EU officials withdrawn from Northern Ireland ports following threats to staff from loyalists | The Independent

EU officials are being withdrawn from ports in Northern Ireland following threats to staff from loyalists, in a further blow to the Brexit deal.

Brussels said it was adopting the stance taken by local councils, warning: “We have asked them not to attend their duties today and we will continue to monitor the situation.”

UK food inspections were suddenly suspended at Belfast and Larne ports following an “upsurge in sinister and menacing behaviour in recent weeks”.