PRESS DIGEST-Financial Times - March 18

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Theresa May pins Brexit deal hopes on last-minute DUP talks https://on.ft.com/2HxjfiT Northern Ireland's farmers urge DUP to back Brexit deal https://on.ft.com/2HoiPek

BBC should not pay for free licences for over-75s, says former director general Mark Thompson https://on.ft.com/2HrSs7u Overview

British Prime Minister Theresa May is hoping to push her Brexit deal through the parliament on winning over the Democratic Unionist party in last-minute talks on Monday. May is expected to table a third Commons vote on her Brexit deal on Tuesday or Wednesday. Northern Ireland's Ulster Farmers' Union president Ivor Ferguson is campaigning to get the Democratic Unionist Party to support UK Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal.

BBC's former director-general Mark Thompson has called on the British government to reverse its decision to make BBC carry the cost of free television licences for people over the age of 75. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)