LONDON (AP) -- The British pound plunged to a 31-year low Friday as results in the country's European Union referendum gave the "leave" side a small but growing lead. The figures delivered a deep shock to financial markets, overturning earlier anticipation of a narrow victory for "remain." ... would vote to quit the bloc. As results poured in, a picture emerged of a sharply divided nation ... Learn more about our and ....
Polling clerks in some areas of England say turnout expected to reach 70%, with similar levels projected in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The voter turnout to decide the UK’s future with the European Union appeared set to exceed even general election levels, with estimates saying about 70% of electors had taken part in a contest where early results were giving some cheer to the leave camp ... The pound then slumped ... Related ... Twitter ... ....
David Cameron has resigned as British prime minister following the failure of his Remain side to win the referendum on staying in the EU. Mr Cameron called the vote on Brexit in 2013 under pressure from the anti-EU wing of his Conservative Party and Ukip, hoping to end decades of debate over the UK’s ties with Europe... With a turnout of 72.2 per cent, 51.9 per cent voted to leave; 48.1 per cent voted to remain ... Irish government reaction....
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Lisa Alamia, a mother of three, was scheduled for surgery to fix an overbite in December 2015. The native-born Texan, who claims to have never left the U.S. with the exception of a trip to Mexico several years ago, had successful surgery and woke up with an unexpected side effect – a British accent, ABC News reported Thursday. Her doctor thought swelling was causing the condition ... – WN.com, Jack Durschlag. ....
Jacksonville drivers are facing another traffic shift in the ongoing Interstate 95/ButlerBoulevard Interchange Improvement Project, according to the Florida Department of Transportation. Motorists using I-95 northbound at the Butler Boulevard exit have been shifted to the interstate’s original southbound lanes as the new I-95 northbound bridge is being built. That means lane closures on I-95 northbound until 6 a.m. Friday. read more ......
A microburst with straight line winds hit near Springboro area early Thursday, spun from the same system that produced the tornadoes that bounced around Clinton and Fayette counties ... RELATED ... A swath of damage was observed in the SettlersWalk neighborhood including Settlers Walk Boulevard, Stolle Drive, and Remick Boulevard....
BENGALURU. Flipkart is looking at China to source cheaper products and make the offerings on its platform more wide-ranging and attractive ... Bulk-buying from China invariably yields good prices ... Flipkart CEO enters rich B’luru boulevard with Rs 32 crore home buy. Flipkart co-founder and CEO Binny Bansal has purchased a nearly $5-million (Rs 32-crore) house in Bengaluru’s boulevard of billionaires ... RELATED. From around the web....
The property is located between DouglasBoulevard on the west, PostRoad on the east, Covell Road on the south and Sorghum Mill Road on the north. The study is the result of a 2007 deal between the first owner, Caliber Development, and the city council ... Planning chairman Barry Moore and commissioner Mark Hoose voted against the plat for the housing addition southeast of DouglassBoulevard and Sorghum Mill Road ... ....
Ground was broken Thursday morning on a more than 330,000-square-foot, nine story addition to the Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, a partnership between Baptist Health and MD AndersonCancerNetwork. The building will be constructed on a two-block tract of land directly across San MarcoBoulevard from the four story, 100,000 square foot building that has housed Baptist MD Anderson since last October ... read more ... ....
NEWHAVEN — A woman viciously attacked by two pit bulls Monday night has lost an arm, a leg and her eyesight, a member of the city's Board of Alderman said Thursday. The woman, only identified by police as Jocelyn, was attacked when she walked onto the Ella T. GrassoBoulevard property with the... ....
Police shot a suspect on the 1100 block of W. 32nd Street on the Northside of Jacksonville Thursday night, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. Authorities said that no officers were injured in the shooting, but the suspect was transported to a local hospital. The Sheriff's Office is on scene and investigating. There is a Raceway gas station near the shooting scene, which is just off of Golfair Boulevard... ....