the dup response of that sinn fein. the dup response of that sinn fein should not engage in what they described as high wire acts, they say they're ready to go back into stormont and have no red and they would go back into stormont tomorrow morning. but whether or not the executive here gets back up and running in the next couple of days before the legal deadline runs out on thursday afternoon, very much depends on whether the gaps on those issues can be closed over the next 48 hours or so. talking still going on here at stormont into the night, pressure on for deal and at the moment i have to say it does not feel that the mood music is particularly good. the mood music does not sound good and a tight schedule. but the pressure is on sinn fein is it not because they could will be seen as the party or the side that ends up scuppering power—sharing once again. the side that ends up scuppering power-sharing once again. well sinn fein resigned from the stormont executive back injanuary fein resigned from the stormont execut

sinn fein aren't doing that.o to westminster, they're going to sit in the assembly, they're going to represent the people they're going to vote on important issues and not duck hard decisions. 0k. any others? what would a re—established stormont do for the 19505 born women disproportionately affected by two increases in state pension age by up to and including six years with little or no notice? that's a very specific question. it's going to be something dealt with at westminster. it's something that... it already went through westminster and you didn't stop it. it's been going on sometime... if i could answer the question. the boys can argue amongst themselves. the issue here is about women who have not had the time to prepare for the changes to their pension. there is a movement within westminster to try to get that changed. i have to move on from this. it's not really one for this forum. thank you for it anyway. it's about bearing responsibility and who do you think bears responsibility? i think the parties th

sinn fein memberfor paul moloney. sinn fein member for armagh.f donegal. lama donegal. i am a member of parliament... michael duff, sinn fein mp. a couple of us have to leave just around a quarter to six. they have to go and do other media. we have come over today, we have done a round of meetings, we havejust finished a meeting with james brokenshire and some of his officials with regard to the ongoing talks. there are talks ongoing in belfast, and we're hoping a resolution can be found and that the executive can be back up and running hopefully within a matter of a short period of time. we're hoping to do that, i know michelle o'neill and arlene foster will be doing a lot of meetings around getting the institutions back up and running, andi institutions back up and running, and i know that our party will be, with regards to negotiating teams, will be putting the teams in place which are going to be working with regards to getting the institutions back up and running. without further ado, angry to throw it open to yourselves to ask questions. ——

you have sinn fein.eft, i do find it shocking that sinn fein receives salaries for not doing the job. they've got to do this. they owe us all. the parliament into which they are elected. they can'tjust sit it out. the whole thing, the game between them and the dup which is at a crucial stage in northern ireland, power—sharing. it's going to break apart. that was based on the idea that the british government was neutral. if we go back to the controversial dup deal. isa is that what is happening is the dup is wondering what is the mount is going to be. and it's going to make demands because even with only ten seats they are the kingmakers. they went from having a minority government to be a quasi majority government. i am thinking, what do they want? tories will think this is a bad idea? gordon brown for the dup we re a bad idea? gordon brown for the dup were 0k? a bad idea? gordon brown for the dup were ok? i'm not gordon brown. it's a bad idea. for theresa may... our values and their values are at odds.

downing street says talks between sinn fein and the democratic unionists will continue until monday.be a return to direct rule from westminster. 0ur ireland correspondent chris buckler reports on why it's proving so difficult to reach an agreement. stormont is a symbol and the home of government in northern ireland. but since january, there has been no one home. hours, weeks and months have passed without ministers or an assembly. today was deadline day. four o'clock billed as the final chance for a return to power sharing. but the hour passed without fanfare. and most importantly, without a deal. i believe that a resolution can be found. and i am urging the parties to continue focusing all of their efforts on achieving this. for days, the parties have been locked in negotiations inside stormont castle. but it is clear that the democratic unionists haven't forgiven sinn fein for walking out of their coalition government earlier this year. if anybody thinks they are going to collapse stormont, get all of their demands and go back in there, they may think again. that is not how we do b

since michelle o'neill took over as sinn fein's leader at stormont earlier this year...esent her as a bright new face of irish republicanism. but old disputes have dominated her time in charge, leaving northern ireland without a government, and relationships with their old power—sharing partners, the democratic unionist party, certainly aren't good. they have even accused her of being in the pocket of the sinn fein president gerry adams. and what about a wee bit of respect, michelle? just saying. what about respect for the public, arlene? what we need to do is to have... and those were just a few of the angry words that have been exchanged between the dup leader arlene foster and her sinn fein counterpart. in a newspaper interview, she also called her "blonde", a phrase mrs foster said was intended as a compliment. michelle o'neill saw rather differently. you see comments like blonde comments or all the rest of it, there's no place in political leadership for sexist remarks, for homophobic remarks, for racist remarks. we have a job to do to lead the way, to set the tone.

sinn fein has repeatedly said that doing the deal, the uk government has abandoned its ability to remainod friday agreement. the deadline is four o'clock this afternoon. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page has the latest. belfast is a much changed city. the conflict is receding into history, thousands were heading to a concert thinking mainly of music and not money is that they did talk about the deal in london which is bringing more cash to this part of the uk. i think in terms of the economy it will get us on a map. it is a fantastic deal for the people of northern ireland, no question. how it goes down elsewhere we will see. i think it is a waste, you need to get the executive working before we get more money, it will be wasted. so where will the £1 billion of new money go? £350 million is likely to be spent on health and education, 400 million will go to infrastructure, four example roads and public buildings. 150 million is in marked for improving broadband and a further £100 million going towards deprived communities but th stalemate here at stormont is not about a cash crisis. th

sinn fein wa nts too particularly divisive. sinn fein wants too much.one walks away from these talks with anything and that is very risky for the parties politics here. there isa for the parties politics here. there is a stripped four o'clock deadline foran is a stripped four o'clock deadline for an agreement, if not it could be the case westminster has to step in and take over some of the responsibilities of northern ireland. as it is, the dup arejust coming out to speak to the cameras. we might get a sense of whether the deadline might be met or alternatively running into another deepening crisis. labour will try to get elements of its general election manifesto into the government's programme when mps vote on the queen's speech later today. they'll call on the government to end austerity in public services, and to negotiate a brexit deal that "delivers the exact same benefits" as membership of the single market and the customs union. let's go over to our political correspondent alex forsyth, who's in the palace of westminster for us now. a piece of p

if sinn fein took their seats at westminster, they have seven mps.m the national parliament. that is their choice. we didn't put them out. no one else did. they took that decision themselves. and look the dup has ten mps elected to westminster. why should we have a voice? do my constituents not have the right to be represented at westminster and stormont. it was westminster that established the devolved government. but there are different powers at store months and different powers at westminster. immigration is a westminster. immigration is a westminster issue and it is right that the dup mps at should have influence like other members of parliament. if sinn fein want to have influence, they know what they need to do. thabg their seat — take their seats at westminster. that what is they were elected to do. thank you forjoining us. isis very complicated and a real can of worms, there are issues of sovereignty, immigration of london being a fair player in the northern ireland agreements and there is scotland and wales saying f this money is going to n

that's the choice sinn fein have to make. reporter: andy davis, channel 4 news.ich is obviously 2015 resulted in a hung house of parliament, you had 45 priorities, looking at them this morning, those deals with republicans, protectionist (inaudible) members of the armed forces could be given protected status. do you anticipate any of those issues being raised with theresa may? you know what, we are not going to negotiate over the airwaves of our esteemed colleagues in front of us, but what i will say is this — we are going into these talks with the national interest at heart, the union is our guiding star. we believe in the union, we believe in national stable government and that will be what will be at the forefront of our mind going into the talks again tomorrow. those issues, as nigel has said, which are devolved, should be dealt with by the devolved administration here in northern ireland. but if others decide that they're not coming back into the devolved administration here in northern ireland, those issues will have to be dealt with at westminster. it's re

in 2007, the dup reached an agreement with sinn fein. power—sharing devolved government, along with the former ira commander, martin mcguinness. however, the relationship between the parties was never easy. earlier this year, sinn fein pulled out of the stormont executive. northern ireland has been without a devolved government for almost six months. two deadlines have already come and gone, but the government says thursday really is the final date to restore power—sharing, otherwise it's likely ministers in london will have to take over making decisions for this part of the uk. this former dup minister thinks the deal in westminster increases the prospect of one at stormont. all politicians here will want to see extra money for health and education, if there is extra money coming for specific infrastructure projects, that will benefit everyone in northern ireland, notjust dup voters. there are a number of sticking points at stormont. sinn fein want legal recognition for the irish language. the dup have been opposed to bringing in same—s

the seven sinn fein members who are elected.uld be done by this time tomorrow morning, the issues are very clear. they are on the subject of previous agreements. we are looking forward especially to the meeting with the dup. they, too, have had a good election and we congratulate them on that. i know the focus is on what is happening on london and it is very important to say that we do not believe that any agreement between the dup anti—english conservatives would be good for the people here. we do not want anything for its affects the process here and that has to be opposed by progressives. there is a huge bonus on the incoming prime minister of ireland to speak directly with the british prime minister to highlight that concern. there needs to be a core equal responsibility on the irish government to ensure that all aspects of these agreements are implemented. it is an interesting time in both british politics and irish politics. the train coming down the track is brexit and we will all need to be match fit to face up to our re

dup represent unionism, sinn fein representing nationalism.these two parties are talking, but one side is also in the british government, the british government cannot be an honest broker. in reality, a strong sense of the power sharing government, collapsing earlier this year, is unlikely to be reinstated four use. this could do lasting damage to future power sharing, because sinn fein had a good election, getting seven seats. the best performance. and they do not take seats at westminster, they can turn round to voters, and told you that british politics does not work. the unionists are going to be part of the government. they are going to be in charge. next, this is a reporter from the daily telegraph, with this... just explaining confidence and supply, confidence means if you enter into this, you agreed to back the government in the event of any no—confidence motions, supply refers to the fact that you are going to help on key issues, particularly the budget. the dup support base, low income, opposing welfare benefit cuts. that could be an

a lot will depend on how sinn fein react to it, they haven't said anything publicly yet.ays of looking at this, one is, many millions more for schools, hospitals, roads, what's not to like? the best thing is for people to get back into government and spend that cash, on the other hand, could nationalists feel a sense of unease about the dup and conservatives working closely together in london, could it mean, some of them would say, the dup get special favours amounting to them getting an answer advantage when it comes to politics back home? andy moore talking to be done here, not a lot of time to do it, an apparent redlined version wenger re: arlene foster herself, they said they would not serve in a power—sharing executive led by the dup leader as first minister as long as a public inquiry is going on into the controversial green energy scheme at the centre of the row which brought down the institutions of government here back in january down the institutions of government here back injanuary and that public inquiry is expected to go on until next year. so that in partic

a rather stark statement from sinn fein. annita can join rather stark statement from sinn fein.knot in the not too distant future for the party to nominate a first and deputy first minister and begin the process of getting a functioning assembly working again. there were all sorts of questions over whether that could happen in that time frame. because of the general election result and because of how the dup are in this position being kingmakers, potentially the party that can allow theresa may to govern for the conservatives. when we saw the dup earlier, of course, they had, i think it's fair to say, a slightly different take on what had been happening today. theresa may went to buckingham palace earlier and said that she was confident she could form a government with the support of the dup. of course, we know that the conservatives and dup have a pretty good working relationship, not in any formalised sense, though, but when we heard from arlene foster, she said that she had spoken with theresa may this morning and they were entering into discussions. it did not sound as if an

voters and for sinn fein members.ce and supply deal, as we call it, between theresa may and arlene foster, you do not think that will have a material impact on the basis for devolved government in northern ireland ? the basis for devolved government in northern ireland? i don't think there would be an impediment to getting structures back up and running again. the only party who are not willing to set up the assembly set up an executive tomorrow morning are sinn fein. there is a huge incentive for them to get on with that now if they are worried about direct rule. i think this agreement arrangement, whatever it turns out to be, i would imagine it turns out to be, i would imagine it would be fairly loose. the dup would want flex ability to vote against things that aren't in the interest of northern ireland, that could damage them in future. it could damage them in future. it could be good for northern ireland. if we get more prominence in national issues and if there is increased investment in infrastructure projects a

. —— and sinn fein. whether or not the executive gets back up and running in the next couple of days before the legal deadline runs out on thursday afternoon very much depends if the gaps on those issues can be closed over the next 48 hours or so. talking is still going on at stormont into the light. pressure on for a deal. at the moment it doesn't feel like the mood music is particularly good. a tight schedule, and the mood music doesn't sound very good about getting some kind of compromise. but the pressure is on sinn fein, isn't it? they could well be seen as the party or the side that ends up scuppering power—sharing. that ends up scuppering power-sharing. well, sinn fein resigned from the stormont executive backin resigned from the stormont executive back in january, resigned from the stormont executive back injanuary, that is what precipitated the collapse of the executive. whenever the then deputy refers minister, the then martin mcguinness, arlene foster was also out of herjob —— when martin mcgu

on sinn fein, ithink and he has ruled it out. on sinn fein, i think one thing is significant. and there has not been for some time in northern ireland. it broke down for reasons we do not need to go into right now. the british government in whatever talk school or now after the election. they were suspended during the election. it is supposed to be an almost broke. this alliance with the dup will make that a little more difficult in any future talks with the british government sort of refereeing whoever the secretary of state for northern ireland maybe. in the middle. while the dup are in an alliance, even at a loose electoral alliance. that is the biggest paradox in my eyes. people who are imported there will now be part of the government. and it will make it more difficult to re—establish power—sharing in northern ireland, which is important or northern ireland right now. that is an interesting point you made about the economic agenda and the concerns aboutjobs economic agenda and the concerns about jobs and employment and so economic agenda and the concerns aboutjobs and em

they have governed with sinn fein —— malleable.d —— they thought they would be in this situation and now they find themselves there so they are going back to their —— that template and at that point they key priorities we re at that point they key priorities were financial. woman-macro would be wise to remember they are canny negotiators. they are and they find themselves in a curious position because two years ago they were putting themselves between labour and the conservatives saying they would strike the bad —— best deal from northern ireland. from this occasion they have decided to go with theresa may and there is no chance they would ever do anything to putjeremy corbyn into downing street as they loathe him for myriad reasons. now they are negotiating the price. it would put them in a slightly less advantageous position in terms of getting the price but the conservatives know they need them to sustain their position so they will have to give them something. we had from sinn fein today warning the government it had today warn

it is the sinn fein to decide where they wa nt the sinn fein to decide where they want those powers tosed to be bringing stormont‘s parties together in these talks, but dublin's ministers are becoming concerned. the good friday agreement requires all parties and particularly both governments to adopt a stance of rigorous impartiality. the dup will make their way to westminster tomorrow with demands. at the top of their list is likely to be money for the economy and public services here. and while certain tories have expressed concern about the dup's opposition to same—sex marriage and abortion, there is some support for them among voters in places like this. do you think they need to change those views? no, i agree with those views. everybody's entitled to their opinion. if that's your opinion, you should stand for your rights. we have a right to speak out. the dup's religious roots mean faith is often a factor. but when they speak to theresa may, expect their demands to be more practical and political. all indications are that the dup had to downing street intent on doing a deal. alon

, theirdifferences exchanges between the dup and sinn fein, their differences really exposed by thiscompetition. in the last vote here, just a few months ago, sinn fein came within a fraction of a single percentage point of matching the dup's share of the vote, so there was pride as well as seats on the line. as for the other parties, the alliance, the sdlp and the aussie and as are urging people to vote for them, to send a message they are sick of the squabbling. they'll so say northern ireland desperately needs a devolved government, particularly as brexit negotiations begin. they say any deal will have a major impact here, not least because this is the only pa rt of not least because this is the only part of the uk to share a land border with another eu country. all right, chris, sian, thank you. so we've had seven weeks of campaigning in the election that was never meant to happen. theresa may had said last summer that there'd be no election until 2020. it's been a volatile campaign involving policy changes, interview gaffes, controversy about debates, and more recently, the terr

it is simply because sinn fein as a republican party have a long—standing abstentionist policy.essarily agree with. gerry adams was asked several times in the last couple of days, now you have increased your representation, and he has ruled it out. 0n sinn fein, i think one thing is significant. there is no power—sharing executive and there has not been for some time in northern ireland. it broke down for reasons we do not need to go into right now. the british government in whatever talks go on now after the election. they were suspended during the election. it is supposed to be an almost broker. this alliance with the dup will make that a little more difficult in any future talks with the british government sort of refereeing whoever the secretary of state for northern ireland may be in the middle, while the dup are in an alliance, even a loose electoral alliance. that is the biggest paradox in my eyes. there is no functioning government. people who are imported there will now be part of the government. and it will make it more difficult to re—establish power—sharing in northe

to sinn fein.the details by the end of the day —— nailed down. michael fallon will be talking to us in about 15 minutes and then we will be talking to iain duncan smith. 700,000 medical documents including test results for cancer, were put in storage instead of being sent to hospitals or gps. a report by the national audit office says that more than 1,700 nhs patients may have been harmed by the administrative blunder. for every bit of correspondence, they were looking through it to see whether there was any harm. they're letting the patient know and getting experts to look at it. 1,700 odd cases they have identified potential harm. for those cases, they are looking into it more deeply to find out if there has been actual harm caused by the delay. the white house has accused the syrian government of preparing for a chemical weapons attack — similar to one in april, in which dozens of people died, including many children. that attack led to an american missile strike against a syrian airbase. in a s

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by sinn fein.ver sinn fein. we also have ongoing controversy over same—sex marriage but the fact is the dup in a reconstituted assembly could not alone block the introduction of same—sex marriage any more come anyway. they would have to rely on other unionists supporting any petition of concern and that is by no means guaranteed. there are still issues around the bill of rights but nothing appears insurmountable except this irish language act, which might seem strange, seeing as only 10% of nationalist people speak the agenda, but this is a big thing —— speak the language, but this is a big thing for sinn fein. has the initial controversy over the tory dup deal, has that settled rather quickly and the tensions have been focused on what the deal can mean and can do for northern ireland and the business of getting on with trying to restore the assembly? the tory dup deal is not the major problem, the dup gets the money and sinn fein can go and spend it. it's not the major problem, and the dup shoppin

the big winners of the night were the democratic unionist party who took ten seats and sinn fein whor westminster mps. the support of the dup's westminster mps will be crucial for the conservatives who need them to get legislation through the house of commons. chris buckler reports on the results in northern ireland. if last night count revealed any winner, it was the democratic unionist party. they won more than half of northern ireland ‘s 18 seats but ten mps would not normally make a batch of a difference in a parliament of 650 people. but this was no ordinary election. the dup could be theresa may's secret weapon for at least some stability in government. their support gives the conservatives a majority but it is likely to come at a price. what we wa nt to likely to come at a price. what we want to see happening is a recognition of the particular circumstances of northern ireland, recognising our history and geography. we have always said we want the best deal for northern ireland and that is what we will be pushing for. any deal is likely to mean money to help northern ireland ‘

sinn fein has repeatedly said that in doing the deal the uk government has abandoned its duty to remainl under the terms of the good friday agreement of 1998. the latest deadline to restore the power—sharing executive at stormont is this thursday. our ireland correspondent, chris page, has the latest. belfast is a much changed city. the conflict is receding into history, thousands were heading to a concert thinking mainly of music and not money is that they did talk about the deal in london which is bringing more cash to this part of the uk. the deal in london which is bringing more cash to this part of the uki think in terms of the economy it will get us on a map. it is a fantastic deal for the people of northern ireland, no question. how it goes down elsewhere we will see. i think it is a waste, you need to get the executive working before we get the executive working before we get more money, it will be wasted. so where will the £1 billion of new money so where will the £1 billion of new money go? £350 million is likely to be spent on health and education, 400 million will go to infr

they have been clever in not giving sinn fein orthe have been clever in not giving sinn fein or the sdlpreally angry about this deal and even the irish government have been quite restrained actually saying they see potential upside almost from the fa ct potential upside almost from the fact that the dup now has a role in the brexit process and perhaps this will lead to the benefit of the whole island. generally the risk for the dup are not from the reaction in northern ireland but the rest of the uk but some people may think this is unfair. the question is how luxury isa unfair. the question is how luxury is a season office and whether a successor prime minister may find that the price is too high a price to pay. but on the dup‘s role in all of this, there are those, michael heseltine today spoke to elliott is among them, they said that the idea that the dup would vote to bring down the conservative government and have another election at this stage is unrealistic and therefore actually potential of the tories did not need to do this deal or do a deal with slightly price tag.|j think mic

sinn fein will be all overla p january...ap and if you thought it was difficult getting a deal at with the dup, i'm pretty much assure that the deal here at stormont is going to be even more difficult, so the parties here, particularly sinn fein, are going to want to know all that is that deal. they will take time to pour over it and we have a deadline of thursday or indeed tomorrow night if you believe sinn fein, they say because so much time has been lost and dup mps will be back over westminster for the queen's speech, for the votes on wednesday and thursday, so much time and sinn fein are going to want to know and go through this deal with a fine tooth comb before they can agree anything and even if they are happy with that deal, there are still other outstanding issues between the dup and sinn fein before a deal to withdraw —— restore power—sharing is agreed. the sun's political editor is saying on twitter that the deal is saying on twitter that the deal is worth £1 billion. we've got no more detail on that but it could

sinn fein are pushing it hard, though.en a sense there is something to fight for. over the last ten years the support for a united ireland and polls fell to record lows with unionists at record highs and suddenly unionists in northern ireland and scotland look more precarious in their position. you mentioned there is no devolved government in northern ireland at the moment. but it's a big issue. stormont is currently sitting there pretty much idle. there will be talks after this election, every election here is divisive and nasty. can the big parties, the dup and sinn fein, get together after so many insults from across that divide? it is becoming more difficult because as this campaign goes on it is becoming more tribal, we had a debate from south belfast, televised on the bbc on thursday night. it was very bitter, not just candidates, their pasts and parents passed is being dragged up in terms of the troubles. having said that both the dup in sinn fein have not given themselves hostages to fortune in terms of going into

watching on as sinn fein spoke, were members of the dup.act on parliament buildings in belfast where their relationship and devolved government collapsed at the start of the year. those issues which are devolved should be dealt with by the devolved administration here in northern ireland. but if others decide they're not coming back into the devolved administration here in northern ireland, then those issues will have to be dealt with at westminster. it is really for sinn fein to decide where they want those powers to lie. the british and irish governments were supposed to be bringing stormont‘s parties together on these talks. now london is having to reassure dublin about their intentions. yes, the discussions that may be taking place between ourselves and the dup in relation to an agreement in westminster, but that being entirely separate from our intent and desire to see devolution being restored here. but after a very brief statement... thank you very much. sorry, no questions. the northern ireland secretary left rather quickly, perhaps

in particular we re camp and sinn fein in particular were in favour of remain, but the parties had assembly collapsed in january and all all—party talks before the assembly collapsed injanuary and all sides are saying they came close to agreement on a common approach to brexit. and the dup don't want to see the hard border back in because it would hurt agriculture in northern ireland. it would hurt business in northern ireland to have that hard border back. so, and i think you would see the dup's impact on the opening of the negotiations last week with david davis in europe. there was a distinct softening of the approach. the dup don't agree with theresa may's no deal is better than a bad deal. they would rather have a bad deal. they wa nt would rather have a bad deal. they want some kind of a deal and in fact they want a soft deal, but that's more to do with the link between the dup and theresa may than it is to do with devolution. now, will the money that's been given to northern ireland act as an incentive to get them back together? it might. if you we re them back together? it

it depends on how you read it but i would see it as sinn fein being the main obstacle is coming back.in being the main obstacle is coming back. i think there is considerable spec natalie mcvey scepticism. as as for the nationalist possession is westminster, sinn fein did well but refused to take their seats. enda kenny, like many of us, feel this will be cut ghastly, for the first time since 1929, not being an irish nationalist voice in westminster. but that's what the nationalist voice in westminster has volunteered. we are losing a line but i think we have got your point. that sinn fein has made that choice and it will carry on with its policy and therefore westminster will not have therefore westminster will not have the irish national voice in getting on for several years. thank you very much for your time. the tv presenter richard hammond has been treated for a fractured knee after crashing a car while filming for his new motoring show, the grand tour. he was driving an electric supercar in switzerland when it left the road on a bend. the 10—year—old, who suffered brain injuries

downing street says talks between sinn fein and the democratic unionists will continue until monday.e could be a return to direct rule from westminster. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris buckler, reports on why it's proving so difficult to reach an agreement. stormont is a symbol and the home of government in northern ireland. but since january, there has been no body home. hours, weeks and months have passed without ministers or an assembly. today was deadline day. for a clerk billed as the final chance for a return to power sharing. but the hour passed without fa nfa re. sharing. but the hour passed without fanfare. and most importantly, without a deal. i believe that a resolution can be found. and i am urging the parties to continue focusing all of their efforts on achieving this. four days, the parties have been locked in negotiations inside stormont castle. but it is clear that the democratic unionists haven't forgiven sinn fein for walking out of their coalition government earlier this year. for walking out of their coalition government earlier this yeahm anybody thinks they are

in northern ireland, the democratic unionist party have ten, sinn fein on seven. in wales, plaid cymru have four, the green party keep their one, caroline lucas, and the independent mp is in northern ireland. no ukip mps in the house of commons will stop and more than 200 female mps for the first time. the

the democratic unionist party and sinn fein, have less than 2a hours to strike a deal, to restore the power—sharing government in northern ireland. and in the next hour we'll hear from a hero of the london bridge terror attack. the policeman, wayne marques, who tackled the attackers armed with only his baton, has been speaking publicly for the first time, about what happened. ijust had one voice in my head saying don't go down, don't go down and alli saying don't go down, don't go down and all i know is i'm swinging all over the place. and the creator of paddington bear has died at the age of 91. for 28 years, they have fought for justice for the 96 liverpool fans who died at hillsborough stadium in 1989. today the victims‘ families applauded when they finally heard that six men would face criminal charges for their roles in britain's worst sporting tragedy. among them — the policeman who was match commander on the day — former chief superintendent david duckenfield. he faces charges of manslaughter by gross negligence. and former west yorkshire police chief constable sir norman betti

downing street says talks between sinn fein and the democratic unionists will continue until monday.o direct rule from westminster. our ireland correspondent chris buckler is at stormont. how do you see the prospects of some kind of agreement by monday?m how do you see the prospects of some kind of agreement by monday? it is worth mentioning that time and time again, westminster had made clear that four o'clock this afternoon was the final deadline for a deal. this evening, stormont still has no government and the dup and sinn fein remained deeply divided on a range of issues, particularly sinn fein‘s demand for legislation that would give official status to the irish language. despite warning of serious consequences, this evening the northern ireland's secretary james brokenshire has given the parties the weekend to try to find a compromise. but on monday, he will have to take action because a lack of government here is starting to have consequences. decisions are not being taken. there are implications for budget and public spending. however, the reality is that he has only a few o

sinn fein gained three and now have seven.ris buckler is at stormont for us this evening. all eyes on the dup now. the question is what will they want in return for their support? well, the dup is a socially conservative party, on issues like abortion and same—sex marriage but they agreed with the conservative party on an awful lot. they will wa nt to party on an awful lot. they will want to exploit their unexpected influence and ask for money for northern ireland‘s economy and a say in brexit. this is the only part of the uk to share a land border with another eu country but being the king deal—makers at westminster could worsen relationships here at stormont. northern ireland is already in the middle of a known political crisis... if last night‘s count revealed any winner, it was the democratic unionist party. the dup now hold more than half of northern ireland‘s seats at westminster. ten mps would not normally make much difference in a parliament of 650 people, but arlene foster‘s party could offer theresa may what she want

now, westminster because sinn fein do not take theirseats.. 0ur correspondent in belfast with the latest on the picture in northern ireland which is a very important part of the government jigsaw. the former deputy speaker nigel evans now joins jigsaw. the former deputy speaker nigel evans nowjoins us. how are you? a very unexpected story in some ways, what do you make of it? totally baffled, normally when you win 43% of the national vote, that is what you expect, that is what tony blair got when he had 44%, a landslide, but that did not happen for us. why? the campaign was going swimmingly until we launched our ma nifesto. swimmingly until we launched our manifesto. and then on the horizon, in the distance, as our line was heading towards this landslide victory, which we never really believed we thought we would get a big majority, but nothing like 150 but we managed to steer the ship straight towards the iceberg called social care and the triple lock and the winter weather payments and quite frankly that is what people wa nted quite frankly

sinn fein wants a piece of legislation to protect irish but the dup want broader legislation.ed to bring its thin but sinn fein wanted to be introduced. the demand for a bill of rights is also being resisted,. i will ask you the same question, there had been fears that the westminster dup and the continued presence of eileen foster as the leader would cast a long shadow over the talks but for what you're saying they don't seem to have? it has not been a help or hindrance to the negotiations said, conor murphy did say that they thought the alliance, the dup take a different attitude and they have said what is not to like about £1 billion extra coming into northern ireland over the next two years, it should incentivise sinn fein. it is about those rights —based dishes on language and same—sex marriage and the bill of rights. chris will be back with you on monday to see what happened, until then many thanks. one of the pope's closest advisors, cardinal george pell, has been charged in his native australia with historical sexual offences against children. at a press conference thi

conor murphy of sinn fein.fund the additional free childcare for 3 and 4—year—olds promised by the government. from september, children will be eligible for 30 hours of free nursery education if both parents are in work. but the national day nurseries association say most nurseries can't afford to provide the extra hours. 0ur education correspondent, gillian hargreaves, reports. you know the routine, dropping the kids off before you go to work. the co nsta nt kids off before you go to work. the constantjuggling for parents. which is why the government's offer of 30 hours of free childcare for three and four—year—olds in england looked so and four—year—olds in england looked so good. but this nursery says it can't afford to provide more free hours, because the money they get from the government won't cover their bills. every nursery is totally different, so the shortfall is huge. the government says it is spending £1 billion on this. that is enough money to make it work. the government say it's free childcare, i

they have even accused her of being in the pocket of the sinn fein president gerry adams.bout respect for the public, arlene? what we need to do is to have... and those were just a few of the angry words that have been exchanged between the dup leader arlene foster and her sinn fein counterpart. in a newspaper interview, she also called her "blonde", a phrase mrs foster said was intended as a compliment. michelle o'neill saw rather differently. you see comments like blonde comments or all the rest of it, there's no place in political leadership for sexist remarks, for homophobic remarks, for racist remarks. we have a job to do to lead the way, to set the tone. and do you feel that she was sexist? absolutely. of course she was. mrs foster denies that. but this fight for votes has become personal. and nobody is pretending that things are calm below the surface. sinn fein said they won't go back into government instalment is arlene foster is first minister, because a public enquiry is taking place into a botched green energy scheme that she helped set up. and while she refuse

and the potential impact on trying to get sinn fein back into some kind of power—sharing executive.gard the british government as neutral. they want an independent arbiter. they want an independent arbiter. the real danger is not only the legal difficulty in the belfast agreement, which says the british government must be rigorously impartial, it is more practicality in that sinn fein be very reluctant to go into any kind of deal with the dup if they are seen as being in cahoots with the british government. it would mean doing a deal with them, which they are not going to do. although the northern ireland secretary said that these are entirely separate things, restoring devolved government in northern ireland and the deal in westminster are entirely separate, that is not how sirjohn major sees it but how is it seen in northern ireland? norman, thank you for now. more from here in the next few minutes. as soon as they get back from number ten we will be back with the latest. let's pause in downing street. we will catch up with the weather prospects, coming from nick miller. some patc

now, the dup and sinn fein have to agree, to get devolved government back at stormont, the dup sayingamongst sinn fein that the british government could be seen to dance to the dup tune because they may be in a position where they are propping up a parliament and these concerns go beyond sinn fein, we have a statement today from the irish minister, the taoiseach and kenny, saying he is concerned that with the dup and conservatives together, they could jeopardise the good friday agreement and he expressed open worried about what this could mean. for northern ireland, even if it does mean stability at westminster. thank you, chris. well, with negotiations on brexit due to begin in days, where does all the current political upheaval, leave the government's strategy? our political correspondent ben wright has been looking at the options. there's some flash photography in his report. cheering almost a year ago britain voted to leave the eu but last week's chaotic election is out we opened the argument over how and on what terms and the priorities and tactics, just days before the talks are

the dup and sinn fein were working together in government but power—sharing has fallen apart and thet themselves as an alternative. they say by working together they can move northern ireland forward. the cross—community alliance party says continued deadlock could mean the return of direct rule where westminster would take over the running of northern ireland. when you turn up at hospital, you need to be treated and you need a government that is fit for purpose and able to deliver on those things and i don't believe that direct rule will deliver that for northern ireland, i believe that devolution will. in newry, which is the last stop before the irish border, no one can yet be sure what controls or checks might have to be introduced, once this station is a gateway to europe. and nationalists say that is the key issue in this election. people in northern ireland voted to remain in europe, they voted for a pro—european cause and for more cooperation across the island of ireland and they voted to stay within that broader european family. politics in northern ireland can be seen as ver

that means obviously the dup and sinn fein coming to an arrangement to re—enter government in the northut in the past, what has happened is the british government has tried to stay out of that. tried to stand on the sidelines and act as what they call an honest broker in those negotiations. so you can see we re those negotiations. so you can see were sinn fein are coming from by saying hang on a minute, how can you be an honest broker if you are in a parliamentary arrangement at westminster with this party? so i am not surprised they are expressing those concerns. in terms of paramilitary links, the dup or a perfectly legal party. they are a political party. they have been around for a while. i suspect, like around for a while. i suspect, like a lot of parties in northern ireland, allegations, accusations are hurled around about their links to orformer links or are hurled around about their links to or former links or whatever to the parliament is to grips. it has been an extraordinary situation as we know there over the last few yea rs. we know there over the last few years. iam not we

as you might imagine the flip side is that nationalists are not too happy, sinn fein issued a statementous attempts by unionists to proper british governments have failed, they think or perhaps hoped this would be an arrangement which could end in tears for the dup. interestingly they are calling for the irish government to make its voice heard and, as they say, speak up voice heard and, as they say, speak upfor voice heard and, as they say, speak up for all of the citizens of northern ireland. 0k, john campbell, thank you very much for that in belfast. i am joined thank you very much for that in belfast. iam joined here thank you very much for that in belfast. i am joined here by our political correspondent leila nathoo. what is the view from westminster on how this possible deal is progressing? i think it is very much still in progress. we were led to believe last night that the agreement had been reached, certainly the principles of an agreement for the dup to support the government on a confidence and supply basis, the dup getting the conservative government backing on key votes lik