in belfast, whenjohnny evans right there. in belfast, whenjohnny eva ns was right there.is leisure, northern ireland were jubilant. justifiably. but three minutes later, belarus equalised with a shop which deflected into an agonising loop. northern ireland bosman qualification hopes needed victory here. all the players knew it. josh mcguinness wanted. that's merit is still hard to beat. joe wilson, bbc news. —— spirit. the other match in northern ireland's group this evening was between the netherlands and germany in amsterdam. it was 2—2 and heading for a draw before substitute marco reus set up nico schulz to win it for germany in the 90th minute. the result means that northern ireland top group c at the moment, although they have played a game more than the germans. arsenal are top of the women's super league table after a 5—1 win over liverpool. vivienne miedema scoring arsenal's fifth goal as they moved one point clear of title rivals manchester city, and they still have a game in hand. paul casey has retained his valspar championship title in florida. casey led by o

rebecca is from a protestant area in belfast. naomi lives in a catholic district.and, to this day, they go to segregated schools and they live in segregated neighbourhoods. until recently, neither girl had any friends from the other side of the wall. hi. i think she's just so funny! she isjust, like, such a friendly person. you wouldn't normally think that when you look at her! it's not often that two people from two different communities would be able to come together and have such a good friendship. i was in belfast to report on the signing of the good friday agreement 21 years ago, a time of hope that the sectarian divide which scarred this beautiful land could be healed. but there are now more walls like this than there were back then, and they're longer and higher than ever. the work to bring true and lasting peace in northern ireland remains urgent. i'm going to squeeze and you're going to pass that squeeze on. in recent years, hundreds of millions in eu funds have been spent supporting peace projects, focusing on northern ireland's children. most of the teen

he goes the other way from dublin to belfast that will not have to pay an import tariff based on theset forward. that puts northern ireland businesses that have asked us an advantage they say that they have been thrown under the bus and abandoned what they had been hung out to dry. the timing of this is crucial. they don't get journalist out of bed that early in the morning unless there is a political incentive. there we were in westminster being told this set six a:m.. they had an emergency cabinet meeting and all of this was coincided to come before this crucial vote today and they were saying was if you really want to push no deal look at our contingency plan. it will be absolutely crucifying for you. that's a very strong message to try and sandy but it's a huge gamble to effectively create a no deal backstop of the uk prospect on creation where they are treated different from the rest of the uk that being the entire premise on which we cannot allow the withdrawal agreement to pass anyway. if you look at the metro it's a total no—no, and they say they lose the bargaining chip but by

of violence were put to an end in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight with the good friday or belfast peace agreement but for the hard line republicans the fight for a united ireland isn't over young people like paddy gallagher see a hard break sit as their golden opportunity to reclaim the north from great britain. the unfinished revolution miral identifies this building as a local headquarters of northern ireland's most dangerous political party c route irish for liberation the party demands the unification of ireland it was founded in twenty sixteen just three months after the break that referendum. passes shop carry souvenirs of what they describe as the heroic struggle against the british occupation of northern ireland. the public face of syria is party spokesman twenty six year old paddy gallaher. he's living proof the irish nationalists are finding young recruits. the directed referendum had the effect of driving even more young people into the radicals arms. speak up your people within our communities i can understand. it will be angry if if there is. a for infrastructure but

and others repeatedly, our commitment to all the undertakings that were given in and flow from the belfastiminished and always will do so while this government is in office. finally, i thought that the honourable gentlemen painted a caricature of this government's attitude towards scotland and the scottish people. i want to go into the political knock—about, i am tempted to go to work. but i would say this. it is a bit rich for the honourable gentlemen to give lectures about respecting the results of a referendum... hear, hear! window but he —— when what his name party leaders said, now airbrushed out of history... laughter his then party leaders said was a once ina his then party leaders said was a once in a generation opportunity to vote for the scottish independence, was put to the people of scotland, it was rejected decisively. ijust wish the honourable gentlemen would accept that mandate from the scottish people. my right honourable friend has referred to these documents being available on the table tonight. when will they be placed? table tonight. when will they be placed ? can we ta

northern ireland play belarus in their next group c game in belfast on sunday.ed on thursday when they won their opener at home to estonia 2—0 but with games against netherlands and germany to come this is a game they need to win and manager michael o'neill says they're ready for belarus in belfast. we are in a good place and ready to play. it will make life difficult for us, but i think they'll have may be more of a threat and we give them the respect that they deserve. they've had a good league, we are guaranteed a playoff for euro 2020. we try to break the group down and we are between halves really, the second set going against estonia, double—header, another one in june, and then we can analyse it after that when we get to september, october and november fixtures and have some of the top games in germany, it will be difficult but we wa nt germany, it will be difficult but we want to put ourselves in a position where we've got everything to play for. bad news for wales — aaron ramsey will miss their opening qualifier against slovakia tomorrow. he's returned

northern ireland play belarus in their next group c game in belfast on sunday.is both scored on thursday when they won their opener at home to estonia 2—0 but with games against netherlands and germany to come this is a game they need to win. and manager michael 0'neill says they're ready for belarus in belfast. bad news for wales — aaron ramsey will miss their opening qualifier against slovakia tomorrow. he's returned to his club arsenal for treatment on a leg injury, he didn't play in the i—nil friendly win over trinidad and tobago on wednesday. the pressure is on scotland, already, afterjust one game. they should get some relief against san marino on sunday, but they endured such a miserable start to their campaign earlier in the week when they lost to kazakhstan — ranked 117 in the world all bets are off. so after the biggest defeat in a competitive match as scotland manager how does alex mcleish prepare for their next qualifier and what do the fans make of it? to be brutally honest, it's embarrassing, an absolute embarrassment from start to finish. lacklust

to say that to make serious soccer pfizer's and we pulled together the good friday agreement the belfast agreement that the load piece to flow here and of created peace that allowed the guts killing to stop . shouldn't be in the d u p were less excited or less enthusiastic about building that agreement in jew course though the communities on each side decided to have an insurance policy so unionism that initially through there with behind a peace process gradually. then sure policy by voting for the hardline d u p a nationalism to go. their insurance policy by voting for hardly ancient thing and now you today we have those two groups on the top of mountains if you like shut that each other but doing pray that leads to create the economy that we need here in north america which is why this problem and isn't the biggest enemy in over the past two years adding to this makes breaks has arrived yet how is that changing the fundamental attitudes and then all of the violent wrecks at this changed everything because northern ireland is very vulnerable in the last with the involvement of europe i

and emma in belfast, what about the dup?eeded all the way along. she hasn't got it. any sign there could be some movement at last? simply, the party is going to keep up the drumbeat of what it has been calling for ever since that deal first emerged. it is going to continue to urge in the uk government to go back to brussels to try to get changes on the backstop. the dup simply does not accept that the eu's position on this is unalterable. today we saw the leader of the dup in westminster, nigel dodds, actually saying that he would i'iow dodds, actually saying that he would now prefer to remain in the united kingdom rather than back theresa may's deal, and that from a party which voted and campaigned to leave in the referendum is a remark of just how uncomfortable the dup is with a deal that could potentially see northern ireland left in a different rules regime from the rest of the uk, something that they believe tugs away at a northern ireland's position in the uk as a whole. elsewhere, there was growing despair at that thi

solemn commitments in the belfast good friday agreement but if we ever have to use that insurance policy it cannot become a permanent arrangement and it is not the template for our future relationship the deal that m.p.'s voted on in january was not strong enough in making that clear and legally binding changes we needed to set that right today we have agreed to them by the head of the european commission says there will be no more chances for the british government to renegotiate if this latest version of the deal is voted on by m.p.'s in london you critics sometimes you get the second chance you'd use what we do. come because. there will be new for them to look into that they should look for the reassurance in other news boeing says it will update the software on its seven three seven max eight planes in the coming weeks the federal aviation administration has given the airliner until the end of april to make those changes as safety concerns about the plane have been growing after sunday's crash of a needy european airliner that killed one hundred fifty seven people at least two u.s. s

so from myself and all of the show here in belfast that's goodbye for now. so you can i'm a phone line smoke if i don't make a name for them in the muslim on muslim one of them i'm going to know them better than one so it doesn't get a. lot of laughs. i just i think and i think. she was you make. more of the industry in. general but from the sun on my book you go to the british course that's been up i've been roughed up. i mean i think. if you can. take. the. ukrainian presidential elections are just days away but the course in the race is the choice to brought bob schieffer shifted. but there was it. seems to do crack when i was a little kid. he was like oh. so you know like what i needed when i was a baby boy i had a bad childhood. there's always been single mothers in african-american communities ever since slavery. i think it's more of a teenagers having kids in you can expect a fourteen or fifteen year old first daughter now order for him to be a father and he's a check out. the lost our place and. my car and breaking down i was unable to get to work on

sun and commitments in the belfast good friday agreement. but if we ever have to use that insurance policy it cannot become a permanent arrangement i did is not the template for our future relationship the deal that m.p.'s voted on in january was not strong enough in making that clear and legally binding changes we needed to set that right today we have agreed to them well the european commission says there will be no more chances for the british government to renegotiate if this latest version of the deal is voted down by m.p.'s in politics sometimes you get a second chance it is what we do with the second tranche that counts because there will be no chance there will be no further interpretation of the interpretations and no further assurances on the river should. try to hold joins us now live from london so jonah first of all do we know exactly the details of the changes that the tourism a has agreed with the deal. but we certainly do broadly speaking it's a complicated package of changes that bear in mind when looking at those changes th

solemn commitments in the belfast good friday agreement but if we ever have to use that insurance policy it cannot become a permanent arrangement and it is not the template for our future relationship the deal that m.p.'s voted on in january was not strong enough in making that clear and legally binding changes we need to search that right today we have agreed to them boeing says it will update the software and its seven three seven max eight planes in the coming weeks the federal aviation administration has given boeing until the end of april to make those changes safety concerns about the plane have been growing especially after sunday's crash of the ethiopian airliner that killed one hundred fifty seven people in the last hour singapore has banned all boeing seven three seven max eights from its airspace kristen slimmy has more details from washington. boeing's most popular jet is now coming under scrutiny as a result of the ethiopian airlines crash it's the second deadly accident involving the seven thirty seven max eight in less than six months and similarities between these two acc

so for me that myself and all of the show here in belfast that's goodbye for now. i. see. myself going on the phone line smoke i don't like coming to them in the muslim world i'm going to know them better than once i've got something about. it was. just that they had nothing to me. she was even. more of the industry in. general but from the time know my first book to go to the british post as one of them. i mean the guy do . you think. it's ok. if ukrainian presidential elections are just days away but a quarter of eligible voters still don't know who to support with thirty nine candidates in the race is the choice too broad hop's to come shifted. the tense situation in venezuela is still all over the news the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been only implement from the inside venezuela things look different we're going to announce sanctions against. venezuela so soon. have a son of the moment who's. down person that. the people of. the whose story is a new nixon called henry kissinger to tell him that it would

member my colleague frank met with the author of a trench in belfast she's written a best selling book about just an irish republicanism today. iconic images that have come down in european history bloody sunday a deadly incident in derry in one nine hundred seventy two has become symbolic of the north and conflict between pro irish republic catholics and pro brits and protestants that conflict ended officially in one thousand nine hundred eight with the good friday peace agreement but historian marisa mcglinchey says many irish republicans to refuse to accept that deal for her recent book unfinished business the politics of dissident irish republicanism she interviewed some ninety radical pro irish nationalists who stand as commemorations right done today of so-called dissident organizations you will hear the c.m. traditional republican ideology unless it's been articulated as you would have heard in the seventy's or eighty's that ideology calls for a united ireland and the end of british rule in the north it's also the subject of republican murals which continue to be painted in nort

northern ireland, meanwhile, play belarus in belfast tonight.th games against the netherlands and germany still to come. we're in a good place and sitting here ready to play but we think belarus will come and make life difficult for us again. but we think they will maybe have more of a threat on the counterattack than estonia showed in the game. but we will give them the respect they deserve. they've had a good nations league. they've already guaranteed a play—off for euro 2020 so we have to respect that. one the fiercest rivalries in international football resumes this evening. netherlands host germany in a euro 2020 qualifier in amsterdam. last november the dutch drew with the germans, a result which saw ronald koeman‘s side reachjune‘s nations league finals and their neighbours relegated to group b of the competition. the netherlands have been in great form of late and have lostjust two of their past 11 games since koeman took over as boss and won their opening qualifier against belarus in the week 4—0. germany, meanwhile, have won just one o

but northern ireland top the group, played two, won two — josh magennis with a later winner in belfastus. in group e, last year's world cup runners—up, croatia, sufferered a shock defeat in budapest, where hungary came from behind to win 2—1. and swansea's danieljames got the only goal in cardiff, as wales beat slovakia. as poland beat latvia 2—0. in group g, robert lewandowski was among the scorers, as poland beat latvia 2—0. they too have won two. 2—0 in group i for belgium meanwhile. perfect start maintained. eden hazard and michy batshuayi on the score sheet against cyprus. also in that group, denis cheryshev scored twice in russia's 4—0 win in kazakhstan. and scotland won 2—0 in san marino. in africa, the last five places at this year's cup of nations have been decided. among the teams who've booked their places in egypt: the former champions — south africa and dr congo. percy tau scored both goals for south africa. they won 2—1 in libya — that qualifies them as runners—up of group e, behind nigeria. and cedric bakambu scored the only goal of the game as dr congo beat liberia to d

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. you can read more about that online. sport today. from the bbc sport centre this is sport today, with me chris mitchell. coming upforyou: the king surpassesjordan. the king of tennis is 100—not out. can federer make it six of the best in indian wells? and rennes come from behind to beat arsenal in the europa league. it isa it is a remarkable story. it really is. as a kid lebronjames had a wall plastered with pictures of michaeljordan. the lebronjames then — who was constantly on the move and growing up with his mother gloria — could never have imagined that some day he would surpass his hero on the list of all time scorers in the nba. but on wednesday, the la lakers star moved abovejordan into fourth place on the all—time list. he did it scoring 31 points in a loss against the denver nuggets. claire thornton reports. he knew this moment was likely to come before even taking to the court. commentator:

so the low pressure comes in, moves across ireland, the rain reaches belfast eventually.e morning, it could actually be quite bright. and one place where we could keep the dry weather for most of the day and it may actually be really decent, that's london and norwich, temperatures here up to around 1a or 15 degrees. however, the weather will turn in the south because once this area of low pressure moves away, another one further south swings into southern areas of the country, so here we are expecting some pretty wet weather for cornwall, devon, parts of wales, the midlands, southern counties, east anglia and the south—east, so many of us in southern parts of the uk will need our brollies on sunday. it's likely to be quite windy too. but northern areas, aberdeen there, enjoying some sunshine on sunday, with temperatures of around about 10 celsius. so it is all change, that warm weather we had in february will soon be a distant memory as this much cooler, showery weather continues into next week and it may last for quite some time. that's the latest. good morning. welcome

temperatures will be in the double figures towards the southeast, but 5 degrees in belfast, chilly weatherally through saturday night, we lose that rain pushing off towards the east, moving into the north north sea. windy over the weekend with further snow showers over scotland, dryer towards the south and southeast. wherever you are with that chilly north breeze, it will feel quite cool out there. temperatures only around 7-10dc, there. temperatures only around 7—iodc, colder than that when you add wind chill. at least a bit of sunshine between those showers on sunday. eventually things change as we head through into next week, with high pressure building, it will be much drier and much less ability to make a wendy compared to the last week. eventually those temperatures will warm up over the course of next week. this is bbc news, i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 9pm. new zealand's prime minister vows to reform the country's gun laws after 49 people are killed in a mass shooting at at two mosques in christchurch. there have been attempts to change oui’ there have been attempts to ch

no lower than 10 degrees, for example, in belfast., we'll have quite a lot of cloud around, generally light winds too. but i'm hopeful through the afternoon we should start to see some good breaks appearing in that cloud after some sunny spells. again, across the far north—west of the uk, it will be windier here with outbreaks of rain for the north—west highlands. but depending on how much sunshine we get, we could see temperatures reaching the high teens, but generally, even where you have the cloud, it's going to feel very mild, temperatures around 13 or 1a degrees. into thursday then, similar picture, quite a bit of cloud around, but some good holes breaking, particularly to the east of high ground to allow for some sunny spells. staying very wet, though, for the north—west of scotland, where it'll be breezier, temperatures 11 or 12 degrees here. further south, again, given some good spells of sunshine, we could make 16 or 17 celsius. now, as we head on into friday, we'll see this developing area of low pressure, which will bring a

temperature leading to for what brits first was privileged to be in london i was speech she might arrive in belfast is someone that isn't always here it's because the kids and it's. working quite straight was closed off because at the pyne gould he started me saying i'm sure it was developed by now friend. and you know i don't live in the area. the moment a lot though it's a pretty you know they're an issue we work together we go on to give a what. i want to from some even the many well what we all respect one another's views yeah to a point of we disagree sometimes but we don't ram have used them people shrug. the way i do you can't be fearful just in case you as you know that. when the downy i'm not ok and think we're going to happen is it going to happen yeah especially when you got the case. what i could. to get the original yes you have to give them the original green certificate last year which is slowing this country you have to have the greens and difficult original ok i do problems give me a ring but i think you're going by. you only bury somebody once and people remember things when they

so the low pressure comes across ireland, the rain reaches belfast eventually.uite bright. and one place where we could keep the dry weather for most of the day and it may actually be really decent, that's london and norwich, temperatures here up to around 1a or 15 degrees. however, the weather will turn in the south because one this area of low pressure moves away, another one further south swings into southern areas of the country, so here we are expecting some pretty wet weather for cornwall, devon, parts of wales, the midlands, southern counties, east anglia and the south—east, so many of us in southern parts of the uk will need our brollies on sunday. it's likely to be quite windy too. but northern areas, aberdeen there enjoying some sunshine on sunday, with temperatures of around about 10 celsius. so it is all change, that warm weather we had in february will soon be a distant memory as this much cooler, showery weather continues into next week and it may last for quite some time. that is the latest. a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers

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it honours the uk's solemn commitments in the belfast good friday agreement.r have to use that insurance policy, it cannot become a permanent arrangement, and it is not the template for a future relationship. the deal that mps voted on injanuary was not strong enoughin voted on injanuary was not strong enough in making that clear, and legally binding changes were needed to set that right. today, we have agreed them. first, a joint instrument with comparable legal way to the withdrawal agreement will guarantee that the eu cannot chat with the intent of applying the backstop indefinitely. if they do, it can be channelled through arbitration, and if they are fun to be in breach, the uk can't suspend the backstop. the joint judgment also gives a legal commitment that whatever replaces the backstop does not need to replicated. and it entrenches in legally binding from the commitments made in the exchange of letters with presidents tusk and junker in january. second, of letters with presidents tusk and junker injanuary. second, the eu and the uk have made a joint st

no lower than 10 degrees, for example, in belfast.uite a lot of cloud around, generally light wind. i am hopeful though through the afternoon we could see some good breaks of sunny spells appearing. again, across the far north—west of the uk, it will be windier here, with outbreaks of rain for the northwest highlands. we could see temperatures reaching the high teens, but generally even where you have the cloud, it's going to feel very mild, temperatures around 13 or 1a degrees. into thursday then, a similar picture. quite a bit of cloud around but some good holes breaking, particularly to the east of high ground. staying very wet, though, for the north—west of scotland, where it will be breezier, temperatures 11 or 12 degrees here. further south, given some good spells of sunshine, we could make 16 or 17 celsius. as we head on into friday, a developing area of low pressure, which will bring a spell of gales and rain to the north of the country. the further south you are, close to that area of high pressure, largely fine. variable clo

some of the commitments in the belfast good friday agreement. but if we have to use that insurance policy it cannot become a permanent arrangement i just know it's the template for our future relationship. to deal with these voted on in january was not strong enough to make that clear and legally binding changes we need to say that right today we have these binding assurances be enough let's bring in the mosque from london to get good morning to you theresa may there sounding very positive what does she bring back from her last minute meeting and strong. she has to be very poses she has to put a positive spin on this because really it's another last ditch attempt to get any deal through the houses of parliament m.p.'s now have only a few hours time to look at this agreement and to make the decision to resume a has said that she has brought something from the negotiations that's legally binding that concerns the future of northern ireland here in london and peace would still be waiting for so most crucially they will still be pondering over the t

contrast that with seven celsius in belfast. in scotland and northern ireland, and for scotland, certainly some sleet and snow over high ground. and as that chilly air in the north spreads south into thursday, and we pick up some cold air from the arctic. chilly day on thursday with these outbreaks of shall remain, but also sleet and snow. snow to relatively low levels across scotland. it will be very windy across the northeast, even the south where we don't see many showers. temperatures down at 11 celsius. friday gives us a brief chance to draw breath, some spells of sunshine as we start off the day. but here's our next atlantic frontal system outbreaks of rain pushing in from the west later on. temperatures are between 8—11dc, and for the weekend it stays very unsettled with the brain at times and gales and snow over the hills. it will feel rather chilly. this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11pm: a teenager has been charged with the murder of 17—year—old yousef makki, who was stabbed to death in greater manche

welcome to bbc broadcasting house in belfast. been interested in telling the weather, just like amelie, being filmed by sofia, or if you have wondered about newsreaders and how they remember what they are saying, that comes on autocue. if you want to be behind the camera, you want to be behind the camera, you can have a go like the girls here. they are filming i newsreaders. of course, the front of all news programmes. i am joined by amy and lucy from portadown college. amy, what do you think of the bbc young reporter festival? we have been doing it for a few years and it is was brilliant experience. do you wa nt to is was brilliant experience. do you want to stay within the industry?” would love to do journalism and reading the news has been a great experience. was more difficult or easier than you imagined? ema summer is more difficult. i didn't realise all the work that went into it. lucy, did you realise much went into a news programme? last year we got an opportunity to make a mini documentary and we got to interview tim whe

from the atlantic and there will be little overall change in temperatures. 13 again in aberdeen and belfaste south east england in the sunshine on thursday afternoon. we ended the week with huybrechts still in charge but it is showing signs are beginning to slip away allowing this cold front to move in off the atlantic. that fund will bring thicker cloud into scotland and northern ireland with more general outbreaks of rain. as it pushes southward and eastward it is likely to wea ke n southward and eastward it is likely to weaken significantly so probably not much rain left in it as it moves into northern england and to the south of it in the sunshine, we could have temperatures rising further up to 18 degrees but again, a bit cool in scotland and northern ireland. into the weekend, we have some cooler air pushing southward across the uk so temperatures dropping a little bit but still some drier weather around and some sunshine. into the following week, the big question is whether this area of high pressure moves away. if it does, how quickly that process happens. if it does eventually leav

solid commitments in the belfast good friday agreement but if we ever have to use that insurance policy it cannot become a permanent arrangement i did is not the template for our future relationship the deal that m.p.'s voted on in january was not strong enough in making that clear and legally binding changes we needed to set that right today we have agreed to the u.s. aviation regulators have ordered boeing to modify the seven three seven max eight aircraft after a crash in ethiopia hundred fifty seven people died in sunday's disaster the black boxes from the ethiopian planes have been now been recovered one of the kenyan victims was returning from studying in vienna a father spoke to al-jazeera. it is so painful to lose a young guy. who has struggled for the rest of my life. twice jeev had carried a life. then. you need a blink of an. it is too big. and us but forces in eastern syria are bombarding the last pockets of territory for a second night. and then the cut is syrian democratic forces resume their assault on sunday after a deadline for fighters to surrender expired they say the

r orter: professor margaret o'callaghan teaches irish history at queens university of belfast. >> nobodyisaged when the '98 agrewas put in place, that there would be a situation in which britain would be outside the e.u.nd ireland would be in the e.u., so this throws up all kinds of problems nobody had anticipated. >> reporter: ding the troubles in northern ireland, british border posts were viewed as provocative by irish nationalists.li with identity cs, nearly everything becomes political. that's why peace only came after the border was made less visible. it's still here, but you would hardly know it. one potential solutiono the border issue is being called the "backstop." that would mean leaving northern ireland inside the eonomic zone, even though the rest of great britain would be outside. the customs border would be invisible line across the irish sea, giving northern ireland an economic special status. it's a solution that is rejected by unionists. >> what concerned us about that was it removed us fr united kingdom, and as we see, once you start to break those ties, no matter how

>> it's become a trend in belfast, getting injections of melano tan. it is legal and a lot of people are using it. >> injections into your body, but actually not that bad. >> it gets worse. >> more of like an obsession, sort of a need to be tan. >> a family member says in this part there is no talking to her. >> she's absolutely done. doesn't listen when you tell her anyway. >> as a woman, i would never tell another woman what to do with her body. as a black woman, i celebrate who we are. i just hope that at some point she figures out who she is and owns it. >> now, the rain, sleet, snow and very posh house will keep simon cowell from wildlife aid in the u.k. from a mystery. he says he does have a mystery. the homeowner in this house says there is something in the chichl any. simon goes in the house, he has his shoes off because he has to check out what's making that mess right there. >> is it a >> is it a pigeon? >> it's a pigeon. once he gets the vent off, i was hanging out. nothing's wrong. simon grabs the pigeon, the pigeon flies away and makes the

among the companies that signed were bombardier, coca—cola and queen's university belfast.n" after brexit, when it comes to technological innovation, according to the chancellor phillip hammond. he's expected to unveil plans for a £200 million in investment in cutting—edge scientific research during his spring statement on wednesday. our business correspondent rob young has the details. new technologies are shaping how we live and how we work. scientific discoveries today could determine the economy of the future and can improve our health. on wednesday, the government is expected to say it will allocate £200 million for investment in cutting—edge research. £79 million is earmarked for a new national supercomputer. based at the university of edinburgh, the machine is promised to be up to ten times faster than the current supercomputer. another £81 million will be spent on state—of—the—art laser technology in 0xfordshire. one recent laser invention at harwell was used to detect explosives hidden in airport luggage. there will also be £45 million for health research taking pl

a good person to go to now would be in belfast. we've got mark in middlesbrough coming up as well.have a business and you employ people on both sides of the border. how are you feeling about this right now? i'm director of public affairs at an online recruitment company and across the island we are seeing various levels of anxiety. some of our offices in the north are experiencing queries and concerns from some of our contracted migrant workers who are either deciding to move to our southern neighbours or are considering returning to their country of origin because of their anxiety around brexit. what is the road ahead for you? we have so many options on the table now, theoretically, possibly, definitely, maybe. where do you want it to go? the uncertainty is bad for business. 0ur head office is in belfast and it's very natural but political concerns around the border and the backstop are on everybody‘s mind. your other caller referred to the backstop and the reason why it's been such a thorny issue is because of the idea and notion of a return toa of the idea and notion of a return