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    Theresa May has used her Christmas message to urge Britain to be bold as it looks to find a new place for itself in the world after Brexit. The Prime Minister called for people in the country to come together after what has been one of the most destabilising years in modern history. Ms May also spoke of her childhood memories of growing up in a vicarage and what it means to be working at Christmas. She said: Coming together is also important for us as a country. As we leave the European Union we must seize an historic opportunity to forge a bold new role for ourselves in the world and to unite our country as we move forward into the future. And, with our international partners, we must work together to promote trade, increase prosperity and face the challenges to peace and...

    Dr Sellers had dreamed of going into space ever since he saw images of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbiting the Earth in 1961 Piers Sellers, a British-born climate scientist for Nasa who remained optimistic about the fate of the Earth despite the grim climate change models he oversaw and who gained American citizenship to fulfil a childhood dream of becoming an astronaut, has died in Houston. He was 61. The death was confirmed in a statement by Nasa Administrator Charles Bolden. Dr Sellers, who had been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer in October 2015, went public with his diagnosis in a New York Times column in January 2016. He wrote that while he had hoped he would see solutions to the problem of climate change in his lifetime, he was devoted to continuing his...

    Only 29% of the 2,028 people surveyed said they were confident of the government. Employees in the UK are not confident that the government would be able to negotiate a favourable Brexit trade deal, according to a report published on Friday. The Glassdoor Brexit survey revealed that only 29% of the 2,028 people surveyed said that they were confident of government's ability to negotiate a good deal. The survey by the recruitment firm showed that even regions that had majorly supported the leave campaign had low confidence in this regard. More from IBTimes UK • UK workers optimistic despite Brexit fears, expect pay raise in 2017 – Randstad Workmonitor survey • UK private sector growth ends the year on a high, reveals CBI survey • Jobs growth will continue into 2017 despite c...

    UK GDP grows 0.6% in the quarter after the June Brexit vote slightly ahead of the 0.5% analysts expected. The UK economy grew slightly faster than expected in the first three months following the European Union referendum, official figures released on Friday (23 December), showed. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), Britain's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.6% on a quarterly basis in the three months to the end of September, slightly ahead of the 0.5% analysts expected. • Britain's public sector debt hits record high in November • Barclays sued by US for alleged fraud in sale of mortgage-backed securities • Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena's bailout could take up to three months Why advertise with us The figure was also marginally higher than t...

    A series of attempts to carry out lethal attacks on Christmas markets and shopping centres across Europe, including Britain, were foiled before the Berlin murders. The security operations, according to senior sources, were carried out in direct response to information about terrorist threats linked to Isis. In Britain, counter-terrorism officers stated that a significant plot inspired by Isis had been halted. The alleged targets, say security sources, were one or more shopping centres crowded in the run-up to Christmas. Four men in Derby, another one at Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire and a woman in London, aged between 22 and 36, were arrested ten days ago in connection with the alleged plot, with the recovery of material which could be used for making bombs. On Thursday...