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North Somerset Council told Bridget Smith that the graffiti art is "illegal advertising"

The pound has soared to the highest level versus the euro since 2017 after both the government and the opposition gave signs of changing strategy on Brexit. Sterling gained for a third day against the common currency after the Labour party came out in favour of a second Brexit vote and Prime Minister Theresa May was expected to bring up the topic of extending the Brexit deadline beyond March 29 at a meeting of her cabinet on Tuesday. Politics.co.uk Editor...

Donald Adey moved miles away and despite this move, he claimed he could serve the residents of Trumpington and interact with them via Skype.

A court has ruled that the 2016 EU referendum should be voided because of criminal activity by the Brexit campaign. – Only it can’t be because of this loophole: it wasn’t a binding referendum. Yet Theresa May is still treating it as legally binding. You couldn’t make it up. Barrister Jessica Simor took May’s government to court for proceeding with Brexit on the basis that the referendum was lawful, despite their full knowledge of the illegal behaviour of the campaign...

UPDATE: "Brexit is a Dog's Dinner" protest outside parliament will now be going ahead on Sunday 10 March. In a barking Westminster protest no one will relish cleaning up after, dog owners from around the country will be having a "dog's dinner" outside parliament to demand a ‘Wooferendum’ on Sunday, March 10th. The pups' protest will commence at Victoria Tower Gardens at 1pm with dog owners demanding the public have the final say on leaving the EU now it has...

Donald Tusk has said extending Article 50 would be a "rational solution" as Brexit D-Day draws near without an agreement in place. The President of the European Council said "the less time there is until 29 March, the greater the likelihood of an extension, and this is an objective fact - not our intention, not our plan, but an objective fact." He said an extension would be a "rational solution" but that Mrs May told him "she still believes she...

A Brexiteer has thrown a very public strop after the results of an online poll didn't go his way. Owen Halliday, who goes by the Twitter tag #standup4Brexit, posted a loaded question on his profile at the weekend asking if people would be "outraged" if Brexit was delayed any further. As things stand two-thirds of respondents said they wouldn't be outraged if that transpired, which has provoked an angry reaction from the host. His subsequent posts read: "Remainers are attempting...

A council has defended its decision to put an advert directed at EU citizens on bin lorries - which say 'this is your home'. Tower Hamlets Council in east London launched a "reassurance campaign" in January to support its non-UK EU citizens living in the borough - that appears to they live in the bin. The ad in question, pictured slapped across a truck full of rubbish, said: "Are you one of the 41,000 citizens who live in Tower Hamlets?...

A UKIP councillor has been mocked on social media for sending out a pamphlet littered with errors - including mispelling the word BRITAIN. The clumsy leaflet - shared with residents in Peterborough - focused on campaigning to have jailed MP Fiona Onasanya removed from her seat. The leaflet, which displayed the UKIP logo and a picture of Peterborough councillor John Whitby, read: "Peterborough. Shaping Britians Future". Eagle-eye social media users were quick to point out the grammatical errors as the...