As steve smith wrested back all the momentum at the end of day two. Thanksjohn and darren bett has all the weather temps dropping a bit . It will be cold and things changing gcioss it will be cold and things changing across the weekend, i will tell you about that in a bit. A choir of people who cannot read but making music together. The eu has formally agreed to move to the next phase of talks on brexit. Theresa may welcomed the move as an important step on the road to ensuring a smooth and orderly brexit. It is always a little bit chaotic toward the end of an eu summit, a bit like a feeding frenzy, all of these journalists running back bit like a feeding frenzy, all of thesejournalists running back and forward to different press conferences. There have been press conferences. There have been press conferences from Emmanuel Macron and ankara merkel and everyone reacting to the idea that the negotiation should move on to the next phase. The test of sufficient for progress has been met and now the hard work will start developing a platform for the transition and a framework for the transition and a framework for a future trading relationship with the eu wants britain believes in march 2019. With all the reaction to the day s news, it is damian grammaticas. 0na big on a big day for the eu, a barrage of questions. Last night, these mps had given theresa may in round of applause. Ankara merkel has led that gesture. Angela merkel has led that gesture. Of course the one leader who is not here today is theresa may herself, the leader whom this matters most to. Getting the green light in the Brexit Process to move to the next stage. And so the looming question, exactly what does the uk what future ties to the eu to look like . I think the first big step is for the uk government to say what it wants. In clear terms. I think if this happens within the next few weeks, by march we can have a clear european position. First, the eu 27 agreed as expected that sufficient progress has been made. Then discussions turn to the eus terms for discussions. A new set of guidelines. They say talks will only move on if all commitments the uk has made so far respected in full. No backtracking on the financial and citizens deals. The eus terms are . As for what the uk wants most of all, in depth discussions about those future ties, they will have to wait until march, eu leaders say. Indicating that it is the eu which is firmly in control of the Brexit Process. In the last hour, the eu president has given his reaction to two days development. 0pening reaction to two days development. Opening the second phase of our negotiation shows the unity of the eu 27. The hard work of Michel Barnier and the work of Prime Minister may. As for future relations, it is time for the eu 27 to get more clarity. Donald tusk speaking earlier, and Jean Claude Juncker praised mrs mabe was like negotiating skills. A group of parliamentarians being involved in this and so we were able to conclude that sufficient progress has been made and now it is up to us to draft the Withdrawal Agreement together with our british friends and i hope that this withdrawal treaty will be approved by the European Parliament and by the house in london. Jungle gym in london. Albert hall correspondence said you could hear the audible sigh in downing street that this part of the negotiation is finally over. Is there an audible sigh here as well . As much as my fellow presenter is never wrong, he it was less a sigh and more of a round of applause that theresa may got. Very unusual for the 27 leaders to applaud one of the others and especially as these negotiations have been so bad tempered. They are happy that they have been able to reach this milestone but it feels the master which i personally have gone through many times. Last monday, mr barnier agreed that sufficient progress had been made and on wednesday agreed again and today the 27 government leaders have agreed. They have helped her along a number of times, there have been concessions, notably, on the European Court of justice. Concessions, notably, on the European Court ofjustice. They have moved a little bit again today. Tell us more moved a little bit again today. Tell us more about that. The blueprint for moving onto phase two includes some language on the discussions about the future relationship on trade, security and co operation going forward. Initially, we thought we wouldnt stop leeds staff those discussions until march 2018. Now it is said that internal investigation can be conducted in this building, in other words, the officials can still do their homework and hit the ground running when those talks are given the green light in march. Donald tusk went further in his comments saying he would allow exploratory talks to be conducted with the uk. Some would say that is talked about the future relationship and others would say it is smaller talks without getting into the detail. Maybe that is theresa mays strategy. She does have to have that is difficult competition with the cabinet, they have told her that will happen on tuesday. It two month pause is not a disaster for theresa may. If tuesday. It two month pause is not a disasterfor theresa may. If the work is being done in the background anyway. A you things are being done anyway, the eu wants to reason a hand her cabinet colleagues to have that discussion about the principles of what they want from the future relationship. You says we cannot offer you an amazing deal based only on the red lines of not being in the Single Market, not being in these Customs Union and not being in the European Court of justice. Customs union and not being in the European Court ofjustice. There we re European Court ofjustice. There were some positives to work with they say. This deal is now on the horizon, that buys a bit more time. They do not have to get everything signed, sealed and delivered about what the future relationship, every dotand, what the future relationship, every dot and, ready by march 2019. They can carry on talking during that transition phase or that implication phase as the nucleon that likes to say. March 2019 becomes a political deadline, does theresa may get a good enough with the agreement that she could call a trade deal in which the eu would call a declaration about a potential trade deal that satisfies brexiteers in the uk . And european politicians here in the eu council s european politicians here in the eu council s mac. We have talked about the problems in the house of commons and what theresa may has been facing. It is notable about what the 27th need to happen to Stay Together. As theyve negotiated the withdrawal, and they talk about the withdrawal, and they talk about the future trade relationship, each of them has different stakes in this. The french and spanish will wa nt this. The french and spanish will want something from fisheries. The Eastern Europeans want to talk about defence. You may start to see fractures appearing among the 27. Juncker and tasks today saying we need to Stay Together and we need to do this as one. Juncker and donald tusk today saying we need to Stay Together and do this as one. Lets get some reaction from westminster stop no, were not going to west minster, so sorry. First, Kensington Palace has announced the date of prince harry and Meghan Markles wedding. Im not going to tell you when it is, im going to wait. The couple confirmed their engagement last month and they have also told us where the ceremonies later take place. Im not going to steal the thunder from an oil correspondence. The 19th of may interestingly is a saturday. As many people made by now have noticed, it clashes with the fa cup final which ta kes pla ce clashes with the fa cup final which takes place on the same day. So william is going to have to choose because william is the president of the fa. He will also be harrys best man, or supporter as the royals call them. You can be assured that william will be at windsor rather than at wembley. It is unusual but not unprecedented for a Royal Wedding to take place on a saturday. There have been saturday weddings before. I would there have been saturday weddings before. Iwould imagine there have been saturday weddings before. I would imagine that part of the thinking would be because there is no bank holiday, by having the wedding on a saturday, that gives those who are so minded an opportunity to go to windsor this is there will be a procession. So people will have an opportunity to cheer and wave and all of that. There we are, the wedding set for the 19th of may. Some people were pinning their hopes on another bank holiday. I think downing street has not been persuaded, i dont think there was ever much chance because these things are so ruled by precedent. A bank holiday, if it is summary precedent. A bank holiday, if it is summary in the direct line of succession, but not necessarily for somebody who will be, by then, sixth in line for the throne. In april, the birth of the cambridges third child will become fifth in line, which is where harry is at the moment. So he moved down one. It will be a busy spring, wanted . hope you have your best tuxedo ready. The prices of hotels in the windsor area of reaching stratospheric prices. There you are, the 90 of may 200018. Stratospheric prices. There you are, the 90 of may 2000 18. £2000 stratospheric prices. There you are, the 90 of may 200018. £2000 on some booking websites. We will put a tent up booking websites. We will put a tent upforyou, at booking websites. We will put a tent up for you, at least. 0n booking websites. We will put a tent up for you, at least. On twitter is asked now we have the dates, the simon mccoy have his hat ready . Lets return to the decision by the eu 27 to move on to the next phase of the brexit talks. 0ur political correspondence, chris mason, is in westminster. After the two is an frozen ups and downs of the last few weeks, this will be music to the gives of the Prime Minister. Yes because 2018 will have plenty of brexit chat in it. While simon is measuring his wedding hats, people like me will be sitting in seats like me will be sitting in seats like this going on about brexit. Perhaps more so than we did in 2017 because what we now know, and we have known this for a week, so it was not a surprise today, 20 it is a stamp needed to come along, that phase two is going to start. Discussions about what happens in terms of the future relationship will, the discussion over the next year, over a nonexistent relationship. Lets hearfrom the Prime Minister. Can we start with your statement . We are rolling. This is an important step on the road to delivering a smooth and orderly brexit which people voted for injune of last year. Uk and eu have shown what can be achieved by commitment and perseverance on both sides. Im pleased that it has been agreed that we should make rapid progress on the implementation period which will give certainty to businesses and individuals. There are still more to do but were well on the to delivering a brexit that will make britain prosperous, strong and secure. With really be brexit in 2019 . Will let the Free Movement and ecj jurisdiction . What people voted for last year was for us to leave the European Union and we will leave the European Union and we will leave the eu on the continent of march 20 19. Think people also want us to do that in a smooth and orderly way which doesnt disrupt peoples lives and doesnt disrupt businesses. That is what we will be delivering. We will be delivering the brexit that people voted for. Are you worried there will be no trade deal until after march and that the trade deal will only be finalised after we leave the eu in 2019. Will be talking the talk about our future election should, we will begin that straightaway and we will be talking about the invitation period which will give certainty to businesses and individuals. We are leaving the European Union on the 29th of march 2019 for stock we will set up and negotiate a new trade deal with the European Union and we will be negotiating trade deals with other countries around the world. This is about building a britain that is fit for the future. There we are, dutifully queued in by my colleague. Chris mason, there she is saying that we are pleased we can move on, it offers certainty, she is repeating that date of the 29th of march, she is determined and short we are going to leave even though this deal, whichever shape it is in has to be put to the house of commons now. And inner insight on the process of recording little interviews this. The house of commons row is an intriguing one because weve had all of this row happening this week about the rebels on the conservative side saying anton, there has be this meaningful vote will stop that was successful and defeating the promised. Then there is the row about whether the departure date is written onto the face of the bill. A bit of toing and froing as to whether or not the government goes with the idea of doing that forfear there government goes with the idea of doing that for fear there will be a defeat in the pipeline. In reality, we have known this since the general election, the planet is does not have a majority and therefore numbers are absolutely key. The Prime Minister does not have a majority. The mass matters at the moment, when there is one of these crunch vote, the numbers in the house of commons matters because it does not take many people to change their mind, particularly on the conservative side, for suddenly the Prime Ministers mathematical situation in the commons to be rather perilous. That is likely to happen again and again. A sigh of relief as you can see there that she is over this first hurdle of the brexit talks. The next couple of months ive had the transition period, kneeling down this idea of this two year transition period where the eu says that the uk will be on the outside, outside of the European Union. In reality, it will still be bound by many of the single rules of the Single Market and the custom union. Then the discussion about the future relationship on trade, on security, for instance. A huge amount of detail, an unprecedented discussion to come. Thank you chris mason in westminster. Youre watching afternoon life. Eu leaders meeting in brussels have agreed to move onto the second stage of brexit with the uk. A judge calls foran of brexit with the uk. A judge calls for an enquiring into the collapse of irate case as it is revealed that police did not reveal crucial evidence pertinent to the case. It is revealed that prince harry and Meghan Markle will marry on may the 19th next year. In sport, australia trailing by 200 runs at the end of the second day in perth. Steve smith nearly a century as the hosts wrestle back momentum after england made 403. In a bid to play at the 0lympic this tennis player goes back to his country of birth. So Bradley Wiggins apologises for calling chris froome a slithering reptile. He made the comment in the wake of Chris Froomes failed drug test. Ill back with more on stories at 3 30pm. But its a more reaction to what has been happening in brussels. We can go back to my colleague christian fraser. I have been watching you and listening to chris mason and i have been thinking when we were talking about maths, they are acutely aware of the maths in this building. They know how weak theresa may is in the uk. They know that she has a real challenge back at home dealing with the remainers and the brexiteers, trying to find a way through. You have to remember as well that this isa giant have to remember as well that this is a giant intergovernmental organisation, enough of these leaders have their own problems at home. Like Angela Merkel who cannot get her coalition together. Some of them lead minority government so they are not too bothered about what is happening in the uk. There are going to set narrow parameters for the investigation with not much wiggle room. Theresa mays uk site is her business although they are acutely aware of what is going on in the uk and are always looking at the news and reading the headlines particularly the comments from david davis. Lets talk to brian hayes who is an irish politician in the European Parliament. Mr hayes, very good to have you with us. I was listening to leo varadkar yesterday when he came into the building and he said that full alignments means full alignments, it does not mean partial alignment. Do you think there is a difference in your approach and the uk side may be approaching it . I dont think so, this become over the weekend, different ministers said Different Things to given audiences. I think the Prime Minister is absolutely Crystal Clear on the comments she made in the house of commons and in the documentation we have at the end of phase one. Michel barnier, the head of the eu task force was in strauss borg with colleagues this week in the European Parliament. He said very clearly that there is no rolling back on the british commitments will stop there is no rolling back on the eu commitments. We have an International Agreements. Of course, we have two gets to the end point, the end point is march 20 19. I think the commitments that we have on the irish question, on the question of financial liability and on the question of the eu and british rights across the European Union, they will inform the way in which phase tw