fashion.

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WATCH | Protesting fast fashion almost made me fail my master's

The UK is to put a temporary halt on fracking - Boris Johnson's government says it's because the industry causes earth tremors which are too disruptive to local communities.

$A police officer moves a protester outside the Houses of Parliament during a demonstration against fracking, in London, Britain, October 31, 2018$

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UK bans fracking just weeks before national election

The government said the industry risked causing too much disruption to local communities through earth tremors.

$FILE PHOTO: Chevron fracking site near Midland, Texas, US. August 22, 2019. Picture taken August 22, 2019.$

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Britain orders immediate moratorium on fracking