26/05/2016 BBC Newsline

Good evening and welcome to the programme.

The new Northern Ireland Executive has agreed a draft framework

The 12 new ministers met for the first time today.

Afterwards the First Minister Arlene Foster said the framework

represented a new way of doing politics here.

Here's our political correspondent Enda McClafferty.

Today was all about the future at Stormont as the new Executive

And no, this not how the new team of ministers arrived.

Their less impressive fleet was lined up outside

They all pulled up with their drivers just before 11am.

The last one through the door was the new Justice

Inside the new ministerial team posed for the cameras around

the Executive table, while some of them joked

about what football teams they all supported.

Then the door was closed and they got down to business.

There was only one item on the agenda -

the programme for government, and within 20 minutes they had

signed off on a draft framework and the meeting was over.

We are looking forward to engaging with wider society as to how

we engage in that programme for government and looking

at targets and actions, so it is a new start

and we are looking forward to it and we hope it is a time for more

thoughtful politics in Northern Ireland and look

forward to the engagement about to take place.

But the engagement so far about the framework document has

been far from positive, with some of the other parties

at Stormont claiming it lacks detail and targets,

comparing it to motherhood and apple pie.

We are putting out a draft framework for government.

Those people who describe that as apple pie ignore the purpose

of what we are trying to do, even though they signed up to it

in November last year and the purpose of what we are

trying to do is evolve that programme for government

Tomorrow, the public will get a chance to pass their verdict

on the new programme for government draft framework when it's published.

The document runs to over 100 pages and it will be out

for public consultation for the next few months.

After that, the programme will be finalised and a budget agreed.

And all that is to happen before the end of the year.

Well, tonight the First and Deputy First Ministers were out

and about for their first official engagement.

They were attending the Tourism Awards in Londonderry.

Arlene Foster described the criticism levelled at the new

Justice Minister Claire Sugden as graceless and Martin McGuinness

said he was more focused on Sinn Fein and the DUP working

together to deliver first class public services.

They know that Claire and anyone who has watched Claire in the chamber

will no see is a very capable politician and the Deputy First

Minister and I have no doubt she will do the job she has been charged

to do very adequately and we are going to support her in doing that

job. The media are obviously intrigued by all of this and that is

understandable given that the Ulster Unionist Party, the Alliance Party

and the SDLP have walked away from power-sharing. They demanded a

facility for opposition. We provided that and -- in the Fresh Start

Agreement. The focus is on what we are going to do.

The Strangford MP Jim Shannon has been ordered to pay

the parliamentary authorities back nearly ?14,000 after they found some

of his staff's mileage claims broke the House of Commons rules.

An investigation found that Mr Shannon's staff mileage claims

were 37 times greater than those of the average MP.

Our Political Editor Mark Devenport has more.

During the financial year 2014 to 2015 Jim Shannon's constituency

staff claim to more than 121,000 miles, more than a quarter of the

mileage claimed by the entire House of Commons. The investigators who

examines is decided that all the claims were genuine but they broke

Westminster rules because they covered matters like delivering food

aid from local food banks to constituents and travelling to

meetings far beyond the boundaries of the Strangford constituency. An

investigator who visited the office behind me and it was a hive of

industry to the point of being manic and that at times, with telephones

ringing incessantly and people moving through the office, Jim

Shannon's base looked more like a hospital casualty department than

the average constituency office. Mr Shannon has accepted the report and

say he will pay back any money he owes in full and is glad that no

abuse or dishonesty has been found and bel

Th and bel e new DUP Education Minister Peter

decisions over budgets, transfer tests and whether to close

Our education correspondent Robbie Meredith spent some time

with him in his first full day in the job.

The new man, back where it all began at Bangor Grammar School.

Money is on his be mind, but Peter Weir says he'll take time

In the immediate future and there is the issue about budget,

especially for schools and what we can do to help them.

People are looking for immediate aid banks but I want to be thoughtful

and try to provide a big way forward and people

The new minister likes academic selection, but isn't keen

He says he wants to make the current transfer process better -

Even though the previous minister was anti-selection,

selection has remained and we have been able to work our way

through that to gather as a group of schools,

but yes, I do think that there will be a little more sympathy

Peter Weir is responsible for hundreds of thousands of pupils,

tens of thousands of teachers and thousands of schools,

and diverse ones from voluntary grammar like this too small Irish

Like Belfast's Scoil an Droichid, which made a short but significant

journey to the Skainos centre in the heart of East Belfast today.

There were maybe some concerns but it was such a positive event

them being here this morning was another bridge

The 160-pupil school is set to get a new building soon, and they'd

like the new Education Minister and his party leader to visit.

I would say there is a learning curve, if maybe the DUP are not

as aware that it is a brand-new experience for anyone.

I would love to welcome Arlene Foster here to see our

There was some good news about rising GCSE

Big tests for the new minister will come quickly.

And Peter Weir, along with the new Minister of Finance,

Mairtin O'Mullieoir will be debating with the opposition parties

on The View here on BBC One, right after this programme.

There have been dramatic scenes at a 1916 commemoration event in Dublin.

A protestor tried to disrupt an event to remember

British soldiers killed in the Easter Rising,

but was tackled by the Canadian ambassador to Ireland.

Nearly two years ago, the ambassador helped end a gun

Our Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison has the details.

ieves that his integrity has been Bickers was at a stage commemoration

to a member of the Canadian ambassador to Ireland Keven Bickers

was at a stage commemoration to a member by Irish government

ministers, the ambassador and by Mike Nesbitt and Danny Kinahan. It

was then that a protester claiming to be from the republican welfare

Association interrupted the commemoration to say it was a

disgrace to honour soldiers who had put down the rebellion. They also

separate support for what he called the Craigavon two. The continuing --

the Canadian ambassador and then tackled the man and led him away

until he was handcuffed and arrested by detectives who removed him

British soldiers who lost their lives in the 1916 rebellion. It was

being attended by Irish government ministers, the ambassador and by

Mike Nesbitt and Danny Kinahan. It was then that a protester claiming

to be from the republican welfare Association interrupted the

commemoration to say it was a disgrace to honour soldiers who had

put down the rebellion. They also separate support for what he called

the Craigavon two. The continuing -- the Canadian ambassador and then

tackled the man and led him away until he was handcuffed and arrested

by detectives who removed him from the scene. A former Sergeant at arms

in the parliament buildings in Ottawa. He was in charge of security

when an Islamist gunman attacked the parliament buildings and murdered a

soldier in ceremonial uniform. The Sergeant at Arms and another officer

then engaged in a gun battle with the gunman in which the Islamist was

shot dead. The Sergeant at Arms Keven Bickers was widely regarded in

Canada as a hero and part of his reward a former Sergeant at arms in

the Parliament buildings in Ottawa. He was in charge of security when an

Islamist gunman attacked the Parliament buildings and murdered a

soldier in ceremonial uniform. The Sergeant at Arms and another officer

then engaged in a gun battle with the gunman in which the Islamist was

shot dead. The Sergeant at Arms Keven Bickers was widely regarded in

Canada as a hero and part of his going to Ireland as his

A 55-year-old as his man's been charged with human trafficking

It's understood the charges relate to an incident which occurred

The man's due to appear in court tomorrow.

Northern Ireland play their last home game tomorrow night before this

summer's European Championships, with Belarus providing

Manager Michael O'Neill will then name his final squad on Saturday.

It is an indication of how much Euro fever has gripped that this match

No niggles, everyone has trained great, we're blessed by good fortune

Is there still time tomorrow for somebody to put a hand up

Of course there is, I have to finalise the squad in terms

of announcing it on Saturday, one or two boys have trained

consistently so we give them a little time away, but tomorrow

night there are one were two things, a chance for someone I am fairly

fixed in my mind what I will bring to France but we have to prepare

for every eventuality, there was always the risk

of an injury and Shane Ferguson is still with his club and won

It'll be quite an occasion for fans to give that sendoff.

How much are you looking forward to it?

We have seen with the players how they train and it's nice for us

to come here and play and to recognise the support

We know we will have fantastic support when we go to France

with the objective is to put on a show.

We wish you well in France and it will all be live on BBC Two.

Now for a look ahead to what's coming up tomorrow night.

Our home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney spent a day

with members of the PSNI's public order units as they were put

for the land of his comes to people save on the streets and

it is important when it comes to people safe on the streets and our

Now finally here's Barra Best with the weather forecast.

it is important that we are in a state of readiness throughout the

drizzle from the east coast it stays cloudy tonight and there will be

some patchy light rain and drizzle from the East mist and it will be a

mild start tomorrow but it will be a cloudy one with low cloud mist sunny

gaps coming through stop otherwise mainly dry and through the day it

will brighten up from the East Coast with some sunny gaps coming

elsewhere tomorrow some scattered showers for parts of Wales and the

south-west of England. Drift eastwards later on in the day.

Largely dry with some good sunny drift eastwards later on in the day.

Largely dry with some good sunny gaps and temperatures will be normal

the best of any sunshine, temperatures should reach 18 or 19

in the West but we could see one or two isolated showers drifting north.

Elsewhere a drier picture. The onshore agrees the best of any

sunshine, temperatures should reach 18 or 19 in the West but we could

see one or two isolated showers drifting north. Elsewhere a drier

picture. The onshore agrees keeps it cool keeps it some scattered showers

around and some of those could be heavy, possibly with some thunder in

Saturday, some scattered showers around and some of those could be

heavy, possibly with change on Sunday. If you're heading

temperatures could again get up into the high teens. Not a great deal of

change on Sunday. If you're Ballycastle for the festival this

weekend, prepare for the odd scattered not a bad the high

temperatures staying in the high teens. Into the Bank Holiday, the

odd scattered and the Bank Holiday, the odd scattered we are back at

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