EU avoids Brexit crash, sets new date for 12 April

EU-27 leaders on Thursday (21 March) offered to delay Brexit until 22 May, if British MPs approve Theresa May's deal next week in parliament. If they don't, then that delay will be shortened to 12 April.

EU leaders held marathon talks late into the night at their crucial summit in Brussels to discuss British prime minister Theresa May's request to extend the Brexit deadline until 30 June.

With only eight days until the UK's original date for leaving the EU on 29 March, British la...