they don't want sinn fein government. they don't wa nt fein government.ng them either. i've been very clear if we we i’e either. i've been very clear if we wei’e on either. i've been very clear if we were on the portable that we we i’e we were on the portable that we wei’e a we were on the portable that we were a large minority of the first thing about would be unions and what is it and how do we move forward? let me ask you this before we end. it's for and half decades since you we i’e for and half decades since you were eight young man with a gun. fighting to defend what you saw as the righteous cause of unionism and loyal as him. do you hand on heart think that in and other foreign do you hand on heart think that in and otherforeign half decades from now, northern ireland will still be in the union? well, i can't speak about foreign half decades. but i believe that in my lifetime we i believe that in my lifetime we may i believe that in my lifetime we may come close i believe that in my lifetime we may come close to it. but i don't believe we will. my

they don't want sinn fein in government. they don't want sinn fein telling them either.een very clear, if we were going to a border poll, that we were a large unions and what is it and how do we move forward? let me ask you this before we end. it's for and half decades since you were eight young man with a gun. fighting to defend what you saw as the righteous cause of unionism and loyalism. do you, hand on heart, think that in and other foreign half decades from now, northern ireland will still be in the union? well, i can't speak about 4.5 decades. but i believe that in my lifetime we may come close to it. but i don't believe we will. my view is, and i say this, my view is that i'm a democrat. and we as unionists are democratic. we need to talk about how we face anything the future. it's a choice of people who live in northern ireland and the rest of the uk about what happens. it's very clear that, you know, structures have been set up and it's very clear there is a referendum that have to be agreed for the people of the republic as well. it's a democratic process and w

and other parties wanted to take a more cautious approach and sinn fein voted against the proposalsr answer about what the next two weeks are going to look like, but it came very late and of the events of the last few days have not painted politics up few days have not painted politics up here in a very good light. thanks for joining up here in a very good light. thanks forjoining us. staff at four care homes in england are being trained to carry out and analyse rapid coronavirus tests which researchers say could be "game changing" for care residents and their families. the tests deliver a result in under an hour and a half. it's hoped the pilot — along with another starting next week involving 30 more homes — could mean families can finally have closer contact with their loved ones. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt reports. glimpses through windows and closed doors, barriers that keep the virus out of care homes, like this one in nottingham, but here they hope rapid testing could be the key to allowing more visits. i think it's three or four. i think it's number four. a

meanwhile sinn fein and others wanted to remain more cautious.promise but not everybody on board so everybody has an eye on what this will mean for christmas. emma, thank you very much. the olympic boxer nicola adams and her dancing partner katya jones have been forced to pull out of strictly come dancing after the professional dancer tested positive for coronavirus. sarah campbelljoins me now — this is quite a blow for the show. the good news is that the dancer is asymptomatic but the rules say that anyone in this situation has to withdraw from the competition so nicola adams‘ time on the door is done and she says she is devastated. they are the first same—sex couple to dance on the show, so it is disappointing on that front. the viewers know because they are told every week that there have been huge effo rts every week that there have been huge efforts to adhere to covid guidelines, and according to the executive producer today the rest of the cast is not affected. the show will continue as normal on saturday, but for them and the millions of p

sinn fein actually voted against tonight's proposals.nd still everybody has one idea or one eye on what this all will mean for christmas. several countries have been added to the travel corridor list, meaning people travelling from those countries to the uk won't have to self—isolate on return after 4am on saturday. the transport secretary, grant shapps, announced that bahrain, chile, iceland, cambodia, laos, the united arab emirates, qatar, and turks and caicos islands have been added to the list. mainland greece has been removed from the list, meaning travellers from there will have to self—isolate for 1h days, but five greek islands are exempt. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:a0pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. joining us tonight are james moore, the chief business commentator of the independent, and rachel cunliffe, the comment & features editor of city am. a nurse has appeared in court in cheshire charged with the murders of eight babies and the attempted murders

the tension you have going on his concern from sinn fein and other parties that the levels of infectionin northern ireland yesterday. the dup, meanwhile, were very reluctant to go back into lockdown restrictions on the first place. they were always very clear it had to be and they are now really digging and saying businesses cannot take any more. they say there are so many unseen costs to keeping the restrictions going even longer and we havejust heard the strike lately —— slightly extraordinary situation now of a number of prominent businesses and hotels in northern ireland saying without a decision we are going to do our own thing and open tomorrow anyway. politics has its worst, as one business group put it today. emma vardy, thank you. a nurse has appeared in court via video link charged with murdering eight babies at a hospital in cheshire. 30—year—old lucy letby is also charged with ten counts of attempted murder. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz is at warrington magistrates‘ court. tell us more about the hearing, judith. it was a short hearing, 12 minutes, before a districtjust, ni

now, as you've heard they're from john finnigan, who was an mp himself or sinn fein, the finnigan familyion. ever since this murder happened, public inquiry is the only way to get to the full truth, they said is the only way to establish the extent of state pollution, there was a review commissioned by david cameron's government in 2012 that found that the state are involved, and that there was no overall conspiracy in there was no overall conspiracy in the murder. so the decision by the government today resulting from a ruling by the supreme court of last year a case taken by the newc and family and the judges year a case taken by the newc and family and thejudges in year a case taken by the newc and family and the judges in the supreme court that all the previous investigations into the murder had fallen short of international standards, so the government had until today to formally respond to that, mr lewes has set out the government's plans, but the family really angry and upset because they really angry and upset because they really haven't got a decision one way or another here. a

sinn fein and other parties on the other hand are concerned it might be too early to open up, sayingeed to protect the health service as there were 800 new cases on coronavirus in northern ireland just yesterday. in the $10 million question, are we likely to get a decision? is this going to drag on and on? who knows? we thought it was imminent at night after night and it hasn't come to pass. what has been going on behind the scenes, there was one plan on the table for a two—week extension and that was vetoed by the dup and there is a vetoed by the dup and there is a veto mechanism in the power—sharing government that allows them to do that and there was a one—week extension put on the table, also vetoed by the dup who have argued strongly that businesses cannot take any more and there are all sorts of unseen costs to additional restrictions and they are saying that we need to get things open, but it's a really difficult thing to resolve when you have five parties ina resolve when you have five parties in a coalition, a veto mechanism and so many conflicting arguments about people's h

their main partners in government sinn fein voted against the plan that was eventually passed seeingecurity have said the election was the most secure in us history. speaking to the cbs programme 60 minutes, mr0bama said president trump's allegations were motivated by his dislike of losing. they appear to be motivated in part because the president does not like to lose, and never admits loss. i'm more troubled by the fact that other republican officials — who clearly know better — are going along with this, are humouring him in this fashion. it's one more step in delegitimising not just the incoming biden administration, but democracy in general. and that is a dangerous path. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. lovely day, friday the 13th, it has all gone well so far. so far. there has been some heavy rain around. this is what is on the way, sunnier skies for many as we go through the morning into the afternoon but there are a few showers for western scotland and northern ireland. a narrowing band of rain across england and wales. it will clean away from eastern coasts