member and northern ireland part of the united kingdom could put smugglers back in business. through money but all three of the fifty three. mike has plenty of tales of smuggling he lives in northern ireland right next to the border the former truck driver says lots of shady stuff went on in the area in the past much of it involving customs control between the british province and the e.u. member state to the cells i see me going to shit what's the lorry so when i go into this big shit. my day through that door that door let's share that shit are also not in the so if i were to have even thought that. it's impossible i getting rid of controls didn't get rid of smuggling completely fireworks which are banned in the republic of ireland are still taken across regularly there are legal in the north and sales of them are brisk in the border region. and foreign diesel subsidized by the e.u. also often crosses the border illegally as does heating oil from northern ireland that's not been slapped with a value added tax because there are no controls. conor patterson remembers a very d

able to travel into northern ireland, duty free. but northern irish producers may have to face full eu charges going the other way. it would keep an open irish border with no checks or controls, but that's too one—sided, they say. there's something like 400,000 lambs from northern ireland who travel south every year and we would face a full tariff of £35 to £40 sterling per lamb, which isn't sustainable in the sheep industry. we couldn't handle that sort of tariff, so it is very disappointing that we are being treated as farmers in this way. there are also warnings that the special arrangements for the irish border could be exploited if irish producers decided to re—route their goods through northern ireland to be sold on elsewhere, to save a few quid on tariffs. quite quickly, you will see goods from ireland being redirected north and within a couple of weeks, goods from the whole of europe seeking to avoid the tariffs in the rest of the uk will go through northern ireland. not so fast, says the government. there will be inte

ireland, parts of northern england into southern scotland as well. under clear skies elsewhere, a cooler night. then shall eastern areas of scotland, temperature is low enough for frost. we start tomorrow morning called a first thing, this area of low pressure continuing to drive showers into the north—west, another low pushing from the south—west will bring wetter and windier weather as we go on into wednesday. for tuesday, many windier weather as we go on into wednesday. fortuesday, many of windier weather as we go on into wednesday. for tuesday, many of us will see a dry, sunny day, showers across scotland and northern england, by the end of the afternoon at rain showing its hand in the south—west and south wales. highs of 7-13 south—west and south wales. highs of 7—13 degrees. a significant area of low pressure arriving overnight tuesday into wednesday, nowhere near as severe the gales, but nevertheless heavy rain across northern ireland, again predominantly into northern england and scotland by the end of the afternoon, scattered showe

ireland assembly having a role in whether northern ireland we re role in whether northern ireland were to accept new eu rules and promises that if northern ireland had to remain closer to the eu than the rest of the uk would do something similar, would stand by them, but there is distrust and suspicion in the dup over whether those promises would be kept further down the line. now make no mistake, there are many remain voters here in northern ireland who would like to see that deal go through, if only to end all the uncertainty, but i can tell you this. that pressure alone is not going to force the dup's hand, because as long as they believe that this deal could chip away at northern ireland's position within the united kingdom, they are going to find it extremely hard to back it because that belief in the union is the most fundamental thing that the dup is all about. emma vardy, thank you. meanwhile there was a furious reaction from business leaders today, to the ongoing deadlock over brexit. the head of the british chambers of commerce said mps needed to stop "chasing rainbows". he t

there is a clear concern in parliament over one issue in particular, the northern ireland backstop. having an insurance policy to guarantee that there will never be a hard border in northern ireland is absolutely right. it honours the uk's solid commitment in the belfast good friday agreement but if we ever had to use that insurance policy, it cannot become a permanent arrangement and it is not the template for our future relationship. the deal that mps voted on injanuary was not strong enough in making that clear and legally binding changes were needed to set that right. today, we have agreed them. first, a joint instrument with comparable legal weight to the withdrawal agreement will guarantee that the eu can't act with the intent of applying the backstop indefinitely. if they do, it can be challenged through arbitration but if found to be in breach, the uk can suspend the backstop. the joint instrument also gives a legal commitment that whatever replaces the backstop does not need to replicate it. and it entrenches in legally binding form the commitments made in the exchange of l

the rain pushes into northern ireland, pushing eastwards. more showery rain over scotland, turning wintering over the hills as temperatures dip away. friday's weather looks similar to what we saw on thursday, another set of fronts doing the same thing, taking rain southwards and drawing ina taking rain southwards and drawing in a blustery, westerly winds. still damp and drizzly later on, brighter skies and sunshine, increasing numbers of showers northwards, and went and went in for a while, particularly east of the pennines, up particularly east of the pennines, up to 60mph. the afternoon temperatures, chillier in scotland. another set of systems arrive for the weekends, this one is different, this is deepening low pressure and pushing into the colder air in the north, so bringing snow over the hills, mainly in scotland, briefly in northern ireland and the tops of the pennines, down to about 100m. heavy rain and pushing into england and wales, the winds gusting up to 60mph once again. not as windy in scotla nd 60mph once again. not as windy

look, as i have often said, we want to get a deal but it has to be the right deal for northern ireland and the whole of the uk. but some brexiteers are clear, even if it means a delay, they won't back the prime minister's current deal. no, it's a very bad agreement and it would put the united kingdom in some sub—colonial status from which we cannot decide to leave. why on earth would we want to leave. why on earth would we want to be in that position? so expect further turmoil in parliament this afternoon, as divided mps try to shape what happens next. 0ne afternoon, as divided mps try to shape what happens next. one thing we will know, whether the chance of brexit being delayed look ever more likely. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. in a moment, we will talk to damian grammaticas in brussels, but first our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. hours from the vote and the prime minister some say is in office but not in power. for weeks now we have been talking about parliament taking control of the brexit process. well today the party elders, senior mps in bo

which foresees northern ireland continuing to follow e.u. rules in order to keep the border open would only apply temporarily after breakfast or younger warned that there would be no third chance to change the agreement theresa may says the revised terms should convince british lawmakers to back her bracks a deal today having the insurance policy to guarantee that it will never be called to do in northern ireland it is absolutely right its own is the u.k. some of the commitments in the belfast good friday agreement but if we ever have to use that insurance policy it cannot become a permanent arrangement i just know the template for a future relationship. the deal that m.p.'s voted on in january was not strong enough to make that clear and legally binding changes we needed to set that right today we have agreed to. and joining us now from london is the interviews bagot moss and max hoffman is covering events for us in strasburg welcome to both of you and good morning bigotry so may sounding very positive about what did she get in brussels fro

most of the rain will be across scotland and northern ireland. as that rain pushes down into england and wales, it tends to peter out. south—east may well be dry, and quite warm, actually — temperatures 01:14 or 15 degrees. chillierfurther north, increasingly wintry showers in scotland. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. here in westminster. mps are urgently working out their next steps over brexit — after rejecting theresa may's deal for a second time. the ayes to the right, 242, the noes to the left, 391. so the noes habit, the noes habit. and grab —— have in the face of her loss by a massive majority, the prime minister confirms a vote today on whether to leave the eu without a deal. these are unenviable choices. thanks to the decision that the

coming from the republic of ireland, which is in the eu, into northern ireland, which is part of the uk. they are not sure whether that will be reciprocated the other way but they say as far as we are concerned, we are not going to check anything. if they do vote later behind us against a no—deal, will any of this come into place? not in a short term. everybody says only in the no deal scenario we expect two votes which look like they take that eventuality way. but we could be back here in three months, if we get a three month extension, back here looking down the barrel of european elections and extending beyond that and at that point, if no one does anything, no—deal happens or by itself so there is still a possibility. thank you very much indeed. our business editor talking about the news earlier today from the department of international trade with regards to how tariffs will work when it comes to goods going in and out of the united kingdom if we have no deal. so that would be, in effect, from much the 29th when we read. nicole sykes is head of eu negotiations at the confede

there's a reason they both overlap on northern ireland. the snow situation that deals with real politics that does not have northern ireland treated differently. that's the issue. you have a choice of which first. that's a thing about the agreement being yet another unicorn is that it does not fully acknowledge the northern irish issue and until you do that you can have no deal and you do have either no deal that will pass and so you are the default outwards to no deal or you have the status quo. you cannot have anything in between and that's what keeps crashing out of the eu very much still on the table. we we re very much still on the table. we were reminding me of a comedy from a few years ago. it's a good night time drink like ovaltine or something. very nourishing. let's move on. the net of drama seems for a ministers breakthrough and even more bizarrely one of the whips effectively saying it was a state not as ideal was ordering people to go and vote the government tonight but then himself abstained. but then the situation that they

the more dangerous the situation is becoming in northern ireland it is here at this countryside where the uncertainty is most probable farmer's fields straddle both sides of the border and every day people cross it seamlessly the prospect of a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland has reignited fears of a conflict after twenty years of peace well more than three thousand people died and tens of thousands were injured during what's known as the troubles those decades of violence were put to an end in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight with the good friday or belfast peace agreement but for the hard line republicans the fight for a united ireland isn't over young people like paddy gallagher see a hard break sit as their golden opportunity to reclaim the north from great britain. the unfinished revolution miral identifies this building as a local headquarters of northern ireland's most dangerous political party c route irish for liberation the party demands the unification of ireland it was founded in twenty sixteen just three months after the break that re

we will see some of that over the higher ground of northern ireland, northern england, and scotland. could see around 10—20 centimetres above 350 metres elevation. but some snow could get down to lower levels for a time. it is going to be very wet across the hills of northern england and wales. over the high ground of wales, we could see 100 millimetres of rain, bringing a risk of some localised flooding. then the winds could gust up to 50—60 mph for southern wales, southern england, perhaps 70 mph in the most exposed locations. so all of these weather elements add up to the risk of some disruptive weather as we go on through the first part of the weekend. now, that system actually strengthens as it leaves the uk, so across eastern scotland could have some very strong winds for a time here. and on sunday, north—westerly winds flowing in across the uk, bringing plenty of showers across northern and western areas. a few of those blowing in across more inland parts, through central and eastern england, central and eastern parts of scotland as well. the showers quite intense, could

england, northern ireland and scotla nd england, northern ireland and scotland where we will see strongest during the day. in excess of 60 miles an hour across the northern and western isles. the rain moves south reaching into parts of north—west england and north wales but behind that weather front land appears. an indication that the sun is emerging. blustery showers and wintry on hills. ahead of the weather front, plenty of cloud with brighter breaks and along the south coast but mostly mild. the front continues to move southwards with cloud increasingly light and patchy rain in the evening and night before grinding toa rain in the evening and night before grinding to a halt close to the south—east of england and into east anglia where it remains mild for another night. damp in places and elsewhere under clear skies it is cool night with a touch of frost in parts of northern england, ireland and scotland. this weatherfront parts of northern england, ireland and scotland. this weather front is bringing a change, cool conditions in time for the weekend, more of us seeing sunshine but

northern ireland the unionists in northern ireland are concerned that this backstop essentially treating the whole island of ireland as as kind of a separate country that's a big no no for them isn't it because that's not that's not what they're that what they want to them that that is a path to a united ireland isn't it isn't that a legitimate concern. well two things there one when you say the union is a problem we were talking primarily here about the do you see who got about a third of the vote in the last election opinion poll suggests that about two thirds population are not and want norton out of state but in the customs union distancing the marks of the g.o.p. are not representing the people of north americans on this issue and therefore i think it's important to stress that at the outset in terms of prospects of united aren't just sometimes mentioned that's something that nobody really wants to address right now i mean there's been a demographic shift in northern ireland over the years you know four of the six counties in order to snap up national darcy's should face the largest

a scotland and northern ireland, highs of 12—13. a cool start and some mist and fog, but dry and sunny weather in england in one. some fairweather cloud developing in the afternoon. a frontal system could bring rain and breezes to the far north of scotland. temperatures creeping up, maybe 14 on tuesday. through the middle part of the week, across the south and east, highs of the high teens celsius, with some sunshine. much milder as the week went on, but the nights will continue to be chilly with the chance of some mist and fog. this is bbc news. our top stories: president trump hails the defeat of the so—called islamic state caliphate, but warns the us will remain vigilant. well, there have been parades and cavalcade is in towns and cities up and down this region of the news. but it has all come at a huge cost to people here. a cruise ship with more than a thousand passengers on board is caught in a storm off the coast of norway. there's chaos on board the boat, as it's battered by ten meter waves — an evacuation is under way.

within the body politic such as it isn't northern ireland. and it's making it almost of because unionism but it is the body that wants the rootin nor within the united kingdom and republicanism our national isn't which wants to reunify with the rest of the island that the last twenty years has been a long experiment in trying to create a calm a power sharing settlement between those two parties and the disturbance in a way is that either of them have gone to the other side so although a substantial body of a soldier being in the practice of referendum since then the polarization of politics has meant a unionist of gone won by on the nationalism has gone the other way and what has been left behind is a huge vacuum for constitutional or peaceful politics that is where in a sense. organizations like see your show. have an opportunity in a way to kind of movements and on vacuum not how likely is it that they will be on their own able to create a conflict on the scale we saw in sixty seventy s. and ninety's i think that is a moot point so far i me

a touch of frost and parts of northern england, northern ireland and scotland. quite a change this weather front is bringing. scotland. quite a change this weatherfront is bringing. cooler conditions in time for the weekend. but the front lingers close to south—east england at least on saturday and that means there will bea saturday and that means there will be a lot of cloud lingering here and maybe some light rain or drizzle. elsewhere, good sunny spells, showers and a brisk wind pushing to scotland. wintry, maybe not, just on hills with a few showers into northern ireland as well the temperatures for most areas, around 9-12 temperatures for most areas, around 9— 12 degrees so down compared to recent days and more widespread frosts going into sunday morning. brightening up across southern parts of england. some heavier and more prolonged downpours. again, wintry on hills. similar temperatures. prolonged downpours. again, wintry on hills. similartemperatures. so this is how the weekend is shaping up. it's this is how the weekend is shaping ing this is how t

war vet free heating oil from northern ireland also often cross the border illegally because there are no controls. conor patterson remembers a very different time into the one nine hundred ninety s. thousands of trucks were checked by customs officials in the sheds they disappeared with the advent of the e.u. single market here but breaks it could bring it all back along with a return of more professional organized smuggling have faith and the irish republic and lying with base prices across eight years at waller a at and cheap beef is being ordered not that france or could be significant enough corage widespread smuggling the issue for also is that smuggling. captured on exploited by crying. new really in northern ireland has benefited from its position at the border it's developed into a major shopping for the region a rise in crime would certainly hurt businesses here but could post bret's its smuggling be kept in check. people here are rubbing their hands with with flair anticipation with which is that was i was to them given the price of a source inside found those people wouldn'

mike has plenty of tales of smuggling to taro he lives in northern ireland right next to the border the former truck driver says lots of shady stuff went on in the area in the past much of it involving customs control or between the british province and the e.u. member state to the cells i seen you can enter a shed but said henri so with a grin this big ship has. made a very through that door that door let's share that shit are also not in the say the virus trade even thought that if it's impossible getting rid of controls didn't get rid of smuggling completely fireworks which are banned in the republic of ireland are still taken across regularly they're legal in the north and sales of them are brisk in the border region. and foreign diesel subsidized by the e.u. also often crosses the border illegally as does heating oil from northern ireland that's not been slapped with a value added tax because there are no controls. conor patterson remembers a very different time into the one nine hundred ninety s. thousands of trucks were checked by customs officials in the sheds they disappeared w

for families of victims and some politicians in northern ireland, her apology is not enough. she says that the man who shot my daddy 14 times done that in a dignified and appropriate way. and for somebody to say that, she needs to resign. she needs to resign. this is not the first time karen bradley has slipped up over the complexities of northern ireland. she still has the backing of theresa may, but gaining the confidence of people here — a place still healing its own divisions — will be a much harder task. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. you can read more about that online. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @benmbland. now on bbc news — sport today. from the bbc sport centre this is sport today, with me chris mitchell. coming upforyou: the king surpassesjordan. the king of tennis is 100—not out. can federer make it six of the best in indian wells? and rennes come from behind to beat arsenal in the europa league. it isa it is a remarkable story. it really is. as a kid lebronjames had a wall plastered with pictures of michaeljordan. the lebronjames then — who was

england and perhaps northern ireland. a zone of sunnier weather into the north midlands, east anglia, the south—east. although that sunshine will tend to turn quite hazy as cloud invades from the south—west ahead of this frontal system, bringing outbreaks of rain and a strengthening wind. as we go through tuesday night, we could well see gusts of 50 to perhaps 60 miles an hour in exposed spots in the south—west, heavy rain driving its way northwards, but snow developing almost on the northern edge across higher ground in scotland. a chilly night in aberdeen, freezing. 10 degrees in plymouth, something milder spreading across parts of the south, but low pressure firmly in charge on wednesday. frontal systems, areas of rain spiralling around it, and as the wet weather meets some cold air across scotland, we will once again see some wintry weather, plenty of showers eastwards over northern ireland, wales, into england with some sunny spells in between. but single figures definitely across north—western parts of the u

ireland northern ireland as part of the u.k. island is not and will remain part of the new they used to be a hard border between the two and it was they were cheering these so-called troubles more than three and a half thousand people lost their lives nobody on the island of ireland wants to see a return to that and that is what the concern is this backstop was pushed in by the european union and agreed by to raise the may that if the u.k. could not agree a way forward a future trade agreement with the e.u. this backstop would kick in to prevent a hard border and that is what the right wing cities in particular did not like and the do you peel are concerned that if there isn't a whole border between islands in the northern ireland northern ireland that could be one affectively in the i received. so between mainland britain and northern ireland and they do not want that because they say that they are part of the u.k. and that is where they feel stronger since that is almost more important to them than bricks it and that is one wa

stays wet in scotland overnight and increasingly back into northern ireland and into northern england too. further south, i think we lose a lot of those heavy showers and temperatures will dip away to around 4 or 5 degrees. it will feel colder, though, as we head into thursday. let's trace where our air is coming from, all the way from the arctic, a cold north—north—westerly wind is going to be wrapped around the area of low pressure, which, by this stage, is out in the north sea. but around the edge of the low, where we're packing in a lot of wet weather into scotland, especially eastern scotland, northern england, down into east anglia too, some more snow over the high ground and a few wintry showers will be following in behind. probably the best of the sunshine and the dry weather — southern england and south wales, 11 degrees here. but a chilly 6 or so, i think, in northern scotland. as we head into the end of the week, well, that area of low pressure is moving away. it's taking away those cold winds. clearing skies, light winds means friday could start with a touch of frost

ireland in the irish sea, isolating northern ireland and potentially pushing it closer to reunification with the republic of northern ireland, which is part of the european union. joining me now from london, nbc news chief global correspondent bill neely. to today's vote, any expectations how this is going to go? is theresa may finally going to win a vote? >> reporter: i think the short answer is no. remember, just a few weeks ago in january, she lost a vote on the deal, exactly the same thing is going to be put to the house tonight by 230 votes. that was the biggest defeat in a hundred years. i don't think she'll be defeated by that margin tonight, but we'll probably still be in three figures. it would take an absolute miracle for her to win. the arithmetic simply doesn't add up. it was all looking quite good for her this morning. she came back from strausburg, having negotiated late last night with european leaders, and had got to what seemed to be a concession, some kind of legal assurance that the uk wouldn't be trapped forever in this arrangement, the backstop a customs union. but

and increasingly back into northern ireland and northern england, too. further south, i think we lose a lot of those heavy showers and temperatures will people wake to around 11—5 degrees. —— dip away to. it will feel colder as we move into thursday. let's trace where our air is coming from, all the way from the arctic, a cold north north—westerly wind will be wrapped around the area of low pressure, which by this stage is out in the north sea. but around the edge of the low, where we're packing in a lot of wet weather into scotland, especially east of scotland, northern england, down into east anglia too, some more snow over the higher ground and a few wintry showers will be following in behind. probably the best of the sunshine and the dry weather, southern england and south wales, 11 degrees here. but a chilly six or so, i think, in northern scotland. as we head into the end of the week, that area of low pressure is moving away. it's taking away those cold winds. clearing skies, light winds, means friday could start with a touch of frost, and

temperatures at their lowest across northern england, northern ireland and scotland. close to freezing in places. wintry showers in scotland. an area of rain and hill snow coming out of northern ireland and running through northern england first thing, so a bit of snow to the pennines out of that. further showers running into northern ireland, across northern england, northern and western scotland on through the day. again, wintry on the hills but there'll also be some decent sunshine. let's take a look at things at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. very strong gusty winds across the far north of scotland and northern isles. a bit of wet weather on and off during the day into orkney. these are the showers running into scotland. again, wintry on the hills. not too many to the east of scotland. in northern ireland, they should be starting to ease from northern england at this stage of the afternoon. strong gusty winds right across the uk and actually, a fair amount of fine and occasionally sunny weather across the bulk of england and wales, bar the odd passing shower. look at

ireland before the end of the night. 0therwise northern ireland before the end of the night. otherwise a dry night, where we see some lengthy clear brea ks where we see some lengthy clear breaks across the east of the uk, some frost will develop in the countryside. a chilly start to monday., high countryside. a chilly start to monday. , high pressure countryside. a chilly start to monday., high pressure with us, tending to move east through the day to allow this cold front to move into the north—west. starting the day with dry weather and sunshine for eastern scotland, much of england and wales having a decent table 30 spells throughout. in the north—west, the cloud thickens with rain from northern ireland into western scotland, with the the rain turning steady and heavier with time. it may be april the ist, don't be full by the warm up in the south, temperatures up to 16 in cardiff. it will get colderfrom temperatures up to 16 in cardiff. it will get colder from tuesday, very u nsettled will get colder from tuesday, very unsettled and cold enough for some hill snow. cold

england and perhaps northern ireland. a zone of sunnier weather through north wales into the north midlands, east anglia, the south—east, although that sunshine will tend to turn quite hazy, as cloud invades from the south—west ahead of this frontal system, bringing outbreaks of rain and a strengthening wind. as we go through tuesday night, we could well see wind gusts of 50 to perhaps 60 mph in exposed spots in the south—west. heavy rain driving its way northwards. a bit of snow developing, you'll notice, on the northern edge across higher ground in scotland. a chilly night in aberdeen, freezing. 10 degrees in plymouth, something milder spreading across parts of the south. but low pressure firmly in charge on wednesday. frontal systems, areas of rain spiralling around it, and as the wet weather meets some cold air across scotland, over high ground, we will once again see some wintry weather, plenty of showers flinging their way eastwards out of northern ireland, wales, into england, with some sunny spells in betwee

between northern ireland and great britain. that is something they cannot put up with. that is something they cannot accept. and, therefore, it is hard for the prime minister to get this withdrawal agreement through. it already appears that whenever you announce you will have a vote on this withdrawal agreement the next one is already flagged as well. it appears cabinet ministers, design is reporting this, have already been talking about a potential fourth vote next week. no! if it looks like the numbers are not there to get that through at about 2:30pm today. what will she do, split into four? this was the challenge. this was meant to be the end but it will be an ongoing process. i have to say, people do feel confused and worried and slightly, sometimes, embarrassed about what is happening. even the mps feel confused and worried. i spent some time in parliament this week and a lot of them are confused. let us be absolutely clear, the british people did vote for brexit, but it was a 52—a8 split. the country was generally spli

in northern ireland has benefited from its position at the border it's developed into a major shopping for the region a rise in crime would certainly hurt businesses here but could post bret's its smuggling be kept in check. people here rubbing their hands with anticipation with other issues that will reside with two m. gov prices north and south will see it is not true to make a lot of money however there cannot be any real installment border and for sure because our present sonali challenge on our threat which is a return to the darker it is of our very own cost. mike is also against bringing back the checkpoints and watchtowers like many others here it reminds him too much of a more violent era we. and that's it for me in the d.w. business you can find a lot more stories on our website the wu dot com slash business or follow us on facebook and twitter underscore business is our handle leading now with his quick check on global markets thank you for watching. one foresters. some cash flow. pipeline construction of the columbia destroyed swathes of rainforest. to compensate the new fo

it becomes drier in northern ireland but we keep wet weather across england and wales. wet weather over the hills, a threat of flooding and ahead of its strong winds with gusts of 50—60 mph. not as windy in scotland and northern ireland but a really cold day with sleet and snow in scotland, 12 or 13 in the south—east where it is dry until the evening. then we get heavy rain pushing its way through. the deep area of low pressure continues to deepen and run away and take away that wintry mix from northern areas and things are more calm on sunday. it will be a windy day, very windy for a while across eastern scotland and we have a mixture of sunshine and we have a mixture of sunshine and showers once again. some of those showers could be wintry over the hills. it will feel cold in the wind but temperatures are where they should be at this time of year, around nine or 10 degrees. into the early pa rt around nine or 10 degrees. into the early part of next week and it could be chilly in the mornings. there might bea be chilly in the mornings. there might be a touch of fro

at a northern ireland's position in the uk as a whole. elsewhere, there was growing despair at that third defeat for the deal in parliament for many people living around the irish border. many people here voted to remain and oppose brexit, but they do want to see that you go through to give them some certainty. there is so much at sta ke some certainty. there is so much at stake here for people's livelihoods oi'i stake here for people's livelihoods on the island of ireland, which is why we saw the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, saying today that he would give support to a long extension of brexit if the uk was to reconsider its whole approach. sarah smith and emma vardy, thank you both. let's go back to laura. we had been expecting to stand here and be counting down to 11 o'clock tonight, when the uk officially left the european union. that hasn't happened. who knows when it will happen? it really is quite a moment. it is, and it was the promise that theresa may made to the public time and time again, we will leave the european union

more cloud for northern ireland and scotland in the far north of scotland we will see that week when the front approaching to bring a little rain and drizzle. temperatures held back a bit here but to the south in the sunshine, i7, but to the south in the sunshine, 17, maybe 18 degrees. some changes

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in northern ireland, bringing a spell of hill snow potential here. that is something we will have to keep a close eye on. low pressure stays with us through the remainder of the week. wednesday, and other low— pressure of the week. wednesday, and other low—pressure spinning and off the north sea. if they the cloud up across the northeast of the country. it will threaten outbreaks of rain and perhaps some more significant snow across the high ground of northeast scotland. another day of

they can export across the border into northern ireland but northern ireland businesses could not send goods the other way to the irish republic without incurring import taxes. the dup have said the government suggestions are sensible, but they have said it is now up to the eu and ireland to reciprocate, to follow suit and say no goods coming from northern ireland would be subject to tariffs when they go into the republic of ireland and the eu. the irish government themselves, as may read mcguinness alluded to, looking at the proposals in detail. there would be a bad affect, particularly on agricultural businesses in the irish republic if ta riffs businesses in the irish republic if tariffs kicked in. the government would have to respond appropriately and it would. chris page in belfast, thank you. we are 20 minutes away from what may be a series of votes this evening in the house of commons. there may be two, possibly three if they do move the caroline spelman amendment, let‘s go back to vicki young in the lobby. this was a vote. on the prime minister about taking no deal off the ta

eventually, some cloud and some rain arrives in northern ireland. shouldn't be quite as chilly — temperatures 11 or 12 degrees on wednesday afternoon. the winds continue to ease through the evening, but we introduce more cloud, we introduce rain to many parts of the country overnight. and the main concern is the amount of rain, the continued rain in upland areas of north—west england, over the pennines and the cumbrian fells, could lead to some flooding issues over the next few days. mild enough, temperatures 5—7 degrees, ‘cause it's windy and it's wet. now, the worst of the rain will probably be overnight and first thing in the morning. that weather front will take the heaviest of the rain away, and then we've got this secondary cold front that's moving its way southwards and taking patchy rain across wales and into southern england. then still a strong to gale—force north—westerly wind will bring down sunshine and showers, most of the showers in the north—west of scotland, where it's a little bit chillier, 8 or 9 degrees. further sou

ireland and northern england, towards the southern islands of scotland as well. temperatures only just above freezing in the towns and cities in the north, much milder though further south. so saturday is shaping up to be a really unsettled, windy day, the fact that we have got this deepening area of low pressure moving its way eastwards with lots of isobars on the map particularly across england and wales. it will be here we see the milder air as well, but a real contrast in temperature for the northwest, cold and north were northwesterly winds driving in across northern ireland and scotland too. scotland will see some fairly heavy snow over the higher ground from the central and southern parts. rained down at lower levels, i think. sunny skies and also if you heavy showers, hail and thunderstorms for northern ireland. heavy rain pushing in from the west across parts of england and wales. and it's here we will see the strongest wind gusts. 40—50 mph, 60 mph in one or two exposed spots. could cause some disruption on saturday, the strength of the wind combined