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Theresa May delays crunch Brexit vote

Theresa May has delayed a vote on her Brexit deal after accepting she was heading for a humiliating loss.

The PM told the Commons she would now try and secure ‘additional reassurance’ on the Irish backstop from the EU before MPs vote on the deal she has negotiated.

She also told MPs the Government was stepping up its no-deal Brexit planning.

Paedophile guilty of ‘Babes in the Wood’ murder in 1986

Paedophile Russell Bishop has been found guilty of the ‘Babes in the Wood’ murder in 1986.

The killer, now 52, walked free after the sexually motivated murders of nine-year-old Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows following a botched police investigation.

Bishop, who is serving a life sentence for the sexual assault and attempted murder of another seven-year-old, was initially charged with in 1987, but was cleared by a jury after a catalogue of forensic mistakes.

RAF jets intercept ‘unidentified aircraft’ approaching UK

RAF Typhoons have been scrambled in response to “unidentified aircraft” approaching UK airspace carrying the latest Meteor air-to-air missile for the first time, the Ministry of Defence said.

The “quick reaction alert” mission was undertaken as a “precautionary measure”

No intercept took place and the jets later returned to the base in Moray, northeast Scotland.

The MoD has not confirmed any further details about the unidentified aircraft.

‘Breatharian’ claims he doesn’t need food to live

A pizza delivery driver has claimed he is a ‘breatharian’ who doesn’t need food to live.

Khai Ho, 38, from Birkenhead, Liverpool, claims he can live on just 100 calories a week and gets his nutrients from the air and the sun.