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from Good evening, the headlines on BBC

Newsline: Hundreds of new homes and hundreds

of new jobs, all thanks to a record finance deal.

The police tell dissidents to get off the backs of the community after

yet another bomb attack. The job contracts that don't

actually guarantee work. Could Stormont be about to clamp down?

How car parking fees are driving motorists round the bend.

Also tonight: the rare footage that has historians

flying high. The countdown is on to the biggest

sporting weekend of the year so far. And in today's sunshine, we hit 16

degrees. But will there be more of the same tomorrow? Find out shortly.

A package totalling ?180 million has been announced to increase house

building here. The homes will be for rent in the social housing sector,

where there's a long waiting list for accommodation. The deal will

also help support jobs in the construction sector. Here's our

business correspondent Julian O'Neill.

This project in Holywood is nearing completion, but demand for

low-rental social housing far outstrips supply. Today's deal will

help deliver more homes. ?180 million, most of it in cheap bank

loans, has been obtained by Clanmill Housing Association to ramp up a

building programme. This is a major investment which will enable

Strabane to developed many more homes in the future -- Clanmill. We

need social housing that will help leveraged the money and this is a

good example of that. The package will fund 1,600 new homes over four

years. Associations like Clanmill have been borrowing money from banks

the years but it is the scale of this deal which is significant. And

it also comes at a time when the storm onto Executive wants to see an

increase in the number of social homes being built -- store Montt.

This year, we are increasing the number of social homes being

delivered by 50% and to deliver that step change, we are going to need a

lot of private finance and I am encouraged that banks are looking to

significantly increase their lending to our members. Stormont needs

Clanmill and associations to borrow more to build more. That's because

there are tens of thousands of people in housing need. As well as

reducing the waiting list, this deal will also support jobs. Things like

this, which will see around 1,000 jobs actually created and sustained

by the work that will be done by Clanmill over the next couple of

years, is another help and assistance to a construction sector

which has suffered over the last number of years. Given the squeeze

on public funding, bank financing for projects is more important than

ever. The new homes will go in areas where there is most demand.

Older people were among residents in Strabane who had to leave their

homes in the middle of last night because of a pipe bomb which was

defused this morning. A police spokesman told our north-west

reporter Keiron Tourish that dissident republicans need to get

off the community's back. The pipe bomb was discovered in this

alleyway at around 1:30am this morning. The police believe the

device was deliberately abandoned after they had carried out a number

of searches. They were alerted by a local resident and evacuated around

30 homes just before 4am. A number of pensioners were among those moved

out, including an 80-year-old resident who relies on an oxygen

tank. I was shaking like a leaf, scared the life out of me. Everybody

was feared, especially the old people, like. Because they are very

old and there was a man out there, he needed... He wasn't well, he was

a good age. This was the second device found in Strabane in the

space of 24 hours. Yesterday, a bomb packed with nuts and bolts was

discovered near the golf course. Police believe that was an attempt

to kill PSNI officers by luring them into the area. Any form of explosive

devises a danger to both ourselves and the community. I would say to

these people it is time you get off the backs of this community. You

don't have the support in this area, the people don't want you and

you have to stop this sort of activity. Detectives who are

investigating happening to both incidents to dissident republicans.

They say that like the rest of Northern Ireland, the threat level

remains severe. They want to hear from anybody who witnessed

anything. Searches have been continuing on

Lough Ree today for a missing angler from Portadown. Last night, divers

found some debris from the boat Darryl Burke and two friends were on

which sank on the County Westmeath lake 12 days ago. David Warnock, who

was 27 and from Richhill, was rescued, but died afterwards in

hospital. Another member of the fishing party is recovering from his

injuries. The Employment Minister says he is

considering action to regulate the use of so-called "zero-hour

contracts" by employers. Stephen Farry says he wants to have a

consultation on the contracts which some politicians and trade unions

say have been used to exploit workers. John Campbell reports.

Andrew Kennedy has worked zero-hours contracts at two employers. Those

contracts meant no guarantee of how many hours he would work, or what

his shift pattern would be. Andrew says the experience was horrendous.

I think you need to have a minimum amount of hours per week, so you can

guarantee at least a minimum income, enough just to cover your

electric and gas, for example, would be perfect, but zero-hours contracts

are nothing but hassle. Work, you go into the office and sometimes there

are no shifts and you come out at a loss. Some major firms in retail and

hospitality use zero-hours contracts. They provide the

flexibility to deal with big swings in how busy the firm is. But how

many workers here are affected? Well, we don't really know for sure.

many workers here are affected? One figure from the Office for

National Statistics suggest it's just over 15,000 people.

Another recent survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and

Development suggests it could be more than twice that.

Whatever the number, the Employment Minister says it needs a closer

look, with two issues in particular standing out. We have a mind of

dealing with excessive Verratti, which is about time people to one

particular organisation and being dependent on that organisation --

exclusivity. And more transparency about the rights of people who are

on zero-hours contracts, because others are aware of their employment

situation and the rights that go with that. The Executive is not

going to ban zero-hours contracts. They're now an established part of

UK employment practice. And a symbol of either how flexible

UK employment practice. And a symbol the world of work has become. But it

seems there is an appetite both here and at Westminster to offer a little

bit more protection to workers. Still ahead on the programme before

seven: A right royal welcome with a

difference for some special visitors to Enniskillen.

The BBC has learnt that legal obstacles preventing building work

starting on a new stadium at Casement Park in west Belfast have

been cleared. Last month, we reported that the GAA was

threatening to sue the members of a social club within the ground. They,

in turn, had brought a legal action against the Association. As Eunan

McConville reports, it's emerged that all legal actions have now been

dropped. Casement Park is to be redeveloped

to become the GAA's premier venue in Casement Park is to be redeveloped

modern stadium in the heart of west Belfast. But in recent weeks, a

simmering row between members of a social club that operates under the

stand at Casement and the GAA saw both sides threatening legal action.

The club will be demolished as part of the redevelopment. Social club

members felt they deserved to be given an alternative venue while

construction of the new stadium takes place. They also want to be

part of the new set-up. With neither side conceding ground, this

off-field battle was heading for the courts. The club members were

seeking an injunction which could have halted any building work. The

Antrim GAA county board had solicitors letters sent to social

club members claiming what they said was a debt of almost ?40,000. None

of that legal action will now proceed. Late this afternoon, it

emerged the GAA and social club members reached agreement. Temporary

accommodation will be provided elsewhere for the social club

members and they're to get a new venue inside the new stadium.

Governance of the social club is also to change. They'll come back

under the GAA umbrella. There will be input from the Antrim County

board under the GAA's Ulster Council. While the GAA may have

cleared one major obstacle to a new Casement Park, the issue of

objections from residents remains and there's no sign yet of that

being sorted out. For the first time, Sky Sports have

bought rights to say gaily games. They will be broadcasting the

matches from May. GAA has been negotiating a live TV coverage and

it will be shared between Sky and RTE. BBC Northern Ireland will

broadcast the Ulster Championship Games which RTE are covering. Chris

Page reports. The all-Ireland gaelic football

final is one of the showpiece events in the Irish sporting calendar. For

the next three years, the rights to show it live will belong to RTE and

Sky. Sky Sports will have the exclusive rights to 14 championship

games, including two all-Ireland football quarter finals. RTE will

broadcast 31 games live. And they will all be available in Northern

Ireland. The semi-finals and final of the all-Ireland football and

hurling finals will be broadcast simultaneously by RTE and Sky. BBC

Northern Ireland will televise the Ulster Championship games covered by

RTE, including the provincial football final. This sports

journalist says the Sky deal will get GAA an audience beyond Ireland.

I think it is great news for the gaily games and the people who have

had to go to the pubs to watch all Ireland games and the finals. It

will be controversial in Ireland, particularly for die-hard GAA fans,

who pay to their clubs, pay to the county boards, to go to matches and,

white and my being the last to pay again -- why am I being asked to pay

again? The GAA has said that financial considerations were of

lesser importance to making the games more widely available to Irish

people living abroad. In a statement, the BBC has said that

while it would have liked to have been able to provide more live

coverage, it's pleased to have secured live games in the Ulster

Championship, and its commitment to Gaelic Games on Radio Ulster remains

significant. We are now going to talk about an

issue that gets motorists talking and complaining - parking. We ask

why we have to pay in some places but not in others. Take Belfast. If

you park on the street, you have to pay ?1.20 an hour. Yet in

Londonderry it is free. Why are the differences?

No matter where you park, there are normally some restrictions. But how

do those responsible decide what goes where? Take Dungannon and

Cookstown. They are of similar size. They are only ten miles apart. But

when it comes to parking, there is quite a chasm. Here in Cookstown,

all the public car parks in the town are free of charge. But in

Dungannon, it's a different story. If you want to use one of the public

car parks closest to the town centre, you'll have to pay. And

traders like Brendan in the town want to know why. It is sending out

a message, go to Cookstown at the weekend, basically. The point of it

is, people coming into this town are charged and they are not going to

come because of that. I have nothing against Cookstown free car parking.

If we had something similar to that, it would really help us. Figures

from the Department of Regional Development's own website give you

some idea of the differences in parking charges. For example, in

three of our cities - Belfast, Lisburn and Newry - you have to pay

to park on the street. While our second-largest city, Londonderry,

doesn't charge a penny. And out of just over 80 towns where there are

public off-street car parks provided, in around two-thirds of

those they are all free of charge, while the others have to pay for at

least some of the spaces. So why the discrepancies? A lot of

the charges have been in place over a large number of years now and

those charges are decided at a local level, according to the needs of the

local businesses and the local population. There are comparisons

across different times, but mostly, those differences are on the

occupancy of the car parks and how busy the town will be. One

councillor in Dungannon believes it is about time the whole issue was

made fairer. Nothing will be changed this year, but in 2015, the

responsibility for off-street car parking is due to be handed over to

the councils and he hopes that will make a difference in his area. We

can't just keep going on, it is the same people that come to Cookstown

that go to Dungannon and we are at a disadvantage. And I think as we move

into the new council, we have a better chance the balance that and

so that both towns are equally competitive. What the councils with

those cover is that parking is an expensive business, not just the

drivers, but for those running the service -- will discover. At the

moment, DRG spend more than ?20 million to maintain car parks but

received just under 70 million in fines and charges, leaving them with

a deficit of ?3.5 million. -- 17. A treasure trove of rare film of the

RAF during the early months of the Second World War has been found in

an attic. It shows the activities of 502 Squadron, based at RAF

Aldergrove, a squadron which went on to sink enemy U-boats and ships in

several theatres of the war. The footage has delighted aviation

historians, as Will Leitch reports. Young men at Aldergrove, at the

start of what probably felt like a grand adventure. Rare movies from

the time, and in colour. Today's photographer for 502 Ulster Squadron

takes a portrait of his Wing Commander, but 75 years ago, new to

the job was this man, Herbie Edgar, learning the craft in his new

wartime role. His albums and a roll of cine film, some of it shot by his

predecessor Sean MacNeill, were found in his effects after his

death. It shows a different world from today's ?100 million fighter

jets. It is a mark in history for the squadron and you see the

comradeship of everyone and a bit of larking around but also the training

and preparation, the painting, larking around but also the training

drills, that is the squadron at its peak. This is the oldest hangar at

Aldergrove and Hervey shot most of this footage here. Aircraft parked

here later went out across the Atlantic. Part of Coastal Command,

the squadron began with RAF Anson bombers, later relegated to training

aircraft. Less than a month after war was declared, an RAF Anson from

Aldergrove like this one spotted and attacked a U-boat, but didn't sink

it. There were fighters at Aldergrove too. A Hurricane flies

past to the delight of those on the ground. But this section has caught

the eye of the experts. The markings of it are very interesting. The

underside of one wing is black and the other is white, and that for a

short period of time was how, the other is white, and that for a

colour scheme they carried in the early stages of the war. The

hurricane had to have been from the squadron at Aldergrove at the same

time 502 squadron were there. And things did go wrong. Here, ground

crews pick over a crashed Whitley bomber. The squadron lost 174 men

killed or missing during the war. The focus now is whether for these

faces, anyone can provide names. Tomorrow on the programme we will

see the men of 502 Squadron enjoying some well-earned R, and we have

the story of the bottles of beer and the Whitley bomber. But can you put

a name to any of the faces in that film? Let us know if you do.

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have spent the day in

Northern Ireland. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess

of Cornwall have spent the They're currently at Hillsborough Castle,

but they started their visit in County Fermanagh. There for us was

our south-west reporter Julian Fowler. The pipes and drums of the

Royal Irish Regiment welcomed the royal couple to Enniskillen Castle.

Their arrival was delayed by bad weather in England, but in Fermanagh

the sun was shining, and primary pupils presented the Duchess with

golden daffodils from their school's eco-garden. It was amazing. Yeah, it

was. I do know what to say. We told them art teacher and classroom

assistant were the best and he agreed. Inside the museum, the

Prince and Duchess were taken through a thousand years of history.

They took a particular interest in artefacts found in the Drumclay

crannog, an artificial island unearthed during the construction of

a road. A bit nerve wracking. I noticed the white gloves shaking.

Yeah, there was a little shaking. It's not something I was

anticipating ever happening. It was good, though. Prince Charles was

curious in the straw men of Fermanagh. We have had a lot of

business from England as well, going through pubs and cider drinkers. The

castle has a long military history, and the Prince was shown inside the

keep, which houses the Inniskilling Regimental Museum. It was a chance

to highlight their heritage and the customs and the people who were

talking about what they discovered and what was important as well. From

the castle to Florencecourt House, the 18th century home of the Earls

of Enniskillen, now in the care of The National Trust. So exciting to

see everything come together and it's a real opportunity to showcase

how beautiful it is and how important it is for tourism in

Fermanagh. On a pleasant spring afternoon, the royal couple strolled

through the grounds, taking in the views.

If you're having your dinner this evening, check how many of your five

a day you have on the plate. Five daily portions of fruit and

vegetables are recommended to help us lead a healthy life. But Claire

Savage has been looking at a new study that says five may not be

enough. For years study that says five may not be

eating five a day is good for us. Now, new research has found it might

not be good enough, and we need seven portions of fruit and

vegetables instead. Even five day, what do you have to do to get to

seven and eight. Unachievable. I eat five a day that I couldn't stretch

to seven. There isn't enough time in the day for seven portions of

vegetables, although I admit we could be doing more with vegetables

here rather than concentrating on meats. Would you eat seven free and

veg a day? No. I might eat five of my five a day at 07 of my five a

day. -- but not seven. The study of more than 60,000 people found the

more fruit and vegetables they ate, the less likely they were to die at

any given age. Those who consumed more vegetables than fruit were

slightly healthier. Seven a day also cut the risk of dying from cancer

and heart disease. It shouldn't stop people from saying they just have to

eat veg or fruit and the five portions is a target that we would

like them to eat at least five portions a day. One greengrocer I

spoke to says it is easier than you think getting seven a day. It's very

easy. You simply take one piece of age and put it together and make it

colourful and enjoy. For now, though, it's baby steps and even if

it is one a day, it is still better than nothing.

I haven't even had five today. Me neither. Stephen's here to continue

the countdown to one of the biggest sporting weekends of the year. It's

going to be busy. It is. Boxer Carl Frampton fights at the Odyssey on

Friday, and then the European showdown for Ulster Rugby. Good news

for fans, Ruan Pienaar has been training this week. Yes, and Ulster

have six players who played at the championship and they believe that

will be a factor this weekend. Allen are now European rugby 's finest,

among the bunch a strong Oscar contingent who believe success with

Ireland can translate into a winning mentality with Ulster. I

Ireland can translate into a winning you win things you get greedy, you

want to win more things and that is something we have learnt that may be

to win think you have to go beyond you can go. If you need an extra 1%

for 2% you didn't think you had coming to the last minute, Paris

showed up few of us where we need to get to and when you win a trophy

with Ireland it's brilliant but to win something with Ulster would be

great for us. When you look at the boys who started in Paris, they were

Ulster born and bred and came here as kids watching games, it is like a

dream come true to play here and I think everyone of us would see it as

the ultimate honour to win a trophy and especially a European cup with

Ulster. It has been a magical time and you would think that's the big

thing in these test matches, you go basis you haven't been before

thing in these test matches, you go physically and looking to this

weekend, everyone of us will have to go to a place we have never been

before, so it has been a great experience for me and I want to use

it in the right way and hopefully deliver up with Ulster this weekend.

It's a season where Chris Henry scored his first Irish try.

Confidence is the highest it's ever been - the prefect preparation for

Saracens this weekend. The game is live on Radio Ulster as

is the event the night before. For Frampton fighting a World Title

Eliminator against Hugo Cazares. Today the public got a chance to see

how the fighter's preparations are going. There is no doubt who was

taking centre stage in the city centre. The next time we will get a

chance to see Carl Frampton in a ring, It will be the real thing in

front of thousands of fans. I want to knock this guy out. He hasn't

been stopped since 1999, which is a long time ago, but I believe I have

the power to knock any super bantamweight in the world though. I

want to get the wind the foremost but I want to get rid of this guy, I

want to be explosive in all my fights, I want to look good, I want

to get rid of people. This is the hardest opponent he has ever fought.

This guy is clever, he fight at a slower pace, he picks his punches,

so he will be a much more difficult puzzle for call to work out, but

Carl Wilber commode. -- call will work him out. The event is an

opportunity to showcase the best of local up-and-coming talent. I don't

think I've been anywhere in the world or the bands are so passionate

about boxing and rightly so. It is a great time for local boxing with

Carl Frampton flying the flag, but he's got to get through this tough

match on Saturday and I believe he has the ability to end up exactly

where his hero is. It seems that some are already dreaming of

following in Frampton's footsteps. He wants to ensure that this time

next week, his goal of a world title shot will be a reality.

Let's hope so. Former Northern Ireland striker Warren Feeney has

emerged as the new favourite to land the job as David Jeffrey's successor

at Linfield. He is currently the assistant manager at non-league

Salisbury City in England. Salisbury City in England.

One to watch. The weather is next. It has not been a bad start. Today

we hit 16 degrees at Castlederg, above average for the time of year,

but there won't be a repeat tomorrow. It will stay dry through

the night, a little mist and fog around coastal areas and some may

drift inland in the course of the night, most places staying around

five or six degrees. Tomorrow morning we will see more unsettled

weather from the South and the date will be more unsettled with

outbreaks of rain, and it will be quite breezy at times especially

along the East Coast. The best weather will be along the north

coast before the wet weather moves north and then in the afternoon we

will have rain almost everywhere. Some rain will be heavy and

persistent, it would rain all day everywhere, there will be dry spells

in between but temperatures will be done to ten or 11 degrees. Along the

east coast where it will be windy, it may feel cooler. Tomorrow

evening, little will change. We will see more rain coming and going and

some of those will be heavy at times through tomorrow evening and

overnight Thursday. Tomorrow night with cloud and rain a little milder

with temperatures around nine or 10 degrees. The winds will ease as we

go into Thursday and much of the rain will clear away but it will not

be completely dry. Around the coast we expect wet weather to remain

through much of the day before easing away. Further west, drier and

brighter with good spells of sunshine especially for Tyrone and

Fermanagh and here we will have higher temperatures again,

Fermanagh and here we will have we hold on cloudier and wet

conditions around the coast, it will be a cooler. By the end of the day

it may turn drier for us all. Towards the end of the week, there

is no real settled spell so we can expect rain from time to time, that

there will be some bright weather and good spells of sunshine so the

advice is to prepare yourself for a little of everything. We will keep

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