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Activity across UK building firms fell last month, driven by a sharp decline in commercial construction and civil engineering, according to data firm Markit. Commercial building was the weakest sector, with output falling to the greatest extent since September 2017.  Survey respondents said that clients had opted to hold back on major spending decisions in response to Brexit uncertainty. Civil engineering also fell for a fourth straight month, the longest run since the first half of 2013. Duncan Brock, group...

A statue of Donald Trump tweeting on the toilet has taken the centre stage in Trafalgar Square as protests in the capital get underway. The US President arrived in the UK yesterday and was greeted by a giant penis protest on the route in as Air Force One landed at Stansted Airport. The legendary Baby Blimp also took to the skies today as protesters from around the country prepare to descend on the capital, but an effigy of Trump tweeting...

Cressida Dick has said the police will face a “very steep mountain” under a no deal Brexit. Speaking at the annual Fortune Most Powerful Women International Summit today in London the Met Police Commissioner said “there will be an awful lot of work to do to replicate the current systems” in place if a deal cannot be reached between Britain and the EU before the October deadline. Significant investment would be required to replicate things such as the European Arrest...

Ronan Korby, also known as Lee Watersworth, has absconded from HMP Leyhill in Gloucestershire

As Donald Trump meets Prime Minister Theresa May while expressing support for her possible successor Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn is set to address a rally against the US President. Hundreds of thousands of protestors are expected to march against the State Visit by Donald Trump from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square, above them floating the Donald Trump baby blimp that has graced protests against the leader in cities across the US and all around the world. “Tomorrow's protest against Donald...

Signs that European customers are "abandoning" UK firms are starting to show after British manufacturing recorded the steepest downturn in almost three years. Following an early Brexit stockpiling boom at the start of the year May figures dipped significantly for UK manufacturers with new orders drying up. Make UK - formerly known as the EEF – said the downturn shows investment plans have been "paralysed" by Brexit uncertainty in the second quarter of the year, warning that a 'no deal'...

‏Daniel Hannan has been lauded for prophesying an eventuality in which every Conservative MP loses their seat, a Lib-Lab government cancels Brexit and the House of Lords is scrapped. The prominent Leave campaigner and Conservative MEP tweeted his “horrible” vision of the future after the latest polls gave the Brexit Party a four point lead with Labour close behind. But rather than provoke outrage he received an overwhelming degree of support for his nightmarish vision, which was roundly welcomed by...

A man who was a huge star on social platform, You Tube, has been given a prison term and a hefty fine after a sickening prank on a homeless man. Kanghua Ren, better known as ReSet, has 1.2 million followers on his You Tube channel. He was born in China, but lives in Spain. He decided it would be entertaining to give Oreo cookies, filled with toothpaste, to a homeless man. This incident took place in Barcelona in 2017. The...

Patrick Pearless, 75, was jailed for three years and his son David, 48, for 12 years, for abusing children at their home.