direction things are heading in. we will wait and see if we hear anything from the westminster government about the next steps. we will also bring early reaction from both sinn fein, the largest party in northern ireland at the moment, in terms of numbers of seats, and also if we hear anything from the democratic unionist party reacting to the fact that as we were saying in the last few minutes the northern ireland assembly has once again been adjourned after failing to nominate adjourned after failing to nominate a speaker, meaning the assembly cannot convene power sharing cannot be resumed. northern ireland politics still somewhat in limbo, as a result. we will return to that as soon as we get any div elements or reactions here on bbc news. about 350,000 nhs staff are to start voting on whether to strike over pay.