prime minister rishi sunak is aiming to finalise a deal with brussels on post brexit northern ireland trade rules early this week some speculate as soon as tomorrow. government officials held talks with their counterparts in brussels on sunday in a bid to overcome some of the detail that is currrently unpallatable to some politicians in northern ireland. the so called northern ireland protocol has split political opinion since its inception in 2021. it is the trade deal that was agreed to ensure the free movement of goods across the irish land border after brexit. what do business leaders based in northern ireland think about these latest developments? joining me now is roger poland, head of the federation of small businesses northern ireland good to talk to you again. are you hopeful, are you with those who are domestic and think a deal could done this week? we are deal could done this week? - are hopeful of a deal being done this week and the last miles of the race are
westerly wind. with that we still got a lot of clout on wednesday and more rain around, especially western areas but you could see some of that rate moving to eastern parts during the afternoon. still quite breezy on wednesday put up those temperatures that could be higher everywhere, double the gears typically and widely i4 double the gears typically and widely 14 or 15 degrees despite the cloud and that developing rain. more weather fronts, cloud and that developing rain. more weatherfronts, those cloud and that developing rain. more weather fronts, those will move away overnight before this next low moves in on friday, we re and if shari west or south westerly airstream on thursday for the a lot of showers, particularly the western are, though showers will develop widely northward and eastward and heavy with hail and thunder mixed in. stronger winds across england and wales but to hear in the east temperatures could reach 16 or even 17 c.
wednesday. those temperatures will be higher in double figures and widely around 1a degrees despite the cloud met developing rain. that rain leads to more weather fronts and those move away before this next low moves in on friday, a shower he was the south westerly airstream on thursday and a lot of showers particularly for western areas of the shares would develop more widely pushing northwards in eastwards and it will be heavy with some hail and some thunder mixed in. struggle winds across england and wales but the year, temperatures can reach 16 or even 17 celsius. temperatures of a0 degrees,
ground around the midlands to the south. temperatures could actually reach 16 degrees celsius in eastern parts of the country. but where the clouds persist, more typically around 11 to 13 degrees. so that s monday. how about tuesday? a weather front is approaching which will introduce eventually colder air, but it s still to the west of us. we re ahead of it and ahead of it. we ve got that south westerly airstream and a lot of cloud around on tuesday and the cloud will be thick. i don t think there ll be many sunny spells developing on tuesday. temperatures still managing to reach around 11 to 13 degrees celsius. and then a change happens on wednesday. a cold front sweeps across the country and pushes the milder air towards the east. but it s not desperately cold air. in fact, we re expecting the temperatures to return to the seasonal norm. so, yes, it s a northerly from a cold direction, but it s not all that cold. i think it s going to feel colder because of the cloud and the rain an