the dup s paul givan has been told that he will have to resign as first minister after a new party leader takes over. he is northern ireland s youngest first minister and before long he will also be the shortest serving leader to hold the post. mr givan was informed of the news after the resignation of the dup leader, edwin poots, on thursday night. sirjeffrey donaldson, who is favourite to be the next dup leader, has made it clear he plans to lead the party from stormont as first minister. let s talk to our ireland correspondentjulian fowler who s in belfast. was this expected after the developments earlier in the week surrounding edwin poots? it developments earlier in the week surrounding edwin poots? it comes as a surrise surrounding edwin poots? it comes as a surprise and surrounding edwin poots? it comes as a surprise and jeffrey surrounding edwin poots? it comes as a surprise and jeffrey donaldson - a surprise and jeffrey donaldson expected to become the new leader, currentl
the parties that will see some progress now on the irish language, or if that isn t progress, he will intervene and put legislation through the parliament at westminster to make sure that promotion and protection is in place. now, that s pleased the sinn fein party who were prepared to come here this morning and endorse paul givan in his confirmation as first minister. but it s really upset a lot of the politicians in the democratic unionist party who are not happy with the move that their leader, edwin poots, has made, the deal that he struck with the uk government. yeah, so help us out with the personalities here. you ve got edwin poots who is the new dup leader, but he s not the first minister, because that is paul givan. and then you ve got the dup who aren t very happy about what has worked its way through, and plenty of them are being very open and public about their unhappiness. yes, there has been a lot of bitterness in the dup since arlene foster was overthrown, really, and fo
advice that i ve seen, that a goal of eradication of this virus is impossible. indeed, there s one part of this country that tried it for a bit in the summer and it found it to be impossible. and therefore, we must learn to live with this virus. matt hancock. it s important to remember that the announcement affects england alone. in scotland, from 28june, bigger groups will be able to gather in cafes, pubs and restaurants although they ll still have to observe social distancing. in northern ireland, limits on indoor gatherings are scheduled to be relaxed next monday, while wales s first minister has promised an update this friday. to belfast now, where arlene foster has formally stepped down as northern ireland s first minister six weeks after she was ousted as dup leader. the new dup leader, edwin poots, has nominated paul givan as the new first minister, but this still has
thrust into working very closely together over that time, even to the point where arlene joked at one stage that we were in each other s bubble. but we were trying to do our best. that s the long and short of it. we worked together to try and do our best to lead us through the pandemic, working alongside all other ministerial colleagues. i note the words that you ve made in your final statement, talking about the need for everybody to work together to deliver for everybody, to come at things in a way that there s more that unites us than there is that divides us. there were warm words, too, from her successor as dup leader. i believe history will be very kind to arlene. . it should be kind to her because she has done. a considerable course of work in ensuring i that we move forward. and even after the difficult - times of 2017 with the collapse of devolution, the commitment was there to ensure that we could get. back together again. political opponents also paid tribute, but the sdlp