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Views: Visits 11 People watch a fireworks display during New Year celebrations at Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang on January 1, 2021. (Photo by KIM Won Jin / AFP) Britain on Friday began a new year and life outside Europe, after leaving the bloc’s single market trading rules to go it alone for the first time in nearly half a century. Brexit, which has dominated politics on both sides of the Channel since 2016, became reality an hour before midnight, ending the UK’s 48-year obligation to follow Brussels’ rules. Free movement of over 500 million people between Britain and the 27 ...

Print this page LONDON - Britain on Friday began a new year and life outside Europe, after leaving the bloc's single market trading rules to go it alone for the first time in nearly half a century. Brexit, which has dominated politics on both sides of the Channel since 2016, became reality an hour before midnight, ending the UK's 48-year obligation to follow Brussels' rules. Free movement of more than 500 million people between Britain and the 27 EU states ended. More rigorous customs checks returned for the first time in decades, despite the hard-fought brokering of a tariff- and quot...

Leaving the European Union’s trading arrangements offers the chance to “transform our country”, Boris Johnson claimed as UK businesses adjusted to the new bureaucracy. There was little sign of disruption at the border as freight travelled to France and Ireland on a quiet bank holiday after the new arrangements came in at 11pm on New Year’s Eve. The Prime Minister said leaving the single market and customs union meant the UK has “taken back control of our money, our laws and our waters”. Lower trade volumes on the New Year’s Day bank holiday meant there was little disruption from...

New Year Cements UK-EU Brexit Split Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose support for Brexit helped push the country out of the EU, called it “an amazing moment for this country" By Jill Lawless • Updated on January 1, 2021 at 6:08 am Paul Grover/ AFP/Getty Images A steady trickle of trucks rolled off ferries and trains on either side of the English Channel on Friday, a quiet New Year’s Day after a seismic overnight shift in relations between the European Union and Britain. The busy goods route between southeast England and northwest France is on the front line of chang...

Light lorry traffic between UK and France as post-Brexit rules take effect 263 shares 01/01/2021 - 11:40 Lorries are stopped by police to undergo checks at the entrance to the port of Dover following the end of the Brexit transition period in Britain on January 1, 2021. © Peter Cziborra, REUTERS 9 min Britain on Friday began a new year and life outside Europe, after leaving the bloc's single market trading rules to go it alone for the first time in nearly half a century. Advertising ...