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Good evening. The headlines: Margaret Ritchie is | :00:22. | :00:27. | |
to stand down as SDLP leader and I have an exclusive interview. | :00:27. | :00:32. | |
No rise to a university tuition fees, the Executive says it has | :00:32. | :00:37. | |
managed to find the money. The police ombudsman says he will | :00:37. | :00:41. | |
go earlier than planned but these cause for immediate resignation. | :00:41. | :00:45. | |
A so-called loyalist Supergrass admits he has lied to interrogators | :00:45. | :00:50. | |
and changed his stories. After today's rare sunshine there | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
will be more tomorrow, but it is the weekend I will be keeping an | :00:53. | :01:02. | |
eye on. Margaret Ritchie is to stand down | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
as the leader of the SDLP. Her decision comes after a leadership | :01:05. | :01:10. | |
challenge from party colleague, Patsy McGlone. Our political editor | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
has been given an exclusive interview. What did she have to say, | :01:15. | :01:22. | |
Mark? Margaret Ritchie contacted me this | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
afternoon. I have been in her constituency. I was speaking to her | :01:27. | :01:34. | |
within the last hour. She was spelling out her desire to | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
concentrate on her constituency seat and she will stand down as an | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
Assembly member later in the year. And she gave me the answer to the | :01:42. | :01:46. | |
crucial question as to whether she will hang on to the SDLP leadership. | :01:46. | :01:53. | |
I have made it a decision. After seven months of -- several months | :01:53. | :01:58. | |
of deliberation I have decided not to allow my name to go forward for | :01:58. | :02:01. | |
the annual conference election, which detects the deputy leader, | :02:01. | :02:06. | |
leader, and other positions, this coming November. The pressure has | :02:06. | :02:13. | |
been on her and the criticism has been quite personal. Yes. Some of | :02:13. | :02:20. | |
the media, Terry has concentrated on her performance in the election. | :02:20. | :02:26. | |
Commentary. I asked her whether she was stung by criticism. She said it | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
was politics, that you had to take the rough with the smooth. I asked | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
if she thought her critics within the party had given her long enough. | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
She would only have been in a position about two years when a | :02:38. | :02:44. | |
conference. This was her response. I am not here to criticise my | :02:44. | :02:49. | |
colleagues. The job of being leader of any political party, at a time | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
when electoral fortunes have gone down, he is particularly time- | :02:53. | :02:57. | |
consuming. I wish whoever is leader or deputy leader at the very best. | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
They will have my support as long as they are doing the job in the | :03:01. | :03:06. | |
best interests of the party. As she looks ahead as to what she is going | :03:06. | :03:13. | |
to do, how does her departure lead the party? She is not endorsing any | :03:13. | :03:19. | |
candidates. We know that her deputy has already declared his candidacy. | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
We are uncertain of what other members of the party may come | :03:22. | :03:32. | |
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forward. Alistair McDonnell is written out. There are indications | :03:32. | :03:37. | |
that someone who may have associated more with Margaret | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
Ritchie in the party may come forward. It could be an open | :03:41. | :03:46. | |
contest. Whoever comes forward, it is an uphill struggle. Given the | :03:46. | :03:50. | |
electoral momentum behind Sinn Fein, it will be a tough task for anybody | :03:50. | :03:53. | |
to put the SDLP back in the driving seat. | :03:54. | :03:58. | |
Margaret Ritchie was the leader of the SDLP for less than two years. | :03:58. | :04:05. | |
Conor Macauley has been looking back at her short time at the helm. | :04:06. | :04:13. | |
This IS the time for the SDLP. Thank you. Despite the declarations | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
of undying support and a public air kissing, Margaret Ritchie's | :04:17. | :04:22. | |
leadership had divided the SDLP. She had only held the post for a | :04:22. | :04:25. | |
but failed to connect with the electorate and the party continued | :04:25. | :04:32. | |
to decline. The spring Assembly elections solid lose another two | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
seats. It was then a serious questions began to be asked about | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
her style of leadership. I have seen weaknesses in the party | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
organisation and how we are being represented and does the to be | :04:44. | :04:49. | |
addressed immediately. -- and those in need to be addressed. She was | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
not a natural media performer, sometimes seeming flustered under | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
questioning. You said you were against a double-jobbing but now | :04:58. | :05:04. | |
you are trying to get it to people to do that? Absolutely not! Then | :05:04. | :05:10. | |
there was the deteriorating relationship with Patsy McGlone, | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
who has declared his intention to stand for her job. He had been | :05:13. | :05:18. | |
passed over for a ministerial position and had refused to accept | :05:18. | :05:21. | |
chairmanship of a Stormont committee when it was offered to | :05:21. | :05:30. | |
him. Nominations will come soon from those who want to be the next | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
SDLP leader. There is speculation that south Belfast MP, Alasdair | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
McDonnell, hemp Margaret Ritchie defeated last time, a stand again. | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
Margaret Ritchie will now it stand -- concentrate on her constituency, | :05:46. | :05:54. | |
holding the seat she inherited from Eddie McGrady, her political mentor. | :05:54. | :05:58. | |
Stormont Ministers have agreed by university fees for students will | :05:58. | :06:01. | |
not rise above the rate of inflation for at least the next | :06:01. | :06:07. | |
four years. Because of around 3,500 per year is cheaper than the rest | :06:07. | :06:11. | |
of the UK. The Executive have also decided there will be no more cuts | :06:11. | :06:18. | |
to further education budgets. This morning, hundreds of sixth- | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
formers came to Queen's for an open day. I heard about the teaching, | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
the social life and what sports are on offer. Ministers have not | :06:25. | :06:29. | |
reached a decision about how their higher education will be funded. | :06:29. | :06:34. | |
The university accused the Executive of dropping the ball. | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
are in a terrible situation. Students do not know what they're | :06:38. | :06:41. | |
going to pay, we do not know how many places are what level of | :06:41. | :06:44. | |
funding we have, we cannot guarantee what courses will operate. | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
There is a huge level of uncertainty which is unfair to | :06:48. | :06:51. | |
everyone. That is why the Executive has to make a decision as quickly | :06:51. | :06:56. | |
as possible and deal with the issues on the table. This afternoon, | :06:56. | :06:59. | |
the Executive made their decision. We have agreed there will not be | :06:59. | :07:03. | |
any rise in the level of tuition fees in Northern Ireland beyond the | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
level of inflation. Secondly, we have agreed we will be able to | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
sustain the current levels of funding of higher education sector. | :07:11. | :07:14. | |
There will be no further cuts beyond those already imposed as | :07:14. | :07:20. | |
part of the recent Budget to the recent -- to be to local | :07:20. | :07:24. | |
universities. It is in line with what we have committed to. We | :07:25. | :07:28. | |
believe it is the best deal that students anywhere will be able to | :07:28. | :07:34. | |
get in the United Kingdom. This means studying in Northern Ireland | :07:34. | :07:38. | |
will, as expected, be a lot cheaper than going to university in the | :07:38. | :07:42. | |
rest of the UK. In England and Wales the fees cabbie's �9,000 per | :07:42. | :07:49. | |
year. It is the same in Scotland fought non-Scottish students. These | :07:49. | :07:51. | |
prospective students are still worried about their financial | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
future. It has affected my choices. Some of them are just going to be a | :07:57. | :08:02. | |
bit too much. I am looking at courses outside the UK. It is | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
daunting. It is worrying. You do not know for you are getting money | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
from. Your debts will be bigger. Whatever the fine edge situation, I | :08:12. | :08:15. | |
will be hopefully taking up further education. It is just going to be a | :08:15. | :08:23. | |
bit harder to work off in the long run. Some of them had their first | :08:23. | :08:27. | |
taste of the student protest today. They now know there will be no rise | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
in fees are cuts in university budgets for at least the next four | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
years. The Executive will have to pay for that by taking �14 million | :08:35. | :08:43. | |
from other areas. -- �40 million. The Police Ombudsman says he | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
intends to remain in his post until next June, despite reports | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
questioning the independence of his office. A hatted and then made the | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
announcement this afternoon. -- Al Hutchinson. | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
Storm clouds have been gathering for Al Hutchings in in recent | :09:00. | :09:09. | |
months. The Chief Executive has resigned. | :09:09. | :09:13. | |
Three reports have criticised the way the Office conducts its | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
business. My latest said the operational independence of the | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
office had been Low Wood and recommended eight suspend | :09:21. | :09:26. | |
investigations into historical events. R Hutchins and said he will | :09:26. | :09:30. | |
leave office earlier than planned because of the mounting criticism. | :09:30. | :09:34. | |
Today, he came to Stormont and hit back at critics who have called for | :09:34. | :09:39. | |
his immediate resignation, before announcing his chosen date of | :09:39. | :09:43. | |
departure. I will not that those who want to undermined progress for | :09:44. | :09:49. | |
their own agenda is to succeed in destroying this office, or indeed | :09:49. | :09:54. | |
for shaping its future to their own ends. I therefore advised the | :09:54. | :09:59. | |
Minister of Justice that my last day at work will be on 1st June, | :09:59. | :10:06. | |
2012. He said he will spend his last nine months in office affixing | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
the problems he identified. Sinn Fein said it was not good enough. | :10:11. | :10:16. | |
How can you bring about change when you accept you were leading or | :10:16. | :10:23. | |
denied -- the organisation into disaster? I accept responsibility, | :10:23. | :10:33. | |
and I will fix it. I will do that by next during -- June. The idea of | :10:33. | :10:40. | |
long goodbyes do not work... There are questions whether the Police | :10:40. | :10:43. | |
Ombudsman should be investigating the past. This was criticised in | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
the most recent report. Is it a reasonable conclusion to drop that | :10:48. | :10:57. | |
the issue of dealing with legacy issues an historic issues he is | :10:57. | :11:03. | |
injecting a note of poison? Nationalists say he should | :11:03. | :11:12. | |
investigate historic cases of. will destroy the office, whatever | :11:12. | :11:18. | |
cases are involved. He said he can fix the problems by next June. He | :11:18. | :11:22. | |
will be under closer scrutiny than ever. | :11:22. | :11:26. | |
A key witness in the UVF supergrass trial has admitted that since he | :11:26. | :11:29. | |
handed himself in to police three years ago, he has changed his | :11:29. | :11:33. | |
account of the murder of the UDA leader, Tom English. Robert Stewart, | :11:33. | :11:39. | |
a former UVF man, has denied carrying out the shooting in 2000, | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
but admitted helping to hijack the getaway vehicle. He is giving | :11:43. | :11:48. | |
evidence against 14 men, nine of whom, including Mark Haddock, are | :11:48. | :11:54. | |
charged with the murder. On the third day of this trial, | :11:54. | :11:59. | |
still held amongst heightened security, it came down to exchanges | :11:59. | :12:03. | |
between two men. For almost four hours, the witness, Robert Stuart, | :12:03. | :12:10. | |
was under constant pressure as the defence counsel for Mark Haddock | :12:10. | :12:15. | |
sought to discredit him. This -- the Court of ready knew there were | :12:15. | :12:19. | |
discrepancies. Earlier, Robert Stewart had let out information | :12:19. | :12:21. | |
about defendants because he did not want them to get into trouble. | :12:21. | :12:27. | |
Today, the defence counsel to come back to those interviews. He told | :12:27. | :12:30. | |
police in 2008, I want to say everything I have said is the truth. | :12:30. | :12:35. | |
The barrister replied, not two minutes before, he told police it | :12:35. | :12:43. | |
blooming great whopper. That is correct, said Robert Stewart. The | :12:43. | :12:51. | |
barrister said, have you glide to induce people? -- allied to accuse | :12:51. | :12:59. | |
people? He said, everyone is guilty. The judge spoke directly to Robert | :12:59. | :13:01. | |
Stewart and reminded him of the difference between forgetting | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
things and adding things on. Speaking of later testimony, he | :13:05. | :13:09. | |
appeared frustrated at one point and asked Robert Stewart, is this | :13:09. | :13:14. | |
all made up? There was a smattering of applause from the public gallery, | :13:14. | :13:22. | |
before Robert Stewart replied, no. They were questions about why be | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
brothers had turn themselves into Polly's. The defence barrister | :13:27. | :13:31. | |
asked if they were interested in getting money. Robert Stewart | :13:31. | :13:35. | |
looked at the defendants before replying, no. I did not want to be | :13:35. | :13:44. | |
that person any more. I feel a lot better for it, you should try it. | :13:44. | :13:49. | |
He went on to say, I have gained nothing. The only reason I am | :13:49. | :13:53. | |
sitting here is that people think I'm telling the truth. The court | :13:53. | :13:57. | |
was that again next week when Robert Stewart will still be in the | :13:57. | :14:04. | |
The police in Scotland have confirmed they are investigating a | :14:04. | :14:07. | |
sighting of a convicted sex offender in Belfast last month. 40- | :14:07. | :14:09. | |
year-old Paul Hunter Redpath, who is originally from Stanraer, was | :14:10. | :14:12. | |
convicted of sexually assaulting two teenage sisters in Downpatrick | :14:12. | :14:18. | |
in 2005. He went missing from a hostel in Aberdeen two years ago. | :14:18. | :14:22. | |
This is BBC Newsline and still to come on the programme: | :14:22. | :14:25. | |
Casting an eye over the catch of the day with a little light | :14:25. | :14:30. | |
refreshment on the way, Kilkeel enjoys a Royal visit. | :14:30. | :14:34. | |
And why was this little boy told at the last minute that he couldn't go | :14:34. | :14:41. | |
to school. A care home for 15 adults with | :14:41. | :14:45. | |
learning disabilities is to close in Enniskillen. The charity which | :14:45. | :14:50. | |
runs it says it can no longer afford to keep it open. But the | :14:50. | :14:55. | |
sister of one resident says they are effectively being evicted. Our | :14:55. | :15:01. | |
Fermanagh District Journalist has the story. | :15:01. | :15:06. | |
Be a for a 15 vulnerable adults, this house is their home. Those | :15:06. | :15:11. | |
they love with our other family. Some have lived here since it | :15:11. | :15:21. | |
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opened in 1994. One resident received a letter saying that they | :15:24. | :15:29. | |
would close by next February. witnessed residents crying. I did | :15:29. | :15:37. | |
not want to see that. The family unit will be broken now. I saw that | :15:37. | :15:42. | |
yesterday. This is devastating. charity that runs the home says | :15:42. | :15:48. | |
that house has lost more than �350,000 over the last three years. | :15:48. | :15:54. | |
For a number of years, we have seen the number of residents decline to | :15:54. | :15:58. | |
the point that there is now 15 residents remaining within the home. | :15:58. | :16:06. | |
That is despite continued efforts to attract new referrals. We look | :16:06. | :16:09. | |
at options for redevelopment for the home to attract more people. | :16:09. | :16:17. | |
That also did not succeed. When residence -- when their income of | :16:17. | :16:20. | |
residents receive drops well below the level we need to maintain the | :16:20. | :16:30. | |
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service, we have to act. My sister knows where she is in this home, | :16:32. | :16:38. | |
but change will destroy her. It is very sad. This boils down �2 and | :16:38. | :16:44. | |
pennies, at the end of the day. is an uncertain time for the 27 | :16:44. | :16:50. | |
staff at work here. The company says they hope to minimise | :16:50. | :16:55. | |
compulsory redundancies and offer redeployment were possible. The | :16:55. | :16:58. | |
reality is there are likely to be fewer employment opportunities | :16:58. | :17:04. | |
locally. The local health trust says there working to find | :17:04. | :17:07. | |
alternative accommodation for the current residents, but they're not | :17:07. | :17:13. | |
sure where that will be. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess | :17:13. | :17:16. | |
of Cornwall were on a visit to Kilkeel today. As our Rural Affairs | :17:16. | :17:18. | |
Correspondent reports, the local fishing industry played a central | :17:18. | :17:25. | |
part in their visit. The harbour seals had company today. | :17:25. | :17:30. | |
On land and water, security was tight as Kilkeel prepared to | :17:30. | :17:34. | |
welcome Charles and Camilla. Fishing is still the backbone of | :17:35. | :17:40. | |
this economy and Prince Charles took particular interest in an u- | :17:40. | :17:50. | |
:17:50. | :17:50. | ||
net designed to allow a juvenile fish to escape. -- AA a new net. | :17:50. | :17:55. | |
The honour of transporting the royal couple across the water fell | :17:55. | :18:02. | |
to the Forsyth family. They had five generations are bored. Very | :18:02. | :18:12. | |
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special day. Very nice gentleman to talk to, him and his wife. | :18:14. | :18:19. | |
enjoyed it very much. Very nice people to have on board. Hundreds | :18:19. | :18:24. | |
of people turned out to welcome Charles and Camilla. The local | :18:24. | :18:28. | |
silver band provided musical entertainment. Local school | :18:28. | :18:33. | |
children have a chance to make the royal couple. I shook their hands. | :18:33. | :18:39. | |
They were asking me about school. It was good to meet them. I shook | :18:39. | :18:45. | |
her hand and spoke to them both. I enjoy debt. I spoke to Prince | :18:45. | :18:52. | |
Charles and I shook Camilla's hand. He asked me about school. I told | :18:52. | :18:58. | |
him school was good. Seaford is what Kilkeel is all about. This | :18:58. | :19:01. | |
mobile shop give the royal couple a taste of what has landed locally. | :19:01. | :19:09. | |
In than not call centre, Prince Charles sampled a local beer. | :19:09. | :19:17. | |
Whilst Camilla tried her hand at cooking haddock in the kitchen. | :19:17. | :19:20. | |
There has been a development in the story we had last week about car | :19:21. | :19:23. | |
insurance. The Office of Fair Trading says it is going to | :19:23. | :19:26. | |
investigate why Northern Ireland has such high premiums. It is a | :19:26. | :19:27. | |
has such high premiums. It is a has such high premiums. It is a | :19:27. | :19:27. | |
has such high premiums. It is a problem that has got people | :19:28. | :19:33. | |
reacting on Facebook. Add your comment to the BBC Newsline page. | :19:33. | :19:37. | |
We are also on Twitter and our e- We are also on Twitter and our e- | :19:37. | :19:40. | |
mail is [email protected]. Next to Family Focus and like many | :19:41. | :19:43. | |
young children Ross Cartmill from Banbridge had been excited for | :19:43. | :19:48. | |
months about starting P1. He was due to start last Thursday at a | :19:48. | :19:52. | |
specialist school for deaf children in Jordanstown. But at the last | :19:52. | :19:55. | |
minute the family found out his local education board weren't | :19:55. | :19:58. | |
providing the transport. His parents believe this is down to a | :19:58. | :20:02. | |
lack of money something the board denies. | :20:02. | :20:06. | |
Ross will be five next week. He is profoundly deaf with little or no | :20:06. | :20:10. | |
speech, although he is beginning to sign. About to start school, his | :20:10. | :20:13. | |
parents were worried that his limited communication would cause | :20:13. | :20:17. | |
him difficulties in a mainstream school. They say after looking at | :20:17. | :20:20. | |
options there is nothing suitable in the southern board area for | :20:20. | :20:23. | |
their son and want Ross to come here to the Jordanstown School for | :20:23. | :20:26. | |
pupils who are deaf or visually impaired. With special teachers on | :20:26. | :20:30. | |
site, it seemed perfect for Ross. And I was impressed with the | :20:31. | :20:38. | |
facilities. They had things in place here that would facilitate my | :20:38. | :20:45. | |
son's particular needs. A fortnight later, we went to visit as a family. | :20:45. | :20:50. | |
Ross was in all of the place. He did not want to leave. Ross was | :20:50. | :20:53. | |
accepted to the school and the southern board wrote a letter to | :20:53. | :20:56. | |
acknowledge their choice of school. All seemed fine until a phone-call | :20:56. | :20:59. | |
to the board to arrange transport. Then came the shock, Jackie says | :20:59. | :21:07. | |
she was told it was not being provided by them. I am distraught | :21:07. | :21:11. | |
about it. My son cannot speak for himself like a normal five-year-old. | :21:11. | :21:18. | |
He cannot say what he wants. But he has a way of telling you what he | :21:18. | :21:24. | |
likes. When he was at that school, he was so happy. We were as well. | :21:24. | :21:29. | |
We cried. This is a travesty. school too say they were looking | :21:29. | :21:35. | |
forward to Ross starting. At child who is deaf, the earlier they start | :21:35. | :21:40. | |
to learn how to communicate, the better. The more that he sits at | :21:40. | :21:45. | |
home, the less chance he has of coming into school and starting on | :21:45. | :21:48. | |
a way of communicating. southern board does provide | :21:48. | :21:51. | |
transport to this school for other children. Ailyah is from Dungannon | :21:51. | :21:55. | |
and the board pays for a taxi to get her to and from school every | :21:55. | :21:59. | |
day. But for now Ross is all dressed up with nowhere to go, and | :21:59. | :22:02. | |
the family are appealing to the board to look again at their | :22:02. | :22:05. | |
situation. Some potentially hopeful news | :22:05. | :22:10. | |
tonight. While the board says it doesn't comment on individual cases, | :22:10. | :22:13. | |
it says it continues to endeavour to work with the Cartmills in | :22:13. | :22:17. | |
relation to Ross' placement needs. And we hear from the family that an | :22:17. | :22:19. | |
educational psychologist is coming out from the board to reassess | :22:19. | :22:24. | |
Ross' statement. We will keep you posted of any developments. | :22:24. | :22:26. | |
After Northern Ireland's disappointment in Estonia earlier | :22:26. | :22:29. | |
this week, it was back to domestic football last night. Gavin Andrews | :22:29. | :22:32. | |
is here with more. Lisburn Distillery, Cliftonville, | :22:32. | :22:35. | |
Glentoran and Linfield have all booked their place in the semi- | :22:35. | :22:38. | |
finals of this year's County Antrim Shield. And the Glens looked | :22:38. | :22:41. | |
impressive. They had their youngsters to thank for a 5-2 win | :22:41. | :22:44. | |
youngsters to thank for a 5-2 win over Carrick Rangers. | :22:44. | :22:46. | |
The County Antrim Shield competition gives up and coming | :22:46. | :22:51. | |
talent a chance to impress. That was evident last night. Carrick's | :22:51. | :22:57. | |
Paul McDowell drew first blood. But Owen Beggs levelled just before the | :22:57. | :23:07. | |
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break. Jim O'Hanlon showed maturity beyond his years to make it 2-1. | :23:08. | :23:16. | |
Jimmy Callacher was spot on with the free kick on the hour mark. | :23:16. | :23:20. | |
O'Hanlon arguably stole the show. A regular first team place must | :23:20. | :23:30. | |
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regular first team place must surely be just around the corner. | :23:31. | :23:35. | |
personally have faith in the young kids at this football club. To see | :23:35. | :23:41. | |
them express themselves in this way, by scoring goals and being | :23:41. | :23:46. | |
comfortable and to work hard and get their just rewards, it was very | :23:46. | :23:48. | |
get their just rewards, it was very pleasing. Meanwhile, a Rory | :23:48. | :23:51. | |
Patterson free kick combined with a goalkeeping error allowed Billy Joe | :23:51. | :23:54. | |
Burns to score the only goal of the game at the Ballymena showground. | :23:54. | :23:57. | |
1-0 the result, and a last four place for the Premier League | :23:57. | :24:00. | |
place for the Premier League champions. | :24:00. | :24:03. | |
Every community has them. Individuals who give up their time | :24:03. | :24:07. | |
for others. Jon Clifford ran football teams in Londonderry for | :24:07. | :24:11. | |
almost 40 years. Hailed as an unsung hero, he died at the weekend | :24:11. | :24:15. | |
at the age of 58. Our North-West Reporter looks at the life of a | :24:15. | :24:21. | |
sportsman whose left a lasting legacy. | :24:21. | :24:25. | |
Jon Clifford never sought the limelight. He is pictured here in | :24:25. | :24:32. | |
the background as the Chiefs steward when Barcelona came to play | :24:32. | :24:39. | |
against Derry City in 2003. He founded as soccer club for Boys in | :24:39. | :24:44. | |
1974. Since then, he touched the lives of thousands of young people. | :24:44. | :24:48. | |
He had been diagnosed with lung disease and died after a short | :24:48. | :24:52. | |
illness. The affection for him was evident in the large numbers who | :24:52. | :24:58. | |
attended his funeral. He told people how to be a good human being. | :24:58. | :25:02. | |
Most of the people that I played with have gone on and been | :25:02. | :25:09. | |
successful people. Despite the troubles, he continued to keep his | :25:09. | :25:14. | |
team's playing football and give his young players for focus. He was | :25:14. | :25:18. | |
keeping these people on the straight and narrow, through | :25:18. | :25:24. | |
violent times. He was giving people of focus away from violence. | :25:24. | :25:30. | |
next generation is continuing to benefit from his leg is a. He was | :25:30. | :25:37. | |
funny. He always made you smile. -- his legacy. He would tell you how | :25:37. | :25:45. | |
it was straight. He was passionate about a certain team from Glasgow, | :25:45. | :25:53. | |
but maybe not the one you would think. He was setting in the | :25:53. | :26:00. | |
stadium with a Rangers top one. He was unique. People say you will not | :26:00. | :26:10. | |
see his like again. There are very few Jon Cliffords in our community. | :26:10. | :26:20. | |
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few Jon Cliffords in our community. A view echoed by all who knew him. | :26:22. | :26:26. | |
A lot is happening in the weather over the next few days. It was nice | :26:26. | :26:32. | |
to see some sunshine earlier today, just a reminder that September can | :26:32. | :26:36. | |
still feel warm. But you knew it would not stay for long. The cloud | :26:36. | :26:42. | |
has already returned and it has already second up to bring some | :26:42. | :26:49. | |
rain. Over the next few hours, he will be some dampness around. No | :26:49. | :26:59. | |
escaping the rain tonight. The rain moves northwards to tonight. The | :26:59. | :27:05. | |
winds will pick up and it will remain mild. Tomorrow has not | :27:06. | :27:11. | |
looking too bad. The early dampness mystery fairly quickly and the | :27:11. | :27:16. | |
second half of the morning will be dry with some sunshine. More of a | :27:16. | :27:22. | |
breeze compared to today, but it is coming from a mild southerly | :27:22. | :27:26. | |
direction. It will not feel cold outdoors. Temperatures well above | :27:27. | :27:33. | |
average for this time of year. It could be the last day to wear | :27:33. | :27:39. | |
sandals because it will stay dry for a large part of the day. Things | :27:39. | :27:46. | |
go downhill on Friday night. Daylight hours should be dry, but | :27:46. | :27:52. | |
after dark the rain returns. Wet weather tomorrow night. Look at | :27:52. | :27:58. | |
these temperatures. We can see the impact of having tropical air above | :27:58. | :28:07. | |
us. Strong winds and rain at times this weekend. At the moment, it | :28:07. | :28:14. | |
looks like that will affect both days of the weekend. There could be | :28:14. | :28:19. | |
some problems for the Proms on Saturday night. Heavier rain on | :28:19. | :28:23. | |
Sunday. Sunday-night into Monday, we could have our strongest winds | :28:23. | :28:29. | |
and potentially most damaging. We will keep a close eye on that. | :28:29. | :28:36. |