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Downing Street last night warned that striking a Brexit trade deal will now be ‘very difficult’ unless Brussels drops its demands over fishing and state aid. The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier travelled to London yesterday for informal talks with UK counterpart David Frost amid growing gloom about the chances of a breakthrough. Formal talks will resume next week, but ministers warn privately that, with the two sides still far apart, there is little sign of progress with only a month left to strike a deal.  Failure to reach an agreement by the beginning of October would mean the UK leaving without a deal when the Brexit transition period finishes at the end of this year.  The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier (pictured right) travelled to London yesterday for informal talks with UK counterpart David Frost (pictured left) amid growing gloom about the chances of a breakthrough The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said a deal was ‘still possible and still our goal’, but added:

A man is accused of randomly assaulting several people on a Wollongong street, including a pregnant woman. About 11.45am on Tuesday officers from Wollongong Police District were patrolling Corrimal Street, Wollongong, when they came across a man allegedly punching members of the public. A man is accused of randomly assaulting several people on a Wollongong street, including a pregnant woman Police have been told the man approached a woman - who is seven months pregnant - and deliberately barged into her, knocking her into a fence. No one was injured as a result of the incident. A 46-year-old man was arrested and taken to Wollongong Hospital for assessment, before being taken to Wollongong Police Station, where he was charged with common assault. The man was refused bail and will appear in Wollongong Local Court on Wednesday.

Even after all this time, they still don’t understand us. The European Union clearly expects Britain, once again, to surrender its fishing grounds and betray its coastal communities for the sake of a wider, post-Brexit free trade agreement with Brussels. Why else would the EU’s lead negotiator, Michel Barnier, display such intransigence as a no-deal scenario looms closer? Rather than banking the uncontroversial parts of a UK-EU free trade deal, Barnier, who arrived in London yesterday for last-ditch talks, insists that a UK ‘cave-in’ on fisheries is a pre-condition for agreement on, well, anything else. After all, as Eurocrats keep assuring one another, fishing accounts for barely 0.1 per cent of the UK economy. Ruinous Is it really conceivable, they ask, that Boris Johnson will jeopardise the interests of Britain’s banking, insurance and investment industries for the sake of what has become almost a heritage industry? They choose to ignore the reality that no British government could

Democratic nominee Joe Biden is expected to report a record-smashing $350 million-plus fundraising haul for the month of August.  The New York Times first reported the campaign and the Democratic National Committee had topped $300 million, which already beat President Barack Obama's best haul of $193 million in September 2008.  Later Tuesday, Bloomberg reported the number was closer to $350 million and going up.  Vice President Joe Biden and the Democrats raised more than $350 million to go toward the November election, according to reporting from Bloomberg  Joe Biden's fundraising haul comes the same week that many of President Donald Trump's television ads were taken off the airwaves, as his campaign is in a brief money-saving mode  August marked Biden's announcement of running mate, Kamala Harris, a California senator who had run her own bid for president before dropping out in December.  With the pick of Harris, Biden made history by adding the first woman of color

Kanye West has claimed he spent $50 million on his Sunday Service last year. The 43-year-old rapper made the claim during an interview with Nick Cannon on his podcast, Cannon's Class, on Tuesday. 'I spent every dime that I have for marketing from Yeezy on Sunday Service. Every dollar I had,' said the Gold Digger hitmaker.  Big bucks: Kanye West has claimed he spent $50 million on his Sunday Service last year The father-of-four continued, 'I spent $50 million last year on Sunday Service if you add up the operas, if you add up the flights. It was 120 people going to Jamaica.'  'The Yeezys, they were selling themselves. So instead of paying for ads, I invested it in the church. I invested in spreading gospel. I invested in saying Jesus' name on high.' West began his weekly religious ceremonies-cum-concerts in January 2019, and soon moved the invitation-only events from the Calabasas property he shares with wife Kim Kardashian to a US and later internation

The influence that Marcus Rashford wields extends way beyond his campaign to put food on the tables of those struggling with the stigma attached to asking others for help. A message to the family of a six-year-old who died when he was hit by a car while riding his bike. Recognition of a child's school project, sent in by the boy's mother. Thanks to warehouse staff delivering food to those in need. The responses to his tweets on these subjects range from 31,000 to 82,000. Some perspective here. The Prime Minister's tweet on the reasons to 'get kids back to school' had garnered around 9,500 responses on Tuesday night. Marcus Rashford is using his social media following to help tackle serious issues off the pitch The concept they all talk about in the world of lobbying and PR is 'authenticity' and Rashford — who has now formed a taskforce with some of the UK's biggest food brands to try to help reduce child food poverty — brings it in abundance. He was born

‘So long as I keep performing week in, week out for Everton, I will have the chance to stay England No 1.’ Jordan Pickford October 2018 He knew the requirements. It had been a whirlwind four months in which he had become a national hero after starring in a World Cup shootout and signed a bumper new Everton contract, but Pickford had not lost sight of what was expected. Consistency was demanded, improvement too. Pickford was riding high, enjoying the plaudits that came following a sparkling performance during England’s first win in Spain for 31 years, but he was ready to take it up again. Jordan Pickford finds himself in dangerous waters with his England position under real threat The idea he would not start the European Championship between the posts for England was unthinkable back then, but here we are. The dip in Pickford’s form means he begins the campaign with questions to answer for club and country. Gareth Southgate handed Pickford his first major international call-up five year