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on BBC An investigation concludes

the murder of this police officer The out-going Chief Constable says

a new way must be found to deal The police should not be known -- or

do longer be task of dealing with issues before the Friday agreement.

Once Ireland's richest man, now Sir Anthony O'Reilly has been told to

We'll have the heart-warming World Cup tale of the Lurgan lad who's

backing his Greek hero to get all the way to the final over in Brazil.

The rain clears away just in time for the weekend.

I'll have your full forecast shortly.

It's been revealed that the murder of a police officer 37

years ago could have been prevented by senior RUC commanders.

A Police Ombudsman team has been investigating the death of Sergeant

The PSNI has already apologised for what it called

"significant shortcomings" in police investigations at the time.

Joe Campbell was a Catholic father of eight, a well-known and respected

pacemen. He was shot once in the head in the debris 1977 as he locked

up Cushendall police station. 37 years later, the ombudsman says that

the RUC field him, and his family. It failed to act on numerous

warnings of a threat to him and over decades wilfully hailed information

highway from investigators. Because of the specific nature of the

intelligence from these officers and the failure to act on that

intelligence, had the proper actions being taken, the murder could have

been prevented. No one has ever been conveyed that of his death. After an

investigation in 1980, fellow police officer, Charles McCormick, was dry

and acquitted. The Campbell family has always believed the threat came

from within the RUC and the ball collusion. The Police Ombudsman says

that whilst there is evidence of that, there is not enough. In the

context of Northern Ireland, collusion mean something very

specific. I do liberally decided not to use that term in this report

because I don't think it is relevant. I don't know what the

threshold of the ombudsman is to be able to say that it was collusion.

You only have to read the report. It doesn't take a leap of faith to

believe that somebody at the most senior level of the RUC colluded and

gave intelligence reports about the activities of the suspected murderer

to that person. Some retired police officers cooperated, others didn't.

The ombudsman wishes he could have compelled them. The Chief Constable

at the time told investigators he does not remember the Joe Campbell

case. Joe's widow says he to remember it. I met him in his

private office. He said that to RUC officers had been investigated. I

met his wife and we had tea together. I met him again, and he

doesn't remember me? This was never an investigation into who murdered

Joe Campbell, but into how the police acted before and after he

died. The Police Ombudsman now says he can't do any more. The Campbell

family says it needs and serves and justice. -- needs answers and

justice. The legacy of the past has proved to

be a thorn in the side On his final day in office,

the outgoing Chief Constable has said the police should no longer be

responsible for investigating Troubles-related

murders that took place before Matt Baggott spoke to our

Home Affairs correspondent The past often cast a shadow over

Matt Baggott's time in office. He said it hindered the PSNI's ability

to police and damaged public confidence will study says a radical

new approach is needed. We need to separate the past from the present.

However that is done, the police service of Northern Ireland should

longer be accountable for things before the great -- the Good Friday

Agreement. I agreed believer in justice. The law demands that the

police service investigates serious matters, not just in the present but

in the past. Well we are dealing with the past we are not dealing

sufficiently with the present. We need to create a situation where

police resources are focused on the here and now, without taking away

from the needs of the hymns in the past. Should the PSNI do longer be

investigating murders before 1998? Should I begin into a stand-alone

body? I think that is where the model should be taken. I think the

future is too important to allow us to carry on in this ad hoc way where

confidence is constantly sap because of matters that took face a

relatively long time ago. Union flag protests also cast a shadow. With

the Chief Constable widely criticised for the police response.

Nationalist accused them of being too soft, while union said there

were too heavy-handed. A judge said the approach to the parades was

wrong and they should not have facilitated the legal process. Matt

Baggott says they got it right. To take 30 people of the road would

require 100 police officers. On some nights we were dealing with two or

three riots at the same time. If you register numbers on the street you

end up with nobody to deal with the riots. The implication of that in a

world where the paramilitaries are still present could have been a mass

loss of life. These comments come at week before all-party talks are due

to take place on the issues of flags, parades and the past. Map I

get criticised politicians during his time in office for failing to

give unequivocal support to the police. As he departs coming he

appealed to them to stop using policing as a political football.

The politics have become out of policing and vice versa. When we get

it wrong, criticise us, but don't criticise us in the political sense.

Map I get sent this message to politicians. Try to support George

in terms of resource in the police, irrespective of what people may

think we still need money and to sustain our current level of

resources is necessary. Try to take the politics out of events and

policing and work hard to take the past away from the present. Give

George the space to manage today's police service. The new Chief

Constable won't have long to wait to test the political waters. He is due

So, how easy would it be to reconcile the past with the present?

A former Police Ombudsman believes we may be nearly there.

Our reporter Ita Dungan has been gauging reaction to Mr Baggott's

The murders and atrocities of the past will not go away and until

there is agreement about how best to deal with it, the past will remain

very much part of the present. Or than 3500 people have been killed in

more than three decades of violence. 2,000 of those murders remain

unsolved. Investigating the past takes between five and 10% of the

police budget. Matt I could believe is those investigations are a drain

on resources. He suggests building -- bringing in an new authority to

take over. I would find it incredibly difficult to understand

how we could have two police forces in Northern Ireland in one

jurisdiction. I think that would lead to confusion, overlap and

potentially serious the stakes being made. For republicans, they have

never wanted the police investigating historical murders.

never wanted the police Sinn Fein has always believed there

should be an independent international truth

should be an independent to deal with the legacy of the past.

The proposals that were put forward were a compromise.

The proposals that were put forward independent commission for truth

recovery and an historical investigation unit.

recovery and an historical compromise. We felt it was one

was workable. One former Police Ombudsman believes we are actually

learning from the past. I think that the people in Northern

learning from the past. I think that through the number of enquiries that

we have had, I think they have come to a place where there is a

consensus that what we need is an independent investigation unit. Is

it easier than our political parties make about to be? Yes, it is. What

to do is you conduct an evidence -based investigation, report on

provable facts and that is all you can do. How close we are to that

agreed may be revealed in the next few weeks when the parties return to

negotiations about how best to deal with the past 40 years. The outcome

of the stocks have a direct impact on the future of

A nursing home in West Belfast has breached numerous regulations

around the recruitment and training of its staff.

BBC Newsline can reveal that the health regulator found some

employees hadn't been properly vetted or had

The Health and Social Care Board, which is in overall charge

of Northern Ireland's health service, has described the breaches

as serious and says vulnerable people had been let down.

Our Lady's Home, home to some of the most elderly and vulnerable people

in the area. It also runs a daycare centre for people with dementia. It

employs about 130 people. An inspection was triggered after a

member of the public as the RQIA of details of an access NI disclaimer

form, which would allow them to working -- which would allow them to

work here without vetting. Once the inspectors arrived here and

announced, further problems came to light. The managerial breaches are

described as serious. They include failing to provide character

references, not vetting employees including not questioning gaps in

employment history. No confirmation of Stafford and the implication, not

carrying out pre-employment health and fitness checks and the acting

manager had not attended any training in staff recruitment. Older

people require specialist care, especially with feeding, toileting

and even in communicating. Health professionals say not everyone can

do the job so regulations must be respected. The most vulnerable

people in our society deserve the best possible care. One way to

ensure that they receive it is to have appropriate recruitment

procedures in place. Pre-employment checking and vetting is part of that

process and it is disappointing, as well as serious, to note that any

organisation has failed to comply with that standard. Their results

were called for at the RQIA to ensure reports on individual homes

are more readily available to the public. People who might want to go

into those arms in the future, it is important that the system is able to

reassure people that those services are safe and they can expect a high

level of service when they are there. A spokesperson for the

Catholic Church told the BBC that those staff members affected have

been stood down from duties until the vetting process is complete. It

added that it is strengthening its monitoring system. The regulators

have given the nursing home until the 22nd July to comply with all of

the regulations. A joint delegation of politicians

from most of the Unionist parties and members of the Orange Order have

met with the Secretary of State, Theresa Villiers,

to discuss contentious parades. The DUP claims the situation

around the forthcoming Ardoyne and Meanwhile, a senior Orangeman

in Portadown has called on the Secretary of State to sack members

of the Parades Commission over its Here is our political

reporter Stephen Walker. The Parades Commission had

originally decided to allow two bands and 200 marchers to walk along

the stretch of road that the marchers called Victoria Terrace.

Nationalists say it is part of the Garvaghy Road. On Wednesday, the

commission changed its mind after receiving fresh information.

Yesterday, DUP delegation met -- met the commission and afterwards they

claimed that the commission had agreed to review their decision for

a second time. There were six of us there today and all of us left that

meeting under the impression that we had got a review and the Parades

Commission told us there were giving us the review on new evidence

provided. It shows how shambolic the Parades Commission is. In a

statement, the Parades Commission said there would be no review of its

decision to place restrictions on the Portadown parade. It says the

restrictions remain in place. Today, leading Portadown Orangemen

called on the Secretary of State to intervene. I think it is time

neither the Secretary of State to call chair of the commission in, and

all the commissioners, and sack them forthwith. The decisions to place

restrictions on the march has been welcomed by Sinn Fein and the SDLP.

Each year the Portadown district comes up with a new scam in order to

up the ante in advance of the annual Drumcree parade. Last year it was a

hymn service in Portadown People's Park. This year it is about the

dedication of an arch. The event in Portadown will take place tomorrow

night. Young people from the Schenkel and

Ardoyne upon night for a sleep-out. --

Ireland's first billionaire and owner of the Belfast Telegraph faces

Sir Anthony O'Reilly, who's recognised

for his business affairs at home and abroad, has raked-up huge debts and

Our Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison was at the

Sir Anthony O'Reilly was once described as Alan's richest man.

A label that increasingly sounds like can unintended curse. He was

the countries first billionaire. A former rugby international who also

played with the Lions, he went on to have a global business career and

was both the chairman and chief executive of the giant multinational

Heinz Corporation, a company most associated with the beans. Although

based in America, he never lost interest in Ireland north or south

and was a business campaigner for peace, then later for a similar

corporation tax rate north and south. His Independent News and

media company owned -- owned the Belfast Telegraph amongst others. As

an investment, it cost him a fortune, as did Waterford Wedgwood,

them manufacturers of crystal and porcelain. His debts led to a case

in the commercial court. Sir Anthony Burden owns an estimated 300 and you

knew Rob to banks and Burden owns an estimated 300 and you

institutions. Allied Irish bank says it wanted to be first in the queue

when he begins to is posing of his assets, including Castlemartin,

when he begins to is posing of his 750 acre stud farming County

Kildare. The former billionaire had sought a six-month delay in

disposing of this property, but the judge this afternoon refused, saying

he believes there was forcing the argument that the former billionaire

was insolvent. Sir Anthony now faces the forced sale of his assets. Once

again, how the once mighty have fallen.

Young people from the Shankill and the Ardoyne districts of

North Belfast came together last night for all-night sleep-out.

They did it to raise awareness of homelessness, but, as BBC Newsline's

Mark Simpson reports, the event also helped to build community relations.

Side-by-side under the stars are North Belfast. Young people from the

Shankill and Ardoyne. They looked comfortable in each other's company,

but were they? Comfortable enough. I wouldn't say they are 100%

comfortable, but comfortable enough to come in and engage. The venue was

the Ardoyne good club, the purpose to raise awareness about

homelessness and bring young people together from across the baseline.

Times are changing. People need to start breaking down the barriers. I

am happy to say I will work with Protestant or Catholic so. Everyone

has the same problems. People have the same troubles. Everyone

has the same problems. People have same. The Lord and a showed her

support, as did Joe Gormley from Cliftonville football club. Everyone

involved, it was a long night. It is Cliftonville football club. Everyone

just after 9am. It rained most of the night. I came back to see how

they are getting on. Not everyone made it right through the night. In

fact, there was only one person left from the Shankill. Whether nice to

you? Of course they were. They fear me, they have to be nice to me!

you? Of course they were. They fear the main man! How did the Shankill

and Ardoyne on overnight? Perfectly. The crack has been 90. It all ended

with something enjoyed by The crack has been 90. It all ended

of the divide in Belfast, a big bacon battery.

The World Cup may be going on in Brazil, but for one star player,

his thoughts are stretching across the Atlantic to

Mark Sidebottom is here with the story.

Yes, Giorgios Samaras was the hero for millions

of his fellow Greeks when he scored the last-minute penalty that sent

his country through into the knockout stages of the World Cup.

But, undoubtedly, the number one fan of the former

Celtic striker is back here, and the appreciation is mutual.

They say that you should never meet your heroes, but this relationship

between ten-year-old Jade Iti from Lurgan and Georgios Samaras has

developed into a close friendship. They might have been separated by

thousands of miles, but when the striker became the hero for Greece

in the World Cup, his number one fan could not have been prouder. In

front of the worlds media, he used a press conference to send a personal

message all the way from South America to County Fermanagh. I want

to thank you for the strength you give me. Your smile and your support

gives strength to everyone. I want to say that I am really proud that

you are my friend. I hope to see you to say that I am really proud that

soon. There is only one team and one player that young Jay wants to see

progress further. I am sorry I won't be there. But, I still love you very

much. Come on, Sammy! He is to say that he will be inspired by him as

he faces Costa Rica on Sunday. It is amazing what you can learn in

conversation over lunch, but nothing prepared the president of the GAA

that not only was the Queen fan of the sport of hurling, but she had

watched the game as recently as just a few weeks ago and marvelled at the

speed of it. Three years ago the Queen made and marvelled at the

speed of it. Three years ago the Queen made where the royal couple

were resented with the hurling stick. Just three days ago at a

dinner in quite a revelation. The lunch on Tuesday, the president of

the GAA was at her table. The Queen told him that she had just recently

watched the hurling match and that she had enjoyed it. Would you stand?

I think the table was stunned! He then offered an invitation to see a

hurling match. It certainly opened up a conversation. She said, yes, I

have seen it. She made it an movement of head as if she was

watching tennis, very quick, she said it is wonderful, very fast. I

have to say, I was pretty pleased about that. The GAA president says

he is hopeful that the member of the Royal family will accept his invite

to come and watch a game of international rules.

Coverage of the weekend's All-Ireland qualifying matches and

the Ulster semi-final between Armagh and Monaghan on BBC Radio Ulster

We can confirm, that the Queen will not be in attendance.

The weekend beckons and we're hoping for dry sunny weather.

Barra Best is here. No pressure at all! The weather has

sorted itself out just before the weekend. Plenty of dry weather

developing and many of us are ending on a sunny end to the day. Through

the night it will stay dry. It may be quite cool in some places as the

amateurs fall into single figures. Under cloudy conditions, the

pitchers -- temperatures will stay just into double figures. Tomorrow

there will be sunny spells and it will be mainly dry. So, to begin the

day tomorrow, the cloud will break up and it will allow the sunshine to

come through. In the sunshine, highs of the 18 degrees. With the wind

coming in off the coast, it will feel quite cool with temperatures of

just 13 of 14 degrees. Tomorrow, the emphasis is on dry weather, but we

did see one or two showers in parts of the West. Enter tomorrow evening,

not a bad evening with plenty of right weather. He could chant your

arm at a barbecue, but they can't promise that heat for that. It will

stay dry. Tomorrow night, another chilly night in store for some

places as the amateurs dipped to 67 degrees. The good news is, looking

ahead to Sunday, very little difference. This time we might see a

few showers in eastern areas, but most places will stay dry and

bright. The drier weather will be further west this time in the summit

will feel warm with highs of 18 degrees. With the onshore winds, the

coast will feel about 1314 degrees. -- 13 or 14 degrees. Plenty of dry

and bright weather for next week, just the chance of 12 showers at

times.