Brexit day in pictures: The final countdown

Pro-Brexit supporters in Parliament Square Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA

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

Nigel Farage speaks to pro-Brexit supporters in Parliament Square Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA
Ann Widdecombe speaks to pro-Brexit supporters in Parliament Square Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA
Former Ukip MEP Bill Etheridge at an Independence Day disco at Sedgley WMC Credit: Matthew Cooper/PA
Pro-Brexit supporters in Parliament Square Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA
Protesters from the campaign group Border Communities Against Brexit take part in a demonstration in Carrickcarnon on the Irish border Credit: Niall Carson/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 Credit: Yui Mok/PA
Pro-EU campaigners take part in a Missing EU Already rally outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh Credit: Jane Barlow/PA
St Andrew’s House, a Scottish Government building in Edinburgh, is illuminated in blue and yellow, the colours of the European flag Credit: Jane Barlow/PA
A pro-Brexit supporter pours beer onto an EU flag in Parliament Square Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA
A man dressed as an undertaker holding a wreath featuring an EU flag in Parliament Square Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA
Brexiteers take a stand Credit: Kirsty O’Connor/PA
Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried his hand at glass-blowing at the University of Sunderland Credit: Paul Ellis/PA
The PM was hosting a Cabinet meeting in Sunderland Credit: Paul Ellis/PA
Ann Widdecombe, centre, joined other members of the Brexit Party as they left en masse from the European Parliament Credit: Yui Mok/PA
‘Scotland loves Europe’ – Pro-EU sand art appeared on Portobello Beach, near Edinburgh, organised by the SNP Credit: SNP/PA