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earlier this evening. There will be more on that and any development | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
The Deputy First Minister says Sinn Fein will put forward a motion | :00:07. | :00:10. | |
for Arlene Foster to step aside when the Assembly | :00:11. | :00:12. | |
A vote of no confidence in the First Minister over | :00:13. | :00:20. | |
the flawed renewable heat scheme failed today. | :00:21. | :00:23. | |
Martin McGuinness says next month's motion will also deal | :00:24. | :00:25. | |
with the issues surrounding the controversial scheme. | :00:26. | :00:32. | |
We need a robust, independent investigation into what is the | :00:33. | :00:41. | |
biggest financial scandal that any of us have witnessed in a very long | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
time regarding the RHI scheme. We need a credible working relationship | :00:47. | :00:53. | |
between Simon Hamilton and Martina Mulley to make sure we cut | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
dramatically back on the ?400 million which potentially we could | :00:58. | :01:02. | |
lose over the course of the next two decades. Arlene Foster has made it | :01:03. | :01:12. | |
clear she is not standing aside, it has Dutch damage the joint nature of | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
your office? It was Arlene Foster speaking on behalf of the period | :01:18. | :01:24. | |
that she was in the office of Department of enterprise, trade and | :01:25. | :01:29. | |
investment. In terms of action around robust independent enquiry, | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
the recruitment of the money, none of that has been agreed and it | :01:33. | :01:38. | |
cannot be so polite agreement. I intend to ensure that is the case. | :01:39. | :01:43. | |
And you will be putting a motion very similar to the amendment in the | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
New Year? When the Assembly comes back it will be a motion by Sinn | :01:49. | :01:55. | |
Fein and it will be in a way that today's motion does not deal with | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
and that is a robust and independent investigation. | :02:01. | :02:01. | |
Earlier today there were walkouts in protest at Mrs Foster | :02:02. | :02:04. | |
being allowed to make that statement about the heat scheme | :02:05. | :02:06. | |
without the consent of her partner in office Martin McGuinness. | :02:07. | :02:08. | |
Our Political Correspondent Stephen Walker has been | :02:09. | :02:10. | |
This is the moment the DUP became ourselves alone. | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
Arlene Foster speaking in the chamber to just | :02:17. | :02:18. | |
Others had walked out in protest after the speaker | :02:19. | :02:28. | |
he would allow the First Minister to make a statement that | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
didn't have the authority of the Deputy First Minister Martin | :02:32. | :02:33. | |
Earlier Stormont witnessed a stand-off in the chamber | :02:34. | :02:38. | |
as proceedings became bogged down in points of order. | :02:39. | :02:40. | |
It led to raised voices and much bewilderment. | :02:41. | :02:42. | |
Where do you have the authority to say to the Executive office | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
You have a duty to explain to the house and the people | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
Outside the chamber, many had the speaker | :02:52. | :02:54. | |
I believe that if you look at what has happened in recent | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
months in terms of the speaker's involvement with Charter NI | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
and with what he has done today, that his position is very | :03:05. | :03:07. | |
And I would ask him to reflect over Christmas | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
as to whether he is the right man to lead that chamber in 2017. | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
And there was further criticism of the speaker. | :03:18. | :03:21. | |
It cannot be described as anything but a farce, | :03:22. | :03:25. | |
to call an Assembly together to hear a ministerial statement and then not | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
to have a ministerial statement and to have a personal statement | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
for which there is no authority in standing orders | :03:35. | :03:36. | |
Arlene Foster told the house she was sorry the RHI scheme did not | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
contain cost control measures, a matter that was the | :03:43. | :03:45. | |
deepest political regret of her time in Stormont. | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
After her statement the SDLP presented their motion | :03:50. | :03:53. | |
to exclude her as First Minister for six months. | :03:54. | :03:56. | |
Sinn Fein's own motion was ruled out of order by the speaker. | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
Arlene Foster made it clear she would not be stepping aside | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
and she rounded on those who had brought the motion. | :04:05. | :04:07. | |
What we have here is trial by television, | :04:08. | :04:10. | |
What we have here are facts being disregarded in a fevered quest | :04:11. | :04:17. | |
What we have here is nothing more than shameful political opportunism. | :04:18. | :04:25. | |
The central charges against me in this debate today haven't even | :04:26. | :04:28. | |
been considered by the PAC or any independent investigation for that | :04:29. | :04:30. | |
But for some, Arlene Foster's explanation has | :04:31. | :04:37. | |
The only thing with which we can be sure is that we have | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
not heard the truth, the whole truth. | :04:44. | :04:46. | |
Instead we have heard anything but the truth. | :04:47. | :04:48. | |
And there was criticism from Sinn Fein, who said the DUP had | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
I am actually embarrassed standing here today and listening | :04:52. | :04:58. | |
to the debate of the course of the debate that | :04:59. | :05:00. | |
This issue is about public confidence. | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
Claire Sugden said allegations of corruption made her sick. | :05:06. | :05:14. | |
Cook she said it was premature to ASCII First Minister step down. I | :05:15. | :05:23. | |
confidence or a lack of confidence in the First Minister will be based | :05:24. | :05:27. | |
on substantiated information, not allegations in the media. If Arlene | :05:28. | :05:33. | |
Foster faced criticism from the opposition benches with plenty of | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
support from your own site. Arlene Foster is a leader and leaders | :05:38. | :05:40. | |
walked towards the problem, they don't walk away like others do. When | :05:41. | :05:48. | |
they have the opportunity to take responsibility they walk away. | :05:49. | :05:51. | |
Arlene Foster will be working on -- walking nowhere. 39 MLAs vote to | :05:52. | :05:59. | |
exclude Arlene Foster. Sinn Fein did not vote. But it was all academic | :06:00. | :06:06. | |
because the motion fell because it did not get cross community support. | :06:07. | :06:10. | |
The Deputy First Minister's interview with the BBC today | :06:11. | :06:12. | |
was the first since he had to miss an official visit to China | :06:13. | :06:15. | |
Martin McGuinness told our Political Editor Mark Devenport | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
the doctor's advice hadn't stopped him doing his job. | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
We issued a public statement saying that on the basis of medical advice | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
I was advised not to go to China and I think I was wise | :06:28. | :06:30. | |
I am being attended to by a wonderful group | :06:31. | :06:39. | |
I think that is all I need to say at the moment. | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
Is it the kind of thing where you can come back to work? | :06:45. | :06:50. | |
We made it clear from the very beginning whenever we issued | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
a statement explaining the circumstances with China that | :06:54. | :06:57. | |
I was continuing with my ministerial duties and you can see | :06:58. | :06:59. | |
You are optimistic that you will be back? | :07:00. | :07:09. | |
And you can see a lot more on today's events at the Assembly | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
in a special edition of Stormont Today with | :07:15. | :07:16. | |
Mark Carruthers over on BBC Two starting at 11pm. | :07:17. | :07:20. | |
A 35-year-old County Antrim man has become the second person to plead | :07:21. | :07:24. | |
guilty to the murder of the owner of a Chinese restaurant. | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
Wing Fu Cheung, also known as Nelson Cheung, | :07:30. | :07:31. | |
was stabbed in January 2015 near Randalstown. | :07:32. | :07:35. | |
Virgilio Augusto Correia, whose address was given | :07:36. | :07:38. | |
as Maghaberry Prison, was remanded back into custody and | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
Details have emerged of two incidents in South Armagh when six | :07:43. | :07:49. | |
Two officers were hurt when a van crashed into their vehicle | :07:50. | :07:55. | |
and a taxi in Crossmaglen on Sunday morning. | :07:56. | :07:58. | |
The van had been chased by the Gardai to the border. | :07:59. | :08:01. | |
Later four officers who were following up on the crash | :08:02. | :08:04. | |
were injured when their vehicles were rammed by a car which sped off. | :08:05. | :08:11. | |
A judge has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a care home worker | :08:12. | :08:14. | |
who was convicted of the ill treatment of people with dementia. | :08:15. | :08:18. | |
Lisa Cullen, who's 41 and from Lagmore Dale in Belfast, | :08:19. | :08:22. | |
failed to turn up for sentencing today at Lisburn Magistrates Court. | :08:23. | :08:25. | |
A lawyer submitted medical evidence saying why her | :08:26. | :08:27. | |
But the judge said she had to be in court. | :08:28. | :08:34. | |
Lisa Cullen was previously found guilty of the ill-treatment of five | :08:35. | :08:36. | |
residents at Kilwee Care Home in Dunmurry. | :08:37. | :08:42. | |
The exams body CCEA has apologised for sending out wrong test | :08:43. | :08:45. | |
results to almost 17,000 primary school children. | :08:46. | :08:50. | |
The mistake involved computer based numeracy tests and almost | :08:51. | :08:52. | |
Our Education Correspondent Robbie Meredith has the details. | :08:53. | :09:00. | |
These tests are called the Northern Ireland numeracy | :09:01. | :09:02. | |
assessment tests but they are better known by the acronym NINA. | :09:03. | :09:10. | |
They are used by primary schools to assessed students' maths skills. | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
17,000 actually got much lower scores than they | :09:16. | :09:17. | |
What seems to have happened is that CCEA buy in these computer-based | :09:18. | :09:25. | |
tests from an external supplier and they say that that supplier | :09:26. | :09:27. | |
CCEA have apologised unreservedly and say that pupils are getting the | :09:28. | :09:38. | |
correct scores. This is not the first time the assessments have hit | :09:39. | :09:44. | |
the headlines. There was a critical Department for Education review into | :09:45. | :09:47. | |
them after students experienced widespread technical problems. This | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
year's English test is not affected by any errors but education Minister | :09:53. | :09:56. | |
Peter Wear has told the BBC he is considering whether we should keep | :09:57. | :09:58. | |
using computer-based assessment. Thompson Aero Seating, | :09:59. | :10:05. | |
has been taken over The Craigavon-based firm makes | :10:06. | :10:07. | |
business class aircraft seats It's the third major Chinese | :10:08. | :10:09. | |
investment locally this year. The Toomebridge manufacturing | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
company SDC Trailers and the energy company Galectric have also been | :10:15. | :10:16. | |
bought by Chinese companies. Northern Ireland and the Republic | :10:17. | :10:23. | |
of Ireland's Football Associations have been penalised for breaking | :10:24. | :10:25. | |
Fifa's rules. The world football's governing body | :10:26. | :10:27. | |
fined the IFA just under ?12,000 for a pre-match display of poppies | :10:28. | :10:32. | |
at a World cup qualifying The FAI has been fined ?4,000 | :10:33. | :10:35. | |
for wearing shirts commemorating The holding of a minute's silence, | :10:36. | :10:41. | |
the laying of a wreath and a poppy displayed by fans have led | :10:42. | :10:52. | |
to the punishment. Fifa said they did not intend to | :10:53. | :11:10. | |
question any commemorations... but the display of a religious | :11:11. | :11:15. | |
symbol or political symbol England, Scotland and Wales | :11:16. | :11:18. | |
were sanctioned for similar displays The IFA expressed disappointment | :11:19. | :11:21. | |
and said it will take further legal advice before deciding on a future | :11:22. | :11:28. | |
course of action. The FAI were fined after | :11:29. | :11:32. | |
the Republic of Ireland wore shirts commemorating the 1916 Easter Rising | :11:33. | :11:37. | |
during their friendly It is understood they do not intend | :11:38. | :11:38. | |
to contest that fine. The weather next Geoff Maskell. If a | :11:39. | :12:04. | |
cold night in pictures down as low as minus four Celsius. For the | :12:05. | :12:09. | |
disguise the fact nothing but temperatures topped like a stone. | :12:10. | :12:12. | |
Chance of a widespread frost and reading Bob. Take extra care on the | :12:13. | :12:17. | |
roads. Stay tuned to BBC Radio Ulster and BBC oil problem reports. | :12:18. | :12:23. | |
The file will be in the West but that is a sign of the change. It | :12:24. | :12:32. | |
surely the day. Rain spreading into all parts through the day. The front | :12:33. | :12:40. | |
as we go through the day. Much clearer in front of it across parts | :12:41. | :12:47. | |
of... Certainly not a dry day for us as it rained makes slow progress. | :12:48. | :12:54. | |
Behind it unstable. Another cold night with wintry showers overnight | :12:55. | :12:59. | |
on Tuesday and Wednesday. Something is on Wednesday for the 50 air | :13:00. | :13:04. | |
temperatures. Much cooler than today. That brief coming from the | :13:05. | :13:09. | |
Canadian Arctic travelling across the Atlantic more quickly than usual | :13:10. | :13:16. | |
so it doesn't warm up. Driving in some wintry showers. Wind chill | :13:17. | :13:29. | |
factor on a very cold day in wild, from Oscar night. | :13:30. | :13:31. |