Earlier and that has been quite unnecessary. That could have been done and it really annoys me, actually, that it has not been done. We welcome these people, they make a huge contribution and that could have been settled. I spent some time on this because i was the shadow secretary and going to Northern Ireland every week and i worked very closely with simon and he was tremendous as the irish agriculture minister wendy had the presidency of the eu. We worked very closely together and hes a really good, practical guide. What i would appeal to him is to say we have our border now. There is a currency board, a tax border, and excise duty border and ive been going, as i have said, very frequently, i have never met anyone in business or politics that has said this presents a problem and with goodwill, this is easily soluble. The sums of money or not that huge. The bid 5 of Northern Irelands trade going south of the border and 1. 6 of the republic of irelands exports going north. Most of thi
Good evening, welcome to sportsday with me jessica creighton. Coming up englands cricketers endure another tough day in the second ashes test in adelaide. Manchester city again leave it late as their winning run continues against west ham. And history for hewett, hes the first british singles champion at the wheelchair masters. Lots to come this sunday evening, including the latest on tiger woods comeback. But cricket first, england had another difficult day in adelaide. Joe roots decision to bowl first was again under scrutiny, as australia declared on a42 for 8 on day two of the 2nd ashes test. England, who are already one down in the series, closed on 29 for 1. Our Sports Correspondent andy swiss has more. A strange solution to many, but as he completed a brilliant essentially, it suddenly made sense. Was £5 . Was eetheef si n 7 7 7777 ii 5; ; fz 54~; l; fzia gaggle 7 ~ 7 , play 7757}; 4 ; l; 7 77 7 43. 47 7 7 777 7 7 play for the day and we the indian play for the day and we the
Health conditions. And its feared the croydon cat killer could be responsible for up to 400 cat deaths since 2015. Well look at whats being done to find the culprit. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live, and if you text you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. We will hear from the australian mp who proposed to psni partner during a debate on same sex marriage. Britain and the European Union appear close to reaching a deal that will clear the way for the second phase of brexit talks. Eu sources said the two sides were nearing solutions, ahead of theresa mays meeting with the European Commission president , Jean Claude Juncker, in brussels this afternoon. Diplomats held negotiations through the night on the last remaining Sticking Point the irish border. 0ur europe correspondent, adam fleming reports. Three trips in three months. Now, the Prime Minister
Of schoolchildren doing part time work like saturday jobs and newspaper rounds. Ill be looking at why, and whether theyre a good thing or not. In sport its all looking rather uncomfortable in australia for england. Theyve lost four wickets already this morning, including captainjoe root. And the only supermoon of 2017 provides plenty of opportunities for some amazing pictures. We will have more of these throughout the morning. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Good morning. Well, clear skies out there for some of you. A touch of frost as well but the most it is a dry start to the week before things turn wet and windy mid week, before warming up later on. Good morning. First, our main story britain and the European Union appear close to reaching a deal that will clear the way for the second phase of brexit talks. Eu sources said the two sides were nearing solutions ahead of theresa mays meeting with the European Commission president , Jean Claude Juncker, in brussels later today.
Beyond its best before date. Also coming up, a day to forget for englands ashes side. Australia build on their massive first innings total after bowling england out for 227. And facebook is opening a new office in london today, creating 800 jobs. Good morning, it is monday the 4th of december and i am ben brown, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Britain and the European Union appear close to reaching a deal that will clear the way for the second phase of brexit talks. Eu sources said the two sides were nearing solutions, ahead of theresa mays meeting with the European Commission president , Jean Claude Juncker, in brussels this afternoon. Progress has been made on what happens to eu citizens currently living in the uk, as well as uk citizens living in the European Union. And there also appears to be agreement over how much the uk pays the eu, in what has become known as the brexit divorce bill. The last key Sticking Point however is what to do about the irish border. Negotiations on that w