here in belfast and west belfast they've taken four belfast and west belfast they've ta ken four out of five seats. very comfortably ta ken those taken four out of five seats. very comfortably taken those seats with over 61% of the vote. in north belfast interestingly, that surge of support for sinn fein has meant that we could be on the verge of for the first time ever having more nationalists elected in a constituency—wide election in north belfast than unionists, which again would be a remarkable change on how things have been nine months ago. big name potentially in trouble in north belfast, nelson mccausland. yes, a significant figure within the dup, former culture minister. and really the mood music seems to be from the dup that they think he has lost. he is out yet on the numbers, but from the body language of the dup members it appears that they've lost a significant figure within the party. that would leave the dup and unionism within belfast likely down tojust six unionism within belfast likely down to just six seats out of 20 because they'll have lost a seat in east, north

in a room at this monastery in west this monastery in republican west belfast, the ira began its long months ago —— 31 march to peace 31 months ago —— 31 yea rs march to peace 31 months ago —— 31 years ago. father adrian egan was one of the helpers at that meeting and eventually came to know martin mcguinness. despite the current political crisis, his faith in the peace process is ebselutei= political crisis, his faith in the peace process is absolute there j political crisis, his faith in the peace process is absolute there is peace process is absolute. there is no possibility of going back to where we were. nobody wants to be back there, and i believe that one of the legacies of martin mcguinness and others who were engaged in the peace process is that it will last and last well - the future. and last well into the future. nearby is the peace - which still nearby is the peace line which still separates protestant nearby is the peace line which still separates protesta nt a nd nearby is the peace line which still separates protestant and catholic communities in west belfast, a remind

in west belfast we have seen model vote management by sinn fein.g near hard level so sinn fein have been hear all morning and their vote management worked out in west belfast so that is a good sign for their election. the alliance party may have outpolled the leader of the ulster unionist party, mike nesbitt. he was asking people to transfer their votes across traditional community lines in order to deliver change at stormont. that's right, that was one of the key points in this campaign. mike nesbitt thing he would give his second preference vote to the nationalist sdlp. the dup strongly attacked him for that, damaging unionism. a lot of people thought that might take the wind out of the sails of the ulster unionist campaign. incidentally there was a big cheer therefore sinn fein. he topped the poll in south belfast. in strangford, mike nesbitt is in a battle there. the alliance party polled strongly and they may have topped the poll. strangford is one of the places we will say is the dup vote has been holding up or if the alliance party can make

in sinn fein‘s heartland of west belfast, the vote was presented as a chance for nationalism to hit back sharing and disagreements over issues like the irish language. identity and culture is deeply important to listeners of this radio station. and the result of this vote will have strengthened many of their aspirations for a united ireland. brexit and this election have started to open people's minds to the possibility of discussing new relationships, a new way of structuring relationships on this island. i think that's a good thing. i think it's very early days to say, yes, this will lead to a united ireland. and even in these politically turbulent times, all indications are that a referendum on irish unity would fail. but at stormont it's last week's vote that matters. and sinn fein have been celebrating their success with selfies and a certain self assurance. the political landscape has shifted enormously. this is not groundhog day. this is not business as usual. the message is very clear — that people want equality for all, that they want respect in institutions. the dup leader arle

member of the assembly returned at these elections here, one of the belfast sinn fein members for west belfaste had three m las belfast. north down have had three mlas return so far. the results are starting to come in, but right now we are trying to make sense of what this means. it is early days, but the big turnout, what do those numbers mean? does it mean they might be changed on the way? or does it mean the existing bigger parties, the dup and sinn fein, have got their electorate out and so what we will see is the status quo? we will be hearing from a couple of the cans ina be hearing from a couple of the cans in a moment, but first, this report from chris buckler. this generation might not remember the troubles, but elections in northern ireland ten to expose all divisions and was the result of this vote are known the challenge could be holding onto power sharing. the public seem to have been engaged by this campaign, turnout is up. but the new government at stormont does not just the new government at stormont does notjust depend on the results. it needs the parties to agree to enter in

north belfast is complete, we have had the west belfast count, we expect the east to be completed, ande of hours would be good, i am sure they would be happy with that, thank you. i wanted to pick up on those points. we have covered an awful lot of ground. a couple of things he wanted to pick up on. two things and i am not sure the body politic in the north has understood this yet. first, brexit has changed forever. the vote on brexit, and the fact that a majority of people in the north, in this part of the island, wa nt to north, in this part of the island, want to remain. in the european union, with all of its faults. and for the benefit of everyone, for viewers across the uk, who will be thinking, yes, the majority voted to remain in northern ireland, but of course it was uk wide and the majority across the uk decided i narrow margin to leave, and that has consequences for northern ireland. for people throughout england, scotla nd for people throughout england, scotland and wales, and the scots and welsh get it, they need to understand this is an island and the partition of the isla

a nice day in belfast with some sunshine, but the north—west of scotla nd sunshine, but the north—westhrough the week, the weather will remain more u nsettled the weather will remain more unsettled across the northern half of scotland. in the south that should be fine but scotland will be under the influence of low pressure and stronger wind. on tuesday we are talking about gales blasting their way through the north of scotland. for the rest of the uk its variable amounts of cloud and still relatively mild. 14 in london and in the teens in newcastle as well. she states another dry day —— wednesday another dry day. this week we won't be using our umbrellas very much at all. have a good day. this is bbc news. the headlines at two. the brexit secretary urges mps to back the bill for exiting the eu, to pave the way for the triggering of article 50. what we can't have is the... either house of parliament reversing the decision of the british people. senior mps warned the government it must have a plan for brexit negotiations ending without a deal. it's notjust for the government to prepare

north you go, and then we get into sunshine across north west england, so a nice start to the day in liverpool, manchester, your, kendall, into belfastbelfast in the lowlands of scotland. glasgow town centre, only 2 degrees. the winds are like, and there is sunshine, so it does not feel bad. into the afternoon, the easterly/ north—easterly wind should push away the cloud, break it up a little bit, and it should be dry by the end of the afternoon. still on the cool side, particularly the north sea coast, with that win coming out of the east coast, chilly in places like norwich. high—pressure sticks around friday night and the whole weekend, so we have got lots of settled weather on the way. this high will not hang around forever, but probably till around tuesday, and then the low pressures will start to come in. until then, let's enjoy this big hive off wins, circulating around it in the centre of the highlands. there will be very light. sunshine, maybe up to 15 degrees, but again around the coast, a bit ofa degrees, but again around the coast, a bit of a breeze, around the periphery, it will be that the killer. into monday, variable

west england. and i started the day in liverpool, manchester, york, kendall, belfastand the day in liverpool, manchester, york, kendall, belfastlasgow, only two celsius. but with sunshine and light winds it will not feel too bad. in the afternoon, that east—north—easterly winds should push away the cloud and break it up a little bit. it should be dry by the end of the afternoon. still on the course side, the chick lily on north sea coasts with that wind coming —— particularly on north sea coasts, chilly. this will not hang around for ever, this high pressure. it will hang around until dues they then we will have low pressure. until then, let's dues they then we will have low pressure. untilthen, let's enjoy this high pressure with winds circulating around it, in the centre there will be lots of sunshine, it will feel warm, at around 15 celsius, but with the breeze on the coasts round the periphery of that high pressure. 0n coasts round the periphery of that high pressure. on monday, variable amounts of cloud, but it should stay dry across the majority of the uk. let's summarise that for the weekend and beyond, lots of settled

belfast. ten celsius in glasgow, but rain into the far north—west of scotland and it will turn windy here as welllands and wales. temperatures up the midlands and wales. temperatures up to 12 or13 the midlands and wales. temperatures up to 12 or 13 celsius and in the sunshine towards east anglia and the south east, could get to 16 celsius. murky conditions, i think, for coastal parts of south—west england. but again, here, it will be pretty mild. this evening and tonight this area of cloud and misty, murky weather, maybe the odd spot of drizzle will continue to sink southwards and eastwards. a band of rain moves into northern ireland and scotla nd rain moves into northern ireland and scotland and across the far north of scotland, we will see hefty showers as the winds begin to pick up and tomorrow will be a windy day across northern scotland. we could see wind gusts of 60mph to 70mph. big waves crashing on to the shoreline as well and a lot of showers which will be wint ary particularly over high ground. elsewhere, largely dry. very cloudy out west. some murky weather over coasts and hills. the b

belfast. remember the jet stream i showed you? it keeps pushing weather fronts to the north—west of us.y and will sneak into the uk. only quite cheeky and will sneak into the uk. 0nlya quite cheeky and will sneak into the uk. only a weak one. it means a week fronted a ribbon of cloud, a little bit of rain, not an awful lot. behind it there is colder air dipping into scotland and blustery showers and gales in the north of scotland. 60—70 mile an hour gusts in northern scotland. wednesday, quieter. south—westerly winds, miles, some sunshine. the load to the westerners should pull away north. the week is not looking bad. the mildest weather will be across england and wales. a bit more blustery across scotland and cooler here as well. goodbye. this is bbc news. the headlines at 5:00pm. the brexit secretary urges mps to back the bill for exiting the eu, to pave the way for the triggering of article 50. what we can't have is either house of parliament reversing the decision of the british people. following a night of violence in rotterdam, turkey's president warns the netherlands it will "pay

tonight the cloud that can slow time in the early hours and the north—west, some rain on the way for belfastnorth—west. 17 or 18 degrees in the south—east. during the weekend we have weather fronts moving across so saturday or sunday, i would pick saturday. sunday is looking wet for some of us, not desperately, but a little wet. this is bbc newsroom live — the headlines: head teachers in england have warned that funding pressures are forcing schools to scrap courses, increase class sizes and cut back on trips and after—school clubs. the telecoms regulator, 0fcom, has reached a deal with bt to separate its 0penreach service — which runs much of the uk's broadband infrastructure. rival broadband providers to bt have welcomed the decision. one of europe's top brexit negotiators says british nationals should be allowed to keep some of the benefits of eu citizenship including freedom of travel, after britain leaves the european bloc. labour says the government is in "disarray" — after the prime minister said controversial tax rises for self—employed workers would not be put into legislation until

belfast. cloudy in northern england, al breaks of rain —— outbreaks of rain. some showers in the westthunder and gusts of wind in the south—west of england and wales. things quiet on this evening and overnight, wet weather clears with drier conditions, and with clear spells it will be a chilly night. a touch of frost in the north, icy stretches in places, and misty and murky places first thing on monday morning. rain in the south—west, heavy for some time, that clears quickly, and elsewhere in the country, monday looks like a decent day compared to what we've seen outside today. sunny and dry weather, a scattering of showers. some hail, 7—iid. the new working week starts on a reasonably quiet note. it turns unsettled once again. this atlantic system heads into the west on tuesday. most of us start tuesday on a dry night. eastern areas keep sunshine in the day but in the west, called brings outbreaks of rain, strengthening winds, there could be some snow in the high ground of scotland and temperatures of 7—iid for most of us. temperatures of 7—iid for most of us. unsettled beams contin

west and maybe a little bit of rain towards the northern isles. decent day temperature wise for many. a little bit higher, ten or 11 degrees for glasgow and belfastather through this weekend. that will bring a lot of fine and dry weather, more in the way of cloud developing as we reach sunday. saturday, a decent day across large parts of the uk, chilly start but sunshine through the day and it should reach 1a or 15 in the south—east and 13 also for belfast and edinburgh. always a bit of a breeze blowing across the southern half of the uk through the weekend. more cloud around on sunday but many places will be fine and dry and some spells of sunshine. winds lighter the further north you are. dry through the weekend, if you get sunshine it will be warm but chilly by night. the latest headlines from bbc news. i'm mike embley. the british prime minister has condemned what she called a sick and depraved terrorist attack outside the houses of parliament in london. three civilians and a police officer were killed by a lone attacker — who was then shot dead. the murdered police officer, who was unarmed and guarding the gates to parliament has been named

most with sunshine for birmingham, hull, glasgow and belfast, reaching a0 degrees, a bit of rain for our friends in the of scotland. —— in the north westitch changes to the bill, which will allow the government to start the formal brexit process. the diplomatic row deepens between the netherlands and turkey, as dutch riot police use water cannon to break up a large

belfast. cold and cloudy under the weather front in parts of northern england, north midlands, and further south sunny spells and scattered blustery showers rolling in, particular across the south—west gales around coasts and hills. 0vernight, most rain pushing away and then clearer skies and one or two showers. a cold night and there could be frost, perhaps an icy stretch in the north, first thing monday. monday morning, rain heading into the south—west. perhaps south wales, also. it gets out of the way quickly and across the country it looks like an improved day compared to what we have today. sunny spells tomorrow. some scattered showers perhaps on the heavy side at times. moving through into tuesday, a ridge of high pressure first thing but then you will notice a front coming in from the atlantic that will bring wet weather to western parts. central and eastern parts remaining dry for central and eastern parts remaining dryfora central and eastern parts remaining dry for a good part of the day. it is turning increasingly wet and windy again from the west and temperatures around 7—11. the outlook, fairly unsettled weather on the cards. we will see spells of rain working west to e

sunnyside, but across the north west you are closer to the low pressure, so west you are closer to the low pressure, so belfasts are making a beeline for the uk. whether france, rain, you name it, so increasing from friday and all of this rain will be on top of us on saturday. scotland's first minister takes westminster by surprise as she announces plans to trigger another independence referendum. nicola sturgeon says a 2nd referendum should be held between autumn 2018 and spring 2019 once the terms of the uk‘s exit from the eu are clear. i believe that it would be wrong for scotland to be taken down a path that it has no control over, regardless of the consequences for our economy, for our society, for our place in the world, for our very sense of who we are as a country. it comes as mps prepare to vote again on whether to give the prime minister the power to start the brexit process. we'll be asking whether theresa may will agree to another referendum and what the implications are for the uk and the brexit negotiations. also this lunchtime. hundreds of thousands of commuters are hit by a 24 hour rail strike

west and maybe a little bit of rain towards the northern isles. decent day temperature wise for many. a little bit higher, ten or ii degrees for glasgow and belfastpressure remains in charge of our weather through this weekend. that will bring a lot of fine and dry weather, more on the way of cloud developing as we reach sunday. saturday looks a decent day across large parts of the uk, chilly start but regular sunshine through the day and it should reach 11! or 15 degrees in the south—east and 13 degrees also for belfast and edinburgh. there is always a bit of a breeze blowing across the southern half of the uk through this weekend. a bit more cloud around on sunday but many places will be fine and dry and some spells of sunshine to be had. winds lighter the further north you are. dry through the weekend, if you get sunshine it will be warm but quite chilly by night. hello. you're watching bbc world news. i'm sally bundock. our top story this hour. investigations continue and several people remain severely ill in hospital after wednesday's attack outside the houses of parliament in london. britain's prime minister has condemned what she called a

west. but by then northern ireland will be busking in sunshine. highs of 13 celsius in belfast. the north—west, breezy across the north of scotla nd north—west, breezy across the north of scotland as well. as we move down towards the north of england, here under the influence of the weather front it will be fairly cloudy, but the very far north of northern england improving and that cloud prevails towards the midlands and the wash, but for east anglia, essex and kent and the isle of wight and dorset, we are looking at some blue skies into the afternoon. for south—west england though, under that weather front, cloudier. south—west england though, under that weatherfront, cloudier. again, there is murkiness around the coast and for parts of wales, again cloudy this afternoon under that weather front. it gets down to the south—east with all its cloud. some brighter breaks behind, but then another weather front comes in across northern ireland and scotland with rain and strengthening winds. the rain turning more showery through the course of the night. tomorrow we start off with show

belfast. in northern england and much of wales, rain falling as sleet and snow for some over the higher ground. scattered showers and pretty strong westerly winds blow across the south—weste evening and overnight, they clear the cloud and wet weather way towards the east. things dry out overnight, and for many of us, a chilly night ahead. frost and icy stretches in the north, and mist and fog patches, particularly in north—east england and scotland as well. the next batch of rain arrives in the south—west, windy weather here. it does not last long. across the country, a predominantly dry day with a scattering of showers, almost anywhere that you can catch a shower or two, but dry weather between, temperatures seven to 11 degrees. a relatively quiet start to the new working week and we will see the next system coming in from the atlantic. and unsettled picture, tuesday starts tried that soon we will see wind picking up as rain across western parts of the country. should stay dry for much of the day on tuesday, temperatures seven to 11 degrees. this band of rain works further east as we move into the middle of the week. still unsettled but temperatures turn milder at 1a de

country, a little bit of rain in the south—west and maybe a little bit of rain towards the northern isles. a little bit higher, ten or 11 degrees for glasgow and belfastt of fine and dry weather, more on the way of cloud developing as we reached sunday. saturday looks a decent day across large parts of the uk, regular sunshine through the day and it should reach 1a or 15 degrees in the south—east and 13 degrees also for belfast and edinburgh. there is always a bit of a breeze blowing across the southern half of the uk through this weekend. a bit more cloud around on sunday but many places will be fine and dry and some spells of sunshine to be had. dry through the weekend, if you get sunshine it will be warm but quite chilly by night. welcome to a bbc news special. i'm mike embley, in london, where a lone attacker has killed four people, including a police officer, outside the houses of parliament. britain's prime minister has condemned what she called a "sick and depraved terrorist attack". the attacker drove into pedestrians on westminster bridge causing catastrophic injuries. fani fan i heard a big crunch, like a car crash and the vehicle was coming

belfast. army bomb disposal teams have been working through the night to prepare for the removal of an unexploded second world war bomb. it was discovered on a building site in north—westter police and fire crews were called to the scene. the council has warned the site won‘t be made safe until at least this afternoon. mike is here with the sport now. another milestone for andy murray. tiebreaks are used to settle matches at the end of sets, if they are still 6—6, it is the first to seven points, they usually go for five or ten minutes. this one overnight lasted 31 minutes, the longest since way back in 1991, which says something, doesn‘t it? andy murray obviously winning it. the end result is that andy murray is through to the semi—finals of the dubai championships, but the story is the way he got past germany‘s philipp kohlschreiber. murray had to save seven match points, before winning the second—set tie—break, which forced the match into a decider, and it took him over half an hour to do so. british cycling has apologised for failings in the way it looked after its riders, and has promised to improve. after accusation of bullying and sexism, chairman jonathan brown

west parts of scotland. it will not feel as cold as you today because the winds are easing. 0vernight and this evening, this band of rain over parts of belfaste soggy across the south of the country in the morning. it will be the north of scotland we re it will be the north of scotland were some of the best sunshine will be. for many, a lot more cloud tomorrow and not a lot milder. this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines at 1130. the police watchdog says the public at an "unacceptable risk" because of recent cutbacks in forces across england and wales. a report by her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary, warns services are in a "potentially perilous" state. the us attorney general is under pressure to resign — after it emerged he had undisclosed meetings with the russian ambassador during the presidential campaign. jeff sessions oversees the fbi, which is currently investigating alleged russian interference in the election. the government will seek to overturn the defeat inflicted on its brexit bill by the house of lords after peers defied ministers — by voting to guarantee the rights of eu nationals living in the uk after brexit. the eu

north—west, introducing some more rain, turning more showery through the night at strengthening winds as well. nowhere near as colder night as the one which has just gone. the temperature in belfastomorrow very windy across the northern isles, gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour, the same for the far north of mainland scotland, big waves being generated and also some showers, some of which will be wintry in nature. move away from that and we are looking at some dry conditions, some sunny spells, particularly in the shelter of the hills. we could in the south—east hit 17 or even 18 celsius, so that will feel very nice, very mild to the stage in maher. as we head into wednesday, quite a bit of cloud around as a weather front is going to come back. a lot of cloud across parts of the south, parts of the north. in between, something drier and brighter with some sunshine. nothing wrong with those temperatures, a little bit milder. we are looking at about eight in the north to about 15 as we push towards the south—east. towards the end of the south—east. towards the end of the week the outlook remains fairly u nsettled. the week the outlook remains fairly unsettled. at times there will be a

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