12/05/2016 BBC Newsline

The Ulster Unionist party leader Mike Nesbitt

takes his party into opposition on the first day of the new Stormont

Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness are back in their

We do not know who their ministers will be, but they will face an

official opposition. Racing is under way

at the North West 200 as

Alistair Seeley bids Dave two at the Balmoral Show and

I'll be finding out why it isn't just for the farmers.

The Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt is taking his party

It was meant to be a straightforward first day back at the Assembly.

The main headline was due to be the appointment

of Arlene Foster as First Minister and Martin McGuinness

Instead, in a surprise move, Mr Nesbitt told MLAs that his party

had unanimously decided to, as he put it, form the first

We'll hear more about the outworkings of that in a moment,

but before that, here's our Political Correspondent,

We were down to land finalist for the former news man turned

politician who rewrote the story. The UUP group decided unanimously to

form the first official opposition of this Northern Ireland Assembly.

This is a big and bold move to bring a better and a more normal democracy

in to the people of Northern Ireland. Let battle commence!

Suddenly, all that went before, the real election of the First Minister,

a Deputy First Minister and the Assembly speaker were relegated to

the inside pages. The focus will now fall on the SDLP and Alliance. What

will they do? Will Sinn Fein and the DUP govern alone? The SDLP were

taken aback like everyone else, but what would they do? Mike Nesbitt

will do what he has two committee has a mandate for the UUP and I have

a mandate for the SDLP's position which was always to negotiate and

achieve a programme for Government that we could all signed up to. That

is our position remains our position. The parties are definitely

will form an executive were not impressed with Mr Nesbitt. Chill rig

the election campaign, there was no strategy from him at all. He was

never in nor out, and now he has tested his own party and they have

said it is time to get out. I suspect the next caller will be will

be time, Mike, for you to go. I do think that rather than its being

seen as a leadership, it will be seen as a lack of leadership. It

will be seen as alike of the UUP's to express the democratically

expressed wishes of the people in charge and both the DUP and the SDLP

have the responsibility early this ministration forward. Talks of a

programme for Government to resume on Monday. One down, how many more

to go? I spoke to Mike Nesbitt

before we came on air. I asked him if his decision was an

admission of political failure at the Assembly election.

It may be an admission of little failure by Sinn Fein and the DUP,

but we agree the programme for Government in the two weeks between

the election and setting up the next Executive. Not only ban -- can they

not do it in two weeks, they can't do it less than seven months. It

will be the end of the year before you know what they plan to deliver

and how they plan to deliver it. What they will publish over the next

is basically motherhood and apple pie. Little things like we want

better literacy amongst our schoolchildren. Who doesn't want

better literacy? Who one is worse? What we want is to know what the

target is, how it will be achieved and how it will be paid for. You

could have at the education minister post, and instead give added a

fourth ministerial position to the DUP? I would have thought given what

they said about education, the DUP will take it on the first or third

pay, so I think you are wrong to suggest it will still be around on

pig four. But you find that your opponents a fourth ministerial

position? Yes, we think it is much more honest if the next cat

Executive is run by the DUP and Sinn Fein as the last one was and look

what happened at the end, they had four parties in Government two of

who we were voting against the Budget and also against the

so-called fresh start agreement. Now, whether the SDLP underlines

Kamal Turner joined the UUP is for them, but we would be stronger if

they did and we would have a more honest, the greater, because whether

the other parties are at the table or not, it is clear the DUP and Sinn

Fein intend to boss the next Executive. Martin McGuinness as it

is a mistake to pitch Ray Dave Trimble's legacy. He told me if we

had a mandate to get back into the Executive, there's no way I would

not be there. Others said I wouldn't take the additional ?39,000 per

annum, the chauffeur driven car and other perks. I am not it but my nose

in the trough, but it is the better politics delivered for all the

people of Northern Ireland. But it's a personal gamble. Would you give

this the five years and see what happens? There's no reverse gear in

opposition. It will be a good thing. Adrian Doherty, a good thing for

devolved Government in Northern Ireland and hopefully a good thing

for all of Northern Ireland. Our political editor Mark Devenport

is at Stormont for us. Where does this leave

the ministerial positions? As you were suggesting there to

Mike, it's means that without the Ulster Unionists, we calculate the

DUP will get an extra ministry. Similar to what happened when Danny

Kennedy Pollard out of the regional element apartment. -- department.

The exact members will depend on whether the SDLP underlines desire

to take any places. But assuming they do, we think including the

first and Deputy First Minister, the shape of the next Executive will be

five UB ministers, three Sinn Fein ministers, one SDLP minister and one

Alliance Minister. It's a high-risk gamble for Mike Nesbitt. Do you

think the SDLP will follow? Obviously, the SDLP were a bit

surprised by the speed with which Mike Nesbitt moved. He didn't give

these programme to Government ago she wishes a great deal of time

before he decided what he was going to do and I don't think the SDLP had

any prior warning. They say their approach will be different, that

they will push the negotiation is as hard as they can in order to try and

shape the Executive policy and then make their decision. But they will

be I suspect some extent looking over their shoulder and Mike Nesbitt

and potentially over their shoulder at smaller parties like People

Before Profit and the Greens who are unencumbered by ministerial office.

The Ulster Unionists for were very much the dominant party for

Well, it's certainly taken the summer time since the Ulster

Unionist set up the system together with the SDLP. To some extent they

did that in order to focus power on the two main parties when they were

the two main parties. Since then, the DUP has stolen many of their

votes are quite a few of their clothes and slowly but surely,

they've moved in this direction. When Mike Nesbitt became leader of

the UUP comic he was opposed by John McAllister, who wanted to go into

opposition immediately. Nesbitt said no, wait until structures are in

place. Speller thoughts for John McAllister who drew up the act which

is brought in the whole procedure is for position but he's not in the

Assembly to because he was not elected in a last Assembly election.

The cruel world politics! Thank you. Families of some of those killed

in the Birmingham pub bombings over 40 years ago have been told that

"sensitive material" from the time has been sent by the Government

to the city's coroner Louise Hunt. She told a hearing in

Solihull that the material was in her judgment "significant"

and related to a claim by lawyers for the families

that the authorities may have had advanced warning of

the bombings from an IRA mole. A barrister representing

West Midlands Police said the evidence was that there

had been no tip-off. The coroner is due to give a ruling

next month on whether the inquests opened after the bombings in 1974

should be reopened. The Loyalist Community Council says

it's hoping there'll be fewer It's unveiled an alternative design

commemorating the battle of the Somme a hundred years ago,

which it thinks would Under furling a new way to tackle

the problem of flags. The Loyalist Community Council says it hopes this

one, commemorating the 36th Ulster Division at the Somme could replace

some parliament should flags this year. It has been consulting and has

come up with a new protocol as well. It is all about respect for the

flags they say and the people who see them. Things need to be done

better, both in terms of ensuring that torn and tattered flags are

replaced with a more dignified and respectful commemoration. But also,

people are saying clearly that the impact of flags needs to be reduced

on the communities and on the people for that matter. We are listening.

No one believes that paramilitary flags will disappear entirely busy

year, but the LOC cedars expect to see few of them and hopes for non-us

all in sensitive areas. I'm hoping the loyalist party will take charge

of their own flags and take responsibility for them. I certainly

would not like to see them on arterial routes where they may cause

offence and that is not what it is about. Certainly any initiative that

tries to get to grips with the challenges presented by flags is to

be welcomed and can be helpful, but of course, the proof of the pudding

is in the eating and we will wait and see how this is implemented and

that to. This is the first big initiative from the loyalist

community's council since it was formed last autumn. It does

acknowledge what everyone already knows, that flags can cause

friction, so to come bonfires. And it is the coming summer which will

tell whether these latest calls for respect will be heated. As

An energy company's putting forward a As plan to build

a new power station, and it's in Belfast.

Our Business Editor John Campbell has the details.

this concerns a company called Evermore Energy, they've bought --

built a small power station in Derry which delivers power for about

25,000 homes. What they are planning for Belfast is something much more

ambitious. This is a 400 megawatts gas-fired power station which will

provide power for up to 400,000 homes and based on a site at the

Belfast Harbour S states. Now why would they do this at this point?

One reason is that Coolkeeragh and Ballylumford power station is no

longer meet standards that they will need to be decommissioned in the

coming years and that leaves opportunity for Ghana. They've not

launched the planning application yet, I understand that will come

later this year and funding for the scheme is pretty well advanced and

looks like something that could happen.

Retaining or changing the status quo on abortion law.

It's an issue which the incoming Executive will have to tackle.

Yesterday, we heard from a County Antrim Doctor who broke 15

years of silence about her own abortion because she felt

she could no long tolerate women who've had a termination being made

to feel that they're hiding "some kind of dirty little secret."

In the second part in our series, a mother from Claudy speaks

about her experience of carrying a baby with

She says it's crucial all five health trusts provide better support

Our Health Correspondent Marie-louise Connolly reports.

According to Gemma, after every dark cloud there's a rainbow and hers

came in the form of baby Callum, a welcome addition to the family after

the baby girl she was carrying died at 32 weeks. Once you hear the word

that your child has died, it is like you are in a black hole and donor

how to get out of it. -- don't know how to get out of it. It is like

your world has crushed around you. -- has crashed around you. Her baby

died due to genetic abnormality. Despite the lack of counselling and

advice, Gemma and her husband proceeded with the pregnancy.

According to Gemma, better hospital services may encourage more people

to avoid having a termination. We got scanners, but that was every

fortnight. There was no support. Before she was born, I thought I had

the weight of the world on my shoulders. But when she was born and

I saw her and had the little hand and I could speak to her, it was

just amazing. It's really, really helped me. And David, too. It's

really helped him to, because of the way we found out, he was swaying

towards having an abortion. And that was just a note with me. The Ulster

hospital however is trying to address concerns raised by women

like Gemma. They recognise the need for better care and support, and

parents whose babies have died helped to design this area. We have

ensuite facilities, Moses baskets, blankets and everything that would

help enable parents to take hand and footprints, in the princeps of their

baby, photographs... Just that precious time and that means that in

years to,, they will know that in that time, they were given the

choice to get it right for them. Every life counts is a cross-border

charity which counsels couples who have had children born with life

limiting conditions. It says services are patchy and instead,

every woman should be offered the same level of care and choice, no

matter where she lives. I think the double politicians is to listen to

constituents, to research the whole area and come up to speed the

developments, progressive developments in perinatal hospice

and palliative care that have been implemented in other parts of the

world. And to support, because that is long overdue. According to Gemma,

those making the decisions Stormont need to listen and reacts without

further delay. Date two at the Balmoral Show and

weather was excellent. Traditionally, people were company

of long queues, but there was plenty to see when they got there.

You can't go far here without coming across a food stall. Everywhere

people are munching on some of the delicacies on offer. Later, we will

be hearing why food is playing an even bigger role of this year than

ever before. But first, all agriculture and environment

correspondent has been taking in the sides of the show. He's been

stumbling some food that may not beat everyone's taste at the

Balmoral bush tucker 's challenge. -- may not be at everyone's taste.

There was a real sense of summertime at the show today, an advertiser for

the industry and sheep is a big part of what we do. With the sun beating

down, it was no date for a jacket, but help was at hand to relieve them

of their winter wool. You get thrown in the deep end and have to get on

with it. You can be working with the Shearer and do three a day. These

were alpacas. They all others as well as fighters. We put them in a

pen together. Within 15-20 minutes of the male sinking, she's tossed

ovulate. A fortnight later, you put them together again and if she is

pregnant, she will go near him. This is who do will not go to local

restaurants. That did not stop one punter who decided to have a go.

I've eaten a wormer, I've eaten at the ant and the June beetle, but

this is the bad boy. This is a giant water beetle and if a man from

county Tyrone can it on, than a man from ahmad-macro certainly can as

well. From that to gourmet crisps. The

food pavilion has everything. And this year, a record number of local

companies are taking part. The food industry has grown and changed and

become innovative. But this is Northern Ireland's first-ever Year

of Food and Drink. How important is the Balmoral Show to local

companies? Are any real deal was done here? It is vitally important.

It's a great day out and weather retailer scouts for talents. We had

two big announcements yesterday, one for a baby food company and one for

another. I've been told the food critics come here from all over, is

that correct? Yes, we've had some very prominent food critics

yesterday and somebody from a master chef and a man who writes for the

Financial Times and a woman who writes for the Guardian and the

Telegraph, just to name a feud. For anyone who wants to try growing

their own, there is plenty of advice on hand for those who wanted to give

it a go. But from a very hot and sunny Balmoral Show, it's goodbye

from me and if you do want to come along, it is still open for another

day tomorrow. Local man Alistair Seeley has made

road racing history of the North West 200. Let us go live there now.

A great piece of history tonight. Race two about to get under way,

Alistair Seeley is that the man. He picked up a lap record in his super

sports winner. What a performance! But there was an incident earlier,

one of the newcomers had an accident at the Mill Road roundabout and was

airlifted to the Royal Victoria hospital. The air ambulance was used

as a precaution, but the good news is that he does not have

life-threatening injuries. Alongside me to look back at what especially

race that was is Steve. But it in context? It is incredible. A great

race. The first two lapse, there were eight writers -- riders

fighting. Alistair got overtaken, dropped back to probably

fifth-place, bided his time, and after lap four, you need to be

leading in case there is stoppage. And he got ahead to the front. On

the last lap, it was a record, what a way to win. That is the super Twin

is under way. Maybe you heard me, maybe you didn't, the machine is

very noisy. The incident within you, earlier is a stark reminder of how

tough it is around here. Of course. It is a fast circuit and quite wide

open, you can see where you are going, but there are an awful lot of

points where you need to lead the blind sections and it shows our

patients you have to be in some places and that is not saying it was

his fault, it is just a case back off slightly to go along way forward

and do your apprenticeship. Great conditions here. How most of this

event in need? How much does it need good weather? It's been desperate

for this sunshine and since I arrived last Sunday, it has been

fabulous. I just a lap to check if you things and York Corner is with

people. We will let you get back. We will have the best of the action of

the late bulletin and live coverage continues on the BBC's sport

website. Tonight we conclude our exclusive

feature on the Strabane footballer Adrian Doherty,

once tipped for stardom with Manchester United,

but put out of the game by injury. As Keiron Tourish reports, he left

a lasting impression on those who met him and is the

subject of a new book. David Beckham, Paul Scholes, the

Neville brothers and a Ryan Giggs, a golden generation of footballers and

Manchester United. One player tipped to join them was struck by the

teenager, Adrian Doherty. But he never fulfilled his potential. --

his outstanding potential. The man writing a book about him and said he

was drawn to the story because of not only his greatness as a player,

but as -- where his humility other person. If you're talking about

somebody who had the world at his feet at the age of 16, people saying

he was as good as Ryan Giggs at that age, out shining Ryan Giggs

occasionally, and you've got somebody who has this amazing story,

it struck me as a story that needed to be told. In the end, a tackle in

a youth team game led to a serious knee injury and put him out of game

for a year. He never recovered and was out of football before moving to

Holland. There, 16 years ago, bistro bar - man who could not swim and

other phobia of water was poured unconscious from a canal. He

remained in a coma until he died on June nine 2000. The following day

would have been his 27th birthday. I think through the police report we

knew there were no suspicious circumstances the police ruled out

alcohol they dismissed drugs and anything like that. They made it

clear that it was an accident, a tragic accident. Throughout the

inspirational and humorous, amusing, uplifting, heart-warming aspect of

this story, there is this tragic ending. Besides football, Adrian

Doherty loved music. He is senior performing with friends while on a

break from Manchester United. He was definitely different, you liked is

Bob Dylan and he was -- and other 14-year-old, most of us didn't know

who Bob Dylan was! A quiet character transformed into this menacing

Wenger. Lots of aggression. Just a number leave double talents. I have

to say, like Ryan Giggs. There were both young, both trained with the

first team, obviously, Giggs got the breakthrough, but, there are in the

two, there was much between. Adrian was a one-off. You could not dislike

him. He didn't dislike anyone either, he was that sort of person

who got on with everyone, a lovely, humble guy. It was so sad when I

heard of his sad passing. He was probably the most talented player in

Britain around the ages of 14, 15. One of them, anyway. What a tribute.

Let us get the weather forecast. No better weather for it today. 18

degrees along the north coast and there is good news for anyone

heading to the Northwest 200 this Saturday. For the rest of us, plenty

of clear blue sky across Northern Ireland. And it is still a war, not

bad for the barbecue. Through tonight, it stays dry and a bit

chilly. Temperatures are likely to fall to about 8-9d. Those normal for

this time of year. Tomorrow will be a pretty good day. Plenty of dry

weather, plenty of sunshine and the best of the heat will be inland away

from the coast. Tomorrow morning, plenty of clear blue sky and an

onshore breeze will make it feel cooler along the coast where we will

have highs of 13-14d. Inland, 18-19d, not too bad. Temperatures

well above average. As for the second half of the day, very little

changes, good sunshine into the weekend. Not a bad end to the day

tomorrow, inland especially, where it will feel warmer. Tomorrow night,

a bit chilly as temperatures fall into single figures in places, but

it will still stay dry as we make our way into the weekend. As for

Saturday, if you are heading to the North West 200, be prepared, a bit

of a shock, 10-11d are the highs and the wind coming off the north coast

will make it feel cooler. But plenty of sunshine, a bit of a change from

recent years. Inland, highs of 40-15d. As for Sunday, and into next

week, very little will change. No rain, plenty of dry weather and so

but temperatures will be back to normal for the time of year with

highs of 13-14d. Our late summary

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