22/07/2011 BBC Newsline

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

Thompson. The headlines this Friday evening: the police apologised to a

couple whose wedding be stopped because they thought it was an

immigration scam. A man is accused of killing his

cousin in a hit-and-run. Marian Price is charged in

connection with the murder of two soldiers.

And in a new deal, Ireland will save hundreds of thousands of euros.

There's something strange on the beach at Portstewart, but what is

it? Find out later in the programme. Also, on the North Coast they're a

big step closer to landing a major golf tournament.

Will it be a weekend for ice-cream and barbeques? I'll have your

First to the sham wedding that wasn't. Just before they were to

say "I do", the bride and groom were arrested and the couple spent

the next five hours in a police station. The police said they

suspected it was an immigration scam. By the time the police

admitted they'd made a mistake, the ceremony at the Guildhall in

Londonderry had been cancelled. The couple, who are expecting their

first child, say the police apology doesn't even begin to make up for

the disruption of their big day. Julia Paul reports.

They may look like any young couple in love. But when Neil McElwee and

his Chinese fiancee, Yanan Sun, tried to get married this week, the

police thought differently. Suspecting the marriage was just a

immigration purposes, as the ceremony was about to go ahead,

they arrested the couple. They were taken to a police station, Forster

to dress in forensic clothing and separated. This is our wedding day.

They made a big mistake. I kept trying to explain to them, say to

them, this is insane. You know, how has this happened? They were

looking at the ground. I had my make-up done and my hair done. It

was perfect. I was very excited for my wedding and to see my husband.

In just two minutes, I got to the city walk and then had to go to

another room. The couple were held for five hours and only released

when the solicitor colder. She says it appears the police may have been

looking for illegal immigrants. One wedding guest has been referred for

deportation. I do have concerns that the board Agency have taken a

few here that if it is a sham, it is a great opportunity for this

wedding ceremony to see how many nationals here do not have their

paperwork in working order. police said they had an anonymous

tip-off. They have accepted their mistake. We have apologised and

said we are sorry for the trauma we caused them, and we do get things

wrong. Eventually, the couple were able to marry the next day but they

say nothing will make up for what happened. They have completely

destroyed our day. I don't think we will ever be satisfied. We got

married on Wednesday but all the magic and Spock had disappeared.

The cousin of a man who died after a hit-and-run in Coalisland has

been charged with his murder. Declan Quinn was knocked down on

Saturday. Today 21-year-old Anthony Joseph Quinn of Maplebrook Hill, in

Coalisland, was in court. Our district reporter, Louise Cullen,

reports. Appearing at the Magistrates Court

was Anthony Joseph Quinn, from a poor Burchill. The 21-year-old is

charged with driving while disqualified. His cousin died on

Monday, two days after he was hit by a car. The sergeant objected to

bail and told the court Anthony Joseph Quinn was already on bail

for assaulting a guard. There also concerns about failing to attend

court and interfering with witnesses. The solicitors said his

client had gone to his mother's house, where he made arrangements

to hand himself in on Tuesday. The court was told this was not

resemble hit-and-run. He said the client had been called to his

father's house and was being attacked. When he arrived, three

man chased him by car and on foot. The Declan Quinn was then attacked

with a hammer. Anthony Joseph Quinn ducked behind the wheel, fearing

for his life, and then realised his windscreen had been smashed.

Anthony Joseph Quinn's solicitor said he had answered all the police

questions and had broken down after giving his account. Bail was

refused and he will appear again next month.

The convicted IRA bomber Marian Price has been charged in

connection with the murders of two soldiers in Antrim in 2009. She is

accused of providing property for the purposes of terrorism,

understood to be a mobile phone. Mrs Price, now known as Marian

McGlinchey, is currently in prison after her early release licence was

revoked earlier this year. Her lawyer says the new charge is an

abuse of legal process. Chris Page reports.

This is Marian Price, leaving court three months ago to go back to

prison. A veteran Republican who is 57 had her early release licence

suspended after she appeared at this dissident republican rally.

She is also known as Marian McGlinchey, and she held a piece of

paper which a man in a balaclava read a speech from. Now she is

being charged in connection with the murder of two soldiers in

County Antrim. The men were shot dead by the Real IRA in March 2009.

Marian Price is accused of providing property, specifically a

mobile phone, for the purposes of terrorism. She did not appear in

person at the hearing today in Belfast Magistrates Court. Her

solicitor told the court she had first been questioned 18 months ago.

He argued there must have been insufficient evidence to charge her

then. He claims no new evidence has emerged since. He said he would try

to RUN out as an abuse of process. He claimed the new charges were

linked to the Secretary of State's decision to revoke her early

release licence. She was convicted of being a dog and the IRA bombing

of the Old Bailey in 1973. -- being involved. The defence lawyer's want

to question two senior detectives and another witness about the case

against Marian Price. She is expected to appear via video link

for the next hearing in the case in two weeks time.

The police say a device found in East Belfast was a viable fire bomb.

Homes were evacuated in the Harkness Parade and Banbury Street

area while the army dealt with the bomb.

You're watching BBC Newsline. Still to come on the programme:

How Ireland's first female aviator put Carnmoney on the map.

And why these sea creatures are A council worker has been killed in

an industrial accident in Coleraine. It happened at a recycling plant.

Nicola McHugh reports from there. The accident happened just before

midday at the recycling plant in Coleraine. These are pictures taken

from the scene. The man has not yet been named and few details about

what led to his death have been released. The entrance to this

disposal and recycling centre remains cordoned off as a full

examination is carried out. What we can see inside and to the left is a

number of police officers who are carrying out preliminary

examinations. War we know is that the victim was a 39-year-old man

after becoming trapped behind a lorry somewhere within the site. --

what we know of. He worked for the council. A statement has said the

accident was a tragedy and that thoughts and prayers are with the

family. The Health and Safety Executive has taken over the

investigation. The site will remain closed until further notice.

Is there finally a glimmer of hope for the Republic's economy? A deal

reached among European leaders means a cut in the interest rate

Dublin is paying on the international loans which are

keeping its economy afloat. Government officials suggest it

will mean an annual saving to taxpayers of at least 600 million.

Jennifer O'Leary reports. The government had lobbied hard to

persuade Europe that the interest rate in Ireland's bail out loan was

unsustainable. 45 billion euros of a bail out was stamped with a 5.8%

interest rate. The rate was felt to be unfair, but as EU leaders agreed

new plans to save the euro, Ireland also secured a number of

concessions. At a 2% cut in the bail out interest rate. That is a

saving of at least 600 million euros a year. And the period for

repaying has been extended to 15 years. The government is keen to

stress the positives. We have achieved the interest rate

reduction and the extended repayment period takes a lot of

pressure off us and makes it much easier for us to we access the

international markets to get out of the bail out programme. But the

deal last night does not necessarily mean less payment of a

public. The Irish government is still spending around & more than

it will take in this year in tax. - - around 10% more. And what about

Ireland's low corporation tax rate? That Taoiseach is is no conditions

are attached to the interest rate condition but they have had to

agree to participate in talks which could lead to corporation tax

changing. And this evening the Chancellor,

George Osborne, has confirmed that the Treasury will cut the interest

rate on the �3.2 billion it has loaned to the Irish Government as

part of the bail out. A park in Glengormley is being to

be renamed in honour of an English noblewoman. But Lillian Bland,

whose family lived in County Antrim, was no run-of-the-mill aristocrat.

As our district journalist, Ciara Riddell, reports, she's in the

history books as the first woman to make and fly her own airplane. But

before now her achievement has largely gone unrecognised.

1,900s in County Antrim. The fact that Lilian -- Lillian Bland was a

woman did not deter her. certainly did things that were not

accepted as the norm at that time. She was a tomboy. She would have

shot rifles and been part of the boys' club. She was certainly

different from everybody else in the village. In 1910 she proved her

worth as a pioneering aviator, flying higher plane and months

later becoming the first woman to ever fly aboard her own aircraft.

Her only help, hair aunt's garden. This was a thrill to me to think

that my grandmother would be involved in something like this.

This girl, 100 years ago, was able to design and build and fly her own

aircraft with no training or knowledge. Today, Queen's

University students study her work. A computer-generated image shows

just how advanced she was. This was the equivalent of space today. A

lot of people still do not believe that flight was possible in those

days. So they were on the edge of technology. A model of the plane

has now been elected in the park and next month, Lillian Bland will

finally get the recognition she deserves when the party is

officially renamed in her honour. - - when the park.

I had never even heard of her before. Lots of people had not.

The sports minister has told BBC Newsline she will attend the

Northern Ireland football team's Euro 2012 qualifier next month

against the Faroe Islands at Windsor Park. But Caral N Chuiln

says she will not be present at the playing of the National Anthem.

As you might expect the stance has prompted considerable debate across

the airwaves today, but before he got round to talking football, our

reporter Austin O'Callaghan first sought the minister's opinion on

the possibility of a major golf tournament coming to Northern

Ireland. I would welcome all the opens, the

Irish and British Open. I think the Irish Open should come off, given

that from 14 months ago we have had three sporting champions in golf.

Why wouldn't it? Why shouldn't we be organising it to make sure it is

brought here? What you support Northern Ireland

against the Faeroe Islands? I am hoping to be there. I have

received an invitation. I am aware there is an invitation and I am

hoping to be there. And will you stand for the anthem?

I will not be there for the anthem, that is part of the arrangement.

The arrangement I am hoping to reach. I don't want to be

politically insensitive to the community, but I don't want to be

insensitive to the community I represent, either.

Could you not make a gesture? Edwin Poots as -- was at a special

game, and with respect, Mary McAleese is not representing wealth

but -- west Belfast, I am. We both have our local to his --

local constituencies. I am hoping to go to the game without this

being an issue. I understand that, but can you

understand one section of the community may be slightly offended?

I think to be honest the way this will be dealt with will be, there

are political sensitivities about me even going to the game,

regardless of the anthem, and I am prepared to do that. I am asking

people to be flexible, as well. Northern Ireland has taken a

significant step closer to hosting a major golf tournament. Royal

Portrush was today given Stormont's financial seal of approval. The

Executive has confirmed that, should the North coast course

attract a European Tour event - likely to be the Irish Open - then

it would provide substantial backing. Gavin Andrews has more.

These were the scenes when Darren Clarke returned with the Open

Championship trophy this week. There is no doubting the support

and interest for golf here. Now it is time to take advantage.

wanted to grasp the momentum. Watch we need to work on over the next

period in time, the structures we need to change, the changes we need

to make in relation to the needs of a European Tour event. We are

hopeful that we can deliver, because when you look at the

logistics around an event, like St George is when people were being

brought in from large distances away, I think Northern Ireland

could coped well. According to last year's US Open

champion, the course is ready. They knew holes have been stretched

to 270 yards, and everyone loves this layout and part of the world.

When the sun shines, it is particular menace. It is tournament

standard, British Open started, and it will be a great test for the

best players in the world. It is a stepping-stone to getting this

important championship back in this area of the world.

One rat -- one man who will be responsible for that is Graham's

brother, Gary, who works on the green.

It would be fantastic to get a major event here, and C Graham

playing, all the Irish boys, it would be great to see. This is a

championship course and deserves a good tournament.

Still, everything is in place, banning something unforeseen, the

Irish links will see a tournament in two years time. There has been

private sponsorship, and along with today's Government backing there

should be no problem coming up with the 4 million euros it will take.

Over the last few years there has been very little love lost between

Armagh and Tyrone. The teams meet again tomorrow in an all-Ulster,

all-Ireland qualifier. It is a rivalry which has defined gaelic

football for the last decade as these pictures from 2005 certainly

illustrate. Such was their pulling power that at their collective

height the teams regularly brought crowds in excess of 60,000 to croke

park. Many of the familiar faces which saw the teams dominate the

which saw the teams dominate the footballing landscape will be on

display in Omagh tomorrow evening display in Omagh tomorrow evening

as they vie for the right to take on Roscommon in the fourth round of

the qualifiers. The game is live on BBC Radio

Ulster tomorrow as is the double header from croke park where Derry

play Kildare followed by Down We stay with gaelic games and ask,

is the sport in the grip of a cruciate ligament injury crisis?

This season alone, no fewer than 14 high profile inter-county careers

have been halted because of serious knee injuries - but do the

statistics point to an actual increase? Or is there just a

greater awareness of the problem. Thomas Niblock has been to meet one

of Northern Ireland's leading knee surgeons.

That feels very solid... I would say...

Another day at the clinic, another day treating a cruciate ligament

injury. The players feel the numbers suffering from the dreaded

knee are on the increase. It is not dies. We have seen it all

and Bradley and Paddy Bradley with cruciate ligaments. It is a long

road to recovery. -- it is not nice. Every day it seems to be someone

with cruciate ligament. Whether it is the book's order pictures or the

training... However, medical opinion

contradicts the theory that cruciate ligament are on the

increase. I think the ugliness is on the

increase. The numbers have been roughly the

same over the past ten years. There is a simple reason why Gaelic

Athletic Association players are more likely to suffer knee injury.

Gaelic players play in the summer, and the ground is hard. If you

plant your studs in the winter, your foot slips, if you plant them

in the summer, your foot sticks. The slip can protect the need, and

it is the combination of hard ground, studs and the summer that

causes the problem. Hard ground, the main reason why

some of the top Gallagher Fliss -- Gaelic Athletic Association players

are on the sidelines. Finally rowing - Coleraine's Peter

Chambers and his team-mate Kieran Emery have qualified for tomorrows

final of the Lightweight mens pairs at the World Under-23 Championships

The hills will be alive with the sound of music this weekend as

thousands of people take to the Sperrins for the annual Glasgowbury

festival. This year there's a new element to

the festival as up and coming comedians will also be strutting

their stuff. Here is our North-West reporter, Keiron Tourish.

This is among the 50 two-act who will take to the various stages

during the Glasgowbury Festival. The aim has always been to try to

support emerging home-grown talent, and will be joined by a performance

-- performance -- performers including The Answer and general

fiasco. By ants are playing at Glastonbury

and going to the UK and taking their music to the world. -- bands

are playing. Northern Ireland has had some fantastic talent, and it

is time that talent comes to the As a spin-off from the festival,

workshops are run to give local musicians the chance to develop

their talent. It is local talent the chance to be seen and heard. It

is all about them, that is the beauty of it, it is just about

local talent. Glasgowbury brings huge benefits to

the area, at a time when businesses have been affected by the economy

downturn. Glasgowbury is an immensely

positive impact on the area. It is bringing tourists and day-trippers

and. People know Draperstown because of Glasgowbury.

For the first time, there is a comedy stage and no shortage of

aspiring comedians. Did you hear about the tractor that

went down a lane and turned into a field?

The old ones are the best! People have been flocking to

Portstewart Strand today to see something rather unusual that's

washed-up on the shore. BBC Newsline's Natasha Sayee is there.

What is going on? The first I had heard about this is

when I got a tweet to say a hideous sea monster had washed up in

Portstewart. It is fairly hideous. They are just barnacles, is that

right? They are not uncommon to this area.

We have never had them in this quantity before.

This is quite a rare sight? It is. We have had them on various

bits of wood before, but never in this quantity. People are flocking

to it. They are, and it is an amazing

sight with all the different collars. It is something children

will probably never see again. They are moving at the moment, but

there are some dead ones, what will you do with this?

We are talking to our different parts bar agencies to see what best

we can do. It is a substantial piece of wood they are all attached

to, so we have to see what way we can best move it out over the

coming two days. Thank you very much indeed. We

understand they are delicacies in Spain, but looking at them is

enough to put them off your dinner. Some people like to eat snails and

mussels. But if it was all alive and moving

it would be horrifying. Well, there are rumours of a heat

wave next week, but Cecilia Daly is going to tell us something

going to tell us something different.

The I am going to sort this remote, once and for all. We are expecting

temperatures to rise next week, but what exactly is a heatwave?

According to the World Meteorological but -- organisation,

temperatures have to be five degrees above the average, for a

sustained period, five days or more. That means we need maximum

temperatures of 22 or 23 Celsius or more for a week. We may get one or

two days like that, but not a heatwave. It will be nice to the

weekend, a lot better than it has been, a massive improvement on last

weekend. A couple of showers are lingering at the moment, the cloud

this afternoon is already picking up, as well. Nice weather this

evening, cooling off quickly, and that will be a feature of the

weekend weather. Temperatures falling to 45 degrees in the rural

areas. Fresh start to the morning, it will warm up nicely with

sunshine around. Plenty of sunshine tomorrow morning, and like today

the cloud will build towards lunchtime into the early afternoon.

Not as much as today and it will stay dry. If you are along the

north coast, a bit of a breeze, slightly cooler, but probably the

north coast seeing the best of the sunshine. Higher temperatures will

be further inland, up to 20 Celsius across parts of the south-east,

some areas of cloud building. Great day for Glasgowbury, but chilly

evenings, so take some layers with you if you are heading that way.

There will be plenty of other nice things to do this weekend, are

locked along the north coast. Or, just sit in the back garden. Sunday,

more sunshine, slightly higher temperatures. The plots of a screen

this weekend, the warm weather continues into next week.

We decided earlier the definition of a heatwave in Northern Ireland