:00:00. > :00:09.The DUP leader Arlene Foster has denied newspaper reports of a revolt
:00:10. > :00:17.After an Assembly election in which some big DUP
:00:18. > :00:20.names lost their seats, a delegation was at Stormont
:00:21. > :00:23.for a series of meetings including one with Sinn Fein.
:00:24. > :00:26.The parties have just three weeks to reach an agreement
:00:27. > :00:32.The first crunch issue is over the DUP's choice for First Minister.
:00:33. > :00:36.Sinn Fein say they cannot support Arlene Foster returning
:00:37. > :00:39.to the position while there's an inquiry into the renewable heat
:00:40. > :00:51.He may be big news here but Gerry Adams has
:00:52. > :01:02.He's called Gerry Adams, he leads a party called Sinn Fein.
:01:03. > :01:06.Selfies come with success and this was Sinn Fein's day as they paraded
:01:07. > :01:20.their 27 MLAs including some well-known and new faces.
:01:21. > :01:23.As the new MLAs found their way around, just down the road at
:01:24. > :01:26.Stormont House, meetings aimed at forming an executive began in
:01:27. > :01:30.The DUP were first in meeting James Brokenshire.
:01:31. > :01:33.I think this is the biggest vote ever cast for any party in an
:01:34. > :01:37.It would be a perverse thing to say as a result of
:01:38. > :01:39.that, that someone should step aside.
:01:40. > :01:42.Arlene Foster is the leader of the DUP and the people will decide who
:01:43. > :01:48.The people have given a resounding mandate and endorsement
:01:49. > :01:53.There is no revolt at all in the party?
:01:54. > :01:56.No, there is no revolt, I have had a very good meeting today
:01:57. > :02:03.I will meet with my full team tomorrow morning
:02:04. > :02:07.I have talked to a lot of colleagues as well
:02:08. > :02:11.Sinn Fein also met the Secretary of State
:02:12. > :02:14.and made it clear that times have changed politically.
:02:15. > :02:18.The people have had their say, the political landscape has shifted.
:02:19. > :02:21.This is not Groundhog Day, this is not
:02:22. > :02:26.People want equality for all, they want respect
:02:27. > :02:31.The Alliance Party said if there was a political
:02:32. > :02:33.will to find agreement across the parties, it
:02:34. > :02:36.could be found but insisted that they would not join an
:02:37. > :02:42.The depth of the bitterness between the lead parties
:02:43. > :02:44.is as extreme as it has been for some time.
:02:45. > :02:57.Careers have ended and some have just begun.
:02:58. > :03:02.There are issues of personalities and the leadership of the DUP and
:03:03. > :03:07.the UUP and theis election poses a whole series of questions about
:03:08. > :03:17.power-sharing and the future of unionism and nationalism.
:03:18. > :03:19.For the first time, there is no unionist majority
:03:20. > :03:24.The DUP and the Ulster Unionists were the parties worst hit in terms
:03:25. > :03:30.There is some flash photography at the start of this report from BBC
:03:31. > :03:48.The loss of seats, the loss of the big names and in Mike
:03:49. > :03:54.Nesbitt's case, the loss of the Ulster Unionist Party leadership.
:03:55. > :03:57.When all the votes had finally been counted,
:03:58. > :03:58.the numbers were not what
:03:59. > :04:04.Here is the state of the parties in the new
:04:05. > :04:07.The DUP, the largest party, with 28 seats, but they are only one
:04:08. > :04:11.ahead of Sinn Fein who have 27 seats.
:04:12. > :04:13.In the last assembly, they were ahead
:04:14. > :04:19.This assembly is smaller than the last one.
:04:20. > :04:29.Sinn Fein lost one, People Before Profit
:04:30. > :04:35.didn't lose any and neither did the Alliance Party.
:04:36. > :04:43.Ten DUP seats and six Ulster Unionist seats.
:04:44. > :04:45.It means for the first time in the history of
:04:46. > :04:50.Stormont, there is no overall unionist majority in the chamber.
:04:51. > :04:53.They have 40 seats out of 90, that is less than 50%.
:04:54. > :04:59.So what are the implications of the election result?
:05:00. > :05:05.I think the 3rd of March was a bad day for unionism.
:05:06. > :05:08.We have no majority in Stormont for the first
:05:09. > :05:14.But I think we need to look at it as a wake-up call as to the
:05:15. > :05:21.future, how unionism positions itself and is fit for purpose.
:05:22. > :05:24.So, is unionism's difficulty Sinn Fein's
:05:25. > :05:29.It certainly has given a boost to nationalists and
:05:30. > :05:33.republicans and I dare say that pressure for a border poll will
:05:34. > :05:36.increase in the foreseeable future although I don't think one should
:05:37. > :05:41.overreact in the sense that our constitutional status here in
:05:42. > :05:45.Northern Ireland is going to change in the very short run.
:05:46. > :05:48.In the old Stormont parliament, a chamber
:05:49. > :05:51.without a unionist majority was unthinkable.
:05:52. > :05:54.John Taylor, seen here on the left, is still involved in
:05:55. > :05:58.Today he said he was not concerned about last week's
:05:59. > :06:02.He said Sinn Fein and the SDLP still have a lot of
:06:03. > :06:10.Are you really telling me you're not worried
:06:11. > :06:20.The election may be over but the analysis
:06:21. > :06:33.of what it all means is only just beginning.
:06:34. > :06:36.CCTV footage showing the moment a gunman opened fire on a petrol
:06:37. > :06:38.station in north Belfast injuring a police officer, has been broadcast
:06:39. > :06:43.in an effort to track down those behind the attack.
:06:44. > :06:46.The footage shows the police officer running across the forecourt
:06:47. > :06:52.of the garage on the Crumlin Road in January.
:06:53. > :06:55.A number of customers were also there at the time.
:06:56. > :06:59.The officer was shot at least twice in his right arm by an AK47 rifle.
:07:00. > :07:02.It's thought a bullet-proof vest may have saved his life.
:07:03. > :07:05.Photographs of the red Audi car used in the attack were also broadcast.
:07:06. > :07:08.Speaking anonymously to the BBC's Crimewatch programme
:07:09. > :07:10.which aired earlier tonight, the officer said he thought
:07:11. > :07:23.I felt something hit me, everything slowed down.
:07:24. > :07:28.I didn't feel any pain but I ran for cover. Everything slowed down.
:07:29. > :07:31.Blood was pouring out and I thought that was
:07:32. > :07:39.I thought I was going to die in that forecourt.
:07:40. > :07:41.Sport - the Slaughtneil GAA club have been celebrating
:07:42. > :07:43.their first All-Ireland senior club camogie title.
:07:44. > :07:45.They beat Sarsfields of Galway at Croke Park.
:07:46. > :07:48.The team returned from Dublin to a rousing welcome home.
:07:49. > :07:51.It could be the first of a remarkable double for the club
:07:52. > :07:55.if their senior football team can also win their All-Ireland final
:07:56. > :07:59.But, for now, it's all about the camogie team
:08:00. > :08:05.All of our supporters and family and friends
:08:06. > :08:08.here to welcome us, as all
:08:09. > :08:15.Ireland Champions, we have to keep saying it to believe it.
:08:16. > :08:38.The weather is next. It's quite a chilly night with
:08:39. > :08:42.temperatures falling below freezing allowing for some frost to develop
:08:43. > :08:47.and possibly the odd stretch of ice as well. Started tomorrow but
:08:48. > :08:52.overall, a dry day and to receive more rain coming in the Atlantic.
:08:53. > :08:55.Some frost at their first thing but once the sunshine comes, it will
:08:56. > :09:01.burn away and many will bus will enjoy the sunshine. If you're
:09:02. > :09:05.travelling tomorrow, it will be a downhill spiral across Ireland as
:09:06. > :09:09.that next area of rain pushes in. Eventually it will make its way
:09:10. > :09:13.across the Irish Sea affecting parts of Wales and the south-west of
:09:14. > :09:16.England. But for much of Britain, some good amount of sunshine. By the
:09:17. > :09:22.middle of the Apted, the rain will have taken over much of Ireland and
:09:23. > :09:26.for us, it will be an East, West split. Is the area is staying dry
:09:27. > :09:30.but the real eventually reaches here too. A wet end to the day with highs
:09:31. > :09:35.of seven or 8 degrees. Bandolier is milder air so tomorrow will not be
:09:36. > :09:40.as chilly with temperatures overnight at seven or 8 degrees.
:09:41. > :09:46.Wednesday, apart from the old Shah, a largely dry picture. Temperatures
:09:47. > :09:47.up to 11 or maybe 12 degrees. We hold the higher temperatures and the
:09:48. > :09:51.end of the week. Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am
:09:52. > :09:56.during Breakfast here on BBC One.