michelle o'neill, what are the key points? michelle o'neill. the _ what are the key points?nt to commit to a firm reopening date which was in her words potentially unachievable because that would lead to disappointment. what is in the exit strategy is several dates over the next few months when the restrictions will be formally reviewed, so the first one is in the middle of this month and then another one in the middle of april, and another in the middle of may, and then the last one mentioned is on the 10th ofjune. so while the first and deputy ministers arlene foster and michelle o'neill are stressing that we should not read into those dates as dates when restrictions will be lifted, when northern ireland will be moving through the phases, it is fair enough to read the fact that the last eight mention is the 10th of june, as some sort of suggestion that ministers expect there will be significant progress to the stages by that point. significant progress to the stages by that point-— by that point. chris, thanks for “oinino by that point. chris, thanks for joining us _ late

michelle o'neill herself has apologised to people for the impression that her attendance at the funeralittle comfort to many people in northern ireland who did stay away from the funerals of loved ones. this whole row has been very damaging for political relationships up damaging for political relationships up here. it's 6.16. our top story this evening — the police watchdog says officers acted "completely appropriately" at a vigilfor sarah everard in south london earlier this month. the real impact of lockdown and the pandemic on our mental health is onlyjust starting to emerge according to experts. the royal college of psychiatrists says that social isolation, loneliness, stress, anxiety and bereavement are all factors that have led to an increase in workload for mental health services in the last year. it's just one of a series of warnings about the impact of the pandemic and the long—term consequences for the nhs. our health editor hugh pym reports from portsmouth. charlotte is enjoying the final weeks of her maternity leave with her ten—month—old son ethan, but life in lockdown has

michelle o'neill told him kids would be back in school and businesses would reopen whenever it was safester at prime minister's questions, borisjohnson said the uk had got its "priorities right" in cutting aid to yemen because of the "tough circumstances" of the coronavirus pandemic. the situation in yemen has been described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. the government has said it will provide "at least" £87 million in aid this year, down from £161; million pledged last year. mr speaker, britain should be a moral force for good in the world. butjust as the us is stepping up, the uk is stepping back. if the prime minister and the chancellor are so determined to press ahead with their manifesto—breaking cuts to international aid, cutting the budget to 0.5%, they should at least put that to a vote in this house. will he have the courage to do so? mr speaker, we are going to get on with our agenda of delivering for the people of this country and spending more than virtually any other country in the world, by the way, spending more still than virtually any other country in the g7

well, michelle o'neill told him kids would be back in school and businesses would reopen whenever it first minister has said that all secondary school pupils will return to classrooms part—time from 15 march. it had previously been announced that some would not return to school until april. but nicola sturgeon said all secondary pupils will now get some in—school time before the easter holidays. students in the senior phase of secondary school, that's of course years 4—6, who are taking national qualifications or have priority for face—to—face lessons in school, this will ensure they can have their hard work fully recognised with qualifications under the alternative certification model. however, although years four to six may have priority, we expect all children in secondary school or receive some in school education each week up until the easter break and then return full time following that. this will allow people to get used to being back in school and allow them to start seeing friends again and i'm sure everyone will agree that this is important for the wellbeing of young peopl

michelle o'neill�*s comments follow a warning by the european commission that it could "forbid" dosesexported to the uk. officials have confirmed that borisjohnson spoke to german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel macron on sunday about the issue, which would affect exports of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine made in europe. throughout the brexit process, the deputy first minister and other colleagues on the side of the house have been faithful cheerleaders for the european commission, given the disgraceful behaviour over the course of the last 24 hours, the european commission is not actively threatening vaccine supplies, not only for my constituents, but for the deputy first minister's. would she and the remaining parties in this chamber care to revise their fealty to the european commission? lets me be very clear in terms of vaccines, there shouldn't be a commodity, they shouldn't be traded, they should be given to people who need the most, and we should be working together to try to make sure that's the case. so let me just make that point very clear. people on

on the other hand, sinn fein michelle o'neill, refused to meet with boris johnson altogether, sayingor a meeting to discuss brexit and other matters and that the party felt they still hadn't had that opportunity yet. boris johnson's visit here today was to focus on meeting the medical teams that have been helping in the fight back against covid and to launch the programme of events to mark northern ireland's centenary, 100 years since the formation of this place. but while there is all this uncertainty and division over the irish sea border, relationships with the two biggest parties here will continue to be difficult and rebuilding trust with eunice is going to be heard. emma vardy in belfast. —— trust with unionists is going to be hard. the government has ordered a public inquiry, into plans for a deep coal mine on the cumbrian coast. previously, the government said it wouldn't intervene in the planning process, but has come under pressure from environmental campaigners ahead of britain hosting the un's climate change summit in glasgow later this year. our environment correspondent

deputy first minister michelle o'neill has been speaking to the stormont assembly.ully through the coming months. hope and care are equally important, and that requires a balanced approach. our approach is built on some core considerations, and we will set those out now. first and foremost, our approach is risk—based and will be driven by health, community and economic data analysis. we will not be driven by hard dates. we recognise that everyone will be looking for certain dates, but we do not want to set potentially unachievable dates that will only disappoint. our commitment is that we will keep restrictions in place only as long as needed, and as and when we build headroom to open a sector, we will most certainly take that opportunity. second, we will continue to be open and transparent in our decision—making. we will keep everyone up—to—date and we will explain our thinking. keeping restrictions in place will only be done if that is necessary and proportionate to the threat that we face from covid—19. our correspondent chris page is in belfast. she was talking

and on the other hand, sinn fein's michelle o'neill refused to meet with borisjohnson altogether, sayinge been helping in the fight back against covid and to launch the programme of events to mark northern ireland's centenary, 100 years since the formation of this place. but while there's all this uncertainty and division over the irish sea border, relationships with the two biggest parties here will continue to be difficult, and rebuilding trust with unionists is going to be particularly hard. the uk's national cyber security centre has urged organisations to install the latest microsoft exchange server updates after flaws in the system were detected. as our cyber correspondentjoe tidy explains, microsoft says it actually became aware of the security holes earlier this month. microsoft announced last week this bombshell announcement that not only had they found four new flaws that were never before known about — these are called "zero—day exploits" — but also these exploits were being used by hacking groups. one of them was named as the chinese hacking group, this is a chinese state—spo

presence of that a large crowd undermined the public health message and for more than two months, michelle o'neillthe first minister, the leader of the first minister, the leader of the democratic unionist party, we do not hold a joint covid news conferences with mrs o'neill. so 21t people, all of them elected representatives from sinn fein in northern ireland, where investigated for alleged breaches of coronavirus restrictions. the police passed this to prosecutors in december and they have announced their decision today and there are to be no prosecutions. the reasons they have given is one, sinn fein had with police in advance of the funeral of how it would be organised and secondly, they pointed to what was an inconsistency in any coronavirus regulations in some respects, for example, they changed nine times between when they were but in place first during march last year and at the end ofjune when a bobby storey�*s funeral took place because of either of those two factors, they said, would have presented an insurmountable difficulty for prosecution. the police said they did recommend those 24