NEWS FOR 21/08/2019 (Wednesday the 21^st of August, 2019 - 8:53:41pm bst)

• PM accepts Merkel's 'blistering' 30-day timetable for Brexit solution
  Posted on Wednesday, 21/08/2019, 7:49:00pm bst
  Boris Johnson has accepted a "blistering timetable" of 30 days to provide a solution to the Brexit deadlock after meeting Angela Merkel.
  
  
• Corbyn calls urgent meeting on tactics to halt no-deal Brexit
  Posted on Wednesday, 21/08/2019, 5:15:00pm bst
  Jeremy Corbyn has invited the leaders of other political parties from across parliament to an urgent meeting to discuss "all tactics available" to prevent a no-deal Brexit.
  
  
• Man arrested on suspicion of murdering Hull student Libby Squire
  Posted on Wednesday, 21/08/2019, 8:06:00pm bst
  A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering student Libby Squire, whose body was found in the Humber.
  
  
• Spain issues international alert after huge listeria outbreak
  Posted on Wednesday, 21/08/2019, 5:18:00pm bst
  Spain has issued an international alert after the number affected by the country's biggest ever listeria outbreak rose to 150.
  
  
• EU net migration to UK 'underestimated'
  Posted on Wednesday, 21/08/2019, 3:51:00pm bst
  EU net migration was "consistently higher" than first thought while non-EU net migration was lower, the UK's statistics body has admitted.
  
  
• Trump calls Danish PM "nasty" over Greenland dispute
  Posted on Wednesday, 21/08/2019, 2:21:00pm bst
  Donald Trump has called the Danish prime minister "nasty" and "not nice" after she dismissed his offer to buy Greenland as "absurd".
  
  
• Greenland row: Is there another explanation for Trump's no-show?
  Posted on Wednesday, 21/08/2019, 3:36:00pm bst
  'US president cancels state visit to Denmark because it won't sell him Greenland.'
  
  
• Ryanair loses battle over pilots strike - but says flights will go ahead
  Posted on Wednesday, 21/08/2019, 4:51:00pm bst
  Ryanair has lost a High Court battle to stop pilots from going on strike - but says flights will go ahead as scheduled on Thursday and Friday.
  
  
• Whaley Bridge dam rebuild could cost 'hundreds of millions' of pounds
  Posted on Wednesday, 21/08/2019, 4:11:00pm bst
  The project to rebuild a reservoir wall that nearly collapsed this month could run into hundreds of millions of pounds, the project manager has told Sky News.
  
  
• Black pupil 'humiliated' after school 'coloured hair with marker'
  Posted on Wednesday, 21/08/2019, 6:56:00pm bst
  The parents of a black teenager who had a design shaved into his hair are suing school staff for colouring in the pattern with a marker pen.
  
  
• Merkel: Backstop alternative 'possible within 30 days'
  Posted on Wednesday, 21/08/2019, 8:17:37pm bst
  Boris Johnson welcomes apparent optimism from the German chancellor as she suggests a solution could be found.
  
  

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