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Activists call for government action on climate change in the middle of Oxford Circus on Wednesday in London. Now in their third day of action, protests have blocked a number of key junctions in central London.

Protests Calling For Climate Action Disrupt London For 3rd Day

7:13pm April 17, 2019

Activists occupied four of London's landmarks and thoroughfares and, on Wednesday, targeted the city's rail service. The organizers want a zero-carbon Britain by 2025.

Will Grover, a local councillor in Lincolnshire, tells pro-Brexit voters in the village of Horncastle that they should be proud of voting to leave the European Union. Grover says Brexiteers can feel stigmatized for their views, and he hoped the gathering

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North Of London, Brexit Supporters Gather To 'Feel Proud And Unashamed'

2:29pm April 17, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

The Leavers of Lincolnshire group aims to provide a safe space "so you could come together and be proud to be a Brexiteer," says a member. "To not be called an idiot, to not be called a racist."

An anti-Brexit activist demonstrates outside of the Houses of Parliament in London on Thursday, before a vote on whether to postpone Britain's exit from the European Union.

U.K. Parliament Votes To Postpone Brexit

4:51pm March 14, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

Parliament approved a government plan to ask the European Union for an extension until June 30. European leaders will consider the request at a summit next week in Brussels.

The Packhorse is a pub in the village of South Stoke, in the west of England. Villagers came together to buy back the pub after it had been sold for development into residential and office space.

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It Takes A Village To Save A British Pub

9:01am March 10, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

Many U.K. pubs are struggling to stay in business, so concerned villagers are banding together to stage a takeover.

British politicians Heidi Allen, Sarah Wollaston and Anna Soubry (from left to right) announced Wednesday that they were breaking away from their party to join the newly formed, more centrist Independent Group.

3 Conservative Politicians Abandon Party For Britain's Fledgling 'Independent Group'

4:39pm February 20, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

"The hard-line, the anti-EU awkward squad that have destroyed every leader for the last 40 years are now running the Conservative party from top to toe," lawmaker Anna Soubry said Wednesday.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Senate committees in April. But he hasn't appeared before British Parliament, despite its requests for him to do so.

Facebook Has Behaved Like 'Digital Gangsters,' U.K. Parliament Report Says

4:42pm February 18, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

"The age of inadequate self-regulation must come to an end," says Damian Collins, chair of the committee behind the report, which is often scathing on Facebook's practices and corporate conduct.

British politician Luciana Berger speaks Monday at a news conference to announce the formation of the Independent Group, as seven British members of Parliament quit the Labour Party because of its approach to Brexit and anti-Semitism.

7 Lawmakers Quit U.K. Labour Party Over Alleged Anti-Semitism And Brexit Approach

1:44pm February 18, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The seven politicians said that persisting anti-Semitism and leader Jeremy Corbyn's "complicit" role in Brexit led to their resignations. They say the party "has changed beyond recognition."

Rosa Ashby runs Rosa Flowers in the English market town of Witney. Every flower in her shop, including lilies, chrysanthemums and lisianthus, is either grown in or distributed through the Netherlands.

Florists Fear A 'No Deal' Brexit Would Wilt The Flower Business

3:43am February 15, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

U.K. flower shop owners who rely on shipments from the Netherlands are concerned about how leaving the European Union without a withdrawal agreement will affect them.

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A billboard, in the northeast London district of Walthamstow, quotes former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson as saying this in the House of Commons in 2017: "There is no plan for 'no deal,' because we're going to get a great deal."

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As Brexit Deadline Looms, Billboards Call Out Politicians' 'Quick And Easy' Claims

2:38pm February 13, 2019

The protest group Led By Donkeys wants to remind citizens of what it considers to be misleading pledges by pro-Brexit leaders, as political chaos continues ahead of the March 29 exit date.

Matthew Flinders' remains have been exhumed in London.

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Bones Of Famed British Explorer Found During Construction Of U.K. Train Line

5:28pm January 25, 2019

by Ian Stewart

Capt. Matthew Flinders led the first circumnavigation of the continent whose name he would go on to popularize: Australia.