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Joe Wilson reports. That's all from

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The Police Ombudsman is taking the Chief Constable to court

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and has accused him of obstructing investigations into allegations

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Michael Maguire is taking the unprecedented legal action to

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try to force Matt Baggott to hand over sensitive intelligence

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material, including details about police informers.

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The killings include those carried out by the UVF in Loughinisland

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and the IRA murder of a police officer in Newry.

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Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney

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Six men, all Catholics, murdered in a bar as they watched a World Cup

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game. It remains one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles. Today it

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is at the centre of claims that police haven't told everything they

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know about it and other kills. The claims from the police ombudsman. He

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has put pressure on the police to disclose everything that is know

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about the killings. One suggestion is that the RUC didn't conduct a

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full investigation, because they were protecting an informer and

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because there was collusion between some officers and the killers. As in

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many of the cases, no one has been convicted. A report by a previous

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ombudsman concluded the RUC failed to properly investigate what

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happened here. But said there was insufficient evidence of collusion.

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Those findings were quashed after a legal challenge by relatives of

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those killed. Now there is a fresh investigation and the Chief

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Constable is accused of obstructing him by refusing to hand over

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intelligence material the ombudsman said is essential for him to do his

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job. The ombudsman saids the Chief Constable is making it impossible

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for his office to investigate serious allegations of criminal

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activity and misconduct by police officers. We are talking about

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complex investigations into over 60 murders, where there have been

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allegations of police criminality and misconduct, the fact they may

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have been protecting individualed involved and appsing those questions

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requires -- answering those questions requires access to

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material. I need access that to come to a view to meet the allegations.

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He - He has launched a legal action. The police ombudsman office does not

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do investigations by negotiation. This is fundamental to the

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independence of the office and the requirement for me to undertake a

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clear and independent investigation. We cannot have a situation where

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those sungt to investigation will determine what information is given

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to the investigators. The Chief Constable is accused of blocking

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including incidents where police officers have been killed. There has

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been claims that Special Branch had been claims that Special Branch had

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advance warning about one attack. Other kafss are more recent and --

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advance warning about one attack. cased are more recent and involve

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the PSNI. In a statement the PSNI said it had responded appropriaty to

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each -- appropriately to each request.

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A Sinn Fein councillor Tommy Casey was murdered by UVF gunmen

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His family say they want to see his killers brought to justice.

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Obviously somebody does know something, somebody is hiding

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something. And RUC now PSNI, somebody in their ranks know

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could be one of reasons why they're could be one of reasons why they're

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the end and gets what he needs. Peter Robinson and members

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of the Muslim community said they wanted to draw a line under

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the controversy and move on. Our political correspondent,

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Martina Purdy reports. The First Minister and junior

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minister were greeted by one of the leading Muslims in Northern Ireland.

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There were smiles, despite the leading Muslims in Northern Ireland.

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controversy over this visit and even flowers, a symbol of friendship. In

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the Sen term it was standing room only and outside the media gathered.

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Was Peter Robinson going to apologise over remarks he made about

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Muslims? I know many of you have, as the press often do, centre on an

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issue of an apology. I apologise to these gentlemen if anything I said

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had caused them hurt and I can see that in many cases it has. I

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apologise to them, you say in private. I say I apologise to them

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face to face personally, man-to-man, the way it should be done. And I

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told people inside that a lot of people seem to think that sorry is a

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difficult word to use. I have to say that whether it is because of my

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background or my mischievous childhood, I have been used to

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saying it. I don't find it a difficult word to use and I made it

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very clear to the people present tonight that I apologise for any

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offence that I might have caused and I made it very clear to them that

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the last thing that I would have on my mind would be to cause any one

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hurt or difference tress or to insult them. And I make that

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publicly clear in the clearest possible terms. We are very

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satisfied that he came here and I think it will go a long way to build

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relations. That is what is important. We need to work to build

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community relations and to work together to bring racial equality

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policy and we need to look at what ethnic minorities are doing for

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Northern Ireland. The First Minister will be hoping tonight's apology

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will end this controversy, but his critics might not be so quick to let

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it go. The SDLP leader said he wanted the standards committee to

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investigate whether he the code of conduct had been breeched.

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The Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has welcomed

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Mr Robinson's public apology, saying it was the right thing to do.

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He urged Pastor McConnell to now publicly withdraw his comments.

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Two men died in road accidents this afternoon.

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A 36-year-old motorcyclist was killed

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when his bike was in collision with a car in the Deerpark Road area

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And in Newry, 68-year-old Wilfred Vaughan Chambers died following a

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It's understood he was on a mobility scooter

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A second racer has died in as many days at the Isle of Man TT races.

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Karl Harris, who was 34 and from Sheffield, was killed

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on the mountain course during the Superstock race.

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He was a three-time British Supersport Champion.

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Stephen Ferris has been forced to retire from rugby

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The 28-year-old played over 150 times for Ulster and Ireland,

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It has all happened sud ply. - Sudeley. It wasn't long I was here

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thinking I would play for three or four years. It is tough to take, but

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I have loved every minute. Paddy Wallace said for any young guy

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coming through, don't underestimate the journey you will go on. The

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journey I have been on is one I will remember.

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Now just before the weather forecast have a

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look at these video pictures sent to us by the Met Office of a tornado

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Now with the weather forecast, here's Barra Best.

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We will have some showers tonight. It will be a cooler night. Some of

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the wet weather will stay with us tomorrow. Giving us a damp start.

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But it will be a mixture of sunshine and showers. That wet weather around

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the coast. A much better start in the west. The bulk of the better

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weather tomorrow will be across Ireland with plenty of dry spells

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and even here some scattered showers. Most of wet weather will be

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confined to Britain. A lot of rain and cloud and that will hold back

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the temperatures to between the mid to low teens. For Northern Ireland

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in the afternoon, there will be one or two showers. They will be few and

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far between. For others there will be plenty of dry and bright weather

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too. To the coast feeling cool with temperatures of 12 degrees. Not much

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better further south. The temperatures well below average. For

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Thursday, we expect a better day. It may start damp, but brightening up

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in the afternoon. Temperatures recovering a little. A look ahead to

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the weekend, although temperatures will rise, there will always be a

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threat of some wet weather. This a it from BBC Newsline. Have a good

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night.

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