tonight at 6.00 — theresa may's mission to brussels — but she fails to break the deadlock in brexit talks. this was meant to be the day that opened the way to the next stage of brexit talks. some issues do remain that require further negotiation and consultation. ireland claims there was an agreement on the border question, but the dup has objected to the plan. we have been very clear. northern ireland must leave the european union on the same terms as the rest of the united kingdom. i'm surprised and disappointed that the british government now appears not to be ina british government now appears not to be in a position to conclude what was agreed earlier today. so will both sides make enough progress before next week's eu summit? also tonight: the fight against poverty in britain — researchers say the gains of the past few

years are unravelling. the supermarket that's not doing what it says on the tin — the co—op sells food that's past it best before date. england's bowlers to the rescue in the second ashes test — but australia still have the upper hand. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news — he was told he'd never walk again. meet the man who defied the doctors to win a boxing title. good evening. this might have been

the day that theresa may and the eu could signal there was enough progress in the brexit talks to move onto the next stage, but it was not to be. the main obstacle is the border between northern ireland and the republic. earlier today, border between northern ireland and the republic. earliertoday, it seems the issue about the border had been resolved, but the dup objected to the suggestion that northern ireland should be treated differently to the rest of the uk. ireland's prime minister accused theresa may of backing off an agreement. here to reveal the deal, or was it slippery when wet? the prime minister didn't exactly looked delighted, but after weeks of trying to gripa delighted, but after weeks of trying to grip a deal, it seemed it was on. she'd only parked up for lunch, but it turned into a long lunch, and then later and later. by tea—time, look at theirfaces. then later and later. by tea—time, look at their faces. off for the day. we have been negotiating hard and a lot of progress has been made,

and a lot of progress has been made, and on many of the issues there has been a common understanding. it's clear we wa nt been a common understanding. it's clear we want to move forward together, but on a couple of issues, some differences remain which require further negotiation and consultation, and those will continue, but we will reconvene before the end of the week, and i'm confident we will conclude this positively. didn't feel very positively. didn't feel very positive this afternoon. despite our best efforts and significant progress, we and our teams have made, over the past days, progress, we and our teams have made, overthe past days, but progress, we and our teams have made, over the past days, but there remain some issues. it was not possible to reach a complete agreement today. but eager meps this morning. saying, we are the team. relatively sure that the uk government would give enough to make it work, despite what has been

described as a contradiction over the irish border. as long as we have the irish border. as long as we have the commitment there will be full alignment, there will be no problem. the text includes a concession from the british government over the northern irish border? is that a surprise to you? the british government created eight contradiction. we have to be sure that on citizens rights, everything is ok. watch this. as suggestions of a deal became the accepted truth, the dup, whose support theresa may needs, slammed on the brakes. we have been very clear. northern ireland must leave the european union on the same terms as the rest of the united kingdom, and we will acce pt of the united kingdom, and we will accept any form of regulatory diversions separating northern ireland. as time ticked on, 20

minutes later, theresa may broke off her meetings in brussels to phone arlene foster. the dup made it plain, i understand, they could not support the proposed deal. the precise opposite to the irish leader who has pushed and pushed, and talks of his shock. i'm surprised and disappointed that the british government now appears not to be in a position to conclude what was agreed earlier today. i accept that the prime minister has asked for more time and i know she faces many challenges. i had knowledge she is negotiating in good faith. despite all the hope, the negotiating teams leave brussels today without a deal. those close to her claim it's not just the reliance on the dup that sank today's deal. she was meant to be home by now, but theresa may is still talking. no further steps forward. as we've been hearing,

the issue of the irish border proved the major sticking point today. our ireland correspondent, chris buckler, has been looking at why the border has proved so contentious, he joins us live from on the border near newry. all along this border, you will find former customs posts like this. no one wants a return to this, or what has been called a hard border, but unionists have asked questions about what could be the price for that. they feel it could be closer ties to the republic of ireland and potentially closer divisions within the uk, specifically between northern ireland and britain. that is politically sensitive, and awkward for theresa may, given her reliance on the dup in the commons. the journey to a brexit deal is proving far from easy. the uk and the eu still have to find a way through the many problems posed by these border roads. the irish government are insisting that there should be no change along the 310 miles that connect northern ireland and the republic, that this should remain an invisible border.

south of the dividing line in dundalk, which will stay a part of the european union, people started the day believing there was a prospect of a december deal and for owners of shops like this, keeping trading rules and regulations the same across this island would be quite a gift. there's no restrictions at all. if you take stuff down, you can take it with you in the morning, you don't have to go through the customs. i remember what it was like, you lost a day going the customs in newry and dundalk. after a while, it's like everything else, when it's gone a while, you forget how bad it was, you know. but the dup hold quite a few cards in what is proving to be a grown—up game of poker. they worry that the trade—off for ensuring customs posts don't return to this island's roads to be new divisions and trading differences within the uk. potentially new checks at ports for ships travelling between northern ireland and britain, what has been called a border in the irish sea. and north of the border in newry, many felt the conservatives had no

choice but to listen to the democratic unionists, because they hold the balance of power at westminster. may needs the dup at the moment. could that scupper this deal? i think it might because if they pull the plug, it will be a general election. still part of the uk, so that's the way it will work. but these are towns which rely on your euros as well as pounds, and they worry that any border could put off visitors and their cash. you see, if they put a hard border, it would more or less destroy towns like newry and enniskillen, the border towns. currently, it seems difficult to see a way out of the negotiations that will satisfy everyone, but the government needs to come up with solutions for this border and fast. chris buckler, bbc news, newry. in a moment we'll talk to our political editor to our political editor laura kuenssberg, but first to our europe editor, katya adler. cacia, they obviously got close to

some sort of agreement. what is the reaction there now? brussels has been left a bit open—mouthed this evening. no one involved in the negotiations saw this coming. the eu had its pens metaphorically poised to sign off on the next phase of brexit negotiations. negotiations had at the back of their mind that ireland might perhaps put a brake on the breakthrough in the talks, but it seems the dup was the understudy for that role, striving to set the stage at the last moment, all while the prime minister was having a power working lunch with the european commission chief. eu diplomats describe how the prime minister found herself with her back against the wall and the prospect of her government crumbling. they are not sure what is going to happen next. there is lots of brave talk

today that what happened today was not a failure, and that the two sides are closer than ever before on key brexit issues. that is true, but there is a return to frustration again in eu circles that the european parties find themselves treading brexit water while waiting for internal politics to play out in the uk. thank you. we can now talk to laura. the dup has its objections, the irish prime minister is disappointed. where does this leave theresa may tonight? in a tricky spot. nothing about this was ever going to be easy, but this unexpected turn of events today has left her looking pretty embarrassed. does it mean it is all over? of course not. sometimes in these talks there has to be a dustup before there has to be a dustup before there is a breakthrough. each side very much wants a deal. but is there

a clear way through? an obvious solution to this stand—off? not at all. in terms of getting to that deal, theresa may knows she cannot please all of the people all at the time. but she has to be able to please enough of the people enough of the time to be able to get all the different factions to come together at the critical moments, and it seems today that so much effort had gone almost at that point for her only to have her plans dashed by that small, northern irish party on whose support she relies on at home. this is going to be a difficult few days. we might see her back here by the end of the week. she knew today wouldn't be straightforward, but today was a shock she could have done without. there was no way theresa may would have come to brussels today unless she believed a deal was extremely close. the british side have made a

mis—judgement here, and no one quite knows what will happen next. thank you. there's been a big increase in the number of children and pensioners in poverty — that's according to thejoseph rowntree foundation. the charity says that, over the past four years, an extra 700,000 children and pensioners in the uk fell into so—called "relative poverty". that's defined as households with less than 60% of the median income — that's the middle value of all incomes. the foundation says it's the first time in 20 years that these groups have seen sustained rises. our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, reports. here you are, francis, haven't you had any yet? this drop—in centre is a second home to flo singleton, a source of friendship, laughter and warmth. the 84—year—old has seen her pension increase in recent years, but pension credit, a benefit paid to the poorest pensioners, has not been similarly protected. she lives on £160 per week. it is a struggle, says flo. if you go out, you don't have to have your heating on, do you? trouble is, once it's dark

in the evenings now, and cold, you have to put your heating on, don't you? so you go on the bus just to keep warm? yeah. well, you know! yeah! it's lovely and warm on the bus. and then you sort of try and extend it as long as you can. even though you've got to nowhere to go? yeah. it's mad, isn't it? the number of people in absolute poverty, not having enough food or water to live on, has fallen by 500,000 since 2010, say ministers. but today's figures refer to relative poverty, having a lot less than most other people. since 1994—95, the number of people in relative poverty has fallen slightly. for pensioners, the decrease was quite dramatic then started rising. child poverty also fell, albeit most likely.

—— more slightly. then it too began increasing. from around 2012, we finally saw wages outstrip inflation once more so that meant incomes particularly middle—income households started to grow in real terms. that meant they started to pull further away from those on low incomes who over the same period were also affected by cuts to benefits. the mantra has long been, if you're poor, get a job, and for most people, that is indeed the case. but increasingly for the poor, it is not true. today's report finds that one in eight workers don't earn enough money to avoid being in poverty. when cameron was born, his mother karla had to give up work. living on basic benefits has been trying. she has sometimes had to skip meals. but now he is six months old, the single mum would like to return to work but she fears being unable to find flexible childcare for a zero hours job as a learning disability support worker.

i really did want to be able to go back to work. it just isn't reliable enough and secure enough. i need and he needs security, stability. we need routine. and without that, it's never going to be a settled life. the government say they are spending £90 billion a year supporting working age people in need. such sums are not, however, preventing increasing numbers of people from falling into poverty. michael buchanan, bbc news. our top story this evening. theresa may fails to break the deadlock in the brexit talks. the irish border isa the brexit talks. the irish border is a key sticking point. and still to come, paisley in scotland, the town bidding to become the uk's city of culture. coming up in the sport,

a glimmer of hope for england's cricketers as they take four quick rockets on day three of the second ashes test. they are 1—0 down in the five match series. the uk wastes 7 million tonnes of food each year and now a major retailer is aiming to help in the battle to cut that waste by continuing to sell food beyond its best before date. east of england co—op has 125 stores and will now sell dried and tinned foods for 10p when they reach the date they are best eaten by. our business correspondent emma simpson has been to one store in colchester. everything we eat has a shelf life, but would you be willing to buy food which is past its best? plenty of shoppers at this small convenience store did, once they found out the price. they‘ re 10p, for a whole

bag of pistachios. oh, my life! 10p. right, yeah. i'll have them. yeah? got a deal? yeah. here's how it works... any tinned or dried goods passed the best before date end up in these boxes at a knock—down price, instead of going to waste. labels can be confusing. the use by date tells you when a product is safe to eat. the best before label simply tells you when food is at its best. it's still safe to eat after the recommended date, and too much of it is ending up in the bin. it's reckoned households across the uk wasted 7.3 million tonnes of food last year. most of it could have been eaten, or, putting it another way, it's the equivalent of £13 billion worth of wasted food. to stop some of its store cupboard items going to landfill, this chain decided to do something new.

we wanted to be brave about it, so we just checked the legality out, it was legal, so why not do it? do you think the big retailers should do it as well? i think everybody should do it. if i think it's a disgrace that we're wasting so much food. and most of us shoppers agree. there are a lot of people who can't afford a lot of expensive stuff, so i think it will really work. i think it's a great idea by the co—op. a lot of the time if it's best before, you can have it, can't you, the next day or something? it doesn't matter. small—scale it is, but it's sure popular here. could this best before bargain box kick—start other retailers to follow suit? emma simpson, bbc news, colchester. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, has suggested two retired officers who alleged pornography was found on a cabinet minister's computer could be prosecuted, if it's found to be untrue. bob quick and neil lewis claimed that pornography was found

on a computer seized from the mp's parliamentary office nine years ago. mr green denies watching or downloading pornography on the machine. funding to a flagship british government aid project has been suspended following a bbc panorama investigation. the programme found aid money was being diverted to extremists, known for their brutality. the foreign office says it's looking into the allegations. jane corbin reports. britain is one of the main funders of the free syrian police, set up to bring security to areas held by the opposition. but documents obtained by panorama reveal that some police stations were handing over 20% of salaries to the extremist group nour al—din al—zenki. the compa ny‘s internal documents make it clear that zenki's misuse of the funds, essentially british funds, sets a dangerous precedent, but they didn't stop. they went on.

the company which runs the aid project, adam smith international, or asi, say they recommended stopping the funding, but the donors, including the british government, initially disagreed. funding to the station wasn't stopped until ten months after the payments were first discovered. the police also support zenki's barbaric justice system. mahmud bitar says he was tortured in the zenki prison in 2014. it was just before asi took over the contract, but britain was already funding the free syrian police. mahmud says these police officers were his prison guards. they were there 21w. they are there all the time, and, of course, the free syrian police knew about what's going on.

they knew, of course. panorama also discovered the police officers were present at the stoning of two women in another part of northern syria. we spoke to someone who worked for asi but didn't want to be identified. asi said the stoning was only five weeks after the company took over the project, and the men were not formally officers. they'd since been removed permanently. the foreign office has suspended funding while it investigates panorama's allegations. jane corbin, bbc news. and you can watch the full programme — panorama: jihadis you pay for,

tonight at 7.30, on bbc one. cricket and australia remain in command of the second ashes test in adelaide, despite a fightback from england. australia bowled england out for 227 but were then reduced to 53—4 at the end of the third day. our sports correspondent andy swiss was watching. when it comes to batting, adelaide has seen the best. the home of the great sir donald bradman and the fans descending on the oval were about to see how not to do it, as england threw away their wickets, their hopes and perhaps the ashes. james vince and joe root both went tamely, hardly the captain's innings he'd hoped for. and when alastair cook served up yet more catching practice, england were staring at humiliation. but if they were brittle, australia were brilliant. nathan lyon's dazzling caught and bowled followed by an even better one, mitchell starc showing the reflexes of a juggler, as australia tightened their grip.

by the time the final wicket fell, england were still a massive 215 behind. game surely over. but then a twist. australia could have made the visitors bat again, deciding not to. bad choice. under the floodlights, england's bowlers sparkled. two early wickets forjimmy anderson, two for chris woakes, including the big one, captain steve smith. australia 53—4 at the close. it may be faint but england finally have a sliver of hope. well, australia's fans will still be heading home pretty happy with their team's position but england's bowlers have at least given them heart after that early batting collapse. a tense end, then, to a dramatic day. verbals exchanged as the players left the pitch. england will be hoping they could yet have the last word. andy swiss, bbc news, adelaide. paisley in scotland is in the running to become the uk city of culture 2021.

except it's not a city, it's a town — the first town ever to make it on the shortlist. it's competing against coventry, stoke, sunderland and swansea for the title. the winner, to be announced this week, will host a year—long celebration of arts, music and culture, which has proved a huge economic success for the current holder, hull. in the second of our five profiles, lorna gordon has been meeting spoken word poets of paisley. i love paisley. they're creative, pretty, full of magic and fun. this tired, weary, brownfield site. you were built on threads that had been ripped apart or taken away to lands anew. one, two, three... hi! they are the poets of paisley. their verse, the town through their eyes. people have this kind of perception of the working class, like, it's just all grey and dull and scraping by, but i think like culture or something, it's kind of helped me kind

of become who i am today. yeah, we've lost all these old things, and there's been a lot of decline and a lot of bad things happening in the town. what can we do now instead? paisley was known the world over for the pattern which bears its name. it was a town that built its fortunes on thread. but when the mills closed, thousands ofjobs went with them. its heyday was over. my mum was a mill girl, like thousands of people here. she had a great sense of camaraderie and we are tapping into that heritage and that sense of vibrancy with our bid, and really doing it for towns up and down the land. the challenges here are not unique. an empty high street. a larger, more prosperous neighbour in glasgow. a sense of a town left behind. paisley is a town, not a city, but those behind its bid believe this could work in its favour and if it wins, it could not only inspire but show the way to other,

smaller urban areas, so often overlooked. projects like this, working in one of scotland's most deprived communities, are helping to reinvent this place, putting culture at its heart. for too long, paisley‘s been the poster boy of poverty. that's not who we are. there's so much culture going on here, so much aspiration and potential and people need to stop looking at the weeds and focus on the flowers. they are daring to dream here that their time has come but win or lose, paisley‘s cultural flourishing will continue. lorna gordon, bbc news, paisley. time for the weather with ben. stunning picture. it is and it was a stunning end to the day. and parts of the country, not all, there was cloud in places but sunshine as well and this picture came from east yorkshire. we

will keep this fairly quiet weather as we had through tomorrow, the best of the brightness today has been in eastern areas, more cloud further west as you can see on the satellite. that will continue to work its way eastwards this evening and night. rather cloudy and perhaps damp conditions over some hills in the west but if you see any breaks in the cloud for any length of time, you could see some fog patches forming by tomorrow morning. most places holding several degrees above freezing but again if the cloud clears overhead, don't be surprised if you get a touch of frost for tomorrow morning. tomorrow in many ways a similar day, lots of cloud but some breaks and sunny spells, the best of those once again to be found in eastern areas. the beginnings of a change further north west, strengthening winds, outbreaks of rain into north—west scotland, temperatures around where they should be for the time of year and as we had through night, wind strengthening even further, up to the north—west. that sets us up for

wednesday as things start to change more dramatically, really strong winds in the west, could be gales later in the day as outbreaks of rain squash in from the atlantic. for the time being, it will be really mild, 11 or 12 degrees, the mildest day of the week but it won't last. a big changes coming, courtesy of this, a deep low—pressure system swinging through during wednesday night, bringing very wet and windy weather and it will also, as it clears away, open the floodgates to this really cold air from the arctic. thursday might start of mild and wet in places but by friday, a cold northerly wind, some sunshine and snow showers, too. big changes on the way. that's all from the bbc news at six , so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. this is bbc news, the headlines. close but not close enough — this was meant to be the day that opened the way to the next stage of brexit talks.

some issues do remain that require further negotiation and consultation. ireland claims there was an agreement on the border question. but the dup has objected to the plan. iam i am surprised and disappointed that the british government appears now not to be in a position to conclude what was agreed earlier today. child and pensioner poverty in britain — researchers say the gains of the past few years are unravelling. the supermarket that's not doing what it says on the tin — the co—op sells food that's past it best before date.