Police in Northern Ireland have said there was never credible intelligence that port authorities were at risk, undermining the decision to halt Brexit checks.
Inspections on goods entering Belfast and Larne were stopped last week when DUP politicians withdrew border staff after menacing graffiti branded them targets .
The suspension of checks - which have been now resumed - has since come under scrutiny after the province s most senior police chief insisted there was no evidence of a serious threat.
Inspections on goods entering Belfast and Larne were stopped last week when DUP politicians withdrew border staff after menacing graffiti branded them targets . Staff have now returned and were pictured at the port today
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It is day eight in a depot in Lymm just outside Warrington, Cheshire and a lorry carrying frozen carrots and mixed herbs is still waiting for clearance to board a ferry from Birkenhead to Belfast.
Six separate customers, supermarkets and corner stores have other consignments on truck, all stuck in Lymm because the paperwork for a single pallet of carrots is missing key information.
Hundreds of miles away in Lisburn in Northern Ireland, the haulage firm’s operations team have had no luck in persuading the British supplier that the carrots that were ordered on 27 December are now, in the third week in January, classed as an export and must be accompanied by a litany of documents and certificates before the trailer can be cleared to board the ferry at Birkenhead.
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Ministers are said to be drawing up plans to turn the UK into the Singapore of Europe by slashing taxes and restrictive EU imposed regulations post-Brexit. Boris Johnson hinted at the prospect of tax cuts for entrepreneurs just last month. During an online Facebook event with business leaders, Mr Johnson said that his government would examine the tax and regulation environment and would do everything to encourage and support business .
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Framar Health has been in the family for three generations. Justin Maconaghie’s dad opened the South Belfast health food shop 40 years ago. It has withstood the Troubles and multiple recessions but Brexit may prove to be the businesses biggest obstacle.
The shelves are beginning to look bare. Justin’s best sellers are out of stock and no one knows when the next delivery will be. This isn’t just a small delay on an order. This is no orders right now. The door has been closed, he explains.
Justin’s main suppliers are based in England and due to the new Brexit trading arrangements, they will not deliver to Northern Ireland.