13/11/2015 BBC Newsline

Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline:

The DUP say there's no doubt there will be a Stormont agreement - the

The Sinn Fein Speaker of the Assembly on why he left

the national anthem out of this week's remembrance service.

Voting is underway in the SDLP leadership contest - with

The County Antrim school that's giving the rest of the world a

money for BBC Children in Need. It's a big

for Euro 2016, and the Republic try to book their place in France.

And we've had a taste of winter today- this weekend temperatures

will slowly be on the rise again but there's lots of rain to come.

The DUP have predicted that there will be a deal out

of the political talks at Stormont but they've warned that it might not

The parties and the British and Irish governments have been

involved in negotiations for more than two months.

The chairperson of Sinn Fein has accused the two

At from Stormont is our political correspondent, Stephen Walker.

What has been happening today? We had had another round of political

discussions all day but the bottom line tonight is, there is no deal.

We have seen progress, we believe, on the issues of finance and welfare

but there is a real problem with this issue of national-security and

Sinn Fein have criticised both the British and Irish governments. It

this afternoon, Simon Hamilton of the DUP came out and said he

predicted there would be a deal but he wants to know if that would

become offensive and he wanted to know what parties would support it.

I don't think at this stage we are in any doubt that they will be an

agreement. The question is how compounds of it might be, but in

terms of its contents and also how many parties can support it but we

will continue to work at those issues that are still outstanding.

That has to not forget the seriousness of the issues that got

us into this position, that the paramilitaries and we need to

resolve budget and welfare issues. These are important matters and

we're working hard to resolve them. What the government 's been saying?

Both governments remain hopeful that this talks process will end. They

say that the issues still need to be resolved. Both governments will

remain in contact this afternoon and the contact -- talks will resume on

Monday. Next the latest on the controversy

over the national anthem at The Speaker of the Assembly Mitchell

McLaughlin has written to MLAs to explain why he did not include it

when he planned the ceremony. At the end of the event,

a TUV press officer started singing God Save the Queen - something that

was described by some unionists As Will Leitch reports,

the Speaker says he was trying to make the Armistice Day ceremony

inclusive and welcoming to all. Stormont's remembrance service on

Wednesday, led by the Speaker, Sinn Fein MLA, Mitchell McLaughlin. At

the going down of the sun in the morning, we will remember them. God

save our gracious Queen. The singing of the national anthem has since led

to plenty of discussion and disagreement. In his letter to all

family members, the speaker says he appreciates the event did not

satisfy the expectations of all. He says he was determined that I would

lead remembrance by involving as many people as possible. He refers

to his own change of attitude, his discussions with the British Legion

and the visits to the battlefields of Flanders. He also says that while

anthems are part of remembrance for some, for others, they are not. He

has asked for discussions to avoid any future tensions at similar

events. He closes with the hope that when he looks back over his time in

Stormont as the Speaker, I will recall the view from the podium as I

presided over the two-minute silence and looked out over the many faces

from many backgrounds gathered together in the cause of

remembrance. That would have been unimaginable 20 years ago.

The MLA who is trying to unseat the SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell says

Colum Eastwood says the party needs a change after

But Mr McDonnell says he needs to complete the job.

Voting at the party conference in Armagh began this afternoon.

Leading the SDLP means a lot to Alistair MacDonald. Is the proudest

moment of my political life. There have been highs, like holding a

south Belfast for the third time at the General Election but the

leadership has seen the party's but to continue to decline that is

waiting list MLA believes it's time to act. I don't need to be doing

this but I think it will have been reckless of me to sit on my hands

when the public are telling us they want to see change. It needs to

happen and it needs to happen now. I think it will happen and that is why

I have put myself forward and I want to lead the SDLP. This is an active

leadership. Whoever wins must unite this party and stop the slump at the

polls. Tomorrow could be the easy bit. This man is a poster boy for

Alistair MacDonald's new SDLP. It's the wrong time for leadership

challenge and the SDLP considering we're coming into the most important

election we have faced for years but I think Alistair was elected in 2011

to do a job across the North. He has started that work and it has born

much fruit here in my constituency and I think he needs the time to

finish the job. Another gang member of the party could not disagree

more. When the results are bad, the party has to reflect and change.

Colum Eastwood has said, let me lead the party. He has given us a

vision. That is what we can buy into and fell into the voters. He is a

clear indicator. We cannot afford the bill in the china shop approach.

The man he calls a bill in a china shop says those figures at the polls

are like he needs to stay. Those shortcomings are the very reason

that I came in to change the party and we have a radical new project

about to be launched in a few weeks' time to renew the party from top to

bottom and I am going to see that renewal process through. But will

bottom and I am going to see that they get the chance? We will know

tomorrow. And there will be live coverage

of the SDLP's conference on BBC Two A security operation in the Drumsurn

area, near Dungiven, It began after an anonymous phone

call claimed a bomb had been left A number of people who had to leave

their homes because of the alert have since been able to

return to their properties. Aer Lingus is to stop

a three-times daily service between Belfast City Airport

and London Gatwick from next March. It has apologised to customers

booked after that date, The service could be taken over

by Ryanair but it would likely The Belfast woman Mairia Cahill has

been elected to the Irish Senate. She became known after claiming she

was raped by an IRA man when she was a teenager, and that the IRA helped

to cover up the alleged abuse. She was put forward as a Seanad

candiate by the Irish Labour Party. 30 years ago, at this moment, the

British and Irish governments were involved in intensive negotiations

to try to forge a political deal. They came up with the

Anglo Irish Agreement, which gave the Republic an official

say in Northern Ireland's affairs BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson has been

looking at what has stemmed The hand of history. The Anglo Irish

Agreement, signed 30 years ago this weekend. We really enter

disagreement in good faith. Never! Nationalists can now raise their

heads. Never! Join with us in trying to make this agreement work. Never!

Myself Unionist and loyalist. Never! One of the Irish minister is

involved was Dick Spring. Three decades later, he says the agreement

should be celebrated. This was perhaps the most significant event

since the Treaty back in the 1920s. By bully it has led on to bigger and

better things. Unionists heated the agreement and paraded Northern

Ireland Office ministers are ever they want. In the middle of it was

Jim Wells. At one stage, I think there was an arm wrapped around the

Secretary of State's neck but that is what one would expect. Looking

back at the old footage, doors Jim Wells accept that Unionists went too

far? By today's standards, it's a different way of doing things. We

would probably send it message or e-mail to the secretary of state.

They did not bother to consult the Unionist community and that flawed

that agreement from the world go. You seem to know where the Secretary

of State was going to be, how did you know? There was a source from

the Northern Ireland Office would ring me every night and tonight the

exact movements of every member of the executive for the following day

so we knew where Tom King was to the minute was. We knew before they

knew. Loyalists were not happy but neither were Republicans. Will it

last? I cannot see it lasting. Back then and now, Danny Morrison says it

will be a missed opportunity. We received the agreement by telex. Ira

member reading it and going through it. In my opinion Unionists

overreacted because the Unionist veto was in but our quizzes and

was, white kid you not have gone further and pressed for more

amateurs agreement because the reaction from Unionists would have

been exactly the same. 30 years on, the verdict is mixed. But will

history ever forget the Anglo Irish Agreement? Never.

We're all told to do more to protect the environment.

But one County Antrim Primary School has made going green central to

Today experts from across Europe came to see how they do it.

The children at this primary school in Ballyclare Green Pioneers and

green fingered. We are digging up parsnips that we have grown and they

are all in the bucket and there are some tiny ones and some big ones. We

give them to the some tiny ones and some big ones. We

they click them and we eat them. You put your brand waste into the bin

like food, sandwiches and then we put it into the plague and the

eco-members will roll it up and down and when they are finished, they

will compost it and we use it for our flower beds. Two years ago, this

school became the first primary school in Northern Ireland to

recycle all of its school waste. The children have learned about much

more than just rubbish. It's fine doing the work outside that there is

so much more you can learn outside so here we can do lots of outdoor

work. We have an outdoor teaching area where teachers can bring the

children for mild lessons. Today, eco-schools experts from across the

world came to see what lessons the school could teach them. I would

like to see what they do and it is possible to do the same or similar

things in Russia. The fact that this school has zero waste going into

landfills, it's the only school but I knew that reached this stage from

all schools around the world and we have about 48,000. Being a world

leader is certainly something to make a song and dance about.

Tonight the fundraising marathon that is BBC Children in Need reaches

a climax with the big television extravaganza, including lots

The appeal currently funds close to 200 projects in Northern Ireland

Children in need is that time of year when even the most sensible

people in the BBC and at doing the strangest things.

Of course, there are those who are not too sensible to begin with.

In schools, offices and homes across Northern Ireland, people are raising

money. Coffee mornings, sponsored runs and lots and lots of cake.

Funding from Children in Need help to more than 200 organisations

across Northern Ireland. This children's circus scheme is one of

them and so is this youth project in West Belfast. Lots of people leave

school with no qualifications through to these training courses,

we are helping them. We would not be here if not for Children in Need.

Our healthy living programmes, which we run every afternoon, all

delivered through the two part-time workers we have three Children in

Need. Sections of tonight 's fundraising programme are broadcast

live from Belfast. Tonight we'll be having a choir of 175 children from

Northern Ireland joining up with 1,500 preschool children to sing

climb by Miley Sirius. It's going to be a really exciting night tonight.

We can take a sneak peak behind the scenes to see what is happening in

the rehearsals for tonight 's live performance. Last year, more than

?700,000 was raised here and organisers are quietly confident of

raising more this year. You can see that entire video

performance of BBC staff - if you can bear it -

tomorrow evening on the highlights The Best Bits -

that's here on BBC One at 5:20. It's a big night

of international football. Northern Ireland are playing Latvia

tonight in their first international at home since qualification for Euro

2016 was assured. The game is live on BBC Two

tonight - with coverage from 7:30. It's a friendly

but the players will be keen to I have just lost David Healy but he

is coming. We are going to go three, five, two tonight. Here is David

Healy. Thank you for joining us. The boss is going to go three, five, two

tonight and play chi Liberty up from tonight. What you think about that?

It gives them a chance to look at formations. Kyle Lafferty upfront,

it gives an opportunity to do that tonight. He is the new you, how has

Michael O'Neill the ability to ten? It's been well-documented

Michael O'Neill the ability to ten? Lafferty has let himself down in the

campaign before but he has bounced back and he has incredible ability.

His goals in this campaign have led us to the finals and hopefully he

will get another one tonight and in the finals in France next year.

These friendlies are important in its far as it gives Michael an

opportunity to express and? Of course and that is what it's all

about. Michael says you're only going to get four or five games so

it gives him a chance. He is not going to change everything, he is

not that type of person. It is more less a thank you to the crowd. The

match will be live on the BBC this evening.

Martin O'Neill says he's feels a little envious

of his fellow managers who've already qualified their teams

O'Neill's Republic of Ireland side play the away leg of their play-off

And Thomas Kane is there for BBC Newsline.

Rather than play in Sarajevo at a stadium around three times bigger,

this is where Bosnia prepared to play most of the important

fixtures. They feel the compact 12,500 seater stadium provides a

more intimidating atmosphere for the opposition and it has become

something of a fortress in recent times. Around 900 public of Ireland

fans have made the trip here and it's fair to say it has not been the

easiest location to find. Dublin to Amsterdam, train from Amsterdam to

Eindhoven. A flight from the and then a 2 hour taxi to hear on

Tuesday night. We flew in yesterday the Frankfurt and then I direct

flight here. It's about one and 20 kilometres away from here. John

O'Shea and Jonathan Walters are suspended for the first leg and she

now is ruled out through injury. The body ever remembers who was injured

so it doesn't really affect me. In an ideal world it would be great to

have everybody available. That gives you your best chance. But it doesn't

matter. We go now and we have to compete really strongly in these two

games. Whoever takes the feet. What would be a good result? Any more

than a 2-goal deficit and I would be worried. To get it back in the

second leg. My worry is that they are very good in the attacking

areas. They have some really talented carers and Frey told

players so from set players, they are very dangerous. The Republic of

Ireland have played in more play-off games than any other country and

their supporters will know just how important away goals could prove to

be ahead of Monday's second leg and a blood.

Ulster begin their European Champions cup campaign tomorrow

Among the Irish internationals returning

to the line-up are Luke Marshall, Andrew Trimble and Craig Gilroy.

Rory Best captains the side in his first start since the World Cup.

You have two win your home games and you have two pick something up away

from home somewhere along the line. This is going to be a tough game,

from home somewhere along the line. they will be prime and ready for it

so for they will be prime and ready for it

start well, picking sure we produce they will be prime and ready for it

in the first ten minutes, the they will be prime and ready for it

passion and then we can bring our own passion to the game and our own

physicality. In the other it's Tyrone champions

Trillick against Scotstown A former Tyrone Gillick footballer,

today he was training his A former Tyrone Gillick footballer,

in Armagh for in the Currie cup game. That is the day job. It is the

weekends, it is managing Scotstown, the Monaghan club champion surprised

many by knocking out Slaughtneil and here's hoping that will continue.

You have one chance in life in terms of what you bring to the table, in

terms of you trying your best. This Sunday is an opportunity for us to

try our best, the commitment they had shown in terms of early

mornings, the sessions, we have won it in three sessions to this point

this year. That is what it takes to be competitive. Winning is the

bonus. The journey we have been and is fantastic and this year we don't

want it to end. Trillick are hoping to end that journey on Sunday but

rather than worrying about the opposition, the Mellor Holmbert

Friojonsson treading on themselves. It's very much about our players

stepping up, putting them pressure on the field and

stepping up, putting them pressure opportunities when they come.

have weather conditions this weekend. 9-8 could win this weekend

and I just hope it's us. The prize for victory is a place in this years

club final. The weather is next.

Many cases had a taste of winter today. Some snow over the hill from

our weather watcher and there was some sleet and snow fall again other

places too. Still some showers tonight so it's going to be

cold for Pudsey Bear and those fundraising for Children in Need.

Temperatures fundraising for Children in Need.

figures. The next area of rain is waiting in the wings and that is all

about X hacking kit. Storm Abigail birds away and Kate comes into play

this weekend. We have warnings in force for the weekend. The rain of

the heavy at times and it will be raining on both days. It is the

accumulating rainfall totals, possibly up to three inches, that

could lead to a risk of some localised flooding. Quickly turning

wet tomorrow morning. The winds will not be particularly strong but it

will feel chilly but that being persistent and heavy at times.

Temperatures just about getting into double figures in the North. A

little bit milder further south and look that will see quite cold but

that rain on the Match of the Day. A bit of a wash-out on Saturday. Maybe

a day for the DVDs or doing something indoors. The rain is not

going anywhere fast. It looks like it will be raining in most cases

right through Saturday evening and Saturday night. Not good news for

those wanting to see the Christmas lights being switched on in Belfast.

It will get milder so although there is more rain on Sunday, it will be

warmer. Brisk winds on Sunday. The rain easing off in cases during the

afternoon and temperatures will be back into double figures. Very much

an unsettled weekend. Lots of rain around, lots of sogginess. Ticket

easy on the roads because they will be standing water and the risk of

flooding in places. It stays and settled into the Newark.