breaks in the cloud, central and eastern areas with the best of any sunshine across the midlands and parts of eastern england. that s your weather. hello, this is bbc news. iamjames i am james reynolds. the headlines. the eu is to propose fewer border checks on goods moving between northern ireland and the rest of the uk, to try and address the row over trade. it is incumbent upon us as a government, and i think upon the eu, to make sure we have a sustainable future arrangement, and it is not working at the moment. fears about the impact on christmas, as the biggest commercial port in britain deals with a backlog of shipping containers. beam me up, bezos the countdown is on for william shatner as captain kirk prepare to blast off on a trip to the edge of space due in the next half hour.