Beyond its best before date. Also coming up, a day to forget for englands ashes side. Australia build on their massive first innings total after bowling england out for 227. And facebook is opening a new office in london today, creating 800 jobs. Good morning, it is monday the 4th of december and i am ben brown, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Britain and the European Union appear close to reaching a deal that will clear the way for the second phase of brexit talks. Eu sources said the two sides were nearing solutions, ahead of theresa mays meeting with the European Commission president , Jean Claude Juncker, in brussels this afternoon. Progress has been made on what happens to eu citizens currently living in the uk, as well as uk citizens living in the European Union. And there also appears to be agreement over how much the uk pays the eu, in what has become known as the brexit divorce bill. The last key Sticking Point however is what to do about the irish border. Negotiations on that w
Brussels, in the hope they can find that agreement by the time 27 eu leaders arrive here in brussels, in ten days time. Yes, plenty to talk about. We would bring you the latest analysis from brussels and westminster. The other main stories on bbc news at 5 nearly three quarters of a million children and pensioners in the uk have fallen into relative poverty over the past four years. Allegations about cabinet minister damian green. The head of the metropolitan police criticises two former officers for making public interventions. England take early australian second innings wickets, to give themselves the faint hope of a win in adelaide. Our main story the uk and European Union have failed to Reach Agreement today on a way ahead in the brexit talks. Theresa may said significant progress has been made. She was confident of a positive outcome, moore takes will take place later this week. The main issue . The tricky Northern Ireland border. We canjoin tricky Northern Ireland border. We can
To effectively compromised language, saying that there could be alignments in the future. So if you are going to use a certain chemical ina are going to use a certain chemical in a Food Processing plant, for example, would that be acceptable to both governments, north and south. But that is not to the satisfaction of the dup, who are saying that if you have a situation where the customs arrangements are devolved to the north and the uk goes its separate way, then step by step, we become more land to the south and we cannot have a separate agreement for the north of ireland. So prominent politicians are saying they are not happy with the wording. Thats a surprise, because we were just saying that surely they have been involved in the negotiation over the week, so at what point was the break in the language, and at what point where they not being consulted by the Irish Government about what might be in the document today . Christian, in terms of the timetable this afternoon, lets concent
The day in parliament. The government announces its scrapping a 55p a minute charge for its universal credit helpline. But the row over the benefit spills over into pmqs. Will the Prime Minister now pause universal credit and fix the problems before pressing ahead with the roll out . Why have we introduced universal credit . Its a simpler system, its a system that encourages people to get into the workplace. And labour forces a vote in the commons, calling for the roll out of universal credit to be paused. The ayes to the right 299. The noes to the left, zero. Also on this programme a minister promises a crackdown on rogue Property Management agents. And demands for a Public Inquiry into the use of surgical mesh implants. Women in their 30s, 40s, 50s are telling us that they are struggling to walk, theyve lost their sex life and suffered from horrendous pain day in, day out. But first the day began with work and pensions secretary david gauke appearing before mps to give evidence on th
Could all be a myth. Researchers looked at the Health Record of more than 3 Million People, Casting Doubt on the theory that some people can be healthy, despite being overweight. And she was famous for her Trademark Headscarf and pinny, now coronation streets hilda ogdens Trademark Items are going under the hammer, good morning. Its wednesday 17th may. Im Annita Mcveigh welcome to bbc Newsroom Live the white house has denied reports that donald trump asked former fbi Directorjames Comey to stop an investigation into the alleged links between one of his senior advisers and russia. Mr comey, who was sacked last week, is said to have recorded the comments in notes taken after a meeting with the president in february. David willis reports. Following a meeting of his Security Advisers back in february, President Trump waited for other officials to leave the room before taking then fbi director james comey to one side. The previous day, his National Security advisor, Michael Flynn, had been