Government in Northern Ireland expires injust under two hours, with no agreement in sight. Sinn fein is refusing to be part of an Executive Led by the Democratic Unionist leader, Arlene Foster. The Northern Ireland secretary will have to decide whether to call a Snap Election. And the new £1 coin is released tomorrow but are these everyday machines ready for it . Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may will meet Nicola Sturgeon in scotland later for the First Time Since the snp announced their proposals for a second independence referendum. At the beginning of a week that will see article 50 triggered on wednesday, the Prime Minister will say she wants to build a more united nation. Tomorrow, the Scottish Parliament is expected to pass a vote in favour of seeking a new Scottish Independence referendum, which ms sturgeon wants to hold in autumn 2018 or spring 2019. Theresa may, though, has said now is not the time for it. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. It
And World Business report. Terms of disengagement. The eu will set out its stall on brexit later but britain says trade talks must get under way at the same time. Plus cash cows and Spread Betting. Why the price of butter is soaring on us markets. Welcome to World Business report. If you are in britain it is nice and early, stay where you are and give me eight minutes, nine minutes they just told me, and i will give you an exciting snapshot of the exciting world of business and money. We start in malta, where later this morning Eu Council President donald tusk will present europes guidelines for the brexit negotiations. The key question for britain can it negotiate a Future Trade Deal with the eu at the same time . Or, as france is insisting, must it wait until exit talks are done . Two years is already seen as tight to do such a complex trade deal. So what happens if one cant be done in time . For a start, these tariffs are Customs Taxes slapped on imported goods. They range from arou
Were live until am this morning. Are you waiting for a non urgent operation . If so, wed love to hear from you this morning about how long youve been waiting. Are you one of the many people whove arrived at hospital only to have your operation cancelled on the day . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. We are going to go and live now to hear from donald we are going to go and live now to hearfrom donald tusk, the president of the European Council. You can see the podium there, he is waiting to speak in malta in the next few minutes, he will of course be talking about those brexit negotiations, so we will go back to that live as soon as it happens, you wont miss anything at all. Our top Story Today Patients will have to wait longer for routine operations, such as hip and knee replacements as a trade off, so that improvements can be made in other areas like a e. That