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Car giant BMW will shut its main British manufacturing factory immediately after Brexit day next year for several weeks, because of the rising risk of a “no-deal” divorce, according to Sky sources. The famous Mini plant in Oxford will not produce cars for at least a month from 29 March 2019, as the German giant activates the next stage of its no-deal contingency plans.During the referendum campaign a number of high profile Leave campaigners claimed that a great deal was inevitable because BMW would lobby German Chancellor Angela Merkel for one.David Davis, who later went on to become Brexit secretary,…

All the latest updates as the Migration Advisory Committee gives landmark recommendations on post-Brexit immigration. 11:05, UK, Tuesday 18 September 2018 From – SkyNews

BMW, Daimler and the Volkswagen group are being investigated over collusion on the development of car emission control systems. The EU Commission said on Tuesday that it had received information the German carmakers, along with VW’s Audi and Porsche units, held meetings to discuss clean technologies aimed at limiting car exhaust emissions.Its investigation will focus on whether they agreed not to compete against each other in developing and introducing technology to restrict pollution from petrol and diesel passenger cars.EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said that “if proven, this collusion may have denied consumers the opportunity to buy less polluting cars,…

Russia has blamed Israel and threatened retaliation after one of its military planes was shot down by Syrian missiles in a “friendly-fire” incident. It said Israeli jets attacking targets nearby had “used the Russian plane as a cover, exposing it to fire from Syrian air defences”.Russia’s defence ministry said the aircraft, carrying 15 servicemen, disappeared from radar 22 miles (35km) off Syria on Monday night as it was returning to Hmeimim airbase, near Lattakia.It said Israel had not warned it about the jets’ attack until a minute before, and that it reserved “the right to proper retaliatory actions”. Image: The…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has welcomed South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in to Pyongyang for their historic summit. The two leaders smiled and hugged each other as they met at Sunan International Airport, joined by their wives, at the start of the three-day visit.They were greeted by thousands of cheering North Koreans waving flowers, North Korean flags and a blue-and-white map symbolising a unified peninsula.Mr Moon is only the third South Korean leader to visit North Korea’s capital for a meeting between the two countries since the end of the Second World War. Image: Thousands of people turned out…

The biggest storm of the year wreaked havoc on Southeast Asia over the weekend, killing dozens of people and causing extensive damage with landslides, huge waves and catastrophic winds from the Philippines to Guangdong in China. At least 69 people are now believed to have died as Typhoon Mangkhut left its path of destruction in the course of just a few days. Friday 14 September As the biggest storm of 2018 approaches a massive evacuation is under way.Over two days more than 15,000 people leave the northern Philippines, as winds of up to 158 mph and a band of rain…

The Duchess of Sussex has launched her first solo charity project – a cookery book for Grenfell. Since the beginning of the year Meghan has made private visits to meet those affected by last summer’s fire at Grenfell Tower.One of the projects she has visited is a communal kitchen at the Al Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre in west London, which has helped feed those who lost everything in the fire and provided a space where people can meet and talk.Now Meghan has worked with them to produce a cook book, full of their own recipes, called Together: Our Community…

The International Monetary Fund has given a bleak assessment of the UK’s prospects as the country counts down towards leaving the European Union. Presenting a report on the UK economy to the UK Treasury on Monday, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said that “all Brexit outcomes” will entail costs for the UK economy.”Any Brexit deal will not be as good as the current smooth process by which goods, people and services move now,” Ms Lagarde said.The IMF boss warned that a more disruptive Brexit would lead to a “significantly worse outcome,” adding that the range of Brexit issues left to…

The British Chamber of Commerce has downgraded its near-term growth predictions for the UK economy, citing uncertainty around the country’s prospective departure from the EU. The business group is now forecasting UK gross domestic product growth (GDP) for 2018 at just 1.1%, down from 1.3%, sparked, it says, by a weaker outlook for trade and investment in the country.It also predicted that real wage growth “would remain muted despite the historically low unemployment rate”.The BCC has also downgraded its GDP growth forecast for 2019 from 1.4% to 1.3%.Its 2020 predictions are unchanged at 1.6%.”Our latest forecast implies that by 2020…

There is “nothing to suggest” novichok is the substance that has led to two people falling ill at a restaurant in Salisbury, police have said. A major incident was declared and the Prezzo restaurant was sealed off after a man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s became unwell on Sunday evening.One of the pair is a Russian national, according to Sky sources.Wiltshire Police said the pair have been assessed at Salisbury District Hospital following concerns they had been “exposed to an unknown substance”.”We can now confirm that there is nothing to suggest that novichok is the substance,”…