26/03/2017 BBC Newsline


26/03/2017

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Good evening. That is all of the sport.

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Talks at Stormont have collapsed amidst recriminations

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A deadline for appointing a First and Deputy First Ministers

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expires tomorrow, leaving the Northern Ireland Office

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Here's our political editor, Mark Devenport.

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The former US President Bill Clinton may have urged the politicians

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to finish the work of the peace process, but his stirring words

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seem to have had little impact on the atmosphere

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at Stormont Castle, where Sinn Fein accused the DUP of taking

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a minimalist approach and confirmed they would not nominate

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The governments and the DUP have failed in their approach to the

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They have not stepped up to the plate,

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and the British Government refused to honour their responsibilities

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Arlene Foster insisted the DUP had been ready to form

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But the DUP leader accused Sinn Fein of behaving

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The SDLP pinpointed calls for an Irish Language Act

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I told people in the dying hours of this process that the Irish language

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act wasn't just a Sinn Fein demand, it was a necessity for people who

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feel they have been shown a lack of respect over the past number of

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years. An Assembly session due tomorrow now

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looks like just an opportunity for the parties to rehearse

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their arguments in public. The Secretary of State, James

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Brokenshire, now faces a choice between fresh elections,

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direct rule from London or maybe playing for time in the hope that

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some compromise can be found. A 31-year-old man has been

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arrested in connection with the attempted murder of police

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officers in Strabane. He was detained in

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the town yesterday. A roadside bomb with a command wire

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attached exploded on Tuesday evening while police officers

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were on patrol. Detectives have also been given

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additional time to question a 20-year-old man who

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was arrested on Friday The body of Captain Mark Duffy has

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been recovered from the wreckage of an Irish Coast Guard helicopter

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which crashed The search operation for the two

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other missing crew members Captain Duffy's body was brought

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ashore earlier today. Turning now to football,

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and Northern Ireland beat Norway 2-0 in tonight's World Cup qualifying

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game in Belfast. Stephen Watson was at the National

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Stadium at Windsor Park. This was a significant victory for

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Northern Ireland, one pivotal to the qualifying ambitions as the campaign

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reaches the halfway point. Michael O'Neill's side got off to a dream

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start with a goal after a couple of minutes, Jamie Ward firing the team

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in front. Norway soon had a chance of their own but could only find the

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woodwork. Before half Northern Ireland had a firm grip of the game

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with a second goal. Steven Davis that Conor Washington through and he

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made no mistake. In the second half, Michael McGovern stopped Norway

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clawing their way back into the game with this fine save, so an important

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win for Northern Ireland who with five games gone and five to go lie

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in second place in the group against Germany with the dream of making the

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World Cup finals very much alive. GAA, and in Division One

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in the Allianz National Football League today,

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Monaghan drew with Donegal. Cavan maintain drew against Kerry

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and Tyrone lost against Mayo. In Division Two, Derry,

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Down and Fermanagh lost their respective games,

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putting all three teams at the bottom of the table

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and at risk of relegation. And yesterday, Armagh moved

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to the top of Division Three After a beautiful weekend,

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let's see how the start of the new week is shaping up

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with Barra Best. It's been a fine day, the warmest

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weekend of the year so far across the board and we hold on to above

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average temperatures this week at low pressure is on its way so it

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will turn more unsettled, but for this evening and night it's fine and

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calm, temperatures for many towns and cities of four or 6 degrees but

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in the countryside it will be chillier, so a few of us could wake

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up to a slight frost. Otherwise we begin the week on a final note,

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plenty of dry weather, or cloud but it will break. There will be rays of

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sunshine from the beginning of the day and the winds will stay light.

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If you are travelling across Britain or Ireland it will be a fine day for

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us all, plenty of dry weather, good amount of sunshine and the winds

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will be light, and temperatures will be above average for the time of

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year. For us, towns and cities around 11 or 12 degrees but where we

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get the best sunshine we could hit 14 or 15, most likely in parts of

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the West, a little cooler on the East Coast but even here with the

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sunshine it will be fine. It will stay dry tomorrow evening and

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overnight into Tuesday. Tuesday gets off to a dry start but then low

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pressure takes control and it will be more unsettled, a scattering of

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showers, a little breezier for the East Coast, maybe blustery for some

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of us, in plants still reaching 13 or 14 degrees so mild for the time

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of year. As we go towards the Midway, and for the rest of the week

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it will be unsettled, a little windy, some scattered showers, not

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always rainy as there will be sunshine and we hold up temperatures

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of 13 or 14 degrees. Stay tuned to the forecast.

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Our next BBC Newsline bulletin is at 6:25am.

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Until then you can keep up to date with local news on BBC Radio Ulster

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From everyone on the BBC Newsline team, goodbye.

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