Day: February 26, 2018

    Jeremy Corbyn has called for Britain to form a new comprehensive UK-EU customs union after Brexit, as he set out his party's new policy on leaving the European Union. The Labour leader said that it was necessary for Britain to retain close ties to Europe in order to prevent a hard border between Ireland and the UK. We have long argued that a customs union is a viable option for the final deal. So Labour would seek to negotiate a new comprehensive UK-EU customs union to ensure that there are no tariffs with Europe and to help avoid any need for a hard border in Northern Ireland, he said. However he insisted that any new customs union would "need to ensure the UK has a say in future trade deals" conducted between the EU and other countries. Leaving the European Unio...

    A man is desperately seeking information about members of his extended family after the explosion that flattened a building in Leicester on Sunday evening, killing at least five people. Firefighters using search and rescue dogs are continuing to search the collapsed property amid fears there are people who remain unaccounted for. A Leicestershire fire and rescue spokesman said emergency services were searching for gaps in the building in which people could have survived. The search is expected to continue throughout Monday. He [my brother-in-law] doesn’t know what’s happened to his other children, he said. His two older sons are missing, his wife is missing and one of his son’s girlfriends is believed to be missing. We’ve been waiting [for news] since 7pm last nigh...