13/11/2012 BBC Newsline

Good evening, this is BBC Newsline. The headlines:

The submariner from County Tyrone who tried to spy for the Russians.

The family of an armed robber ask for his death to serve as a warning

about knife crime. Ballymena councillor David Tweed is

in court on child sex charges. The hunt for clues after a booby

trap bomb is believed to have fallen from underneath a car.

And rain is never too far away for the next 24 hours but Thursday may

A man from County Tyrone has been convicted of attempting to pass top

secret information to Russian spies. Edward Devenney, Royal Navy

submariner, admitted breaching the Official Secrets Act by contacting

a foreign embassy and trying to pass on classified data about HMS

Trafalgar and two other nuclear submarines. He was later arrested

in a sting operation involving British secret service agents.

Mervyn Jess reports. These have married her at the

centre of this by case being heard at the Old Bailey court in London

is Edward Devenney. -- the submariner. We can not give his

home address. The 30-year-old petty officer

admitted breaching the Official Secrets sect by collecting coding

programmes that could be useful to the enemies of the United Kingdom.

He collected code words, passwords. He pledged guilty to a charge of

misconduct in public office that he wilfully attempted to set up a

covert relationship with a foreign power. That foreign power was named

in court today as Russia and the Russian secret services.

offences took part -- to place bustier and this year when he was

arrested in Plymouth. Sentencing will take place next month.

And you can read more about the Edward Devenney case online.

The family of an armed robber who was shot dead by an off-duty police

officer say they hope the inquest into his death will highlight the

impact of knife crime. Marc Ringland was carrying a knife when

he tried to rob a filling station in east Belfast last year. Today

the inquest jury found that a police officer had reasonable

grounds to believe his life was in danger when he shot the robber.

Chris Page reports from the court. This was the aftermath of the death

of a robber shot by a man who saw his duty as protecting people and

property. Marc Ringland was 29 and suffered from drug and alcohol

problems and had won as and 33 convictions. In February 2011 he

went into this filling station on the Albertridge Road in East

Belfast. He flashed a knife at the start. An off-duty police officer

was then killed the rubber with one shot from his personal protection

weapon. Marc Ringland family heard the police officer giving evidence.

The police officers name was secret. -- was kept confidential. He said

he had shouted a warning. He cleaned -- he claimed that the

Police have only used to use lethal East force if there is a threat to

someone's life. The jury found the officer had grounds to believe his

life was endangered. After the hearing the solicitor for Marc

Ringland's Roads is hoped his death would highlight the impact of knife

crime. Her they would hope the lessons that they have learnt would

be learned by the wider community here and throughout Northern

Ireland. As the coroner said knives and as lethal as guns. He it has

been a harrowing two days for the family during which they have seen

CT's to beat footage of the shooting. -- CCTV footage. The

family hope if their message gets through and people think twice

before carrying knives they might help -- prevents someone else from

the suffering. A Ballymena councillor has appeared

in court on indecent assault charges. The TUV member David Tweed,

who is a former Irish rugby international, is accused of

indecently assaulting two girls on a number of occasions over a nine

year period. Kevin Sharkey reports from Antrim Crown Court.

Facing opponents during an international rugby career. Today,

in front of the Church, on sex- abuse charges. David Tweed is

accused of assault against two young girls over an eight-year

period. The case opened before a jury of 10 women and two men last

week but they were reporting restrictions until today's hearing.

This morning one of the victims, both adults now, was cross-examined

by the defence. She told the court she made an original complaint

around 2007. Her defence barristers are just there had been no defence

for -- no such evidence. The judge intervened to ask if there was a

detailed examination to find out if the records existed. He said there

have been a surge but no record was found. When asked why she did not

mention the sex abuse before this case, the alleged victim said she

does want her family and friends to know and only took the case after

months of counselling. A second alleged victim was in a highly

distressed date during her evidence. She sobbed repeatedly as outlined a

catalogue of alleged abuse when she sent happened in a house, a car at

a barn. She says she was a schoolgirl at the time and one

occasion she just wanted to scream. There was no noise coming out. The

witness will be cross-examined by the defence team when the case

Stay with us. Coming up on BBC Newsline: We get the inside track

on the rail preparations for the The police are trying to identify

the intended target for a bomb found near a school in west Belfast

yesterday. They believe the device may have fallen from underneath a

car. Our home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.

Looking for clues. The day after the bomb was found forensic

officers searched the Ballymagarry Lane just off the road. The police

say the device was designed to kill and maim and is believed to have

fallen from underneath a car. Someone had a lucky escape but the

police don't yet know who. Distance of the there because have used

under car bombs have used these the. Detectives have examined a number

of cars that passed along this road and -- in the hours before the bomb

was discovered. The police are trying to identify and contact

other potential targets who may have travelled along the road. They

will then try to establish when the device was planted and by whom. The

bomb was discovered 11 days after David Platt was shot dead by a

distance as he drove along the M1 on a -- to his job. The police are

concerned that distance will try to carry out further accounts asthma

attacks and the week ahead first up potential targets have been warned

to be on their guard. The BBC says it intends to quickly

clarify the role of its Northern Ireland director in the broadcast

of the story which wrongly implicated a Conservative peer in a

child abuse scandal. Peter Johnston was involved in decisions about the

report before it was shown on the Newsnight programme. Last night, Mr

Johnston made a brief comment on developments as he left

Broadcasting House in Belfast. Are you considering opposition?

I am not. Can you tell me you're a role in the news that his programme.

I can not comment any further. This has to go through a proper process

which is fair to everyone. A group of 70 subcontractors claim

they are owed around �17.5 million pounds by Ballymena firm, the

Patton Group. Some of the business people have warned MLAs that they

could face going out of business as soon as Friday if the Executive

cannot give them financial support. Construction firm Patton was placed

into administration a week ago making nearly 200 staff redundant.

The closure of the railway line between Coleraine and Londonderry

for part of the City of Culture celebrations has caused a lot of

anger. But the good news for those planning to travel on the line next

year is that the �26 million project is going to plan and the

railway should be open for business next April. BBC Newsline got

exclusive access to the work going on behind the scenes. Here's our

north-west reporter, Keiron Tourish. This is the new bridge being built

along the north coast. It is a delicate operation lifting or the

huge part into place. It required deter design, planning and

construction. The bridge was reaching the end of his natural

life and needed to be replaced. Your house deteriorates and you do

need to renew things every now and again. This bridge we are replacing

had come to the end of his life. We could not put a welded rail on top

of it. We have taken the opportunity to renew the bridge.

Who will be able to put a modern rail on the top. It will keep the

line speeds up. In all, 33 miles of railway line between Derry and

Coleraine is being renewed. That will include more than 100,000 tons

of stone and 33,000 sleepers being laid. Time is money. As part of

this project major state-of-the-art machinery costing one million euros

is being used to stop it is a huge welding machine and it welds

together two pieces of track. This would take up to one hour but using

their sophisticated machinery, it is one minute 45 seconds. The work

would reduce the time it takes to get between Derry and Belfast. But

will only improve when a new signalling system is built in 2015.

Commuters should notice a difference in the actual journey.

In terms of smoothness of ride, it produces a smoother ride than the

old are trying to track. You don't get the club that it lacked sound.

You get more of a swish sound. the Brit, there is a major part of

the upgrade going on. Specialist work to renew and protect this

bridge is being carried out. We are blasting the steel. We are shot

blasting that too raw steel. It takes on the shot blast Prime coves,

undercoat. In the team that process we have to do repairs. We will

figure out what is important and carry out repairs and then put a

final coat of paint on it. This is a vote of confidence in the north-

west and it hopes that the major improvements will lead to more

passengers using public transport in the future.

Some of those born in a home for unmarried mothers in the Republic

say they're being ruled out of compensation for the abuse they

suffered because they are Protestant. A short film about the

abuse is to be shown at the Cork International Film Festival this

week. Our Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison reports on some of

the women's stories. This building now has nothing to do

with the Protestant churches. It was once known as Bethany home. A

place for unmarried Protestant mothers describe that the time has

fallen women, and for their newly- born children who were to be

adopted. Among the children was this sent to one-year-old man whose

story features and a short film to be shown in Cork. Now living in

England he describes the home as a place of hell. I think of Cox.

Things darting around them. Now I know that was children. They were

screaming to have the nappies changed. Screaming to have some

sort of care. The sort of things that are there and you can't

explain them. You have been affected by it. This man also spent

his early days here. Recently recovered medical know suggests he

was malnourished as a child. He was adopted by a family from Belfast

when he was three and they were in the 50s. As an adult, he twice made

contact with his birth mother who had since married and had other

children but she did not want to know. That caused that the

depression that lasted two years and require counselling. That was

very, very painful to the point where her to go back and date out

from within all the heartache and the pain that I had covered up and

did not come to terms with. I was angry with my birth mother, I was

angry with my adoptive parents and Northern Ireland fought they had

done to me. They did not know had to look after a five-year-old, a

three-year-old child at the time. Both men survived but more than 220

children died in the home between 1922 and 1949. That is one death

every six weeks. This lecturer in journalism found the unmarked

graves of 219 Bethany home children in south Dublin. He says none of

the children were hospitalised. There are faceless, unwanted so-

called illegitimate children here. They need to be recognised by the

state in which they lived and by the churches. They suffered abuse,

they suffered neglect. This was a voidable at the time and it needs

to be recognised. A rose to survive say they fear religiously

discriminated against by the Irish government in terms of compensation

but the Irish government denies this same Bethany does not fall

within the scope of its board that Still to come...

We speak to the local man who made his fortune in the oil fields of

Russia and is now the new owner of a famous racing car brand build in

Holywood, County Down. This is a company with a proud

history, a successful racing history. It is part of Northern

Ireland's heritage and is an iconic brand. To be in charge of those

things is a big responsibility. It is a big week for international

football and for one Northern Ireland player in particular, who

is enjoying his second spell at number one.

Back in 2006, Roy Carroll was Northern Ireland's first-choice

goalkeeper. He started the famous game against Spain when Northern

Ireland won 3-2. He did not played for six years after injury. During

that time he suffered gambling and alcohol were needed problems. Four

months he was without a job. He has battled back to reinvigorate his

career in Greece and has come back for his first international cap.

Roy Carroll has endured a roller- coaster gear. He has experienced

everything from the highs of playing for Manchester United to

billows of seeking refuge in a London rehabilitation clinic. --

the lows. Things that happen off the pitch are always in the back of

your mind. Now everything is out in the open and I am happy, everybody

knows what has happened in the past for me, and a drink, and I have

nothing to hide. I am more relaxed, and I am more bubbly about things.

I am polite to people. I give people respect, they gave me

respect. That is all I want in life. The move has given him a second

chance of playing at the highest level for club and country. It has

given me a chance out here. I want to try and we pay them. It has got

me back playing for Northern Ireland. I have missed six years of

playing for my country, that was the hardest thing. Apart from

football, I am back enjoying my life again. I come home, go to the

beach with my kids and my wife, go out, do whatever.

Their current Northern Ireland manager played international and

club football with him in the early stages of his career. It is nice to

see he has matured. He got a huge move to go to Manchester United.

When he looks back, I am sure he has regrets, but the most important

thing is where he is now. It was a brave decision to go abroad. He

moved his family at their, but it has paid off for him. He is

focusing on getting the maximum out of what he has left in his career.

He may be 35 but with many keepers playing well into their forties, a

Roy Carroll is determined to make up for lost time.

Highlights of Northern Ireland against Azerbaijan are on tonight

tomorrow. Roy Carroll should know plenty

about Northern Ireland -- the Republic of Ireland's opposition

tomorrow, they played Greece. James McLean is the starting line-up. He

is one of six changes. Shane Long and Simon Cox take over from John

Walters and Robbie Keane in attack. There are starts for Glenn Whelan

and Killian Clarke. Giovanni Trapattoni has urged them to seize

the opportunity tomorrow. I said, you have a great

opportunity to achieve this, because it is important to

transform our goal. -- a goal. News of more problems for Glentoran.

Players are seeking assurances from the Oval board after failing to

receive their wages for October. They want a commitment wages will

be paid and if the problem persists, they have the right to be released

from their contracts. Just a few months ago, organisers

of the London Olympic Games proper list -- proper -- promise a legacy

to inspire a generation. Today, the next generation asked, what

athletes? A delegation lobbied Stormont to highlight in their

words, the lamentable state of training facilities in a problem --

province. It is a far cry from the prom

billions of viewers who watched the opening of the Summer Games. Today

in tandem, they took the Olympic torch and the ailing state of local

athletics into their own hands. The ascent on the local seat of

government, designed to highlight the uphill struggle of local

facilities. Northern Ireland's poster girl submitted a petition

signed by 350 coaches and athletes calling for the Assembly to deliver

on the promised dividend from the London Games. To anyone who might

suggest this is a media stunt, what do you say? For me, does anyone

remember the snow? You cannot train for a month or two, the track has

got ice on it, if you are able to train all year round instead of

having a weather affecting you, it would make all of the difference to

every athlete in Northern Ireland. It is something that really should

be there. We need it. Is there an equivalent in the South? There is

being built at the moment. It is not ready. They have had a small

one in a shed in Collymore -- that, more. Let's be straight, the

athletes have delivered? We want the Assembly and local councils to

inspire the next generation. This one is likely to be a marathon

rather than a sprint. In rugby, Paul Marshall looks set

to feature in Ireland's clash against Fiji this Saturday. He is

one of four Ulster players added to the squad. With Eoin Reddan

struggling with an injury, Marshall looks likely to have a role this

weekend. Craig Gilroy, Tom Court and Roger Wilson have also been

called up. After topping the money list on

both sides of the Atlantic, Rory McIlroy has been named the PGA of

America's player of the season and has also won the coveted Vardon

Trophy awarded for the lowest scoring average of this season. I

imagine it is not going to be the last trophy he wins this year!

He certainly has the Midas touch, just like them and we are going to

feature now. He made his fortunes in the oil fields of Russia and is

turning his attentions to a big player in international motor

racing. The Crosslee Racing Car Company is placed in -- based in

Holywood in County Down and is one of the longest surviving

constructors of racing cars for the general public.

Big names have raced these cars such as Eddie Irvine, Martin

Donnelly and Brian Nelson. They are just as special as the Lotus. They

have all got their own image. Hundreds have been sold. They have

never sought publicity, it is the quality of the product. They were

produced at the worst time of the Troubles. Nigel Mansell drove this

in the popular world Formula Ford Championship. New models Burscough

that on vintage models. -- are sculpted on the vintage Crossleys.

I have been interested in this for a number of years. I have been in

continental Europe and it is a fantastic experience. This finder

of the firm built it up himself. There was not a car or available. I

did not have the money to buy the car anyway. When I started it, I

did not expect it would be like this. One famous name had his

telephone message... You are an inspiration to everyone in racing

and business. He said John had created a dignified and stylish

business and described him as a gentle man beyond any doubt. Those

here hope the name will live on and will continue to win races in the

years to come. If he did not catch that, that was

Eddie Jordan on the phone. Classic cars, Class A got somewhere there!

It is a good five degrees bet -- above average today, just a pity we

did not get sunshine. We still find ourselves beneath a weather front

through the next 24 hours. It will continue to stay over the top of us.

More spells of rain. The pulses of rain have been returning through

the course of the day. It is a soggy evening for many of us. We

may find that this band of rain grinds to a halt, and then it

starts to push its way towards the north and west again during the

course of the night. For all of us it is going to be quite wide. The

breeze at least eases down. It is going to be quite mild. For

tomorrow, but cloudy thing continues. Yes, there will be

further spells of rain. It will not be particularly heavy but it could

be quite persistent, especially for northern areas and into the West.

The rain is going to be pushing its way eastwards as we head towards

the afternoon. As we do so it starts to fragment and it will

break up and turn patchy. Drier weather tucking in behind, pushing

into central and western areas anyway by the end of the afternoon.

Temperature is not as mild as they were today. -- Tay Bridges not as

mine. -- temperatures. You might catch some clearer skies for

tomorrow night. It is going to be a chillier night with the odd pocket