:00:00. > 3:59:59with the News at Ten. Now it's time for the
:00:00. > :00:26.Good evening. Richard Haass wants the First and Deputy First Ministers
:00:27. > :00:29.to publish the seventh and final draft of his proposals following the
:00:30. > :00:32.failure of months of talks about flags, parades and the past. The
:00:33. > :00:35.former US diplomat was invited here by Peter Robinson and Martin
:00:36. > :00:39.McGuinness in the hope that he could break help the parties come to an
:00:40. > :00:42.agreement on how to deal with the three contentious issues. This
:00:43. > :00:44.afternoon, using social media, Mr McGuinness said doctor Haass should
:00:45. > :00:46.publish the proposals himself. Our political correspondent Gareth
:00:47. > :00:48.Gordon reports. They have gone across the Atlantic and
:00:49. > :00:55.round-the-clock, but at 5am they conceded there was no deal, at least
:00:56. > :00:58.not yet. I do not think it will end here. Richard Haass said it rested
:00:59. > :01:05.with the politicians who came to listen to him. If you're asking me
:01:06. > :01:09.to be have in place a foundation, and a serious possibility for
:01:10. > :01:16.meaningful political progress, the answer is yes. Is there a guarantee,
:01:17. > :01:20.no. No deal, but no recriminations, even though some parties are more
:01:21. > :01:27.ready to brace the proposals than others. Our team is recommending to
:01:28. > :01:34.Sinn Fein that we believe there is a basis for a deal. They are not
:01:35. > :01:38.perfect, we have had to stretch ourselves to embrace them. I believe
:01:39. > :01:44.that the broad architecture across all three areas that we have been
:01:45. > :01:51.dealing with represents progress and contains much merit, however, as
:01:52. > :01:59.with any negotiated document, some of the language and eat eel is not
:02:00. > :02:05.what we would have chosen. On parades, they do not agree that
:02:06. > :02:10.orders should have to sign up for a code of conduct. Neither side like
:02:11. > :02:14.the language used to describe the past. Mike Nesbitt could not
:02:15. > :02:21.understand opposition to the word terrorist. On flights, there was no
:02:22. > :02:30.agreement, only an -- commission -- flights. There was little surprise
:02:31. > :02:34.on the streets. Typical. The deadline was not met, but there will
:02:35. > :02:42.be a next time. Not really surprised, how could you get them to
:02:43. > :02:47.agree? The two main parties, they cannot sell it to their own people.
:02:48. > :02:52.Richard Haass once the parties to form working groups which might see
:02:53. > :02:57.some of the proposals on parades and the past become law and as
:02:58. > :03:03.government support comes, they will publish the plan. Even if there had
:03:04. > :03:06.been an agreement, the leaders would have to consult with their
:03:07. > :03:11.membership and colleagues. Having that document in the public domain
:03:12. > :03:15.could be a way to help that process. This afternoon on Twitter, Martin
:03:16. > :03:18.McGuiness said it could not be done at the moment. Richard Haass and
:03:19. > :03:22.Meghan O'Sullivan had left, but the issues they came to try and resolve
:03:23. > :03:26.are going nowhere and it is up to the parties to try and make
:03:27. > :03:31.progress, but confidence in their ability to do so will be limited,
:03:32. > :03:34.especially with elections looming in May. Businessmen, charity workers,
:03:35. > :03:38.broadcasters and police officers are among eighty people in Northern
:03:39. > :03:41.Ireland to have been recognised for their work in the Queen's New Year's
:03:42. > :03:49.Honours list. All of the names are on the News Online website. In the
:03:50. > :03:52.past year, hardly a week has gone by without some issue about the health
:03:53. > :03:55.service hitting the headlines, from residential care homes to children's
:03:56. > :04:02.heart services. Our health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly
:04:03. > :04:07.looks back over 2013. This year, more so than others, the actions of
:04:08. > :04:10.ordinary people have helped shape the health service. People power
:04:11. > :04:15.came to the fore as he took to the streets of the potential closure of
:04:16. > :04:18.residential care homes, those voices helped bring about a temporary
:04:19. > :04:23.retrieve and the minister did a U-turn, but ultimately the plan to
:04:24. > :04:32.close remains the same. Does he care? Does he really care? He talks
:04:33. > :04:39.about care in community, it is not happening. It is about money. It was
:04:40. > :04:45.the public who helped change minds over the retention, albeit
:04:46. > :04:49.temporary, over children's cardiac surgery here. There was the
:04:50. > :04:54.intention of creating an all Ireland service, the jury is still out, but
:04:55. > :04:59.campaigners are hopeful. Throughout this process, the -- it has been
:05:00. > :05:03.about removing hard surgery from Belfast. The commitment from Dublin
:05:04. > :05:07.shows that networks are feasible and it is due to the parents complaining
:05:08. > :05:12.and having their voices heard that we are now taking more positive
:05:13. > :05:16.steps forward. There were also powerful stories highlighting the
:05:17. > :05:21.world of whistle-blowing and the care of the sick and vulnerable in
:05:22. > :05:25.hospitals and care homes. It concerned me that food was left in
:05:26. > :05:28.front of patience and not enough staff to assist the patients with
:05:29. > :05:37.their food. They were not encouraged to eat. In the food charts, it said
:05:38. > :05:41.they did it. On top of all that, the word gay found itself in many
:05:42. > :05:47.headlines. Edwin Poots was not usually far behind. In the end, gay
:05:48. > :05:52.couples can adopt, while Edwin Poots has battered the decision over blood
:05:53. > :05:57.donations to the UK Health Secretary. One personal story could
:05:58. > :06:01.trigger a change in government policy. Sarah Ewart called for a
:06:02. > :06:05.change on the abortion law to include foetal abnormality as
:06:06. > :06:09.grounds for termination. She had to travel to England for an abortion
:06:10. > :06:14.after doctors said her baby would not survive outside the womb. Such
:06:15. > :06:19.was the outcry after her interview, that the Justice Minister announced
:06:20. > :06:24.a consultation on how the law on abortion might be changed. The baby
:06:25. > :06:28.has no life. There is no brain, no skull, as the hospital says, what
:06:29. > :06:33.makes you an individual is not there. This story had a happy
:06:34. > :06:38.ending, horrifically injured in a house fire in 1981, thanks to the
:06:39. > :06:42.donations of a benefactor, he is undergoing surgery. Let down by the
:06:43. > :06:47.health trust, the BBC will be tracking his progress next year. The
:06:48. > :06:52.cogs in the health we'll move slowly in Northern Ireland and last year's
:06:53. > :06:57.review I looked forward to an enquiry ending. Also the abortion
:06:58. > :07:02.guidelines and hard services being sort wontons parole. I questioned it
:07:03. > :07:08.Edwin Poots would remain in post, perhaps 2014 may bring developments
:07:09. > :07:15.in all of those areas. The weather forecast is next with Angie.
:07:16. > :07:22.Good evening. I am afraid we have somewhat and windy weather on the
:07:23. > :07:27.way for New Year's Day, but at least for the New Year's Eve revellers, it
:07:28. > :07:31.is not such bad news, because the showers we had today start to ease
:07:32. > :07:35.back towards the west, so we will end up with more dry and wet
:07:36. > :07:39.weather. Wrap up warmly if you are heading out, because it will feel
:07:40. > :07:45.chilly in the breeze and overnight, we could see temperatures dipping
:07:46. > :08:00.down to two degrees and that is low enough for frost. Into New Year's
:08:01. > :08:03.Day, it looks like another wet and windy spell is on the way and we
:08:04. > :08:05.have yet another rain warning in place from the Met Office. That is
:08:06. > :08:08.because the ground is saturated and it may not take much more rain to
:08:09. > :08:11.cause flooding problems. After a dry start, the wind picks up, the rain
:08:12. > :08:14.starts to move them, particularly in the south and south-east and it it
:08:15. > :08:16.is a pretty wet start for the Republic of Ireland. That wet and
:08:17. > :08:21.windy weather extends across the Irish Sea, moving across England and
:08:22. > :08:26.Wales and the South of Scotland. Turning wintry over the hills. It
:08:27. > :08:29.stays dry for the North of Scotland and eventually across the Republic
:08:30. > :08:34.of Ireland, we will see something drier and it is turning either as
:08:35. > :08:45.well. For Northern Ireland, not a great afternoon, we will see that
:08:46. > :08:47.rain hanging on for much of the day, particularly across parts of the
:08:48. > :08:50.north and east before the rain starts to ease. Slightly better on
:08:51. > :08:53.Thursday. It is quite stormy on Friday. Our next news summary is
:08:54. > :08:57.tomorrow afternoon at 1pm here on BBC One. Until then you can keep up
:08:58. > :08:58.to date with Radio Ulster