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Hello and welcome to BBC Newsline. President Michael D Higgins has told | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
a state banquet at Windsor Castle that Britain and Ireland must work | :00:11. | :00:13. | |
together to craft a future that offers hope and opportunity for the | :00:14. | :00:19. | |
people of both islands. Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness also attended | :00:20. | :00:21. | |
tonight's banquet hosted by the Queen. It marks the end of the first | :00:22. | :00:28. | |
day of the three day presidential visit. Let's go live now to Windsor | :00:29. | :00:33. | |
and to Donna Traynor. The theme for today was mutual respect and | :00:34. | :00:37. | |
historical significance and that was reflected in the speeches and | :00:38. | :00:42. | |
symbolic gestures. Diplomacy took centre stage at St George's Hall as | :00:43. | :00:49. | |
some of the visitors were on unfamiliar territory. | :00:50. | :01:02. | |
The State bang wet is the centrepiece of the visit. 160 people | :01:03. | :01:07. | |
turned up for what was a lavish occasion. Amongst the guests, Sinn | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
Fein's Martin McGuinness who said he would follow the protocols including | :01:13. | :01:19. | |
toasting the Queen. It was the first opportunity for Her Majesty to | :01:20. | :01:21. | |
welcome her guest and reflect on the nature of the new relationship. | :01:22. | :01:25. | |
My visit to Ireland and your visit this week, Mr President, show that | :01:26. | :01:30. | |
we are walking together towards a brighter, more settled future. We | :01:31. | :01:37. | |
will remember our past, but we shall no longer allow our past to ensnare | :01:38. | :01:46. | |
our future. This is the greatest we can give to succeeding generations. | :01:47. | :01:55. | |
Lead to go this response from President Higgins. We have a duty to | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
all those who have lost their lives, a duty to build together in peace, | :02:00. | :02:05. | |
it is the only enduring justice we can offer them. We share also the | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
imperative to be unwavering in our support of the people of Northern | :02:11. | :02:13. | |
Ireland as we journey together towards the shelter and security of | :02:14. | :02:17. | |
true reconciliation. Outside, victims of Republican | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
violence stage add protest -- staged a protest against the presence of Mr | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
McGuinness, including a woman who lost her sister in the Birmingham | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
pub bombings 40 years. Who is thinking about us? It appears that | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
our politicians wish that they buried us alongside our dead. | :02:37. | :02:46. | |
The banquet closed day one. The first visit by a Irish head of | :02:47. | :02:55. | |
state. President Higgins laid a wreath of the tomb of the unknown | :02:56. | :03:01. | |
solicitorier at -- unknown soldier at Westminster Abbey. | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
Later, he addressed representatives of both houses of the Palace of | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
Westminster. Tomorrow the focus shifts from the ceremonial to a | :03:12. | :03:14. | |
celebration of Irish people's contribution to the civic life of | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
Britain. President Higgins will visit a hospital as an | :03:20. | :03:22. | |
acknowledgement of the role of Irish doctors and nurses in the NHS and he | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
will have a meeting with the Prime Minister in Downing Street. | :03:27. | :03:36. | |
The State visit has been marked by its warmth and has been relaxed as | :03:37. | :03:46. | |
the president said in his speech. The two islands have achieved a | :03:47. | :03:49. | |
closeness that once seemed unachievable. Ireland and Britain | :03:50. | :03:52. | |
live in the shadow and shelter of each other. | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
We'll have more coverage of the presidential visit across TV, radio | :03:57. | :04:03. | |
and online tomorrow. Tonight's Spotlight investigation | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
from Florida features an exclusive interview with a gun runner who | :04:07. | :04:09. | |
armed the IRA during the peace process. Mike Logan was granted | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
immunity from prosecution by the American Government in return for | :04:14. | :04:20. | |
information. The programme also names the IRA boss at the time who | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
is accused of ordering hundreds of guns over a five year period, a | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
senior republican now at the very heart of the peace process. | :04:28. | :04:30. | |
Spotlight reporter Mandy McAuley has more. | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
Mike Logan started gun running for the IRA the year after they called | :04:37. | :04:42. | |
their ceasefire. I was told to ignore any headlines and keep | :04:43. | :04:47. | |
sending the guns. From 1995 to 1999 he posted 200 guns to the IRA in toy | :04:48. | :04:55. | |
fire engines. I was a regular customer here. Sometimes I would buy | :04:56. | :04:58. | |
four or five at a time. I brought them home and the kids would play | :04:59. | :05:01. | |
with them and I would pack them up and ship them off. | :05:02. | :05:09. | |
Mike Logan said his contact in the IRA was this man, Sean Spike Murray. | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
He was in the Sinn Fein delegation as part of the recent Haass talks | :05:15. | :05:19. | |
and is involved in a variety of groups, dealing with cross community | :05:20. | :05:26. | |
and parading issues. Mike Logan tells Spotlight let him know one of | :05:27. | :05:31. | |
his guns was used in the murder of two RUC officers. | :05:32. | :05:38. | |
He would write down instead of communicate verbally to tell me | :05:39. | :05:44. | |
which weapons had been received. He circled a couple of them and he | :05:45. | :05:51. | |
said that one there had been used in an operation that had happened in | :05:52. | :05:59. | |
Lurgan. Sean Murray said our accusations were without foundation. | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
He went on to say he had never been arrested, detained or interviewed | :06:06. | :06:09. | |
about the allegations and the PSNI would have acted if there was | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
evidence. He told us his focus was and remains on helping the peace and | :06:15. | :06:15. | |
political processes. You can see that Spotlight programme | :06:16. | :06:25. | |
after this bulletin. The former Chief Medical Officer of England | :06:26. | :06:28. | |
will head a group of experts to consider improvements to the way the | :06:29. | :06:32. | |
health service is run in Northern Ireland. A review into the Emergency | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
Department at the Royal Victoria Hospital was also published today. | :06:37. | :06:42. | |
Marie-Louise Connolly reports. Whilst still on the subject of | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
hospitals and emergency care, today was all about making announcements, | :06:47. | :06:52. | |
sign posting ways forward and highlighting potential solutions. | :06:53. | :06:54. | |
Showing he meant business, the Health Minister said patient care | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
must come first and he was pulling out all stops to achieve that. Mr | :06:59. | :07:04. | |
Poots published a range of action to say provide quality and good | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
governance across-the-board. He has commissioned Sir Liam | :07:11. | :07:16. | |
Donaldson to assess how the Health Service here should be governed. | :07:17. | :07:20. | |
There will be inspections of acute hospitals, how the Belfast Trust | :07:21. | :07:24. | |
plans to respond to the latest report and how the Northern Trust | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
engages with the families in 20 cases that fell below standard. | :07:30. | :07:37. | |
There was too much emphasis on targets and low staff morale. | :07:38. | :07:43. | |
Belfast playing host tomorrow to a summit on emergency care. In the | :07:44. | :07:48. | |
company of their national president, consultants are due to discuss a | :07:49. | :07:53. | |
range of issues including staffing, funding and patient safety. An | :07:54. | :07:56. | |
indication of just how fragile things are, the summit which | :07:57. | :07:59. | |
involves the Health Minister is to be held in private. | :08:00. | :08:04. | |
Now with the weather forecast here's Angie Philips. Good evening. Well, | :08:05. | :08:10. | |
the clouds are rolling in once again. Quite damp in places through | :08:11. | :08:13. | |
the course of the night with rain and drizzle. Particularly across | :08:14. | :08:16. | |
parts of the north and the west. But not amount to go a great deal and it | :08:17. | :08:20. | |
is milder tonight than it was last night, temperatures no lower than | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
seven or eight Celsius. We are going into tomorrow on a cloudier note. | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
There will be a good deal of dry weather, but first thing in the | :08:29. | :08:30. | |
morning, it is a slow start, dull and grey. There will be bits and | :08:31. | :08:34. | |
pieces of light rain and drizzle before it becomes that bit drier. | :08:35. | :08:39. | |
For Western Scotland, it is likely to stay wet in places through the | :08:40. | :08:43. | |
day, windy as well particularly in the north-west of Scotland. It | :08:44. | :08:47. | |
should dry up across Eastern Scotland and for much of the | :08:48. | :08:49. | |
Republic of Ireland and England and Wales, a lot of dry weather a few | :08:50. | :08:52. | |
showers in areas exposed to the south and the west. A good deal of | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
cloud here too, but a few bright spells possible towards the South | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
Coast and temperatures should get up to 16 Celsius. The breeze lighter in | :09:03. | :09:06. | |
the south as well. It is breezy for Northern Ireland tomorrow afternoon, | :09:07. | :09:08. | |
but apart from the odd spit or spot of rain it is dry. One or two bright | :09:09. | :09:13. | |
intervals, but a lot of cloud. Temperatures better. Less cold air | :09:14. | :09:18. | |
tomorrow, up to 13 Celsius or maybe 14 Celsiusful the reason we have the | :09:19. | :09:22. | |
mainly dry weather is high pressure to the south. Through tomorrow night | :09:23. | :09:25. | |
and into Thursday morning, we get a weak weather front moving south so | :09:26. | :09:28. | |
that's going to bring damp weather for a time through tomorrow night | :09:29. | :09:31. | |
and into Thursday morning. Followed by a few showers. Slightly cooler | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
air as well, but at least the winds are easing and Friday looks mainly | :09:37. | :09:38. | |
dry. That's it for now. Stormont Today | :09:39. | :09:45. | |
gets underway over on BBC Two at 11. 20pm. We are back during Breakfast | :09:46. | :09:56. | |
tomorrow morning. From BBC Newsline, good night. | :09:57. | :09:58. |