Theresa May will travel to a critical European Union summit with her authority diminished after Tory rebels inflicted a humiliating House of Commons defeat on the Government in a major Brexit vote.

MPs proclaimed Parliament had “taken back control” of the Brexit process after they defeated the Government to ensure a “meaningful vote” on the withdrawal deal.

The Prime Minister will hope it does not damage the confidence of EU leaders in her authority to conduct Brexit negotiations as they prepare to rubber-stamp a move forward to trade talks.

In a night of high drama, rebel ringleader Dominic Grieve told the Government it was “too late” as ministers made last-minute concessions in an attempt to head off the revolt.

He saw his amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill squeezed through the Commons on a majority of four amid tense scenes.

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The capacity of wine glasses has increased sevenfold in the last 300 years and most steeply in the last two decades, a study has found.

Researchers believe this growth in glass size may have encouraged the nation’s increasing wine consumption, which rose almost fourfold between 1960 and 1980, and almost doubled again between 1980 and 2004.

The new study, published in the BMJ, examines this possible link, with researchers acknowledging that cheaper prices, wider availability and greater marketing of wine were also likely to play a role.

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