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At 1500 km from Barcelona, ​​Canvey Island in Essex county, with 40,000 inhabitants, located north of the Thames River Estuary, wants to "destroy all bridges" connecting it to mainland England, reports Daily Mail. 

It all began last week at a public meeting about a celebration hall that, at the decision of the Castle Point Council, could be destroyed and houses be built in its place.

BELGRADE — Iceland's Pirate Party hopes to push through profound reforms after it forms a new government a month after snap elections, its leader Birgitta Jonsdottir vowed.

The head of Iceland's Left-Green movement was tasked Nov. 17 with forming a new government, nearly three weeks after snap elections triggered by the Panama Papers scandal left the country in political deadlock.

Icelanders opted for stability in a general election, results showed on Oct. 30, with the anti-establishment Pirate Party falling short of expectations and the junior partner in the outgoing government emerging on top. 

Iceland's four left-wing and center opposition parties announced on Oct. 27 that they had reached an agreement to form a coalition ahead of a snap election which they are on course to win.  

The anti-establishment Pirate Party, the Left-Green Movement, the Social Democrats, and the centrist Bright Future released a joint statement ahead of the Oct. 29 poll.

Iceland's prime minister has tendered his resignation two days after his name was linked to the Panama Papers offshore tax revelations, international newswires reported on Tuesday.

Sigmunder David Gunlaugsson is the first major casualty of the global Panama Papers leaks from law firm Mossack Fonseca, which have brought the world offshore finance into the spotlight.

British Parliament was formally dissolved on Monday as the campaign for the forthcoming general election in the UK was officially unveiled.

British Prime Minister David Cameron held an audience with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, after which he announced that the general election will take place on May 7.

Iceland on March 12 announced it was dropping its bid to join the European Union in line with pledges made two years ago by its then new eurosceptic government.
      

Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), sparked outrage on March 12 for saying Britain should scrap laws on racial discrimination at work because it was no longer a problem.

Iceland is planning to try again to withdraw its application to join the EU, Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson has said.

"Participating in EU talks isn't really valid anymore," Gunnlaugsson said as quoted by the Reykjavík Grapevine.