18/04/2014 BBC Newsline

back with the late news at 10pm. Now, the

Good evening. A man has been shot dead in West Belfast. It happened

late this afternoon. He was shot as he was about to get into his car at

a commercial yard. Our reporter, Mervyn Jess, has been to the scene.

Part of this bring good road remains cordoned off around the scene of the

shooting as the police investigation gets underway. The victim 's name

has not released but it is understood he is from West Belfast.

It happened late this afternoon at a fuel depot of the Springfield Road.

One man I spoke to said the victim was taken into the commercial yard

and shot a number of times at point-blank range. A red BMW

believed to have been used was later fined but I'd add each byte growth,

not far from the scene. No one has admitted the killing but dissident

republicans are likely to be one line of enquiry. Oliticians from all

parties have paid tribute to the independent MLA David McClarty, who

has died at the age of 63. He had been suffering from cancer. The

Assembly member for East Londonderry was a former Deputy Speaker at

Stormont. Chris Page reports. In the many tributes paid to David McClarty

today, he has been repeatedly described as a gentleman. He had

been an elected representative for 25 years, serving on Coleraine

Council before becoming a founder member of the Stormont Assembly in

1998. For most of his time as a mLA, he was in the Ulster Unionist Party,

a former leader says he made a great contribution. Even his bitterest

opponents have had to concede that he projected his views and his

beliefs, but he did it in a manner that did not offend or upset. He

managed to achieve that, which, in Northern Ireland politics, is not

easy to do. Popular with colleagues and constituents, he was Deputy

Speaker of the Assembly for four years until 2011. In that year, he

was deselected as a candidate for the Stormont elections by his party,

but he was re-elected as a Independent. -- an. The East

Londonderry MLA stood back from political life after being diagnosed

with cancer. All parties have paid tribute. I would say he has given a

lot of happiness and hope and I think a lot of influence to people

and I was one who had the privilege of knowing you. He was a lovely,

genuine gentleman, someone who was always courteous and fair when he

was in the chair. And somebody who had integrity. The Deputy First

Minister Martin McGuiness said that David McClarty will be missed. The

First Minister Peter Robinson said his death is a huge loss to

politics. He said he was a man of decency and honour. A man is being

treated in hospital having sustained serious face and head injuries

during an assault in Belfast city centre last night. It happened in

the High Street area around 9:30pm. The police say two men pushed the

46-year-old victim to the ground and stamped on his head. A car has been

destroyed in a petrol bomb attack in Carrickfergus. It happened at around

11:00pm last night on Elizabeth Avenue. Police are appealing for

witnesses and are especially keen to hear from anyone who may have

noticed three youths running from the area. The owner of the car says

he's in shock. I was in bed, I give not have a clue until my wife came

home and she said the Jeep is on fire. I said what? The police are

here. I cannot do without it. The wife, she is attending the doctor

three times a week. So she takes the car. If I don't have mine. What do I

do? A 32-year-old man is to appear at Belfast Magistrates' Court

tomorrow on drugs charges. He was arrested after police officers

searched a car in the Glen Road area of West Belfast yesterday evening.

The first cyclist safety TV campaign has begun here. The Department of

the Environment campaign comes as research reveals that you are 23

times more likely to be killed or injured on a bike than in a car.

Mark Simpson reports. Do not forget to watch out for me at junctions.

The aim of the campaign is to educate everyone who uses the road,

whether it be on four wheels or two. Do not forget, I am human as well.

Share the road, respect everyone's journey. In the past ten years, the

number of cyclists injured on the Northern Ireland roads has doubled,

so who is to blame? Around half of the collisions involving cyclists

are caused by cyclists and the other half are caused by motorists. We

need to respect everyone's journeys and understand each other's needs

and requirements. So, do drivers now have more sympathy for cyclists?

They come flying along, some of them think they are in the Tour de

France. It works both ways, cyclists need to be aware of cars and vice

versa. Sometimes it is scary, they are often not watching you,

especially if they are trying to turn left. They are more respectful

of the cyclists here than in Canada. We are better than Canada? Yes. The

new campaign will be broadcast in the run-up to the start of the Giro

d'Italia cycling race. The likelihood is that more and more

people are now going to start cycling. It has emerged that one of

Great Britain's top cyclists is to miss the Giro d'Italia in Belfast

next month. Following illness, Mark Cavendish is skipping the

competition, instead heading to California for training. Planning

approval has been given from leisure complex at the Windsor Park Stadium

in South Belfast, replacing the existing leisure centre and it will

be situated within the West stand of the football ground. Onto the Easter

weekend weather forecast with Angie Phillips.

It has been a glorious Good Friday and the day is ending on a glorious

note. Still plenty of evening sunshine to end the day. Tonight,

you will get more cloud edging into western and northern areas and these

bots will mean temperatures are not as low as they were last night but

towards the south and east, we still have clear spells so it will be

colder and rural spots could dip towards freezing, giving touches of

ground frost. Tomorrow, another fine day, dry with plenty of sunshine and

the cloud in the north and West will start to retreat through the

morning. That unbroken sunshine extends through central and eastern

Ireland and parts of Wales and into central and southern Scotland also.

We will have some cloud drifting from the east across England but

even here there will be sunshine and away from the North Sea coast, where

a does feel coast, temperatures reaching the mid-teens. For Northern

Ireland for the afternoon, lots of sunshine with highs of 15 in the

West, cooler along the east coast and similar conditions into eastern

Sunday. Eastern Monday, disappointing, blustery with more

cloud and showers. That's it from us until 10:15pm. You can can keep in

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