Talks to secure a trade deal between the uk and the European Union are resuming later on monday. They broke up last night with the trickiest areas of disagreement like fishing richts, Competition Rules and enforcement of the deal remaining unresolved. If theres going to be a deal, it needs to be done by december 31st. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. Last night in brussels, the lights on, the talks ongoing. Huge amount at stake. It is serious. Its at 50 50 right now and i dont think one can be optimistic about resolution emerging. Speaking to some of the key principles here, this isa the key principles here, this is a very challenging issue to resolve, and particularly around the level playing field. There are three main sticking point, the so called level playing field, how any deal is enforced and fishing rights. Eu sources suggest a deal on fish is close. The british sources say it isnt. It seems the two sides cant even agree on what they disagree on. After todays ne
Line from edinburgh to glasgow. More patients than ever before attended a e units in england last month a record high of 2. 27 million. And for the first time in more than 500 years the two separated halves of Tintagel Castle will be reunited by a footbridge. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Police say an officer who was attacked with a machete in east london is seriously injured, but will recover. The policeman was stabbed several times after he tried to stop a van in leyton at around midnight. A man in his fifties has been arrested. In a tweet, the home secretary priti patel said shes horrified by the shocking stabbing of one of our Brave Police Officers and wished the officer a full recovery. Our correspondent andy moore is in east london. What is in east london. Do we knew so far . Mail, please say what do we knew so far . Mail, please say that it had been a routine patrol stopped. Two officers in a patrol stopped. Two officers in a patrol car so a large, white van and t
Michael gove says therell be a bail out fund for businesses hit by brexit. Real pay for millions of lower and middle income earners is lower than it was a decade ago, says the tuc. More than a Million People are evacuated from their homes as a powerful typhoon hits china. Liverpool make an ideal start to the season as they thrash newly promoted norwich 4 1 at anfield. And click reports on internet shutdowns in kashmir and a new car scanner in israel. If the Energy Regulator is demanding answers from the National Grid after a major blackout which struck large areas of england and wales yesterday evening. Around a Million People were affected by the power cut which led to major disruption for rail passengers, caused traffic lights to fail and left thousands of homes without electricity. The National Grid said the major power cut was a rare and unusual event caused by the almost simultaneous loss of power at a gas station and an offshore wind farm atjust before five oclock yesterday. In a
The family of a 15 Year Old Girl missing in malaysia thank the search teams who are scouring the jungle for her. We are extremely impressed with the effort, your expertise, your dedication. And we hope you find nora. More than a Million People are evacuated from their homes as a powerful typhoon hits china. And following the death of the Nobel Prize Winning author toni morrison, we have a special edition of talking books. Good afternoon. The Energy Regulator is demanding answers from the National Grid after a major blackout struck large areas of england and wales yesterday evening. Around a Million People were affected by the power cut, which led to huge disruption for rail passengers, caused traffic lights to fail, and left thousands of homes without electricity. The National Grid said the outage was a rare and unusual event caused by the almost simultaneous loss of power at a gas station and an offshore wind farm atjust before five oclock yesterday. In a statement, rwe, owners of the
The family of a 15 Year Old Girl missing in malaysia thank the search teams who are scouring the jungle for her. We are extremely impressed with the effort, your expertise, your dedication. And we hope you find nora. More than a Million People are evacuated from their homes as a powerful typhoon hits china. And click reports on internet shutdowns in kashmir and a new car scanner in israel. Thats in half an hour. Good afternoon. The Energy Regulator is demanding answers from the National Grid after a major blackout struck large areas of england and wales yesterday evening. Around a Million People were affected by the power cut, which led to huge disruption for rail passengers, caused traffic lights to fail and left thousands of homes without electricity. The National Grid said the outage was a rare and unusual event caused by the almost simultaneous loss of power at a gas station and an offshore wind farm atjust before five oclock yesterday. In a statement, rwe, owners of the power stat