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Brexit day in pictures: The final countdown

Boris Johnson hosted a Cabinet meeting in Sunderland, while campaigners flocked to Parliament Square.

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Brexit day has finally arrived – and people on both sides of the debate have made their feelings clear.

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As night fell, MEP Antony Hook projected this parting message onto Ramsgate cliff in Kent (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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Ann Widdecombe speaks to pro-Brexit supporters in Parliament Square (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Pro-Brexit supporters in Parliament Square
Pro-Brexit supporters in Parliament Square (Jonathan Brady/PA)

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The Union flag was taken down outside the European Parliament in Brussels ahead of the UK's exit from the EU
The Union flag was taken down outside the European Parliament in Brussels ahead of the UK’s exit from the EU (Yui Mok/PA)
St Andrew’s House, a Scottish Government building in Edinburgh, is illuminated in blue and yellow, the colours of the European flag
St Andrew’s House, a Scottish Government building in Edinburgh, is illuminated in blue and yellow, the colours of the European flag (Jane Barlow/PA)
A man dressed as an undertaker holding a wreath with an EU flag
A man dressed as an undertaker holding a wreath featuring an EU flag in Parliament Square (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried his hand at glass-blowing at the University of Sunderland (Paul Ellis/PA)
Brexit Party members leave European Parliament
Ann Widdecombe, centre, joined other members of the Brexit Party as they left en masse from the European Parliament (Yui Mok/PA)
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