25/06/2014 BBC Newsline

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This is BBC Newsline with Tara Mills.

Our headlines this Wednesday evening:

A official Stormont report into the conduct of Iris Robinson has

The Queen and Prince Phillip conclude their three-day visit to

An attack on a teenager in Londonderry is being treated

We hear from the apartment owners who have been told they could lose

their homes if they don't pay for repairing this wall.

I don't have the savings to pay ?7,000.

After a grey and wet day, an improvement is on the way.

I'll have the weather details shortly.

An official Stormont report into allegations made about the

conduct of Peter Robinson and his wife, Iris, by the BBC's Spotlight

programme has been complete for more than seven months.

But its publication has been delayed by a legal challenge from

A reference to the legal challenge is contained in an annual report

from the Assembly's standards watchdog, which was released today.

Here's our Political Editor, Mark Devenport.

It was business as normal for Peter Robinson. The BBC Spotlight

programme of January 2010 was one of the most explosive Expose is ever

broadcast in Northern Ireland. It = Iris Robinson had helped her teenage

lover to set up a business. The programme alleged that is Robinson

obtained ?50,000 from two property developers to let him set up by cafe

Inside Out fast. Within two days of the broadcast the standards watchdog

at the Assembly decided to look into the matter. For under happier is on

that report has not seen the light of day. Today, in his annuals

report, the standards Commissioner explained his delay. My

investigation was finished last year but publication of the report has

been delayed because of legal issues. How quickly would you hope

to resolve that? I am always hopeful that it will be resolved quickly,

but I defend the right of anyone to challenge anything they think is

inappropriate. Iris Robinson's solicitor told the BBC that he has a

range of concerns about documentation included with the

draft report. Those concerns include the relevancy of the material, Iris

Robinson's privacy and the impact any publication might have on her

health and recovery. The MLAs on the standards committee are unlike the

two considered the report until the autumn. It will be up to them to

decide when the report should be published and what action, if any,

should be recommended. A man in his 70s has died

following a crash involving three The victim, who was a pedestrian,

died at the scene. The Killard Road remains closed

at Ballyhornan Village. Meanwhile, a 50-year-old man has

been arrested after a crash in which 69-year-old Phelim Brady was killed

when a tractor collided with a lorry The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh

have now left Northern Ireland Their official engagements ended

at Coleraine, where they met members They started at Hillsborough Castle,

where they met experts from the BBC Antiques Roadshow programme, who

will be recording a programme at the Will Leitch now reports

on the last day of the Royal visit. Starting today, only to find a trio

of antiques experts have been rummaging in your attic! Including

this cup, which had belonged to her ant. The public get to bring their

heirlooms tomorrow. Call rain was waiting -- Coleraine was waiting,

heirlooms tomorrow. Call rain was ladies from the women's institute

got into the dresses of their grandmothers. The royal couple

arrived to a rousing welcome. grandmothers. The royal couple

a day for remembering, the start of a four-year project begun by the

Royal British Legion to remember the great War. The exhibition and the

veterans reminding everyone great War. The exhibition and the

that men from all over Ireland for together. One has to accept that the

accent on commemoration lies in Northern Ireland. I presume

accent on commemoration lies in was only one Irish division, but

people are beginning to recognise it was an All-Ireland affair. The

Coleraine branch, along with the council, started this just before

Christmas. We were going to do this day anyway, but the Queen took an

interest and wanted to be part of it. Outside, a moment of

remembrance. The inscription, in memory of the glorious dead,

Elizabeth and Philip. Afterwards, excitement from those

meeting the Queen. It has just been wonderful, the chance of a lifetime.

We were overwhelmed at one stage. We thought it was lovely. Things are

slowly getting back to normal here after the last Royal engagement of

the 21st visit of the Queen to Northern Ireland. Yes it has been

Coleraine's day, but also the day for the Royal British Legion.

Unlike previous visits here by the Queen, her full itinerary

It was a sign of how the security situation here

As BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson reports, it even meant the Queen was

It is not often the public get this close to the Queen in Belfast. This

teenager just couldn't resist a selfie. Looking again at the footage

shows it was not his first attempt. Look at the bottom right of the

screen and you will see how it all began. And watch how, before taking

the selfie, he remembers to smile. The photograph is in all of the

newspapers. It is not just a symbol of modern culture, but an example of

just how relaxed the visit was. It wasn't like this in Belfast during

the height of the Troubles. One retired civil servant has raised the

organisers. It was quite a bold decision to have a wide-ranging

itinerary. The Queen undoubtedly was exposed to the general public in a

way that she has not been. She is not bad exposed in other areas, as

well. I thought it was remarkably free and easy. It was the sheer

normality of the thing that was so nice. This was a Sample of

normality, an example of the life that we all live. Visits by the

Queen have always posed a security challenge, even in the 1960s the

royal motorcade was hit in the centre of Belfast. After that, her

movements were always surrounded in secrecy. As a police officer, you

would not have known who the visitor was at the event you were policing.

You would torture job at corner and to the bird traffic. You would not

have known who was until the last minute. The Queen is closely

protected, it is just more subtle. The openness of her visit this week

were signs of changing times. It was all summed up in one moment.

The police in Londonderry say they're treating

an attack on an 18-year-old man near the loyalist Fountain estate at the

The Catholic teenager, who'd been standing chatting to

his former girlfriend, who's a Protestant, says he was set

Our North West reporter, Keiron Tourish, has this report.

Law Neil Robertson is now back in his work as a trainee butcher. The

18-year-old said he has been left deeply traumatised after what his

family described as a vicious attack last weekend. He had gone into the

Fountain Estate with an ex-girlfriend and was standing

chatting to her when he says he was targeted by a gang of up to a dozen

young men early on Sunday morning. I could hear them is shouting insults

and just kicking me and kicking me. They must have been drinking or

something. They were just playing into me. I think they would have

stamped on me as I hadn't just held on to them. One guy was just holding

my threat. He said he called friends for help and they contacted his

father. When he arrived he thought the worst was about to unfold. I

could see a whole crowd. There was a big guy standing there whether

breeze block, about two crushes skull. His family is concerned as

they said he has to return to hospital on a CD scan on a blood

clot on the back of his head. He could have been lying in a coma

today, or dead. There are going to throw a breeze block on his head.

The police have confirmed that they are treating the attack as a

sectarian hate crime. They have issued an appeal for information.

They want to hear from anyone who may have witnessed it one who can

help identify those responsible. The police are investigating

the possibility that three attacks on ATMs

in the past month could all have The latest incident happened in the

Armagh village of Keady last night, from where our district reporter

Gordon Adair sent this report. For the third time in a month, a

cashrich even is left as a tangle of metal and plastic. This attack bore

striking resemblance is to the two previous attacks. The thieves were

well organised and struck at two a.m.. Gas and an explosive device

reduced to boot the machine apart and the timing of the operation

would appear to be more than coincidence. On this occasion they

got away with quite a substantial amount of cash. This machine was

revealed yesterday. That seems to be a re-occurrence in all those

incidents. I would appeal for anyone who knows anything, no matter that

that of information might be, to come forward. The people responsible

need to be caught. The camp continue. A number of arrests have

been made over the two previous attacks and men have appeared in

court. Still to come: A call for better

protection for older people to stop this type of abuse.

A group of apartment owners in West Belfast have been threatened

with losing their homes unless they pay ?7,000 each towards

They have been told they're partially liable for

an overall repair bill running into hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Our investigations reporter Kevin Magee has the story.

When a retaining wall separating this development at Larkspur Rise

from a neighbouring development collapsed, few living here could

imagine the impact it would collapsed, few living here could

them. Each owner has been billed for ?7,000 towards the overall ?200,000

cost of repairing it. Some have not paid and have received solicitors

letters threatening that repossession of their homes will

begin feeding pay up within a fortnight. I am not working at the

minute. I don't have savings to pay ?7,000. They are not willing to look

at that. Not every homeowner in the development has been asked to pay.

If you development has been asked to pay.

like these, you are exempt, but if you bought one of the apartments

like these, you are exempt, but if like these, by now he would have

received the bill of ?7,000. That is because the 31 apartment owners are

part of a company that maintains the site. It is run by a an agent called

Gateway M I. Gateway proposed that ?7,000 charge. We brought the

correspondence to a leading lawyer who specialises in housing. What

seems to me to be missing from the paperwork that I have read is

evidence that they have exhausted all other remedies before going down

a heavy legal route. That to be explored some attention should be

paid to the concerns of those who have received letters and you can't

pay and are now understandably alarmed that the roof over their

heads might be lost. What do you intend to do? There is nothing I can

do. Will I be summoned to court? Will somebody come out and say that

my home has been repossessed? The agents Gateway Nite declined to be

interviewed. In a statement they said that the one needs to be

replaced and the apartment owners are responsible for the communal

grounds, including the wall. The city council was concerned about the

Princess measures like fencing have removed the danger and it has

withdrawn a summons, leaving some residents to ask if ?200,000 of

repairs is really necessary. Older people must be better

protected from abuse. That's the call

from the Commissioner of Older People, who says,

as it stands, the law falls short We've spoken to two families who say

their loved ones were abused, and then let down a second time

by the legal system. Our Health Correspondent

Marie-Louise Connolly reports. Patricia Young was a carer, employed

to look after Mrs McCluskey, and old and vulnerable lady. A secret camera

installed by the family of Mrs McCluskey confirmed their worst

fears, that the carer was eating her mother's food. As there is no law to

cover this type of dubious, according to her family, their

mother was also let down by the legal system. We could not

understand what the police were trying to explain to us, that there

was no law there to protect. We thought when someone gets to their

older years, it would be there. Now there are plans to change that.

Attacks on the elderly are on the increase, whether physical,

emotional, sexual or financial, a review of cases show that many are

being let down by the system. While criminal or civil law offers some

detection, enhancing it would give health professionals the power to

intervene sooner. The legislation and proposing would place a duty on

people to report suspicions of abuse. It would place a duty on the

organisation is to investigate allegations of abuse and require

them to co-op one another to make sure the allegations are properly

investigated. This woman's sister has learning difficulties. What I

want to see is the law changed. At the time all we heard was there was

no law in the land to protect the elderly. When the dementia sets in

and they have learning difficulties, it is horrific for

them because they can't explain that they are afraid because they

threatened. Today's call for an adult safeguarding bill is just the

first stage in a lengthy process, however it's implementation would

bring Northern Ireland into line with

An Irishman suspected of stabbing three people in Germany

has died after he was knocked down on a motorway outside Cologne.

It's alleged Enda McLaughlin, from Carndonagh in County Donegal,

had stabbed a taxi driver and two other people.

It's understood that the man was knocked down in

the early hours of Monday morning as he was being chased by the police.

The Parades Commission has issued a revised ruling on a contentious

parade in June for Tuesday. It is prohibiting a parades on the lower

Garvaghy Road outside Victoria Terrace.

An appeal for help that appears to have been written by a Chinese

prisoner has been discovered in a pair of shorts bought

The note claims that prisoners are forced to make clothing

Primark says inspections of the supplier found no prison or

The clothing was bought by a woman from Belcoo in County Fermanagh.

She's been speaking to our reporter Julian Fowler.

Karen Bob the shorts from Primark several years ago but had never worn

them. It was only last week that she discovered the side the pocket. I

didn't know what to think. I called up my partner to show him. It was

attached to what appears to be a prison ID card. The note says the

job of the prisoner is to produce fashion) export and says they work

15 hours day and the food they get wouldn't be fit for dogs or pigs. A

spokesperson for Primark says that since 2,000 and 99 inspections of

the supplier had been carried out. We said that no prison or other

forced labour of any kind was found during these inspections. The

trousers cost them more than ?10 but it has made Karen think about who

could have made them. I have never even thought about where my clothes

came from. That they had been made that we, by people working 15 times

macrolide day, treated like dogs. It is not nice. Primark says they have

a code of contact to ensure the well-being of all workers in its

supply chain and has begun an investigation.

Brendan Rogers faces a difficult few days as he decides

what to do with Liverpool's star striker, Luis Suarez.

If last night's alleged biting incident during Uruguay's World Cup

game is confirmed, it'll be the third time Suarez has

The incident has provoked a mixed reaction from fans in Northern

Ireland on what Rogers should do with Liverpool's number seven.

Luis Suarez is no controversy. The alleged bite on

Giorgio Chiellini may have been missed by the referee, but it

certainly copy a pension of fancy. This afternoon at this school there

was only one thing that This afternoon at this school there

to have good attitude and good sportsmanship. He should go. He is

giving a bad example to young players. He has only done it once

for a Liverpool, so you should give them one more chance. This close

friend of Brendan Rodgers believes that the Ballymena man will

persevere with the striker if he is not banned entirely. With Luis

Suarez in that team, Liverpool are a lot stronger. Renton Rogers would

believe that he has the managerial wisdom to

believe that he has the managerial comes home. The disciplinary

committee at FIFA does have the power to punish an incident not seen

by the referee. He could face up ban of up to 24 matches or two years. I

think the worst thing we have come across in our league is maybe a

spitting incident, but thankfully there hasn't been an off a lot.

Thankfully, we don't have to deal with that. You wouldn't want to

think what the repercussions would be for a player over here in our

league. It seems this time Luis Suarez may have bitten off more than

he can chew. Four primary school children

from Larne went to Coventry yesterday and beat the best

in the UK to pick up a prestigious Today,

it was back to class for the quartet Mark Sidebottom has

been to meet them. Welcome to our good leader

principal's office in Northern Ireland for the moment. Here she is

with the team that has made her particularly proud. Not just the

best in Northern Ireland, but England, Scotland, Wales, you have

beaten the lots. I am exceptionally bright. We were at the Jaguar

primary School challenge in Coventry yesterday and the boys one the

overall prize for the best bit display and portfolio. It was an

opportunity to put that theory into practice. Scott Alexander, the team

principal, you came back as winners. Can you believe it? No, it was

great. I loved it. The team has been a great help and I can't believe we

actually won something. You were a resource manager, responsible for

all these T-shirts and this display. How difficult was a the get

the whole thing together? It was difficult to get it all together.

But, you did it. Yes. Can you believe it? No! This particular car,

what did you model adorn? The variety race car. You have a

manufacturing engineer completing the quartet. What does the

manufacturing engineer do? I had to get plasticine and make the model.

We sent it off and a lump of balsa wood came back. We have the sand

that, then it was sent off to get sprayed. Congratulations to you.

As the Northern Ireland that all the chairmen meets in Belfast to discuss

radical new proposals, which could change the landscape in the all here

and we will bring you the latest on that on good morning Ulster. Where

can I get a quick look back to Belfast?

We did have quite a bit of rain around today. The bad news is there

is more to come, the good news is that it is gradually improving the.

We have had a lot of rain coming and going. It will last into early

tomorrow morning. On the upside, it will not be a cold night. Pitchers

for some of us will stay up at around 14 degrees, so quite muggy.

Some of the wet weather will stay with us into tomorrow morning. There

will be some look like, mist and fog, and coastal areas. It will be

drier and brighter as we go into tomorrow afternoon. To begin with,

quite a bit of rain around at first, gradually nudging away from the

south-east. Many places will become dry and bright. It will feel quite

fresh because of the southeasterly will breeze. Temperatures were put

up to 19 or 20 degrees. Where we hold the cloud your conditions, 16

or 17 degrees, which is normal for the time of year. There will be 12

spots of light rain and drizzle into tomorrow evening, in many areas

finishing tomorrow with some evening sunshine. It does not look like a

great day for the Antiques road show, it will start Demba Ba that

will improve. Into tomorrow evening and overnight, we hold onto the

warmer conditions. For the time being, Friday will be a game of two

haves. The southern counties, we are expecting to see some rain through

the day. It will not be completely dry at the weekend, but it is not a

bad outlet at all. There is still time for a quick look

in the attic for anything you might want to bring to the Antiques road

show tomorrow! Our late summary is

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