The Labourmp Sarah the labour mp Sarah Champion has resigned from her Front Bench Role and apologise for what she said was and apologise for what she said was a poor choice of words in a Newspaper Article about child abuse. At least 600 people are still missing after the mudslide in sierra leone. The president of the country says entire communities have been wiped out. Unemployment falls to the lowest level since 1975 but average earnings are still lagging behind inflation. Hms Queen Elizabeth the royal navys biggest ever warship sails into her new berth in portsmouth. Mps will look again at plans to silence big ben forfour years after the Prime Minister intervenes. Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Five. The government says there must be an unprecedented solution for the border between Northern Ireland and the republic, after britain leaves the eu. Ministers have published their proposals on the future relationship with ireland, and have called for a Seamless Border so that
The royal navys Flagship Carrier enters its home port of portsmouth for the first time. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News celtic play the first leg of their Champion League qualifier tonight at celtic park, they take on kazakhstan champions astana. Good evening and welcome to the bbcs news at six. After brexit, people and goods should be able to move seamlessly across the border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland, much as they do today. In their latest proposal for life outside the eu, ministers says there will be no return to check points and border posts. But critics say the plan raises as many questions as answers not least, whats to stop eu migrants coming into the uk from ireland through an unsupervised crossing . Our ireland correspondent, chris buckler, is in narrow water, on the irish border. Chris. George, people who live at this border rarely recognise it. But could all that to change once the other side of this water is still inside the eu and this part is
Will keep happening. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News celtic try to make the Champions League group stage for a Second Season in a row. Good evening. After britain leaves the eu, people and goods should be able to move freely across the border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland, much as they do today. Thats the governments ambition outlined in a paper published today. Ministers says they want no return to checkpoints and border posts. At the moment there are about 110 million border crossings every year. Northern ireland exports £21; billion worth of goods south of the border, thats nearly a third of all its exports, and imports £2. 7 billion worth. Critics of todays proposals say they lack credible detail and have raised concerns that an open border could become a back doorfor immigration from the eu. Our ireland correspondent Chris Buckler reports from the border, in narrow water. For more than 300 miles, Crossing Fields and bridges, roads and rivers, there is a
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