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The Executive has been criticised over the ongoing failure to resolve

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The SDLP MLA Claire Hanna says the lack of action by the DUP

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and Sinn Fein has turned the row into a soap opera.

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For a month now, the political wrangling over the Renewable Heat

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Incentive has dominated the news, and with the Assembly

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still in Christmas recess and no recall likely this week,

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patience is wearing thin on the Opposition benches.

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The DUP and Sinn Fein are playing this out like a soap

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opera and unfortunately we still have a week of that to run,

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but on the 16th we'll be trying to get the most thorough and robust

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We still believe Arlene Foster does not have the confidence

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of the public or most of the parties and should step aside, but we need

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to get on with addressing the major challenges of Brexit,

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Yesterday at a meeting in West Belfast, the Sinn Fein

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president hinted Martin McGuinness could resign if Arlene Foster

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doesn't stand aside while the scandal is investigated.

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If the First Minister does not take the actions that society

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desires and deserves, and which a sustainable

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process of change requires, then Sinn Fein will bring this

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ongoing and totally unacceptable state of affairs to an end.

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When the Assembly returns on Monday the 16th, Sinn Fein is to launch

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a motion of no confidence in the Speaker, Robin Newton.

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He's been criticised by MLAs for allowing the First Minister

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to make a statement last month without the support

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of the Deputy First Minister - but that Assembly return is a week

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away, and a week can be a long time in politics.

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A service supporting people appealing their benefits decisions

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has been given a reprieve, after it lost its funding last week.

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The Belfast Citywide Tribunal Service was set up three years ago,

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with money from the City Council and the Department

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It had closed last week, but is now able to continue

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until March, while looking for further financial support.

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The project is absolutely vital to citizens of Belfast.

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The numbers, thousands of people have used it over

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the past three years, and it's even more vital

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The US airline United ends its service between Belfast

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The last United Airlines flight arrives at Belfast International

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Airport at half past nine tomorrow morning, with the last flight

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to take off to New York at half past eleven.

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The decision to end the only daily, long-haul air route comes

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after the EU blocked an aid package worth ?9 million.

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A spokesman for the airport says it's working with

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Work tools worth ?500 have been stolen from a van in Lisburn.

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It happened on Wednesday at the Sprucefield park

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and ride car park - details have only

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The van's rear windscreen and passenger window were smashed.

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GAA, now and the first round of the McKenna Cup,

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Ulster University Jordanstown beat a young Donegal side by 2-20 to 4-3.

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Derry beat Armagh by a point, while there was also a win for Down

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New Cavan boss Mattie McGleenan watched his side win 1-13 to 12

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points against Tyrone, with Gerard Smith getting

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I am absolutely delighted. I thought it was a great game of football,

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certainly in the weather conditions I thought we showed great heart,

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great character, and it's a great start for me, so to get a win, it's

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a great confidence booster for me. And in hurling, Antrim

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beat Westmeath by nine Now, finally let's get

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a look at the weather forecast for the new week,

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here's Barra with the details. We have had a relatively quiet

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weekend on the weather front, but that is about to come to an abrupt

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end is with make our way through tonight. It is going to turn much

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more unsettled as the high pressure clears out of the way. It will be a

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wet and windy start, then from midweek it is going to turn cold

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enough for snow. I'll tell you more about that in a moment. As for

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tonight, we do avoid any frosty conditions again. Temperatures will

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stay about five or six, but through the night the wind will pick up as

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we have rain coming in from the Atlantic. Some of that rain will be

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quite heavy, so blustery conditions in the early hours. That rain will

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last until tomorrow morning, but is gradually clears away. It will stay

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unsettled with further outbreaks of rain following behind, and we are

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expecting Gail Stillwell, especially towards the north coast. There will

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be some sunny spells in between the showers though. The rain tonight

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will affect everywhere across Britain and Ireland at some point,

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and by lunchtime tomorrow it will be sitting across much of England and

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Wales, she slowly making its way south and east. Northern England,

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Scotland and across Ireland will have sunny spells coming and going,

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but also scattered showers, and factoring in those wins it will feel

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much cooler -- colder than lately. For us, we are looking at Tom

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temperatures of maybe seven or 8 degrees. Tomorrow evening the wind

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will continue, with scattered showers, but we are expecting a dry

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day on Tuesday with plenty of cloud around, and temperatures up a little

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bit. Nine or 10 degrees for many of us, and the wind should not be quite

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a strong but still coming in from the West. From midweek we have

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colder air coming in from the Arctic, allowing temperatures to

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drop quite low. For Thursday we are expecting snow showers, not only for

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high ground but also for some law levels as well. -- lower levels.

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Join Jo for our next BBC Newsline bulletin at twenty five

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From everyone on the BBC Newsline team, goodnight.

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