The latest casualty of the Stormont stalemate - it's the end of the road for the budget to fix potholes and resurface streets

By the end of next month - five months before the end of the financial year - the Department for Infrastructure says cash to repair roads here is due to run out

Also on the programme: Lord Laird claimed £48,000 last year in expenses without making any spoken contributions in the House of Lords - and having voted just twice. More than 100 peers claimed nearly £1.3 million in expenses without making any spoken contributions in the House of Lords for a year, research has shown.

And, protestors hit the streets here yesterday over a benefit change that's been called the rape clause. The rape clause is the name critics have given to the Conservative government's plans to restrict child tax credits and Universal Credit to a parent's first two children. Benefits for any subsequent children can be paid if their mothers' declare they were conceived by rape. Yesterday's protests were held in Belfast and Londonderry.

Plus Stephen talks to a legend of local journalism: former Sunday World editor Jim McDowell.