just another facet of the northern ireland election is very unique to northern ireland, candidates forll not take up. there was endless speculation about after all these decades sinn fein would turn up and take their seats, and every time it was raised by anybody, they said they are not going to do it. but it is something people talked about. for us covering the westminster parliament, the dup have spent a lot of time talking to them over the last few years, and of course it is very much seen through the prism of the dup. lots of people in northern ireland say hang on a minute, there are all these other parties, who because they are not sitting at westminster, we don't cover as much, and m obviously you do. exactly, the remain voice in westminsterjust isn't heard as loudly because sinn fein, they go to college green, but their voices not there in the chambers. they have attracted a lot of criticism for that if they were to ever give in on that they would attract a whole lot of criticism for the other reasons i have explained to you. you could be forgiven if you don't follow politics to

i am emma vardy, the ireland correspondent for the bbc, covering northern ireland and the republic ofland. right, has the election been a big deal in northern ireland? you know, sometimes what is going on in northern ireland and the election doesn't feature that much in the uk wide story because northern ireland has different parties, it's got its own brand of politics going on very much related to the troubles and the history of northern ireland. but this time round it is dramatically different because brexit hasjust added this extra level of complication. it has increased the bitterness between the two parties, and a real feature of elections in northern ireland this year is that there are these electoral pacts are being formed between parties, parties across the political spectrum stepping aside for each other, basically moving aside in one seat in return for another party stepping aside from them in another seat. it is all to maximise votes, unionist against nationalist, leave against remain, the so—called pro—remain alliance being formed and officially between parties here. so ye

to ghost you out of northern ireland.d your kids. they were given, what, an hour or two to pack? 0ne suitcase. leave everything. what impact did that have on your family on your family? well, i remember coming in and saying to mary, "look, i've been doing something for the last number of years and i've been caught." and... were you honest? did you say mary, i have essentially lived a lie with you for these last nine years or whatever it was. and now, because of my lying, you and the kids have to get on this plane and you'll probably never see northern ireland again? well, over the years, i used to think, "i wonder, should i tell her?" and then i thought, "now, if i tell her and she has this information, if i'm ever caught, they'll shoot her too, so i'm not going to tell her." because there were people who left derry, informers, and their wives were able to return because they were seen to as not knowing very much about it. so i decided, "look, selfish as it sounds, i'm not going to tell her." and that's why i didn't tell

it has made northern ireland less stable, i don't think anyone could argue other than that. don't think it makes a united ireland more inevitable but i think it puts it into the centre of political discourse, i don't think that is good for long—term stability. if you look at the polls, it is very clear the harder the brexit we have, the more borders, barriers and friction, the more likely people are to reconsider their position, and the more soft brexit that we have, the theresa may brexit, the more likely people artistic with the status quo. they are just polls. nevertheless, it would be foolish if people ignored that. boris johnson's united kingdom break—up deal, it is going to make northern ireland a place apart. it is going to drive scotland away from the united kingdom as well. there is nothing about his deal that is good. it is not good for our economy, it is not good for the future of northern ireland and that is why we need to stop borisjohnson's deal. there's nothing good about brexit at all. it is notjust his deal, brexit itself is divisive. it is the decision of t

scotland and northern ireland, some rain during the morning, since i developing later on. double figures. milder weather as we head into thursday, but with some wet and windy weather for parts of northern scotland and ireland. widespread gales of the western pa rt of ireland. widespread gales of the western part of the uk. temperature around seven or eight degrees on thursday. in the west we will see the peak around 12 or 13, maybe 1a in one or two spots on that woman airwill in one or two spots on that woman air will push along as we go into thursday night. so another thing about enniskillen is that it is also the birthplace of one of its famous sons, detective hastings of course, agent dunbar. how is it going at the castle ? agent dunbar. how is it going at the castle? sucking diesel? not yet! maybe later on. matt is down in the town, here is on the boat behind us. enniskillen castle, come and have a look at the water gate up here. absolutely beautiful this morning. the reason why it is so dark is we are in the most westerly part of the uk, this is the most westerly const

health ca re back to work on delivering health care for those in northern ireland. assembly in northern ireland. i would urge they get back together and make sure there is local decision—making on the nhs in northern ireland. we have seen the nhs deteriorating over the last ten yea rs. nhs deteriorating over the last ten years. more broadly, do you believe bursaries for nurses that health secretary matt hancock has been speaking about this morning, is that a welcome step and would it improve recruitment rates? of course it is a welcome step. we know the hardship nurses face in england is real. and therefore any money that comes into bursary is welcome. however, we know that tuition fees are one of the things that deters nurses, and the debt they accrue to study nursing. that's one step in the right direction, but we have further to go. dame donna kinnair, chief executive and general secretary of the royal college of nursing, thank you. in a moment the weather but first let's here's victoria derbyshire with what she's got coming up in her programme at ten. 0ur our ex

northern ireland patients and nurses are being let down by the lack of an assembly in northern irelande's local decision—making on the nhs in northern ireland, because actually we've seen the nhs deteriorating over the last ten years more broadly. do you think the bursaries for nurses that the health secretary, matt hancock, has been talking about this morning, is that a welcome step? and do you think that will improve recruitment rates? of course, it is a welcome step because we know that the hardship that nurses face in england is real and therefore, any money that comes into bursary is welcome. however, we know that we tuition fees are one of the things that are deterring nurses and the debt that they accrue to study nursing. so obviously that's one step in the right direction, but we have further to go. that is the general secretary of the royal college of nurses. we can speak now to a patient — nick menhinick has been waiting for three years to have a foot operation. he did wait three years, he had the operation. he is on on their waiting list now. nick, thank you for joining us.

set up first allies in northern ireland set upa first allies in northern ireland set up a borisland. people will understand why perhaps understand why there needs be some checks going into ireland into the european union, but once things are coming from ireland into northern ireland, they are within the uk markets, and if they are then going onto liverpool or some other port in the rest of the uk, why do you need checks on that, why is the eu demanding another check between northern ireland and the rest of the uk? it basically comes down to the fact where all of this started, the irish land border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland should be as open as it is now, so if things flow from the republic of ireland into northern ireland, they are not checked, and under the rules of the european union's customs code, you do need to say when stuff leaves their zone. so you want to have made that declaration when it moves in the republican of ireland to northern ireland, so you may have to northern ireland, so you may have to do that when it moves from northern ireland

she said people in northern ireland knew the value of the eu.mes, so often said, the eu is the greatest peace building and conflict resolution project anywhere in the world, and those of us particularly affected by conflict have a duty to reflect its principles. i'm afraid the concerns we have have been dismissed by those of you who won't ever have to live with the consequences of these actions. the new alliance party mp for north down, is a former minister in the northern ireland executive. he speaks irish. thank you, mr deputy speaker. i wanted my first formal comments in this chamber to be in irish, to reflect the shared heritage of the language across all of the traditions in northern ireland. he too turned to brexit. the challenge of brexit is that if we don't go for a soft brexit — as defined by the uk as staying inside the customs union and the single market — then we are facing a situation where northern ireland will be confronted with some form of border, boundary, interface, and a degree of friction. and that is a very regrettable situ

for trade going from northern ireland to great britain. out regulatory checks, rules of origin checks and animal and public health checks also. and for trade going the other way, from great britain to northern ireland, there will be all of the above, plus potentially damaging tariffs. this drives a coach and horses through the prime minister's claim that there will be, in his words, no border in the irish sea. it is simply not true. johnson's deal will be disastrous for businesses and jobs all across the uk and the government's confidential report confirms this. there is another strong statement in this document, saying that customs declarations and physical checks on the east west and west east trade will be highly disruptive to the northern ireland economy, pointing out that 90% of northern ireland exporters to great britain are small and medium—sized businesses who are likely to struggle to bear this cost. this is the evidence that jeremy corbyn is pointing to saying that official government analysis has shown that borisjohnson's brexit

the fermanagh lakelands is an undiscovered part of northern ireland. t. and a lot of people‘s livelihoods are based on the tourism industry here. let's pick up on that word went out into, obviously, there has been the watchword. businesses are still looking for certainty? absolutely, they messages are about certainty, not only endless minister, also in the middle of the brexit processes, the middle of the brexit processes, the process create a lot of ambiguity. just the fact that we haven't had a storm out for three yearsjust haven't had a storm out for three years just exacerbates that further. businesses need investment strategy, infrastructure, environmental strategy, so many measures that need to be taken, and it's so important that the government gets back to business as soon as possible. give our viewers a sense of how important those cross—border links are for small businesses in northern ireland, right across, notjust in this constituency? we surveyed our 6000 members in northern ireland re ce ntly 6000 members in northern ireland recently about

back to theresa may's nightmare with this border between northern ireland and ireland. circle and keep everybody happy? and it looked like there was going to be no deal made because the eu said they were not going to budge over the single market, fundamentally, never mind the peace process and then, there was this magical mystery surprise meeting between borisjohnson and the person who held the keys to a deal here, which was the irish prime minister, leo varadkar. and this is why i think there was so much of this cannot happen and this cannot happen, and i always say this — it is about the politics, right? we get two politicians who can actually look each other in the eye and get on and say, "we both need to fix this" and the problem is theresa may never had that relationship. she found it very difficult to build up relationships with her counterparts and there was never any small talk — she and leo varadkar didn't really get on. borisjohnson by that point, he was desperate for a deal. he never wanted to take people out without a deal. if you talk to the inner innercore

a weather system coming into the north—west bringing more cloud, outbreaks of rain for northern irelandk of rain moves across the uk, so night—time feature, really, and as it clears away, more showers coming in from the atlantic and they will be heavy again in northern and western parts, could be winter we have a higher ground of scotland, showers spreading to the south—east —— could be wintry. sunny spells on sunday. temperatures 8—12d. 0ne thing many will notice on sunday is the wind, going to get windier as the wind, going to get windier as the day goes on, particularly in the evening and overnight into monday, squeeze on isobars in the south—west, and eventually the north. we could see gales and maybe even north. we could see gales and maybe eve n severe north. we could see gales and maybe even severe gales. later on sunday and through the night into monday morning. it could be an issue for south—west england, scotland, north—east england. stay tuned to the forecast. goodbye. hello, it's friday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm joanna gosling. a conservative candidate has been heckled after sha

to solve the problem of how do you have an open border between northern ireland and ireland once the you would have a sort of customs union between the uk and the eu, a shared customs territory which meant that the uk's tariffs to the outside world were the same as the eu's to the outside world and you could have a thing that went around the uk and the eu, which means you do not have to worry about the irish border. which meant that the uk would, in a lot of ways, still be staying in the eu, even though it supposedly left. which is why it was not acceptable to the tory party and was never going to be accepted in uk parliament and that is why the government was desperate to get a time limit because then they said they would do that unless and until, but then it all went away. regulatory alignment with northern ireland following the eu's rules and regulations on lots of bits of the single market with the uk voluntarily following the same rules, so you would not have to have checks on goods going from great britain to northern ireland, which will rear its head again. i hope people are n

and that really confirms the worst fears of unionists here in northern ireland.is still up for discussion between the eu and the uk, but it is clear we would not end up uk, but it is clear we would not end up with the status quo. there would be change in terms of trade across the irish sea and that change will have real implications in northern ireland. thank a senior british diplomat in the united states has resigned over the way the government is presenting its strategy to leave the european union. alexandra hall, the lead envoy for brexit in the british embassy in washington, said she could no longer "peddle half—truths" on behalf of political leaders she did not trust. the foreign office has not commented on the matter. a couple from berkshire who were rejected by their local adoption service because of their indian background have been awarded more than £100,000 in damages. sandeep and reena mander from maidenhead successfully sued the royal borough of windsor and maidenhead council. the judge said they were discriminated against on the grounds of race. the

that will bring cloud and outbreaks of rain across parts of northern ireland and scotla nd parts of northernt, ten in plymouth, ten in stornoway. as we go into storm —— thursday, it will be wednesday, heavy outbreaks of rain across western scotland. the rain across western scotland. the rain could pile up here through the day, may be enough to cause some disruption. the strongest of the winds here, those other steady wind speeds, gusts could be stronger than that. further south and east, not as windy. we will see some sunshine, again, nine degrees for whole, nine in london. those double—digit temperatures more and more parts of the uk. friday, it turns milderfor all of us, but windy with rain at times. this is the business briefing, i‘m sally bundock. president trump celebrates the 70th anniversary of nato in the uk, amidst us fears that china‘s dominant 5g technology poses a security threat. and fresh attempts to stop france‘s plan to tax america‘s tech giants — a us threat to target billions of dollars of fancy french goods. and talk of new us tariffs on french goods and steel from brazil

cloudy, dry across northern ireland after a cold sunny start across england and wales, increasing cloud and north wales. light winds but a brisk westerly wind across western scotla nd westerly wind across western scotland pushing in milder air, so 9-10dc, 6-8dc for scotland pushing in milder air, so 9—iodc, 6—8dc for england, wales and northern ireland. heavy rain across scotla nd tra nsfers northern ireland. heavy rain across scotland transfers its way across the northern isles to monday evening, heavy and persistent that time, then necklace away. we start tuesday dry, cold and frosty across wales, central and southern england, not as cold as northern england, more cloud feeds its way across in temperatures above freezing across northern scotland. as we go into tuesday, this area of high pressure d rifts eastwards. we tuesday, this area of high pressure drifts eastwards. we will introduce moister air meaning a risk of fog returning on tuesday morning, especially across england and wales, some of that dense and slow to left. where it does, good spells of sunshine and a dry day across th

his poster said britain, not the uk, which includes northern ireland.ther. i haven't seen the document you're referring to, but that's complete nonsense, and what i can tell you is that with the deal that we have, we can come out as one whole uk. this campaign is straining traditional tribal loyalties. for example, some former labour mps have been urging people not to supportjeremy corbyn. but, today, a former conservative prime minister is advising voters in some seats to abandon the party he once led. he says he's backing a trio of candidates, who were chucked out for opposing borisjohnson‘s policy on brexit. sirjohn major declares that none of them have left the conservative party, the conservative party has left them. and in his message, the pro—referendum final say campaign, he says "if i were resident in any of their constituencies, they would have my vote." i think it's very sad, and i think that he's wrong. and i think that he represents a view that is outdated. alas, i greatly respect him and his record, and i think that what we need to do now

sip then northern ireland has been —— since then northern ireland has been in limbo.ial action over pay and you have had hundreds of out—patient appointments cancelled. all of that is bringing a certain pressure to bear on the is bringing a certain pressure to bearon the main is bringing a certain pressure to bear on the main political parties. added into that you have had general election results last week which sent a certain signal i think to the dup and sinn fein, certainly could be read in that sense. both parties lost a few per sen taining points in their vote share. the dup lost two of their 10 mp5. sinn fein retained their number of mps, they won seven seats, as they did last time, however they still lost a significant number of votes. so all the parties acknowledge on the doorsteps they were taking heat from voters and people complaining enough was enough and they had to get back into government at stormont. so there is sense the mood has changed and there has been a tipping point and there has been a tipping point and a shift from the public and political pe

the dup's days ina in northern ireland. seven of them, will not take their seats anyway. the dup will not let any £1 billion side deals for the duration of this parliament. only power base for the dup or sinn fein 01’ power base for the dup or sinn fein or the other two parties, the alliance party, and the sdlp, the only power base of significance for them will be stormont, so there is a great deal of pressure on the parties, to get a deal back on, and return to stormont, early in the new year. shoppers are being warned about the dangers of buying cheap christmas tree lights through online marketplaces such as amazon and ebay. an investigation by the consumer group "which?" found that almost half the products it tested could cause a fire or electric shock. our business correspondent katie prescott reports. a christmas nightmare. this is what the consumer group which? found could happen when fairy lights sold online don't meet uk safety standards. half of the products they tested caused melting circuit boards and electric sh

at midnight we will bring you the bbc northern ireland leaders debate.ebate from belfast with the main parties in front of the studio audience. well the debate over funding for the nhs and it's long term future, have seen some of the most intense exchanges between the main parties in the election campaign. so what are the critical, underlying issues the health service is grappling with? our health editor, hugh pym, takes a look at some of the challenges. 70th birthday celebrations for the nhs last year reflecting its status as a much loved institution. no wonder it's always at the heart of an election campaign. this time even more so. the front line of the nhs is under immense stress with longer waits for patients and a fierce debate about now needed. so what's the background to all this? well, first of all, let's look at health spending after inflation in england going back to 1979. the conservatives under margaret thatcher and john major raised it on average more than 3% per year. then, under new labour, average annual increases were around 6%. but fro

a chilly start to the day with a bit of ice across northern ireland, scotla nd of ice across northernek and by the end of the week, it will turn wetter and windier. more unsettled for the second half of the week and the first half. some wintry showers across the hills of scotland into the afternoon, those showers feeding into north—western areas and patchy rain in the south—east of england with quite a bit of cloud but some bright skies in north wales, northern areas of england. the wind will be fairly light a path in the north—western corner with gusty conditions. maximum temperatures today getting up till about 6 to 10 degrees. tonight, if you showers across scotland and some of those a bit wintry and they will tend to spread north and mist and fog developing across wales, northern england and northern ireland into tomorrow morning will stop some of that could be freezing fog because temperatures will start to drop away at or below freezing. in the south—east, temperature is 4 to 7 degrees because we have more cloud and rain in the morning. that will gradually move east, improving a

but borisjohnson which includes northern ireland.ut borisjohnson insisted the whole united kingdom would be moving out of the eu together. i haven't seen the document you are referring to but that is complete nonsense and what i can tell you is that with the deal that we have we can come out as one whole uk. this campaign is straining traditional tribal loyalties will stop for example, some former labour mps have been urging people not to supportjeremy corbyn. but today, a former conservative prime minister was advising voters in some seats to abandon the party he once led. he says he is backing a trio of candidates who were chucked out for opposing borisjohnson's policy on brexit. sirjohn major declares that none of them has left the conservative party, the conservative party has left them. and in his message the pro—referendum final say campaign, he says if i were resident in any of their constituencies, they would have my vote. it is very sad andl would have my vote. it is very sad and i think that he is wrong and he represents a

dry it cloudy for northern ireland and cloudy for northern ireland and cloud increasing across northernt winds for most but a brisk westerly across the western side of scotland so feeling milder here, nine, 10 celsius. six, eight celsius in england, wales and northern ireland. tomorrow night, the rain continues east. and then it eventually clears away. we are left with a drier day on tuesday, the drifts away and it will pull in some air, and increasing risk that we will see fog returning through tuesday and wednesday. some could be slow to clear across england and wales. when it does, most could see spells of sunshine and it is a dry day for the whole of the uk on tuesday. cloud with a breeze in scotland. six, eight celsius the top temperature. high—pressure drifts away as we go into wednesday. this system pushes into wednesday. this system pushes into northern ireland and scotland. rain persistent in scotland and then easing away. you wednesday into friday, colder, bluer cold there is —— colours. cold and first in the week ahead. slowly tie learning milder. the risk of fog and cold and

why would a nurse have her degree, train and say northern ireland when she can go in scotla nd northern can go in scotland or wales and be paid up to £3000 more a year? i think it is an accumulation of quite a few things. it isa accumulation of quite a few things. it is a huge step for a nurse to go on strike. we know that the royal couege on strike. we know that the royal college of nursing haven't had a strike for more than one century. we have never had a strike in the royal couege have never had a strike in the royal college of nursing in the 103 year history. i really need to emphasise, we didn't take this lightly. every nurse searched her heart and we agonised over this decision but ultimately we have to advocate for the patients, we had to step forward and we had to say that this needs to end. we need to change. are you prepared to continue strike action, to carry out more strike action? we have given notice to the hse here in northern ireland up to and including march 2020. that is not something that we want to do and we are hoping that we want to do and we are hoping that our a

wettest and windiest across scotland and northern ireland.s of heavy rain continue east, a wet afternoon for orkney and shetland, drive across the rest of scotland and northern ireland but they will never be too following from rain and drizzle. some patchy rain across england and wales, lots of cloud around, coolest in the east where winds are lightest, temperatures up to 12 degrees in the west. gales in the western pa rt of degrees in the west. gales in the western part of scotland as we finish the day and go into tonight, quite a windy few days. a batch of heavy rain pushing through northern ireland then across scotland overnight. some of that will affect the far north of england but much of england and wales will be dry with lots of cloud around the country tonight and that breeze coming in from the south edge should be a mild night for most. any cloud skies across eastern areas will see temperatures dropping to lower single figures was around 5—iod. hello this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines: at least 12 people have been ki

which ensure after all an important figure that there is no hard border across northern ireland are subject to the consent of the northern ireland assembly and unless the assembly specifically withhold its consent, unless the assembly insists on continuing with its approach, and those arrangements automatically lacks into faux alignment with the rest of the uk and i believe that these arrangements serve the interests of northern ireland and the uk as a whole and it is a great deal for our whole bucountry and we must now begin building our future relationship with the eu. our aim is to provide a close friendship between sovereign equals, to promote our common interests, inspired by pride in our european heritage and civilization and the declaration invokes that spirit establishing the parameters of an ambitious, broad, deep and flexible partnership, routine in our shared history and ideals. and standing together against threats to rights and values from without rolling in. i have determined that this great project will not be the project of one government or one party of the brit

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with one brightens up for scotland and northern ireland with one or two showers.lown away by the time we get into thursday. another weather front streaks in from the atlantic turning wet and windy in western scotland. this is what is to come. after a cold start it turns milderfrom the north. ahead of that, frost and fog patches before it turns wet and windy later on. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines: the woman killed in the london bridge attack has been named

the map moved in northern ireland as well.er, in northern ireland as well. the dup leaderat westminster, nigel in northern ireland as well. the dup leader at westminster, nigel dodd5, lost his seat, and for the first time, more nationalists than unioni5t5 were chosen by voters, pulling at the union's thread. the brexit party scooped up votes but didn't cross the bar for any 5eat5 of their own. we are going to leave the european union now at the end of january. nor did any of those who switched allegiances in the last few torrid year5. switched allegiances in the last few torrid years. all these folding pieces created one clear picture — one man securely in charge, even though his journey gave discomfort to many voters. but with this victory, bori5 to many voters. but with this victory, borisjohnson to many voters. but with this victory, boris johnson has to many voters. but with this victory, borisjohnson has secured at least a major chapter in the kind of history books he likes to write. he won't be a footnote now. his first

in northern ireland there's been political change too. unionist mps for the first time. the big result of the night was the defeat of nigel dodds — the democratic unionist leader at westminster. but both the dup and sinn fein saw their vote significantly reduced after three years of failure to restore power sharing at the northern ireland assembly. emma vardy‘s report on the result in northern ireland contains some flash photography. applause. a major player leaving the stage. nigel dodds, so influential for the dup at westminster and in the campaign to leave the eu — leverage over the brexit process at an end, for the party and for him. i am absolutely very disappointed not just for north belfast but, actually, for northern ireland that they're losing such a great advocate in nigel dodds. cheering. john finucane's win highly significant for republicans, the son of a solicitor, murdered by loyalists during the troubles. this is a watershed moment for northern ireland. north belfast now with a nationalist mp for the first time, ousting a v

let's talk further about northern ireland. we are joined further about northern ireland.e year hiatus and the public in northern ireland are sick and tired, even though they want devolution, of members of the northern ireland assembly, all 90 of them, none of them have lost a full day's pay despite not turning up for work during those three years. the 80 seat boris johnson during those three years. the 80 seat borisjohnson majority changes the context in northern ireland. the dup return with eight mps, seven sinn fein mps will not take their seats anyway so the dup will not let any £1 billion side deals and the duration of this parliament. the only power base for the dup or sinn fein are indeed the other two parties coming to westminster, the alliance, and the sdlp, the only power base of significance will be slow month. so there is a great deal of pressure on the parties to get a deal back home and return to stormont early in the new year. deal back home and return to stormont early in the new yeahm is interesting how you put that. they are stuck between a rock and a ha

scotland and northern ireland perhaps seeing a spot or two of rain especially for northern parts of northernand, where it will be quite breezy but elsewhere a drier story, quite a bit of cloud but look at those temperatures, widely between about 10—12 degrees, a little bit of sunshine perhaps breaking through that cloud at times on saturday. heading into sunday, no great changes, a weather front close to the far north and north—west of the uk, high pressure holding on across continental parts of europe so we've got the winds coming in from the south—west, a very mild direction, you can see the yellow colours indicating that mild air that stays with us through the day on sunday. still a bit of rain to come across parts of northern and western scotland but looking dry for the rest of the uk, probably a bit more sunshine, i think, on sunday compared to what we're likely to see on saturday. light winds for most of us, so a decent—looking day with temperatures as high as around perhaps 13 or 11! degrees for the warmest spots — northern ireland for instance seeing a particularly warm day on sunday

rain will feed into parts of northern ireland.cotland, with some shelter from the mountains, well, here, a fighting chance of seeing some brightness. and for the moray coast, we could see temperatures up to 13 degrees. but generally speaking, 10, 11 or 12 — that is above where we should be at this time of year. at least for a time — across the west and the north of scotland. further south, northern ireland, england and wales, predominantly cloudy, but an increasing chance of seeing some breaks in that cloud by the end of the night. it is going to be another mild night as well — temperatures typically between 7 and 10 degrees. and some really mild air is heading our way for sunday. this plume of orange here on the chart is particularly heading towards the north—west of the country, and that is where we will see the highest of the temperatures. but at the same time, i'm hopeful we will start to tap into this drier air to the south, which should allow us to break the cloud up a little bit and give us a bit more brightness. sunday, st

most of the showers on saturday for scotland and northern ireland.land and wales, but signs of wetter weather riding. a cold day, temperatures five to 7 degrees. that's where the front climbing and the west is going to sweep across mainly england and wales on saturday night, and it is going to bring some snow. a few centimetres over the hills of wales, and likely and northern england. as it clears a bit, it is going to turn icy about the money. more showers are for england and wales on sunday. much of north—east england down towards lincolnshire the fans probably dry. if you are showers. scotland and northern ireland, particularly showery on a sunday afternoon. in the cold air, we still have an area of low pressure to the north of the uk into the beginning of next week. the weather front approaching the south—east corner as well. the beginning of next week, they winds will fall into. an increasing risk of some frosted run. increasing cloud coming towards the south—east of england, ahead of that, one or two showers, most of them clipping the north—wes

and, as important as that is, well, it's not always paramount to everyone in northern ireland. y seats up for grabs here, in a battle dominated by those who want a united ireland versus those who want to remain british. but, green and orange aside, and that big brexit divide, this time there is another issue that has emerged on the doorsteps, and it's one which unites everyone. at some point, we'll all need the people behind these doors, and northern ireland's health service is in crisis. waiting lists are at unprecedented levels, the worst in the uk, with people waiting years for operations and nurses set to strike for the first time. this is cutting through as a big issue in the election, even though it isn't governed by westminster, and is supposed to be run by northern ireland's devolved government at stormont. but you won't find many politicians coming to these doors. it has been nearly three years since power—sharing collapsed. civil servants are running public services, but they have little powers to tackle a crisis. it means whoever gets the keys to number ten will have

the other big thing, of course, is northern ireland.deal, as it stands, if we were to see a body down the irish sea that rides roughshod over the runcible of cross community concern in northern ireland was doubly good, over the long—term, to a situation where you might be more likely to see irish reunification —— roughshod.|j might be more likely to see irish reunification -- roughshod. ithink you borisjohnson leads into the concept of the union, which i think there is a good chance he will, there is a good chance he will, there is a good chance he will, there is the opportunity to quit a new settlement and keep the uk together. what it requires... the scottish question changes, fundamentally, once the country has left the eu, which will happen in six weeks' time, that is a given now that he has won a big majority, for scotland and is you will not have the pound sterling, what currency would you have ? the pound sterling, what currency would you have? would you like a ha rd would you have? would you like a hard border with england and l

more pulses of rain affecting scotland and northern ireland at times. 19 northern england before that eases away. a largely cloudy sky, get a milder night than previously. temperatures between five and ten as we begin the weekend. this area of high pressure is just we begin the weekend. this area of high pressure isjust to we begin the weekend. this area of high pressure is just to the east of us. throwing up these weather fronts across the north—western side of the country. across northern and western parts of scotland, further rain at times. the same in northern ireland. linda and wales, at long last a string together a run of dry days. plenty of cloud around on saturday. glimpses of sunshine, the best of it in western scotland. as we going to sunday, the warmer outcomes all the way up from northern africa, and the warmest of all will be felt across parts of scotland and northern ireland. some rain around at times in northern ireland, the hebrides and the northern isles. a much sunnier day, especially for england and wales. temperatures widely in doub

northern ireland pretty wet. st half and we will have partly clear skies with temperatures into single figures for some but generally mild for the weekend. moving across england and wales with these weather fronts skipping around the north—western edge which will bring persistent rainfor edge which will bring persistent rain for the highlands on saturday, some rain close to northern ireland. a few splashes of rain cannot be rotated in eastern scotland, but hazy sunshine could be possible. generally cloudy and mild with temperatures ten to 12 degrees and milder still for someone to sunday with airfrom milder still for someone to sunday with air from north—west africa. for more of you there will be sunshine to enjoy particularly for england and wales. 0ne to enjoy particularly for england and wales. one or two showers. even in the hebrides there should be drier moments. 1a or 15 celsius as possible, much higher than we would expect at this time of year. cooling down into the start of next week but the emphasis stayi

temperatures in double figures for england and wales, single figures for scotland and northern irelandnorthern half of the country on saturday. snow on the high ground. sunshine to northern ireland and england and wales before the next system is expected to bring wetter and windier weather. highs of 10- 11 wetter and windier weather. highs of 10— 11 degrees. sunday and into the christmas week, it looks like low pressure will want to be nearby and our winter will be coming off the atla ntic our winter will be coming off the atlantic so temperatures hobbling around the seasonal average. he remained unsettled as well. subtle hints towards the latter part of the christmas week, things would turn settled, cooler and drier but you have to stay

it was part of their campaign to try and undermine british rule in northern ireland and to make northernovernable. >> no warnings were given, and the targets seem to have been chosen precisely because they would be crowded with people at that time of day. >> what they managed to do was make the percussive regularity of bombs going off the norm in northern ireland during the 1970s. >> what do you think will happen? >> i think they'll just keep bombing going on. >> it's got to end some time. >> aye, some time, but i don't know when. nobody knows. >> i'm jim mckay speaking to you live at this moment from abc headquarters just outside the olympic village in munich, west germany. the olympics of serenity have become the one thing the germans didn't want them to be, the olympics of terror. >> i was in my bed at the hotel. and the phone rang, and they said, you better get in here. some terrorists have taken over the apartments of the israeli team. and i said, they did what? >> at about 5:00 this morning, before dawn, arab guerillas believed now to be five in number got over the fence into the h

increasing cloud and stronger breeze for northern ireland, western scotland.

dry and cloudy for northern ireland and a good deal of sunshine for england and wales. e cloud increasing across northern england and north wales through the afternoon. pilot light when spammers, quite a press commercially went spammers, quite a press commercially we nt a cross spammers, quite a press commercially went across the western isles and a milder day here, it were nine celsius the top temperature. more like 68 celsius for england, wales and northern ireland. tomorrow night at the rain travels and eventually close away. by tuesday we are left but this area of high pressure starting to drift its way south and is about. as it does, which are to pull in some moister air. so, but england and wales in particular a tuesday morning that bulk rest returns and it could be quite dense in places. it may even linger through most of the day given quite a cold field to the day. essentially, for most of the uk are to say it is dry and once any bulk left there will be some spells of sunshine. more cloud in northern scotland, where temperatures again get to 10 celsius. starting