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A new team of ministers has been appointed to | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
the Stormont power-sharing executive. | :00:16. | :00:16. | |
All but one of the posts have been shared between the two biggest | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
Independent unionist Claire Sugden has agreed to take on the job | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
It means there'll be seven new faces around the Executive table. | :00:24. | :00:27. | |
Here's our political correspondent, Stephen Walker. | :00:28. | :00:29. | |
Before 10am, Claire Sugden slipped quietly into Stormont | :00:30. | :00:31. | |
as a backbench MLA. | :00:32. | :00:33. | |
Tonight, she will have a ministerial car. | :00:34. | :00:35. | |
Mid-morning, she was unveiled as the new Justice Minister. | :00:36. | :00:37. | |
This is probably the most difficult decision I have ever had | :00:38. | :00:44. | |
in my life, and I have said that before but certainly it did cause me | :00:45. | :00:48. | |
But, as I said, it is an opportunity for me and my constituents and most | :00:49. | :00:53. | |
importantly an opportunity for Northern Ireland | :00:54. | :00:54. | |
and I look forward to it. | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
For Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness, today was about | :00:59. | :01:00. | |
We are a that it is going to be a government | :01:01. | :01:06. | |
together, I think that you will recognise the change in how we | :01:07. | :01:14. | |
operate over the next period of time. | :01:15. | :01:16. | |
It will be a good change and | :01:17. | :01:17. | |
for those in opposition they cannot just criticise, they also have to | :01:18. | :01:20. | |
It is our job as leaders to govern and we | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
And intend to do that bearing in mind that we are | :01:26. | :01:30. | |
ministers for everybody within our society. | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
All eyes were on the Independent MLA today. | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
Inside the chamber, there were words of congratulations. | :01:38. | :01:39. | |
Although there was also criticism of her appointment. | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
because it is a corruption of the Good Friday Agreement. | :01:45. | :01:51. | |
The person who said this house of cards is | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
falling and good will come of it only if the jokers at the top come | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
crashing down too and do not get up again is our new Justice Minister, | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
Sitting a few feet away from Claire Sugden, the TUV leader | :02:02. | :02:10. | |
also had strong words for the new minister. | :02:11. | :02:13. | |
Less than two weeks ago, she boasted in this house that she was | :02:14. | :02:16. | |
Because today she has become the policewoman of Marlene. | :02:17. | :02:31. | |
And there were also concerns from the SDLP are | :02:32. | :02:39. | |
The opportunity to evolve our politics even further | :02:40. | :02:42. | |
And that is very clear to our electorate, Mr | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
Speaker, that this is a position for which no Nationalist need apply. | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
And from the former Justice Minister there was this hope. | :02:51. | :02:55. | |
What we have achieved was based on the proposals would | :02:56. | :02:57. | |
Alliance put forward before we accepted the job in 2010. | :02:58. | :03:00. | |
That work must continue and from the point of | :03:01. | :03:02. | |
my colleagues, we will judge the new minister not | :03:03. | :03:04. | |
on her age or her gender, we will judge her on how far | :03:05. | :03:07. | |
The DUP's Simon Hamilton was joined by new faces. | :03:08. | :03:21. | |
and moved one minister from agriculture to health. | :03:22. | :03:30. | |
When the Executive meets by the first time, there will be fresh | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
There will be a new kind of politics here. | :03:34. | :03:37. | |
We will have a government and opposition. | :03:38. | :03:39. | |
Well, our political editor Mark Devenport spoke to the new | :03:40. | :03:51. | |
He asked why she decided to take the job. | :03:52. | :03:54. | |
By all means, I hadn't an offer before yesterday | :03:55. | :03:58. | |
but that option was there, potentially, so I was | :03:59. | :04:00. | |
thinking about it long and hard over the weekend. | :04:01. | :04:02. | |
I consulted with my family and constituents. | :04:03. | :04:04. | |
There were people who criticised me for taking it, | :04:05. | :04:06. | |
there are people who were supportive of me taking it. | :04:07. | :04:14. | |
So it was about what were the opportunities there and I think | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
as Justice Minister there will be opportunities, not just | :04:18. | :04:20. | |
within my own department but also with another department. | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
Being at the Executive table now enables me to do things | :04:26. | :04:28. | |
for my constituents and indeed for Northern Ireland. | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
I think this is a really progressive choice I've made | :04:34. | :04:35. | |
and the Executive team that we have seems to be young, vibrant, | :04:36. | :04:38. | |
energised team and I look forward to the next five years. | :04:39. | :04:41. | |
Previously you have been in the naughty corner and have | :04:42. | :04:43. | |
spoken out against those in charge, calling them jokers and seeing | :04:44. | :04:46. | |
the house of cards will fall, have you not gone back on your | :04:47. | :04:49. | |
If I have similar opinions, I will let those ministers know | :04:50. | :04:55. | |
that, probably at the Executive table rather than in | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
I will be confident airing my views in what I feel best | :05:02. | :05:08. | |
Any worries that you are an individual independent MLA | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
without a party to back you up, that you will essentially be | :05:13. | :05:15. | |
outmanoeuvred by two very dominant parties in the Executive? | :05:16. | :05:17. | |
There always is that risk but because the two big parties, | :05:18. | :05:21. | |
and to be fair they have the mandate, overrule any | :05:22. | :05:24. | |
but I intend to build a relationship with them so that | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
It was always in my mind that I would not go to the First Minister | :05:29. | :05:35. | |
with a wish list because I did not really think it was appropriate, | :05:36. | :05:38. | |
but over the five years, I can work on issues and I do not | :05:39. | :05:42. | |
I intend on having a voice, an independent voice at that. | :05:43. | :05:46. | |
There has been criticism of my independence being | :05:47. | :05:50. | |
compromised but I don't think that is the case. | :05:51. | :05:53. | |
Justice is a job with security implications, do you think this will | :05:54. | :05:56. | |
I imagine this will be, to an extent, a life changing | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
decision I have made today but I am prepared for it. | :06:01. | :06:02. | |
I got into politics not for myself but for other people and moving | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
forward if I can make an impact on politics here then I can | :06:07. | :06:09. | |
remove myself from any concerns in that area. | :06:10. | :06:11. | |
The fresh inquest into the Kingsmills murders has been told | :06:12. | :06:13. | |
that one of the workmen, a teenage apprentice, | :06:14. | :06:15. | |
cried out for his mother as a gunman shot him in the face. | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
The horrific events were recalled today by the only survivor | :06:20. | :06:21. | |
Our south east reporter Gordon Adair was at the inquest | :06:22. | :06:26. | |
These are the ten men who died at Kingsmills. | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
Today, we learned a little bit more about exactly how they died, | :06:33. | :06:35. | |
particularly the youngest victim, Robert Chambers, 18. | :06:36. | :06:38. | |
For the first time, the only survivor was given the chance | :06:39. | :06:46. | |
to tell a court all he remembers - a tale of brutality, fear and death. | :06:47. | :06:52. | |
Dancing around a field hugging me for teaching him to drive | :06:53. | :07:03. | |
because I have promised to teach him. | :07:04. | :07:06. | |
Just two hours later, crying for his mother | :07:07. | :07:09. | |
An 18-year-old, happy-go-lucky lad who was much loved by his brothers | :07:10. | :07:20. | |
and sisters, as well as his mother and father. | :07:21. | :07:23. | |
He lay motionless under his young friend, pretending to be dead. | :07:24. | :07:35. | |
That night, he realised he had a duty to tell | :07:36. | :07:38. | |
At that time, I was convinced I was going to die. | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
I was convinced I would not get up in the morning. | :07:43. | :07:46. | |
And the doctors tried to chase the police man away | :07:47. | :07:50. | |
from my bedside, I would not let them. | :07:51. | :07:53. | |
I made the policemen stay and take down everything that I said to them. | :07:54. | :07:57. | |
Because if I had died during the night, nobody | :07:58. | :08:00. | |
I suppose, even now, decades later, it brings you some morsel of | :08:01. | :08:11. | |
comfort to think that all those families who suffered so much must | :08:12. | :08:14. | |
have been just slightly easier because you were able | :08:15. | :08:16. | |
Someone told me that, someone had told me that. | :08:17. | :08:30. | |
I have been told it is normal, it is called survivors' guilt | :08:31. | :08:32. | |
But I have done something for them, | :08:33. | :08:38. | |
I have really done something for them now. | :08:39. | :08:43. | |
Alan has carried this burden for four decades. | :08:44. | :08:46. | |
he has set down at least a little bit of it. | :08:47. | :08:55. | |
Prince Charles says the relationship between Britain and Ireland | :08:56. | :08:57. | |
He was speaking in Letterkenny in County Donegal on the final day | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
of a visit to Northern Ireland and the Republic. | :09:03. | :09:05. | |
He followed in the footsteps of his mother, the Queen, | :09:06. | :09:07. | |
by surprising his hosts with some words in Irish. | :09:08. | :09:10. | |
Here's our north west reporter Keiron Tourish. | :09:11. | :09:18. | |
Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall, | :09:19. | :09:23. | |
arrived in the county and click on the splendour of Donegal Castle. The | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
ancient monument divided a spectacular backdrop for their first | :09:29. | :09:32. | |
engagement of the day, or there were entertained by some Irish dancing | :09:33. | :09:35. | |
before being given a guided tour of the castle. From there, it was off | :09:36. | :09:38. | |
on foot to the historic Diamond area of Donegal town. Well-wishers had | :09:39. | :09:44. | |
gathered to get a glance of the royal couple. You're very welcome to | :09:45. | :09:49. | |
Donegal. The children would like to sing a song for you. | :09:50. | :09:54. | |
# We are the children of school # We take pride in the things we | :09:55. | :10:01. | |
do. # Lovely, very nice, enjoyed it. Lovely to see him. A privilege for | :10:02. | :10:07. | |
the town. It was really nice, we enjoyed it immensely. When he came | :10:08. | :10:12. | |
over and shook hands I very welcome to Ireland and especially Donegal | :10:13. | :10:16. | |
and he asked if I was from here, I said yes and he said it was a little | :10:17. | :10:20. | |
time to live on. They called in to a local family | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
butchers, or the owners to be announced a new sausage to their | :10:25. | :10:28. | |
range, the Buckingham Bangor. So down to earth. One of ours. There is | :10:29. | :10:35. | |
nothing different about him. He is... He has put out the hand of | :10:36. | :10:41. | |
friendship to us here in the north-west of Ireland on the second | :10:42. | :10:44. | |
occasion within 12 months. So, a warm welcome for the royal | :10:45. | :10:47. | |
couple in the county. Many people here believe that will help develop | :10:48. | :10:51. | |
the profile of the area and boost tourism. A civic reception in | :10:52. | :10:57. | |
Letterkenny later, the Prince expressed his gratitude for the | :10:58. | :11:01. | |
welcome received. HE SPEAKS IRISH | :11:02. | :11:14. | |
The relationship between Britain and Ireland is now better than ever and | :11:15. | :11:20. | |
the relationship between the communities on this island has | :11:21. | :11:23. | |
changed fundamentally since the peace agreement of 1998. | :11:24. | :11:29. | |
The royal couple ended their official visit to the county in one | :11:30. | :11:34. | |
of its most spectacular settings, a national park. The Prince was able | :11:35. | :11:38. | |
to hear first-hand about something very close to his heart, | :11:39. | :11:42. | |
conservation work going on in the county. | :11:43. | :11:46. | |
The weather forecast now with Cecilia Daly. | :11:47. | :11:49. | |
It was a very pleasant day in Belfast today but what does the | :11:50. | :11:56. | |
forecast have in store for the next few days? | :11:57. | :11:58. | |
Lots of cloud around tonight, meaning it will not be as cold | :11:59. | :12:01. | |
compared to the last couple of nights. During the early hours, | :12:02. | :12:05. | |
because of the gun up from the east and you can see some rain extending | :12:06. | :12:08. | |
westwards across much of Northern Ireland. So, by the end of the night | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
it will be damp in a lot of places. Some puddles around tomorrow | :12:13. | :12:16. | |
morning. The windscreen wipers will be on the umbrellas will be up at | :12:17. | :12:19. | |
times so. There will be some gaps in the rain and it is always likely to | :12:20. | :12:24. | |
be more persistent in the east and south and that is due to the | :12:25. | :12:26. | |
proximity of Northern England, where there is a weak weather front really | :12:27. | :12:31. | |
slow-moving. It stretches down to Northern Ireland and into the | :12:32. | :12:34. | |
Republic am bringing this thick cloud with some rain at times. | :12:35. | :12:37. | |
Temperatures across the West much lower than today. As you can see | :12:38. | :12:41. | |
there is warm, sunny weather over southern England and South Wales. | :12:42. | :12:46. | |
That will extend northwards over the next couple of days. Still some | :12:47. | :12:50. | |
sunshine also across the north of Scotland, although it is a bit | :12:51. | :12:54. | |
cooler here. No disguise for Northern Ireland tomorrow afternoon. | :12:55. | :12:56. | |
Rain at times as well, they'd be one or two showers in the east over the | :12:57. | :13:02. | |
hills for instance, but the further west, the more likely you are to | :13:03. | :13:05. | |
have dry weather. On Friday, that cool, cloudy damp weather moves | :13:06. | :13:10. | |
away. The sun comes out and most places become drier. Temperatures | :13:11. | :13:14. | |
also on the rise, up to 1617 degrees. That warming trend | :13:15. | :13:16. | |
continues through the weekend. If we're lucky, it will continue into | :13:17. | :13:20. | |
the bank Holiday as well but it looks as though, for the weekend | :13:21. | :13:23. | |
anyway, lots of dry weather rental stock sunshine at times and | :13:24. | :13:26. | |
temperatures and in the high teens, possibly a few showers as well. | :13:27. | :13:28. | |
Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25 in the morning | :13:29. | :13:31. | |
You can also keep updated with News Online. | :13:32. | :13:35. |