and the stairs being perfected. and coming up on newswatch. we are devoting the whole programme to an interview with the outgoing director of news and current affairs,james harding. join us tonight at 7:45pm here, on bbc news. good evening and welcome to bbc news. eu leaders have agreed to move brexit talks on to the next phase, which will deal with the future relationship between britain and the eu once britain leaves. theresa may has called it an important step on the road to a smooth and orderly brexit. but the president of the european council, donald tusk, has warned it will be dramatically difficult to reach a final deal by march 2019. here s our political editor laura kuenssberg. the men with the message. part one is done. the european union is ready to grant the prime minister s wish and move on. she was a tough, smart, polite and friendly negotiator. and so we were able to conclude that sufficient progress has been made. to get this far on brexit, there has been
as steve smith wrested back all the momentum at the end of day two. thanksjohn and darren bett has all the weather temps dropping a bit? it will be cold and things changing gci’oss it will be cold and things changing across the weekend, i will tell you about that in a bit. a choir of people who cannot read but making music together. the eu has formally agreed to move to the next phase of talks on brexit. theresa may welcomed the move as an important step on the road to ensuring a smooth and orderly brexit. it is always a little bit chaotic toward the end of an eu summit, a bit like a feeding frenzy, all of these journalists running back bit like a feeding frenzy, all of thesejournalists running back and forward to different press conferences. there have been press conferences. there have been press conferences from emmanuel macron and ankara merkel and everyone reacting to the idea that the negotiation should move on to the next phase. the test of sufficient for progr
australia will resume 200 runs behind england s first innings total when play gets under way with their skipper steve smith unbeaten on 92. and the four year old boy left alone on his school minibus before trying to walk home. good evening and welcome to bbc news. eu leaders have agreed to move brexit talks on to the next phase, which will deal with the future relationship between britain and the eu once britain leaves. theresa may has called it an important step on the road to a ‘smooth and orderly‘ brexit. but the president of the european council, donald tusk, has warned it will be dramatically difficult to reach a final deal by march 2019. here s our political editor laura kuenssberg. the men with the message. part one is done. the european union is ready to grant the prime minister s wish and move on. she was a tough, smart, polite and friendly negotiator. and so we were able to conclude that sufficient progress has been made. to get this far on brexit, there h
relationship between britain and the eu. theresa may has called it an important step on the road to a ‘smooth and orderly‘ brexit. here s our political editor laura kuenssberg. the men with the message. part one is done. the european union is ready to grant the prime minister s wish and move on. she was a tough, smart, polite and friendly negotiator. and so we were able to conclude that sufficient progress has been made. to get this far on brexit, there has been some conflict and a lot of compromise. what is needed to get to the end of the next phase, and is theresa may s goal of a full agreement by march 2019 realistic? still realistic and, of course, dramatically difficult. the real negotiations on the second phase will start in march next year. i cannot say when these negotiations will be concluded. but i don t hope that i will have to have as early morning meeting with the british prime minister than the one i had last week. hopefully, with fewer last minute trips to
bbc northwest tonight obvious at the sports personality of the year. hello and welcome to viewers on the bbc news channel to the echo arena here in liverpool, a magnificent view this evening, and this is what it s all about. the bbc sports personality of the year trophy, 12 contenders who you have just seen, one of them will be crowned the winnerfor one of them will be crowned the winner for 2017 one of them will be crowned the winnerfor 2017 within one of them will be crowned the winner for 2017 within the space of a couple of hours this evening. we are going to be chatting to a lot of the stars from sporting scenes and entertainment scenes, as they make their way into the main event. first of all, before we get our first guest, let s take a lack at some of the amazing sports moments of 2017 some of the amazing sports moments of 2017 take a look. some of the amazing memories of 2017 which will be celebrated here tonight in liverpool at the echo arena at this year s spor