British MPs delivered a first tie in a Commons vote since 1993 over a proposal seeking to allow a third round of indicative votes on Brexit alternatives.

USA: New Orleans police are investigating an armed robbery in which the assailant walked away with only 35 cents. Two men, aged 33 and 29, were robbed by a man armed with a semi-automatic gun in the city’s Carrollton area.

Nelson Mandela has become the first person to be awarded an honorary degree this year by the Open University.

Pop Idol Will Young and former Spice Girl Emma Bunton won £8,000 (€12,843) for charity in a Christmas Day celebrity edition of the UK version of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?.