UK and EU edge closer to deal on Brexit checks in Northern Ireland

Efforts are focused on removing rolling deadlines' from border control implementations, sources say

The UK is edging towards a new deal with the EU on Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland with the potential for easing border checks on certain goods.

Officials in London and Brussels have been involved in intense technical talks" in the past two weeks over the future checks on food, plants and parcels going from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.