We’re on target, says defiant May
67% in 2016. In a year when BA ended free catering for economy passengers on shorthaul flights, the airline was given two stars for its food and drink.
Ryanair came in joint last place with Vueling – owned by IAG. HART in North East Hampshire has been crowned the UK’s best place to live in an annual quality of life survey.
The Orkney Islands in Scotland took second place, followed by Rutland in the East Midlands, Wychavon in Worcestershire and last year’s winner Winchester in fifth place.
Hart, which contains the town of Fleet, has come out on top five times in the past six years in the Halifax Quality of Life Survey. A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving after a Mercedes crashed through railings and ended up wedged in a basement.
The Mercedes-Benz C220 collided into the Fountain House serviced apartment block on Lancaster Terrace, central London yesterday. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “The driver of the car did not require hospital treatment.
“He was arrested on suspicion of drink-drive offences. He has been taken into custody at a south west THERESA MAY has declared she is “well on the road” to delivering Brexit, after leaders of the 27 remaining member states agreed to allow negotiations to proceed to their second phase.
The Prime Minister made clear she wanted talks on post-Brexit trade relations with the EU to begin “straight away”, as the UK continues with its goal of negotiating a deal that can be signed immediately after the official date of departure on March 29, 2019.
Her target was described as “realistic” but “dramatically difficult” to achieve by the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk.
Mrs May was boosted by the terms of a statement agreed by the EU27 at the European Council summit in Brussels, which left the door open for “exploratory contacts” early in the New Year to allow Brussels to gain greater “clarity” on the UK’s ambitions.
But the formal process is likely to run to a slower timetable, with official EU guidelines for trade talks not due to be approved until March 2018, when European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker London police station.” The sight of the Mercedes wedged into the basement amazed onlookers streaming out of Lancaster Gate station.
The manager of the apartment block said she was relieved to hear the driver was unharmed. said the “real negotiations” would begin. And the EU27 confirmed Brussels’ position that a final trade deal cannot be signed until the UK has formally left.
The four-page document also sets out the process for agreeing the terms of a transition period expected to last two years after the date of Brexit.
It makes clear that the EU expects the UK to observe all of its rules – including on freedom of movement – and accept the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice during this time.
It also set up a potential clash with London over Mrs May’s hopes of negotiating early trade agreements with countries outside the EU, stating firmly that the UK will stay in the single market and customs union during transition and will “continue to comply with EU trade policy”, which bars deals by individual states.
Speaking in her Maidenhead constituency, Mrs May said the move to the second phase of talks represented “an important step on the road to delivering the smooth and orderly Brexit that people voted for in June of last year”.
She said Britain would be “beginning the talks about our future relationship straight away”, adding: “There is still more to do, but we are well on the road to delivering a Brexit that will make Britain strong, prosperous and secure.”
Pressure is mounting on Mrs May to deliver a detailed statement on her aims which the EU will regard as an adequate basis to enter swiftly into substantive talks.
Asked at a Brussels press conference whether Mrs May’s goal of concluding negotiations by March 2019 was achievable, Mr Tusk said: “It is still realistic and of course dramatically difficult.
“For sure, the second phase will be more demanding, more challenging than the first phase.”