[Daily Mail]: Boris Johnson and Leo Varadkar emerged from last-ditch Brexit talks tonight insisting they can see the 'pathway to a deal' - as the clock runs down.
The PM and the Irish Taoiseach sounded an upbeat tone after meeting face-to-face in Cheshire to try and find a way through the deadlock.
In a joint statement, they said their three-hour discussions were 'detailed and constructive', and officials will continue to 'engage constructively'.
But it is far from clear as yet that there has been any substantive movement - with suggestions that neither side has shifted on the crucial customs issue.
Answering questions from reporters afterwards, Mr Varadkar again talked up the prospects of an accord being struck.
'I am absolutely convinced that both Ireland and Britain want there to be an agreement,' he said.
'It is possible to come to an agreement, to have a treaty agreed to allow the UK to leave the EU in an orderly fashion, and to have that done by the end of October.'
But in a word of caution he added: 'There is many a slip between cup and lip.'
He also stressed again that there must be 'no customs border between North and South' on the island of Ireland.
The media was shut out of today's event at luxury wedding venue Thornton Manor in the Wirral in a bid to maximise the chances of a breakthrough.
The two leaders are believed to have spent much of the session talking one-on-one, and went for a walk in the grounds before parting ways...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...
