my colleague at nita mcveigh is at stormont for us. —— nita mcveigh.much and good evening from stormont. it has been another eventful day up there on the hill. it was deadline day and that 5pm deadline to try and find some sort of deal to salvage the power—sharing executive here came and went without any solution. today we have heard a considerable amount of vitriol from the two main parties at stormont who had until a week ago been sharing that power with the post of first minister and deputy first minister. we heard from the unionist dup who said sinn fein, instead of working with them, chose to pursue a path of political self—interest. and from the republican party sinn fein, we heard them accuse the dup of arrogance and a lack of respect for certain sections of the community. so that'll put the ball, at least at the moment, into the court of the northern ireland secretary james brokenshire and this is what he had to say a short time ago. lam now to say a short time ago. i am now obliged, under relevant legislation, to propose a date for the next no