There is no prospect of a return to power in Northern Ireland according to the dup leader Arlene Foster. Despite intensive negotiations this week which included the Prime Minister and the taoiseach, mrs foster has said theres no sign of an end to the 13 month political stalemate at stormont. She said it was that the duty of the westminster government to set a budget and start to make important policy decisions about schools and hospitals and infrastructure. So a lot to talk about on this by Arlene Foster and also reaction on the implications. Keith doyle is in belfast. Just go through what Arlene Foster said in a bit more detail. On monday we had the Prime Minister and the taoiseach here as we thought a deal was in the air. As time went on we realised it would not happen, there was some talk of it perhaps happening this week but clearly now that is not going to happen with this statement from Arlene Foster. The big issues the Irish Language, the dup are absolutely insistent there will
Number is much higher. This book alone contains the names of seven thousand dead victims i have four or five of these every day we got two or three more bodies victims of new explosions it will take tens of billions of dollars to rebuild mosul alone and there is a more pressing issue to deal with first the bodies the iraqis hoped the u. S. Led coalition would help resurrect mosul since its Bombing Campaign created much of this destruction the americans in bluntly said no we freed you will spend two hundred odd Million Dollars fixing the pipes but aside from that you are on your own as a call issue and we are not in the business of nation building or reconstruction we must ensure that our respective nations precious and limited resources are devoted to preventing the resurgence of isis and equipping the warring torn communities to take the lead in rebuilding their institutions and returning to stability and the civilians in mosul the desperate and hopeless few that have returned have no
Thats newsnight with evan. Here on bbc one its time for the news where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday im hugh woozencroft. Its a fab five for liverpool in the Champions League as sadio mane inspires them to victory over porto in the last 16. Theres another happy red as the flying tomato shaun white takes his third halfpipe gold at the Winter Olympics. Chris froome says he should be allowed to compete as he returns to cycling for the First Time Since an adverse drugs test. Well, plenty to come but if youre a Liverpool Fan and you cancelled that valentines day dinner in order to watch the football tonight, congratulations, you clearly made the right decision. And it was a case of p. S i love you asjurgen klopps side wrote home with a huge 5 0 win away at porto. Side wrote home with a huge 5 0 win away at porto. My date for the evening is our football reporterjohn bennett well discuss things in just a moment but first, the action. It was watched byjohn watson. Its its been nine y
There is a stigma over pole dancing. This may have produced an outpouring of reaction in some parts, but the care home says it is now up for inviting the pole dancers back. Time for the weather forecast. Sunshine we will keep through the weekend, on the strength of the wind, bitterly cold, as we go into next week, things turn colder. Increasing chance that of us could see snow, but back to the here and now, whether into the next week is dominated by this area of High Pressure over scandinavia, feeding in the cold air all the way from the arctic, honest lengthening east south easterly wind, pushing in more clout across parts of north easington, southern clout across South West England and Northern Ireland, elsewhere, good deal of sunshine. The thermometer may read four to seven celsius, it will feel colder than that. The wind will continue to push in more clout across parts of north east england and anglia overnight, not quite as cold as it was, lire skies elsewhere and these blue colou
Ca re the attacks have had on them. And a care home for the elderly has been holding pole dancing displays for its residents. And despite criticism from some, it has said it will consider holding more. And so we shall be speaking with a couple of pole dancers. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11am this morning. In a few minutes time, were going to be talking about Organ Donation with the former england footballer andy cole. Andys life was saved when his nephew gave him his kidney. Today, mps are debating a new bill which would introduce an opt out organ donor system in england, where people are registered as a potential donor unless they state otherwise. So what do you think . Wed like to hear from you if youve benefited from an Organ Donation, or maybe youre a donor or on the organ transplant waiting list. Do get in touch on this all the stories were talking about this morning, use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate.