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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.

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)
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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 (Yui Mok/PA)
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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)
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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)
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Ann Widdecombe, centre, joined other members of the Brexit Party as they left en masse from the European Parliament (Yui Mok/PA)