but seriously for northern ireland. but seriously for northern ireland.iously for northern ireland what we are going to see, if there is no agreement in three weeks, or even the four weeks of negotiation, there will be flash points if there is going to be direct rule from london. sinn fein already said they do not see the current british government as a distant, as having a neutral voice, because it has relied on the support of the dup in the westminster parliament. this is the problem, theresa may wants to be the prime minister of the united kingdom, but as many other prime minister 's, they tend to neglect the celtic borders. occasionally there are events and problems and they become quite serious. where do you see this going? scotland is also part of this mix. there is something like 25 million cross—border movements between north and south in ireland. there is no way in which you could reinstate that border meaningfully. frankly, both the european union and the british government, and indeed ireland, is faced by a very difficult problem of how somehow

first, let's go over to stormont house in northern ireland, where we're expecting the northern irelandaryjames brokenshire to make a statement on the political deadlock in the province. the deadline to form a new devolved government has just passed without an agreement. we expect the northern ireland secretary to emerge in about ten minutes to tell us about his plans. there is no sign of any deal being done by the deadline lipm. the dup and sinn fein appear to be blaming each other and the decision now falls to the northern ireland office to determine the way ahead. we expect the northern ireland secretary to emerge in roughly ten minutes and we will bring that live on bbc news. theresa may will meet nicola sturgeon in scotland for the first time since the snp announced their proposals for a second independence referendum. at the beginning of a week that will see article 50 triggered on wednesday, the prime minister will say she wants to build a more united nation. tomorrow, the scottish parliament is expected to pass a vote in favour of seeking a new scottish independence referendum,

and that's not going to be good from northern ireland, particularly given all the issues in northern eard about, as we go into the article 50 process. northern ireland at the moment does not have a voice in those talks. northern ireland will not have a democratically elected voice in those talks. if you look at scotland for example and the prime minister goes to scotland, makes a big speech, nicola sturgeon, the first minister, you know, has a voice in that, she has a say about whether they have a referendum on what the future of scotland is inside or outside the uk, inside or outside the eu and so on. if you go to direct rule in northern ireland you are not going to have a democratically elected voice in an assembly in northern ireland are talking about those sorts of issues which i think it's bad, it's a retrograde step. unfortunately it is down to the parties at this stage to see if they can reach a deal. let's go back to where the parties stand after this election. so, the sinn fein victory, what would you put that down to? sinn fein is the fastest—growing party north and south of

people of northern ireland to determine. as our manifesto made clear, we have a preference that northern ireland should remain a part of the united kingdom and we will never be neutral in expressing our support for that. and that's because i believe fundamentally in the strength of our our union. >> mr. speaker, pupils and parents deserve good schools and real choice in education, including schools that are focused una shamedly on academic rigor. can my right honorable friend tell us when this government will open applications to the new wave of preschool. can she also confirm they'll be free to be run as they wish, serving local community, and creating schools that work for everyone. >> my honorable friend is absolutely right. i believe schools should be free to be run as best suits them. we're putting autonomy and freedom in the hands of strong leaders now standing teachers so they can deliver an excellent education. we want to get out of the way of our education providers so they can set up the types of schools that paren

not bad into northern ireland and northern england as well. sunshine from the word go.hing into the southern fringes of the isle of man and across the north—west of england and wales, down through the midlands and into the south—east corner. a wet and windy start to sunday morning. even once the rain clears away there will be plenty of frequent showers towards the south—west and this will start to drift further inland, driven in by strong to gale force gusts of wind that are likely to develop through the day. gusts in excess of 60 mph for a time, so a pretty miserable afternoon for some of us if you get caught in the showers. for northern england, scotland and northern ireland, we keep the sunshine and it'll be quite pleasant. a day of changed fortunes. 7—10 is the overall high. for the premiership matches, if you are lucky enough to have tickets and you are keeping a close eye on the forecast, a few showers for the tottenham match into the afternoon, but the rain will have cleared. sunderland v man city should be dry, albeit clouding over a touch. into monday there's a

settling in across northern ireland. the south of england and wales. south of —— south—east of england a bit drier, brighter as well so temperatures are higher. moving northwards, the rain in the midlands is sitting in and it will feel cold, as it does in northern ireland where the rain increases. but scotland, largely dry, best of the sunshine in the north. this was a scene taken in lerwick earlier today. following a cold and frosty start in the north of scotland. not as cold tonight because we have cloud moving northwards. we will say rain edging up to scotland, continuing in northern ireland. not com pletely continuing in northern ireland. not completely drive for england and we either. show the bursary which should keep temperatures high. more rain on the way for most of us on saturday, especially across scotland and northern ireland. a very poor day for the east of scotland. snow in the mountains. rain for some time in the mountains. rain for some time in the north of england. the rest of england and wales cricket b

northern ireland?ionist side?|j think so much on the unionist side?” think that sinn fein are. we see martin mcguinness going and michelle o'neill martin mcguinness going and michelle 0'neill coming in. similarly, in the south, where sinn fein is an emerging politicalforce south, where sinn fein is an emerging political force still, there is going to be the same thing. interestingly, a lot more women coming into the party as well. but i would not put too much store by that in itself. i think that is just by the nature of things, may be the dup and the demographic is getting older, sinn fein appeals to a younger, more working class group, maybe some of the old divisions are breaking down. the unionist— nationalist thing is perhaps breaking down. for example, says of the border in the republic, sinn fein appeals not necessarilyjust to nationalist waters, but people who are nationalist waters, but people who a re interested nationalist waters, but people who are interested in what is going to happen, anti

. >> we want to work together to assure we can protect the best interests of northern ireland. ensuring we have government and northern ireland is important for the future and so we can build on significant progress made in recent years for people of northern ireland and i urge all parties to come to the talks, finding a way through this so northern ireland can restore government. >> will the prime minister agree social media companies need to take action now to remove extremists from their platforms and foot the bill, doing their dirty work at a taxpayers expense. >> the question of working with the company to assure extremist materials removed as quickly as possible and going for a number of years, through counterterrorism network we have a process which enables to take materials down. taken down since february 2010, and in the last couple years, i know my right honorable friend will be meeting the companies later this week to talk about this important issue. we don't want to see extremist materials on the internet. what we want to see his companies taking action to remove ma

sinn fein make big gains in northern ireland's assembly elections. the dup is still the biggest party but with just one more seat than the republicans. fears for the future of vauxhall plants in britain, as a french car company reportedly reaches a deal to buy general motors‘ european operations. mercedes recalls 75,000 cars in the uk because of a risk of them catching fire. also in the next hour. just how much will it cost british taxpayers to leave the european union? a house of lords report says the uk has no legal obligation to make any final payment. and the dateline panel analyse donald trump's claim the us economy is booming; and asks about those contacts with russia? that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. sinn fein are celebrating their best ever showing in elections to the northern ireland assembly. with all the votes counted, they've won 27 seats, just one behind the democratic unionists. sinn fein‘s president, gerry adams, has described the result as "an end to the old status quo". the two parties n

but not in northern ireland's best interests., and arlene foster's held up. in extraordinary circumstances, that is a remarkable achievement. the think this evening arlene foster might be thinking that perhaps she should have taken that opportunity to step aside temporarily while an enquiry into the renewable heating steam was carried out and then came back into office, avoiding the selection entirely? —— the election. i know many people are blessed with the benefit of hindsight, always after the event. arlene foster has been very clear. she is resolute she will be vindicated through the enquiry. secondly, we believe in northern ireland and we want to see at work. we want to see a return to the institution ‘s. arlene foster, she nor any other person in the party will stand in the way of effective devolution in northern ireland. we are part of that. the people have returned us and they will be a form as is the largest party in northern ireland. we have a significant part to play and want to see it succeed. if people vote for who t

following the passing of yesterday's legal deadline, in northern ireland, northern ireland has no devolved administration. this also means that other elements of the belfast agreement, including the north—south bodies cannot operate properly. the consequences of all of this are potentially extremely serious. and the most immediate is that we're rapidly approaching the point at which northern ireland will not have an agreed budget. from tomorrow, a civil servant, the department of finance permanent secretary, will exercise powers that allocate cash to northern ireland departments. but let me be very clear, the situation is not sustainable, and beyond a short period of time, will have an impact on public services. what we're talking about here is the health service, schools, voluntary groups, services for the most vulnerable in society. this isn't what people voted for on the 2nd of march. he said he was hopeful of a positive outcome from the talks. if these talks are successful, it would be my intention, quickly, to bring forward legislation after the easter recess, to allow an executive to

how shaky is devolved government in northern ireland? where would brexit leave the island of ireland? we know sinn fein has done very well and the dup are still the largest party, but it is neck and neck. where do you see this going? can there be a new stormont devolved assembly or direct rule from london which we have not seen for years? under the rules the parties have about three weeks. there is a discretionary thing the british government has where they can extend that if they need to. they have three weeks or so to form a government. i think personally, and it is only personal, that the reasons why sinn fein brought the executive down in the first place, we do not need to go into the details, but what has happened is sinn fein now has a shopping list and at the top of it is a piece of legislation that they want to put through, which puts the irish language on a par with english in governmental institutions in northern ireland. it is a throwback to the st andrews agreement in 2006. arlene foster, the leader of the dup, the former fir

the northern ireland secretary james brokenshire said he believed there was no appetite for yet anotherrrespondent chris buckler reports. there's been a lot of talk in northern ireland about restoring power—sharing, but at times it's felt like sinn fein and the dup have been speaking a very different language. much of the funding for this class for migrant workers in dungannon comes through stormont, but with no government, there's no budget. we might want to ask how much... and that means this community group can't be sure how much money they'll have once the new financial year begins, and that's just next week. if there's no funding, it would mean imminent closure within two months and alljobs lost. that's how serious it is. those concerns about budgets stretch across all departments including health and education. but at lipm, the deadline for an agreement, the politicians weren't electing a first and deputy first minister. the assembly chamber was empty. i think there are a short few weeks in order to resolve matters. the reason i say that is because of this issue, the stark issue i

from bombs to the ballot box, northern ireland's martin mcguinness dies at 66.e leaves a complicated legacy print and back where they belong -- the van gogh museum welcomes back 2 stolen paintings worth tens of millions of dollars. tim: hello, and welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. for millions of airline passengers, long-haul flights could seem a whole lot longer, following authorities announcing a ban on laptops, ipads, and other devices bigger than a mobile phone brought as hand luggage the order, based on unspecified threats from affect passengers on u.s.-bound flights from the middle east and north africa, and britain has targeted its security measures as well. frank gardner has this. frank: familiar, tedious, time-consuming. getting laptops and other devices through airport security on direct flights from the middle east to the u.k. is effectively -- about to get more complicated. british airways, easyjet, and for other u.k. airlines are affected, and so or eight middle eastern and north african carriers, foll

an improved day across scotland and northern ireland.

the northern ireland secretary has warned that there is only a short window of opportunity to restore power—sharing executive after today's deadline passed without agreement. and an update on the markets for you, this is how the ftse 100 dax ended the the markets for you, this is how the ftse100 dax ended the day. both slightly down. mixed bag. in trading in the united states. theresa may has been meeting nicola sturgeon for the first time since the scottish government proposed a new independence referendum. the first minister wants another vote within two years saying that brexit has transformed the situation since the original vote. the prime minister has restated her view that ‘now is not the time'. speaking earlier today she said that she wants the uk to be ‘more united'. this great united nations, england, scotland, wealth and northern ireland sets its mind on something and works together with determination, we are an unstoppable force. that's why the plan for britain i have set out, a plan to get the right deal for britain abroad as well as a better deal for ordinary working peo

northern ireland facing an even more uncertain politicalfuture., pretty critical, what is her position? the dup leader arlene foster has issued a statement saying that there was little to suggest in her opinion that sinn fein wanted to secure an agreement. she says at every opportunity they've resisted involving the other parties, there we re involving the other parties, there were no around table discussions when all the parties were together over the course of these talks, and she says brew the course of yesterday sinn fein behaved like they were the only participants whose mandate mattered. so it's very clear she's placing the blame very firmly on sinn fein. sinn fein, though, very firmly placing the blame on the dup and indeed on the british government and they say the two main sticking points if you like, the indications are that the two main sticking points we have our first leave the running of new organisations, new agencies to investigate killings from the troubles, and secondly a demand for an irish language act that sinn fein have made,

now that such a key protagonist is gone, is there a risk for peace in northern ireland, particularly with the exit the brexits -- negotiations hanging over ireland, do you see complications in the future because of that? >> i do, and it is a pessimistic martinlooking at it, but mcguinness's departure is connected to this. he is someone who was prepared to offer moments of leadership in terms of deciding to embark on a conciliatory gesture, such as shaking the queen's hand, which is a symbolic thing for ulster protestants who take the royal family very seriously and feel passionately disposed for the royal family. northern ireland is already in a slightly unbearable, agonizing hinterland where it is between the united kingdom, which has a serious level of negotiations to conduct on brexit, and the republic of ireland, which also doesn't really want to know or take it on. so they are already in this position, a given the amount of european union structural funds peaceful money that goes into the region, northern ireland is looking at a really difficult situation over the next few years,

and actually northern ireland, too. and actually northern ireland, too.in the afternoon. and then there is more in on the way during friday night. so too are out on late friday night, it could be a sober. low pressure tory weather front across the uk with a bit ofan weather front across the uk with a bit of an attitude. it is not looking pretty. but in to friday, it is changeable in the second half of the week. —— soaker. looking at saturday, low pressure with us spinning around close to my neighbourhood. you see where the rain is across northern various convert to be ‘s review, rain chance anywhere across the uk on saturday. there will be some sunshine around, as well. so will not be raining or through the day, but take an umbrella, if you're out. still on the chilly side, single figures, if you are doing anything. we have weather fronts and low pressure city across the uk. rain moving into other parts of europe, too. more weather fronts out there in the wings. there will be a failed bid of wind as well and it will feel on the chilly side at the weekend.

the main band of rain gets stuck across northern ireland. 0nce rain gets stuck across northern irelandem for quite some time. 0vernight lows of four or 5 degrees, for bell first,. rain will move to the north of northern ireland, one or two showers but a lot of dry and bright weather. quite chilly underneath the rain in scotland. into sunday, we will see wetter weather across england and wales. rain followed by sunshine and showers, scattered showers across scotland and northern ireland. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: there are signs that both sinn fein and the unionist dup are polling strongly in the northern ireland assembly election. ulster unionist leader mike nesbitt has resigned after a disappointing performance by his party.

he was determined to give northern ireland a different future.housands of people in the ira's terror campaign — many who suffered will neverforgive him. to be forgetting. and legacy of martin mcguinness. also tonight: security alert — electronic devices will be banned and north african countries. food and fuel prices are blamed for a sharp rise for more than three years. and the man who created inspector morse, the writer colin dexter, has died at his home in oxford at the age of 86. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: gareth southgate says striker jamie vardy is in a good frame of mind, despite the leicester striker receiving death threats following the sacking of claudio ranieri. good evening. tonight following the death of northern ireland's former deputy he was 66. the ira commander turned peacemaking politician was thought to be suffering from a rare heart condition. leading figures in the peace process paid tribute to the role he played in securing the good friday agreement. buckingham palace said the queen, who finally shook hands with

they represented the people of northern ireland.at along community and his point of view. in that- along with leaders on both that way, along with leaders on both sides, they helped to reach the z ' e ts: e 777777777 s ' is is: e 777777777 to s ' is. is: e 777777777 to end - violence and decision to end the violence and move towards democratic and peaceful of resolving disputes. of é he isa é he is a controversialfigure. course he is a controversialfigure. many would say he had blood on his hands. whilst you were in the of negotiating with him process of negotiating with him during the years leading up to the good friday agreement did you ever discuss his past actions with him?|j never discuss his past actions with him?” never past actions with never discussed past actions with martin orany never discussed past actions with martin or any other participant in the northern ireland peace process. many of them were in a similar circumstance. the problem was, they we re circumstance. the problem was, they were embedded in the past. i was

rain, the most of the day 30 northern ireland but it soon clears northern and eastern england and manyght. some sunshine, some showers and wales and south—westward cold day underneath the raid in scotland. that rain up was the northern islands on sunday, a change of fortunes, drier day for scotland. fans of rain and showers of england and wales. —— bands of rain and showers. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines results are being declared in the northern ireland assembly election and the early signs are that the nationalist party sinn fein has polled well. turnout is up sharply more than 10% in some areas. air accident investigators say the pilot of the vintage jet which crashed at the shoreham airshow was flying "too low and too slow" when he started a loop manoeuvre. eleven people on the ground died. theresa may has accused the snp of neglecting public services in scotland, because it's obsessed with the issue of independence. the prime minister said securing the union was vital to the uk's prosperity. a cumbria police force which investigated the death of poppi worthington has been

what is the special status for northern ireland that you want to secure in europe? like? well, it looked like very much what we have now, whether or not we remain as members of the european union, it doesn't need to be that way. i think we can have the full freedoms across ireland and the european union, we can do business, we can move. we don't have to try and hard in that order. in fact, don't have to try and hard in that order. infact, it don't have to try and hard in that order. in fact, it is impossible. there are 260 border crossings from the north to the cell. the idea that you could harden that border and control that in some wayjust doesn't make any sense. control that in some wayjust doesn't make any senselj control that in some wayjust doesn't make any sense. i believe that the problems that we will face will be much less than the problems the republic of ireland will face as a result of the brexit vote. and i think that the irish government will have a lot of difficulties to deal with. not least at their largest, the country that the export most two, is

scotland and northern ireland will get bands of rain coming in. stronger winds. he final report says the stunt was performed to low and too slow. investigators say the pilot of the vintage plane which crashed onto a dual carriageway could have taken action to abort his display even after he started his loop the loop. we wear their names on our kit, so they'll always be remembered by us as great footballers. first of all, they were superb players and brilliant friends. will be live at farnborough airport shortly. also this lunchtime — theresa may accuses the snp of neglecting public services in scotland — because

dry spells for northern ireland.l see quite a bit of rain and fringing into cornwall. but in the east, having a lot of dry weather. quite muggy. it is nothing compared to the warmth which will waft into parts of the southeast and east anglia on thursday on the southerly breeze. somebody will reach 20 or even 2! here. further north and west it will be progressively cooler, mid—teens is probably the best. rain around once more. pushing up through the irish sea to west wales, north—west england. northern ireland and scotla nd england. northern ireland and scotland seeing some dry weather, not as fresh in the breeze and not as warm as it will be further ease. the rain will head eastwards in the day and push the warmth out of the way. it is a cold front. the cold fronts will introduce fresh air to all of us at the weekend. blobs blue, showers around for saturday. but ridge of high pressure building infor but ridge of high pressure building in for sunday. to sum up this weekend, if you have any plans, take something waterp

continue to be wet across northern ireland. scotland mostly dry. its chilly start. still quite cold but it is a fine day. a bit drierfurther south but some bursts of rain, as well. more rain to come overnight. the more persistent rain continues in scotland. still learning in northern ireland and best of rain across england and wales. all helping to keep the temperature is up. but they feast on scotland with the wind of the sea driving in that rent. snow in the mouth and. ellie when the northern and eastern england. i think of across england and wales. some sunshine and showers out to the west of wales and the south—west. change—up would choose, it slips again on sunday, because the more persistent ranges towards the northern islands, most of scotland, northern ireland, things have been tried but we will see bands of rain or showers the little sunshine for england and wales. strong winds the cell. —— in the south. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: air accident investigators say the pilot of the vintage jet which crashed at the shoreham airshow

remember there was an election here in northern ireland just ten months ago, last may.y10% 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 their leader mike nesbitt said he would be standing down because of his party's performance in these elections. he had appealed to people to vote across traditional community lines and transfer their votes to other parties who he

more cloud in northern ireland threatening rain later. wintry showers and snow over the hills in scotland, some sunshine as well. it's feeling colder, especially in northern scotla nd colder, especially in northern scotland whether winds die down last of all. this evening it turns wet in northern ireland, some rain and hail snow. it pushes into the soup —— into southern scotland and in southern wales and we have rain arriving, that will keep temperatures but quite chilly night in scotland, especially the north of scotland. maybe a pinch of frost but some sunshine here. elsewhere the sunshine is a reluctant visitor tomorrow. there will be brighterfor a while in south—east scotland and north east england but we have rain moving northwards. it becomes lighter. it turns dryer for the south—east of england, boosting temperatures here. across northern ireland the rain could be setting in for most, if not all, of the day. into the weekend, whilst there will be some dryer and brighter slots, rain is never going to be too far away. in fact, rain i

north, across into southern scotland, eventually into the central belt, staying with us into northern irelandas saturday begins. will be frost, though, across northern parts of scotland. so that takes us on to the weekend, and friday. well, the theme of the wet weather continues into the weekend. we will see more rain at times. some of that could be quite heavy and persistent, and particularly on saturday, with this area of low pressure just stalling its rainfall from northern ireland and into parts of scotland, whereas further south there will be still some areas of rainfall or showers, but it is not going to be a washout all day long. but we will see raining for much of the day, we think, into northern ireland and southern and eastern parts of scotland. and, particularly through eastern scotland, it will be quite cold with that rainfall, and there will be quite a lot of snow developing into the grampians. further south, it is showers. and then, on sunday, it looks like it turns a little bit better. still a few showers around for scotland and northern ireland. we see another area of rainfall

to say, you did it for northern ireland, why can't you do it for northern ireland, why can she do ite question, others remain. but currency with an independent scotland use, how would it close the gap between what it spends on what it races in taxation? for that gap is wide. and did it, should it, join the eu? this is the territory on which a second independence referendum would be fought. i can confirm today that next week i will seek the 40 of the scottish parliament to agree with the uk government of the details of a section 30 order. the procedure that will enable the scottish parliament to legislate for an independence referendum. i think, just now, we should be putting all our energies into making sure we get the right deal for the uk and for scotland in our negotiations with the european union. that's myjob as prime minister. right now, we should be working together, not pulling apart. should be working together to get that right it for scotland and the uk. that's myjob as prime minister. for that reason, i say to the snp, now is the time. theresa may could stop another indepe

the northern ireland secretary james brokenshire said he believes there is no appetite for yet anothera lot of talk in northern ireland about restoring power—sharing, but at times it's felt like sinn fein and the dup have been speaking a very different language. much of the funding for this class for migrant workers in dungannon comes through stormont, but with no government, there's no budget. and that means this community group can't be sure how much money they'll have once the new financial year begins, and that's just next week. if there's no funding, it would mean imminent closure within two months and alljobs lost. that's how serious it is. those concerns about budgets stretch across all departments including health and education. but at four o'clock, the deadline for an agreement, the politicians weren't electing a first and deputy first minister. the assembly chamber was empty. i think there are a short few weeks in order to resolve matters. the reason i say that is because of this issue, the stark issue in relation to public services here in northern ireland, and the lack of a

what is the special status for northern ireland that you want to secure in europe? like? it looks much like what we have now. whether or not we remain members of the european union, it doesn't need to be that way. we can do business and we can move across ireland. we don't have to try and harden that border. in fact, it isn't possible. there are 260 border crossings from the north to the south. the idea that you could control that border in some wayjust doesn't make any sense to me. i believe the problems we will face will be much less than the problems the republic of ireland will face as a result of the brexit vote. i think the irish government will have a lot of difficulties to deal with, not least that the country that they export most to is outside the european union. the opening of the irish border has been transformative. 20 years ago, there were watchtowers and military checkpoints here. you can't come down this way. this border town was sunk in poverty and unemployment. partition devastated the economy of this area. newry was a thriving port, midway between

we will get an area of rain, starting on the eastern side of northern ireland, through northern ireland will be in northern scotland. turning a bit dry, though, in the afternoon in south—east england, and it actually could feel a bit mild, given any brightness. one or two spots mayjust reach 13 or even 1a celsius. a few heavy showers reaching through parts of south—west england and wales as we go through friday night. the rain marching further north, across into southern scotland, eventually into the central belt, staying with us into northern ireland. frost—free for most as saturday begins. will be frost, though, across northern parts of scotland. so that takes us on to the weekend, and friday. well, the theme of the wet weather continues into the weekend. we will see more rain at times. some of that could be quite heavy and persistent, and particularly on saturday, with this area of low pressure just stalling its rainfall from northern ireland and into parts of scotland, whereas further south there will be still some areas of rainfall or showers, but it is not going to be a washout al

it pushes into scotland and northern ireland.igh ground and overnight lows of 4—7. what ea5ter scotland tomorrow it will be wet, windy and chile all day long. there is a dried up chile all day long. there is a dried up proce55 chile all day long. there is a dried up process in northern ireland. lot5 of dry and fairly bright weather and temperature is getting up to about 10-12d. a temperature is getting up to about 10—12d. a role reversal on sunday with england and wales looking quite wet and windy. in comparison, not so much rain for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures between 7—11. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. results are being declared in the northern ireland assembly election and the early signs are that the largest parties — sinn fein and the dup are polling well. turnout is up 5harply — more than 10% in some areas. air accident inve5tigator5 say the pilot of the vintage jet which crashed at the shoreham airshow was flying "too low and too slow" when he started a loop manoeuvre. eleven people on the ground

the ordinary man and woman in northern ireland want and woman in northern ireland want an assembly up my party and all parties playing their role. we have proved we are up for that and we call on other parties to be up for it and stop messing about with devolution and wrecking the hope and aspirations of the entire community. the dup and sinn fein have three weeks to do a deal, otherwise people face the prospect of the westminster government is taking over the running of northern ireland, at least for a period. to avoid that, irish nationalists and british unionists must come together again. what might matter is how much they value power. officials in ireland say human remains of a significant number of babies and infant children have been discovered in underground chambers at the site of a former church—run mother and baby home. excavations were ordered at tuam in county galway by a commission set up by the irish government last 0ctober, following allegations about the deaths of nearly 800 infants at the home between 1925 and 1961. the red cross says chemical weapons appear to have b

peace process.the issue including trade, immigration and the northern ireland peace process. >> thank you very much. just add very constructive and a very engaging meeting with the president and his team. in the oval office. we talked about issues about ireland, issues in europe andish r issue of u.s. immigration and other matters. i gave the president a detailed account of the outcome of the election in northern ireland. it is now a priority to put together an executive and provide a voice for northern ireland and the fact that we have a clear agreement with the british government that there be no return to hard border and no direct rule brought back from london. the president asked a number of questions about what the hard border meant in the past. they pointed out to him about customs posts, sectarian violence that that brought with it, the engagement of the united states along with europe in terms of putting together the peace process and the fact that during those times it was impossible to travel from some counties in the republic into northern ireland because of roads i

the secretary of state for northern ireland, who has the power to impose direct rule from westminster it's not clear if of when powersharing will return. here's our ireland correspondent chris buckler. voiceover: there has been a lot of talk in northern ireland about restoring power—sharing but at times it has felt like sinn fein and the dup have been speaking a very different language. much of the funding for this class for migrant workers in dungannon comes from storm on. with no government, no budget. that means this community group cannot be sure how much money they will have, once the new financial year begins, just next week. if there is no funding coming through, it would mean imminent closure within two months, and all jobs lost. that is how serious it is. those concerns about budgets retch across all departments, including health and education. at apm, the deadline for an agreement, the politicians were not electing a first and deputy first minister, the assembly chamber was empty. i think there are a short few weeks in order to resolve matters. the reason i say that is becau

the northern ireland secretary has urged parties to agree to work together to form an executive. uckler why has everything stopped? there has not been much optimism about these talks. the parties have had three weeks in the stormont election at the start of the month to try and negotiate and repair the damage in relation to which resulted in the colla pse relation to which resulted in the collapse of power—sharing at stormont back injanuary. that then deputy first minister martin mcguinness of sinn fein resigned and of course he died last week. negotiations have been continuing at stormont and this afternoon sinn fein, ina stormont and this afternoon sinn fein, in a surprise move, basically to those negotiations to an end. they said that they had come to the end of the road and that the talks had run their course and that they would not be nominating their stormont leader to the position of deputy first minister, that is the joint head of the northern ireland executive, tomorrow. as things stand the northern ireland assembly had been scheduled to meet tomorrow for the largest part

certainly for the bulk of northern ireland and northern scotla nd northern ireland and northern scotlandhe day. maybe close to the borders we keep cloud and poor visibility, not bad into northern ireland. here is oui’ bad into northern ireland. here is our drizzly rain from that weather front across northern england and north wales. maybe the cloud being a nuisance into the midlands but south of that with some sunshine temperatures will respond, i6 of that with some sunshine temperatures will respond, 16 or 17 is not out of the question in london. that's 63 fahrenheit. that bodes well for the arsenal and lincoln city match with 15, i am sure fans won't care what the weather is going to do but for middlesbrough it could be overcast with drizzle. believe it or not, for twickenham similar conditions for rome for the six nations matches, perfect, light winds, lots of sunshine. through the night there is a potential for sunshine. through the night there is a potentialfor more sunshine. through the night there is a potential for more cloud and outbreaks of drizzly rain to continue to move in f

scotla nd through northern ireland as well. a lot of cloud in the south and the northern half seeing sunshine, drying up with any brightness. friday evening, the rain continuing to its north words and we may see some heavy showers through parts of wales and western england. we ends friday night with that rain across northern ireland, increasingly in eastern parts of scotland. too much cloud and rain around. for the areas of rainfall over the weekend, showers to be had, not saying it is going to be a wash—out everywhere but with no pressure close by we see a stubborn area of rain across northern ireland and parts of scotla nd northern ireland and parts of scotland and for some others it could be around all day long. northern ireland looking pretty wet and southern and eastern parts of scotland, further outbreaks of rain. in two eastern scotland, some snow on to the grampians and cold wind. further rainfall and parts of england with heavy showers following. quieter in scotland and northern ireland on sunday but not the scotland c

fully commitd to ensuring the unique interests of northern ireland establh r negoatg si, our posio has been clear on the belfast agreeninuding the principle of connthat nohern ila's constitutional position fo nohern ireland to determine but as o maniftoade clear we have a prefenha northern ireland should remain part of the ited kingdom and we will never be neutral in expressing our support for fat. th is fundamentally in the strength of our union. >> pupils and parents deserve good schools and real chce in education including schools cused ashamedly,an my right honorable friend tell us about applications for the new vef but we are genuinely free to beun as theyis and schools that work f everyone. >> i believe schoo shoul b free to be run and putting autonomy in the hands of stro leers so they can deliver an cellenedatn and wants to get out of the way of outstanding education fighting toetp theyp of schools parents want,o move the ban, ana complex area. and the following the publication of the white pape >> jeremy corbin. >> the emergency services ashe prime minister did especially thos

it was northern ireland ‘s warmest day of the year so far as well.d england and wales. clear skies helping temperatures fall overnight. the weather broadly similar. for most of us, sunshine from the word go and thatis us, sunshine from the word go and that is the way it will stay all day. some mist patches taking their time to clear. some thicker cloud and spots of drizzle potential in shetland. i9 and spots of drizzle potential in shetland. 19 point something i think is quite likely this afternoon. northern ireland, 18 degrees in a few spots and 18 as well for western wales, parts of north—west england but come to the south—east. chilly winds blowing and it will keep the temperature is cooler and fresher. for the world cup qualifiers, it is dry at wembley. temperatures into double figures for all of these matches so the weather no problem at all for playing football. 0vernight tonight, we will keep the clear skies for most of us. perhaps a bit of cloud developing over the north sea coasts, drifting inland across parts of lincolnshire and yorkshire a

strong winds in northern scotla nd ireland. strong winds in northern scotland will be easing.ampened drizzly in northern ireland in the morning. 0utbreaks in northern ireland in the morning. outbreaks of rain pushing into western scotland. the far west of wales and england will keep a good deal of cloud, whereas elsewhere will see thin cloud with brakes, and in those spells of sunshine, high temperatures. a pleasant, springlike look and feel to things. there will bea look and feel to things. there will be a few breaks in the cloud at cheltenham, but perhaps not so by the time we get to thursday, with the time we get to thursday, with the stronger breeze. this is the picture going into wednesday evening. a fine evening for many of us evening. a fine evening for many of us will stop outbreaks of rain in northern scotland. on thursday, the weather gets more active, wet weather gets more active, wet weather working through scotland and northern ireland will stop some of the rain reaches parts of northern england. the south mainly dry. 0n friday, weather systems arrive on the jet s

sunshine through northern ireland and southern scotla nd northern ireland and southern scotland and downnto northern england. into the south remaining cloudy with rain coming or going. it is where we have the most cloud but the temperatures up to iii. here to thursday, there is an area of low pressure in the north and the bump in the isobars with a etheridge of high pressure starts to work in. what does it mean? a quiet day. a lot of dry weather. spells of sunshine, maybe some cloud and rain spreading from the west later on. into thursday, a cloudy day. some rain around but nothing dramatic and still pretty mild. so fairly gentle ups and downs to come. a reminder of our main story: a reminder of our main story: a bbc investigation reveals facebook‘s failings when it comes to removing sexualised images of children. that's all from the bbc news at one, goodbye from me on bbc one. hello there. you're watching bbc news, and i'm jj chalmers with a round—up of the latest sport. bbc sport understands that leicester city will offer craig shakespeare the manager'sjob until the end of the season.

sinn fein celebrate big gains in northern ireland elections. the dup is still the biggest party but with just one more seat than the republicans. the parties have three weeks to agree a power—sharing coalition. president trump accuses the obama administration of tapping his phone during the presidential election campaign. the president treated... there are fears for the future of vauxhall pla nts fears for the future of vauxhall plants in britain after a french car company that produces peugeot vehicles reportedly reached a deal to buy general motors‘ european operations. a house of lords report says britain is not be legally obliged to make a final budget payment to the eu after brexit. also in the next hour. thousands of people march in london to demonstrate over nhs cuts. protestors have travelled from across the country. jeremy corbyn is expected to address the crowd. our nhs is in crisis because of the lack of funding in social care with many not getting the care and support they need, those waiting on trolleys. good afternoon and welcome

a much improved day across scotland and northern ireland and the north of england. 0ne ireland and thee, a fair amount of cloud, the heaviest of showers across scotland and northern ireland. at best, temperatures could make it into double figures. see you in halfan make it into double figures. see you in half an hour, take care.