:00:00. > :00:00.Here, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:07. > :00:10.After ten weeks of talks it was announced late this afternoon that
:00:11. > :00:15.a political deal had been agreed - but not on everything.
:00:16. > :00:18.The parties have agreed a way forward on paramilitarism
:00:19. > :00:21.There's a reworked financial package to help
:00:22. > :00:26.those worst affected by changes to the benefits and tax credits and
:00:27. > :00:31.an international body will be set up to monitor paramilitary activity.
:00:32. > :00:33.Corporation Tax will be cut to 12.5% by April 2018.
:00:34. > :00:36.But the parties failed to break the deadlock over legacy issues
:00:37. > :00:50.This report is from our Political Correspondent, Chris Page.
:00:51. > :00:56.The agreement was announced by the British and Irish governments
:00:57. > :01:09.I believe this is a good day for Northern Ireland marking a fresh
:01:10. > :01:15.start for Northern Ireland's devolved institutions. The last ten
:01:16. > :01:17.weeks of negotiations have been challenging but constructive. The
:01:18. > :01:19.resulting agreement provides a credible road map.
:01:20. > :01:22.And the leaders of the Executive also believe the deal shows
:01:23. > :01:25.The First and Deputy First Ministers gave their own news conference
:01:26. > :01:35.We believe the agreement consolidates piece, secures
:01:36. > :01:42.stability and enables progress and offers people hope for the future.
:01:43. > :01:47.This agreement signals a resolve to engender the sea change which our
:01:48. > :01:51.community is demanding. A new beginning for politics, an
:01:52. > :01:54.opportunity to move forward with a real sense of hope and purpose.
:01:55. > :01:56.The DUP leader set out what had been agreed on the issue
:01:57. > :02:10.For the first time, this agreement commits parties to call for and work
:02:11. > :02:16.for achieving a disbandment of paramilitary organisations and
:02:17. > :02:20.structures and to accept no authority, direction or control on
:02:21. > :02:24.political activities other than our democratic mandate alongside our own
:02:25. > :02:29.personal party judgment. In addition to further commitments, they will be
:02:30. > :02:31.a concerted effort to tackle criminality and organised crime.
:02:32. > :02:33.On another big negotiating point, welfare, Martin McGuinness said
:02:34. > :02:39.they had got the best outcome they could under the circumstances.
:02:40. > :02:46.We are pledged to do everything in our power to protect the most
:02:47. > :02:51.marginalised disadvantaged disabled and vulnerable within society. This
:02:52. > :02:59.was the only way to defend those people. Simply because it was
:03:00. > :03:05.absolutely quite clear that if we did not conclude this negotiation
:03:06. > :03:13.successfully that effectively represented the end of devolution
:03:14. > :03:15.and a return of power to non-directly...
:03:16. > :03:17.Other parties reserved judgement on the deal but struck skeptical notes.
:03:18. > :03:19.In recent times, a fog of disagreement has hung
:03:20. > :03:22.There's been a grim outlook for the institutions.
:03:23. > :03:24.The coming months will show whether politicians have found
:03:25. > :03:33.After a few years of negotiations are breakdowns, there was another
:03:34. > :03:35.deal to save negotiations. The debate over what the new agreement
:03:36. > :03:36.means is just beginning. Other parties involved
:03:37. > :03:53.in the talks gave this reaction. There is no issue about legacy,
:03:54. > :03:57.paramilitary bosom, we do not see paramilitary is shaking in their
:03:58. > :04:04.boots, the IRA do not get a mention and that is before we get into how
:04:05. > :04:10.the money is being handled. With an hour and a half's notice, it was
:04:11. > :04:15.refused, there are issues around paramilitaries which are positive
:04:16. > :04:21.but I'm not convinced yet there is enough in that part of the package
:04:22. > :04:24.and the business cases have not been stated for dealing with welfare and
:04:25. > :04:28.Corporation Tax. We will not sign up to anything until we have looked at
:04:29. > :04:33.it but we are disappointed that the issue around the past has been left
:04:34. > :04:39.out. We have failed the victims and survivors of the troubled past here
:04:40. > :04:42.and the past will continue to affect the political process unless we deal
:04:43. > :04:43.with it. We want it dealt with immediately.
:04:44. > :04:47.And you can see more on that on Stormont Today at a quarter past
:04:48. > :04:51.A woman whose Ballymena home was petrol bombed says she thinks they
:04:52. > :04:53.were targeted because her husband is a Muslim and
:04:54. > :04:59.The family of four were in the house in Kintyre Park in Ballykeel
:05:00. > :05:10.The police have described the attack as a religious hate crime.
:05:11. > :05:17.It is Islamophobia, everything in the media, we get hassled all the
:05:18. > :05:28.time. It is not the first time and it will not be the last one. What
:05:29. > :05:35.happened in Paris is connected with what happened to our house. My
:05:36. > :05:36.husband is a Muslim. They think Muslims are all the same, they are
:05:37. > :05:37.not. A Belfast band tonight became one
:05:38. > :05:41.of the first to play a gig in Paris since 89 people were shot dead
:05:42. > :05:44.at a rock concert at the weekend. Stiff Little Fingers have been
:05:45. > :06:02.praised for helping to restart Paris MUSIC PLAYS
:06:03. > :06:05.Rock music is back in Paris. Thanks to Stiff Little Fingers. With the
:06:06. > :06:10.sound check completed, they explained why they were determined
:06:11. > :06:14.to play tonight. I grew up in Belfast through the troubles and the
:06:15. > :06:21.one thing I remember being disappointed by was when I was a
:06:22. > :06:26.teenager international bands were not coming and playing, when we got
:06:27. > :06:31.the chance to do this, it struck me as if I was a music fan living here
:06:32. > :06:37.and they fan and I knew they didn't come I would be disappointed. So we
:06:38. > :06:40.are here. The gig was more than a concert, it was a statement. That
:06:41. > :06:41.the entertainment industry here is back.
:06:42. > :06:44.The closure of the Michelin plant in Ballymena was debated in
:06:45. > :06:51.The North Antrim MP blamed the high cost of electricity
:06:52. > :06:56.as one of the key facts in forcing the closure of the tyre factory
:06:57. > :07:03.Ian Paisley called on the Westminster government to
:07:04. > :07:06.look at a special energy pricing code for companies like Michelin to
:07:07. > :07:20.The key issue as to why the factory has been under so much pressure has
:07:21. > :07:25.been because of electricity prices in Northern Ireland. The real
:07:26. > :07:31.underlying issue is energy costs. Let me put it in one stark
:07:32. > :07:38.statistic, Northern Ireland is 15% more costly a place to manufacture
:07:39. > :07:39.because our costs are 15% higher in electricity terms.
:07:40. > :07:42.On BBC Newsline tomorrow we have the first part of our look
:07:43. > :07:44.inside Hydebank in south Belfast for UK Prisons Week.
:07:45. > :07:46.Tomorrow we hear from 80-year-old Billy who gives up
:07:47. > :07:55.his spare time to teach woodwork classes at the prison.
:07:56. > :08:06.I do enjoy working with young people, I have a concern for them,
:08:07. > :08:08.maybe for their future and what the world has to offer them.
:08:09. > :08:10.And we hear about a reformed regime at Hydebank.
:08:11. > :08:14.That's tomorrow evening on BBC Newsline - at half past six.
:08:15. > :08:17.With stormy weather affected many places - let's get the lest
:08:18. > :08:30.We managed to avoid the worst of the wind associated with storm Urbani
:08:31. > :08:35.today, we got the rain and tomorrow more likely winds heading our way. A
:08:36. > :08:39.breezy night, clear spells and scattered showers with the lows of
:08:40. > :08:44.four or 5 degrees. More rain sweeps in towards the end of the night.
:08:45. > :08:47.Another area of low pressure and from northern Britain and Northern
:08:48. > :08:52.Ireland the isobars are tightly packed so we are in for a windy day
:08:53. > :08:57.and wept at times. Not broke pleasant in the morning rush hour,
:08:58. > :09:01.surface water and spray on the roads and the persistent and heavy band of
:09:02. > :09:05.rain will move on quite quickly and it will brighten up behind. In the
:09:06. > :09:09.meantime, the wet windy weather extends across northern England,
:09:10. > :09:14.Scotland with warnings in place. We also have a band of squalling
:09:15. > :09:19.showery rain extending across Wales into the Midlands. That would be
:09:20. > :09:25.quite unpleasant. Mainly dry in the south of that, less windy and
:09:26. > :09:28.brightening up behind. For the Republic and Northern Ireland, some
:09:29. > :09:33.sunshine around but heavy squalling showers running through on the winds
:09:34. > :09:42.which will continue to increase across northern areas, severe gales
:09:43. > :09:47.gusting as high as 70 mph. So, there could be some damaging gusts and the
:09:48. > :09:52.Met office has a wind warning in place. Towards the weekend, cold air
:09:53. > :09:53.on the way, night frost and wintry showers.
:09:54. > :09:58.Our next BBC Newsline is at six twenty five in the morning