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Our First Minister hit back at Gordon Brown this morning, describing his Stormont speech as "ill conceived, unbalanced and ill advised". But if the FM felt stung by the PM, then he wasn't too worried about being stung by a wasp which perched on his ear throughout most of his interview with my colleague Martina Purdy. Unflinching , the FM pressed on, waving the wasp away after the camera clicked off.

Both the FM and the DFM were at the Belfast Science Park launching a Titanic education scheme. Martin McGuinness told the audience his family thought his Great Uncle had worked on the ill fated liner.

So far as the good ship Stormont Executive is concerned, there's no sign of tomorrow's deadline being met. After comments by Gerry Adams on Good Morning Ulster and by Martin McGuinness at the Science Park, the latest thinking is that the deadlock could slide into next week. If the DUP think they have a deal in principle that it will happen, maybe they might hold off on their threat of "serious consequences".

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