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pressure for change. That's all from us. Now on BBC One | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
it is That's all from us. Now on BBC One | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
it is Good evening. | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
The Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams is still being questioned by police | :00:10. | :00:13. | |
about the murder of mother of ten, Jean McConville more than 40years | :00:14. | :00:16. | |
ago. He was arrested last night after voluntarily going to Antrim | :00:17. | :00:20. | |
police station to be interviewed. Mr Adams has always denied any | :00:21. | :00:23. | |
involvement in the murder. Our reporter Chris Page is in Antrim for | :00:24. | :00:34. | |
us tonight. Chris. Gerry Adams has now been under | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
arrest at Antrim police station for more than 24 hours. This is the | :00:39. | :00:43. | |
first time in the modern era that the leader of one of Ireland's main | :00:44. | :00:46. | |
political parties has been questioned by police under | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
circumstances likely. -- like these. Shortly before | :00:53. | :00:57. | |
arriving at Antrim police station with his solicitor Gerry Adams spoke | :00:58. | :01:01. | |
to our tape. I am going forward early to talk to the PSNI because | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
there has been a lengthy malicious campaign against me. I will tell the | :01:05. | :01:11. | |
PSNI that I am innocent, totally, of any part in the abduction, the | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
killing was the burial of Jean McConville. Detectives investigating | :01:16. | :01:18. | |
the abduction and murder of the mother of ten were waiting for the | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
Sinn Fein leader when he arrived. That is because the timing had been | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
arranged in advance after talks between the police and his | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
solicitor. On arrival Gerry Adams was arrested and interviewed under | :01:31. | :01:34. | |
caution. He spent the night in a police cell and questioning resume | :01:35. | :01:37. | |
this morning. Sinn Fein has complained about the timing of the | :01:38. | :01:41. | |
arrest, pointing out that its party leader offered to meet the police | :01:42. | :01:44. | |
five weeks ago. What other conclusion can I any other come to? | :01:45. | :01:50. | |
In the mouth of an election, the leader of a political party which is | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
experiencing huge growth all over the island of Ireland finds himself | :01:56. | :02:02. | |
under arrest. The First Minister rejected that claim. He chose the | :02:03. | :02:07. | |
timing, he chose to be during an election campaign. The police must | :02:08. | :02:10. | |
not allow the election campaign to end anyway deflect them from their | :02:11. | :02:18. | |
duty that they have two the community and victims. The Chief | :02:19. | :02:22. | |
Constable refused to be drawn to date. It would be inappropriate for | :02:23. | :02:26. | |
me to comment on any investigation other than to say it will be | :02:27. | :02:31. | |
objective and methodical. Police sources rejected the allegation that | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
it was aimed at causing maximum embarrassment for Sinn Fein. The | :02:36. | :02:37. | |
police say they have to follow a proper process to be in a position | :02:38. | :02:42. | |
to put as much evidence as possible to a suspect during interview. | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
Detectives interviewing the suspect when they believe the time is right, | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
not when the person believes they are ready. Terry Adams spoke to | :02:51. | :02:58. | |
police after Ivor Bell was related -- arrested in March. He was charged | :02:59. | :03:04. | |
on the basis of an interview he gave. Former IRA leader Brendan | :03:05. | :03:09. | |
Hughes also gave an interview but has since died. One day ) of Gerry | :03:10. | :03:15. | |
Adams, the two men are seen together inside the Maze prison. He | :03:16. | :03:17. | |
implicated the Sinn Fein leader in the murder. There is only one man | :03:18. | :03:23. | |
who could give the order that woman could be executed and that man is | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
now the head of Sinn Fein. Gerry Adams was asked about the claim in a | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
BBC documentary last year. Did you give the order for the execution of | :03:33. | :03:38. | |
Jean McConville? No, I had no active part to play in either the | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
abduction, killing or burial of Jean McConville or any of these other | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
individuals and Brendan was telling lies. The interviews by Brendan | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
Hughes and Ivor Bell and other republicans were made available to | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
detectives investigating Jean McConville's murder. It is | :03:57. | :03:59. | |
understood the Sinn Fein leader would be questioned about any claims | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
made about his involvement. How long can the police detain Mr | :04:06. | :04:14. | |
Adams? Mr Adams is being held under the Terrorism Act. Under that | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
legislation suspects are initially held for 24 hours and then a senior | :04:18. | :04:23. | |
police officer can decide if they can be held for another 24 hours. We | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
are past that stage and Gerry Adams is into his second 24 hours in | :04:28. | :04:32. | |
custody. The time runs out at about eight o'clock tomorrow night. If the | :04:33. | :04:34. | |
police want to detain him longer they have to go to court and a judge | :04:35. | :04:38. | |
will decide whether they will be allowed to do that. Mr Adams has | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
denied ever being in the IRA and has denied ever having anything to do | :04:44. | :04:47. | |
with the murder of Jean McConville. Martin McGuinness today claimed that | :04:48. | :04:51. | |
the arrest was due to what he claimed was the dark side of | :04:52. | :04:55. | |
policing. The Prime Minister David Cameron denied that. Tonight, Mr | :04:56. | :04:58. | |
McGuinness and Mr Cameron has spoken by telephone. Sinn Fein say that Mr | :04:59. | :05:09. | |
McGuinness claimed to Mr Cameron that the police pursue some cases | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
more than others. Tonight detectives are still questioning Gerry Adams. | :05:15. | :05:17. | |
Jean McConville's murder has become one of the most notorious incidents | :05:18. | :05:20. | |
of the Troubles. After being abducted and shot by the IRA in 1972 | :05:21. | :05:24. | |
her remains were only found decades later on a beach in County Louth. | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
Our reporter Conor Macauley spoke to her son Michael today. He began by | :05:29. | :05:31. | |
describing how, as an 11-year-old boy, he witnessed his mother being | :05:32. | :05:40. | |
taken away. I remember that night, between half | :05:41. | :05:47. | |
five and six o'clock, there was a knock at the door. We answered the | :05:48. | :05:55. | |
door. A group of people came in, some with masks and some without. | :05:56. | :06:02. | |
The people without masks, me and my brothers and sisters knew them | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
because they lived in the Divis Flats complex. These people knew us | :06:07. | :06:17. | |
by name. There was panic. We wrapped ourselves around our mother and we | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
didn't want them to take her. Do the children say anything about their | :06:24. | :06:30. | |
mother? Some nights they say, I want my mother back. She was panicking, | :06:31. | :06:39. | |
she was crying. They put my mother into the back of the van and one of | :06:40. | :06:47. | |
the cars drove away first and then the van followed. That was the last | :06:48. | :06:51. | |
any of us ever saw of her. The police know what I know and what | :06:52. | :06:57. | |
certain members of the family know, but I've never given a statement to | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
the police and the reason for that is because I know there could be | :07:02. | :07:16. | |
repercussions. Will have more on Gerry Adams' arrest just this | :07:17. | :07:21. | |
bulletin. -- we will have more in The View. | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
A 47-year-old man has been arrested after police found a substantial | :07:28. | :07:30. | |
amount of explosives in north Belfast. They were found during | :07:31. | :07:33. | |
searches of a flat in the New Lodge area by officers investigating | :07:34. | :07:35. | |
dissident republican activity. A County Antrim farmer has been sent | :07:36. | :07:39. | |
to jail for animal cruelty offences. Michael Agnew of Ballynease Road | :07:40. | :07:41. | |
near Portglenone was given six months for a range of offences. It's | :07:42. | :07:45. | |
the first time anyone has been jailed under animal welfare | :07:46. | :07:47. | |
legislation that came into effect here in 2011. | :07:48. | :07:51. | |
Turning to sport and in rugby, there was a shock defeat for the Ospreys | :07:52. | :07:55. | |
away to Zebre in Italy tonight - a result that has big implications for | :07:56. | :07:58. | |
Ulster. The Welsh side's 30-27 defeat means that Ulster now need | :07:59. | :08:01. | |
just one point from their remaining two games in the Pro12 to qualify | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
for the play-offs. They face Leinster at Ravenhill tomorrow | :08:08. | :08:08. | |
night. Now let's get a look at the weather | :08:09. | :08:19. | |
prospects with Cecilia Daly. Hello. It has been a shocking day | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
for the 1st of May. Temperatures in some parts of County Antrim were | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
sitting at six or seven degrees this afternoon. That is more typical of | :08:30. | :08:33. | |
February. At least it is tried for the rest of the night. There is a | :08:34. | :08:38. | |
lot of cloud around. Where it thins and breaks over parts of County | :08:39. | :08:41. | |
Antrim, it could get chilly. Temperatures dropping to 23 degrees, | :08:42. | :08:48. | |
leading to frost on the grass. Friday is going to be a much better | :08:49. | :08:53. | |
day. There will be a lot of dry weather and it will brighten up at | :08:54. | :08:56. | |
times. You should see temperatures at least in double figures. There | :08:57. | :09:01. | |
will still be a chill in the air, especially from the breeze, which | :09:02. | :09:05. | |
will be noticeable among the East Coast. Eastern counties will see the | :09:06. | :09:10. | |
best of the sunshine. Further west you are, the cloudier. That is | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
because of this area of rain coming in from the Atlantic nudging towards | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
the south west of Ireland tomorrow afternoon. Fine weather for many | :09:21. | :09:24. | |
parts of Britain. One or two showers around but not the heavy rain of | :09:25. | :09:27. | |
today. Cold over parts of Scotland and North East England with | :09:28. | :09:33. | |
temperatures in single figures. Temperatures for northern Ireland | :09:34. | :09:35. | |
tomorrow afternoon around 12, perhaps 13 degrees, closer to the | :09:36. | :09:42. | |
average. Any sunshine across the East. Through the weekend, Saturday | :09:43. | :09:50. | |
sees some drizzle or light rain, otherwise dry, and sunshine on | :09:51. | :09:56. | |
Monday. Keep up-to-date online and follow us on Facebook and Twitter. | :09:57. | :09:57. | |
Good night. It's shocking it'd happen | :09:58. | :10:00. | |
in a public place. I don't find it funny, | :10:01. | :10:10. | |
but I don't find it offensive. It really is vile. | :10:11. | :10:13. | |
Shock value sells. Men are even less tolerant of women | :10:14. | :10:15. | |
than they were before. The hatred of women. | :10:16. | :10:18. | |
Some people are offended. | :10:19. | :10:22. |