17/11/2015 BBC Newsline

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After ten weeks of talks it was announced late this afternoon that

a political deal had been agreed - but not on everything.

The parties have agreed a way forward on paramilitarism

There's a reworked financial package to help

those worst affected by changes to the benefits and tax credits and

an international body will be set up to monitor paramilitary activity.

Corporation Tax will be cut to 12.5% by April 2018.

But the parties failed to break the deadlock over legacy issues

This report is from our Political Correspondent, Chris Page.

The agreement was announced by the British and Irish governments

I believe this is a good day for Northern Ireland marking a fresh

start for Northern Ireland's devolved institutions. The last ten

weeks of negotiations have been challenging but constructive. The

resulting agreement provides a credible road map.

And the leaders of the Executive also believe the deal shows

The First and Deputy First Ministers gave their own news conference

We believe the agreement consolidates piece, secures

stability and enables progress and offers people hope for the future.

This agreement signals a resolve to engender the sea change which our

community is demanding. A new beginning for politics, an

opportunity to move forward with a real sense of hope and purpose.

The DUP leader set out what had been agreed on the issue

For the first time, this agreement commits parties to call for and work

for achieving a disbandment of paramilitary organisations and

structures and to accept no authority, direction or control on

political activities other than our democratic mandate alongside our own

personal party judgment. In addition to further commitments, they will be

a concerted effort to tackle criminality and organised crime.

On another big negotiating point, welfare, Martin McGuinness said

they had got the best outcome they could under the circumstances.

We are pledged to do everything in our power to protect the most

marginalised disadvantaged disabled and vulnerable within society. This

was the only way to defend those people. Simply because it was

absolutely quite clear that if we did not conclude this negotiation

successfully that effectively represented the end of devolution

and a return of power to non-directly...

Other parties reserved judgement on the deal but struck skeptical notes.

In recent times, a fog of disagreement has hung

There's been a grim outlook for the institutions.

The coming months will show whether politicians have found

After a few years of negotiations are breakdowns, there was another

deal to save negotiations. The debate over what the new agreement

means is just beginning. Other parties involved

in the talks gave this reaction. There is no issue about legacy,

paramilitary bosom, we do not see paramilitary is shaking in their

boots, the IRA do not get a mention and that is before we get into how

the money is being handled. With an hour and a half's notice, it was

refused, there are issues around paramilitaries which are positive

but I'm not convinced yet there is enough in that part of the package

and the business cases have not been stated for dealing with welfare and

Corporation Tax. We will not sign up to anything until we have looked at

it but we are disappointed that the issue around the past has been left

out. We have failed the victims and survivors of the troubled past here

and the past will continue to affect the political process unless we deal

with it. We want it dealt with immediately.

And you can see more on that on Stormont Today at a quarter past

A woman whose Ballymena home was petrol bombed says she thinks they

were targeted because her husband is a Muslim and

The family of four were in the house in Kintyre Park in Ballykeel

The police have described the attack as a religious hate crime.

It is Islamophobia, everything in the media, we get hassled all the

time. It is not the first time and it will not be the last one. What

happened in Paris is connected with what happened to our house. My

husband is a Muslim. They think Muslims are all the same, they are

not. A Belfast band tonight became one

of the first to play a gig in Paris since 89 people were shot dead

at a rock concert at the weekend. Stiff Little Fingers have been

praised for helping to restart Paris MUSIC PLAYS

Rock music is back in Paris. Thanks to Stiff Little Fingers. With the

sound check completed, they explained why they were determined

to play tonight. I grew up in Belfast through the troubles and the

one thing I remember being disappointed by was when I was a

teenager international bands were not coming and playing, when we got

the chance to do this, it struck me as if I was a music fan living here

and they fan and I knew they didn't come I would be disappointed. So we

are here. The gig was more than a concert, it was a statement. That

the entertainment industry here is back.

The closure of the Michelin plant in Ballymena was debated in

The North Antrim MP blamed the high cost of electricity

as one of the key facts in forcing the closure of the tyre factory

Ian Paisley called on the Westminster government to

look at a special energy pricing code for companies like Michelin to

The key issue as to why the factory has been under so much pressure has

been because of electricity prices in Northern Ireland. The real

underlying issue is energy costs. Let me put it in one stark

statistic, Northern Ireland is 15% more costly a place to manufacture

because our costs are 15% higher in electricity terms.

On BBC Newsline tomorrow we have the first part of our look

inside Hydebank in south Belfast for UK Prisons Week.

Tomorrow we hear from 80-year-old Billy who gives up

his spare time to teach woodwork classes at the prison.

I do enjoy working with young people, I have a concern for them,

maybe for their future and what the world has to offer them.

And we hear about a reformed regime at Hydebank.

That's tomorrow evening on BBC Newsline - at half past six.

With stormy weather affected many places - let's get the lest

We managed to avoid the worst of the wind associated with storm Urbani

today, we got the rain and tomorrow more likely winds heading our way. A

breezy night, clear spells and scattered showers with the lows of

four or 5 degrees. More rain sweeps in towards the end of the night.

Another area of low pressure and from northern Britain and Northern

Ireland the isobars are tightly packed so we are in for a windy day

and wept at times. Not broke pleasant in the morning rush hour,

surface water and spray on the roads and the persistent and heavy band of

rain will move on quite quickly and it will brighten up behind. In the

meantime, the wet windy weather extends across northern England,

Scotland with warnings in place. We also have a band of squalling

showery rain extending across Wales into the Midlands. That would be

quite unpleasant. Mainly dry in the south of that, less windy and

brightening up behind. For the Republic and Northern Ireland, some

sunshine around but heavy squalling showers running through on the winds

which will continue to increase across northern areas, severe gales

gusting as high as 70 mph. So, there could be some damaging gusts and the

Met office has a wind warning in place. Towards the weekend, cold air

on the way, night frost and wintry showers.

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