Brexit: London and Brussels ponder Irish Sea border 'grace period'

The UK Government and EU are discussing an adjustment period allowing supermarkets time to get in line with paperwork requirements on shipping products from Britain to Northern Ireland after the end of the Brexit transition period. It follows a letter from the First and Deputy First Ministers requesting the European Commission to consider the special circumstances of UK supermarkets shipping here. They said it was unacceptable there was still uncertainty over how the protocol would operate, potentially affecting the supply of food. A possible breakthrough in...