and we start in northern ireland. the head of the civil service there has asked political parties, entitled to form a government at stormont, to meet her later this week. you'll remember that there is no functioning executive or assembly because of the democratic unionist pa rty�*s protest against post—brexit trade rules. the move comes after sinn fein became the largest party in local government after last week's election. live to belfast and our ireland correspondent, chris page. chris, this meeting called by the head of the civil service, what is likely to happen there? the meeting is auoin to likely to happen there? the meeting is going to focus _ likely to happen there? the meeting is going to focus on _ likely to happen there? the meeting is going to focus on really, - likely to happen there? the meeting is going to focus on really, i - is going to focus on really, i suppose, you can see the unenviable position of northern ireland's civil servants who are there because there are no elected politicians in office, no ministers in the devolved government at the moment. it's

falling to civil servants, and elected officials to decide how northern ireland can balance his books and in a recent budget published by the government in london, there are cuts on the table. so it's really down to senior officials in the light of the packed department of health and the department of health and the department for education who are going to have to decide exactly where cuts are made. officials think that on the whole, northern ireland is going to have to find savings of about £800 million over the next financial year. so what they head of the northern ireland civil service is going to want to talk to politicians about is to get their take on this and if there is going to be a restoration of the devolved government, she would also want to know where politicians were planning on taking policies for the departments that are facing these financial pressures and many pundits

and commentators certainly think that after the elections for the local councils which were held last week, we got the result is the weekend, there may be an increased likelihood that the stormont executive could come back and could be a pathway for its return over the coming months. how be a pathway for its return over the coming month-— be a pathway for its return over the cominu months. ., . . ., , coming months. how much closer does this brina coming months. how much closer does this bring northern _ coming months. how much closer does this bring northern ireland _ coming months. how much closer does this bring northern ireland to _ this bring northern ireland to having a government again? how impactful could it be? the decision is down to the _ impactful could it be? the decision is down to the dub _ impactful could it be? the decision is down to the dub that _ impactful could it be? the decision is down to the dub that under - is down to the dub that under power—sharing rules at stormont that for northern ireland —— democratic unionist party... the largest parties have to agree to go into government together and currently the democratic unionist party is refusing to do that and there has been no functioning government at stormont for 15 months. the dup says it's not going to appoint ministers to the stormont executive as long as it still has concerns over brexit trade barriers with the rest of the

uk. earlierthis trade barriers with the rest of the uk. earlier this year the uk government and eu announced a new deal announced and called the windsor framework which they think will help ease the passage of trade between great britain and northern ireland and pave the way for the dup to go back to power—sharing. we have heard that the dup leaderjeffrey donaldson talking about finishing thejob of donaldson talking about finishing the job of securing northern ireland place in the uk so many people are reading that as a desire by him to ultimately get the institutions up and running but he has stressed that he still wants more, particularfrom the uk government, more commitments before he leaves his party back into stormont. irate before he leaves his party back into stormont. ~ ., before he leaves his party back into stormont. ~ . , stormont. we will leave it there but thank ou stormont. we will leave it there but thank you very _ stormont. we will leave it there but thank you very much. _ stormont. we will leave it there but thank you very much. our— thank you very much. our correspondent chris paige from belfast. to bristol next where a primary school which is supporting families with housing, food and uniform says they've never had to work harder. the cost of living crisis, means

despite many families being in work, they can't afford the basics and the school is having to step in. our correspondent fiona lamdin spent the morning at evergreen primary academy in easton. you show us which one you would like today. it's 8am and it is breakfast club at evergreen academy, which is growing week on week. the school is providing it for free, so for me if i need to go to work, i know for sure they have a place here and they can have their breakfast and they can have time to play, and that is amazing. there are 145 students at this school. nearly half of them are on free school meals. just finding some children around the school that still haven't had breakfast. i'm just going to let them in. right, children, come on in. an unexpected second sitting means breakfast club is extended. and, while they finish eating, over in year two, this child is in charge of squeezing out toothpaste. this is the start of every school day. if you don't brush your teeth, your teeth will get bad. - if you don't brush your teeth,

your teeth will break. lots of families are really struggling to find a dentist, to have dentists, so itjust became one of the things that we wanted to provide for our children. and, while lessons start, julie is sorting out an overcrowded housing problem for one of herfamily. you live in 415? right, ok. when hamda and her husband moved to two years ago, they had no work, and so buying food and uniform was very difficult. so the school offered us food parcels i think twice a week. she says as a result of the help from the school, both she and her husband now work full—time. hamda is now doing well, but there are many other families who still need help. i am just packing a food parcel for a family, so i had a meeting with them last week and we talked about different roles, things i do to support families and i said about food parcels and they said they would like one. that's what i am doing this morning. just getting something ready for them that they can collect at the end of the school day.

and, on the other side of the school, we find sofia washing school uniform. one pupil doesn't have a washing machine. sometimes she comes with unclean uniform and some of the uniform you can see is old and tired. so i normally wash on fridays, or whatever, when i feel like i have got some time. this school, like so many others, is doing so much more thanjust teaching. fiona lambdin, bbc points west. the bbc�*s naga munchetty has revealed she has a debilitating womb condition. naga says that she lives with a constant pain that can become so acute that she has to scream. a flare—up at the weekend was so bad her husband called an ambulance. one in 10 women is thought to have adenomyosis, yet it can often go undiagnosed for years. this is what naga told her bbc radio 5 live listeners earlier today. right now, as i sit here talking to you, i am in pain.

constant, nagging pain. in my uterus, around my pelvis. sometimes it runs down my thighs. and i will have some level of pain for the entire show, and for the rest of the day, until i go to sleep. every so often, the pain changes and it becomes a stabbing pain and it takes my breath away. i can do nothing but sit with it for a minute, or curl up to cope. lam in pain because i have something called adenomyosis. you probably haven't heard of it. i hadn't either until i was told eight months ago that i have it. after decades of painful, heavy periods. periods that made me pass out, sweat, cry, moan, groan, curl up in a tight ball, having to sleep on a towel. i'd set myself an alarm every three hours at night to make sure i changed my tampon. a lifetime of being told, you are just unlucky, it's one of those things. a lifetime of changing my behaviour, adapting my plans, changing my life to cope with the pain.

and i am just one of many, many more women. there has been a huge response to the story. there has been a huge response to the story. now a story that has made us all smile in the newsroom today. a chipshop worker in whitby is helping his customers fend off unwanted attention by seagulls — by dressing as a giant bird of prey. corey grieveson patrols the quayside dressed as an eagle to discourage the seabirds. it comes as north yorkshire council is developing a "gull strategy" to deter the birds. phil chapman went to see him in action. meet eagle man corey, the human co deterrent. he has become something of a celebrity in whitby and even a hero for people trying to enjoy their chips and peas. i’zfe hero for people trying to en'oy their chips and peas. i've been doin: it their chips and peas. i've been doing it a while. _ their chips and peas. i've been doing it a while. i _ their chips and peas. i've been doing it a while. i do _ their chips and peas. i've been doing it a while. i do a - their chips and peas. i've been doing it a while. i do a couplel their chips and peas. i've been l doing it a while. i do a couple of days and the rest of the week i'm

now chasing seagulls. i have been here my whole life and i love eagles soaras here my whole life and i love eagles soar as the perfectjob for me. they are a nightmare and you will see people take their food away and they will get past these bins before they have had their food taken off them by the seagulls and their spending 30 quid for a mealfor by the seagulls and their spending 30 quid for a meal for the family and it's all gone. this works and then around now. he and it's all gone. this works and then around now.— then around now. he is a lovely little siegel scare. _ then around now. he is a lovely little siegel scare. he's - then around now. he is a lovely little siegel scare. he's going i then around now. he is a lovely| little siegel scare. he's going to no with little siegel scare. he's going to go with them — little siegel scare. he's going to go with them if— little siegel scare. he's going to go with them if he _ little siegel scare. he's going to go with them if he turned - little siegel scare. he's going to go with them if he turned a - little siegel scare. he's going to| go with them if he turned a bird. everyone — go with them if he turned a bird. everyone is— go with them if he turned a bird. everyone is loving _ go with them if he turned a bird. everyone is loving it _ go with them if he turned a bird. everyone is loving it at _ go with them if he turned a bird. everyone is loving it at the - go with them if he turned a bird. . everyone is loving it at the minute. there's people everybody asking for questions. one second. fir there's people everybody asking for questions. one second.— questions. one second. or the less drastic measures _ questions. one second. or the less drastic measures have _ questions. one second. or the less drastic measures have been - questions. one second. or the less drastic measures have been taken l drastic measures have been taken over the years including the installation of these colourful high backed designed to discourage muggings from the air. but every year the root problem remains in the north yorkshire council is

developing a global strategy to tackle it once and for all. county councillor has had his own encounter and he introduced us to sokol gull ali. ~ ., and he introduced us to sokol gull ali. . ., , and he introduced us to sokol gull ali. ~ ., , ., ali. we are preparing at gull strate: ali. we are preparing at gull strategy to _ ali. we are preparing at gull strategy to take _ ali. we are preparing at gull strategy to take action - ali. we are preparing at gull strategy to take action on i ali. we are preparing at gull. strategy to take action on these issues with specialist street cleansing, and we have had nest removal programmes where we removed 600 kilograms of excrement and rotting nests from a footbridge. our key messages do not feed the gull. people sit on these pensions and their— people sit on these pensions and their chucking chips to the siegel and it_ their chucking chips to the siegel and it doesn't help at all. we have no other— and it doesn't help at all. we have no other resort than scaring them away _ no other resort than scaring them awa . r . , no other resort than scaring them awa. ., ,, no other resort than scaring them awa. ., ,, away. and as tourists and birds try to share the _ away. and as tourists and birds try to share the coast, _ away. and as tourists and birds try to share the coast, cory _ away. and as tourists and birds try to share the coast, cory is hoping | away. and as tourists and birds try| to share the coast, cory is hoping a summerjob doesn't have turn into a long—term two term career choice. bbc look north, whitby. not all

heroes like apes, some were eagle costumes. it's time now for a look at the weather. —— capes. this week may not bring as a heat wave but it will feel warm when you get to see sunshine and it is going to be largely dry. it certainly hasn't been wall—to—wall sunshine everywhere so far today. this was suffolk earlier on. there was cloud in the sky with a cloud across central and eastern parts of scotland has been producing drizzle but that should be brightness here towards the end the day and we should the stripe of cloud across scotland and northern england and i could generate the odd shower and the highest temperatures across the west midlands and south east wales and south—west england are up to 20 through or 23 degrees. tonight will be predominantly dry with clear spells and variable amounts of cloud or perhaps cloudy weather in northern ireland and west of scotland were lighter on the night and in obituary for some of it with

one or two places down to four or 5 degrees. but the weather this week is dominated by this big egg —shaped area of high pressure extending in from the atlantic and that's going to keep things largely dry. winds coming in and around the top of that area of high pressure, not a particularly warm wind direction but not feeling too bad where you get sunshine and that will be sunshine but the best of that across eastern wales and then in scotland and northern ireland may squeeze the odd spot of drizzling places. temperatures are touchdown on today's values but regardless of the temperatures, if you have sunshine overhead, uv levels are moderate or high. so protect yourself if you are out for any length of time. into wednesday you will have a funk system pushing southwards across scotland and northern ireland, a weak affair with rain and certainly an area of cloud but to the south of that, sonny sponsoring and in wales and a warmer day with highs of around 20 or 21 degrees and a bit

cooler across the north—west of scotland. later in the week our area of high pressure is expected to move eastwards and that will keep things largely dry. depending on the exact shape of this high, the exact positioning of this hike, we may start a tap into some slightly warmer airfrom the start a tap into some slightly warmer air from the south—east and thatis warmer air from the south—east and that is open to question but there are signs that through the end of the week and into the weekend it could turn a little bit warmer for some of us are not heatwave and feeling pleasant in the sunshine.

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