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 Prime Minister didnt exactly looked delighted, but after weeks of trying to gripa 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 theirfaces. Then later and later. By tea time, look at their faces. Off for the day. We have been negotiating hard and a lot of progress has been made, and a lot of progress has been made, and on many of the issues there has been a common understanding. Its clear we wa nt been a common understanding. Its clear we want to move forward together, but on a couple of issues, some differences remain which require further negotiation and consultation, and those will continue, but we will reconvene before the end of the week, and im confident we will conclude this positively. Didnt feel very positively. Didnt feel very positive this afternoon. Despite our best efforts and significant progress, we and our teams have made, over the past days, progress, we and our teams have made, overthe past days, but progress, we and our teams have made, over the past days, but there remain some issues. It was not possible to reach a complete agreement today. But eager meps this morning. Saying, we are the team. Relatively sure that the uk government would give enough to make it work, despite what has been described as a contradiction over the irish border. As long as we have the irish border. As long as we have the commitment there will be full alignment, there will be no problem. The text includes a concession from the British Government over the Northern Irish border . Is that a surprise to you . The British Government created eight contradiction. We have to be sure that on citizens rights, everything is ok. Watch this. As suggestions of a deal became the accepted truth, the dup, whose support theresa may needs, slammed on the brakes. We have been very clear. Northern ireland must leave the European Union on the same terms as the rest of the united kingdom, and we will acce pt of the united kingdom, and we will accept any form of regulatory diversions separating Northern Ireland. As time ticked on, 20 minutes later, theresa may broke off her meetings in brussels to phone arlene foster. The dup made it plain, i understand, they could not support the proposed deal. The precise opposite to the irish leader who has pushed and pushed, and talks of his shock. Im surprised and disappointed that the British Government now appears not to be in a position to conclude what was agreed earlier today. I accept that the Prime Minister has asked for more time and i know she faces many challenges. I had knowledge she is negotiating in good faith. Despite all the hope, the negotiating teams leave brussels today without a deal. Those close to her claim its not just the reliance on the dup that sank todays deal. She was meant to be home by now, but theresa may is still talking. No further steps forward. As weve been hearing, the issue of the irish border proved the major Sticking Point today. Our ireland correspondent, chris buckler, has been looking at why the border has proved so contentious, he joins us live from on the border near newry. All along this border, you will find former customs posts like this. No one wants a return to this, or what has been called a hard border, but unionists have asked questions about what could be the price for that. They feel it could be closer ties to the republic of ireland and potentially closer divisions within the uk, specifically between Northern Ireland and britain. That is politically sensitive, and awkward for theresa may, given her reliance on the dup in the commons. The journey to a brexit deal is proving far from easy. The uk and the eu still have to find a way through the many problems posed by these border roads. The Irish Government are insisting that there should be no change along the 310 miles that connect Northern Ireland and the republic, that this should remain an invisible border. South of the dividing line in dundalk, which will stay a part of the European Union, people started the day believing there was a prospect of a december deal and for owners of shops like this, keeping trading rules and regulations the same across this island would be quite a gift. Theres no restrictions at all. If you take stuff down, you can take it with you in the morning, you dont have to go through the customs. I remember what it was like, you lost a day going the customs in newry and dundalk. After a while, its like everything else, when its gone a while, you forget how bad it was, you know. But the dup hold quite a few cards in what is proving to be a grown up game of poker. They worry that the trade off for ensuring customs posts dont return to this islands roads to be new divisions and trading differences within the uk. Potentially new checks at ports for ships travelling between Northern Ireland and britain, what has been called a border in the irish sea. And north of the border in newry, many felt the conservatives had no choice but to listen to the democratic unionists, because they hold the balance of power at westminster. May needs the dup at the moment. Could that scupper this deal . I think it might because if they pull the plug, it will be a general election. Still part of the uk, so thats the way it will work. But these are towns which rely on your euros as well as pounds, and they worry that any border could put off visitors and their cash. You see, if they put a hard border, it would more or less destroy towns like newry and enniskillen, the border towns. Currently, it seems difficult to see a way out of the negotiations that will satisfy everyone, but the government needs to come up with solutions for this border and fast. Chris buckler, bbc news, newry. In a moment well talk to our Political Editor to our Political Editor laura kuenssberg, but first to our europe editor, katya adler. Cacia, they obviously got close to some sort of agreement. What is the reaction there now . Brussels has been left a bit open mouthed this evening. No one involved in the negotiations saw this coming. The eu had its pens metaphorically poised to sign off on the next phase of brexit negotiations. Negotiations had at the back of their mind that ireland might perhaps put a brake on the breakthrough in the talks, but it seems the dup was the understudy for that role, striving to set the stage at the last moment, all while the Prime Minister was having a power working lunch with the European Commission chief. Eu diplomats describe how the Prime Minister found herself with her back against the wall and the prospect of her government crumbling. They are not sure what is going to happen next. There is lots of brave talk today that what happened today was not a failure, and that the two sides are closer than ever before on key brexit issues. That is true, but there is a return to frustration again in eu circles that the european parties find themselves treading brexit water while waiting for internal politics to play out in the uk. Thank you. We can now talk to laura. The dup has its objections, the irish Prime Minister is disappointed. Where does this leave theresa may tonight . In a tricky spot. Nothing about this was ever going to be easy, but this unexpected turn of events today has left her looking pretty embarrassed. Does it mean it is all over . Of course not. Sometimes in these talks there has to be a dustup before there has to be a dustup before there is a breakthrough. Each side very much wants a deal. But is there a clear way through . An obvious solution to this stand off . Not at all. In terms of getting to that deal, theresa may knows she cannot please all of the people all at the time. But she has to be able to please enough of the people enough of the time to be able to get all the different factions to come together at the critical moments, and it seems today that so much effort had gone almost at that point for her only to have her plans dashed by that small, Northern Irish party on whose support she relies on at home. This is going to be a difficult few days. We might see her back here by the end of the week. She knew today wouldnt be straightforward, but today was a shock she could have done without. There was no way theresa may would have come to brussels today unless she believed a deal was extremely close. The british side have made a mis judgement here, and no one quite knows what will happen next. Thank you. Theres been a big increase in the number of children and pensioners in poverty thats according to thejoseph rowntree foundation. The charity says that, over the past four years, an extra 700,000 children and pensioners in the uk fell into so called relative poverty. Thats defined as households with less than 60 of the Median Income thats the middle value of all incomes. The foundation says its the first time in 20 years that these groups have seen sustained rises. Our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, reports. Here you are, francis, havent you had any yet . This drop in centre is a second home to flo singleton, a source of friendship, laughter and warmth. The 84 year old has seen her pension increase in recent years, but pension credit, a benefit paid to the poorest pensioners, has not been similarly protected. She lives on £160 per week. It is a struggle, says flo. If you go out, you dont have to have your heating on, do you . Trouble is, once its dark in the evenings now, and cold, you have to put your heating on, dont you . So you go on the bus just to keep warm . Yeah. Well, you know yeah its lovely and warm on the bus. And then you sort of try and extend it as long as you can. Even though youve got to nowhere to go . Yeah. Its mad, isnt it . The number of people in absolute poverty, not having enough food or water to live on, has fallen by 500,000 since 2010, say ministers. But todays figures refer to relative poverty, having a lot less than most other people. Since 1994 95, the number of people in relative poverty has fallen slightly. For pensioners, the decrease was quite dramatic then started rising. Child poverty also fell, albeit most likely. More slightly. Then it too began increasing. From around 2012, we finally saw wages outstrip inflation once more so that meant incomes particularly middle income households started to grow in real terms. That meant they started to pull further away from those on low incomes who over the same period were also affected by cuts to benefits. The mantra has long been, if youre poor, get a job, and for most people, that is indeed the case. But increasingly for the poor, it is not true. Todays report finds that one in eight workers dont earn enough money to avoid being in poverty. When cameron was born, his mother karla had to give up work. Living on basic benefits has been trying. She has sometimes had to skip meals. But now he is six months old, the single mum would like to return to work but she fears being unable to find flexible childcare for a zero hours job as a learning Disability Support worker. I really did want to be able to go back to work. It just isnt reliable enough and secure enough. I need and he needs security, stability. We need routine. And without that, its never going to be a settled life. The government say they are spending £90 billion a year supporting working age people in need. Such sums are not, however, preventing increasing numbers of people from falling into poverty. Michael buchanan, bbc news. Our top story this evening. Theresa may fails to break the deadlock in the brexit talks. The irish border isa the brexit talks. The irish border is a key Sticking Point. And still to come, paisley in scotland, the town bidding to become the uks city of culture. Coming up in the sport, a glimmer of hope for englands cricketers as they take four quick rockets on day three of the second ashes test. They are 1 0 down in the five match series. The uk wastes 7 Million Tonnes of food each year and now a major retailer is aiming to help in the battle to cut that waste by continuing to sell food beyond its best before date. East of England Co Op has 125 stores and will now sell dried and tinned foods for 10p when they reach the date they are best eaten by. Our Business Correspondent emma simpson has been to one store in colchester. Everything we eat has a shelf life, but would you be willing to buy food which is past its best . Plenty of shoppers at this Small Convenience store did, once they found out the price. They re 10p, for a whole bag of pistachios. Oh, my life 10p. Right, yeah. Ill have them. Yeah . Got a deal . Yeah. Heres how it works. Any tinned or dried goods passed the best before date end up in these boxes at a knock down price, instead of going to waste. Labels can be confusing. The use by date tells you when a product is safe to eat. The best before label simply tells you when food is at its best. Its still safe to eat after the recommended date, and too much of it is ending up in the bin. Its reckoned households across the uk wasted 7. 3 Million Tonnes of food last year. Most of it could have been eaten, or, putting it another way, its the equivalent of £13 billion worth of wasted food. To stop some of its store Cupboard Items going to landfill, this chain decided to do something new. We wanted to be brave about it, so we just checked the legality out, it was legal, so why not do it . Do you think the big retailers should do it as well . I think everybody should do it. If i think its a disgrace that were wasting so much food. And most of us shoppers agree. There are a lot of people who cant afford a lot of expensive stuff, so i think it will really work. I think its a great idea by the co op. A lot of the time if its best before, you can have it, cant you, the next day or something . It doesnt matter. Small scale it is, but its sure popular here. Could this best before bargain box kick start other retailers to follow suit . Emma simpson, bbc news, colchester. The metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, has suggested two retired officers who alleged pornography was found on a cabinet ministers computer could be prosecuted, if its found to be untrue. Bob quick and neil lewis claimed that pornography was found on a computer seized from the mps Parliamentary Office nine years ago. Mr green denies watching or downloading pornography on the machine. Funding to a flagship British Government aid project has been suspended following a bbc panorama investigation. The programme found aid money was being diverted to extremists, known for their brutality. The Foreign Office says its looking into the allegations. Jane corbin reports. Britain is one of the main funders of the Free Syrian Police, set up to bring security to areas held by the opposition. But documents obtained by panorama reveal that some police stations were handing over 20 of salaries to the Extremist Group nour al din al zenki. The compa nys internal documents make it clear that zenkis misuse of the funds, essentially british funds, sets a dangerous precedent, but they didnt stop. They went on. The company which runs the aid project, adam smith international, or asi, say they recommended stopping the funding, but the donors, including the British Government, initially disagreed. Funding to the station wasnt stopped until ten months after the payments were first discovered. The police also support zenkis barbaric justice system. Mahmud bitar says he was tortured in the zenki prison in 2014. It was just before asi took over the contract, but britain was already funding the Free Syrian Police. Mahmud says these Police Officers were his prison guards. They were there 21w. They are there all the time, and, of course, the Free Syrian Police knew about whats going on. They knew, of course. Panorama also discovered the Police Officers were present at the stoning of two women in another part of northern syria. We spoke to someone who worked for asi but didnt want to be identified. Asi said the stoning was only five weeks after the company took over the project, and the men were not formally officers. Theyd since been removed permanently. The Foreign Office has suspended funding while it investigates panoramas allegations. Jane corbin, bbc news. And you can watch the full pro