BREXIT - Britain Leaves European Union(EU) by 11 P.M TONIGHT Friday Jan 31,2020

At 11pm – midnight on the Continent – Britain will legally leave the EU and enter a 'transition period' which runs until December 31. During this time the UK will remain subject to EU laws and free movement of people will continue.

In an ddress to be broadcast shortly before Britain's departure at 11pm, the Prime Minister will insist that Brexit marks 'not an end but a beginning'.

And in a sign of the new Government's changed approach, he will convene a symbolic Cabinet meeting this afternoon in Sunderland, the first city to declare for Brexit when the 2016 referendum results came out

London unfurls the flags for Brexit as the Mall in London towards Buckingham Palace is transformed into a sea of patriotic Red White & Blue

Big Ben's clockface is pictured at 11pm on Thursday - 24 hours before the UK officially withdraws from the European Union

Buildings on the Grand Place pulsate with lights in the red, white and blue of the British flag during a British-themed evening titled 'Brussels Calling' sponsored by the city the day after the European Parliament ratified the Brexit agreement on January 30, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium

NO 10 LIGHT SHOW

The UK's final hour in the EU will be marked with a light display in Downing Street, including a clock counting down to 11pm projected on to the black bricks of the famous building. Ministries around Whitehall will be lit up in red, white and blue. The Government revealed plans for the light show after Mr Johnson failed in his bid to get Big Ben to bong at 11pm, the moment the UK leaves the EU – which will be midnight in Brussels. The Prime Minister is understood to be hosting his own private party in Downing Street.

PARLIAMENT SQUARE PARTY

Nigel Farage is organising a celebration rally from 9pm in Parliament Square. Speakers will include Brexit Party MEP Ann Widdecombe and Tim Martin, the boss of Wetherspoon pubs. Participants are invited to wave flags and sing patriotic songs. Union Jacks have been hung around the square and down The Mall.

BRUSSELS WAVES GOODBYE

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will say a final farewell in the European Parliament just before midday. At 7.30pm, a ceremony will see Union flags taken down inside the European Council. After 11pm our time, the UK flag that hangs outside the European Parliament alongside those of other EU member states will be removed. It will go to the House Of European History museum.

50P COIN

About three million 50p coins, minted to mark Brexit, will start showing up today