EDINBURGH: Scotland's parliament on Tuesday voted to allow First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to make a formal request to the British government to hold a new referendum on independence , on the eve of the formal launch of Brexit.The Edinburgh parliament voted by 69 votes in favour and 59 against in a rebuff to British Prime Minister Theresa May, who had argued that a 2014 referendum against independence had already settled the question.

Source: Times of India March 28, 2017 16:30 UTC