hitting politicians in the hip pocket, says sinn fein, is long overdue.sibility she'd refused to act on that. today, karen bradley also ruled out calling another snap assembly election. so, for many voters, it's that cut in pay they hope will focus the politicians‘ minds, because the longer this impasse continues, the more public services and people are suffering. i think it might give them an idea of, just a doublethink of what's going on. will it encourage them to get back into government? probably not. why's that? ijust think there's too much bad blood between them. sightseeing, folks. it's likely to take more than today's intervention if stormont is to be anything other than a tourist attraction. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. a leaked treasury paper has revealed that the government expects whitehall departments to make cuts in the event of the uk not reaching a deal with the european union over brexit. hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: france's third string goalkeeper puts

sinn fein denies it‘s the party that is prolonging the deadlock.d out calling another snap assembly election. so, for many voters, it‘s that cut in pay they hope will focus the politicians‘ minds, because the longer this impasse continues, the more public services and people are suffering. it might give them an idea of, just a doublethink of what‘s going on. will it encourage them to get back into government? probably not. why‘s that? ijust think there's too much bad blood between them. sightseeing tours! it‘s likely to take more than today‘s intervention if stormont is to be anything other than a tourist attraction. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. a ugandan politician who says he was tortured by the military after criticising the ugandan government has vowed to return to his country after receiving medical treatment for his injuries in america. the mp and former popstar bobi wine, who was released on bail in uganda last week, flew straight to washington. he‘s been a staunch critic of president museveni, who‘s led the country for more than 30 years.

hitting politicians in the pockets, says sinn fein, is long overdue.elation to that. today, karen bradley also ruled out calling another snap assembly election. so for many voters, it is that cut in pay they hope will focus the politicians‘ minds. because the longer this impasse continues, the more public services and people are suffering. i think it might give them an idea, just a doublethink on what's going on. will it encourage them to get back into government? probably not. ijust think there's too much bad blood between them. it's likely to take more than today's intervention if stormont is to be anything other than a tourist attraction. i'm joined from our belfast studio by the writer and broadcaster malachi 0'doherty. thank you forjoining us this evening. you are clearly not in our belfast studio, that looks far too domestic for that kind of scene, u nless we domestic for that kind of scene, unless we have bought new furniture! anyway, welcome. what was the public view of the assembly members, maintaining theirfull view of the assembly members, m

hitting politicians in the pockets, says sinn fein, is long overdue.pay should be reduced, that it's not sustainable. we were not because of any delay in relation to that. today, karen bradley also ruled out calling another snap assembly election. so for many voters, it is that cut in pay they hope will focus the politicians‘ minds. because the longer this impasse continues, the more public services and people are suffering. i think it might give them an idea, just a doublethink on what's going on. will it encourage them to get back into government? probably not. ijust think there's too much bad blood between them. it's likely to take more than today's intervention if stormont is to be anything other than a tourist attraction. our top story this evening... the novichok suspects — russia hits back at the salisbury poisoing investigation telling the united nations the allegations are unfounded and mendacious. and the ship and its crew stranded in norfolk for more than a year after the vessels owners went bust coming up on sportsday on bbc news... the nfl

but the reaction sinn fein has been the opposite.e have heard them saying that any proposal to use technology is just pure fantasy. russia's president, vladimir putin, says the two men that britain accuses of carrying out the nerve agent attack on sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury are not criminals. britain says alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov are members of russia's military intelligence, but president putin says the men are civilians, and he hopes they will give their side of events. jenny kumah reports. on their way to allegedly carry out a deadly nerve agent attack in salisbury. the british government says these two men are russian military intelligence officers responsible for the plot to murder the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter. they have been named as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov. russia has always denied any involvement, but now president putin is saying his government has found the two suspects and appears to be saying they are not intelligent agents. translation: we obviously looked at

scandal resulted in the collapse of power—sharing and the stalemate between the dup and sinn fein ever little to take the heat out of northern ireland's political crisis. emma vardy, bbc news. hardly any teenagers who've spent time with foster families or in care homes go to university. it's a stark fact that just 6% take up university places and the dropout rate once they're there is high. now campaigners are calling for more support and help for those known as care leavers. ashley john—ba ptise has been speaking to two young students who've been in care about their experiences of trying to get to university. my name's tolu and i'm a care leaver. my biggest concern about starting university is how i'm going to cope financially. hello, tolu, nice to meet you. tolu's 19 and went into foster care at the age of five. i need suitcases because i only have one. and i also need, like, a laptop, books and bedding. it's quite tough seeing all my friends, like, prepare for uni and how their parents will drop them off. i'm scared that i'm going to be so lonely there because i always wished that i

however, everyone is being punished due to the refusal of one party, namely sinn fein.e pockets of those of the northern ireland assembly members, which is right to do, would they agree that the same principles for northern ireland assembly members should be applied to those who refuse to do their work in this house? the minister said any decision on mp pay is a matter for parliament. you're watching the week in parliament with me. now, england's chief medical officer dame sally davies has warned that increasing resistance to antibiotics could lead to a lot of suffering and the end of modern medicine. to increase public awareness of the problem, she recommended including on death certificates if an individual died of an infection that couldn't be treated with antibiotics. in this country, we have people dying of resistant infections, or those who don't die but double their time in hospital, and they have that morbidity and suffering and it costs the nhs at this time at least £180 million every year to cope with the level of resistant infections we already have. she sugg

however, everyone is being punished due to the refusal of one party — namely, sinn fein.hose of the northern ireland assembly members — which is right to do, secretary of state — will the secretary of state agree that the same principles for northern ireland assembly members should now be applied to those who refuse to do their work in this house? the minister said that any decision on the pay of mps was a matter for parliament to. pearce had been told that the government is looking closely to changes in their divorce laws in england and wales. earlier this year, a woman who wants to divorce her husband — on the grounds she is unhappy — lost her supreme court appeal. tini 0wens wanted the court to grant her a divorce from her husband of a0 years, hugh, who is refusing this, forcing her to stay married until 2020. surely this summer, the recent case of owens and 0wens has shown clearly that our divorce law isn‘t working, it‘s not up to standard, and encourages people to enter into a blame game and therefore increases acrimony within the family. so, can i press my honourabl

i've been speaking to the sinn fein politician mairtin o'muilleoir. who is in belfast — where the issuee irish border remains a concern for many following the brexit negotiations. i asked him for his response to mrjohnson‘s comments. here in belfast, the majority of people would see the comments as being foolish and dangerous, when we say they are foolish, borisjohnson seems determined to attack the concept and the guarantee indeed by the british government of a backstop here in the north of ireland. that is post brexit and we wish the british well with brexit, but we voted to remain and the agreement with the eu 27 and mrs may has been that we will remain in the customs union, we will remain largely in the single market and we will defend the good friday agreement to avoid a hard border in ireland. mrjohnson this morning disparages, disregards that guarantee and in that he is foolish, because the eu of course regard the peace process here as a crowning achievement of the eu and they will do everything they can to defend the integrity of the good friday agreement and to make sure that w

there are no negotiations at the moment between the dup and sinn fein.function in the administration. there was a toxic relationship between an adviser, jonathan bell... there have been allegations that special advisers within the administration were much too powerful, that they were even making the decisions rather than ministers, that the politicians —— but the politicians have been denying that. if stormont comes back, in what form? should there be a reform of the government system to ensure that a scandal like this can never be allowed to happen again? there is intense attention on what is being said at this enquiry. it will form the backdrop to any new negotiations when they get under way. the british and irish governments hope to start talks sometime this autumn. more than six and a half million counterfeit goods have been seized since 2015, according to national trading standards. and in that year the number of items stopped at the uk border more than doubled. tim muffett has been to the port of felixstowe, where they check for unsafe and illegal

power—sharing executive collapsed but it triggered the final row between the democratic unionist and sinn feinback. fans of doctor who were out in force for the premiere of the new series in sheffield last night. and for the first time since the show began back in 1963, a woman takes the starring role, with jodie whittaker the 13th doctor. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. alien worlds, the past, the future. so far, so familiar, but the new doctor who also has perhaps a more contemporary feel. the show‘s launch was in sheffield, a key location in the new series. which is of course also making history with jodie whittaker, the first woman to play the doctor. it is really emotional because when i was younger the characters that i wanted to be were, 90% of the time, portrayed by the boys. so, for some young kids now to realise that you can look up to women, you can look up to men, but essentially you are looking up to the doctor, who is an alien and represents something for everyone. jodie whittaker‘s casting lead to headlines all around the world, but the show‘s aim to become

all the while, talks between the largest parties, the dup and sinn fein have repeatedly failed to reachntime it is civil servants who have been running the country. but their powers are limited. it has meant that a political decisions have been put on hold, big projects left in limbo and public services across northern ireland have been deteriorating, as a result. today we have karen bradley say that she would introduce new legislation to enable civil serva nts to new legislation to enable civil servants to continue making more decisions that would be in the public interest. but whether all of this helps to restore power—sharing any sooner this helps to restore power—sharing any sooner is really still yet to be seen, because we know that cutting the pay of mlas will focus minds slightly, but it does not change the back that there are still big divisions between the parties, big disagreements on some key issues. karen bradley has ruled out calling another election any time soon but this, today, is the most significant intervention by westminster since power—sharing collapsed last year. t

sinn fein have said they thought it should have been done months ago.s agolj suppose on the basis of this fixing mines, is there any evidence it might? karen bradley hope so. she said it is not some to beat mla with, those are her words in the house of commons but she says that it hopes to provide an incentive for getting back into government with each other. they will get paid back up each other. they will get paid back up to the full level again. will this actually make a difference? fundamentally we have many big disagreements between the two main parties over, for example, whether new laws should come into effect to protect the irish language and there's a difference in opinion over same—sex marriage. and they brexit differently. sinn fein are campaigning for them to remain in the eu and have some sort of special status within the eu. many divisions remain within the parties, the government is going to come in over the coming weeks to find some way to reconvene for more political dialogue but no one is in any doubt that there is a mountain to climb

so at going the whole importance of northern ireland to the border question sinn fein dare.e eu for ano duck, she said she blamed the eu for a no deal and she's doing huge damage to all those supposed to serve. they are the solutions she say is the only remotely workable way to do brexit is to stay in the single market and the customs union. if the prime minister is now prepared to do that, brexit should not happen. but according to the as and be. and then finally you will recall in that speech that theresa may gave she was very critical of eu leaders and said they had rejected the uk's proposals without any detailed reasons, that has been strongly refuted in a comment from an official to the bbc. this official saying michelle barney is provided complete parity throughout the negotiation process as to why they would reject the key part of they would reject the key part of the checkers brand. this is not an outcome that has, as this official says out of the blue. they are not surprised though that theresa may said what she did because of the ha rd said what she did because of

in northern ireland the main nationalist party can sinn fein, predictably dismissing the proposals by dup, his voice is very important, because it is their ten mps who are keeping theresa may in power, they have said it is a timely and positive development. interesting because the proposal does raise the possibility perhaps that there might be some kind of checks between northern ireland and the rest of the uk when it comes to agricultural products will do they say the rest of the border issue can be resolved through essentially technology that they say has been recognised by all communities it is important to capitalise on protection, the tickly with trade and agricultural goods. in strasbourg is mairmead mcguiness — irish mep for the ruling fine gael party and vice—president of the european parliament. welcome to bbc news. thank you for talking to us. what do you make of the proposals? are they a potential solution? in strasbourg there is very little interest in these proposals put of it is another paper from another group. we are focused on the discussions and negotiations between

that's what they want as well but overcoming the disagreements between the democratic unionist party sinn feinprospect of calling another assembly election. she's also opened the door to the prospect of and independent talks facilitator, perhaps someone from abroad, and said she hopes cutting the salaries of assembly members will end a way act as an incentive for politicians to get back into government together because whenever they do, the pay will go back up again to the levels they are used to. whether politically it will make a big impact with outstanding disagreements over same—sex marriage and whether there should be legal recognition for the irish language, big sticking points and whether they can be resolved remains to be seen. thank you. a little bit of everything thrown into the, some sunshine and drizzle. this is the scene in dorset. in england and wales, cloud bringing outbreaks of rain. scotland, northern ireland and northern england with thresher air. sunnis the rain clears away. low pressure developing in the north sea. more rain in northern and eastern scotland. heavy at times.

backstop which came out of a change in the taoiseach in ireland and also a presidential election where sinn feine winner for them. when you come through all of that, the practical elements on how to resolve that are clear. but there has to be a political determination to do that if we want to get two free trade. there was a difference when the election happened and theresa may's government became dependent on the dup.” theresa may's government became dependent on the dup. i don't think any british government, with or without the dup's support, no british government would allow northern ireland to be separated from the uk in this regard. it was agreed previously... my big issue, backin agreed previously... my big issue, back in december, was that the government should never have agreed the backstop position as they did. but it did. in march, they said they we re but it did. in march, they said they were not binding it in legally and it wasn't a done deal, so they changed their position. was that because of the dup or something else? they realise that having allowed that to happen in december, the

executive collapsed, but it did trigger the final row between the dup and their power—sharing partners, sinn feinure emerged at this morning‘s meeting of dumfries and galloway council. there‘s still no date for the reopening. archaeologists have found a 400—year—old shipwreck off the coast of portugal. the team believe the ship was returning from india when it sank sometime between 1575 and 1625. spices, ceramics and cannons engraved with portugal‘s coat of arms all lie around the wreck, found near the capital lisbon. time for a look at the weather. for most of england and wales, lovely sunny day, after the cold and locally frosty start, for scotland and northern ireland, different story, atlantic influence, dragging much more cloud, outbreak of rain as well, already had a little bit of rain for northern ireland, not a great deal of rain to come, pushing up great deal of rain to come, pushing up the west of scotland, some sunshine for eastern scotland, highs of 18 celsius, here it is a little breezy perhaps, strongest winds are where we have rain on scotland, gust of 50 to 60 mph. overnight, wind

the dup we re there was only one seagoing, the dup were at risk of losing a couple of seats and sinn feiny the conservatives. is there anything in the facts to back that up? it is not gerrymandering but one could argue about the merits. the crucial thing about this is that for the first time, we are going to have a set of rules that means that more or less every constituency apart from a few islands off the coast will have to be around 75,000 people doing the electing, and therefore in particular the number of mps from wales and scotland will be proportionate to their electorate and that means in wells a substantial cut, but in truth it is very difficult to justify now —— in wales, given developments of devolution in wales for that to continue. the argument is really about the figures being used to measure the electorate. these are figures from december 2015 and it was a time in the government fast forwarded a change in the registration process, which perhaps certainly has made it somewhat less likely that students and lot younger people are on the register, and certainly we know from the