17/04/2017 BBC Newsline

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A DUP MP says Northern Ireland is heading towards direct rule.

Talks to form a Stormont Executive are due to resume after Easter.

While the UK Government says it will consider all options,

Sinn Fein insist it's either a deal or an election.

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson told our reporter Sara Neill that

Sinn Fein are changing the goalposts every day.

I think that with the situation if it continues like this over the next

couple of weeks we are looking at direct rule. The DUP is ready to to

form a government without preconditions. We recognise there

are a lot of beaches we need to work through but surely the best way to

do that is being in government and having the reins of power and to be

able to make the changes necessary and to deliver for the people who

elected us, so we are ready to go into government but apparently Sinn

Fein or not. They are saying that Sinn Fein are not ready to go into

government and there are issues that need to be worked through, is the

problem that neither side is willing to comprise? DUP has approached

negotiations willing to find consensus and agreement, but every

day Sinn Fein put the demands on the table. I think their game here is

clear. They want another election and the opportunity to become the

largest party in Northern Ireland. They are not interesting in an

agreement or forming a government, they just want to be top dog and

where does that leave the people of Northern Ireland, without a

government, without a voice in Brexit or on the important issues

that confront us at that time. A family with two young children

were at home in Larne when their house came under attack

in the early hours of this morning. It was the latest in a series

of arson attacks over The house targeted this morning

was at Mill Road where two A petrol soaked rag

was recovered from the scene. The police are investigating a link

between that attack and others early on Saturday and Sunday when five

cars were extensively damaged. There has been arson attacks on

Friday, Saturday and Sunday night. I totally condemn these attacks and I

appeal to anybody has any information no matter how small that

is to come forward to the PSNI with that information so that these

people can be apprehended and brought before the courts. Last

night it was a typical example where a lady was in the house with a young

family that was petrol bombed. This is totally and utterly unacceptable.

I condemn this behaviour. Two men from Latvia have been

seriously assaulted in Coalisland in what the police are treating

as a hate crime. It's believed a group of men carried

out the attack outside a bar The victims, who are in their 20s,

suffered cuts and bruises as well as The police say a fire at a derelict

property in Portrush last night may Crime scene investigators will

examine the site at Bath Terrace. Fire crews were called out

at about 9pm and eight appliances worked through the night

to put out the blaze. Due to the location of it,

it was quite a confined space, a lot of buildings, access was quite

difficult for us. There was a nursing home,

a care home quite close to the fire and that was a cause of concern

for quite some time for us. Thousands of people gathered

in Londonderry this afternoon for a parade organised

by the dissident Saoradh was formed by dissident

republicans last September, About 2000 people watched and took

part in the parade which started in the Bogside at Free Derry Corner

and went to the Creggan estate where a wreath was laid

at a republican memorial. The march included a military colour

party and six bands, It ended at the republican plot

in Derry City Cemetery, with the main oration by the former

republican prisoner Paul Duffy, brother of the prominent

dissident Colin Duffy. He said he wanted to bring an end

to British involvement in Ireland. These objectives have yet to be

achieved. It remains an unfinished Revolution. Conrad is, we still have

unfinished business. APPLAUSE

. The crowd was told that the party's

membership had increased greatly since it was formed last September,

that it was strategizing its plan for the future and its aim

of an Irish socialist republic. We will have the weather forecast in

a moment. For more than 200 years a team

at Armagh Observatory has taken handwritten weather recordings

- every day. But that could all be

about to change. Our weather presenter

Barra Best has the details. Since the late 1700s,

someone every single day and in all types of weather has been

taking weather measurements From checking the thermometer

for the temperature to checking how many minutes or hours of sunshine

has been and more. These are just as accurate

as digital thermometers and there was no significant

difference in them, really. The old way is as good

as the new way. This is one of the few remaining

and final sites that records weather manually in Northern Ireland

and is thought to have the longest Those handwritten records

are still at the site and one of our weather team

was given a look. This is the first

sheet of measurements. Inside temperature, outside

temperature and the barometer. This is the start of

the measurements and it has been going on ever since at Armagh

Observatory. Most stations are now

automatic, capable of giving And as the person who has

been doing it manually, It will be a nice Saturday

morning when you don't have to come up the hill,

stand here and get wind For now, the history books

will continue to be written Let's hear about what weather is in

store for tomorrow from Cecila Daly. Hopefully you have had a nice time

of this Easter. The weather has not been great but we got there in the

end today with sunshine in many places. A lovely evening. Tonight

will be both clear and cold. The coldest of the week. In some gardens

there is likely to be a frost. Good for stargazing but it will be cold

and there will be a frost in many parts of the countryside. First

thing tomorrow if you are up early, a lot of people still on holiday, it

will be chilly. Some early sunshine. The morning will bring the best the

weather. Many pictures get their way with a dry morning but as time on it

will be rather cloudy with one or two spots of rain by lunchtime. If

you are away tomorrow it looks like it will be chilly across many parts

of the UK and Ireland, particularly cold and damp across north-west

Scotland. Lots of sunshine brother served. Towards Northern Ireland a

lot of cloud developing by the afternoon with 12 showers around but

a lot of the time it will be dry. It will feel a bit chilly under cloud

although hopefully in many places temperatures will get into double

figures. Tomorrow night the cloud hangs around and it will be dumped

and busily with mist and low cloud but also a milder night. No frost

but it will -- expect some frost. Milder weather. Temperatures in

double figures and the low teens in places. Cloud and rain at times.

Keep the umbrella handy. Not a lot of rain but there will be some

dampness at times. Lots of cloud. Temperatures on the way up. On

Saturday they will be some showers but also some dryer and brighter

spells and temperatures could hit the mid-teens if you get some decent

sunshine. Cold tonight, clear and it will be chilly tomorrow. Dry but

cloudy weather. One or two showers around and it is getting milder.

That is it from us, bye-bye. It's time to clock in...

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