:00:00. > :00:15.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline:
:00:16. > :00:20.The DUP say there's no doubt there will be a Stormont agreement - the
:00:21. > :00:29.The Sinn Fein Speaker of the Assembly on why he left
:00:30. > :00:35.the national anthem out of this week's remembrance service.
:00:36. > :00:39.Voting is underway in the SDLP leadership contest - with
:00:40. > :00:46.The County Antrim school that's giving the rest of the world a
:00:47. > :01:15.money for BBC Children in Need. It's a big
:01:16. > :01:22.for Euro 2016, and the Republic try to book their place in France.
:01:23. > :01:25.And we've had a taste of winter today- this weekend temperatures
:01:26. > :01:28.will slowly be on the rise again but there's lots of rain to come.
:01:29. > :01:35.The DUP have predicted that there will be a deal out
:01:36. > :01:38.of the political talks at Stormont but they've warned that it might not
:01:39. > :01:44.The parties and the British and Irish governments have been
:01:45. > :01:47.involved in negotiations for more than two months.
:01:48. > :01:50.The chairperson of Sinn Fein has accused the two
:01:51. > :01:59.At from Stormont is our political correspondent, Stephen Walker.
:02:00. > :02:05.What has been happening today? We had had another round of political
:02:06. > :02:10.discussions all day but the bottom line tonight is, there is no deal.
:02:11. > :02:15.We have seen progress, we believe, on the issues of finance and welfare
:02:16. > :02:18.but there is a real problem with this issue of national-security and
:02:19. > :02:22.Sinn Fein have criticised both the British and Irish governments. It
:02:23. > :02:25.this afternoon, Simon Hamilton of the DUP came out and said he
:02:26. > :02:29.predicted there would be a deal but he wants to know if that would
:02:30. > :02:34.become offensive and he wanted to know what parties would support it.
:02:35. > :02:38.I don't think at this stage we are in any doubt that they will be an
:02:39. > :02:43.agreement. The question is how compounds of it might be, but in
:02:44. > :02:47.terms of its contents and also how many parties can support it but we
:02:48. > :02:51.will continue to work at those issues that are still outstanding.
:02:52. > :02:55.That has to not forget the seriousness of the issues that got
:02:56. > :02:59.us into this position, that the paramilitaries and we need to
:03:00. > :03:04.resolve budget and welfare issues. These are important matters and
:03:05. > :03:13.we're working hard to resolve them. What the government 's been saying?
:03:14. > :03:19.Both governments remain hopeful that this talks process will end. They
:03:20. > :03:21.say that the issues still need to be resolved. Both governments will
:03:22. > :03:26.remain in contact this afternoon and the contact -- talks will resume on
:03:27. > :03:27.Monday. Next the latest on the controversy
:03:28. > :03:29.over the national anthem at The Speaker of the Assembly Mitchell
:03:30. > :03:34.McLaughlin has written to MLAs to explain why he did not include it
:03:35. > :03:37.when he planned the ceremony. At the end of the event,
:03:38. > :03:42.a TUV press officer started singing God Save the Queen - something that
:03:43. > :03:45.was described by some unionists As Will Leitch reports,
:03:46. > :03:51.the Speaker says he was trying to make the Armistice Day ceremony
:03:52. > :04:03.inclusive and welcoming to all. Stormont's remembrance service on
:04:04. > :04:08.Wednesday, led by the Speaker, Sinn Fein MLA, Mitchell McLaughlin. At
:04:09. > :04:21.the going down of the sun in the morning, we will remember them. God
:04:22. > :04:26.save our gracious Queen. The singing of the national anthem has since led
:04:27. > :04:30.to plenty of discussion and disagreement. In his letter to all
:04:31. > :04:34.family members, the speaker says he appreciates the event did not
:04:35. > :04:37.satisfy the expectations of all. He says he was determined that I would
:04:38. > :04:45.lead remembrance by involving as many people as possible. He refers
:04:46. > :04:48.to his own change of attitude, his discussions with the British Legion
:04:49. > :04:53.and the visits to the battlefields of Flanders. He also says that while
:04:54. > :04:57.anthems are part of remembrance for some, for others, they are not. He
:04:58. > :05:01.has asked for discussions to avoid any future tensions at similar
:05:02. > :05:05.events. He closes with the hope that when he looks back over his time in
:05:06. > :05:08.Stormont as the Speaker, I will recall the view from the podium as I
:05:09. > :05:12.presided over the two-minute silence and looked out over the many faces
:05:13. > :05:15.from many backgrounds gathered together in the cause of
:05:16. > :05:18.remembrance. That would have been unimaginable 20 years ago.
:05:19. > :05:22.The MLA who is trying to unseat the SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell says
:05:23. > :05:27.Colum Eastwood says the party needs a change after
:05:28. > :05:34.But Mr McDonnell says he needs to complete the job.
:05:35. > :05:44.Voting at the party conference in Armagh began this afternoon.
:05:45. > :05:57.Leading the SDLP means a lot to Alistair MacDonald. Is the proudest
:05:58. > :06:02.moment of my political life. There have been highs, like holding a
:06:03. > :06:05.south Belfast for the third time at the General Election but the
:06:06. > :06:10.leadership has seen the party's but to continue to decline that is
:06:11. > :06:13.waiting list MLA believes it's time to act. I don't need to be doing
:06:14. > :06:17.this but I think it will have been reckless of me to sit on my hands
:06:18. > :06:20.when the public are telling us they want to see change. It needs to
:06:21. > :06:24.happen and it needs to happen now. I think it will happen and that is why
:06:25. > :06:32.I have put myself forward and I want to lead the SDLP. This is an active
:06:33. > :06:35.leadership. Whoever wins must unite this party and stop the slump at the
:06:36. > :06:42.polls. Tomorrow could be the easy bit. This man is a poster boy for
:06:43. > :06:46.Alistair MacDonald's new SDLP. It's the wrong time for leadership
:06:47. > :06:50.challenge and the SDLP considering we're coming into the most important
:06:51. > :06:55.election we have faced for years but I think Alistair was elected in 2011
:06:56. > :06:59.to do a job across the North. He has started that work and it has born
:07:00. > :07:03.much fruit here in my constituency and I think he needs the time to
:07:04. > :07:08.finish the job. Another gang member of the party could not disagree
:07:09. > :07:14.more. When the results are bad, the party has to reflect and change.
:07:15. > :07:19.Colum Eastwood has said, let me lead the party. He has given us a
:07:20. > :07:24.vision. That is what we can buy into and fell into the voters. He is a
:07:25. > :07:29.clear indicator. We cannot afford the bill in the china shop approach.
:07:30. > :07:33.The man he calls a bill in a china shop says those figures at the polls
:07:34. > :07:38.are like he needs to stay. Those shortcomings are the very reason
:07:39. > :07:42.that I came in to change the party and we have a radical new project
:07:43. > :07:46.about to be launched in a few weeks' time to renew the party from top to
:07:47. > :07:48.bottom and I am going to see that renewal process through. But will
:07:49. > :07:49.bottom and I am going to see that they get the chance? We will know
:07:50. > :07:52.tomorrow. And there will be live coverage
:07:53. > :07:55.of the SDLP's conference on BBC Two A security operation in the Drumsurn
:07:56. > :08:00.area, near Dungiven, It began after an anonymous phone
:08:01. > :08:05.call claimed a bomb had been left A number of people who had to leave
:08:06. > :08:10.their homes because of the alert have since been able to
:08:11. > :08:14.return to their properties. Aer Lingus is to stop
:08:15. > :08:17.a three-times daily service between Belfast City Airport
:08:18. > :08:20.and London Gatwick from next March. It has apologised to customers
:08:21. > :08:24.booked after that date, The service could be taken over
:08:25. > :08:30.by Ryanair but it would likely The Belfast woman Mairia Cahill has
:08:31. > :08:36.been elected to the Irish Senate. She became known after claiming she
:08:37. > :08:41.was raped by an IRA man when she was a teenager, and that the IRA helped
:08:42. > :08:44.to cover up the alleged abuse. She was put forward as a Seanad
:08:45. > :08:55.candiate by the Irish Labour Party. 30 years ago, at this moment, the
:08:56. > :08:58.British and Irish governments were involved in intensive negotiations
:08:59. > :09:04.to try to forge a political deal. They came up with the
:09:05. > :09:06.Anglo Irish Agreement, which gave the Republic an official
:09:07. > :09:09.say in Northern Ireland's affairs BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson has been
:09:10. > :09:27.looking at what has stemmed The hand of history. The Anglo Irish
:09:28. > :09:34.Agreement, signed 30 years ago this weekend. We really enter
:09:35. > :09:41.disagreement in good faith. Never! Nationalists can now raise their
:09:42. > :09:47.heads. Never! Join with us in trying to make this agreement work. Never!
:09:48. > :09:50.Myself Unionist and loyalist. Never! One of the Irish minister is
:09:51. > :09:56.involved was Dick Spring. Three decades later, he says the agreement
:09:57. > :10:00.should be celebrated. This was perhaps the most significant event
:10:01. > :10:06.since the Treaty back in the 1920s. By bully it has led on to bigger and
:10:07. > :10:08.better things. Unionists heated the agreement and paraded Northern
:10:09. > :10:13.Ireland Office ministers are ever they want. In the middle of it was
:10:14. > :10:18.Jim Wells. At one stage, I think there was an arm wrapped around the
:10:19. > :10:24.Secretary of State's neck but that is what one would expect. Looking
:10:25. > :10:29.back at the old footage, doors Jim Wells accept that Unionists went too
:10:30. > :10:34.far? By today's standards, it's a different way of doing things. We
:10:35. > :10:39.would probably send it message or e-mail to the secretary of state.
:10:40. > :10:42.They did not bother to consult the Unionist community and that flawed
:10:43. > :10:46.that agreement from the world go. You seem to know where the Secretary
:10:47. > :10:50.of State was going to be, how did you know? There was a source from
:10:51. > :10:53.the Northern Ireland Office would ring me every night and tonight the
:10:54. > :10:58.exact movements of every member of the executive for the following day
:10:59. > :11:03.so we knew where Tom King was to the minute was. We knew before they
:11:04. > :11:09.knew. Loyalists were not happy but neither were Republicans. Will it
:11:10. > :11:18.last? I cannot see it lasting. Back then and now, Danny Morrison says it
:11:19. > :11:22.will be a missed opportunity. We received the agreement by telex. Ira
:11:23. > :11:27.member reading it and going through it. In my opinion Unionists
:11:28. > :11:33.overreacted because the Unionist veto was in but our quizzes and
:11:34. > :11:36.was, white kid you not have gone further and pressed for more
:11:37. > :11:40.amateurs agreement because the reaction from Unionists would have
:11:41. > :11:44.been exactly the same. 30 years on, the verdict is mixed. But will
:11:45. > :11:47.history ever forget the Anglo Irish Agreement? Never.
:11:48. > :11:49.We're all told to do more to protect the environment.
:11:50. > :11:52.But one County Antrim Primary School has made going green central to
:11:53. > :12:04.Today experts from across Europe came to see how they do it.
:12:05. > :12:12.The children at this primary school in Ballyclare Green Pioneers and
:12:13. > :12:18.green fingered. We are digging up parsnips that we have grown and they
:12:19. > :12:21.are all in the bucket and there are some tiny ones and some big ones. We
:12:22. > :12:29.give them to the some tiny ones and some big ones. We
:12:30. > :12:33.they click them and we eat them. You put your brand waste into the bin
:12:34. > :12:38.like food, sandwiches and then we put it into the plague and the
:12:39. > :12:41.eco-members will roll it up and down and when they are finished, they
:12:42. > :12:47.will compost it and we use it for our flower beds. Two years ago, this
:12:48. > :12:50.school became the first primary school in Northern Ireland to
:12:51. > :12:55.recycle all of its school waste. The children have learned about much
:12:56. > :12:58.more than just rubbish. It's fine doing the work outside that there is
:12:59. > :13:03.so much more you can learn outside so here we can do lots of outdoor
:13:04. > :13:11.work. We have an outdoor teaching area where teachers can bring the
:13:12. > :13:15.children for mild lessons. Today, eco-schools experts from across the
:13:16. > :13:19.world came to see what lessons the school could teach them. I would
:13:20. > :13:26.like to see what they do and it is possible to do the same or similar
:13:27. > :13:31.things in Russia. The fact that this school has zero waste going into
:13:32. > :13:37.landfills, it's the only school but I knew that reached this stage from
:13:38. > :13:40.all schools around the world and we have about 48,000. Being a world
:13:41. > :13:50.leader is certainly something to make a song and dance about.
:13:51. > :13:54.Tonight the fundraising marathon that is BBC Children in Need reaches
:13:55. > :13:56.a climax with the big television extravaganza, including lots
:13:57. > :14:01.The appeal currently funds close to 200 projects in Northern Ireland
:14:02. > :14:21.Children in need is that time of year when even the most sensible
:14:22. > :14:35.people in the BBC and at doing the strangest things.
:14:36. > :14:47.Of course, there are those who are not too sensible to begin with.
:14:48. > :14:53.In schools, offices and homes across Northern Ireland, people are raising
:14:54. > :15:05.money. Coffee mornings, sponsored runs and lots and lots of cake.
:15:06. > :15:08.Funding from Children in Need help to more than 200 organisations
:15:09. > :15:13.across Northern Ireland. This children's circus scheme is one of
:15:14. > :15:18.them and so is this youth project in West Belfast. Lots of people leave
:15:19. > :15:22.school with no qualifications through to these training courses,
:15:23. > :15:28.we are helping them. We would not be here if not for Children in Need.
:15:29. > :15:32.Our healthy living programmes, which we run every afternoon, all
:15:33. > :15:35.delivered through the two part-time workers we have three Children in
:15:36. > :15:41.Need. Sections of tonight 's fundraising programme are broadcast
:15:42. > :15:44.live from Belfast. Tonight we'll be having a choir of 175 children from
:15:45. > :15:51.Northern Ireland joining up with 1,500 preschool children to sing
:15:52. > :15:56.climb by Miley Sirius. It's going to be a really exciting night tonight.
:15:57. > :15:59.We can take a sneak peak behind the scenes to see what is happening in
:16:00. > :16:11.the rehearsals for tonight 's live performance. Last year, more than
:16:12. > :16:12.?700,000 was raised here and organisers are quietly confident of
:16:13. > :16:14.raising more this year. You can see that entire video
:16:15. > :16:17.performance of BBC staff - if you can bear it -
:16:18. > :16:19.tomorrow evening on the highlights The Best Bits -
:16:20. > :16:25.that's here on BBC One at 5:20. It's a big night
:16:26. > :16:27.of international football. Northern Ireland are playing Latvia
:16:28. > :16:31.tonight in their first international at home since qualification for Euro
:16:32. > :16:34.2016 was assured. The game is live on BBC Two
:16:35. > :16:38.tonight - with coverage from 7:30. It's a friendly
:16:39. > :16:59.but the players will be keen to I have just lost David Healy but he
:17:00. > :17:08.is coming. We are going to go three, five, two tonight. Here is David
:17:09. > :17:14.Healy. Thank you for joining us. The boss is going to go three, five, two
:17:15. > :17:18.tonight and play chi Liberty up from tonight. What you think about that?
:17:19. > :17:26.It gives them a chance to look at formations. Kyle Lafferty upfront,
:17:27. > :17:34.it gives an opportunity to do that tonight. He is the new you, how has
:17:35. > :17:36.Michael O'Neill the ability to ten? It's been well-documented
:17:37. > :17:39.Michael O'Neill the ability to ten? Lafferty has let himself down in the
:17:40. > :17:45.campaign before but he has bounced back and he has incredible ability.
:17:46. > :17:50.His goals in this campaign have led us to the finals and hopefully he
:17:51. > :17:53.will get another one tonight and in the finals in France next year.
:17:54. > :17:57.These friendlies are important in its far as it gives Michael an
:17:58. > :18:01.opportunity to express and? Of course and that is what it's all
:18:02. > :18:05.about. Michael says you're only going to get four or five games so
:18:06. > :18:15.it gives him a chance. He is not going to change everything, he is
:18:16. > :18:21.not that type of person. It is more less a thank you to the crowd. The
:18:22. > :18:23.match will be live on the BBC this evening.
:18:24. > :18:25.Martin O'Neill says he's feels a little envious
:18:26. > :18:28.of his fellow managers who've already qualified their teams
:18:29. > :18:33.O'Neill's Republic of Ireland side play the away leg of their play-off
:18:34. > :18:40.And Thomas Kane is there for BBC Newsline.
:18:41. > :18:47.Rather than play in Sarajevo at a stadium around three times bigger,
:18:48. > :18:55.this is where Bosnia prepared to play most of the important
:18:56. > :18:59.fixtures. They feel the compact 12,500 seater stadium provides a
:19:00. > :19:02.more intimidating atmosphere for the opposition and it has become
:19:03. > :19:06.something of a fortress in recent times. Around 900 public of Ireland
:19:07. > :19:10.fans have made the trip here and it's fair to say it has not been the
:19:11. > :19:18.easiest location to find. Dublin to Amsterdam, train from Amsterdam to
:19:19. > :19:22.Eindhoven. A flight from the and then a 2 hour taxi to hear on
:19:23. > :19:27.Tuesday night. We flew in yesterday the Frankfurt and then I direct
:19:28. > :19:32.flight here. It's about one and 20 kilometres away from here. John
:19:33. > :19:36.O'Shea and Jonathan Walters are suspended for the first leg and she
:19:37. > :19:42.now is ruled out through injury. The body ever remembers who was injured
:19:43. > :19:46.so it doesn't really affect me. In an ideal world it would be great to
:19:47. > :19:51.have everybody available. That gives you your best chance. But it doesn't
:19:52. > :19:56.matter. We go now and we have to compete really strongly in these two
:19:57. > :20:04.games. Whoever takes the feet. What would be a good result? Any more
:20:05. > :20:08.than a 2-goal deficit and I would be worried. To get it back in the
:20:09. > :20:11.second leg. My worry is that they are very good in the attacking
:20:12. > :20:16.areas. They have some really talented carers and Frey told
:20:17. > :20:19.players so from set players, they are very dangerous. The Republic of
:20:20. > :20:23.Ireland have played in more play-off games than any other country and
:20:24. > :20:26.their supporters will know just how important away goals could prove to
:20:27. > :20:27.be ahead of Monday's second leg and a blood.
:20:28. > :20:30.Ulster begin their European Champions cup campaign tomorrow
:20:31. > :20:34.Among the Irish internationals returning
:20:35. > :20:37.to the line-up are Luke Marshall, Andrew Trimble and Craig Gilroy.
:20:38. > :20:47.Rory Best captains the side in his first start since the World Cup.
:20:48. > :20:52.You have two win your home games and you have two pick something up away
:20:53. > :20:55.from home somewhere along the line. This is going to be a tough game,
:20:56. > :21:00.from home somewhere along the line. they will be prime and ready for it
:21:01. > :21:03.so for they will be prime and ready for it
:21:04. > :21:04.start well, picking sure we produce they will be prime and ready for it
:21:05. > :21:12.in the first ten minutes, the they will be prime and ready for it
:21:13. > :21:13.passion and then we can bring our own passion to the game and our own
:21:14. > :21:17.physicality. In the other it's Tyrone champions
:21:18. > :21:34.Trillick against Scotstown A former Tyrone Gillick footballer,
:21:35. > :21:42.today he was training his A former Tyrone Gillick footballer,
:21:43. > :21:47.in Armagh for in the Currie cup game. That is the day job. It is the
:21:48. > :21:52.weekends, it is managing Scotstown, the Monaghan club champion surprised
:21:53. > :21:56.many by knocking out Slaughtneil and here's hoping that will continue.
:21:57. > :22:01.You have one chance in life in terms of what you bring to the table, in
:22:02. > :22:05.terms of you trying your best. This Sunday is an opportunity for us to
:22:06. > :22:09.try our best, the commitment they had shown in terms of early
:22:10. > :22:12.mornings, the sessions, we have won it in three sessions to this point
:22:13. > :22:16.this year. That is what it takes to be competitive. Winning is the
:22:17. > :22:21.bonus. The journey we have been and is fantastic and this year we don't
:22:22. > :22:25.want it to end. Trillick are hoping to end that journey on Sunday but
:22:26. > :22:28.rather than worrying about the opposition, the Mellor Holmbert
:22:29. > :22:33.Friojonsson treading on themselves. It's very much about our players
:22:34. > :22:35.stepping up, putting them pressure on the field and
:22:36. > :22:37.stepping up, putting them pressure opportunities when they come.
:22:38. > :22:44.have weather conditions this weekend. 9-8 could win this weekend
:22:45. > :22:46.and I just hope it's us. The prize for victory is a place in this years
:22:47. > :23:00.club final. The weather is next.
:23:01. > :23:05.Many cases had a taste of winter today. Some snow over the hill from
:23:06. > :23:07.our weather watcher and there was some sleet and snow fall again other
:23:08. > :23:13.places too. Still some showers tonight so it's going to be
:23:14. > :23:15.cold for Pudsey Bear and those fundraising for Children in Need.
:23:16. > :23:19.Temperatures fundraising for Children in Need.
:23:20. > :23:25.figures. The next area of rain is waiting in the wings and that is all
:23:26. > :23:28.about X hacking kit. Storm Abigail birds away and Kate comes into play
:23:29. > :23:33.this weekend. We have warnings in force for the weekend. The rain of
:23:34. > :23:38.the heavy at times and it will be raining on both days. It is the
:23:39. > :23:42.accumulating rainfall totals, possibly up to three inches, that
:23:43. > :23:47.could lead to a risk of some localised flooding. Quickly turning
:23:48. > :23:50.wet tomorrow morning. The winds will not be particularly strong but it
:23:51. > :23:55.will feel chilly but that being persistent and heavy at times.
:23:56. > :23:59.Temperatures just about getting into double figures in the North. A
:24:00. > :24:04.little bit milder further south and look that will see quite cold but
:24:05. > :24:08.that rain on the Match of the Day. A bit of a wash-out on Saturday. Maybe
:24:09. > :24:12.a day for the DVDs or doing something indoors. The rain is not
:24:13. > :24:15.going anywhere fast. It looks like it will be raining in most cases
:24:16. > :24:23.right through Saturday evening and Saturday night. Not good news for
:24:24. > :24:27.those wanting to see the Christmas lights being switched on in Belfast.
:24:28. > :24:35.It will get milder so although there is more rain on Sunday, it will be
:24:36. > :24:38.warmer. Brisk winds on Sunday. The rain easing off in cases during the
:24:39. > :24:45.afternoon and temperatures will be back into double figures. Very much
:24:46. > :24:49.an unsettled weekend. Lots of rain around, lots of sogginess. Ticket
:24:50. > :24:52.easy on the roads because they will be standing water and the risk of
:24:53. > :24:57.flooding in places. It stays and settled into the Newark.