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Prince Philip had ‘astonishing escape’ from car accident, says eyewitness

A driver who pulled the Duke of Edinburgh from his Land Rover after it collided with a Kia near the Sandringham estate said the prince had an “astonishing escape.”

Roy Warne, 75, described how the duke’s car “tumbled across the A149”, before he helped pull the Prince, 97, from his seat.

While the duke was uninjured, he was left “shocked and shaken” by the accident.

Trio who killed five in ‘callous’ insurance scam shop blast jailed

Three men have been jailed for murdering five people in a ‘bomb-like’ shop blast in Leicester last year.

Aram Kurd, 34 and Arkan Ali, 38 were jailed for life with a minimum term of 38 years at Leicester Crown Court on Friday.

A third person, Hawkar Hassan, 33, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 33 years for his part in the attack.

The trio had plotted to gain a £300,000 insurance pay-out.

Boris Johnson calls on PM to tear up Brexit backstop

Boris Johnson has called on Theresa May to stop “dithering” and tell the EU that Britain will not accept the controversial backstop arrangement designed to avoid a hard border in Ireland.

The former foreign secretary dismissed calls for the Prime Minister to rule out a no-deal Brexit, insisting it was “overwhelmingly likely” Brussels will offer an improved agreement following the crushing defeat of Mrs May’s plan in Parliament.

Speaking as Mrs May continued intensive discussions to draw up a Plan B to be unveiled on Monday, Mr Johnson insisted that the UK must go ahead with EU withdrawal on March 29, saying it would be “shameful” to seek to delay Brexit by asking for an extension of the Article 50 negotiation process.

The UK’s most popular new car colour from 2018 revealed

Grey has overtaken black as the UK’s most popular new car colour.

Motorists chose grey for more than 495,000 new cars in 2018, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

This market share of 21% saw the colour claim top spot for the first time since records began in 1996.