:00:00. > :00:09.Sinn Fein cut short today's meeting with the Secretary of State
:00:10. > :00:13.accusing him of waffling on legacy issues.
:00:14. > :00:15.It was one of a series of discussions on restoring
:00:16. > :00:20.After reports of party discontent in the wake of the election,
:00:21. > :00:23.the DUP leader Arlene Foster said she was delighted with the support
:00:24. > :00:33.Here is our Political Correspondent Stephen Walker.
:00:34. > :00:44.If Arlene Foster is under pressure after seeing her ascent beating fall
:00:45. > :00:49.by ten, she didn't show it today. Without telling the media the DUP
:00:50. > :00:51.leader turned up unannounced instalment's great Hall and in the
:00:52. > :00:55.absence of any reporters, gave this statement. I'm delighted with the
:00:56. > :00:58.support I have received from one of my colleagues today, and I look
:00:59. > :01:02.forward to going in and getting a good deal not just for unionism but
:01:03. > :01:06.for all the people of Northern Ireland, that's what we are focused
:01:07. > :01:11.on, the restoration of devolution and making sure we have that
:01:12. > :01:16.stability. If the DUP were sending optimistic tonight, Sinn Fein set a
:01:17. > :01:23.different tone after they met the secretary of State. They accused him
:01:24. > :01:26.of delaying inquests. All he did was waffle, waffle and more awful in the
:01:27. > :01:30.nation to how we're going to go forward and give families what they
:01:31. > :01:35.need which has access to due process as per the request. All day the
:01:36. > :01:40.storm debate has been living here for discussions and earlier, the
:01:41. > :01:46.mood music was upbeat. We have been through this before, they have been
:01:47. > :01:52.negotiations before, there is a readiness to do the deal, I believe
:01:53. > :01:55.it's the right kind of government, that can businesspeople require. The
:01:56. > :02:01.Ulster Unionists are also hopeful that a deal can be reached. We have
:02:02. > :02:05.had a number of discussions, there is a willingness there among the
:02:06. > :02:09.parties we have talked to at this time, and a willingness is there on
:02:10. > :02:13.behalf of the Austin Unionist party. The Alliance party, government
:02:14. > :02:19.finances which are the top talking point. It has to be agreed in some
:02:20. > :02:23.shape or form, the most fundamental focus for us is to ensure we
:02:24. > :02:29.maintain the public services and we are able to invest in our economy.
:02:30. > :02:33.So what are the chances of success? Can appeal before which is in the
:02:34. > :02:38.next few weeks? I think there is a sense of the urgency of what is at
:02:39. > :02:41.hand in the significance of the issues we're dealing with and
:02:42. > :02:46.getting back into devolved government at the earliest possible
:02:47. > :02:50.priority, that's what is motivating me. Essentially there are two
:02:51. > :02:54.processes at work here, the talks hosted by the circuitry of state
:02:55. > :03:00.James Brokenshire and then there are discussions between the DUP and Sinn
:03:01. > :03:01.Fein, and it is those talks that will ultimately determine whether or
:03:02. > :03:12.not power-sharing is restored. The DUP leader is among those who
:03:13. > :03:13.have made fresh calls for Unionist unity.
:03:14. > :03:16.following their loss of a majority at Stormont for the first time.
:03:17. > :03:28.Ever since there has been more than one big Unionist party, relations
:03:29. > :03:31.have never been smooth, and have regularly come to a head around
:03:32. > :03:37.electoral battles. That's been even more true Saint Unionists have
:03:38. > :03:41.entered power-sharing, with nationalism in general and Sinn Fein
:03:42. > :03:45.in particular. Today in the aftermath of a brutal election for
:03:46. > :03:50.Unionism, the DUP leader referred to a renewed attempt to create unity
:03:51. > :03:55.but one former Ulster Unionist leader was dismissive. She, having
:03:56. > :04:01.been responsible for this, should be sitting down and thinking carefully
:04:02. > :04:04.about her own position set of engaging in something which is an
:04:05. > :04:08.attempt to divert attention from the mess she has made of things. She and
:04:09. > :04:13.her party need to do some serious thinking and consider that there are
:04:14. > :04:19.strong documents in favour of treating people politely. But a
:04:20. > :04:25.senior DUP figure said his party leader had struck the right tone.
:04:26. > :04:33.The focus on going to be taken today is this there is ground swell, an
:04:34. > :04:37.opportunity for our parties, the Unionist cause, and I think there
:04:38. > :04:44.is, that is what the article today is very helpful. It puts the finger
:04:45. > :04:48.on where the discussion should focus at the moment. One lifelong Austin
:04:49. > :04:53.Unionist isn't ruling out suggestions of a single party in the
:04:54. > :04:57.future. United we stand, divided we fall and unless we get ourselves
:04:58. > :05:02.united and are singing from the same hymn sheet, I feel the future is
:05:03. > :05:06.going to continue to be disastrous for us, we can't afford that to
:05:07. > :05:12.happen. Unionists have from time to time shown unity, in opposition to
:05:13. > :05:20.the Anglo-Irish agreement and during Drumcree dispute and electoral pacts
:05:21. > :05:25.have secured seats. Tom Elliott will now play a key role in any internal
:05:26. > :05:29.Ulster Unionist debate. Bringing unity point Unionists, for some,
:05:30. > :05:35.looks like an uphill struggle. Some people are still hardline, Unionist,
:05:36. > :05:42.almost sectarian, and others are liberal. But the difficulty is you
:05:43. > :05:46.have to bring the hardliners along and I think there is a job for the
:05:47. > :05:51.DUP to do and I think they are doing it, with great difficulty. It's been
:05:52. > :05:54.a long time since there was a single Unionist party, any modern Unionist
:05:55. > :05:59.leader would give a lot for that kind of control. Many would consider
:06:00. > :06:01.it ironic if that came about due to electoral setbacks rather than
:06:02. > :06:06.historic dominance. A man in his seventies has died
:06:07. > :06:09.in a crash near Coleraine. It happened on the Curragh
:06:10. > :06:12.Road this afternoon. Police are appealing for witnesses
:06:13. > :06:20.to contact them. Details have emerged of the unusual
:06:21. > :06:24.birth of a little girl in the rear But it didn't go according to plan
:06:25. > :06:33.and so her husband Paul turned midwife using his shoelaces
:06:34. > :06:35.in the process. Keiron Tourish has been
:06:36. > :06:48.to meet the latest addition Here in the Dougherty household in
:06:49. > :06:51.County Donegal, there is every reason to celebrate at the moment,
:06:52. > :06:56.that's because of a new addition to the family. But little baby Sophia
:06:57. > :07:07.arrived in a very unconventional way. The car packed up, I was
:07:08. > :07:16.filling the labour pains, I knew she was come to come soon, we just made
:07:17. > :07:19.a it past Bridgend, and I said, the baby is coming, it's not going to
:07:20. > :07:25.stop and we're not going to make it. He said, where are we going to stop?
:07:26. > :07:34.I said go up this road, some unused road on the side, people in and she
:07:35. > :07:41.came within a few minutes. I think at that stage the dispatcher told
:07:42. > :07:49.the baby was still on its way but he said, no she is already here, he
:07:50. > :07:53.grabbed her to catch her, and she would have fallen on the floor to
:07:54. > :07:59.hurt herself, had it not been the hymn, the dispatcher then talked him
:08:00. > :08:04.through and said, wait five minutes, tie off the recall it and get string
:08:05. > :08:09.or whatever you have, luckily he was wearing laced shoes at the time, he
:08:10. > :08:15.took them off and tie brandy and belittle and within five or ten
:08:16. > :08:18.minutes, the ambulance crew arrived. She has been doing just great since
:08:19. > :08:23.her birth a few days ago, now she just wants to get back to doing what
:08:24. > :08:29.babies do best, a bit of peace and quiet.
:08:30. > :08:41.After a wet end to the day, it'll dry up during the course of the
:08:42. > :08:44.night as the rain clears the east Coast, leaving behind a mild night
:08:45. > :08:53.temperatures about five or 6 degrees. Overall, tomorrow will be a
:08:54. > :08:57.much better day, more like spring, good amounts of sunshine and wilder
:08:58. > :09:06.as a result of the light wind out there. Temperature should reach
:09:07. > :09:10.double figures for many of us. Tri-Star, rain along the south
:09:11. > :09:17.coast, gradually merges its way across the Irish Sea in two parts of
:09:18. > :09:21.Wales, largely dry with sunshine, the Scotland, they are scattered
:09:22. > :09:26.showers and sunny spells. The best of the sunshine across Ireland will
:09:27. > :09:30.be in the northern half of the island, may be damp for parts of the
:09:31. > :09:34.south coast but for Oscar plenty of dry weather, good amounts of
:09:35. > :09:40.sunshine and temperatures should reach 12 or even 13 degrees. Perhaps
:09:41. > :09:49.a few showers, creeping in tomorrow night, a mild night with of seven or
:09:50. > :10:06.8 degrees. We hold onto temperatures reaching in 11 or 12.
:10:07. > :10:09.The 24-year-old man has been charged with murder.
:10:10. > :10:12.You made sure an innocent man is charged!
:10:13. > :10:15.What gives you the right to say that he's innocent?