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A group representing the leadership of the three main loyalist

paramilitary organisations has backed a proposed deal to end

the dispute over a contentious parade in North Belfast.

Talks aimed at resolving the standoff are expected to resume

shortly, following the collapse of the deal last month.

Our home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.

More than a thousand days have passed since loyalists set up this

protest camp at Twaddell Avenue in North Belfast, but it stays could be

numbers. A proposed deal between the residents association and the Orange

Order would mean the would be dismantled. The proposed deal

collapsed last month after one of three Orange lodges in North Belfast

involved in the dispute said it wouldn't back it. Some members of

that large made their opposition clear when they marched to police

lines on the 12th of this year. They expected the other Lodges to arrive,

but they did not show up. When the two other Lodges failed to turn up

at this point on the Woodvale Road, the other Lodges insisted it was

simply because they had run out of time, but it was clear that was not

an accident. In each of the previous three years, the three Lodges have

been given special permission to march together, despite being

members of different Orange districts. That alliance was broken

this year when the two Lodges backing the proposed deal asked to

walk with their own districts in the main Belfast parade. The result was

that the first launch was left looking isolated and with little

support. A faction supported the decision by the first Orange Lodge

to oppose the proposed deal and keep this protest going. But the events

of the 12th of July demonstrated that they are in a minority. The BBC

has established that a group representing the leadership of the

UDA as well as the UVF has endorsed the parade's agreement. The

communities Council has not taken part in the talks but has backed the

deal. It was made clear during a Orange Order parade in the Ardoyne

area that it remains committed to detox. Another nationalist group has

made it clear it will oppose any move to allow the band parade to

complete its route. Talks aimed at resurrecting the parade deal are

expected to resume within a matter of weeks. Despite the opposition on

both sides, those involved I said to be hopeful agreement can be reached.

Two men have been arrested by Gardai investigating

the murder of Denis Donaldson in Donegal in 2006.

Sinn Fein figure, was shot dead at an isolated cottage

near Doochary shortly after it was revealed he had been

The arrested men are being held in Letterkenny Garda station.

One is in his seventies, the other in his forties.

Tuition fees for students here could rise to as much as ?6,300 a year -

according to an internal Queen's University document

Our education correspondent Robbie Meredith has more.

and the university wants the amount students pay

Queen's say there's a yearly gap of over ?50 million pounds

between what universities here get and what they need.

Their document sets out three funding options.

additional government funding of ?27.5m - meaning tuition fees

The second scenario would see fees set at ?5,700 a year -

dependent on ?14.6 million of funding.

And the third possibility would see fees reaching ?6,300

if there was no extra money forthcoming from the Executive.

Students here currently pay just under ?4,000 a year.

Their representatives at Queen's aren't keen

The document lays out that it is a sustainable

and affordable increase in tuition fees but we think they

are neither sustainable nor affordable for the student offer the

But ultimately no matter what it says in this document neither

Queen's nor Ulster University can decide by themselves how

That's up to politicians and so far divisions on campus about tuition

fees have been mirrored by stalemate at Stormont.

They have an inescapable requirement to make sure we have skilled

It is a wider issue which I think the

Executive needs to tackle for the fairness of student

and to make sure there is proper funding for our

Either students or the Executive are going to have to dig

The Secretary of State James Brokenshire has insisted

that the issue of National Security will not be used by the government

The Secretary of State was speaking on his first official

visit to Londonderry during which he met business leaders

Our political correspondent Enda McClafferty reports.

Treasured possessions from 150 families.

loved ones they lost during the Troubles.

They were laid out today as part of an exhibition.

Among them a pair of football boots belonging

to Paul Whitters, he was 15 years old when he was shot with a plastic

Today as his boots lay on the street,

his uncle spoke to James Brokenshire.

He was part of the delegation campaigning for victims

There is still a lot of outstanding issues so we do not want

another Secretary of State to hide behind national security.

We want procedures with legislative framework which we can engage with.

Today as he met nationalist leaders in Derry,

the Secretary of State was

happy to respond to the families concerned.

As a former Home Office minister, he knows all about

Does national security trump the rights of victims?

On this issue of national security, I have a duty to ensure that

citizens here and across the United Kingdom are protected

and so that sense of national security is really

essential but should it be used to try and cover up embarrassment?

And I do want to see people brought to prosecution as a

At the family of this man say they are still being

denied access to an investigation carried out in 1970.

We have never seen that report and every time we

ask for it they say they will not give us that because of national

My father has been dead for 40 years and we feel they have a

They have killed my father but they have

The Secretary of State says he is up for listening to victims and taking

on board their concerns but he knows the final say on their grievances

being addressed will rest with the politicians in Stormont.

The Prime Minister Theresa May has been holding talks

with the Taoiseach in Downing Street focusing on the

concern were discussed as well as a joint commitment

to maintaining the common travel area between Northern Ireland

Rory McIlroy has tonight welcomed the news that the Dubai Duty Free

Irish Open golf tournament will be held at Portstewart

It will be hosted by McIlroy's charity, the Rory Foundation.

The news comes on the eve of another tournament that's being played

in Galgorm near Ballymena and Stephen Watson is there.

The Northern Ireland opened is being played here today, but today's news

concerns the Irish open, one of the biggest events on the European tour

schedule. Originally, it was meant to be staged at Loch Eireann but the

tour changed its mind and insisted it now be played on a links course.

Here is the chief executive. I think it is very important not only based

on the fact that there is terrific golf courses here but it is

something that Rory really wanted to do, the foundation really wanted to

do, and the Government is a partner, and as well as the date, the date is

fantastic, now to actually go Irish and Scottish and in the open

championship. Rory one the champion this year and is thrilled to be

defending his title at home. I am really happy about it. We had been

trying to work on a day and a venue for the Irish open for some time and

bought Stuart is a great golf course and I want to get the Irish open

continuously on the discourses. It is a really good venue and to get

back up north again hopefully we get better weather and a great field. It

is shaping up to be a great week. It is the third time the Irish open

will have been staged in Northern Ireland in the last six years. Port

Stewart will have the opportunity to show what it has to offer. The fans

can expect a wonderful time. It is the beleaguered venue, a really good

test for professionals and also with the European tour, they are now

doing more with kids and everything in the visitor centre so there will

be lots for everybody to do. And the European tour also confirmed today

that they intend bringing the Irish open back to Northern Ireland in the

future so it looks like big-time golf is here to stay.

Boxer Carl Frampton says he's hopeful he'll be a double world

champion this weekend as he fights for the WBA featherweight title.

He's taking on Leo Santa Cruz in New York where Thomas Kane

chatted to him between training sessions.

It is going to make me a two weight world champion.

It is the biggest fight of my life, it is

the one which will define me and make me a world champion and go

down in history as the only Irishmen to

It is a big deal and I'm taking it seriously.

I am looking forward to it, I am excited.

Are you starting to think about your legacy

I am, I hope people will talk about it for a long time.

They are still talking about Barry McGuigan

I am hoping that the Santa Cruz fight is the one that

I could be a two-weight world champion.

I wouldn't have dreamed of that when I turned professional.

As you reach goals, you make new goals

Time for a quick look at the weather forecast and here's Geoff.

Hello. Good evening. Well, our unsettled summer weather continues

today. We have a mess of systems working their way in from the

Atlantic and the next one on the conveyor belt will deliver quite

significant amounts of rainfall overnight tonight. We could see 20

millimetres at times as this band of rain will slowly south and east.

Behind it, we have clear, cooler air. Temperatures in rural areas

stepping down into single figures, but it does set us up for a brighter

day tomorrow. And we are doing pretty well, actually. Most of the

show was staged to the north of us or below as to the south. For

Northern Ireland, it will shape up to be quite a decent day. We will

have lighter air and the sunshine will make things feel pleasant.

17-18dC. So actually, really not too bad at all. But make the most of the

daytime because as we get into the evening period, we have got more

brain arriving as the next Atlantic system works its way in. It is going

to put up on the south-west as we get into the late evening and

overnight period, spreading into all parts, that is the signal for a very

different day to come on Thursday. We will be waking up on Thursday

morning to some quite significant amounts of rain. It will gradually

clear out of the way later on in the day, but a pretty dull and

uninspired sort of a day. Once we get to the end of the week, I

weather is coming out of the north-west so it is a bit fresher

and breezy with more brightness in between the showers.

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