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Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor and Noel

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Thompson. The headlines this Wednesday evening. A woman sues the

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man alleged to have been the most high-ranking agent within the IRA.

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The police look for the body of an infant under the yard of a house in

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Ballyclare. The Housing Minister denies financial links between his

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party and the Red Sky company. Sky have not contributed to the DUP.

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A company is fined over an accident that left a father-of-four with

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severe brain injuries. A big development plan for Bangor, but

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will the government deliver? And the Met Office is warning of heavy

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downpours tomorrow and Friday may not be much better. A woman who

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claims she was interrogated and falsely imprisoned by a man alleged

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to be the most high-ranking agent within the IRA has launched legal

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action against him. Fred Scappaticci is accused of being a

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senior member of an IRA unit which killed suspected informers - a

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claim he denies. The alleged victim is also suing the Ministry of

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Defence and the PSNI - she claims they knew what was happening. Our

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home affairs correspondent, Vincent Kearney, has this exclusive report.

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Bharat Killea was Barack to one agent within the ranks of the IRA

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and claims she was a victim of another. Fred Scappaticci, a man

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said to have been codenamed Stakeknife and was alleged to be to

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be the most high-ranking informer in the IRA. She claims police and

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the Ministry of Defence knowingly allowed her to be interrogated and

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threatened by a man acting as an agent of the state. Margaret Keeley

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has launched legal action against them and is now also taking action

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against Fred Scappaticci. She claims damages for personal

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injuries, false imprisonment, assault and battery. Over three

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days in 1994, detectives at Castlereagh questioned Margaret

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Keeley about an attack on a senior RUC officer. They also questioned

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her then husband, who uses the name Kevin Fulton and operated as an

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agent within the ranks of the IRA. When released, the I Ray Porter to

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a house in the New Lodge area of North Belfast and interrogated her

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for two days. She did not want to appear on camera but agreed to

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speak to the BBC. She says she has no doubt about who was calling the

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shots during the IRA interrogation. A man accused of being a senior

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member of the IRA's notorious Internal Security Unit, which

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hunted down and killed suspected informers. Freddy Scappaticci. A

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how did you recognise him? I knew him from Dundalk. And I saw a

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photograph of him. I said, that's him. He was one of the ones that

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was interrogating me. He interrogated me twice. On two

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different occasions. How did you react when you find out, when you

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heard the allegations that the man who interrogated you was an agent

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working for the state? I could not believe it. It's unreal, he should

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be brought to justice for what he has done to people and myself.

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initial request to include Scappaticci in Margaret Keeley's

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legal action was refused but that decision was overturned on appeal.

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In he said went, Mr Justice McCloskey said the allegations give

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rise to acute public concern and interest. It raised the spectre of

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a grave and profound assault on the rule of law and an affront to

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public conscience. This is the man at the centre of the case. The

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grandson of an Italian immigrant who came to Northern Ireland in

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search of work, Fred Scappaticci was a bricklayer who is accused of

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feeding as secret double life. He has a better than the past two

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being a republican but has denied claims that he was an IRA informer.

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I am Fred Scappaticci. I'm sitting today with my solicitor. I am

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telling you that I am not guilty of any of these allegations. I was

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involved in the republican movement. 13 years ago. But I have no

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involvement this past 13 years. Fred Scappaticci's West Belfast

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solicitor has been given an writ stating that his client is being

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sued and giving him two weeks to respond. A solicitor acting for

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Margaret Keeley says the case is unprecedented. It is hugely

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significant. The first time that case of this picture and indeed,

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quoting the judge, that is what he confirmed. Fred Scappaticci's

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solicitor confirmed that a writ has been served and said the

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allegations would be vigorously denied. The police have been

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searching the garden of a house in Ballyclare because of information

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that the body of an infant is buried there. The search is in its

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third day and our district journalist, Ciara Riddell, is at

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the scene. What do you know? search continued all day at this

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house behind me, you can see the police car at Hawthorn Way in

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Ballyclare. It started on Monday morning at around 11:00am when

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police received information that the body of an infant or baby might

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be buried at the back of this house. The person who give this

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information did not say from what we understand how long ago this had

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happened but we know it isn't linked to the current occupants of

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the house. The rent the house at the moment and were sent away from

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their home on Monday when the operation began. Over the past

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three days this has been a hive of activity. I have seen sniffer dogs

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coming in and out, a forensic team going in and erecting a tent at the

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back of the yard. As well as that, police have been searching using

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equipment given to them by Queen's University. So there is a lot going

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on and from what I understand, nothing has been found as yet. The

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operation it ended one hour ago when the police officers left. But

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this is still very much a crime scene. From what I understand, they

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will return tomorrow to continue. Thank you. The row between the

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Housing Executive and DUP minister Nelson McCausland shows no signs of

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letting up. It's believed the Housing Executive is refusing to

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give in to the minister's demand that the company Red Sky be

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reinstated as its main repair and maintenance contractor. The

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Executive dropped Red Sky in April following claims of poor

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workmanship and overcharging. But Mr McCausland wants the company to

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be kept on until a new system for awarding contracts is put in place.

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He rejects any suggestions of improper connections between the

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DUP and Red Sky bosses. This afternoon his party issued a

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statement on the matter. It said: There is not and never has been any

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inappropriate relationship between Red Sky and the DUP. Anyone who

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suggests otherwise should be prepared to stand over their

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malicious claims in court rather than trading in innuendo and smear.

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The party said it would be negligent for any elected

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representative not to regularly engage with a major employer in

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their constituency. The party's East Belfast representatives are

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rightly concerned at 400 jobs being jeopardised, particularly when

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there is more than a whiff of sectarian motivation. The DUP went

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on to say: Fraud and corruption will not be tolerated in any arm's

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length body and that includes the Housing Executive. With the latest

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developments, here's our political correspondent, Gareth Gordon. These

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union members believe Nelson McCausland's attack on a Housing

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Executive is an attack on them. is about time Mr McCausland give up

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presiding in this building and that he did the decent thing and

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resigned. The Minister stands by his allegations but rejects claims

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of inappropriate relationships between Red Sky and his party,

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including allegations that members have attended dinner parties at the

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home of the company honour. Do you know anything about dinner parties?

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Nothing. But I would not be surprised if at some time a

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politician happens to have a meal with the businessman, just as

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people have dinners with people from the BBC. Does that caused the

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problem? I have been at dinners with all sorts of people. I have

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had ice-cream with the mayor of Bangor. On all sorts of occasions

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and all sorts of meetings. You know that isn't the type of dinner or

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meeting that people are talking about? That is my challenge to the

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person who is making this charge. To come up with a real challenge,

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out or else withdraw. Would you be surprised that the claim was

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correct? I am waiting to hear anything for that individual. In

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due course, I'm sure he will find himself in difficulties. Bar Red

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Sky funding the DUP? Red Sky have not contributed to the DUP.

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Categorically, Red Sky do not contribute to the coffers of the

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DUP? When I ask, I was told they had not. The Minister was asked

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directly about the allegations by a picture of the community which

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oversees his department. I put to the Minister directly that he or

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his party have any interest with Red Sky and he assured me that

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isn't the case and I have listened and accepted that from the Minister

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and I have no difficulty repeating that on his behalf. My concern is

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that the issue around a company which has been found guilty of

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serious breaches of contract with the Housing Executive would be

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somehow allowed to continue providing a service for a period of

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time. This affair is now firmly in the political arena and retains the

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potential to cause difficulties around the Executive table. Were it

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will surely be released tomorrow. Our business correspondent, Kevin

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Magee, is here. Nobody is backing down, Kevin? The latest development

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is that the board of the Housing Executive have responded to the

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minister's request that this contract with Red Sky should be

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terminated and I understand the board of the Housing Executive have

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made it clear and in no uncertain terms that they will not be ending

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this contract with --. They have spell that out in the response. A

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three-month notice period had been given to Red Sky and that expires

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next week and my understanding is that the executive have people and

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other contractors in the wings, waiting to take over. The Minister

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has an option, he can apply to the Executive and tell them that they

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have to issue, he can tell them they have to do what he says but my

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understanding is they are threatening a judicial review. We

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have a major stand off and that is unusual in the public sector.

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contract was ended after a long investigation and to have some of

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the reports? This pile of documents goes to the absolute core of this

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dispute. 12 inches. I got these and there are hundreds of pages. These

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are what the executive says is evidence, that Red Sky was

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overcharging and the evidence is in here and the company have been

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asking for payments for work that was not finished and had not even

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been carried out. The executive say that if we go along with what the

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Minister has asked, we are turning our back on this body of evidence,

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which took two years together. sign of resolution? Well, the

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Minister goes on holiday on Friday, the Stormont Executive meets

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tomorrow, the contract is due to expire next week. So, I think that

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time is running out but there is no end in sight. Thank you. You're

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watching BBC Newsline. Still to come on the programme. Is the gap

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in Bangor's smile finally going to get some repair work? Did Shorts

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design the first double-decker passenger jet? A Dungannon company

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has been fined 25,000 for breaching health and safety law in an

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incident which left one of its workers with serious brain injuries.

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A judge said that 42 year-old Lucas Da Costa is close to being in a

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vegetative state. He was struck by falling pallets at the Linden Food

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factory. Natasha Sayee reports. The 42 year-old worked as a palace

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truck-driver in a warehouse at the factory and was asked to lift some

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palates but was not warned that they were not suitable for his

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truck and when he moved them, the load behind, stacked five metres

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high, collapsed on top of him. Mr Da Costa is originally from East

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Timor work and has four children, all under 10. He is now a living

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apart from his family at this nursing home, where he receives

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specialist care and, despite surgery, he remains severely

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disabled. The family are completely devastated, as you can imagine. The

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trial judge said that Mr de Costa has been left close to a vegetative

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state. You can imagine the impact, the devastating impact this has on

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the family. The managing director of London foods, seen here in the

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navy tie, released a statement, saying the accident was distressing,

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the company's health and safety manager also said safety at the

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factory is a priority. The judge said it was a tragic incident in

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which Mr de Costa had suffered serious debilitating injuries that

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would be with him for the rest of his life. But he said that London

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foods is a responsible company which takes up and safety seriously

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and had gone the extra mile to insure that accidents like this

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don't happen again. The company was fined �25,000 and the Dacosta

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Residents in Crossgar are in need of a Pied Piper. They're facing the

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nightmare of a rat infestation. No one knows where the rat have come

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from. Will Leach reports. You can go upstairs, but don't dare

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climb into the attic for fear of what you might catch. The owners of

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this house, he did not want to appear on camera, are horrified by

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what they have heard at night, and the tell-tale signs of rats. I know

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residents has a baby and they cost about four in their attic. Another

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resident has been having some dying in her house from the poison. It is

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on going in every house. These houses are clean and tidy and well

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kept and the owners have lived here for years. In recent weeks they

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have been troubled with a plague of rats. The local cats have been

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catching them and leaving them out for their owners. The owners are

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not so thrilled about that. She will try Cap fit, but only when she

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cannot get a rat. Spot is a champion rat-catcher. This morning,

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Northern Ireland Water sent a camera it down this -- calm it down

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this manhole. Owners noticed a foul smell. Local people think it may be

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connected to works to build new series in the area. There has never

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been his problem and in the space of a few weeks, we have been

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invested. I think the wrath are running from cover from the

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roadworks. Hopefully it will be temporary. There is no proof that

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this sewer works are the cause but extra poison has been laid as a

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precaution. Down Council aren't involved, but up until now, the

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cats and the best hope. -- are involved.

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Proposals about the regeneration of Bangor over the next 15 years have

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been unveiled. There are ideas were Queen's Parade, which has been

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derelict for years. Nothing concrete as such yet? These are all

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plants, plans for a new hotel, a theatre, apartments, shops,

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businesses, retail units, improving the look of the town centre. Also

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plans to redevelop Queen's Parade. It has been a gap in buying a's

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smile for several years. The Government's has yet to make any

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financial announcement and commit to any redevelopment in the town.

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Joining me now is the town centre manager. What do traders think?

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There is cynicism and frustration, but that is with the general

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economy. It is not just the government that have to step

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forward but the private sector as well. What we have in Bangor is an

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excellent partnership between the business community and the

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different agencies that can make this move forward. This blot on the

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landscape, how has it affected investment? There is no doubt there

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has been an investment hiatus. Different retailers that would have

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liked to come here would have liked to come to Queen's Parade and want

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to go into a nice, shiny unit of a certain size and are not getting it.

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Also joining me is the mayor of North Down. How confident argued

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that the Government will deliver financially? I am confident. We had

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a meeting before the launch. We raised this and money is earmarked

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within the programme for a big capital works on the street.

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that is the Minister for Social Development? What will this master

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plan mean for the town? The first thing we have to do is move on. Ms

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a Marks the Queen's Parade development. -- this and locks. It

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is key to the town centre. If we get that moving other things will

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follow. I spoke to the developer. They are confident and one to press

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ahead. They say all being well, they hope to cut the first sod in

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the next two or three years. For the next in our reports

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featuring rarely seen footage from the Pathe film archive, the early

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days of moving pictures were also the early days and the aviation

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industry. We look at how Northern Ireland has taken to the skies over

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the years, starting with a new threat from 1939.

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Neville Chamberlain visits Northern Ireland... Neville Chamberlain's

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the wife of windows in an airfield. The military showed off what it can

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do in the air. Faster and faster still! 72 years later, what was

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pseudonym airfield is now home to George Best Belfast City Airport. -

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- SEN ham. Also, one of the leading manufacturing bases for aircraft.

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The revolutionary jet aircraft goes through its trials. It is the

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forerunner of bigger aircraft which will probe the secrets of flying.

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The Short Brothers set trends for the aviation industry throughout

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their 75 years in Belfast. It was BOP by bombardier in 1989. This

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shows one of their big projects in 1953. It is hoped the plane was set

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new records. I think that sherbet was well ahead of its time. Shorts

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Brothers was testing advanced concepts. These days, we are

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interested in exploring new materials for the construction of

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the wing. In his senior, there was the worst air crash ever to happen

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in Northern Ireland. -- in the same year. 27 people were killed when

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the air law and her a -- airliner crashed at Nutts Corner. Shorts had

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been developed in a 1930s, pioneering air travel. They knew

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had the accident at Nutts Corner, when the plane crashed killing 27

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people. The disaster did not discourage engineers. This news 3

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features a model of a double-decker passenger aircraft, not unlike the

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Airbus A 380. Could Shorts have come up with this? Shorts were

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interested in turning this into a commercial airliner for passengers.

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There was so much space that there was great opportunity for a double

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decker Configuration. It did not make it to the market. Products

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like the A three D have brought that to the market. -- A380. It

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shows how advanced Shorts Brothers was. Tomorrow night, we will take a

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look at one of Belfast's other great industries, shipbuilding.

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Local netballers have been creating history at the world championships

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in Singapore. Stephen Watson will tell us everything.

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Northern Ireland are three to the World Cup quarter-finals. They meet

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-- they beat Samoa have to make it through to the last eight for the

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first time. The reward is a clash against England on Friday.

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It is official, it is the best result in the history of Northern

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Ireland netball. Eliane rise's side tore up the script against Samoa to

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lead them 31-17 at half-time. At half-time they were even more

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impressive. Noleen Lennon, who plays for Belfast, stole the show

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as she landed a whopping 47 of Northern Ireland's total of 66

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goals and was named player of the match. To put this achievement in

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context, Northern Ireland failed to qualify in 2007 and have never

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before contested a quarter-final. Samoan, quarter-finalists at the

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last two World Cups, could not match the agility of the girls in

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green. So comprehensive a performance that their coach left

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to a venture as all 12 squad members were given the run out.

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England will be an altogether different proposition.

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The Irish Football Association, the G A and Ulster Rugby came other

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under one umbrella in north Belfast today. It provided a platform for

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children from the north of the city to try out something new.

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Their game of three hands was a big day out for primary-school children

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from north Belfast. Today is about giving the kids the opportunity of

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the other community and sport is a powerful tool to facilitate that

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dialogue and save space. There are kids who have never played some of

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these games before. They are having a bit of fun with the children who

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probably only live a couple of hundred yards away it but they have

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never seen them before. There are seven primary schools here today.

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If you watch them, you can see the enthusiasm in all three sports.

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That Teva thighs this age group, how they treat sport. -- Qaeda eyes.

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Sport can be a vehicle for integration. They gave their all.

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They broke down barriers. In a fun- filled environment it brings and

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the best in people. If someone smiles at you use smile back.

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Linfield have started their pre- season build-up. Last night they

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entertained Kilmarnock at Windsor Park. Linfield took the lead

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through Peter Thompson but they eventually went on to lose 3-1, who

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are managed by Kenny shoots. Linfield 1 meet Rangers in

:25:40.:25:50.
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preparation for their Champions' League qualifier later this month.

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Well done to the gold medallist at the UK junior swimming

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No pressure is in charge and over the next day or two it will be

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drifting overhead. Most of us will be prone to heavy and prolonged

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downpours. We have already seen some of those today across County

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Antrim, to Rome, Londonderry and Donegal. They have moved away that

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we have seen it thunderstorms developing here. Not to a much

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across the south and south-east, but it will be their turn as well.

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We have rain coming from the south of Ireland. It gradually slips

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northwards through the evening, affecting Armagh, County Antrim,

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Belfast, and the odd heavy thundery first likely here as well. The West

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may avoid the worst of the rain. As we head into tomorrow, heavy

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downpours on the way. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning.

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Some of the downpours could give a lot of rain in a short space of

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time. Tomorrow morning, the showery rain in the West. Eight news in

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roads and we get from a heavy showers developing towards the east.

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Almost anywhere catching the show was as we go through the course of

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the afternoon. There could be 15-20 mm in a short space of time. It can

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be unpleasant to drive in. Right Gabs in between and temperatures

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