annita mcveigh is at a count in belfast for us.ion centre where the votes for the belfast constituencies are being counted. that counting under way right across northern ireland. that election, the last one, was just ten months ago but that certainly has not put voters off. we're seeing a re—energised a lecturer at this time round. they know an awful lot is at sta ke round. they know an awful lot is at stake and the future of the devolved assembly at stormont. voters out in big numbers. we are seeing a string of constituencies where the turnout is up by ten percentage points and in some constituencies, more than that. " for today joins in some constituencies, more than that. " for todayjoins me now and barney rowan. first of all, why is the turnout up so significantly?m looks like we have turned the clock backin looks like we have turned the clock back in northern ireland in terms of interest in this election. the increase is 10% in some constituencies and in others it is up constituencies and in others it is up by constituencies a

i'm annita mcveigh outside new scotla nd i'm annita mcveigh outside new scotland yard.f london sadiq khan is inside, having a meeting with police chiefs, and earlier today there was a minute's silence in front of the eternal flame, just on the other side of the building, in memory of the colleague who lost his life yesterday. pc keith palmer, the acting commissioner of the met, craig mackey, spoke after that minute's silence and said the words, the police are the public and the public are the police, as he said that as well as the huge investigation that is going on in the wake of yesterday's attack, the police wa nted yesterday's attack, the police wanted to reassure the public and be highly visible. he was urging members of the public to come forward and speak to an officer if they had any concerns. just to bring you a piece of breaking news, we are hearing that westminster bridge has now been reopened, that is really quite amazing when you think of the very complex forensic operation that has had to take place there since yesterday's attack when the car driven by the

for the latest, annita mcveigh is in belfast.lking out of government was a gamble for sinn fein, it's paid off. they increased their share of the vote and narrowed the gap between them and their own coalition partners, the dup. but the result leaves major questions about the future of power—sharing in northern ireland. i said consistently throughout the campaign that sinn fein are not interested in going back to the status quo. that remains the position. the dup need to fundamentally change their ways and be true to the principles of power—sharing if they want to go back into the institutions. sinn fein had called for the dup leader, arlene foster, to step aside as first minister during a public enquiry into a botched green energy scheme. when she refused, sinn fein left the coalition government, forcing powerfrom office. there is work to be done and work to quickly mend the relationship which has been frayed by the discord of this election. but it was some of stormont‘s opposition parties that suffered most in this election. i s

i'm any to mcveigh at the titanic exhibition centre in belfast.h the future of the devolved government at state, signs that tyner —— with the future of the devolved government state, signs that turnout is up as much as 10% in some constituencies. and celebrating the centenary for the imperial war museum, founded when the first world war was still being fought. good morning. it's friday, the 3rd of march. i'm rebecca jones. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may has strongly attacked the snp, saying it was obsessed with independence — regardless of fact and reality. speaking at the scottish conservative conference in glasgow, the prime minister accused the snp of neglecting and mismanaging public services in scotland, and said it was the poorest and most vulnerable who benefited most from the union between scotland and the rest of the uk. while the snp continues to suggest it could call a second independence referendum soon as a result of the brexit vote, the prime minister has refused to say whether or not she would grant permission for the vot

annita mcveigh is at the met police headquarters, new scotland yard close to where the attack took placee investigation into the attack yesterday and alongside those officers directly involved in that investigation by the many thousands of officers involved in the assurance operations. many have had their leave cancelled to be a very visible presence on the streets of london today as many people try to go about what they would usually be doing. right now, much of the investigation will be guided by what police manage to establish about khalid masood, who was this individual, who for his associates, what more can they find out about him? with now is daniel sandford. what do we know about khalid masood? he isa what do we know about khalid masood? he is a 52—year—old man, born in kent in the uk, but in recent years has lived in the west midlands. he is quite familiar to police. he has a lot of convictions for criminal activity. the most recent conviction was in 2003 for possession of a knife. he has not got convictions for terrorist offences, but what we do know is that he did appear on the

let's join annita mcveigh who's in belfast.much. in some of the individual constituencies the turnout is up by as much as 13 percentage points, which is quite something. last time we had elections here ten months ago in may last year and the overall turnout was just over 55%. that is up by about 10% this time around, really invigorated electorate with so much at stake, the future of the devolved government at storm on at stake this election. we have had the first member of the assembly returned at these elections here, one of the belfast sinn fein members for west belfast. north down have had three m las belfast. north down have had three mlas return so far. the results are starting to come in, but right now we are trying to make sense of what this means. it is early days, but the big turnout, what do those numbers mean? does it mean they might be changed on the way? or does it mean the existing bigger parties, the dup and sinn fein, have got their electorate out and so what we will see is the status quo? we will be hearing fro

back to annita mcveigh. thank you to vicki young at westminster. downing street in the last few minutes. theresa may has visited and talked to members of the public who we re talked to members of the public who were hurt in yesterday's attack at westminster. the prime minister personally taking the time to talk to victims of that attack yesterday. we have also heard in another developing line that according to bbc sources, khalid massoud, the man the metropolitan police say carried out the attack, personally hired the car he used from a branch of enterprise car rental in birmingham, and according to bbc sources he gave his profession as a teacher when renting the hyundai suv. that'sjust coming into us. with us to discuss the attack further and the response to it is professor michael clarke, a government security adviser. what do you think, as police now investigate the background of khalid massoud, what do you think the response will be? the investigation will move on quite quickly. i think it will move relatively nationwide. we have seen it in bir

anita mcveigh, do we have a name?e responsible for the terrorist attack in westminster yesterday is chalid masood. daniel can tell us more. this man is a 52—year—old man, who the police believe was born in kent but re ce ntly believe was born in kent but recently living in the west midlands. the police are saying he was not the subject of any current investigations and there was no prior intelligence about his intent to commita prior intelligence about his intent to commit a terrorist attack. however, they do say he was known to the police, he had a range of previous convictions for assaults, including gb h, possession of offensive weapons and public order conviction, a conviction for criminal damage, and the most recent one, derricks 2003 for possession of a knife. they say he was not convicted of previous terrorist offences. but we did hear he was known to m15 ina but we did hear he was known to m15 in a peripheral sense? the prime ministerdid in a peripheral sense? the prime minister did tell the house of commons,

for the latest, annita mcveigh is in belfast.ot has changed in ten months since were elections in northern ireland in may. back then, the dup had a ten seat majority over sinn fein, and that has now been reduced to just fein, and that has now been reduced tojust one, fein, and that has now been reduced to just one, and fein, and that has now been reduced tojust one, and big questions ahead as to what the parties can do now, whether they can reach some sort of agreement, or as whether they can reach some sort of agreement, oi’ as seems whether they can reach some sort of agreement, or as seems likely, enter into a protracted period of negotiations before northern ireland can get its power—sharing government back at stormont again. let's have a look at the results. all of those 90 seats. the dup, down from 38 to 28 seats. the dup, down from 38 to 28 seats. sinn fein, one seat behind on 27. the ulster unionist party has ten seats, their leader mike nesbitt, stepping down after the results. let's ta ke let's take a look at what has b

let's join annita mcveigh who's in belfast. thank you very much. me bring you up to date with a couple of interesting bits of information. we saw earlier that sinn fein‘s leader in northern ireland, michelle o'neill, was returned on the first count, topping the poll in her constituency. we are hearing in arlene foster's constituency, she is the dup leader and was the first minister in the assembly that collapsed in january, minister in the assembly that collapsed injanuary, her constituency is fermanagh and south tyrone. she has topped the poll, but she has not been elected on the first count. turnout is up, but her vote is down. that could be to do with the management, but it is an interesting thought nonetheless that the turnout is up and her personal vote is down. i mentioned those women because they are big personalities in northern ireland politics. michelle o'neill says she will return to a power—sharing arrangement with arlene foster until the outcome of an enquiry into that botched renewable heating scheme that was the straw that broke the

let's join annita mcveigh who's in belfast.ou very much. yes, the straw that broke the camel's back if you liked was the row over the botched renewable heating scheme that could cost the taxpayer up to half £1 billion. but that was just one of many issues that have started to chip away at the relationship between the two main parties in government here, the democratic unionist party and sinn fein. some of the other parties came out and said if you want more of the same, vote for the dup and sinn fein, but if you want change, vote for us. the ulster unionist party encouraged voters to transfer their votes across traditional community lines. 0n the strength of the declarations so 0n the strength of the declarations so far it does not look as though thatis so far it does not look as though that is happening. if i check what the latest update is, sinn fein has seven seats out of 15 declared. the dup has five, the cross community alliance party has two and the ulster unionists have got one seat. still a long way to go, but it looks

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i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at five.ay on as an independent mp. he tells us he's achieved his main objective with the party. we can be certain that brexit is in good hands. ukip‘s leader paul nuttall says carswell‘s resignation isn't a surprise. his deputy says the mp‘s departure won't affect the future of the party. he has been a very semidetached person but a very long time in this party, and frankly, this is rather a nice breath of fresh air that this is now behind us. two men remain in custody in relation to the westminster terror attack, as it emerges that the man responsible sent

we will hear how you can heio. ' mcveigh or is in the annita mcveigh or is in the newsroom.x news earlier this week. the snp will today accuse the government of being too scared to allow a second independence referendum. deputy leader angus robertson will open his party‘s spring conference by saying the conservatives have a "desperate desire" to prevent anyone rejecting brexit. but theresa may will tell her own party conference in cardiff that she‘ll fight to keep what she calls the "precious union". southern railway guards in the rmt union are to stage a fresh in the continuing row over staffing and the role of conductors. the news comes after the drivers‘ union, aslef, reached a revised deal with the train firm‘s parent company, govia thameslink. aslef members, who rejected a previous deal struck with the company, are set to vote on the new agreement on 3rd april. the uk‘s biggest everfine for river pollution the company‘s admitted to breaching more than a dozen environmental laws. stretches of water in 0xfordshire and buckinghamshire were heavily polluted, killing many fi

let's cross live to speak to the bbc‘s anita mcveigh who is in belfast. what's the story so far? fall belfast constituencies are being counted. the turnout has been one of the big stories of the day so far. remember there was an election here in northern ireland just ten months ago, last may. and yet voter turnout is up by10% ago, last may. and yet voter turnout is up by 10% this time round. in some constituencies that turnout was up some constituencies that turnout was up by some constituencies that turnout was up by as much as i3%, so the electorate is really invigorated, certainly not put off by the second election in less than a year. let me just give you an indication of where we are. nudging towards two thirds of the seats being declared. 53 out of the seats being declared. 53 out of 90s declared. topping the poll at the moment is sinn fein with 23. that is the republican party, sinn fein, who would like to see a united ireland. then it is the democratic unionist party, they are on 14. the ulster unionist party have seven, in one of the dramatic turns to this day so far the

i'm annita mcveigh. he's standing down from the party but will stay on as an independent mp. he says he's achieved his main objective with the party, we can be certain that brexit is in good hands. we are going to leave and all of the things that vote leave campaigned for are going to come to pass. it's wonderful. two men remain in custody as investigations continue into the westminster terror attack. it's emerged khalid masood sent whatsapp messages moments before he carried out the attack. also in the next hour, celebrating 60 years since the beginning of the european union. leaders from 27 member countries, minus the united kingdom, mark the anniversary of the treaty of rome by renewing their commitment to a common future.

we arejoined by we are joined by esther mcveigh, robert fox.has warned the netherlands it'll pay the price — after two of his ministers were prevented from attending a rally in rotterdam. dutch police used water cannon to disperse hundreds of turkish protesters there. mr erdogan has again compared the dutch to nazis today, and called the netherlands a "ba na na republic". its prime minister mark rutte has demanded an apology. james robbins reports. not our usual image of the netherlands. this was the wound the dog left behind as riot police used considerable force against turkish demonstrators. they were angered by the dutch government's refusal to allow their politicians to attend a campaign rally in support of president erdogan. he is counting on the backing of more than a million turkish citizens living in europe to expand his powers back home in next month's referendum. but his minister for families wasn't allowed to address them. the second turkish minister turned back by the dutch government. she returned to istanbul defiant. translation:

hello, this is bbc news with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines: ukip‘s leader paul nuttall has described the decision by the party's only mp — douglas carswell — to leave the party as no surprise. mr carswell says he'll carry on sitting as an independent mp and is leaving ukip "amicably and cheerfully". lord blair — a former head of the met police — has called for changes to security at westminster, following wednesday's terror attack. the investigation into the attack continues and one man is still in custody. donald trump's tweeted that obamacare "will explode" and that a "great healthcare plan" will replace it. the president had to abandon his healthcare bill because of lack of republican support. european leaders have marked the 60th anniversary of the european union, signing a new declaration in rome. theresa may wasn't there, as the anniversary comes days before she'll trigger article 50. time to cross to the bbc sport centre now for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me karthi gnanasegaram and jessica creighton. t

a short time ago my colleague annita mcveigh spoke to simon parkman.s who are the backbone of our economy. how precisely are you going to do that? we already have the channels open. there are a number of conservative mps discussing this in the party and i believe philip is a great chancellor and he will be able to see sense and do it quickly. dealings there is any political leveraged in the situation regarding the government wanting unity on the brexit article 50 vote? no, i think is conservative members of parliament we look at each bill as it comes in front of a separately, so it comes in front of a separately, soi it comes in front of a separately, so i don't think anything transfers across. my problem with this issue is simply send a wrong message out to the families who have gone out there, who have taken a risk, who have employed those apprentices. we have done for the last seven years, we have done a greatjob in terms of employment and supporting businesses, we havejust got to keep pushing it through. and you can send us your questions about the

for the latest, annita mcveigh is in belfast. thank you and good afternoon from belfast.u were to ask most people here if the dup and sinn fein, the two largest parties could elect a new first minister and deputy first minister and get the devolved government back up and running in the initial three—week time period they have for negotiations then most people would say it would take some sort of miracle to achieve that. there are some long—standing historical legacy issues to be sorted out, contemporary issues to be sorted out. issues that led to the collapse of the assembly in january and these elections that we have just had. let me take you through how the parties are looking in more detail after those 19 seats have been counted, the votes have been counted and the 18 constituencies have their new assembly members. the dup is still the largest party with 28 seats, but thatis the largest party with 28 seats, but that is down ten seats on the elections ten months ago. sinn fein, right behind the dup, on 27 seats. so that dup majority over sinn fein drastically cut, just

peter whittle, deputy leader of the uk independence party, told my colleague annita mcveigh that mr carswellrticularly committed to the party. luck, i mean, the fact is, the people who voted for ukip, and voted all the way along for ukip did not really vote for ukip because douglas ca rswell was really vote for ukip because douglas carswell was there, he has been a semidetached person for a prolonged time with this party. frankly, this is rather a nice breath of fresh air. symbolically, symbolically, very important to have a member of parliament in the house of commons behind you. well, it is, if it is somebody who is utterly with you, as a party, buti somebody who is utterly with you, as a party, but i think that, douglas was never really comfortable in ukip, so that has been made clear. and, of course, we look forward very much to him being a man of principle, to have a by—election. we look forward to fighting the seat. he says there will not be a by—election. he says there will not be a by-election. he did? well, the fact is, he made quite a big fuss when he came over to ukip of standing

i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live.tional party leader, angus robertson has insisted there will be a second referendum on scottish independence. opening the party's spring conference in aberdeen, to draw a line under the snp‘s proposed timetable for a second independence referendum. later, theresa may is expected to set out plans for a stronger union when she addresses conservatives at their spring conference in cardiff. iain watson is at the snp ffififfitfififfi ifi ifififfieee’ffi’fie’f ' ’ spring conference is an occasion to slug it out, it seems, because we are hearing to very strident opinions on whether there should be a second referendum or a second independence referendum or not. absolutely. we are going to see, if you like, a tale of two spring conferences. theresa may will probably underline - decision not probably underline her decision not to allow a scottish referendum for the time being, in other words, until after brexit. as you can imagine, that's gone down like the proverbial lead balloon here in aberdeen as the s

i am annita mcveigh out by scotland yard.irmingham. and police have been searching the clean as their murdered colleague is named as geeky keith palmer. one colleague paid an emotional tribute to his friend from his days in the military. he was a strong, professional public servant. and it was a delight to meeting here again only a few months after being elected. families continue to mourn their dead. the police have made theirfirst arrest in connection with the attack, which left four people dead, including the perpetrator. grades are being carried out overnight in birmingham and london and eight people in all have been arrested, at least four in birmingham. theresa may has confirmed the suspect was once investigated by m15 over concerns they had about violent extremism. she also said that he was not part of the current intelligence picture, described him as a peripheral figure. picture, described him as a peripheralfigure. the queen has led tributes to those impacted by yesterday's events. in a statement released by bucking

annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news.d the government of being in "disarray" after the prime minister said controversial tax rises for self—employed workers would not be put into legislation until the autumn. theresa may said the changes to national insurance, announced in the budget, were necessary and fair but said the chancellor would listen to concerns before mps voted on the measures later this year. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports from westminster. theresa may defended the plans to increase national insurance contributions for some self—employed workers. she said the measures would ensure the tax system was fair, narrowing the gap between what employed and self—employed people paid. the shift towards self—employment is eroding the tax base. it is making it harder to afford the public services on which ordinary working families depend. this goes some way towards fixing that. despite being announced in this week's budget, mps will not vote on the changes until the autumn as separate legislation is req

i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines: ukip's only mp, douglas carswell, confirms he's standing down from the party but will stay on as an independent mp. he says he's achieved his main objective with the party, we can be certain that brexit is in good hands. we are going to leave and all of the things that vote leave campaigned for are going to come to pass. it's wonderful. two men remain in custody as investigations continue into the westminster terror attack. it's emerged khalid masood sent whatsapp messages moments before he carried out the attack. also in the next hour, celebrating 60 years since the beginning of the european union. leaders from 27 member countries, minus the united kingdom, mark the anniversary of the treaty of rome by renewing their commitment to a common future. in sport, it's pole position for lewis hamilton. he dominates formula one qualifying in melbourne, ahead of the season opening australian grand prix. and, ahead of the triggering of article 50, we'll look at how scotland is c

let's join annita mcveigh, who's in belfast. thank you very much.evening from the titanic exhibition centre in belfast. the votes for the four belfast constituencies are being counted. here and across counting centres in northern ireland, at 9am this morning, those votes, the process of counting those laws began. here we are at seven o'clock this evening and we are not quite halfway there yet. and i'm 37 out of 90 seats declared so far. —— around 37. sinn fein and the dup look set to remain the biggest parties in northern ireland. whether they can get back to governing together in the northern ireland december, that is the big question hanging over this entire election. —— the northern ireland december. many issues to be resolved. i'll be talking to a number of guests, but first, this report. belfast‘s reputation has long been linked to divisive politics. if anything, stormont‘s latest election has cemented that. people returned to the ballot box to make their choice. after the collapse of northern ireland's power—sharing government... that is anyth

let's join annita mcveigh, who's in belfast. thank you. welcome to the titanic exhibition centre.or the belfast constituencies are being counted here. some pot issues in this election campaign have called for change. they have asked voters to give their votes across the traditional community divide and lines so that that would bring about change at stormont. but on this trend of the seats declared so far, it looks like we might well be returning to what we had before. the domination of the dup and sinn fein. let's ta ke domination of the dup and sinn fein. let's take you through the 27 seats that have been declared out of 90 so far. sinn fein performing strongly with 14 far. sinn fein performing strongly with 1a seats so far. the dup, eight seats. the ulster unionist party, one seat. the alliance party, they are on three seats. at the moment, the national eisteddfod elp have one seatin the national eisteddfod elp have one seat in this election so far. —— the nationalist blu. what is this mean for the future of devolved government in northern ireland? i will be talking to a represe

on the other side of the palace of westminster is annita mcveigh. iamjust i am just outside.e reverend jonathan osborne in the service of the force. we are told that craig mackey will make some brief statement. we heard from the acting deputy head of the met police. the latest figures i now have are currently only four dead, and 29 we re currently only four dead, and 29 were treated in hospital. we are also still collating numbers of walking wounded. sadly seven of those in hospital are still in critical condition. tragically, the deaths included pc keith palmer who was protecting parliament, two members of the public, a woman in her mid—a0s and a man in his mid—50s. the fourth man of course was the terrorist who was shot dead by armed police at the scene. hundreds of detectives have been working through the night, and during that time i can confirm we have searched six addresses and made seven arrests. the enquiries in birmingham, london and other parts of the country are continuing. it is still our belief, which continues to be borne out by our investigation, that this atta

annita mcveigh is at the met police headquarters, new scotland yard close to where the attack took placendon is inside new scotland yard meeting with senior officers to discuss the response to what happened yesterday. sadiq khan said that londoners will not be cowed by terrorism or the city be cowed by terrorism or the city be cowed to terrorism and appealed to people to show their solidarity this evening. the immediate response is a huge police presence on the streets. we have heard from the active commissioner of the met, saying leave had been cancelled to get more police officers on the streets, a visible presence to reassure the public in addition to the officers who are directly engaged in this investigation. but how will that response develop in the days, weeks and the months ahead? in the days, weeks and the months ahead ? with in the days, weeks and the months ahead? with me is daniel sandford. daniel, your thoughts on that point? you are going to see reassurance policing in the short—term. increased numbers of officers, of armed officers in the capital. also in other parts of br

have ended up with 27 seats, just one behind the democratic unionists. 0ur correspondent, annita mcveighinn fein, undoubtedly the big winners in this day after the elections. is huge change in ten months. we've heard from a senior unionist figure this morning, and we asked about what this might mean for the future and possible return to devolved government. lord trimble said this may take time, and kurt go to direct rule from westminster, which is one of the possible situations that northern ireland politics find itself in now. they have three weeks to elect a new first minister and deputy first minister, but the signs are pointing towards them being unable to do that. to discuss this, we have barney rowe. this election was decided in a photo finish. the dup with 28 seats and sinn fein with 27. 40 dup with 28 seats and sinn fein with 27.40 designated unionists, 39 who are designated nationalists, so already, one unionist leader resigning. there will be questions about arlene foster, given that a numberof about arlene foster, given that a number of seats has gone down by ten. in terms of

have ended up with 27 seats, just one behind the democratic unionists. 0ur correspondent, annita mcveighl. sinn fein, undoubtedly the big winners in this day after the elections. those votes came in a ci’oss elections. those votes came in a cross 90 seats in 18 constituencies. let's look at the contrast, with ten months ago, in the elections in may last year, in that election the dup had a ten seat majority over sinn fein. now, although the dup is still the largest party, that majority has been reduced to just one seat. we will talk now to the professor of british and irish politics at the university of liverpool. let's look at the breakdown of the vote and where it went right and wrong for the various parties. beginning with the various parties. beginning with the sinn fein politicians he really got their vote out. it's a stunning victory for them, even the biggest optimist the sinn fein didn't predict this. they were told by the dup that this was an election that the northern irish didn't want or need, but it appears that this was not the case. sinn fein said that the election was all

annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. been sacked as a government adviser after rebelling in a vote over brexit. the former conservative deputy prime minister backed calls for a "meaningful" parliamentary vote on the final terms of withdrawal, inflicting a second defeat in the lords for the government. ministers say they'll seek to overturn the move when the bill returns to the commons. here's our political correspondent, chris mason. many of your lordships... just like ken clarke in the commons, lord heseltine was determined to remain vociferously pro—european after the referendum, just as before. it ensures that parliament has the critical role in determining the future that we will bequeath to generations of young people and i urge your lordships to support the amendment. but, hours later, he learned he had been fired from five government advisory roles. this is not myjudgement. this is the prime minister exercising her perfectly legitimate right to get rid of opposition in any way she thinks appropriate and i respect

i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at five. ukip's only mp douglas carswell is standing down from the party — but will stay on as an independent mp. he tells us he's achieved his main objective with the party. we can be certain that brexit is in good hands. ukip's leader paul nuttall says carswell‘s resignation isn't a surprise. his deputy says the mp's departure won't affect the future of the party. he has been a very semidetached person but a very long time in this party, and frankly, this is rather a nice breath of fresh air that this is now behind us. two men remain in custody in relation to the westminster terror attack, as it emerges that the man responsible sent messages moments before he acted. president trump sends out a defiant tweet on health care. also in the next hour, the european union turns 60. leaders from 27 eu countries gather to mark the anniversary, as theresa may prepares to formally declare the uk's intention to leave the club. and lewis hamilton will be on pole position for tomorrow's f1 curtain raiser,

good morning, this is bbc newsroom live, with me, anita mcveigh.ls to scrap courses, increase class sizes and cut back on trips. 0fcom has reached a deal with bt to service its open reach service, which runs much of the broadband infrastructure. rival providers have welcomed the decision. a european negotiator suggests that britons may be able to retain eu citizenship after brexit, as european leaders meet for the last time before divorce negotiations begin. labour says the government is in disarray after the prime minister set controversial tax rises for workers... parliament's spending watchdog says carrying out essential restoration work is the cheapest option. the repair bill for the world heritage site, said to be in danger of suffering a catastrophic failure, could be up to £4 billion. let's get the latest sport headlines. good morning. a leaked report into british cycling has levelled serious criticism at the sport's governing body, which is admitted to failings in its world—class performance programme. the draft version of the report appear

i am anita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live.tributions for the self—employed. the move, announced in yesterday's budget, will mean many people who work for themselves paying an average of £240 a year more. some conservative mps argue it breaks a manifesto pledge. the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell says labour will oppose the move. live to westminster and our assistant political editor norman smith. when the chancellor says he will listen to disgruntled backbenchers, how hard listen to disgruntled backbenchers, how ha rd exactly listen to disgruntled backbenchers, how hard exactly if you're listening7 how hard exactly if you're listening? he will have to listen very ha rd listening? he will have to listen very hard because there is no doubt of the pressure he is now under, though privately treasury sources say he is now "bullish" about his ability to push through this policy on national insurance contributions, partly because they think they did not sell it very well yesterday and they think once they get over the fairness argum

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we can go back to my colleague annita mcveigh in the bbc newsroom for today's other news stories. use. the government is to set out how it plans to incorporate thousands of pieces of european low into your venus leads —— into uk legislation. lloyds says it will establish a new european subsidiary in brussels to avoid leading business on the continent. the search for a missing helicopter travelling from milton keynes to dublin is focusing on the snowdonia national park. and in sport, the arsenal manager refused to confirm weather he'll remain at the club after the summer, but said he believes the players wa nt to but said he believes the players want to stay, despite speculation about their futures. manchester city's women take a 1—0 aggregate lea ked city's women take a 1—0 aggregate leaked at home to danish side. it is their first season in the competition. joanna contour is into the semifinals. she'll face venus williams in the last four in the early hours of tomorrow. i'll be back with all those stories later. the insurance market, lloyd's of london, says it will open a new off

i'm annita mcveigh.otiations. egypt's former president hosni mubarak has been freed after years in detention following his overthrow in the country's arab spring revolution of 2011. a warning that bad behaviour in english schools is not being dealt with properly and pupils performance is being negatively affected. good afternoon. things are returning to normal here at westminster. the roads have reopened and westminster underground station has reopened. they are appealing for anyone with information about masood, previously known as adrian russell ajao, to come forward with information. this picture has just this picture hasjust emerged. it is him asa this picture hasjust emerged. it is him as a teenager in a football team, so the younger khalid masood circled with that red circles, that a semi—aged 14 in the school football team. khalid masood has, we gather, had various aliases, various different names. he was born as adrian helms in kent, became known as adrian russell ajao. at one stage he was known

i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live.s outlined its strategy for brexit negotiations, suggesting talks on a trade deal could begin once sufficient progress is made on a separation settlement with the uk. the draft guidelines, issued by the president of the european council donald tusk, argue for a phased approach in talks. the document will now be sent to the 27 member states for approval. the draft guidelines, seen by the bbc, will outline the tone of the talks ahead and say "a non—member of the union, that does not live up to the same obligations as a member, cannot have the same rights and enjoy the same benefits as a member." they also reveal the aims of the talks, saying the first phase will look at settling "the disentanglement of the united kingdom from the union and from all the rights and obligations the united kingdom derives from commitments undertaken as member state". speaking in malta earlier this morning, mr tusk acknowledged that the talks ahead would be tough. only when we have achieved sufficient progres

it's the second election to be held in ten months. 0ur correspondent annita mcveigh is in belfast.to go to the polls and in that time the relationship between the two main parties in northern ireland's devolved government, the unionist dup and republican sinn fein, that relationship really deteriorated, culminating in the row over a botched renewable heating scheme set to cost the taxpayer around half £1 billion, and in january that row led to the collapse of the power—sharing assembly. if you think being asked to go to the polls for the second time in less than a year would put voters off, you would be wrong. last time round the turnout was around 55%, just less, but this time, although we do not have an official figure yet, we are hearing anecdotally of high turnout in some constituencies, more than 70% or 80%, almost 90% i saw being suggested in one constituency this morning. that really is quite an incredible and interesting way to start this counting process. we can look now at what has been going on with chris butler. stormont's power—sharing government collapsed injanuary po

i'm annita mcveigh, live in londonderry, where martin mcguinness, one of the most prominent figures in northern ireland's history, has died at the age of 66. from paramilitary to politician, the one—time ira commander turned his back on years of violence to help bring peace to northern ireland. he was a divisive and controversial figure but tributes have been paid to him from across the spectrum: as those acts were by the ira up until the peace process martin mcguinness did play a part, a significant part, toward to the conclusion. he came across as a very reasonable man. this may seem crazy, given his early life, the scottish parliament begins its debate about holding inflationjumns to its highest —— w—

i'm annita mcveigh, live in londonderry, where martin mcguinness, one of the most prominent figures he was a divisive and controversial figure — the one—time ira commander — to help bring peace to northern ireland. martin mcguinness did play a part, a significant part, —- he believed in our people. he believed l reconciliation. he believed in reconciliation. he worked very hard. the coffin carrying the remains of martin now making its the coffin carrying the remains of mar through - now making its the coffin carrying the remains of mar through derry, i now making its the coffin carrying the remains of mar through derry, returning king its the coffin carrying the remains of mar through derry, returning to lg its the coffin carrying the remains of mar through derry, returning to his s way through derry, returning to his family home. the other main headlines here on bbc news. the iififiigfi. féfliéfiéfif egg eéggfi. independence referendum — two and a half years after voters opted to stay in the united kingdom. the outcome of the eu referendum gives the scottish government and thii l354. w555. w

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