Years are unravelling. The supermarket thats not doing what it says on the tin the co op sells food thats past it best before date. Englands bowlers to the rescue in the second ashes test but australia still have the upper hand. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news he was told hed never walk again. Meet the man who defied the doctors to win a boxing title. Good evening. This might have been the day that theresa may and the eu could signal there was enough progress in the brexit talks to move onto the next stage, but it was not to be. The main obstacle is the border between Northern Ireland and the republic. Earlier today, border between Northern Ireland and the republic. Earliertoday, it seems the issue about the border had been resolved, but the dup objected to the suggestion that Northern Ireland should be treated differently to the rest of the uk. Irelands Prime Minister accused theresa may of backing off an agreement. Here to reveal the deal, or was it slippery when wet . The Pri
To effectively compromised language, saying that there could be alignments in the future. So if you are going to use a certain chemical ina are going to use a certain chemical in a Food Processing plant, for example, would that be acceptable to both governments, north and south. But that is not to the satisfaction of the dup, who are saying that if you have a situation where the customs arrangements are devolved to the north and the uk goes its separate way, then step by step, we become more land to the south and we cannot have a separate agreement for the north of ireland. So prominent politicians are saying they are not happy with the wording. Thats a surprise, because we were just saying that surely they have been involved in the negotiation over the week, so at what point was the break in the language, and at what point where they not being consulted by the Irish Government about what might be in the document today . Christian, in terms of the timetable this afternoon, lets concent
Welcome to bbc news. This might have been the day when theresa may and the eu could signal that there was enough progress in brexit talks to start moving on to the next stage. But it wasnt to be. The main obstacle is what to do about the border between Northern Ireland and the republic. Earlier today, it seemed the issue of the border had been resolved. But the dup in belfast objected to any suggestion that Northern Ireland could be treated differently to the rest of the uk. Irelands Prime Minister accused theresa may of backing away from an agreement. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg is in brussels and sent this report. Here to reveal the deal, or was it slipping away . The Prime Minister didnt exactly look delighted, but after weeks of trying to grip a deal, it seemed it was on. Shed only parked up for lunch, but it turned into a long lunch, and then later and later. By tea time, look at their faces. It was off for today. We have been negotiating hard and a lot of progress has b
We report from barcelona on the eve of crucial elections, which will have a big impact on the debate over Catalan Independence. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bell rock and, the joy of old age, our special report on the real potential of anti ageing drugs. And coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news a sixth premier league sacking of the season, paul clement is shown the door at swansea. Good evening. Damian green, the first secretary of state, and the Prime Ministers closest colleague in government, has been forced to resign tonight. Hes been facing allegations of inappropriate conduct, and on the basis of an investigation conducted by a senior civil servant, mr green has left the government. Hes also been criticised for making misleading remarks, about pornography found on his Parliamentary Office computer, before he became a minister. Reaction is still coming in, first this report by our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Sharing a
Source, we will take you through the biggest stories around the world in the next hour with the help of the best of the Bbc International journalists and we start here in london because damian green from the uks deputy Prime Minister, has resigned. It was after an enquiry into allegations about his conduct found he made inaccurate and misleading statements about what he knew about claims pornography had been found on a computer in his office in the houses of parliament a few years ago. This was the letter that has been sent to theresa may, apologising for his conduct and the Prime Minister has replied accepting his resignation. We can go live to alex forsyth who is in westminster. Tell us more about the conclusion of this investigation. This enquiry was in two broad matters, the first was allegations that damian green had behaved inappropriately towards a conservative activist and the second concerning alleged legal pornography that was found on computers in his Parliamentary Office in