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BRITAIN could be forced to keep its borders open and pay the European Union (EU) billions of pounds for the pleasure after Brexit - if the bloc’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier gets his way. he Frenchman is believed to be pushing for a Norway-style position for the UK, in which it will pay to retain access to the EU’s free trade zone.  Norway is not a member of the EU, however it is allowed to trade in the European Economic Area (EEA) in exchange for a fee.  This pay-to-trade situation will see Oslo send Brussels a staggering £1.2 billion for a seven-year period from 2014 to 2021. In exchange they are able to trade tariff-free within the bloc, which makes up a huge proportion of Norwegian trade.  Membership of the EEA also requires states to implement some EU laws without being allowed to take part in debates or votes on them. Norway is a member of the Schengen Area, and agrees to the free movement of people from elsewhere in the bloc.  The country is...

CHARLIE Gard’s father interrupted a High Court hearing to urge lawyers representing Great Ormond Street bosses to “start telling truth” as they fight to take their terminally ill baby son to the US for treatment. Francis, told the couple he may not make a “final determination” on Thursday as he urged the couple to bring forward any new evidence. He said: said: "If you bring new evidence to me and I consider that evidence changes the situation... I will be the first to welcome that outcome. "There is not a person alive who would not want to save Charlie." Lawyers representing Great Ormond Street bosses told the judge they were struggling to find new evidence, but Charlie’s mother interrupted and told Mr Francis: “He is our son. Please listen to us.” Earlier on Monday, Ms Yates said: "He's our son, he's our flesh and blood. We feel that it should be our right as parents to decide to give him a chance at life." She added: "There is nothi...

AROUND 1,500 people could be trapped after a fire broke out at a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Images from the scene show huge, bright orange flames licking the edges of buildings at the Moria Refugee Camp as migrants flee from their makeshift homes. Thick black clouds are also seen rising from the buildings, while witnesses reported hearing explosions and claim they started to smell smoke before being evacuated. It is believed some migrants living in the camp had been told they were going to be deported before the fire broke out, with some involved in an altercation with police. One witness told Sky News: "There are still people inside but people are protesting "The people are tired, they are tired of what is happening here." It is unknown how the fire started, but police have rushed to the camp following what has been described as a "major disturbance". Authorities on the Greek island confirmed the fire broke out following a protes...

A MALE TEENAGE has been arrested in connection to five acid attacks carried out in the space of 80 minutes across London last night. All five attacks were carried out in just over an hour between 10.25pm and 11.40pm last night. The first attack happened on Hackney Road junction with Queensbridge road, when two men on a moped drove up alongside the 32-year-old man, also on a moped, and threw acid in his face. One attacker then stole the victim's moped and drove off, as the other attacker escaped from the scene on the scooter they arrived on. Following the incidents in Hackney, police were called at 10.49pm after a man had corrosive substance thrown at him by two males on a moped on the Upper Street junction with Highbury Corner, north London. Then at 11.05pm on Thursday, two males driving on a moped threw acid in another person’s face on Shoreditch High Street. Another attack occurred 13 minutes later on Cazenove Road, Stoke Newington, where corrosive substance was s...