Fenland had a high percentage of Leave voters in 2016 referendum, but how do people feel today?

On Jan. 31, 2020 at 11 p.m. London time – midnight at EU headquarters in Brussels — the U.K. officially left the bloc after almost five decades of membership that had brought free movement and free trade between Britain and 27 other European countries.

Today marks five years since Britain's exit from the EU - and Brits are not thrilled about how it's turned out. Here The Mirror looks at some of the negative impacts of Brexit

Five years since the UK left the EU, two business owners who voted Leave tell us if it was worth it.

Before the Brexit vote, Richard Haward's Oysters was looking to double its EU exports to 20% of sales. Now exports abroad make-up 0.5%. The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has talked of a reset of relations with the EU and improving market access for food and farm goods.

Five years after the UK left the European Union on 31 January 2020, the country is still adjusting to life outside the bloc. Brexit has strained small businesses more than big ones, changed university campuses and the NHS, and contributed to a three-way fracture in the British political firmament following a post-Brexit surge in legal migration.

It has been five years since the UK left the EU following the result of the 2016 referendum. People in Northamptonshire voted in favour of leaving, with Corby having the highest percentage of leave voters, at 64.2%. South Northamptonshire had the highest remain share at 45.7%.

And how does the Mayor of London respond? With this: "Five years on from Brexit, London remains a European city, where European Londoners are valued and cherished. You are our neighbours, colleagues, friends and loved ones. Thank you for making London your home. You are wanted here — and always will be."

Five years on from the day Britain formally left the EU, BBC Verify has examined five important ways Brexit has affected Britain. Economists and analysts generally assess the impact of leaving the EU single market and customs union on 1 Jan 2021 on the UK's goods trade as having been negative.

So what’s the point of all this? The point is, the seismic decision that was taken on June 23 2016 and carried out on January 31 2020 will have long-lasting consequences and we have no idea yet what those are. To ask whether Brexit has been a success after five years is a bit like asking whether a film is any good based only on the opening shot.

Annabel speaks to local business owners about how they have had to adapt since Brexit.

Friday marks the fifth anniversary of Britain's official departure from the European Union - an event that has changed the country economically, socially and politically