, ireland his family. and i'm one of them. it's deeply humbling for me to be able to come back to ireland. have the opportunity to go to the very hometown of my mother's grandmother. i mean, we'll have dinner tonight at a little pub that i worked at when i was 20 years old, when i came over here after my grandfather passed away. and right across the street is the house where my great grandmother grew up. she often spoke of a castle that was out of the window of her bedroom. and to be able to be here, to be able to reaffirm our commitment to the republic of ireland, to all our economic and diplomatic ties. but at the same time to have an opportunity to, to connect to the roots of my family, i think supports the relationship between the united states and ireland. i mean, if you think about, if you think about the bonds that exist between the irish people and the american people, they have much to do with shared heritage, they have much to do with family. and that's why it was important for me before our orig

it was a historic agreement that brght an end to violence in the republic of ireland and northern ireland, it was decades of violence. we all grew up watching that hardship, loss of life, and it was brought to an end. if both confident that parties come to the table and negotiate in good faith, we truly believe that by the end of october, a deadline can be met with brexit. reporter: do you have any reaction to what is going on in the u.k. with prime minister johnson? v.p pence: i will have more to say on that in a day or two. reporter: one of the ideas floated is a that three-month delay for the deadline for brexit, given the situation that is so in flux, do you think that is a good option? v.p pence: i wouldn't care to comment on that. we want to be very respectful of the sovereignty of the united kingdom. the people of the u.k. have spoken and now, years have passed since that referendum passed. , are is a new prime minister new government, much dynamics to all of this that is going on. the united states of america supports the united kingdom's decision to withdraw from the european uni

ireland. in part to protect its single market. and that's the nub of the deadlock. borisjohnson wants the uk out of the eu's single market and customs union. and doesn't want checks on the irish border. and he hasn't convinced the eu he has worked out how to do that. with all that in mind, here's the irish prime minister with borisjohnson earlier. avoiding a return to hard border on this island, protecting our place in the single market, are the irish government's priorities in all circumstances. we must protect the peace and also the burgeoning all ireland economy. and that is why for us the backstop continues to be a critical component of the withdrawal agreement. unless and until alternatives are found. but we are open to alternatives, but they must be realistic ones, legally binding and workable, and we haven't received such proposals to date. body languages experts have had a field day trying to work out what to make of borisjohnson's reacting as he listened. here you go. a hair rub, then

on the island of ireland. now, that could go some way to solve the issues, it could go some way to prevent the need for checks between northern ireland between the republic of ireland and northern ireland after brexit, if there were the same food rules for food produced on the island of ireland. but it wasn't they were the whole problem, there might need to be checks for other goods. it doesn't go as faras checks for other goods. it doesn't go as far as the backstop, which means it is unlikely to go far enough the eu. perhaps you are finding a sweet spot in solving some of the problems, but it is unlikely to go far enough to solve boris johnson's problems with the eu. as we know, the democratic unionists as a party have staunch red lines, strong beliefs about not allowing northern ireland to be separated in any regulatory way from the rest of the uk, not allowing northern ireland to have to stick by certain rules and preventing it from, if you like, of making the most of perhaps the trading opportunities after

that's coming up ireland further back. that's coming up in ireland further back. that's coming upina ireland further back. that's coming up in a couple minutes' time. hello, good evening, time to take a look at the key global weather stories, starting off down under in australia. i'll show you some pictures, look at these bushfires which have been burning extensively across many eastern parts of australia. it is very early in the season to see fires to this extent, still really only getting into the very start of the spring. partly because it has been very dry, partly because it has been very dry, partly because we have seen weather systems clipping very close to the east of australia that has strengthened the winds. the winds at least will use as an area of high—pressure works its way over the next couple of days. but it remains dry, so that risk of fires continues, particularly as heat from the west extends its way eastwards. remember, it is very early in the spring, in these temperatures for brisbane are pretty high, so it stays dry even the winds will be lig

let me just clear up a couple of points of detail on ireland and then we can move on. first of all, there is mooted in london now the possibility that boris johnson, over the next few days, will suggest to the european negotiating team that britain might accept some form of northern ireland—only backstop, that is, that the british would accept that northern ireland would abide by the regulatory framework of the single market and the customs union, that the rest of the united kingdom would not and thereby there would be some sort of regulatory border, if you like, a notional border, along with the irish sea. would that be acceptable to the european union? if you remember, this was precisely the proposalfrom the eu27 in the first place, when we were negotiating with prime minister may. the first version of the backstop was northern ireland only, in terms of regulatory alignment with the rest of the european union. at that time, it was changed due to the british negotiator, into customs union for the whole of the united kingdom. we, of course, have no problem with our o

that was a contest between ireland and scotland that was settled overwhelmingly in ireland's favour. they scored 4 tries without reply for a bonus point win. 27 points to 3 was the score in yokohama, from where sports correspondent katie gornall reports. a sleepy sunday morning in yokohama — peaceful, tranquil and with no hint of what's to come. come on, scotland! in swept a celtic fusion of noise and colour. ireland and scotland had arrived — one not to miss. i'm supposed to be at work. according to the rankings, this ireland side are the world's best, but their form has been shaky and scotland had reason to hope. any doubts about ireland's strengths were put to rest within minutes as james ryan burrowed his way to the line with their first attack. before scotland could regroup, ireland hit them again. somewhere in the mass of bodies, ireland's captain rory best grounded the ball. the slightest gap was being exploited with ruthless efficiency. scotland had a mount fuji—sized challenge in front of them. worse was to come when their best forward hamish watson left injured, and t

ireland, there isa ireland and northern ireland, there is a smuggling of tobacco, alcohol and fuel. that is going on now. what happens is the authorities north and south of the border get together and look at ways of enforcing the rules as they currently stand, but not on as they currently stand, but not on a hard border between the two countries. so why can't we extend that post—brexit for other goods if absolutely necessary to ensure the integrity of the single market? we can do that. what is lacking? political will is what is lacking. you talk about that as an option now, but the dup are relevant. that has always been an option but not as long as the tory party relies on the support of the dup. what we are saying is to ensure the integrity of the singer market, it doesn't have to be done on a border between ireland and northern ireland. and the irish foreign minister in the irish times was talking about ways of facilitating that. that is what we have been asking to do. all we needis we have been asking to do. all we need is the political will for that to happen. we can then go

there is a strong here in northern ireland. there is a strong consensus here in northern ireland. there is a strong consensus in northern ireland, including from virtually all the business community, farmers, the trade unions, the universities, that see the backstop as important. northern ireland voted heavily to remain, and if we can still remain that would be our prince. the dup has taken a very different view and have wrongly portrayed the backstop of some sort of constitutional threat with the notion we do things differently here. the fact is, northern ireland is a very special place. if it is to the uk. a lot of devolution, and even beforehand we do things differently including economic issues on terms of a single electricity market, we already have a single zone in terms of animal health, so that there are many precedents in which we can build. at this stage, northern ireland will proceed with a negotiated brexit, but it's important people follow through and what is in the interest of northern ireland. given everything you have outlined, when you hit the prime minister today

but that only accounts for around 30% of trade between northern ireland and ireland. it is not a complete solve all answer. added to which, it would mean from the dup‘s point of view, have a border between the island of ireland and the uk. something they have always resisted. that may not get liftoff which is why the second ave they are looking at is try to circumvent the no deal legislation by suggesting the prime minister, yes, if he has to would request a delay, but would also write a second letter that would say i, boris johnson disagree with any delay, i am opposed to it, i believe parliament is exceeding its powers. in the hope the eu might think, what is the point in granting a delay if the prime minister is so vehemently opposed to it. he is likely to be a disruptive force if we keep him in the eu. in other words, the eu might say there is no point at an extension. tory rebels take the view that a second letter simply would not cut it. have a listen to david cork, the formerjustice secretary, who has now been deselected. it carries no weight, it would save t

and the republic of ireland the good friday agreement means northern ireland can take a vote on doing just that belfast new lord mayor john finn you can wants to make sure citizens are well educated about their options while hoping they'll back unification his party sheehan fane open. he lobbies for that it's a cause that colored his life he was just 9 years old when he saw his father a prominent republican human rights lawyer shot dead by pro british paramilitaries despite getting death threats himself as he took office in may and you can believe the time is right to move forward will be brax it doesn't automatically mean that unification will happen but what i do think is that it means that the conversation hostile because the conversation has already started not just from people within the north but people all over the island of ireland and certainly within europe as well. billy hutchinson a city council member from the progressive unionist party served 16 years in prison for 2 sectarian murders hutchinson says he's rejected violence but he's worried others haven't what i'm concern

deal, which theoretically takes away the need for a hard border between northern ireland and ireland, but the issue is, and it revisits something that has been said before, it theoretically puts a border within theoretically puts a border within the irish sea, between northern ireland and scotland. so that is the issue that we are going to have on this point of view. he said — boris johnson said there are ways around that at the dup are happy with, a number of different checks and almost trusted trader types of ways to do business, but it is a big good at still a big issue that remains here that there could be a border within the city. we don't know how this works out. the devil is in the details and we don't know whether this is all goods and services crossing the border, or not. but the real issue is that this was mooted in the very beginning. this idea was suggested three years ago or 2.5 yea rs suggested three years ago or 2.5 years ago, whenever it was. it was thrown out because the idea of a border down the rsc where you got northern ireland and ireland having their own situa

northern ireland will remain pa rt it. northern ireland will remain part of the uk onto the people would decide any different. part of the uk onto the people would decide any differentlj part of the uk onto the people would decide any different. i think there is general fatigue about it. people are sick of listening about it. much of the same way that prime minister johnson is playing on that emotion, people over here would like some sort of resolution. some sort of understanding, they are causing as many problems as brexit is. even in the no deal situation could be catastrophic for almost everybody involved. at least the unknowns would be put aside the people could deal with that eventuality whatever it is. thank you both. now for more on the story that president trump has fired one of the most senior members of his administration — his controversial national security advisorjohn bolton. disagreement between the two appears to have come to a head in the last week, over the abandoned plan to invite the taliban to camp da

mrjohnson has said there could be an all ireland regime for animaland could be an all ireland regime for animal and plant products but as chris morris said, that is only about 30% of the checks at the border. the aim of the backstop is to create a fully open border to defend the entire island economy and to do that you do not do that by simply agreeing that you will follow eu rules on plant and animal health. there is a whole range of other issues that go into a border as chris said. customs, vat, all the rules and regulations, industrial goods and competition policy if good is with labour that does not follow eu standards, social environmental rules, will befall all of those? it is quite unitary proposition and i think we are a long way from the british government accepting that. how would you characterise the nature or intensity or lack of intensity of the communications between london and brussels right now, in terms of trying to get some kind of agreement before this summit ta kes pla ce kind of agreement before this summit takes place in october? what is the level of discussion

so the republic of ireland and northern ireland forfood ireland so the republic of ireland and northern ireland for food and animals. that would deal with some of the checks that would have to ta ke of the checks that would have to take place in an ideal scenario, not necessarily all of them, but a lot of that trade across that border has to do with food and animals so that could be part of a solution but on its own, there are other things it doesn't cover so it wouldn't cover making customs declarations, paying ta riffs making customs declarations, paying tariffs as part of customs, vat, other regulations on products, and the other point about eight singles out for food and animals the other point about eight singles out forfood and animals in ireland is that you would need to have more tracks between northern ireland and great britain, this so—called border down the irish sea which as we know is very tricky. also controversial is very tricky. also controversial is the idea of a backstop for northern ireland only, setting it apart from the rest of the uk. downing street said that is

and ireland. on food and agriculture specifically. so elements of alignment and there has been some speculation that will ultimately develop into the possibility of a northern ireland only backstop. in other words, there would effectively be a birder in the irish sea, rather than a hard border in ireland. well, downing street said that they are not seeking a northern ireland only backstop, but as we have learned, language is everything when it comes to negotiations and what has been said, but they may not be seeking it, but it does not mean that they will not necessarily be prepared to end there. let's talk to the conservative mp andrew pidgeon who joins us from westminster. —— —— andrew bridgeman. -- andrew bridgeman. the whole of the uk should leave and i am concerned about anything that changes the relationship of northern ireland between the rest of the uk will be in breach of the good friday agreement unless it was with the agreement of the people of your cloud. if we went to a refere

before scotland could regroup, ireland hit them again. somewhere in the mass of bodies, ireland's captain rory best grounded the ball. the slightest gap was being exploited with ruthless efficiency. scotland had a mount fuji—sized challenge in front of them. worse was to come when their best forward hamish watson left injured, and ireland punished them with more than brute force as andrew conway skipped through to put the game out of reach. 27—3 it finished. ireland, it turned out, had nothing to worry about, on a sobering night for scotland. despite their ranking, ireland's form coming into this world cup had been a bit like the japanese weather, unpredictable, but they absolutely dominated a very disappointing scotland side here tonight. scotland now have eight days to regroup until they play their next game against samoa in kobe, and on this evidence they have plenty of work to do. katie gornall, bbc news, in yokohama. at the spectacular sapporo dome, england fans were hoping for a suitably impressive start. but in tonga, their tea

northern ireland, cani 2020 qualifiers. northern ireland, can ijust 2020 qualifiers. northern ireland, can i just say, 2020 qualifiers. northern ireland, can ijust say, they did themselves proud last night. they are in a good position. absolutely. they are. we will show you all the action now. it was a disappointing night for northern ireland and scotland in their euro 2020 qualifiers. northern ireland were beaten 2—0 at home by germany, while scotland were thrashed 4—0 in glasgow. david ornstein reports. in the march towards euro 2020, northern ireland are surprise leaders of a group that includes the netherlands and four—time world champions, germany. the latest to sample a raucous windsor park and immediately feel the force. they survived, almost thrived, and, though it was scoreless at the break, the home resistance soon broke. marcel halstenberg silencing the home crowd with a stupendous effort that put the game in germany's grip. a grip that tightened as they peppered the green goal. northern ireland gave everything, only to come away with nothing. on this

to be aligned with ireland. so why not for the rest of trade asked the eu but it knows that the prime minister if he is open to the idea of the northern ireland only backstop needs the numbers in parliament and there will be some unionist opposition for sure. could he pull it off before a general election or after a general election? that is one of the reasons that eu leaders are very likely indeed to grant another brexit extension, if the prime minister asks for it, yes, france at the weekend said don't take that extension for granted, but all the rest of my contacts across the eu say forget france, we know they like playing brexit bad cop. if the rest are in favour of a an extension france is unlikely to veto it. so the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, has confirmed that he will stand down by the end of october and won't stand as an mp at the next election. in an emotional speech, he said it had been "the greatest privilege and honour of his professional life to serve as speaker. but his role in t

and the republic of ireland. what is a creative way of getting round is a problem which nobody so far has been able to solve? there have been lots of ideas put forward ranging from technical solutions and pre—customs checks and so on. we cannot have that negotiation in public, it is a fundamental challenges, when you are ina fundamental challenges, when you are in a negotiation you cannot have that on the airwaves. but i can assure you there is a huge amount of work going on and officials in my department have been looking at dozens department have been looking at d oze ns of department have been looking at dozens of ways to tackle some of the challenges of customs approvals and tariff arrangements and border checks and so on. there are ways through and we are working hard at pace to ensure we get a deal.” understand you cannot go into the minutiae of it, but would you be happy in principle, if there was a boarder of sorts in the irish sea?” am determined, as is the prime minister that we do not get a deal

and ireland. what on earth is going on? well, i think there will be a deal done and i think it will be put to parliament and i think it will be done after the 14th of october. there are private discussions going on all the time between representatives of the eu and the british government. if i had to bet 10p at the moment i'd bet we'd have an agreement before the 31st of 0ctober. an agreement before the 31st of october. the chief negotiator for the eu, michel barnier, said yesterday no new proposals from the uk and he said the backstop, this is what we always come back to, the eu determination to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland and safeguard as they see it the integrity of their single market. it is shorthand, known as the irish backstop, and barnier said the backstop is the maximum amount of flexibility that the eu can and will offer to a nonmember state. and in a negotiation he is saying that now. for goodness' sake, it is september. at some point you're

so the $70000000000.00 euros in trade that currently exists between ireland and the u.k. in the case of a of a no deal brags that that would be radically reshaped. yes it would it didn't and in the case of the no deal breaker says it would be radically impacted as quickly as within weeks meaning that the food sector and its level of sophistication in terms of big juicing great products grating b.d.'s that are shipped with wonderful logistics onto supermarket shelves within hours from irish farm to fork effect to be as we say that sector would be really seriously damaged and the notion that hard wrecks it would somehow be job done for the u.k. it's only the start of the problem and the reality is heartbreak that on the 31st of october would have an effect within days on the 2 way trade in goods and some services between the 2 islands even if there is a hard break say how important is it that the deal if there is one although the arrangement that has made leaves northern ireland and the irish republic able to trade freely across the border i mean how important is it to get

the third gold of the day went to northern ireland and the day went to northern ireland and the s 14 the day went to northern ireland and the 514100 the day went to northern ireland and the 5111100 metres backstroke. she is also battled back from injury to compete here. the mix at nine metals here on day two of the action. that's all from sportsday. up next — the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster david davies and rowena mason, deputy political editor of the guardian. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. could borisjohnson have the answer to solve the brexit deadlock? that's the question on the front of the telegraph — alongside an image of the prime minister with his hand in the air whilst visiting a london primary school. the financial times leads with the news that donald trump has fired john bolton as his national security adviser after months of tension over iran and north korea. the metro features comments made by sir geoffrey boycott — who was made a knight in theresa may

ireland begin their campaign against scotland on the 22nd of september. team ineos have signed giro d'italia champion richard carapaz on a three—year deal from next season. the ecuadorian rider will make the move from movistar after winning his first grand tour injune. he willjoin a team featuring three other grand tour winners — geraint thomas, chris froome and egan bernal, who won this year's tour de france. sadly that's all the time we have left for now. from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. there's a trend to something cooler for all of us in the week ahead. still not much rain across parts of east and south—east england and barely a cloud in the sky in sevenoaks on monday afternoon. for others, we've had more cloud and outbreaks of rain, some of which has been heavy, especially in scotland, northern ireland and parts of northern england. more rain in the forecast on tuesday. but in the early hours of tuesday, more rain confined to southern scotland, northern england, quite light and patchy but some mist an

most across scotland and northern ireland. a bit of rain moving its way and some drizzly conditions to the south—west of england. sunny spells developing and for northern ireland this afternoon, temperatures here 15 or 16 celsius. with a quite warm and muggy for england and wales. temperatures 20 to 24 celsius. this patchouli will continue to move to the second end as it does so, it was a quite warm in southern areas. —— this patchy rain. for most of us on friday it is a dry and a sunny day. a little bit fresher them today with temperatures 17 to 20 celsius. you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's midday and these are the main stories this morning: the prime minister insists the uk will be ready for a no—deal brexit — despite government documents warning that it could lead to food and medicine shortages. borisjohnson also denies lying to the queen over the suspension of parliament, insisting such claims are untrue. absolutely not, and indeed, as i say, the high court in england plainly agrees with us, but the supr

and the republic of ireland. we are looking at practical ways to that, we are hoping the eu, including the irish comic, can agree to and crucially not only with that avoid a ha rd crucially not only with that avoid a hard border on the island of ireland, but we do know what a trade body in the irish sea, we do know one terrace being imposed on goods exiled from northern ireland into great britain. —— we do not want tariffs. we are saying that you are not really in the position to save the premise is considering that, —— to say. the prime minister is considering alternative arrangements to the backstop and so to replace the backstop and so to replace the backstop with new arrangements. this will not be a question of uk backstop or in northern ireland only backstop, it will be replacing the backstop, it will be replacing the backstop with new arrangements that recognise the circumstances of northern ireland, having a land border with the irish republic, trading across that border on a daily basis, but do no

we must protect the peace, and also the burgeoning all ireland economy, and thatis burgeoning all ireland economy, and that is why for us the backstop continues to be a critical component of the backs of agreement. unless and until other alternatives are found. but we are open to alternatives. but they must be realistic ones, legally binding and workable. and we haven't received such proposals to day. i am confident that we will be able to find common ground today, and to be able to defend the peace, the all ireland comic, and what we hold dear. we may sometimes differ, but we are bound by our shared past and kinship. i think we have achieved one of peace freedom and prosperity. —— the all ireland economy. the prime minister borisjohnson also gave a speech ahead of that meeting. he said he wanted a brexit deal — and a no—deal brexit would be a failure that both the british and irish governments would be responsible for. i have one message that i want to learn with you today. that is that i wa nt to learn with you today. that is that i want to find a deal. i want to get a deal. lik

have a border down the irish sea and cut northern ireland off. is that wiwhat the conservative and unionist party wishes to do? that statement brings forth a manichaean approach. there are other controls in line already on animal and weapons down the irish sea. parliament has, i regret to say, sought to thwart at every turn the interpretation of the implementation of that decision of the british people. this bill is but the latest instalment of that said endeavour. it of course gets us nowhere. and the failure of the noble baroness to answer the question posed by the noble lord was eloquent in its admission that those who came together to support the bill before your lordships, both in the other place and in this house, are not in any sense in agreement about the next steps and about what ought to be done. now mps have been told that the uk government will take direct powers over northern ireland "at the earliest opportunity" if the stormont assembly can't be restored before britain leaves the eu. northern ireland has been without a devolved gove

they start against scotland, but it might hinge on which ireland turn up. we are world number one going into the world cup, people would have probably laughed as it shows how it can change over the matter of a week. i think new zealand were number one for three years, so they are the favourites. their dip in form have come with a coach's decision. these are his final weeks as ireland coach, and so too for the man in charge of wales, warren gatland has overseen their resurgence. they won a record 14 games in a row to win but this week their backs coach has been sent home. it is undoubtedly a disruption but the line from the camp is the players have stayed calm. they have been incredibly responsible and resilient, and sometimes that brings teams closer together. we have got to draw a line in the sand under this. england are the only home nation to have lifted the trophy, but their last four years have been a roller—coaster. two six nations titles but then a slump and the ghosts of home soil still hang over the side. in 2015, it was all over at the pool stag

member state ireland. currently their feed comes from the republic of ireland while the farmer's post is delivered by britain's royal mail. farmer eileen hall tried to explain all that to former british prime minister to reach the may. though it didn't change anything. border crossings is part of our daily life like even bring the kids to school and you know going to the shops or over back up to 20 times a day is just all the time but we don't think about it as you know it seamless. still no deal breaks it could lead to a return of tensions and violence and tom conlin has seen more than enough of that in his time. he doesn't know what the coming months will bring. the only thing he knows for sure is that his market will survive this crisis. the biggest barrier on the outer perimeter is a natural one the mediterranean sea that body of water has become the main flashpoint in a clash between europeans eager to stop uncontrolled immigration and african migrants desperate for a better life there is no humane an

companies that were registered in ireland to be for tax purposes be residence less. is a failure of the celtic tiger and increasingly pressure under germany, ireland has closed this loophole but has left a lot of unfinished business. the advantages that companies gained over the years that companies gained over the years that that existed obviously haven‘t just disappeared overnight. sam, you are going to the uk supreme court pretty much from here. you are part of the team that is arguing that the uk government‘s decision to prorogue parliament is actually unlawful. that is right. i represent, among several other excellent lawyers, 73 members of parliament who are saying the government shouldn‘t be allowed to prorogue parliament whenever it feels convenient and that is a real issue here. is when parliament sta rts issue here. is when parliament starts to become a problem for the government, can it just starts to become a problem for the government, can itjust get rid of parliament? how do you think this process “— parliament? how do you think this process �

writing up across northern ireland. temperatures today only about 14 to i6 temperatures today only about 14 to 16 celsius. it is feeling quite autumnal out there. as we had through this evening hours, some light rain. fairly cloudy for most of us tonight. temperatures dipping down into single figures, particularly where we have the clear skies in the west. we will also see some mist and fog patches around. a murky start to your tuesday morning. the mist and cloud will break up during the day. sunshine developing. scotla nd during the day. sunshine developing. scotland and northern ireland clouding over from the west, head scotland and northern ireland clouding overfrom the west, head of the next area of rain that will head in. captures tomorrow, warmer than today. up to 19 celsius with more sunshine. latertomorrow, today. up to 19 celsius with more sunshine. later tomorrow, this area of low pressure approaching towards the north of the uk. that is the re m na nts of the north of the uk. that is the remnants of the hurri

so the 70000000000 euros in trade that currently exists between ireland and the u.k. in the case of a of a no deal brigs it that would be radically reshaped. yes it would it in and in the case of a no deal breaker says it would be radically impacted as quickly as within weeks meaning that the food sector and its level of sophistication in terms of big juicy great products waiting b.d.'s that are shipped with wonderful logistics onto supermarket shelves within hours from irish farm to fork infected be as we say that that sector would be really seriously damaged and the notion that hard wrecks it would somehow be job done for the u.k. it's only the start of the problem and the reality is heartbreaks it on the 31st of october would have an effect within days on the 2 way trade in goods and some services between the 2 islands even if there is a hard break so how important is it that the deal if there is one although the arrangement that has made leaves northern ireland and the irish republic able to trade freely across that border i mean how important is it to get some so

cloud building in the west, rain in northern ireland, northern and western scotla nd ireland, northern and western scotland through the afternoon, spells of sunshine in the northern isles and the channel islands. rain slides its way south and east was through tomorrow evening and overnight. clearer skies following on behind. by wednesday morning perhaps something cooler in northern england, northern ireland and scotland. that rain will linger first thing on wednesday morning across east anglia and south—east england. as it scoots out of the way fairly quickly increasing amounts of sunshine behind. showers developing across northern ireland and scotland. those showers are emerging. some showers filtering down into parts of wales and south—west england. winds increasing on wednesday. particularly the western coast. we could see gail is developing on the western isles. —— gales developing on the western isles. isobar is facing further apart. winds will be lighter. still showers and spells of rain. some sunshine across northern ireland. it will be a cooler feel again on thursday. t

attacks have rocketed from 5,800 in england, wales and northern ireland to more than 13,500. five years ago, 20% of these hate crimes resulted in a prosecution. overall, this has fallen to just 8%. and in west yorkshire, crimes have risen five—fold, with nearly 1,000 crimes recorded last year compared to under 200 five years ago. how much is west yorkshire police doing to support the lgbt community? we have a really good network of lgbtq officers who are well engaged. so we actually go out and promote and encourage people to report hate crime and hate incidents. collecting evidence can be difficult if it is just a report of somebody that has been name—calling. we need to learn all the time around how we investigate some of these reports. south yorkshire police say they have investigated lily's case, but no suspects were identified. lily says she won't give into hate. ben hunte, bbc news, sheffield. with driverless cars moving closer to being the future of our travel, insurers are beginning to voice their concerns. they're warning that there's a risk of more road accidents

system forfood system, dissident all ireland system for food and agriculture, it would mean that ireland would have to leave the common market will stop this is not a bilateral discussion he says, we are the european union and he's not, it's not us that will leave the common market. just to pick up on some of the things he said, we did with him earlier on in the year injuly when our report came out. first of all, as he knows, there's no technology in his report that has not been invented yet. these are things that are done procedurally all over the world. and we have basically suggested things that include things like a programme with preclearance checks away from the border, what we are trying to do is ensure that there is no physical infrastructure on the border and no checks and controls the border. the reality is that the only real concerns people have expressed are, a it's more expensive for small traders, we suggest a fund to get them customs ready as they go forward , them customs ready as they go forward, that there would be an increase in smuggling, so we suggested national targ

it should just about clear northern ireland in the first part of the day. it'll be there to be had across certainly a good part of england and wales. through the afternoon, we lose the intensity from the rain, save for the south—western quarter. best temperature on the afternoon about 16 or 17 — pretty shabby for the time of year. the rain eventually clears away even from that south—western quarter. there's a ridge of high pressure building in, so that offers the prospect of a drier, brighter, chillier start to tuesday, for sure. temperatures widely across central and eastern areas in single figures. and it's a decent enough day, but again, here we bring in some very wet and very windy weather to finish off the afternoon across northern ireland and into the western side of scotland. where you keep the sunshine further to the south and east, well, we'll tick those temperatures up by two or three degrees or so. now, from tuesday into wednesday, see the number of isobars we've got on the chart here. tuesday night a really windy one across the northern ha

ireland begin their campaign against scotland on the 22nd of september. the us anti—doping agency has withdrawn its case against sprinter christian coleman, the fastest man in the world this year. coleman had been charged with missing three drugs tests and was facing an automatic one—year ban. the sprinter had argued that one of the missed tests was outside the i2—month period in which the three strikes can be applied. if found guilty, coleman would have missed the world championships and the 2020 olympic games in tokyo. he's now free to compete at the world athletics championships, in doha later this month. the decision can still be appealed by wada or the athletics governing body. bury fans are continuing to fight for their club, with crisis talks being held to try to find a way to get bury back into the football league. fan groups have met with local mps and the mayor of manchester to try to secure a future for the club, which was expelled from the league after financial difficulties and a buyer pulling out at the 11th hour. we recognise that the

northern ireland should brighten up later. by the time we get to the school pickup and evening rush hour, still lively downpours in the channel islands in south—west england. rumbles of thunder could cause issues here. the winds could touch gale force around the likes of cornwall. also, still lots of cloud through england and wales, a bit more hit and miss by the end of the day. finishing the day with sunshine in northern ireland. still cloudy in scotland. the rain not as persistent as it was this morning in the west. but still there. some of the brightest conditions to be found through scotland throughout will be in the shetlands. temperatures 13—16 for many, much lower than we should be. tonight the sundry downpours in the south—west belize. easy in the south—west overnight. the risk of mist and fog, especially across parts of the midlands. another cool night with temperatures away from towns and city centres into single figures. south—east england, and northern ireland, probably the coolest. a bright start for nor

to northern ireland, or vice versa? that is where the sweet spot will lie if they will be any last—minute deal. the positions from the two sides at the moment certainly seem as if they will be movement from the dup, movement from the eu in terms of what they would be willing to accept in terms of the irish border proposals if we are going to get this deal through. there may be positive language from boris johnson in the dup, but until you find it a solution which both sides can agree to, that‘s where it has to lie. and our europe corresponent gavin lee gave us this update from brussels. if there is something that we don‘t know about from eu officials, since last night, we have to do work in slight back to the future mode, because the way the eu works in this way, comments from michel barnier on how the meetings are going with borisjohnson how the meetings are going with boris johnson and as how the meetings are going with borisjohnson and as eu envoy david frost, who has come from the past two days a week for talk

a scattering of showers for goblin, northern ireland, north—west england ona northern ireland, north—west england on a windy day across the board with gusts around 30—a0 mph stop locally higher than that far north of scotland. temperatures in the high teens for many in the north, a maximum of 21 celsius in this south and east. now we see the back of those weather fronts as we move into thursday. at the next area of low pressure starts to move in. this is the remnants of tropical storm gabrielle. that will bring some wet weather two pars of scotland, northern england, and into parts of wales as well. the best of the drier, brighter weather wales as well. the best of the drier, brighterweatherto wales as well. the best of the drier, brighter weather to be found in the south and east. here it will feel quite humid thanks to some tropical air that will have dragged in. temperatures at a maximum of around 2a celsius. as we move into friday we see this cold front thinking south and east and high pressure building in from the south and west. it means that friday brings a good deal of dry and f

group d leaders republic of ireland, take on switzerland tonight. northern ireland, also top their group — and they have a key euro 2020 qualifier against germany at windsor park on monday. but for some of the fringe players in michael 0'neill‘s squad, tonight's friendly with luxembourg is an opportunity to impress. a week ago — linfield striker shayne lavery came close club, reach the group stages of the europa league. now he's hoping to make his mark in a northern ireland shirt. nigel ringland reports. he can score a second from this position. and they have! what a turn right here at windsor park. he is the man at the moment. run—scoring wonder goals in europe... to training with northern ireland. it has been a roller—coaster week she and larry. it was disappointing missing out, but you know it was a great achievement getting that far. it has definitely picked up at being called into the senior squad. he is now hoping he'll be given the chance to play against luxembourg to impress on the national stage was it isa impress on the national

border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland but setback may be five or ten miles. they would be checks on goods as well and gps tracking systems on traders as well. what the eu has said to date, you want to bin the backstop, boris johnson, eu has said to date, you want to bin the backstop, borisjohnson, that's fine as long as you can come up with an alternative that meets our main criteria. respecting the single market, number one, number two, safeguarding the northern ireland peace process. for the eu this means no customs infrastructure, not on the border, not near the border, it means no checks at all. i've spoken to the european commission tonight. the bbc has spoken to the irish government as well. their response is that this is not an official uk position yet and therefore they cannot officially comment on it. but we re cannot officially comment on it. but were these custom posts to become the official uk position it would be dismissed and rejected by the eu as insufficient. we will talk again tomorrow. thanks for the latest, in brussels, katya adler, our eur