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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said Britain should prepare for a no-deal Brexit, even as UK and EU negotiators indicated a last-minute free trade agreement could be reached.
With just over two weeks to go until Britain leaves the EU single market, preparations have been stepped up as fears grow about the impact of customs checks and congested ports.
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A no-deal would mean Britain trading with the EU on World Trade Organization terms, with tariffs and quotas. The most immediate impact arising from a no-deal is likely to be food supplies, where there probably will be some shortages and some price rises, Jonathan Portes, professor of economics and public policy at King s College, London, told AFP.
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Like a punch in the stomach , is how Megan Willis felt on hearing that her eight-week-old baby with partner John Hall had a life-limiting muscle-wasting disease. It was devastating almost too much, too painful to process, says Megan, 29, an events manager, who lives with John, 36, a retail manager, in Colchester, Essex.
Little Edward has the genetic condition spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), in which the lack of a protein called SMN, vital for muscle development and movement, results in progressively weaker muscles.
Until three years ago there was no treatment and babies affected by Type 1 the most severe form gradually lost the use of their muscles before dying, usually before age two as a result of breathing problems caused by weak chest muscles.
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