:00:00. > :00:11.The world number one initially struggled
:00:12. > :00:16.The Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams says the Assembly election has
:00:17. > :00:19.demolished the notion of a permanent unionist majority.
:00:20. > :00:22.His party came within a seat of overturning a ten-seat DUP majority.
:00:23. > :00:25.Senior DUP members have spoken out in defence of the party
:00:26. > :00:32.Let's have a look at how the parties finished up.
:00:33. > :00:36.The DUP remained the biggest party, but only just.
:00:37. > :00:42.Sinn Fein finished in second place with 27 seats after seeing
:00:43. > :00:45.their share of the vote surge by almost four percent.
:00:46. > :00:47.The SDLP become the third largest party in the
:00:48. > :00:54.The Ulster Unionists lost six of their MLAs and finished on ten,
:00:55. > :00:56.prompting party leader Mike Nesbitt to announce his resignation.
:00:57. > :00:59.The Alliance Party managed to hold on to their eight seats
:01:00. > :01:03.despite the overall reduction to 90 seats in the Assembly.
:01:04. > :01:07.The Green Party too held their position with two seats,
:01:08. > :01:10.Clare Bailey taking the final seat in south Belfast in the early
:01:11. > :01:16.People Before Profit went down to one seat
:01:17. > :01:17.after Eamon McCann lost out in Foyle.
:01:18. > :01:19.TUV leader Jim Allister retained his seat in North Antrim.
:01:20. > :01:22.And the former Justice Minister Claire Sugden was returned
:01:23. > :01:28.as an independent in East Londonderry.
:01:29. > :01:29.Our political correspondent Gareth Gordon reports on what's been
:01:30. > :01:49.He headlines told the story and the tremors will be felt some time to
:01:50. > :01:55.come. The smiles on the face of Sinn Fein leaders said much. History has
:01:56. > :02:00.been made. Stormont remains a unionist majority. The election
:02:01. > :02:08.yesterday was in many ways a watershed election. We are starting
:02:09. > :02:18.the process of reflecting what it all means. But clearly, the unionist
:02:19. > :02:23.majority in the Assembly has been ended and the notion of a permanent
:02:24. > :02:31.or a perpetual unionist majority has been demolished. Arlene Foster's DUP
:02:32. > :02:35.went into this election with a ten seat lead, even taking a kind of
:02:36. > :02:43.inevitable drop because of the reduction in MLAs, this was a bad
:02:44. > :02:51.result for a party leader. Is her leadership in jeopardy? Obviously,
:02:52. > :02:58.Foster and her party wants to have a look at their performance and wonder
:02:59. > :03:02.what we could have done to avoid it. They will not pretend it simply
:03:03. > :03:09.didn't happen, but what we have to do is make sure we do not have a
:03:10. > :03:14.major reaction or even a knee jerk reaction determined by people who
:03:15. > :03:19.are not on the same side as we are. It is a question which will not go
:03:20. > :03:29.away. Does Arlene Foster enjoyed your full confidence to like? Yes.
:03:30. > :03:35.She left her accounts last night refusing to speak to the BBC. She
:03:36. > :03:40.was asked about her position. The opposition is not in question as far
:03:41. > :03:45.as you're concerned? No, it is not. So for now, Mike Nesbitt is the only
:03:46. > :03:48.leader to pay the price for a disappointing election results.
:03:49. > :03:55.Sunday, Northern Ireland will vote as a normal democracy. We will vote
:03:56. > :04:01.in a post-sectarian election, but it is clear it will not happen in the
:04:02. > :04:08.duration of my political life. One possible successor, Steve Aiken told
:04:09. > :04:11.the BBC today that he will spend the weekend reflecting on a raft of
:04:12. > :04:15.issues, particularly what is best for the future of Northern Ireland.
:04:16. > :04:21.Pointedly, he did not rule himself out. What's next to the Storm Doris
:04:22. > :04:26.is another Mac to. The Secretary of State spend the day contact the
:04:27. > :04:32.parties. Everyone now has shared responsibility to engage intensively
:04:33. > :04:38.in the short stays available to others to establish a strong and
:04:39. > :04:44.stable administration. On the streets, the postmortem has begun.
:04:45. > :04:49.Adam Finn unionist people voted that well, because they have no
:04:50. > :04:56.confidence in the leadership. The Republicans are gaining force. There
:04:57. > :05:02.has been a bit of a sea change and it is welcome. People are thinking
:05:03. > :05:06.about when they are voting. It is interesting and different, but hard
:05:07. > :05:11.to restart Government again. We will soon find out if she is right.
:05:12. > :05:13.A man's been treated in hospital after he was
:05:14. > :05:17.It happened in Skegoniel Avenue in the early hours of this morning.
:05:18. > :05:19.Three men in their 20s have been arrested.
:05:20. > :05:30.Now, let's get a look at the weather forecast,
:05:31. > :05:39.It has been quite showery in places today. Those showers will continue
:05:40. > :05:42.this evening, although today, the winds shifted from the south-west
:05:43. > :05:46.and they will bring that showery rain northwards through the night.
:05:47. > :05:55.Eventually it will move away and we will be left with a dry slot.
:05:56. > :06:00.Temperatures 3-4d. 1-2d in a few rural spots. Tomorrow, it looks a
:06:01. > :06:04.dryer day for many. Bright spells developing, but is to begin with,
:06:05. > :06:10.the cloud will fill in and there will be showers in the south and
:06:11. > :06:14.even snow over the moors. Wetter across the Republic of Ireland. The
:06:15. > :06:18.rain extends into northern England, Wales and across the Midlands
:06:19. > :06:23.towards the east. Snow over the hills as well. In the south-west,
:06:24. > :06:26.brighter. Temperatures in double figures. Bright for much of
:06:27. > :06:32.Scotland, but eight few showers in the West and the far north-east. For
:06:33. > :06:41.Northern Ireland in the afternoon, eight few showers, but many avoiding
:06:42. > :06:46.them. Highs of around 8 degrees. It looks like a mainly dry start to the
:06:47. > :06:50.week. High-pressure moves in on Monday, but towards the middle of
:06:51. > :06:54.the week, the isobars are packing in so it will get wetter on Tuesday and
:06:55. > :06:57.blustery showers on Wednesday.