:00:13. > :00:15.Good evening, this is BBC Newsline and these are the headlines this
:00:16. > :00:19.Monday evening: MLAs are back at Stormont after Election
:00:20. > :00:22.2017, but for how long - talks between the parties
:00:23. > :00:36.We go into these negotiations wanting to promote unionism and the
:00:37. > :00:40.union and wanting to see a very solid base for Northern Ireland
:00:41. > :00:44.within the UK. The political landscape has shifted enormously.
:00:45. > :00:45.This is not Groundhog Day, this is not business as usual.
:00:46. > :00:48.The votes leave unionists with a lot to think about -
:00:49. > :00:55.no longer do they have a majority at Stormont.
:00:56. > :01:00.We're out on the streets to find out what you the voters
:01:01. > :01:09.make of the results, and what should happen next.
:01:10. > :01:12.Worry about schools and hospitals and forget about all this other
:01:13. > :01:13.rubbish. Northern Ireland football boss
:01:14. > :01:15.Michael O'Neill says he would be tempted by the vacant manager's job
:01:16. > :01:18.with the Premier League More rain on the way this week, I
:01:19. > :01:27.will have the forecast. The DUP leader has denied newspaper
:01:28. > :01:30.reports of a revolt in her party Arlene Foster was speaking after
:01:31. > :01:35.meeting the Secretary of State - one in a series of talks
:01:36. > :01:37.at Stormont today. There are three weeks to reach
:01:38. > :01:42.an agreement to form an Executive. But the first crunch issue is over
:01:43. > :01:47.the DUP's choice for First Minister. Sinn Fein have said
:01:48. > :01:50.they cannot support Mrs Foster First a reminder of how the parties
:01:51. > :01:59.ended up following the election. The DUP remain the biggest
:02:00. > :02:02.party but only just. Sinn Fein finished just
:02:03. > :02:10.below them with 27 seats. Their share of the vote
:02:11. > :02:14.surged by almost 4%. The SDLP is now the third largest
:02:15. > :02:18.party with 12 seats - The Ulster Unionist Party lost six
:02:19. > :02:25.of their MLAs and finished on ten, prompting the party leader
:02:26. > :02:27.Mike Nesbitt to announce Under their new leader, the Alliance
:02:28. > :02:33.party still have eight seats. The Green party also
:02:34. > :02:38.held their position with two seats. The TUV leader Jim Allister
:02:39. > :02:41.retained his seat in north Antrim. The former justice minister
:02:42. > :02:45.Claire Sugden was returned as an independent unionist in east
:02:46. > :02:48.Londonderry. Eamon McCann from People Before
:02:49. > :02:51.Profit lost his seat leaving the party one member
:02:52. > :02:55.in the new Assembly. He may be big news here
:02:56. > :03:16.but Gerry Adams has Is he the mayor with Micah is he? He
:03:17. > :03:17.is called Gerry Adams, he leads a party called Sinn Fein.
:03:18. > :03:20.Selfies come with success and this was Sinn Fein's day as they paraded
:03:21. > :03:24.their 27 MLAs including some well-known and new faces.
:03:25. > :03:26.Elisha McCallion is one of Sinn Fein's
:03:27. > :03:39.Challenging and opportunity are words that come to mind but I have
:03:40. > :03:41.been involved in Republican politics all my life so this is just a new
:03:42. > :03:41.era. There were warm greetings
:03:42. > :03:43.too for the SDLP's Pat Catney who begins a political career
:03:44. > :03:57.at Stormont after years in the When they get rowdy in the bar, you
:03:58. > :04:00.can turn them out. I'm not sure I can tell anybody out there! Lets
:04:01. > :04:01.hope we don't have that but ring respect.
:04:02. > :04:04.Another new arrival at Parliament Buildings was John Stewart
:04:05. > :04:07.who bucked the trend and won a seat for the Ulster Unionists in
:04:08. > :04:16.I'm giving up two jobs to do this. It's something I always wanted to
:04:17. > :04:18.do. I take huge pride in working with the people of Northern Ireland.
:04:19. > :04:21.In his 20s, Jonathan Buckley is another new face on the
:04:22. > :04:29.It is a daunting experience coming here as 25 years old.
:04:30. > :04:32.As the new MLAs found their way around, just down the road at
:04:33. > :04:35.Stormont House, meetings aimed at forming an executive began in
:04:36. > :04:38.The DUP were first in meeting James Brokenshire.
:04:39. > :04:39.Afterwards Arlene Foster and Nigel Dodds said
:04:40. > :04:41.there was no reason for a
:04:42. > :04:53.I think this is the biggest boat ever cast for any party in an
:04:54. > :04:58.assembly election. It would be a perverse thing to say as a result of
:04:59. > :05:02.that, but someone should step aside. Arlene Foster is the leader of the
:05:03. > :05:08.DUP and the people will decide who leads the DUP. The people have given
:05:09. > :05:12.a resounding mandate and endorsement to her as the leader of the DUP.
:05:13. > :05:17.There is no revolt at all in the party? Now, there is no revolt, I
:05:18. > :05:20.have had a very good meeting today with my party officers. I will meet
:05:21. > :05:25.with my foot team tomorrow morning and I am looking forward to that. I
:05:26. > :05:26.have talked to a lot of colleagues as well so there is no problem at
:05:27. > :05:27.all. Sinn Fein also met
:05:28. > :05:29.the Secretary of State and made it clear that times have
:05:30. > :05:41.changed politically. The people have had their say, the
:05:42. > :05:46.political land has shifted. This is not Groundhog Day, this is not
:05:47. > :05:47.business as usual. If people want equality for all, they want respect
:05:48. > :05:48.and institutions. The Alliance Party said
:05:49. > :05:51.if there was a political will to find agreement
:05:52. > :05:53.across the parties, it could be found but insisted
:05:54. > :06:04.that they would not join an The depth of the bitterness between
:06:05. > :06:06.the lead parties is as extreme as it has been for some time. The issues
:06:07. > :06:08.before us our context. Careers have ended and
:06:09. > :06:15.some have just begun. There are issues of personalities
:06:16. > :06:18.and the leadership of the DUP and the UUP and theis election poses
:06:19. > :06:22.a whole series of questions about power-sharing and the future
:06:23. > :06:32.of unionism and nationalism. For the first time, there is no
:06:33. > :06:34.unionist majority at Stormont. The DUP and the Ulster Unionists
:06:35. > :06:52.were the parties worst There is some flash photography at
:06:53. > :06:59.the start. It was the story of the election. Sinn Fein with a nod to
:07:00. > :07:06.celebrate. Unionists with much to contemplate. The loss of seats, the
:07:07. > :07:10.loss of the big names and in Mike Nesbitt's case, the last of the
:07:11. > :07:13.Ulster Unionist Party leadership. When all the boats had finally be
:07:14. > :07:19.counted, the numbers were not what Unionists onto the sea. Here is the
:07:20. > :07:24.state of the parties in the new chamber. The DUP, the largest party,
:07:25. > :07:29.with 28 seats but there are only one ahead of Sinn Fein who have 27
:07:30. > :07:33.seats. In the last assembly, they were tempted to head but the gap has
:07:34. > :07:40.now closed. Here is what has happened. This assembly is smaller
:07:41. > :07:45.than the last one. 90 seats and 3108. Let's see where there 18 seats
:07:46. > :07:49.went. Sinn Fein lost one, people before profit lost one but the SDLP
:07:50. > :07:58.didn't lose any and neither did the Alliance Party. Unionists lost 16
:07:59. > :08:01.seats in total. Ten DUP seats and six Ulster Unionist seats. It means
:08:02. > :08:06.for the first time in the history of Stormont, there is no overall
:08:07. > :08:10.unionist majority in the chamber. They have 40 seats out of 90, that
:08:11. > :08:18.is less than 50%. It has never happened before. So what are the
:08:19. > :08:24.implications of the election result? I think the 3rd of March was a bad
:08:25. > :08:28.day for unionism. We have no majority in Stormont for the first
:08:29. > :08:34.time. But I think we need to look at it as a wake-up call as to the
:08:35. > :08:40.future, how unionism positions itself and its fit for purpose. So,
:08:41. > :08:45.is unionism is difficulty Sinn Fein 's opportunity? It certainly has
:08:46. > :08:50.given a boost to nationalists and republicans and I dare say that
:08:51. > :08:53.pressure for a border poll will increase in the foreseeable future
:08:54. > :08:58.although I don't think one should overreact in the sense that our
:08:59. > :09:03.constitutional status here in Northern Ireland is going to change
:09:04. > :09:05.in the very short run. In the old Stormont parliament, a chamber
:09:06. > :09:11.without a unionist majority was unthinkable. John Taylor, seen here
:09:12. > :09:15.on the left, is still involved in unionist politics. Today he said he
:09:16. > :09:19.was not concerned about last week 's election result. He said Sinn Fein
:09:20. > :09:26.and the SDLP still have a lot of work to do. United islanders only
:09:27. > :09:29.got 42%. They were beaten. Are you really telling me you're not worried
:09:30. > :09:35.about the state of the union? Not in the least, not in the least. The
:09:36. > :09:37.election may be over but the analysis of what it all means is
:09:38. > :09:41.only just beginning. So how do people in mainly unionist
:09:42. > :09:44.and nationalist communities view BBC Newsline's Tara Mills has
:09:45. > :09:59.been talking to people Westbound fast and lichen Valley,
:10:00. > :10:04.geographically close but at different ends of the political
:10:05. > :10:07.spectrum. It was an election like no other in our history. Nationalists
:10:08. > :10:12.are celebrity a surge no vote while Unionists are looking at a changed
:10:13. > :10:15.the political landscape. Last year lichen Valley didn't have any
:10:16. > :10:20.nationalist representation. This time round, there is one SDLP MLA.
:10:21. > :10:24.Shoppers in the spring this morning were still digesting the outcome of
:10:25. > :10:29.the election. We've still got the biggest boat, we are only one up but
:10:30. > :10:35.at the same time, things are going to change. Dramatically. In what
:10:36. > :10:40.way? Everybody knows where Sinn Fein is heading for, they want a united
:10:41. > :10:48.Ireland. The SDLP want a united Ireland. I'm 73 and I don't want to
:10:49. > :10:51.see it in my day. But does annoy me is that they are saying they won't
:10:52. > :10:59.have an assembly unless Arlene Foster resigns. That is just
:11:00. > :11:06.ridiculous. What about the Sinn Fein vote, what did you think of that?
:11:07. > :11:10.Shocked but they are better at getting their people out. For
:11:11. > :11:16.others, the result is a good thing. It is nice to see a change in this
:11:17. > :11:20.burn. Now it is slipped down the middle, it is nice to see. How the
:11:21. > :11:24.campaign was run is something many observers believe the parties need
:11:25. > :11:27.to reflect upon. I think they will be a lot of soul-searching done
:11:28. > :11:32.within the two parties, the DUP and Ulster Unionist with questions to
:11:33. > :11:37.answer about how they run the campaign and more importantly, with
:11:38. > :11:42.the DUP, how we got here. Unionists are null and in the majority at
:11:43. > :11:48.Stormont and across Belfast, they now only hold six of the 20 seats.
:11:49. > :11:51.Changing times across the city. In this west Belfast shopping centre,
:11:52. > :11:55.many were pleased with the outcome but they also want to see Stormont
:11:56. > :12:00.up and running again. They need to sit down and get agreements, worry
:12:01. > :12:04.about the cost of living, schools, hospitals and forget about all this
:12:05. > :12:10.other rubbish. Do the job they are supposed to do. She should step down
:12:11. > :12:14.because she has made an horrific mistake but she want knowledge it.
:12:15. > :12:23.She is trying to do a Margaret Thatcher. Stiff upper lip. I hope
:12:24. > :12:29.everybody goes well from it. I don't mean any disrespect. Ardoyne shops
:12:30. > :12:35.has been a flash point of the years. Here there was a mixture of hope and
:12:36. > :12:38.pessimism. It's going to be the same old story but hopefully they will
:12:39. > :12:43.show a bit of respect to nationalists people. I believe it is
:12:44. > :12:51.Arlene Foster's fault from the start. Had she stepped aside for a
:12:52. > :12:55.few weeks, over the heating scheme, but it never happened. What now for
:12:56. > :12:59.Republicans? When the surge in support bring renewed
:13:00. > :13:04.self-confidence? I think this vote coming within ten months of the
:13:05. > :13:08.lowest return the nationalist parties have received in an assembly
:13:09. > :13:15.election since 1998, will give the nationalists ablest and certainly, a
:13:16. > :13:18.renewed energy and feel that their overall objective of trying to
:13:19. > :13:23.secure Irish unity in the longer term is certainly still on track.
:13:24. > :13:25.It's over to the parties negotiating teams now to see what they can
:13:26. > :13:27.deliver the voters. Our political editor
:13:28. > :13:36.Mark Devenport is at Stormont. A change in the make-up of the
:13:37. > :13:39.assembly but the same problems that collapsed it. Any sign of a
:13:40. > :13:44.compromise or agreement? Not really but I suppose it is just day one. If
:13:45. > :13:46.you want to look on the upside, the parties are at least talking to each
:13:47. > :13:50.other. Sinn Fein and the DUP met this afternoon which was described
:13:51. > :13:56.as businesslike. They have agreed to meet tomorrow. On the essential
:13:57. > :13:59.sticking point that we are facing, this problem that Sinn Fein say they
:14:00. > :14:03.want share power with Arlene Foster if she is First Minister, she did
:14:04. > :14:08.not roll out completely putting forward a summary else as they
:14:09. > :14:16.nominee for that job but neither did she say she would do it. Says, that
:14:17. > :14:21.is a matter for negotiations. Standing aside temporarily, what is
:14:22. > :14:26.the sense of the mood within the DUP? She is not going to stand aside
:14:27. > :14:29.as DUP leader, there is a possibility she may stand aside as
:14:30. > :14:33.First Minister but she is adamant she will not stand aside as DUP
:14:34. > :14:35.leader, adamant there is no revolt within the party. Things may be
:14:36. > :14:40.clearer after a full meeting of the party's assembly group tomorrow. I
:14:41. > :14:43.do think there are some senior members of the party who were shaken
:14:44. > :14:47.by this result, not just the results of the DUP at the result for
:14:48. > :14:50.unionism in general and they're beginning to ask questions both
:14:51. > :14:56.about Arlene Foster and some of her backroom staff. The new MLAs will
:14:57. > :15:01.have their first formal session next Monday, what will be involved in
:15:02. > :15:03.that and how does that fit in with the talks tangible? That will be a
:15:04. > :15:09.session at which they will find the role, as Unionists or nationalists
:15:10. > :15:14.or others which is what they tend to do, it has been set for very late on
:15:15. > :15:17.Monday next, 4pm in the afternoon and that is to give them the maximum
:15:18. > :15:20.amount of time because once they have that session, it sets a clock
:15:21. > :15:25.running for a fortnight which gives as a deadline of Monday, March 27
:15:26. > :15:31.for the appointment of a first and Debbie First Minister. If they don't
:15:32. > :15:36.achieve that, it is over to the Secretary of State once again. On
:15:37. > :15:40.the issue of MLAs pay, you have news on that? Is, there was a letter
:15:41. > :15:46.written by the three former members of the panel which oversaw MLAs
:15:47. > :15:50.wages and allowances and occasionally made some quite reports
:15:51. > :15:55.about it. Critical Neither of those three people are still in the job
:15:56. > :15:58.because they were replaced and that has been left the air but they have
:15:59. > :16:02.written a letter to the Secretary of State saying the three-month
:16:03. > :16:06.deadline should be set to any payments to the new MLAs if they are
:16:07. > :16:09.not carrying out their jobs. They also see any restoration of
:16:10. > :16:15.devolution should involve setting up a panel with strong powers to ensure
:16:16. > :16:17.there is no further abuses of the allowances system at Stormont.
:16:18. > :16:20.A police officer who was injured in a shooting in North Belfast
:16:21. > :16:24.in January has spoken publicly for the first time.
:16:25. > :16:26.The man was wounded in the arm when a filling station
:16:27. > :16:31.For tonight's BBC Crimewatch programme he described
:16:32. > :16:40.what happened saying he thought he was going to die.
:16:41. > :16:45.The officer who was wounded in the shooting on the Crumlin Road is
:16:46. > :16:48.fortunate to have escaped with his life, as are others who were using
:16:49. > :16:53.the busy station at the time. The morning after the attack, a strike
:16:54. > :16:56.marks of the bullets that sprayed the forecourt were clear to see and
:16:57. > :17:01.there was widespread condemnation of those who carried it out. We had a
:17:02. > :17:06.number of high velocity rounds fired across the Crumlin Road, a main
:17:07. > :17:09.arterial route out of Belfast, into a filling station that had members
:17:10. > :17:13.of the public going about their business. Is just very fortunate
:17:14. > :17:18.that we are not standing here today making an appeal around a murder
:17:19. > :17:20.investigation. He attended murder will feature in an appeal for
:17:21. > :17:25.information on the BBC Crimewatch programme this evening. But the
:17:26. > :17:30.first time, the wounded officer has been talking publicly about being
:17:31. > :17:36.shot. His words are being spoken by an actor. I felt something hit me,
:17:37. > :17:39.everything slowed down. Blood was pouring out and I thought that was
:17:40. > :17:45.me. I thought I was going to die in that forecourt. He is a recovering
:17:46. > :17:48.from his injuries. The republican dissident group calling itself the
:17:49. > :17:50.IRA had admitted carrying out the shooting.
:17:51. > :17:54.There's a concern that other energy companies will follow SSE Airtricity
:17:55. > :18:00.It was announced on Friday that its 140,000 gas customers
:18:01. > :18:03.in the greater Belfast area will see their bills rise by more
:18:04. > :18:13.Our economics and Business Editor John Campbell is here.
:18:14. > :18:20.Why is it happening? Is all about the price of gas on the wholesale
:18:21. > :18:23.global markets. We have had a few years where energy prices have been
:18:24. > :18:26.very low but in the last 12 months, those prices have started to
:18:27. > :18:36.increase. If we look at some figures, back in the summer it cost
:18:37. > :18:42.gas 30 for PR unit in the UK wholesale market. By November, it
:18:43. > :18:46.was up to 48p. That is a rise of 40% and prices have continued to rise
:18:47. > :18:49.since then. It is the atrocity are reacting to that rise in the
:18:50. > :18:54.wholesale prices. What about other energy prices, what is the prospect
:18:55. > :18:59.of those rising as well? Anybody who uses heating oil will now prices
:19:00. > :19:03.have already been rising and firmness energy to provide gas to
:19:04. > :19:08.towns outside Belfast are likely to announce a rise as early as this
:19:09. > :19:11.week and this is all against an overall backdrop of rising prices
:19:12. > :19:16.generally across the economy. We know that commodity prices are
:19:17. > :19:20.rising in global markets and the fact that the pound has weak and
:19:21. > :19:24.against other currencies since Brexit aims the cost of goods were
:19:25. > :19:28.importing are also going up so I afraid a big story through the whole
:19:29. > :19:30.of this year is going to be rising prices in many areas of the economy.
:19:31. > :19:35.Northern Ireland Manager Michael O'Neill has admitted that the vacant
:19:36. > :19:38.post at Leicester City would be tempting and he has been flattered
:19:39. > :19:42.to be linked to the Premier League champions but he is not actively
:19:43. > :19:45.looking for a move from his present role.
:19:46. > :19:47.He joined goalkeeping legend Pat Jennings at the opening today
:19:48. > :19:50.of a new education and heritage centre at the National
:19:51. > :19:55.I asked O'Neill about the recent speculation linking him
:19:56. > :20:08.It's always nice to be linked with jobs come about is the nature of
:20:09. > :20:11.football and the media that surrounds football but I suppose the
:20:12. > :20:14.reason I am meant with a job like that is because of the work we've
:20:15. > :20:17.done here and the success we've had here with Northern Ireland. I
:20:18. > :20:21.focuses purely on the game against Norway and then going on to the game
:20:22. > :20:24.against Azerbaijan and meeting sure as a team, we do the country proud
:20:25. > :20:30.and give ourselves the opportunity of going to Russia. Would a job like
:20:31. > :20:32.that tempt you? You're always tempted, you have to consider these
:20:33. > :20:38.things if the opportunity is presented to you. If so, the
:20:39. > :20:40.sensation and myself will sit down and look at it and see where we go
:20:41. > :20:41.from there. The draw for the Irish cup
:20:42. > :20:44.semi-finals sees Glenavon face Coleraine while Linfield
:20:45. > :20:45.will take on Dungannon. David Healy's side won two-nil
:20:46. > :20:47.at Seaview to sweep past Crusaders on Saturday,
:20:48. > :20:50.Nial Quinn's late header clinching victory while Dungannon progressed,
:20:51. > :20:54.winning 2-1 after extra-time against Warrenpoint -
:20:55. > :21:00.Douglas Wilson with the winner It was a bit easier for Glenavon
:21:01. > :21:04.as they cruised to a 5-0 win over Portadown at Shamrock Park
:21:05. > :21:07.while Coleraine beat rivals Ballymena 4-0 at the Showgrounds,
:21:08. > :21:10.including this cool Slaughtneil's Camogie team won
:21:11. > :21:19.the All-Ireland club title for the first time ever
:21:20. > :21:21.at Croke Park yesterday. That sets up the potential
:21:22. > :21:26.of an historic double for the County Derry club if the men
:21:27. > :21:29.can win the football But, as Nigel Ringland
:21:30. > :21:50.reports, for now it's Heroin is returning with the spoils,
:21:51. > :21:54.Slaughtneil's, please with a rousing reception with their silverware. All
:21:55. > :22:00.of our supporters and family and friends here to welcome us, as all
:22:01. > :22:05.Ireland Champions, we have to keep saying it to believe it. It is
:22:06. > :22:08.crazy. One goal and ten point 211 points was the final score. Mary
:22:09. > :22:13.Kelly with the only goal early in the second half. I think we started
:22:14. > :22:17.well at the start of the match. We got a bit of control and maybe
:22:18. > :22:22.didn't get enough scorers but we felt it at half time. We were in a
:22:23. > :22:26.good place. Somehow we always seem to find that bit extra and create
:22:27. > :22:32.the scorers. It was fitting that there was a wonder points scored
:22:33. > :22:37.near the end. Playing at Croke Park would be the highlight of any body
:22:38. > :22:41.'s career. I didn't know how near we were two injury time so I just hit
:22:42. > :22:44.it and hoped and platelet between the two posts. You get the
:22:45. > :22:46.impression that the celebration is this victory will go on for some
:22:47. > :22:47.time yet. In the National Football League
:22:48. > :22:50.action there were two all-ulster ties in Division One at the weekend,
:22:51. > :22:54.Tyrone lie second in the table after their win over Monaghan
:22:55. > :22:58.by 14-10 at Healy Park while Donegal are just a place behind
:22:59. > :23:04.after their eight-point Down and Derry were the other Ulster
:23:05. > :23:09.counties to win at the weekend but Fermanagh's woes continued
:23:10. > :23:15.with a heavy defeat to Kildare. VJared Payne is unlikely to be
:23:16. > :23:18.drafted into Joe Schmidt's Ireland team for this Fridays Six Nations
:23:19. > :23:20.game with Wales. He missed squad
:23:21. > :23:22.training this morning. Fellow Ulsterman Tommy Bowe
:23:23. > :23:26.was recalled to the squad to replace He picked up a hand injury
:23:27. > :23:30.during Ulster's win against Treviso. Payne played the full 80 minutes
:23:31. > :23:45.of that match and was feeling It felt pretty good on the weekend
:23:46. > :23:49.and pretty sharp but he has been a long time out of the game so for
:23:50. > :23:55.him, the bruising is nothing more than that. He has been out for a
:23:56. > :24:00.long time and some players will take a little bit more to recover from
:24:01. > :24:03.games, especially when they have been out for so long. He is hopeful
:24:04. > :24:05.that he will train on Wednesday. On his return to competition
:24:06. > :24:07.after injury, Rory McIlroy finished in a tie for seventh place
:24:08. > :24:10.at the WGC championship in Mexico. He ended up four strokes behind
:24:11. > :24:28.eventual winner Dustin Johnson, The weather is next.
:24:29. > :24:32.We had good weather today but some of us ending on a wet note as rain
:24:33. > :24:35.makes its way out towards the Irish Sea. Eventually it will clear away
:24:36. > :24:39.as we make our way through this evening. A very chilly night in
:24:40. > :24:45.store as temperatures for many of us fall to freezing and perhaps below
:24:46. > :24:48.in the countryside. With wind light enough, we could see the odd pocket
:24:49. > :24:54.of rest and folk early in the morning. After a chilly start
:24:55. > :24:59.tomorrow, it will be a dry one but we have really ready to come in
:25:00. > :25:01.again from the Atlantic. To begin with, a frost which will burn away
:25:02. > :25:06.in the early morning sunshine. I didn't have sunshine to come right
:25:07. > :25:10.through until the middle of the afternoon. The further west, the
:25:11. > :25:14.cloud is going to creep in and it is eventually going to bring in rain to
:25:15. > :25:18.Fermanagh, Tyrone and Donegal. Some of that will be happy by the middle
:25:19. > :25:22.of the afternoon. Widespread rain by the middle of the day and that is
:25:23. > :25:29.going to gradually push its weakest words, affecting us all. By 22 in
:25:30. > :25:35.the East Coast. Temperatures about eight or 9 degrees. Further south,
:25:36. > :25:38.up to about 12. By tomorrow evening rush-hour, it will be very wet out
:25:39. > :25:43.there some surface spray columns on the roads would eventually the rain
:25:44. > :25:47.clears tomorrow evening and the good news is, behind the rain, milder air
:25:48. > :25:54.so tomorrow night will not be quite as chilly temperatures at 67
:25:55. > :25:57.degrees. After Wednesday, a wet start but that will clear away and a
:25:58. > :26:01.fair amount of dry weather following. Temperatures up to 11 or
:26:02. > :26:05.12 degrees. The threat of a few showers later on in the day. By
:26:06. > :26:06.night, right through to the end of the week.
:26:07. > :26:08.Finally as the political parties start talks
:26:09. > :26:12.on the future of the Assembly - we leave you with a reminder of some
:26:13. > :26:14.of the moments captured by our cameras as the election
:26:15. > :26:18.Be warned there is some flash photography at the start.
:26:19. > :26:20.We had the winners, the losers, the delighted, the disappointed.
:26:21. > :27:11.The election was in many, many ways, a watershed election.
:27:12. > :27:24.This is a poor day for unionism. A day that needn't have had to happen.
:27:25. > :27:38.It means that there is a life beyond politics. The buck stops here. Does
:27:39. > :27:45.Arlene Foster, as leader of the DUP, enjoy your full confidence tonight?
:27:46. > :27:54.Yes. Let us move forward with hope and with hope that common good will
:27:55. > :27:56.be able to prevail. When he was defeated he said he was too tired to
:27:57. > :27:59.laugh and too old to cry.