EU and UK agree on text for Irish border, reports

The UK and the EU have reached an agreement on Brexit that avoids a hard border with the North.

Its reported the deal has been done on a "technical level" and negotiations are ongoing on the finer points of the text.

The British Prime Minister will put the draft agreement to her cabinet at a meeting tomorrow afternoon.

Government ministers have been called to individual meetings at Number 10 Downing Street for briefings with Theresa May.

News of the draft deal is a significant breakthrough and could pave the way for a November summit of EU leaders to endorse the text.

Here government sources are insisting they haven't seen a proposed deal yet.