:00:00. > 3:59:59be updates on the BBC News Channel and on BBC News online throughout
:00:00. > :00:00.the night. Dungannon rider Ryan Farquhar
:00:07. > :00:17.and another competitor have been injured in a crash tonight
:00:18. > :00:20.at the North West 200. Ryan Farquhar was taken by police
:00:21. > :00:22.helicopter to Belfast. Stephen Watson is at
:00:23. > :00:35.the North West for BBC Newsline. An evening of the mixed emotions at
:00:36. > :00:39.the North West 200 as Carrickfergus ride Alistair Seeley put his name in
:00:40. > :00:44.the history books, a crash in the second race marred this evening's
:00:45. > :00:49.writing. Ryan Farquhar and Amit Cooper both suffered injuries after
:00:50. > :00:52.a high-speed crash which organisers say tonight are not
:00:53. > :00:59.life-threatening. But the incident brought an early end to the racing
:01:00. > :01:03.as Gavin Andrews reports. In conversation on the grid before the
:01:04. > :01:07.super Twin is a raise. A short time later, Dungannon's Ryan Farquhar and
:01:08. > :01:14.English man Dan Cooper were involved in a racing incident on the coast
:01:15. > :01:18.road section. The race was red fly good and paramedics attended the
:01:19. > :01:24.scene. Ryan Farquhar is sustained chest and pelvic injuries and was
:01:25. > :01:27.taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital by helicopter. Cooper suffered
:01:28. > :01:32.shoulder injuries and was transferred to the Causeway
:01:33. > :01:37.hospital. Both riders are in a stable condition, with a
:01:38. > :01:40.non-life-threatening injuries. Earlier this evening, Alistair
:01:41. > :01:46.Seeley had produced a record-breaking performance in the
:01:47. > :01:50.super sport class. This is his 16th North West Wing which makes him the
:01:51. > :01:53.most successful ride in the history of the event. He set a new lap
:01:54. > :01:58.record on the way to the chequered for like and sparks emotional scenes
:01:59. > :02:03.in the enclosure of the winners with his support team and family. There
:02:04. > :02:09.was a third rider injured during practice earlier today coming he has
:02:10. > :02:12.been named as a local man, the new, who suffered pelvic injuries and is
:02:13. > :02:17.being treated in hospital in Belfast. One race did not run this
:02:18. > :02:19.evening, in the superstock class, and it has been added to Saturday's
:02:20. > :02:20.schedule. The Ulster Unionists,
:02:21. > :02:23.who for decades were the main party of Government at Stormont,
:02:24. > :02:25.have announced that they're Leader Mike Nesbitt said this
:02:26. > :02:29.afternoon that his party would not be taking up the one seat they're
:02:30. > :02:32.entitled to in the His surprise move followed
:02:33. > :02:35.the re-appointment of Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness as First
:02:36. > :02:37.and Deputy First Ministers. Here's our political
:02:38. > :02:48.correspondent, Gareth Gordon. We were down to last
:02:49. > :02:49."and finally..." for the former
:02:50. > :02:50.newsman-turned-politician The UUP decided unanimously
:02:51. > :02:54.to form the first official opposition of this
:02:55. > :03:04.Northern Ireland Assembly. This is a big and bold move to bring
:03:05. > :03:13.a better and a more normal democracy Suddenly, all that went
:03:14. > :03:22.before, the real election of the First Minister,
:03:23. > :03:25.a Deputy First Minister and the Assembly Speaker were relegated
:03:26. > :03:29.to the inside pages. The focus will now fall
:03:30. > :03:32.on the SDLP and Alliance. Will Sinn Fein and
:03:33. > :03:40.the DUP govern alone? The SDLP were taken aback
:03:41. > :03:42.like everyone else, has a mandate for the UUP
:03:43. > :03:52.and I have a mandate for the SDLP's position which was
:03:53. > :03:54.always to negotiate and achieve a programme for Government
:03:55. > :03:57.that we could all sign up to. That is our position
:03:58. > :04:06.and remains our position. The parties who will form
:04:07. > :04:08.an Executive were not During the election
:04:09. > :04:11.campaign, there was no He was never in nor
:04:12. > :04:15.out, and now he has tested his own party and they have
:04:16. > :04:19.said it is time to get out. seen as a leadership, it will be
:04:20. > :04:32.seen as a lack of leadership. to express the democratically
:04:33. > :04:42.expressed wishes of the people in charged both the DUP
:04:43. > :04:50.and the SDLP have the responsibility to bring
:04:51. > :04:51.this Talks of a Programme
:04:52. > :04:55.for Government are to resume I spoke to Mike Nesbitt earlier,
:04:56. > :05:00.and I asked him if his decision was an admission of political
:05:01. > :05:08.failure at the Assembly elections. It may be an admission of failure
:05:09. > :05:11.by Sinn Fein and the DUP, but we agree on the Programme for
:05:12. > :05:14.Government in the two weeks between the election and setting
:05:15. > :05:16.up the next Executive. Not only can they not do it
:05:17. > :05:19.in two weeks, they can't do it in to months,
:05:20. > :05:21.in less than seven months. It will be the end
:05:22. > :05:24.of the year before you know what they plan to deliver
:05:25. > :05:28.and how they plan to deliver it. What they will publish over
:05:29. > :05:30.the next months is basically motherhood
:05:31. > :05:36.and apple pie. You could have an the
:05:37. > :05:38.education minister post, and instead,
:05:39. > :05:40.they've added a fourth I would have thought, given
:05:41. > :05:44.what they said about education, the DUP will take it
:05:45. > :05:46.on the first or third pick, so I think you
:05:47. > :05:48.are wrong to suggest it But you have handed your opponents
:05:49. > :05:58.should have a fourth Yes, we think it is much
:05:59. > :06:02.more honest if the next Executive is run by
:06:03. > :06:04.the DUP and Sinn Fein, as the last one was,
:06:05. > :06:06.and look what happened at the end,
:06:07. > :06:08.they had four parties in Government, two of who we were voting
:06:09. > :06:11.against the Budget and also against Now, whether the SDLP
:06:12. > :06:15.joins the UUP is for them, but we would be stronger
:06:16. > :06:18.if they did and we would have a more honest debate, because
:06:19. > :06:20.whether the other parties are at the table or not,
:06:21. > :06:23.it is clear the DUP and Sinn Fein intend to boss
:06:24. > :06:25.the next Executive. Martin McGuinness said
:06:26. > :06:27.it is a mistake to pitch Dave He told me if we had a mandate
:06:28. > :06:31.to get back into the Executive, there's no way
:06:32. > :06:34.I would not be there. Others said I wouldn't take
:06:35. > :06:39.the additional ?39,000 per annum, the chauffeur-driven
:06:40. > :06:52.car and other perks. I am not here to put my nose
:06:53. > :06:56.in the trough, but to see better politics delivered for all
:06:57. > :06:58.the people of Northern Ireland. Would you give this
:06:59. > :07:02.the five years and see what There's no reverse
:07:03. > :07:04.gear in opposition. A good thing for devolved
:07:05. > :07:08.Government in Northern Ireland and hopefully a good thing
:07:09. > :07:10.for all of Northern Ireland. And there'll be reaction
:07:11. > :07:13.from the five main parties to that Ulster Unionist move
:07:14. > :07:15.on the The View, straight A 20-year-old man has died
:07:16. > :07:19.following a road accident He was the driver of a car
:07:20. > :07:23.which was in collision with plant An energy company has plans to build
:07:24. > :07:34.a new power station in Belfast. Evermore Energy wants to develop
:07:35. > :07:36.the facility at a site It could produce electricity
:07:37. > :07:39.for for 100,000 homes. A planning application is due to be
:07:40. > :07:42.lodged later this year and funding for the scheme is understood
:07:43. > :07:47.to be well advanced. Families of some of those killed
:07:48. > :07:50.in the Birmingham pub bombings over 40 years ago have been told that
:07:51. > :07:53."sensitive material" from the time has been sent by the Government
:07:54. > :07:56.to the city's coroner Louise Hunt. She told a hearing
:07:57. > :07:59.today that the material was in her judgment "significant"
:08:00. > :08:02.and related to a claim by lawyers for the families
:08:03. > :08:07.that the authorities may have had advanced warning of
:08:08. > :08:10.the bombings from an IRA mole. A barrister representing
:08:11. > :08:12.West Midlands Police said the evidence was that there
:08:13. > :08:15.had been no tip-off. The coroner is due to give
:08:16. > :08:17.a ruling next month on whether the inquests
:08:18. > :08:19.into the bombings The Loyalist Community Council says
:08:20. > :08:22.it's hoping there'll be fewer It's unveiled an alternative design
:08:23. > :08:25.commemorating the battle of the Somme a hundred years ago,
:08:26. > :08:28.which it thinks would Unfurling a new way to tackle
:08:29. > :08:36.the problem of flags. The Loyalist Community Council
:08:37. > :08:42.says it hopes this one, commemorating the 36th Ulster
:08:43. > :08:45.Division at the Somme, could replace It has been consulting and has come
:08:46. > :08:52.up with a new protocol as well. It is all about respect
:08:53. > :08:54.for the flags, they say, Things need to be done better,
:08:55. > :09:01.both in terms of ensuring that torn and tattered
:09:02. > :09:03.flags are replaced with a more dignified
:09:04. > :09:08.and respectful commemoration. But also, people are
:09:09. > :09:12.saying clearly that the impact of flags needs to be
:09:13. > :09:15.reduced on the communities No one believes that paramilitary
:09:16. > :09:23.flags will disappear entirely this year, but the LCC expect to see
:09:24. > :09:29.fewer of them and hopes I'm hoping the Loyalist
:09:30. > :09:34.Party will take charge of their own flags and take
:09:35. > :09:36.responsibility for them. I certainly would not
:09:37. > :09:38.like to see them on and that is not what it
:09:39. > :09:42.they may cause offence Certainly any initiative that tries
:09:43. > :09:50.to get to grips with the challenges presented
:09:51. > :09:52.by flags is to be welcomed and can be helpful, but of course,
:09:53. > :09:55.the proof of the pudding is in the eating and we will wait
:09:56. > :09:58.and see how this is This is the first big
:09:59. > :10:02.initiative from the Loyalist Community's Council since
:10:03. > :10:04.it was formed last autumn. It does acknowledge
:10:05. > :10:06.what everyone already knows, that flags can cause
:10:07. > :10:10.friction, so too do bonfires. And it is the coming
:10:11. > :10:21.summer which will tell whether these latest calls
:10:22. > :10:23.for respect have been heated. Well, it was day two
:10:24. > :10:26.of the Balmoral Show, and the good weather ensured that it lived up
:10:27. > :10:29.to its billing as the busiest day. of livestock and farm machinery,
:10:30. > :10:33.food featured strongly once again. But also present were campaigners
:10:34. > :10:35.in the EU referendum debate, including two British farm ministers
:10:36. > :10:47.on opposite sides of the argument. If we vote Leave and take back
:10:48. > :10:52.control we can write laws correct for our own farming can sweep away a
:10:53. > :10:55.lock of the pointless at the ministrations, a lot of the petty
:10:56. > :11:00.finders that farmers get, we can abolish all of that and start again
:11:01. > :11:04.from scratch and supports farmers, because we would be spending ?350
:11:05. > :11:07.million a week on the European Union, we could spend it on our own
:11:08. > :11:11.priorities and support farming in a way that works for us. The European
:11:12. > :11:16.market is incredibly important for food and farming and particularly so
:11:17. > :11:22.in Northern Ireland, 83% of all food exports go into the European Union,
:11:23. > :11:26.particularly into the Republic of Ireland. Leaving the single market
:11:27. > :11:31.would be bad for those exports. It would mean a more red tape, farmers
:11:32. > :11:38.would have to follow both UK and EU regulations and we could also see
:11:39. > :11:42.tariffs as well. Bikes that crush at the North West 200. Dungannon rider
:11:43. > :11:43.Ryan Farquhar is now said to be in a serious condition in Belfast's Royal
:11:44. > :11:45.Victoria Hospital. The weather forecast
:11:46. > :11:56.now, with Barra Best. Is being another fine day, but
:11:57. > :12:00.tomorrow it cools. It will be: tonight and temperatures will fall
:12:01. > :12:05.to about a- 9 degrees. Not bad for the time of year. As for tomorrow,
:12:06. > :12:11.we are expecting plenty of dry weather and it will feel cooler, but
:12:12. > :12:15.sunny. The study will be out in many areas, bit of cloudy here and there
:12:16. > :12:19.are not a bad start. Across Britain and Ireland and apart from the odd
:12:20. > :12:24.shower in parts of northern England, for Scotland, it is a dry picture.
:12:25. > :12:26.The best of the sunshine across Ireland, northern England, parts of
:12:27. > :12:31.Wales and the south coast of England. Crowley elsewhere. Northern
:12:32. > :12:36.wind will be driving in and temperatures will fall back to
:12:37. > :12:41.northern -- normal and warm further south. For Northern Ireland, the
:12:42. > :12:48.second part of the day will have the highest temperatures inland. 18-19d.
:12:49. > :12:52.For coastal areas, probably 13-14d. But that is normal for the time of
:12:53. > :12:58.year. By the end of the day, 12-macro showers, a few could be
:12:59. > :13:01.heavy, but they shouldn't last. As for Saturday, if you're heading
:13:02. > :13:06.towards the North West 200, it is said to be dry, plenty of sunshine,
:13:07. > :13:12.but temperatures of 10-11d so you may want is to wrap up. 40-15
:13:13. > :13:16.further inland. Cloud of the Irish Sea, not a lots. No rain at Sunday
:13:17. > :13:18.or Monday, good amounts of sunshine as well. Good night.
:13:19. > :13:21.Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am in the morning
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