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Last ditch talks in brussels to try to secure a post brexit trade deal with the eu. An early train to belgium for the uks chief negotiator he said every effort would be made to get an agreement. We are going to be working very hard to get a deal, we will see what happens in negotiations today. Batches of covid 19 vaccine start arriving in hospitals the first doses will be given across the uk on tuesday. The legendary bbc golf commentator peter alliss has died at the age of 89. And england win the autumn nations cup, with a nail biting victory over france. Good evening. The uks chief brexit negotiator is back in brussels, in a last ditch attempt to secure a trade deal with the eu. As he arrived, lord frost said they were working very hard to secure an agreement. A phone call last night between the Prime Minister and the European Commission president failed to get a breakt ....
Of any agreement. The irish taoiseach, michael martin, said tonight the talks were on a knife edge. My gut instinct is that it is 50 50 and i dont think one can be overly optimistic about a resolution emerging and my sense having spoken to some of the key principles is that this is a very challenging issue to resolve. And particularly around the level playing field. Concerns have been raised about the financial help that sheep farmers would receive if no trade deal is reached with the european union. The Welsh Government has also raised concerns about disruption at the countrys ports. Heres our wales Political Correspondent james williams. Of all the welsh lamb thats exported, more than 90 of it is sold tariff free to eu markets. Trade will continue tariff free if a deal is struck but if there isnt a deal, then export taxes on lamb products could be as high as a0 . ....
Back in brussels, the uks chief negotiator, lord frost, arriving for what has been described as the last roll of the dice in trade talks with the eu. Weve worked very hard to get a deal, we will see what happens with negotiations today, and we will be looking forward to meeting our european colleagues later on this afternoon, thank you very much. The government says there is still a deal to be done in what a cabinet minister said this morning were the final days of negotiations, but only if the eu accepts the uk has to make its own decisions. We want to be doing a Free Trade Agreement as a sovereign equal with the European Union and, so, anything that undermines our ability to control our own waters, for instance, or undermines our ability to make our own laws isnt something we can accept. After an hour on the phone together last night, borisjohnson and the president of ....