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After repeated failures to get her EU divorce deal ratified in the British parliament, Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to request a short delay to Brexit on Wednesday afternoon, just nine days before the March 29 deadline.

Supermarket chain Asda has announced that it will stop selling single kitchen knives by the end of April as the UK finds itself in the midst of a knife-crime epidemic, particularly involving young people.

Thousands of Tommy Robinson supporters gathered outside the BBC’s headquarters in Salford to protest against an upcoming Panorama investigation into the English anti-immigration activist.

The House of Commons was the scene of another bad-tempered exchange between Andrea Leadsom and John Bercow on Thursday as the leader of the house accused the speaker of “muddying the waters” over an upcoming Brexit motion.

Less than two hours after landing in Brussels, Theresa May’s convoy was set upon by an anti-Brexit protester who rushed the motorcade as it pulled up outside the headquarters of the European Commission.

The European Parliament’s Brexit co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt has insisted that the Irish border backstop must remain part of the UK’s withdrawal deal from the European Union.

Rumors spread like wildfire as Derry, Northern Ireland, was hit by three security alerts on Monday. With panic setting in on social media the police are seeking to reassure people that a zombie apocalypse isn’t nigh.

In what could be a landmark case, a former soldier is suing the UK’s Ministry of Defense, alleging that his life has been ruined by the army’s failure to protect him from contracting Q fever while serving in Afghanistan.

As expected, all of the UK newspapers are leading with coverage of the British Parliament’s final vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal which many expect will fail.