:00:00. > :00:11.The new First Minister has said she will do all she can to change
:00:12. > :00:13.the political culture but Arlene Foster has warned
:00:14. > :00:16.that it can only be done by working together.
:00:17. > :00:20.Mrs Foster is the first woman and the youngest person
:00:21. > :00:25.Peter Robinson confirmed his resignation to the Assembly this
:00:26. > :00:31.Our political correspondent Chris Page has more.
:00:32. > :00:34.Striding downstairs to go up to the highest office.
:00:35. > :00:37.The new DUP leader was about to become First Minister.
:00:38. > :00:43.Arlene Foster was asked probably the easiest question she has ever
:00:44. > :00:51.Are you willing to take the office of First Minister?
:00:52. > :01:01.It sounded rather technical but it officially marked her start
:01:02. > :01:06.There was a time she wouldn't have believed it.
:01:07. > :01:09.As a young girl growing up in rural Fermanagh,
:01:10. > :01:15.in the days when we were plagued by terrorism and decisions
:01:16. > :01:19.affecting our fear and future were taken far away,
:01:20. > :01:21.I could not have dreamt that I would be in this
:01:22. > :01:26.Is it any wonder that in politics, I believe nothing
:01:27. > :01:31.Watching her at the pinnacle of her career was her
:01:32. > :01:36.The DUP leader's late father was shot and injured by the IRA
:01:37. > :01:41.The Deputy First Minister acknowledged the hurt
:01:42. > :01:44.Mrs Foster's family has been caused and said he would work
:01:45. > :01:47.positively with his new partner in government.
:01:48. > :01:52.I pledge a positive spirit, a constructive spirit and a good
:01:53. > :01:55.heart in working with Arlene as First Minister through these
:01:56. > :02:04.In politics, every entrance means an exit and Peter Robinson's last
:02:05. > :02:07.duty is First Minister was to nominate his
:02:08. > :02:11.I hereby resign the offic of First Minister with
:02:12. > :02:14.confidence that the political institutions we have together
:02:15. > :02:18.created will be here for generations to come.
:02:19. > :02:24.The Ulster Unionist leader noted the DUP's
:02:25. > :02:31.unprecedented little success under Mr Robinson.
:02:32. > :02:36.I am sure at least privately, a part of the drop in some will join
:02:37. > :02:40.with me in hoping that history reflects that that was the peak
:02:41. > :02:54.Arlene Foster surely has other ideas.
:02:55. > :03:02.Good wishes and wishful thinking! After the laughter, the long haul
:03:03. > :03:03.will begin. It's been a day of political
:03:04. > :03:05.choreography, of carefully crafted speeches and generally warm,
:03:06. > :03:08.witty words but now that the new First Minister has been formally
:03:09. > :03:10.installed in office, attention will turn more
:03:11. > :03:13.and more to the assembly elections which are due to take
:03:14. > :03:18.place in under four months. Arlene Foster grew up
:03:19. > :03:21.and still lives in County Fermanagh. BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson went
:03:22. > :03:26.to her old school to see what young people there think of her
:03:27. > :03:32.as the new First Minister. It's not everyday a former pupil
:03:33. > :03:35.becomes First Minister. These sixth formers were not even
:03:36. > :03:39.born when a young Arlene Kelly, as she was then, left
:03:40. > :03:43.Enniskillen Collegiate in 1989. She was a prefect,
:03:44. > :03:47.she was on the hockey team but unlike now, she was
:03:48. > :03:50.seen but seldom heard. I remember her as
:03:51. > :03:53.a very quiet pupil. She has obviously made
:03:54. > :03:57.up for it since then! Little did I think all those years
:03:58. > :04:00.ago that I had a future leader of the DUP sitting
:04:01. > :04:03.in front of me and obviously now today,
:04:04. > :04:09.our new First Minister. These pupils watched and listened
:04:10. > :04:13.as she took the top job. I can see the values
:04:14. > :04:16.of our school coming through, that our school reinforces
:04:17. > :04:19.that it doesn't matter that you are a woman
:04:20. > :04:23.and you can achieve anything. No matter what you believe
:04:24. > :04:25.in Northern Ireland, you can see from Arlene that she has
:04:26. > :04:28.risen through the ranks. She is from our background
:04:29. > :04:31.and has been able to get her way through
:04:32. > :04:35.a stereotypical man's world. It shows that no matter
:04:36. > :04:38.what stereotype with women and careers, it
:04:39. > :04:41.doesn't matter because with hard work and determination
:04:42. > :04:44.you can get to the highest level. The fact that she is from rural
:04:45. > :04:48.Fermanagh and she is from our school and our community,
:04:49. > :04:52.it is nice for us. Would you consider going
:04:53. > :04:56.into politics yourself? What is the view of Arlene Foster
:04:57. > :05:03.in the wider community? Can she as First Minister
:05:04. > :05:07.represent everyone? If she is the leader of our country,
:05:08. > :05:14.she will have to remember that I think she can and I think
:05:15. > :05:19.she has a lot of respect She has worked to gain
:05:20. > :05:23.a respect so yes I would I think it's brilliant,
:05:24. > :05:26.a breath of fresh air. She did very well
:05:27. > :05:31.when she was at school. Her final report said
:05:32. > :05:34.she accepted hard work was needed to progress, is reliable
:05:35. > :05:40.and assumes responsibility. BBC Newsline's Tara Mills
:05:41. > :05:54.spoke to the DUP leader, now First Minister,
:05:55. > :05:55.Arlene Foster this afternoon and asked her if she was concerned
:05:56. > :05:59.that there's only a short period of time before
:06:00. > :06:06.the Assembly election. Despite the fact I have just
:06:07. > :06:09.become First Minister, I have been a minister
:06:10. > :06:11.for a considerable record and what I need
:06:12. > :06:17.to do now is to move ahead and give hope to everybody
:06:18. > :06:19.in Northern Ireland, that the vision of Northern Ireland
:06:20. > :06:23.I have is a positive one and one When the elections do come,
:06:24. > :06:28.what is your vision When it comes to 1916,
:06:29. > :06:30.the Taoiseach has said today you will not attend
:06:31. > :06:35.the commemorative events. You talked about wanting people
:06:36. > :06:37.to be proud of being from Northern Ireland, do you think
:06:38. > :06:39.you are wrong in this? Not at all because the Easter
:06:40. > :06:44.Rebellion in 1916 was a violent attack against the State
:06:45. > :06:47.towards the place where The government of the
:06:48. > :06:52.Republic of Ireland have only moved recently to become
:06:53. > :06:56.involved in the commemoration To be honest, I think people
:06:57. > :07:02.in Northern Ireland are more concerned with what
:07:03. > :07:05.is happening in 2016. They want us to get on with the job
:07:06. > :07:08.of work and not become embroiled in relation
:07:09. > :07:12.to historical events. History is very interesting
:07:13. > :07:15.and I love it, I am an amateur student of history but I want
:07:16. > :07:33.to focus on the future You've been described by your
:07:34. > :07:37.colleagues as compassionate and caring, would you bring those views
:07:38. > :07:45.to the laws around abortion and same-sex marriage. I hope that
:07:46. > :07:49.people will take me as in open person. I will not be discriminated
:07:50. > :07:51.against anybody in terms of who they are all the background is another
:07:52. > :07:58.something I communicate it today when I spoke in the house. It
:07:59. > :08:01.doesn't take away from the fact that I believe and additional marriage
:08:02. > :08:07.between a man and a woman but that doesn't mean I denigrate those who
:08:08. > :08:09.decide they want to celebrate the, sexuality in civil partnerships.
:08:10. > :08:15.That is a matter for them and I am not going to be involved in judging
:08:16. > :08:20.anybody but the way they live their lives. The vote is getting closer
:08:21. > :08:23.and closer, would you give your party a free vote on it? That is
:08:24. > :08:28.something we will discuss the future. I know when Peter was asked
:08:29. > :08:36.that, he said he would consider it. Even if there were a free vote, I
:08:37. > :08:39.know that all of my colleagues believe the definition of additional
:08:40. > :08:43.marriage and therefore it is semantics to talk about a free vote
:08:44. > :08:52.because I am sure we would get the same result. There's talk now of a
:08:53. > :08:58.European referendum. Sammy Wilson has laid out where his views are.
:08:59. > :09:04.What is your position? We are as a party are Euro-sceptic. I was at an
:09:05. > :09:07.event recently where Charles Flanagan, the public about and's
:09:08. > :09:11.Foreign Minister, set out what he believes the best way forward in
:09:12. > :09:15.regards to Europe and I said out my vision. There are still questions to
:09:16. > :09:18.be answered regarding Europe and we do await the outcome of the prime
:09:19. > :09:23.ministers negotiations and then we will make a final call. I think it's
:09:24. > :09:25.right to say that Europe has had an overbearing impact in relation to
:09:26. > :09:32.the United Kingdom. Will she as the new First Minister
:09:33. > :09:35.inspire more women to get involved That's under discussion tomorrow
:09:36. > :09:38.on Good Morning Ulster. That's on Radio Ulster
:09:39. > :09:40.starting at 6:30. A murder inquiry has begun
:09:41. > :09:43.into the death of a man The 28-year-old man
:09:44. > :09:49.died in hospital today. It was outside this bar
:09:50. > :09:53.into an bridge that James McDonagh was attacked in the early hours
:09:54. > :09:56.of yesterday morning. He suffered a head injury and was
:09:57. > :10:00.taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast in a critical
:10:01. > :10:04.condition but never The 28-year-old from Castledawson
:10:05. > :10:09.died this afternoon. Three men aged 54, 24 and 20,
:10:10. > :10:14.who were arrested in the Toomebridge area last night, are still being
:10:15. > :10:18.questioned by detectives. Police are appealing
:10:19. > :10:20.for anyone who witnessed the assault around 2am
:10:21. > :10:28.on Sunday to contact them. Work will start later this year
:10:29. > :10:31.on a major improvement of the A6 - the main road between
:10:32. > :10:34.Belfast and Londonderry. The Transport Minister Michelle
:10:35. > :10:37.McIlveen has announced that work will begin this year on making
:10:38. > :10:39.the section between Randalstown and Castledawson into
:10:40. > :10:42.a dual carriageway. The news has been
:10:43. > :10:58.welcomed by motorists. It is badly needed. That road is a
:10:59. > :11:04.disaster. You have the end 22 and after that, nothing. It is a big
:11:05. > :11:09.problem. Any time I have gone on it, it is a bottleneck. The money is
:11:10. > :11:10.well spent and it should have been spent years ago.
:11:11. > :11:12.Stormont ministers have agreed to spend the full ?1.3 million
:11:13. > :11:15.of additional funding for flooding on preventative measures
:11:16. > :11:21.30 properties were affected in the recent floods that affected
:11:22. > :11:26.The three departments dealing with the recent flooding briefed
:11:27. > :11:28.the Executive today and have been asked to bring detailed proposals
:11:29. > :11:34.to the next Executive meeting later this month.
:11:35. > :11:45.The weather is next. It is certainly the coldest week of
:11:46. > :11:50.winter so far and it has allowed us to get some snowy pictures. This was
:11:51. > :11:54.the more mountains over the weekend. Tonight we will continue to see a
:11:55. > :11:57.scattering of showers along with the north-westerly wind and as
:11:58. > :12:02.temperatures fall quite low, some of those showers will fall as sleet and
:12:03. > :12:07.snow. Some areas may see a wintry mix. Quite a chilly start tomorrow
:12:08. > :12:10.and will stay cold through the day. A scattering of showers will
:12:11. > :12:14.continue along with the north-westerly wind and for the
:12:15. > :12:17.north coast, feeling quite cold but it will break up through the day and
:12:18. > :12:24.will improve but some heavy showers first thing across parts of Antrim
:12:25. > :12:28.and down are likely. Some southern areas across Ireland and the south
:12:29. > :12:32.of England not bad to begin with but as we make our way through the day,
:12:33. > :12:36.the scattered showers pushing their way south and east. A mixture of
:12:37. > :12:39.sunshine and showers further north but across Ireland, temperatures up
:12:40. > :12:45.to five or 6 degrees but when you factor in the winds, it will feel
:12:46. > :12:49.colder than that. We are looking at highs of six or maybe 7 degrees. It
:12:50. > :12:52.is normal for the time of year. Most of the showers tomorrow evening die
:12:53. > :12:58.away and it will be a cold night. Many areas will fall to freezing and
:12:59. > :13:02.below so a chilly start of Wednesday. Through the day,
:13:03. > :13:07.temperatures barely struggling at three or 4 degrees. Some of the wet
:13:08. > :13:09.weather following as sleet or store. It will stay mixed until the end of
:13:10. > :13:10.the week. Our next BBC Newsline
:13:11. > :13:13.is at 6:25 in the morning So, no-one pays tax here?
:13:14. > :13:38.No-one pays taxes.