Piddington residents celebrate, raising fists while holding a "Principality of Piddington" sign
Residents of Piddington in September after they voted to become an independent state in a symbolic referendum. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy Stock Photo/Alamy Live News.
Residents of Piddington in September after they voted to become an independent state in a symbolic referendum. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy Stock Photo/Alamy Live News.
Planned asylum centre near Oxfordshire village to face legal challenge

Parish council of village that declared independence from UK over centre says it will ‘absolutely’ launch legal action