PM hopeful Hunt says would go for no-deal Brexit if EU doesn't shift

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Jeremy Hunt, the underdog in the race to be next British prime minister, said he would take the United Kingdom out of the European Union without a deal on Oct. 31 if the EU had not showed it was willing to renegotiate the Brexit deal.

“If we got to the 31st of October, and the EU have not shown the willingess to negotiate a better deal ... then my judgment is that weighing those difficult options up, the political risk of no Brexit is far worse than the economic risk of no deal,” Hunt said at a leadership hustings event in Birmingham, central England.

“I would take us out of the European Union in that situation.”

Feltham shooting: Man dies at block of flats

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A man aged in his 20s has been shot dead at a block of flats in south-west London.

The victim was discovered seriously injured when armed police were called to Exeter House, Watermill Way, Feltham, at 23:05 BST on Friday.

He was treated by paramedics but died at the scene shortly after. His next of kin have been told.

Scotland Yard said nobody else was injured in the shooting and no arrests have been made.

A post-mortem examination will take place "in due course", the force said.

In a separate attack, a 17-year-old boy was left in a critical condition after being stabbed on a north London street.

The teenager was taken to an east London hospital following the attack on Goswell Road at 23:10.

No arrests have been made. Police said the victim's family have been informed.

Manchester Airport: IT failure causes check-in delays

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Passengers have been facing delays at Manchester Airport after an IT failure prevented many from checking-in at all three terminals.

Some travellers said they had been waiting to check-in for more than three hours, with long queues building up.

An airport spokesman said the IT issue had been resolved in the afternoon, adding: "We apologise to our passengers for the inconvenience."

The issue first arose at 11:30 BST on Saturday.

Backlog of passengers

The airport said there were no longer any queues at check-in but there were knock-on delays to some flights.

Some airlines tried to check people in manually during the IT failure and have been working through a backlog of passengers after the issue was resolved.

Jordan Elliott was one of many to complain to the airport on social media.

He tweeted a picture of the queues and said: "@manairport in total lockdown. No-one checking in due to computer failure!"

'Utter carnage'

Michael Ripley was on his way to Fuerteventura with his family for his wedding anniversary when they got caught up in the delays.

"It's utter carnage... All the IT systems were down at check in. No-one could help us," he said.

"A process to check-in that would normally take five or 10 minutes took two hours."Aimée de Hamel, 19, from East Yorkshire, was waiting on a stationary plane where as many as 40 passengers had not yet been able to board due to the system failure.

She said many people had to find out what was happening by looking on Twitter and described the experience as "atrocious".

"Everyone was so angry, confused and tired of waiting around with no answers," she added.