:00:14. > :00:16.This is BBC Newsline and these are the headlines
:00:17. > :00:20.The Prime Minister's surprise general election announcement -
:00:21. > :00:23.we speak to the main political parties here,
:00:24. > :00:25.assess what it means for the Stormont talks
:00:26. > :00:38.Too much bickering and infighting going on between two major parties
:00:39. > :00:44.and to be honest with you I'd be considering not voting at all. We
:00:45. > :00:49.feel like confused. Investigations begin into a possible
:00:50. > :00:51.link between eight arson attacks We find out why these young
:00:52. > :00:55.people and some teachers are spending their Easter
:00:56. > :00:58.holiday in class. This man sent to a home in Australia
:00:59. > :01:02.as a child discovers a family he never knew about back home
:01:03. > :01:05.in Northern Ireland On another crunch night
:01:06. > :01:08.in local football. All tonight's sport
:01:09. > :01:10.shortly from the home And it hasn't been the warmest
:01:11. > :01:20.of Easters but it should feel a little milder over
:01:21. > :01:22.the next few days. I'll be back with
:01:23. > :01:28.your full forecast. That surprise announcement
:01:29. > :01:30.by the Prime Minister came shortly None of the political parties
:01:31. > :01:35.here seemed to have had any prior warning that the Prime Minister
:01:36. > :01:38.would be seeking a General Election in just seven weeks' time,
:01:39. > :01:45.Thursday 8th of June. Her plan is to have polling day of
:01:46. > :01:51.Thursday the 8th of June. We'll hear from all the main parties
:01:52. > :01:54.in the course of the programme. But first our political
:01:55. > :01:56.correspondent, Enda McClafferty, has been following
:01:57. > :02:05.today's seismic events: Just when we thought the political
:02:06. > :02:10.picture couldn't get any more complicated. Up stepped the Prime
:02:11. > :02:14.Minister. I have just chaired a meeting of the cabinet where we
:02:15. > :02:19.agreed that the government should call a general election to be held
:02:20. > :02:27.on the 8th of June. Theresa May's U-turn on a slap connection caught
:02:28. > :02:31.many by surprise. -- snap election. People fear it may add to the
:02:32. > :02:35.instability here. This leaves Northern Ireland in the lurch,
:02:36. > :02:38.particularly in respect to the ongoing talks process. It would be a
:02:39. > :02:44.disgrace if any party was to now walk away from the table because
:02:45. > :02:48.they are thinking of the election campaign. That is not how the DUP
:02:49. > :02:53.see it. We welcome the election and we see to it as a child because she
:02:54. > :02:56.has taught this about this being an election about the union which is a
:02:57. > :03:00.chance of reinforcing that unionist message in Northern Ireland. And
:03:01. > :03:05.election has been part of Sinn Fein's script for weeks. Were not at
:03:06. > :03:09.Westminster. The parties as voters should use the poll to deliver
:03:10. > :03:12.another anti-Brexit message. We want those people to come out again to
:03:13. > :03:16.say again to the British Prime Minister we are against Brexit, we
:03:17. > :03:23.are for special status in Ireland, the for a referendum on Irish
:03:24. > :03:29.freedom, and that is what should come to Ireland. Two years ago,
:03:30. > :03:33.unionist celebrated after DUP and Ulster Unionists brought into new
:03:34. > :03:40.MPs. One for each party. So will they see the same tactic next time?
:03:41. > :03:45.I want to see 18 Northern Ireland MPs sitting on the benches of
:03:46. > :03:49.Westminster, arguing for the people of Westminster. What about those who
:03:50. > :03:54.will decide the outcome? How do they feel about returning to the polls
:03:55. > :03:58.for the second time in four months? I'm pretty disturbed to be honest,
:03:59. > :04:03.because I think people are sick to death of elections. Is it going to
:04:04. > :04:08.do much? Is anything to be different? The last one didn't seem
:04:09. > :04:13.too. Didn't seem to do much worse. With not enough here. We're fed up
:04:14. > :04:21.with these Sinn Fein shouting this, shouting that, to lest the unionist
:04:22. > :04:25.parties get their act together, stop doing the dirty work in public.
:04:26. > :04:30.Parties here are getting into position, once I says it's a fight
:04:31. > :04:34.over Brexit, the other a battle for the union. One thing is for sure,
:04:35. > :04:36.that another bitter election campaign here will do little to
:04:37. > :04:38.advance the prospects of power-sharing.
:04:39. > :04:40.And we'll be talking to Mark Durkan from the SDLP
:04:41. > :04:44.Our political editor Mark Devenport is with me.
:04:45. > :04:47.What does this election decision mean for the Stormont negotiations
:04:48. > :04:49.and where does it leave those yearning for an Executive
:04:50. > :05:03.Well the Secretary of State, James Brokenshire, has released a written
:05:04. > :05:06.statement this afternoon and in it he says he will fast track
:05:07. > :05:10.legislation through allowing for the collection of the rates here and
:05:11. > :05:14.will also set a new deadline effectively saying that an
:05:15. > :05:17.executives should be formed in early May. He maintains in this written
:05:18. > :05:21.statement that there is a duty on the local parties to form an
:05:22. > :05:24.executive, discussions will continue, and this forthcoming
:05:25. > :05:28.general election won't change the approach. He seems to be about the
:05:29. > :05:31.only politician thinking that. When he talked to local parties they
:05:32. > :05:36.think welcome even with the best will in the world parties aren't
:05:37. > :05:39.going to cut compromises, sensitive deals which could put them under
:05:40. > :05:42.pressure in their own grassroots at a time when they are going out and
:05:43. > :05:48.selecting candidates and campaigning and going into DBT years to bat each
:05:49. > :05:51.other, around the head over these issues, it seems we have had two
:05:52. > :05:59.failed rounds of negotiations and Theresa May has pulled the rug from
:06:00. > :06:02.under James Brokenshire's feet. What is the possibility we could have and
:06:03. > :06:07.is early election and a common selection on the same day? Bats an
:06:08. > :06:16.assembly election and a Commons election? The polling staff will be
:06:17. > :06:18.there, but I'm not sure about the politics of it. James Brokenshire
:06:19. > :06:26.certainly appears to be reluctant about are calling a snap election,
:06:27. > :06:29.decimating as it did the likes of the Ulster Unionists and the SDLP to
:06:30. > :06:36.some extent. When they met really want to be enamoured of this notion.
:06:37. > :06:40.Let's focus on the Commons and remind us about Northern Ireland's
:06:41. > :06:43.current representation that. We have their 18 MPs, some of whom take
:06:44. > :06:53.their places in Commons, some of them who are at pension -ist. --
:06:54. > :06:58.abstain. The DUP were emerged as the largest party last time, maintaining
:06:59. > :07:04.eight seats, they lost one seat but one another. Sinn Fein lost a seat
:07:05. > :07:07.as we will explain. The SDLP held onto their three seats, and the
:07:08. > :07:13.Independent there is Lady Sylvia Hermon. Big winners out of the
:07:14. > :07:15.election by the two of the unionist MPs, having lost their niche
:07:16. > :07:23.completely at Westminster but got to MPs. The DUP Arlene Foster said this
:07:24. > :07:27.was an opportunity to vote for the union. There was no unionist pact in
:07:28. > :07:31.the recent assembly election was what is likely in June? A different
:07:32. > :07:35.dynamic potentially in this election. This last election Mike
:07:36. > :07:37.Nesbitt tried to do this as an opposition versus government
:07:38. > :07:41.election and got very close to the SDLP. This time we are back into the
:07:42. > :07:45.potential for unionist packs. We remind ourselves of the last
:07:46. > :07:48.Westminster election there was a unionist pact in a couple of seats
:07:49. > :07:53.and it paid dividends. Tom Elliott got sat around, these Sinn Fein
:07:54. > :07:57.loss, got back seat with the backing of both his own Ulster Unionist
:07:58. > :08:01.Party and the DUP, in return the Ulster Unionists that in east
:08:02. > :08:07.Belfast allowing Gavin Robinson to take the seat and that made the
:08:08. > :08:09.Alliance leader at the Commons. Looking at the unionist and
:08:10. > :08:15.nationalist battle grounds, if election happens in June what do you
:08:16. > :08:19.focus on there? We had to see what happens in terms of overall pact and
:08:20. > :08:23.how the new leader Robin Swann handles the dilemma but potentially
:08:24. > :08:29.we could see an area in south and strip being a battle ground, Danny
:08:30. > :08:34.Kennedy and one last time round against the DUP, will be DUP see to
:08:35. > :08:38.come back? It depends on the overall relationship between the Unionists.
:08:39. > :08:42.In terms of nationalists we saw in the last election Sinn Fein putting
:08:43. > :08:46.on quite a few votes, and they will obviously tried to retake Fermanagh
:08:47. > :08:52.Sassa Roan, but here are a couple of seats where they may try to make
:08:53. > :08:56.further inroads. They pulled pretty well in the assembly election, but
:08:57. > :08:59.will be SDLP hang onto that? It will be a different kind of election,
:09:00. > :09:06.eight election where they will be able to save the MPs will take to
:09:07. > :09:09.vote a hard against Brexit. Unionists tactical voting has been
:09:10. > :09:15.seen in these areas. We have heard initial reactions from the
:09:16. > :09:17.politicians. The SDLP shortly from Westminster, but for now, thank you.
:09:18. > :09:20.A specialist police unit is investigating the rape
:09:21. > :09:23.The police are investigating a link between eight arson attacks
:09:24. > :09:28.A family home was targeted along with more than half a dozen cars.
:09:29. > :09:30.In the latest incident a car was reversed into a hairdressing
:09:31. > :09:36.Our North East reporter, Sara Girvin, has more.
:09:37. > :09:44.An arson attack at the house of a country Antrim town. They left a
:09:45. > :09:47.scene of devastation. Just after nine o'clock last night this car was
:09:48. > :09:53.driven through the metal shutters of a hair salon and set alight. It
:09:54. > :09:57.gutted the property leaving other businesses in the same building with
:09:58. > :10:02.no other option but to close today. The area's MP described the attack
:10:03. > :10:06.as ugly and said people in Larne are living in fear. The one thing we
:10:07. > :10:10.know about those who are involved is they don't give two hoots about what
:10:11. > :10:17.damage they do or who they damage. And in fact, it seems to me they see
:10:18. > :10:23.this almost as a game. And it is one of those things which I think the
:10:24. > :10:28.police has to get on top of very quickly. Police say a recent falling
:10:29. > :10:32.out between two individuals could be the catalyst for last night's arson,
:10:33. > :10:36.and they are investigating a possible link between it and eight
:10:37. > :10:41.others that took place over the weekend. There was a heavy police
:10:42. > :10:47.presence in Larne for much of the day, examinations taking place. They
:10:48. > :10:51.believe the man reversing the car into this hassle an escaped on a
:10:52. > :10:55.motorbike driven by someone else. They ask anyone who saw this to get
:10:56. > :10:59.in touch. Two men in their 30s have been charged in connection with the
:11:00. > :11:07.police's overall investigation into these Larner -- Larne attacks. One
:11:08. > :11:12.man is charged with bodily harm and possession of a offensive weapon,
:11:13. > :11:14.the other with intent to damage. They are both due in court in
:11:15. > :11:15.Ballymena next month. A specialist police unit
:11:16. > :11:17.is investigating the rape of an 18-year-old woman
:11:18. > :11:19.in Belfast City Centre. The attack was in Gloucester Street
:11:20. > :11:21.at around two o'clock The police want help
:11:22. > :11:28.in identifying a particular man. He's described as thin,
:11:29. > :11:30.aged about 19, five feet seven inches
:11:31. > :11:32.tall, clean shaven, The police are also keen to hear
:11:33. > :11:37.from anyone who saw a distressed woman in the area at around the time
:11:38. > :11:42.of the attack. You're watching BBC Newsline,
:11:43. > :11:59.and still ahead on the programme: Can Seaview pounce on the champions
:12:00. > :12:02.the night? We will be live from Seaview.
:12:03. > :12:04.Many school pupils and teachers are enjoying their Easter break
:12:05. > :12:09.Our education correspondent Robbie Meredith has been finding out
:12:10. > :12:11.why some young people in east Belfast, and some
:12:12. > :12:12.of their teachers, are spending their holiday
:12:13. > :12:24.These 15-year-olds were hard at work today even though it is Easter
:12:25. > :12:27.Tuesday. With their GCSEs coming up students like Ryan and Deborah are
:12:28. > :12:32.getting important extra help with English and maths. It's amazing. If
:12:33. > :12:35.you are stuck on something they will help you and go through it with you
:12:36. > :12:38.so they will talk it through with you and they still don't get it they
:12:39. > :12:47.will just sit there and be patient with you. I need to speed up with my
:12:48. > :12:52.reading, reading is very slow, I'm really happy with the different
:12:53. > :12:57.techniques. This centre in east Belfast is aimed at people for whom
:12:58. > :13:05.a bit of extra work could be the key to achieving an all-important GCSE
:13:06. > :13:09.pass at great see. -- grade C. Teachers also give up their weekends
:13:10. > :13:13.to work with it. They are two subjects they need to pass before
:13:14. > :13:16.they can do anything, so obviously it is Easter now so exams are coming
:13:17. > :13:22.up in six weeks so they can really focus up when they are here. What is
:13:23. > :13:27.going on here is also an example of East-West co-operation. In Belfast
:13:28. > :13:32.at least, because it is based on a similar Easter school run by the
:13:33. > :13:37.west Belfast partnership for GCSE student there for a number of years.
:13:38. > :13:42.They are there to give us advice, you know, obviously as a partnership
:13:43. > :13:45.working across the city, and are colleagues in west have done
:13:46. > :13:48.significant amounts around the Easter school in in particular and
:13:49. > :13:55.in some ways I think they persuaded us that working all year round is a
:13:56. > :13:59.good plan, too. Lessons will continue for the rest of the week
:14:00. > :14:00.and it hopes the benefits the will last much longer.
:14:01. > :14:04.Let's go back now to our main news and the Prime Minister's decision
:14:05. > :14:12.The Foyle MP Mark Durkan of the SDLP is in our Westminster studio.
:14:13. > :14:19.The Ulster Unionist Tom Elliott says this election means the talk at
:14:20. > :14:23.Stormont is pretty much dead in the water as he put it. What do you
:14:24. > :14:28.think? It is up to be parties to decide that, the parties to have a
:14:29. > :14:32.chance to include the talks conclude negotiations and build on the
:14:33. > :14:36.progress that was being made and want to make the most of the mandate
:14:37. > :14:40.that they all had at March. Whether or not all parties are minded to
:14:41. > :14:44.that it is a waiting game. The problem is Theresa May called a
:14:45. > :14:47.general election without any consideration for the situation we
:14:48. > :14:51.are facing. In the north, in terms of those dogs, and we have the
:14:52. > :14:54.Secretary of State now trying to bring legislation next week that may
:14:55. > :14:58.or may not mean anything. How much of your party's focus will be
:14:59. > :15:03.shifted away from those negotiations, that Stormont -- at
:15:04. > :15:07.Stormont, towards the campaign trail for the election question mark we
:15:08. > :15:11.can do more than one thing at a time and we have done that before. We
:15:12. > :15:16.have maintained effectively a negotiating situation while
:15:17. > :15:22.elections were afoot, remember, we've been giving an indication now
:15:23. > :15:26.for the 8th of June, so in election terms that's long enough away, so
:15:27. > :15:29.the party could still conclude a arrangement to bring about the
:15:30. > :15:34.formation of an executive if they want to. Now the issue is whether
:15:35. > :15:39.the collective will will be there. Our party is going to have an eye on
:15:40. > :15:45.elections? An advantage in themselves? As we know, the focus
:15:46. > :15:49.towards an election it is hard to negotiate with political opponents
:15:50. > :15:53.across the table. Yes but not entirely impossible. Remember the
:15:54. > :15:57.parties have all mandates on the 2nd of March, all of the main parties
:15:58. > :16:00.can claim they have more votes in this assembly election than they did
:16:01. > :16:03.in the last assembly election, and voters can still find it hard to see
:16:04. > :16:08.how those increased mandates for everybody could add up to no
:16:09. > :16:13.executive. The fact is if that is what happens then the chances are we
:16:14. > :16:19.are looking at a possible early assembly election, as well, and that
:16:20. > :16:25.adds to the uncertainty on top of all of the inserted that was there.
:16:26. > :16:26.Around Brexit for example. The uncertainty it poses for many
:16:27. > :16:30.sectors and areas. There was a time when being a single
:16:31. > :16:33.mother was a social taboo. Some felt they should give
:16:34. > :16:35.up their babies for adoption or to homes run by the state
:16:36. > :16:38.or the church. Many of the children were sent
:16:39. > :16:41.from here to grow up in Australia. One of those who made that journey
:16:42. > :16:44.has returned to Northern Ireland All he knows for sure
:16:45. > :17:04.is that her name was Angela Dolan. 17-year-old -- 72-year-old Pat
:17:05. > :17:08.McGowan is on a mission to find the mother he never knew. At the age of
:17:09. > :17:13.12 he was sent with other boys from a home in Belfast to Australia, and
:17:14. > :17:20.growing up not knowing his real background. I wrote in the 1960s,
:17:21. > :17:27.and when they answered, they said that they had no records at all. 15
:17:28. > :17:33.years ago, Patrick featured in a BBC Spotlight programme about similar
:17:34. > :17:36.children. A viewer recognised him from childhood and got in contact to
:17:37. > :17:43.say his mother was called Angela Dolan. His Australian family set
:17:44. > :17:47.about looking for her online. By sheer coincidence, they came across
:17:48. > :17:53.someone else in Northern Ireland also looking for an Angela Dolan to
:17:54. > :17:56.complete the family tree. Following a DNA test, Patrick discovered
:17:57. > :18:02.relatives back in Northern Ireland including his cousins daughter. It
:18:03. > :18:06.is a shock and surprise was that we broke the champagne out the day we
:18:07. > :18:11.got the results of the DNA test, and it was confirmed that Patrick was
:18:12. > :18:15.related to us. For my dad it was just great to be able to meet
:18:16. > :18:19.Patrick, and bring him over and he took Patrick down to Fermanagh and
:18:20. > :18:22.showed him where his mother grew up, and went back to the graves of his
:18:23. > :18:28.grandparents and I think that meant a lot. That meant a lot to me, when
:18:29. > :18:33.I stood at my grandfather's grave. For the first time, I thought well,
:18:34. > :18:43.I tell you! The experience was... I'm getting a bit sorry...
:18:44. > :18:50.I thought it would never happen. Patrick has found his family but
:18:51. > :18:55.details around his mother's life are still unclear. Their only hope now
:18:56. > :18:57.is that a member of the public might come forward with more information.
:18:58. > :19:00.Francis Gorman, BBC Newsline. Let's have the sport
:19:01. > :19:02.with Mark Sidebottom who's at Seaview in north Belfast
:19:03. > :19:13.this evening. Good evening. Three games to go,
:19:14. > :19:19.just one point separating the top two, we are at the home of
:19:20. > :19:23.Coleraine. Chris this is where it all began for you. A few years ago.
:19:24. > :19:30.How things have changed. They have, it's not a grass pitch any more for
:19:31. > :19:34.a start. The stadium itself has changed, hugely, and the club have
:19:35. > :19:39.had a great vein of form at the present. Going for three in the
:19:40. > :19:43.road, the return of Jordan at the weekend and impact how he made. How
:19:44. > :19:49.key is his return? It was huge on Saturday. As the games that can city
:19:50. > :19:54.five minutes, to one down the Owens wasn't 100% fit but did what he does
:19:55. > :19:59.best and got on the end of two crosses, scored two goals, and
:20:00. > :20:08.turned a possible defeat into three points, and keeps them where they
:20:09. > :20:14.are tonight, top of the table. Linfield breathing down the
:20:15. > :20:17.champion's neck. Linfield gathering great momentum. A tremendous run of
:20:18. > :20:22.form they have, they have been able to plug the gap back in the title
:20:23. > :20:26.race so huge credit to them, it was going to run away with them at some
:20:27. > :20:32.point, but they have had a couple of minor dips in the summer a couple of
:20:33. > :20:36.feet, nothing catastrophic from the Crusaders point of view, and they're
:20:37. > :20:40.on a good run and want to stay with them. Saturday will be huge for
:20:41. > :20:43.Crusaders, overcoming those couple of games and defeats, and picked up
:20:44. > :20:47.the game on Saturday and that has been crucial. We know that you are
:20:48. > :20:53.on radio this evening, so thanks joining us. All the -- all the games
:20:54. > :20:54.this evening an BBC, and BBC sport online.
:20:55. > :20:57.Mark Allen has made it through to the second round of snookers
:20:58. > :21:00.World Championships at the crucible in Sheffield -but the Antrim man
:21:01. > :21:02.was given quite a work out by his comparatively unknown opponent.
:21:03. > :21:14.At times it was a struggle for Mark Allen. The number 11 seed began the
:21:15. > :21:19.second session of his first-round match with England's Jamie Robertson
:21:20. > :21:23.54 ahead. Seven frames to six, before pulling clear from the Antrim
:21:24. > :21:28.man rounding off a ten eight victory with a brilliant score of 97. Iraq
:21:29. > :21:38.97. Allen, a seven finalist in 2009 has
:21:39. > :21:41.added as a point in 2009 has added is abiding by his standards, just
:21:42. > :21:44.1/4-final. But they played in the last eight of the biggest
:21:45. > :21:47.championship is what those on offer when he faces John Higgins in the
:21:48. > :21:59.second round. A game that will get underway on Friday. Now, falling off
:22:00. > :22:05.horses is something of a hazard as a jockey. Only recently having
:22:06. > :22:08.returned to the saddle, he had a nasty tumble yesterday during the
:22:09. > :22:14.Irish Grand National and will now be ruled out for a further three
:22:15. > :22:18.months. In a macro you had looked impressive during the parade ring,
:22:19. > :22:21.but approaching defence number eight, and in a congested field the
:22:22. > :22:26.horse stumbled and the Jockey tumbled.
:22:27. > :22:34.We've lost him, he is a fall, he is brought down and he was brought
:22:35. > :22:40.down, so out of the race as they come to the next one. He is now
:22:41. > :22:46.sitting up. Trained by Jessica Harrington, with cup winner Robbie
:22:47. > :23:03.Fowler applauds, went on to the win the race comfortably. Winded by a
:23:04. > :23:06.wide margin. He was taken to a hospital where it was confirmed he
:23:07. > :23:11.had broken his left arm, due to go into surgery today, expected to be
:23:12. > :23:15.out of action for up to three months. Now to cricket.
:23:16. > :23:17.Kevin O'Brien and Paul Stirling have both been declared fit for Ireland's
:23:18. > :23:19.first-ever one-day internationals against England, next month.
:23:20. > :23:25.The games scheduled for May 5th 7th at Bristol Lords.
:23:26. > :23:28.It's starting to rain here. Back to the studio.
:23:29. > :23:32.Cecilia Daly has the weather forecast.
:23:33. > :23:40.A little bit of rain around tonight. A bit warm over the last couple of
:23:41. > :23:44.days, and in fact a frost in place last night. Despite that, our
:23:45. > :23:49.gardens seem to be OK. Tulips here looking fantastic. Tonight is
:23:50. > :23:54.milder, a little bit more clad around but that cloud brings spots
:23:55. > :23:59.of rain and drizzle, nothing too heavy in general but that means of
:24:00. > :24:03.course these frost of stays away, low-temperature is that five or six.
:24:04. > :24:07.Tomorrow mild weather continues, lots of cloud around and that cloud
:24:08. > :24:11.brings rain and drizzle for time to time. Back to work tomorrow, and
:24:12. > :24:15.darkness around through the morning working its way from west to east
:24:16. > :24:19.and will still be a little bit damp and drizzly at times, around
:24:20. > :24:22.lunchtime tomorrow, but shot down and Belfast and through County
:24:23. > :24:27.Antrim as well. Temperatures will at least be two or three degrees higher
:24:28. > :24:31.than today, and most damp weather will move away in the afternoon so
:24:32. > :24:36.it will become drier than the west, and the cloud will hopefully lifted
:24:37. > :24:40.it, but hopefully a little bit brighter to the second half of the
:24:41. > :24:44.day and generally matched drier to, temperatures possibly at 13 or 14
:24:45. > :24:48.degrees. Mild again tomorrow night, and on Thursday we have some high
:24:49. > :24:51.pressure nearby but we also have this weather front coming southwards
:24:52. > :24:56.on Friday meaning again light rain for a time. The weather changes into
:24:57. > :25:02.the weekend, a return to cooler weather. Basically on Thursday it is
:25:03. > :25:06.still looking quite mild, a lots of cloud, some drizzly showers around
:25:07. > :25:10.but some decent dry weather, some bits of brightness and if we are
:25:11. > :25:14.lucky we may well see the template is up at around 15 degrees. On
:25:15. > :25:24.Friday that weather front I still do -- shoot you,, it moves temperatures
:25:25. > :25:31.down, and a bit more in a way of brightness. Cooler towards next
:25:32. > :25:35.weekend but hopefully more sunshine. Overall not too much rain. Good
:25:36. > :25:38.stuff and some lovely pictures there, Celia.
:25:39. > :25:44.In just over seven weeks' time the UK will go to the polls for another
:25:45. > :25:48.general election. The Prime Minister says she will ask parliament to vote
:25:49. > :25:52.in favour of the move and will be polled to be on the 8th of June. The
:25:53. > :25:55.secretary of state James Brokenshire has that there will be no change in
:25:56. > :25:58.Stormont's talks process, despite the announcement.
:25:59. > :26:07.Our late summary is at 10.30.-- 10.50.