May races to revive Brexit talks as Irish border row threatens to drag into 2018

Efforts to break the logjam in the Brexit talks are set to intensify today.

Theresa May is facing a high-pressure race against time to make progress in Brexit talks amid a deadlock over the Irish border which threatens to drag on until the new year.

The British Prime Minister is hoping to make a new offer by Friday to satisfy both Ireland and the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party which props up her Government and scuppered a deal on divorce issues on Monday.