:00:08. > :00:11.The Ulster Unionist leader, Mike Nesbitt, has called
:00:12. > :00:14.for new seating arrangements in the Assembly chamber
:00:15. > :00:17.to reflect his party's decision to go into opposition.
:00:18. > :00:20.The DUP and Sinn Fein have both rejected the idea.
:00:21. > :00:22.Our political correspondent Gareth Gordon begins his report
:00:23. > :00:28.with Mr Nesbitt's challenge yesterday to other parties.
:00:29. > :00:39.Let battle commence. Battle number one. Seating arrangements. And
:00:40. > :00:43.Stormont, Sinn Fein and the DUP face each other across the chamber even
:00:44. > :00:46.though they are a government together but at Westminster, the
:00:47. > :00:49.government sits on one side of the chamber, the opposition on the
:00:50. > :00:53.other. That is the model Mike Nesbitt once in the future. If they
:00:54. > :00:59.don't want to sit side-by-side, why are they sitting side-by-side as
:01:00. > :01:03.partners in government? If they don't change the seating
:01:04. > :01:07.arrangements, if they have embarrassed and or reluctance to sit
:01:08. > :01:12.together, we're not in for a very progressive five years. What is the
:01:13. > :01:18.DUP think? We asked the First Minister as she spent the afternoon
:01:19. > :01:20.at the Balmoral show. It is not Westminster, this is a devolved
:01:21. > :01:24.administration in Northern Ireland and I will sit where I sit and Sinn
:01:25. > :01:28.Fein will continue to sit where they sit. There will be no change and I
:01:29. > :01:37.won the election and unionism is with me on these matters. John
:01:38. > :01:42.McCallister lost his assembly seat last week. But he believes if the
:01:43. > :01:46.SDLP Johnny Ulster Unionist Party in opposition, they have to work
:01:47. > :01:54.closely together. I think strength is in numbers, and on certain
:01:55. > :01:58.issues, you come together over the course of a five year term, they
:01:59. > :02:04.might eventually look more like an alternative Executive. Talks on the
:02:05. > :02:07.programme for government resume here on Monday, including the SDLP and
:02:08. > :02:10.the Alliance Party. For now at least, Gareth Gordon, BBC News Lang,
:02:11. > :02:13.Stormont. A 28-year-old man who died in a car
:02:14. > :02:17.crash in County Down this morning The crash happened on Newcastle Road
:02:18. > :02:21.near Castlewellan at Mr Shaw's car was the only
:02:22. > :02:26.vehicle involved. A 51-year-old man has been charged
:02:27. > :02:29.with attempted murder in connection with a shooting in north Belfast
:02:30. > :02:33.earlier this week. He's to appear in court tomorrow
:02:34. > :02:35.morning, where he will also face It follows a gun attack on a man
:02:36. > :02:41.in his 20s in an alley between Sheridan Street
:02:42. > :02:46.and Donore Court on Monday morning. The motorbike racer Ryan Farquhar is
:02:47. > :02:49.still seriously ill after crashing The Dungannon rider was airlifted
:02:50. > :02:57.to hospital last night. Stephen Watson is at the racing
:02:58. > :03:09.event for BBC Newsline. Ryan Fox what is one of Northern
:03:10. > :03:15.Ireland's biggest road racing stars. He had previously retired but made a
:03:16. > :03:20.comeback last year. He remains in a serious condition after last week's
:03:21. > :03:25.crash. The hospital says news is more positive and its three other
:03:26. > :03:28.riders will ride tomorrow. This report starts with footage of the
:03:29. > :03:35.crash. The incident happened just after the bridge on the coast road
:03:36. > :03:38.as Ryan Farquhar battled with Cooper for the lead. The race was red
:03:39. > :03:45.flagged and paramedics attended the scene. Ryan Farquhar was airlifted
:03:46. > :03:49.to the royal Victoria hospital in Belfast and underwent surgery.
:03:50. > :03:54.Cooper was taken to the Causeway hospital and discharged overnight.
:03:55. > :03:59.The thoughts of the competitors here are with Ryan and his family. We
:04:00. > :04:06.were sitting on the pit lane. I heard a big roar, like a gas from
:04:07. > :04:12.everybody and I went over and asked one of my friends and he was
:04:13. > :04:16.distraught. I thought, that is not good, our thoughts are with Ryan and
:04:17. > :04:21.down came off as well and hopefully he is all right, get well soon to
:04:22. > :04:25.him. There are six races tomorrow and one interested spectator. As a
:04:26. > :04:33.four time world Superbike winner and a world quest winner in 1993. Should
:04:34. > :04:37.be some great racing. It is hard to say who is going to win. Several
:04:38. > :04:41.guys could win the big race tomorrow, really looking forward to
:04:42. > :04:47.it. The man they will all be chasing is the most successful rider in the
:04:48. > :04:52.history of the event. Thousands of people are flocking to the north
:04:53. > :04:55.coast for tomorrow, roads closed at 9:30am and you can see all the
:04:56. > :04:57.racing live on the BBC sport website.
:04:58. > :04:59.Stephen Watson at the North West 200.
:05:00. > :05:02.The famous landmark of Malin Head in County Donegal is welcoming some
:05:03. > :05:07.The latest instalment of the Star Wars series is due
:05:08. > :05:11.It's prompted huge excitement in the area,
:05:12. > :05:22.Actor Mark Hamill who plays Luke Skywalker at Belfast International
:05:23. > :05:26.Airport this morning. He and other actors were arriving to film a scene
:05:27. > :05:31.for the next blockbuster in Malin Head head -- Malin Head in county
:05:32. > :05:36.Donegal. A massive construction has been taking place on the edge of the
:05:37. > :05:40.Atlantic but is it the famous millennium Falk and spaceship? Yes,
:05:41. > :05:48.for sure, but people might be disappointed if they are expecting
:05:49. > :05:53.to see the full-sized Falcon, it is only the underbelly of it. We have a
:05:54. > :05:59.feeling they are either shooting from underneath or they will CGI the
:06:00. > :06:02.rest of it later on. The roads were closed off earlier this morning and
:06:03. > :06:07.local people were given special passes to allow them to move around
:06:08. > :06:13.freely. There is no doubt the fourth is in Malin Head. It has been a
:06:14. > :06:17.dream. I missed out in Kerry last year, they were filming there and I
:06:18. > :06:22.was going to take a trip but it was a seven Hour Drive. Here they were
:06:23. > :06:27.coming here, it is unreal, I had to get up. It is fabulous, a dream come
:06:28. > :06:32.true. And to be filmed in this little corner of the country, we
:06:33. > :06:37.don't really get much up here. Hollywood a list Mark Hamill has
:06:38. > :06:42.been known to drop in on the locals. He certainly feels right at home.
:06:43. > :06:50.Plenty of star spotters, we haven't seen many stars as yet. But the
:06:51. > :06:54.camera s rolling today and all over this weekend, the roads are closed.
:06:55. > :07:00.So we are nearly not allowed to get a shot of them but plenty of people
:07:01. > :07:05.are trying. This Week in the WWE. Some flight restrictions are now
:07:06. > :07:09.believed to be in place, the only thing in the air today, a
:07:10. > :07:12.transatlantic jet, no sign of any spaceships.
:07:13. > :07:16.Golf, and Rory McIlroy, after an indifferent start
:07:17. > :07:18.yesterday, has had a sensational second round at the Players'
:07:19. > :07:22.The World No three began the day on level par,
:07:23. > :07:28.In a whirlwind start, he picked up seven shots
:07:29. > :07:31.in the opening seven holes and ended his round at 8-under -
:07:32. > :07:34.which is now just four shots off the lead and back in contention
:07:35. > :07:46.I felt the greens getting a little firmer, the wind gets up a little
:07:47. > :07:52.bit. So you have to take advantage of your tea-time in the morning and
:07:53. > :08:00.thankfully I was able to do that. -- tee on. It could have been a couple
:08:01. > :08:03.no but it is a great round and moves me up the leaderboard and hopefully
:08:04. > :08:05.I am not too far away going into the weekend.
:08:06. > :08:07.Onto the weekend weather outlook now, with Barra Best.
:08:08. > :08:10.Hello there, we have a pretty good forecast.
:08:11. > :08:15.So tonight, it is going to be dry, temperatures typically staying
:08:16. > :08:18.at about 5 or 6 degrees although things getting a little bit
:08:19. > :08:21.chillier by morning in some areas where the sky does clear.
:08:22. > :08:24.As for tomorrow, it will be a cooler feeling day but it will be dry.
:08:25. > :08:27.There will be plenty of sunshine from the beginning of the day.
:08:28. > :08:31.Now elsewhere, it is going to be pretty good, but if you are heading
:08:32. > :08:33.towards the North West 200 tomorrow, wrap up warm, a northerly wind
:08:34. > :08:38.But across the board, Ireland and Britain,
:08:39. > :08:41.largely dry and plenty of sunshine, maybe one or two showers dotted
:08:42. > :08:43.along the east coast of Britain, driven in by a wind,
:08:44. > :08:49.So for Northern Ireland for the second part of the day,
:08:50. > :08:52.plenty of sunshine out there and away from the winds,
:08:53. > :08:54.in sun-trapped areas, it will feel quite nice.
:08:55. > :08:56.A bit of a chilly night to come tomorrow night,
:08:57. > :09:01.We may see a slight grass frost in a few places but Sunday,
:09:02. > :09:03.like Saturday, will be fairly decent, plenty of dry weather.
:09:04. > :09:06.Always cooler towards the north coast, 10 or 11 degrees.
:09:07. > :09:08.But inland, we should get around 14 or maybe even 15.
:09:09. > :09:11.There is good news as we look ahead towards Monday, more dry
:09:12. > :09:14.weather in the forecast, and it is not until Tuesday that
:09:15. > :09:17.things begin to turn a little bit more grey and wet.
:09:18. > :09:21.That's it from BBC Newsline until 5.20pm tomorrow evening.
:09:22. > :09:23.In the meantime you can keep updated with News online and
:09:24. > :09:27.From all of us here on the programme,
:09:28. > :09:30.Goodnight and have a great weekend.