28/09/2014 BBC Newsline

The British and Irish Governments are to become involved

It's the latest attempt to try to get agreement between the parties

at Stormont on issues including flags, parades and the past.

The initiative was announced by the Secretary of State, Theresa

Villiers, at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.

Our political reporter Stephen Walker is there.

This conference hasn't got off to the best of starts. A resignation

and a defect in captured the headlines. -- a defection.

The Tories want to unveil a series of new measures, and one of

the first Cabinet ministers to speak was the Secretary of State, Theresa

Villiers, who has plans to break the political lock at Stormont.

It would be a mistake to rush to the traditional model, it is important

to get down to business in Belfast, all the parties working together,

with a rule for the Irish government as well. -- a rule.

The Secretary of State also said that the talks process

It all makes sense to set ourselves a deadline.

The closer we get to the general election, the more difficult it

Her intervention comes after she faced criticism

from the Labour Party and SDLP, who claimed the government has been

detached from the political process in recent months.

The precise nature of these talks will become clear

after the Secretary of State has held discussions with the five main

The DUP and Sinn Fein have been giving their

I think it is important, every party will have issues they will want to

raise, and in The Prince of Wales has attended

a National Police Memorial Day Senior officers from across the UK

were also Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell

helped Europe beat America to win golf's Ryder Cup at Gleneagles

in Scotland today. Both won their matches as Europe

retained the trophy. Afterwards,

they spoke to Stephen Watson. Three Ryder Cup in a row, it doesn't

matter what number you put Rory off, he likes to finish first.

Unbelievable performance from this man. I was happy to turn my match

around, just an amazing week. What did you make of Graham's

performance? It was incredible. Paul put a lot of faith in him. You

couldn't ask for a better guide to lead us. He gets the job done when

it is needed. Seeing him claw back gave me extra motivation to put my

point as well. You were five up. I wanted to get 7-Up, I just wanted to

get blue on the board early and we were able to do that.

Now, with the weather forecast, here's Barra Best.

Most of us will see a clear night but the odd patch of mist or fog by

tomorrow morning. A largely dry night, mild with temperatures

falling to around 11 degrees. A cloudy start but it will brighten

during the day. There may be some mist around, some showers for parts

of the north and west but most of those will clear away. The wet

weather will affect parts of Scotland, into part of Ulster but

drier elsewhere. -- monster. The wet weather matches -- nudges its way

over western counties and for Britain and Ireland temperatures

will be above average. Into the afternoon, where we get sunshine it

will be warm but even if it stays cloudy Grady work, temperatures will

be above average for the time of year with light southerly winds.

Into Tuesday, we have this weak weather from from the Atlantique

which will bring outbreaks of rain, improving from the West later and

that will nudge its way across the RAC, affecting areas of Britain by

the afternoon. Plenty of bright and sunny weather with temperatures into

the low 20s. For the rest of the week, not a great deal of change.

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