you can see gerry adams and martin mcguinness coming down the steps.porarily stand—down while the financial issues of this green scheme are investigated. ready to go? first of all, thank you for being here. i have an important statement to make. it relates to what will happen in the assembly in the course of the next short while. i want to make it very clear from my perspective and my party's perspective and my party's perspective that the statement that arlene foster is scheduled to make to the assembly today does not have my authority, or approval as deputy first minister. she is speaking in a personal capacity and not in her role as first minister. i have already said that a full, independent investigation needs to be held into the operation and the abuse of the scheme. there is no credibility whatsoever in an investigation established solely by the dup, or in the selective release of some documents by dup departments. an independent investigation is the only way to establish the truth of what has occurred. and to begin to restore public faith in th

the day started with a walk—out, martin mcguinness the deputy first minister of sinn fein said he didnister and the first minister legally have equal powers and are not supposed to act in isolation of one another. that means the first minister‘s statement is not valid and walked out. martin mcguinness gave an interview in which he appeared to indicate he was still committed to the power—sharing relationship, he said arlene foster should step aside for a number of weeks whilst thejudge should step aside for a number of weeks whilst the judge led investigation took place into the green energy scheme which is at the centre of this controversy. it was called the renewable heat incentive and designed to get people to use environmentally friendly fuels but it overspent to the tune of £400 million. martin mcguinness said he was giving friendly advice saying she should step down and not giving an order. she thank you for the update. now to bring you up—to—date with the events in turkey because we have been reporting that gun attack in ankara and the fact that the russian ambassador to turkey

did not wa nt government martin mcguinness did not want her to make. the evacuation of civilians fleeing the fighting in east aleppo in syria has resumed. dozens of buses containing hundreds of people — who aid workers say are in a terrible condition — were brought out of the city last night, but thousands are still waiting to leave. among those to have left is seven—year—old bana alabed, who had tweeted about conditions in besieged areas of aleppo. her departure was confirmed by the head of the syrian—american medical society aid group. the united nations security council will later today vote on plans to send in un observers to aleppo. greg dawson reports. not as soon as they'd have liked, not in the circumstances many would have wanted, but at last the buses arrived to take hundreds out of eastern aleppo. these people may now be refugees in their own country, but their relief is obvious. some were met by charity workers in turkey who provided medical care, food, and comfort. many, though, have nowhere else to go, so end up in places like this. this

she also met politicians, and had this memorable exchange with the deputy first minister, martin mcguinness'm stillalive, anyway! nice to see you again. ha, we've been quite busy. yeah. there's been quite a lot going on. there's a lot of things happening at the moment. yes. absolutely. i've had two birthdays, so we've been quite busy. from here at clarence house, the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall have continued to support or represent the queen on a number of engagements. perhaps one of the most moving events of the year for the prince — his visit to aberfan to remember those who died 50 years ago. the cemetery high on the hillside, a constant reminder of the devastation that hit aberfan in 1966. 144 people died when coal waste slid down the mountainside, engulfing the local primary school. where classrooms had once stood, the prince of wales planted a tree. a tribute to a lost generation. no one should have to bear the losses you've suffered. but no one could have borne those losses with greater strength or greater courage. in poundbury in dorset, a family day out. in october, th

ireland's rules, she's never allowed to operate without the support of her deputy, sinn fein's martin mcguinnessd correspondent chris buckler now reports. members, having been given notice by both the first and deputy first minister... northern ireland's first minister arlene foster went to the storm arlene foster went to the stormont assembly today in an attempt to take control of what has become a financial mess. but proceedings began with chaotic scenes. opposition parties walked out and the first minister was left alone with her party, the dup, while outside their partners in power—sharing, sinn fein, put pressure for a full independent enquiry into a badly flawed green energy scheme. we need to establish all the facts and we need to know who benefited from this failed scheme. the first minister should stand aside to allow the investigation to take place. the controversial renewable heat incentive scheme originally worked like this: for every £1 of fuel a company uses, they are paid around £1.60, to encourage them to buy environmentally friendly boilers. but because initially there were no c

technically, an official statement does need the support of the deputy first minister, martin mcguinnesseliberately distancing themselves from a botched energy scheme that is likely to cost stormont hundreds of millions of pounds. we need to establish all the fa cts pounds. we need to establish all the facts and know who benefited from this field scheme. the first minister should stand aside to allow the investigation to take place. the controversial renewable heat incentive scheme worked like this. for every £1 of fuel the company uses they are paid £1 60. that was to encourage them to buy environmentally friendly boilers. because initially there were limits it is expected to be £a00 million over budget over the next 20 years. the bbc has seen a confidential report which says the mistakes in its design have allowed companies to abuse the scheme. there is evidence of some firms heating buildings just to make a profit. it was launched under the watch of the current first minister who was then enterprise minister. i'm sorry the scheme did not contain cost control measures and there were fu

ireland's rules, she's never allowed to operate without the support of her deputy, sinn fein's martin mcguinnessnt, from where our ireland correspondent chris buckler now reports. members, having been given notice by both the... northern ireland's first minister arlene foster went to the storm on the assembly yesterday in an attempt to take control of what has become a financial mess. but proceedings began with chaotic scenes. 0pposition parties walked out and the first minister was left alone with her party, the dup, while outside their partners in power—sharing, sinn fein, could pressure for a full independent enquiry into a badly thought green energy scheme. we need to establish all the facts are many to know who benefited from this failed scheme. the first minister should stand aside to allow the investigation to ta ke aside to allow the investigation to take place. the controversial renewable heat incentive scheme originally worked like this. for every £1 of fuel a company uses, they are paid around £i every £1 of fuel a company uses, they are paid around £160, to encourage them to buy envi

official statement by the first minister does need the support of the deputy first minister, martin mcguinness themselves from a botched green energy scheme that is likely to cost stormont hundreds of millions of pounds. we need to establish all the facts and know who benefited from this field scheme. —— this failed scheme. the first minister should stand aside to allow the investigation to take place. the controversial renewable heat incentive scheme worked like this. for every £1 of fuel the company uses they are paid £1.60. that was to encourage them to buy environmentally friendly boilers. because initially there were limits it is expected to be £400 million over budget over the next 20 years. the bbc has seen a confidential report which says the mistakes in its design have allowed companies to abuse the scheme. there is evidence of some firms heating buildings just to make a profit. it was launched under the watch of the current first minister, who was then enterprise minister. i'm sorry the scheme did not contain cost control measures and there were fundamental flaws in its design. this

under northern ireland rose she is not allowed to operate without the support of her deputy, martin mcguinnesst turmoil from where oui’ fein. that credit turmoil from where our island correspondent, chris barker, now reports. members have to be given notice by the first and deputy first minister ‘s. be given notice by the first and deputy first minister 's. arlene foster went to the stormont assembly today in an attempt to take control of what has become a financial mess. but proceedings began with chaotic scenes. 0pposition parties walked out and the first minister was left alone with her party, the dup, while outside their partners in power—sharing, sinn fein, put pressure for a full independent enquiry into a badly flawed green energy scheme. we need to establish the facts and though he benefited from this field scheme. the first minister should stand aside to allow the investigation to take place. the controversial renewal heating incentive scheme worked like this. for every £1 of the company uses they are paid around £160. for every £1 of the company uses they are paid around £1 60. that