the ulster scots. they come into ireland. the king has opened all this land for settlement, but what he really needs is land to be dispossessed from the indigenous irish. and the ulster scots come into ireland in the 15th and 16th, through the 17th century, are essentially settler colonial's. it means they're going to be there to dispossessed the indigenous irish of the land, to establish some sort of english settlement, and stay there, to live, to transform this region into -- well, into englishness. dunbar ortiz calls her ancestors empire shock troops. the westward soldiers of empire. so the understanding of the king and of the english government is that these settlers will be always fighting, always under threat. the temperament that develops among the scots-irish is the temperament of endowment, constant vigilance against incursions here among the irish. the irish, as you can imagine -- are construed by these soldiers, by the english government, by most literature, with this term savages. it is not really a new term, but

the ulster unionists we re running again. quick off the mark earlier saying the voters, if you are frustrated, come and vote for parties are willing and ready to return to government. do you think the dup it will be damaged by this? it is going to be damaged by this, because they were the party who was in charge and they were supposed to be running, albeit in association with sinn fein, the country. sinn fein has walked away and you find many commentators, a lot who are anti—republican and anti—sinn fein tending to blame not sinn fein, but to blame arlene foster and the dup. there‘s bound to be some leakage of votes from her party. yes, if the dup and sinn fein return after these elections as the biggest unionist and nationalist parties, the issues that caused all of this will not have gone away. so it looks like we are infora have gone away. so it looks like we are in for a pretty long period of negotiation to try and about a power—sharing executive? negotiation to try and about a power-sharing executive? yes, but i spoke th

former members of the armed forces and the royal ulster co nsta bula ry armed forces and the royal ulsterulary police force. he said we are in danger of seeing the past rewritten. that is very much at odds with what we heard from the northern ireland director of public prosecutions just a few days ago. he said he had been left feeling mystified about claims of bias from unionists and some conservative mps, with such differing opinions on these prosecutions and the possibility of more to come, it seems a question of how to deal with the legacy of northern ireland's troubles remains very much unanswered. given that the secretary of state has said this, has there been any public reaction? it is very emotive. yes, and very controversial. yesterday we saw some former soldiers who had served in northern ireland march past parliament and they were speaking yesterday. we have not heard much political reaction today but that is more to come. we are in an election phase with people going to the polls on the 2nd of march, and this will continue to be an issue that stirs strong emotions politically a

scarlets secured a hard fought 16—13 victory against their playoff rivals ulster.nelli side. as aled davies was held up over the line — he was only prevented from scoring by a high tackle from ulster‘s sean reidy. the win consoladates scarlet‘s spot in the top four. worcester wolves are into the quarter finals of the bbl trophy, beating sheffield sharks 99—68 tonight. danny huffor netted 31 points — supported by andy backman as well, as well, as worcester drained i6 three—pointers. that is all from us for now. coming up, the papers. the sport was a little short tonight, but not to worry. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the business academic, melanie eusebe and katie martin from the financial times. tomorrow's front pages... welcome back, 2017. glad you have not abandoned us. let's have a look at the front pages. the financial times says london faces at triple whammy of transport strike action next week, after union discussions broke down with underground staff set to walk out for 2h hours on sunda

scarlets secured a hard fought 16—13 victory against their playoff rivals ulster.vies was held up over the line he was only prevented from scoring by a high tackle from ulster‘s sean reidy. the win consolidates scarlet‘s spot in the top 1l worcester wolves are into the quarter finals of the bbl trophy, beating sheffield sharks 99—68 tonight. danny huffor netted 31 points — supported by andy backman as well, as worcester drained 16 three pointers to advance into the last eight. essex leopards are also through — beating manchester giants 86—84 that's all from sportsday. there will be more sporty or on bbc news in the morning but for now, good night. hello again. in contrast with other parts of europe our weather this weekend has been quiet. it should be on the mild side and you will should not have to worry about lost because there will be an awful lot of cloud around. they should not be a lot of rain around at all. most of the rain and drizzle sinking into southern areas at the moment as we head northwards, however, the cloud will be broken by morning so possibly ch

we have heard, for example, from the ulster unionist party, once the dominant unionist party, once the here in northern ireland, they said earlier in a brief statement to the media, look, to the voters who are frustrated by the collapse of the assembly, come and vote for parties at these elections, parties who are willing and ready to return to government. so as i began, clyde, another very eventful day here on the hill and what promises to be a very eventful period in politics over the next few months. indeed. many thanks for that. much more coming up but now it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'mjohn watson. coming up this evening: some murray magic in melbourne takes andy into the second round of the australian open. big boots to fill — bottas replaces rosberg at mercedes. and the record breaking efforts of the british sailor chasing victory in the vendee globe. it's ended in defeat for andy murray every time he's reached the final of the first tennis major of the year. but could 2017 be the year when the world number 0ne breaks that run? 0n the opening day i

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and wing rory 0'laughlin scored twice as leinster moved into second place with a 22—7 victory over ulsterinished an injury plagued 2016 on a high, beating david gough and in straight sets to win the world tennis champion chipped in abu dhabi. —— david coffin. he will now head to lisbon ahead of the australian open. sir andy murray came third. more the —— more sport on the bbc website. the london ambulance service says technical problems in the early hours of this morning meant staff in the control room were forced to log emergency calls by hand, delaying response times and treatment. the computer difficulties on what is usually the busiest night of the year began at half past midnight and lasted until 5.15am. with me is our correspondent jon ironmonger. do we know what happened? the computer system went down at 12:30am and stayed down until 5:15am. so control room staff had to log emergency calls manually. essentially they had to write them down on bits of paper and handle the bits of paper to someone who would prioritise the calls and assign ambulances. a spokeswoman told me that inevita

and wing rory 0'laughlin scored twice as leinster moved into second place with a 22—7 victory over ulsterburgh. i found the dow finished an injury plagued 2016 on a high, beating rafa nadal be david goffin and in straight sets to win the world tennis championship in abu dhabi. the third time he has won the trophy. he will head to the brisbane international ahead of the australian open. andy murray came third. 70,000 people watched the big bash match between the renegade stars and the melbourne stars. kevin pietersen playing. the stars were set 134 to win. it was a bizarre final over as three batsmen run out as the stars fell short. that is all the sport. the london ambulance service says technical problems in the early hours of this morning meant staff in the control room were forced to log emergency calls by hand, delaying response times and treatment. the computer difficulties on what is usually the busiest night of the year began at half past midnight and lasted until 5.15am. it's understood ambulances had to be tracked manually using maps, while drivers had to drive without their satn

side's chances of qualifying. but ends the welsh side's chances and exeter knocked today's opponents ulsterve tries in a 31 points to 19 victory at sandy park, to keep alive their own slim hopes of reaching the last eight. to keep alive their own slim hopes that's all your sport for now. to keep alive their own slim hopes with the baftas and oscars just around the corner, one film tipped to do well, is the denzel washington directed movie ‘fences,’ based on a pulitzer prize winning play. it tells the story of an african american family in the 19505, dealing with racial tensions and a troubled past. viola davis has already won a golden globe for her performance, and is tipped for an oscar. a golden globe for her performance, she was in london today, speaking to our arts editor, will gompertz. i've been right here with you, troy. to our arts editor, will gompertz. i've got a life too. to our arts editor, will gompertz. i gave 18 years of my life to stand in the same spot as you. emotions are running high in august wilson's powerful 1950s' family drama, fences. in august wilson's powerful denz

exeter and ulster miss out, though. they both lost to french opposition.that's all from me. goodnight. good evening. it is a cold night out there but a huge amount of variety across the uk this weekend. this beautiful shot taken from twickenham in london earlier on saturday, whereas for others it was a gloomy dull and chill day. we'll keep that going over the next 24 hours, the variety. temperatures several degrees below freezing already in some places, particularly with clear skies in eastern england. showers pushing it to parts of england and into wales. some of them are falling as snow over the high ground particularly, so watch out for ice. quite a mixture then first thing in the morning. meanwhile down under in australia of course it is not winter but summer. it will be very hot indeed as andy pics to the court, in 30 degrees out there about, and of course dan will be playing later in the day as well. good luck to the brits. back home, 29 degrees seems a long way off —— andy murray takes to the court. parts of the south—east down here, for example. wa

clermont ended exeter‘s hopes of making the knockout stages in emphatic fashion and ulster also go outarn a home quarterfinal, 0wen farrell —— a penalty separating the sides until chris ashton scored with 20 minutes left. leigh halfpenny's penalty earned toulon evaluable losing bonus point meaning they also qualify. this weekend marks the last set of group matches, leicester leading a rather dismal glasgow. ronnie 0'sullivan is into his 12th masters final at alexandra palace, coming from behind to beat marco fu 6—4. a break of 141 had helped fu towards a 4—3 lead, but 0'sullivan, the defending masters champion, won three frames in a row to take the semi—final 6—4. joe perry plays barry hawkins play in the other semi final later this evening. probably the best match i've ever won, i have to be honest with you, under the circumstances and the way he is playing, massive tournament, new tip. i fancied the job, even with a new tip i thought if i could get a feel of it, i am playing well enough to counteract that. last year i was really under pressure because i done and i was doing residues

or i could not go and see them for however long this things last ulster as of now it sounds like it will but business but i had to suspend my trouble and sit still and that is why i'm in boston. i wasn't planning to be here but i'm here and waiting to see what will happen without really applying plan for where to go next. are you getting any legal advice from your attorney? what support ie receiving from facebook? the attorneys that have been supporting me are keeping a close watch on the news and trying to understand the impact and seeing what we can do with it. because this thing was assigned yesterday, they are still trying to understand the full impact of it and how we can work around it and what we can do with it. they are working hard on it, in fact the call i got the my attorney on tuesday night she volunteered that, she didn't have to do it. she remembered that i1 of her client and i travel back and forth and she suspected i might be out of the country and you called me to warn me. i know that they have my back and i am counting on them to give the best advice they can to help me

scarlets also came from behind, to beat ulster 16—13, to stay fourth in the pro 12.o cross the line. elsewhere, leinster beat zebre, and newport gwent dragons beat treviso. tour de france champion chris froome says he turned down the chance, to use a therapeutic use exemption in 2015 because of moral concerns. the exemption allows athletes to take medication would normally be banned, and although froome had used them twice in the past, when given the option two years ago, he chose not to. they basically said that your condition is severe enough that you could use one, and i didn't feel as if having a tue in the last week of the tour de france was something that i was prepared to... itjust didn't sit well morally with me, but that was something i was going to do. earlier we saw how sir andy murray got on. this afternoon sir mo farah is in action at the edinburgh cross country. the four—time olympic champion, who insists he's happyjust to be called mo, was surprisingly beaten into second place last year. he is using the event as part of his preparation, for the track w

scarlets also came from behind to beat ulster 16—13, to stay fourth in the pro 12.cross the line. elsewhere, leinster beat zebre, and newport gwent dragons beat treviso. this afternoon, sir mo farah is in action at the edinburgh cross country. the four—time olympic champion — who insists he's happy just to be called mo — was surprisingly beaten into second place last year. he's using the event as part of his preparation for the track world championships in london later this year, and admits he'll have his work cut out against some cross country specialists this afternoon. it is going to be tough. they will try and put me down and beat me as quick as possible. that is what makes cross—country exciting. this is the event. i will fight for it. but it suits certain athletes better. it will be tough. now as the big teams enter the fa cup this weekend, i am sure we will see some silky skills on display — but none as spectacular as those performed by players in the sport of sepak takraw. it isa it is a work of art, isn't it? it's been one of asia's biggest sports for centu

well, the leader of the ulster unionist party, mike nesbitt has been giving his reaction.he renewable heat incentive scheme, sinn fein would hang in, they would hold the dup and the first minister to account, they would support practical steps to introduce the cost controls, the absence of which still cost us £85,000 a day and they would support a public inquiry into what went wrong. this is not the way to go forward, but it is not about the rhi scheme in terms of sinn fein's analysis, this is about sinn fein. we have had ten years now of the dup and sinn fein at the heart of our government. ten years characterised by disappointments, debackles and scandals. i don't think the electorate need anymore proof of the fact that the dup and sinn fein are incapable of governing this country. they cannot see the concept of the greater good and if we are to have an election, and an election is to prove to be of any worth, then i think people need to reflect on the fact that it is time to change the record. that for the first time since 1998 they can either vote to return the parties

scarlets also came from behind, to beat ulster 16—13, to stay fourth in the pro 12. as he tried to cross the line. elsewhere, leinster beat zebre, and newport gwent dragons beat treviso. earlier we saw how sir andy murray got on. this afternoon, sir mo farah is in action at the edinburgh cross—country. the four—time olympic champion, who insists he is happyjust to be called mo, was surprisingly beaten into second place last year. he is using the event as part of his preparation for the track world championships in london later this year, and admits he will have his work cut out against some cross—country specialists this afternoon. it is going to be tough. them guys will try and hunt me down and beat me as quick as possible. that is what makes cross—country exciting. i am not going to come out there and go, oh, i am not going to... i will fight for it, but it suits certain athletes better, and it is going to be tough. i think it might be, in my opinion. now, as the big teams enter the fa cup this weekend, i am sure we will see some silky skills on display, but none a

the ulster unionists were very quick off the mark to say to voters, if you are frustrated with this,es who are ready and willing to return to government. do you think the dup will be damaged by this? it will be damaged by this because they were the party who was in charge, who were supposed to be running, albeit in association with sinn fein, the country. sinn fein has walked away and you will find many commentators, a lot who are anti republican and anti—sinn fein, tending to blame not sinn fein but arlene foster and the dup, so it is almost bound to be some leakage of votes from their party. yes, if the dup and sinn fein do return after these elections as the biggest unionist and nationalist parties, theissues unionist and nationalist parties, the issues that caused all of this world have gone away, so it looks like we're in for a pretty long period of negotiation to try to get back to a power—sharing executive. it does but i suppose the hopeful bid is there will be a period of negotiations, it will be where they seek to have some give and take. it's been established that the way t

scarlets also came from behind to beat ulster 16—13, to stay fourth in the pro 12.wport gwent dragons beat treviso. this afternoon, sir mo farah is in action at the edinburgh cross country. the four—time olympic champion — who insists he's happy just to be called mo — was surprisingly beaten into second place last year. he's using the event as part of his preparation for the track world championships in london later this year, and admits he'll have his work cut out against some cross country specialists this afternoon. it is going to be tough. they will want to hunt me down and beat me as quick as possible. that is what makes cross—country exciting. this is the event. i will fight for it. but it suits certain athletes better. it will be tough. i used to love cross—country. i wasn't one of those who tried to escape. i was quite good. it is quite a tough event, especially when it is more the in the winter. it is a completely different skill to track running. it takes different muscles afterwards. indeed. good luck, mo farah. if there was an upset today, i think it cou

for the ulster unionist party, it is more difficult, they are trying to encourage change, but most observersiggest parties will remain the two biggest parties, sinn fein and the dup. in effect this is an election to negotiations for an assembly. if they can't, during that negotiation period, agree, theoretically we could have another election but obviously we cannot just could have another election but obviously we cannotjust keep having elections and returning the same results and at that stage it seems inevitable james brokenshire will have to step in and do something. he is ruling out the possibility of direct rule orjoint authority, as you said in your introduction. the headlines on bbc news: the labour leaderjeremy corbyn accuses the government of risking a ‘trade war‘ with europe if it doesn't get the deal it wants over brexit. a warning that cancer operations in some hospitals are being cancelled because of increased pressures on the nhs. delegates from more than 70 nations meeting in paris reaffirm the necessity for a two state solution between the israelis and palestinians and warn

does the secretary of state recognize a touch of a double standard when people from ulster have been told for decades they must talk to the most objectionable people, work with the most objectionable people, be in government with them and by the same people, they are told that you must have the president of the most in the craddick force -- most of a craddick force -- most democra tic force. and i give advice to northern ireland citizens who currently hold passports. should they be applying for british passport for ease of travel in the united states? >> i completely agree with the point that the honorable gentleman rightly makes. president trump in his administration have not been engaged in terrorist offenses on mainland britain. .nlike those reservation that he has expressed and the mitigation that he has secured. what further opportunities will there be. in order to maximize our influence. that a return visit by the president is a rather obvious one? >> i am grateful to the right honorable friend that is a very good thought. the president to visit will be an occasion for having f

ulster unionists have indulged in that also. and today they should be ashamed of themselves. it, and we, as the dup, we will decide who the leader of our party is, not someone else sitting in this chamber. we don't dictate to others who should be their leader and no one is going to dictate to us today who the leader of our party, which transpires to be the leader of unionism here in northern ireland. mr speaker, i very readily and with some degree of pleasure nominate arlene foster to be the first minister. thank you. mrs foster, are you willing to take up the office of first minister and to affirm the pledge of office? i am. in accordance with section 16 of the act, i have received a letter from a nominating officer of sinn fein, advising me that mrs michelle o'neill will serve as nominating officer for the party for this item officer for the party for this item of business. i call mrs michelle o'neill to nominate a member of the assembly to be the deputy first minister. i want to start by paying tribute to my friend martin mcguinness. for over ten years as deputy first mini

. —— ulster university to the city centre. in other business news, bookmakers are furious about what they have called a flawed report on gambling by mps. the bookmakers‘ trade body has reacted angrily to the report on fixed—odd betting terminals. mps have recommended that the maximum stake for gambling on the electronic terminals in a bookmakers shop is cut to just £2. currently the maximum stake is £100 and they account for more than 50% of bookmakers‘ profits. nintendo has reported better—than—expected profits thanks partly to the success of its games for mobile phones. the japanese gaming giant saw profits of £456 million, in the three months to december. it will launch its newest console, called switch, in early march. online grocer ocado has delivered a significant rise in annual profits. they reported a 21.8% increase in pre—tax profits to £14.5 million for the year to the end of november. however, the average order size fell 2.7% to £108.10 against the backdrop of continuing supermarket price wars and a long—awaited ove