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    Pound surges after Brexit ruling The embattled pound surged against the Euro as the High Court ruled Theresa May must consult Parliament before triggering Article 50. Overnight and into the morning Sterling had held at around 1.1091 but shot up to 1.1218 after the announcement was made. The High Court ruled Theresa May does not have the authority to use royal prerogative to trigger Article 50 and take the United Kingdom out of the European Union. Instead MPs will be granted a vote in the Commons. The government has been given the go-ahead to appeal against the ruling at the Supreme Court. The surge in the pound is the exact opposite market reaction to last week when the High Court in Belfast ruled in favour of the Government in a similar case. The landmark legal challenges...

    International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said the Government is "disappointed" at the High Court ruling that Theresa May cannot trigger the formal process of leaving the European Union without the prior approval of Parliament. Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Fox said "the Government is determined to respect the result of the referendum". "The Government is disappointed by the court's judgement," he said. "The country voted to leave the European Union in a referendum approved by Acts of Parliament. The Government is determined to respect the result of the referendum. "This judgment raises important and complex matters of law and it's right that we consider it carefully before deciding how to proceed." He added: "I have nothing to add other than to reiterate that it's rig...

    One member of the armed forces has been killed during a training exercise at RAF Tain, police have confirmed. Police Scotland said officers were called to the air weapons range near Inverness, Scotland, at around 5.55pm on Tuesday to an incident involving multiple service members. Police and the Scottish Ambulance Service attended to find one person had been fatally injured, the force said. The victim, whose next of kin have been informed, was a member of the Army, it was confirmed. A Police Scotland spokesman said there were no other fatalities but did not reveal how many soldiers had been injured. He added: "Police Scotland is leading the investigation to establish the full circumstances of this incident and is working closely with the armed forces. "This was a contained...

    The deputy leader of far-right group Britain First hurled abuse at a Muslim woman for wearing a hijab while brandishing a white cross in front of her four young children, a court has heard. Jayda Fransen, 30, allegedly launched a tirade of abuse at Sumayyah Sharpe during a Britain First "patrol" of Bury Park, in Luton, at around 1pm on January 23. Fransen, who lives near South Norwood in south London, is accused of telling Ms Sumayyah that Muslim men force women to cover up to avoid them being raped "because they cannot control their urges", Luton and Bedfordshire Magistrates' Court heard. Ms Sharpe was shopping with her children when she noticed members of the far-right group handing out Britain First newspapers to passers-by. The front page read "World War Three has begu...

    Theresa May has launched a withering attack on FIFA for refusing requests for England and Scotland footballers to wear poppies. May declared that the footballing body should change its mind ahead of the Remembrance Day match between the teams at Wembley this month. Lashing out during Prime Minister’s Question Time in the House of Commons, she added that FIFA – which has been dogged by corruption scandals – should “sort their own house out” rather than interfering with a British tradition. Many Labour and Tory MPs believe the England-Scotland game on November 11 has special significance as it falls in the centenary year of some of the First World War’s most deadly battles. FIFA bans political or religious messages on shirts, but it was forced to allow England players to wea...