EU and UK teams pin hopes on 'tunnel' talks to deliver Brexit deal

Both sides hope imminent Brussels summit will lead to decisive secret negotiations

British and EU Brexit negotiators have renewed belief that the bloc's leaders will be able to usher in an intense and decisive tunnel" negotiation for the last weeks of October when they meet at a summit in Brussels on Thursday.

A meeting between the UK's chief negotiator, David Frost, and his EU counterpart, Michel Barnier, in London on Friday morning was said by diplomatic sources to have been positive, with the negotiating teams now due to reengage on Monday.