23/03/2014 BBC Newsline

first British champion. That is it for now.

Good evening. More than 30 divers have spent the

day searching Lough Ree in County Westmeath for missing Portadown

angler Darryl Burke. People in his home town have been showing their

support for his family and that of his friend David Warnock who died

when their boat sank on Thursday. This area and the banks of the River

band was a favourite spot for the angler is at the centre of the Lough

Ree tragedy. Last night, several hundred people held a candlelit

vigil to support the families of 27-year-old David Warnock who died

in the tragedy and Darryl Burke who is still missing. We hope and pray

they can get closure soon. It is devastating. Hard to come to terms

with it. What can we do? One family friend said her son taught Darrel Ho

to fish. It is devastating. She is pregnant with a little girl he will

never see. I don't know how his family is coping, I really don't.

The search for him continued to. It involved 30 boats and divers. Flags

are flying at half-mast in the town. Some people don't realise the

dangers that lie beneath the water. It is a tragedy for all the fishing

fraternity. The surviving man remains in a stable condition in

hospital. Lord Eames has warned politicians

that unless they deal with the past, problems over parades and flags will

never be resolved. He was speaking in Belfast at a cross-community

youth event, held to discuss the aftermath of the Haass talks.

It was a conference for young people, but the older generation

offered some advice. Lord Eames spoke of his disappointment at the

failure by Stormont politicians to deal with the past at the Haass

talks. Until you solve how we look at the past, how we deal with it, do

we want to know what happened, why it happened, until you get and

switch to that, the other two Mac issues in my opinion will not go

away. The Haass talks did not succeed. Is the next generation

still optimistic? I think if you look at the difference from way

before my time and now, people never would have thought that I would be

at a conference at people from East Belfast and West Belfast. This would

not be something my mother or father would be part of. Our generation can

open up the history book and write our own chapters about freedom,

peace and love. One Saturday afternoon conference is not going to

solve Northern Ireland's problems, but these people believe they have

made a start. Hundreds of people have attended the

funeral of Declan Small, who died in a helicopter crash with Lord

Ballyedmond and two pilots in England earlier this month. Mourners

at St Patrick's Church in Mayobridge were led by Mr Small's mother, his

brothers and partner. In his homily, Father Charlie Byrne described Mr

Small as a very skilled craftsman who always took great pride in his

work. He said he was often referred to as Lord Ballyedmond's right hand

man. The businessman's funeral service takes place tomorrow in

Newry Cathedral. An 18-year-old youth will appear in

court in the morning charged in connection with an attack on a war

memorial at Killowen Orange Hall in Coleraine. A memorial stone was

smashed in the incident on Friday night. Another youth and two teenage

girls were also arrested and have been released pending a report to

the Public Prosecution Service. The long-serving Alliance councillor

Geraldine Rice has said she was shocked by comments made by her

party colleague Anna Lo, when she stated her preference for a united

Ireland. But speaking on The Sunday Politics Show, party leader David

Ford again defended Ms Lo. I was really surprised at what she

said, but I realise it was her own opinion and her own personal

opinion. It is certainly not mine. I felt quite shocked about it. We have

a diverse range of views and backgrounds because the defining

issue of what unites us is the commitment to building a united

community. That is our keystone. Not fitting in somewhere on the orange

and green spectrum to satisfy other people.

Hundreds of people have taken part in the annual Sport Relief run in

Belfast. People of all ages set off just after 9am this morning from

Custom House Square and headed towards the City Hall. Some ran one

mile, others did three. Those feeling really energetic completed

six miles, all to raise money for Sports Relief.

We went round three times. It was really good. Great to see so many

kids doing this. It is an added bonus that we can do this for a

cause, rather than just for ourselves. Good.

We have had a largely dry and bright day with just a few showers. Any

showers we have at the moment will die out and will leave a dry night

but actually one. By tomorrow morning, there will be some foster

there. Although it will get off to a largely dry start, it will not stay

that way. Unsettled weather is on its way from the Atlantic.

Eventually, we will see Wayne. The East will stay largely dry until the

afternoon. Further west, it will be wet. Britain will be a much better

day. 20 of dry, bright and sunny weather. Eventually, that will

affect parts of Wales and south-west England. Behind it, through the

afternoon seeing quite wet and cloudy across Ireland with some very

strong winds. For Northern Ireland into the afternoon, expect some rain

and gusty winds. Temperatures tomorrow managing just eight or nine

degrees. Tuesday is shaping up to be a much better day. There will be one

or two showers here and there, but many areas will get to enjoy some

good spells of sunshine. With a northerly wind coming in, it will

feel colder than that, especially towards the North Coast. For the

rest of the week, we expect settled conditions with dry and sunny

weather. Our next bulletin is at 10:15pm this

evening. Until then, you can keep up to date with local news on BBC Radio

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