24/09/2014 BBC Newsline

The First Minister Peter Robinson has denied he plans to stand down.

He was forced to make a statement after

an extraordinary interview on the BBC where the former Health Minister

Edwin Poots claimed it was common knowledge Mr Robinson would be gone

Here's our political correspondent Gareth Gordon.

We must now move onto questions to the Minister of health.

last night, that was Edwin Poots, who conducted his final

Assembly Question Time before learning he was to be replaced.

There was no bitterness, from people who were standing down.

They recognised the need for us to continue to turn things around.

Mr Robinson was also asked about his own future.

How can I tell how long I'm going to live?

I am taking here taking three full meals a day,

But when Edwin Poots went on radio this morning,

he said his leader would be gone before the Assembly election.

It wasn't really the intention for him to stay on for that period

That was in a interview he carried out,

It appears Mr Poots may have got his interviews mixed up.

He later clarified his position - too late for Mr Robinson,

who issued a statement saying he had no plans to stand down before

the Assembly election, and when he did decide to go, it would be he

He added he would continue to lead as long as the party

He has given no intention that he will go anywhere for some time,

and he will certainly not have appreciated a senior party member

It is not the way the party likes to do business.

Public shows of unity are much more its thing.

The DUP won't want any more days like today.

The Chief Coroner in England has ordered

an investigation into the death of a baby from Londonderry at Great

Baby Sophie Maguire died after surgery in the world renowned

The family have welcomed the fresh inquiry

after it emerged no post mortem examination was ever carried out.

Our North-West reporter, Keiron Tourish has the details.

Baby Sophie Maguire lived for only 15 day, but even in that short time

Before her birth in Altnagelvin, it was discovered she had blood

flow problems in her brain and she was later transferred to Great

After undergoing brain surgery, she later developed a number of clots.

Tragically, she deteriorated and her family say they took

the heartbreaking decision to switch off the life-support machine

That is all I see every night when I close my eyes,

I know there is a lot of happy things that happen with us

there, but for some reason, that awful image just sticks in

our heads and it probably will stick in my head for the rest of my life.

The family say there was never any post mortem examination to establish

the cause of death and a call from a member of staff in Great

Ormond Street hospital prompted more questions than answers.

After I received a phone call from one of the members of staff,

they said they reopened her case, I simply said, why did you feel

And she said, because she should never have died.

We need answers. We need closure.

Sophie Maguire's family have welcomed the investigation

They believe that only a detailed public inquiry in the

form of an inquest will establish what happened to their daughter.

A tonne of Cocaine estimated to be worth as much as eighty million euro

has been seized on board a yacht off the south-west coast of Ireland,

It's believed to be one of Europe's biggest drug seizures

Three men understood to be from the UK have been detailed

by the Irish Navy. Will Leitch reports.

The yacht under tow by the Army today. It had been tracked by

European, Irish and American crime agencies all the way from the

Caribbean until it was off the coast of Ireland yesterday. If we did not

practice with this quite regularly in challenging conditions, we would

not get these things right, but we train for this quite rigorous late

and we evaluate ourselves to make sure we do it properly. The results

are evident in how successful this operation was conducted at sea in

this joint task force between ourselves, the Customs service and

the police. The headquarters are at the base in corporate the yacht

would be taken for a technical investigation and the size of the

hall is first fight. It is a huge quantity, we expected to be in

excess of a metric tonne. If it is, perhaps more, it could be worth

around 75 million euros. Three men believed to be UK citizens were

detained on board the 18 metre vessel.

As the countdown to golf's Ryder Cup continues, the rivalry between

One American player took a swipe at Northern Ireland's two golfers

Stephen Watson reports from Gleneagles.

He may be the world number one, but Rory McIlroy isn't feeling the Ryder

Cup pressure. Despite he and fellow countrymen Graeme McDowell being the

of some American foul play today. Phil Mickelson suggested that the

European team spirit could be dampened this week because of the

ongoing court case involving the two Northern Ireland players and a

former management company. Not only are we able to play together, we

also don't litigate against each other and that is a real plus, I

feel, heading into this week. Rory McIlroy has been the target for

sinuously gamesmanship in the past, but he takes it all in his stride. I

am relishing that road of being that targeted player. I do not buy into

it to much, because it is golf, it is not like in football or rugby

where you can target somebody and take them out of the game, you

cannot do that, they're still have to come and beat me. Rickie Fowler

was broken symmetry, he says he wants to come to Northern Ireland to

play in the Irish Open next year. -- Rickie Fowler was more conciliatory.

I would like to come back and play here, Rory and I have gotten to know

each other a lot better in the last few years, and if we can have been

to the rowdier and their... For now, their friendship is put to one

side for an intense Ryder Cup rivalry. Rory McIlroy and Graeme

McDowell will have one more practice day tomorrow before the matches get

underway on Friday morning. And you can see a special hour long

programme about Northern Ireland's three major Golf champions right

after this bulletin on BBC One. Good evening, after a bright and

fresh day, some milder air returning from the southwestern night. That

mild air, some clout. Somebody conditions and damp conditions with

rain and drizzle from most parts, but particularly in the north and

west. That breeze will freshen up. Mild with milder air coming in and

temperatures staying in double figures, no lower than. Still damp.

That rain, easing off in certain areas. Cloudy and breezy across many

parts of Ireland and Britain, a strong wind for northern Scotland,

some moderate bursts of rain and also some rain for north-west

England trickling across the Pennines into the Northeast and some

rain per parts of West Wales. The rest of England and eastern areas,

largely dry with some cloud, but eastern areas will brighten up and

temperatures, not too bad, reaching 20 degrees in the south-east.

Northern Ireland, looking cloudy in the afternoon. Some patches of

drizzle in the West, but try the further east you are and that could

be the odd hint of brightness. Temperatures will be higher than

today, 17, 18 degrees, but we might see the odd 1920 degrees. Some rain

moving through tomorrow night introducing fresh conditions for

Friday, but brighter conditions and it looks like the start of the

weekend will be mainly dry. That is it for now, you can keep

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from everyone here, good night.