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Good evening, and welcome to BBC Newsline. | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
Northern Ireland's most senior judge says comments made by | :00:11. | :00:13. | |
Health Minister Edwin Poots about a court ruling on gay men | :00:14. | :00:16. | |
giving blood were "detrimental to the rule of law and unacceptable". | :00:17. | :00:21. | |
Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan outlined his concerns | :00:22. | :00:24. | |
in a letter to the First and Deputy First Ministers eight months ago, | :00:25. | :00:29. | |
Here's our home affairs correspondent, Vincent Kearney. | :00:30. | :00:39. | |
A judge ruled last November that a decision by Edwin Poots to ban gay | :00:40. | :00:46. | |
men from giving blood in Northern Ireland was irrational. | :00:47. | :00:47. | |
The Health Minister strongly criticised the ruling | :00:48. | :00:49. | |
and questioned the merits of lodging an appeal against it. | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
Do I believe I would get fairness in the Court of Appeal forward there be | :00:54. | :01:03. | |
a circling the wagons? I would be concerned that may not be the case. | :01:04. | :01:05. | |
That prompted the Lord Chief Justice to write a strongly worded letter to | :01:06. | :01:08. | |
the First and Deputy First Ministers asking for assurances that | :01:09. | :01:10. | |
Sir Declan Morgan gave a copy of that letter to the BBC. | :01:11. | :01:17. | |
Describing the comments as detrimental to the rule of law | :01:18. | :01:24. | |
in Northern Ireland, he said it was entirely unacceptable for the | :01:25. | :01:28. | |
minister to suggest that the Court of Appeal is biased or unfair. | :01:29. | :01:34. | |
He goes on to say the statement by Edwin Poots was not only untrue but | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
also damaging to public confidence in the administration of justice, | :01:39. | :01:40. | |
The Lord Chief Justice referred to the letter in a speech today marking | :01:41. | :01:46. | |
In January this year, I wrote to the First and Deputy First Ministers | :01:47. | :01:53. | |
about ministerial comments which I consider to be damaging to the rule | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
of law and requested an assurance that there would be no repetition. | :01:58. | :02:01. | |
I received an acknowledgement on the 22nd of January indicating | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
that my correspondence was under consideration, but as yet I have had | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
This is an unfortunate and fairly isolated incident but it is not a | :02:10. | :02:17. | |
He said Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness had reached | :02:18. | :02:27. | |
He said Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness had breached | :02:28. | :02:29. | |
an agreement that the judiciary would be independent | :02:30. | :02:31. | |
of government and immune to any partisan or political interest. | :02:32. | :02:34. | |
I have made a conscious effort to engage in a positive way with | :02:35. | :02:37. | |
the Executive and I have no wish to become embroiled in an unhelpful | :02:38. | :02:41. | |
debate but I would be failing in my duty if I had not written to the | :02:42. | :02:45. | |
ministers to express concern over a lack of political regard | :02:46. | :02:47. | |
for independent judicial decision-making. | :02:48. | :02:50. | |
His audience included the chairman of the Justice Committee, | :02:51. | :02:54. | |
a close colleague of Edwin Poots, and the Justice Minister. | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
The judiciary should not get too precious about their status. | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
They are fundamentally important to the rule of law in Northern Ireland, | :03:04. | :03:06. | |
Politicians ultimately our lawmakers, which digitally fatback | :03:07. | :03:21. | |
the judiciary then need to enforce to the courts, so politicians have a | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
role to play in establishing the framework. | :03:25. | :03:26. | |
In a statement, the Department of Health had publicly stated that | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
this was a matter for the fairness and impartiality of the courts. | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
Having expressed concerns over whether he would get a fair hearing, | :03:33. | :03:34. | |
he is appealing against the decision. | :03:35. | :03:38. | |
-- against the Dutch's November ruling. -- the judge's ruling. | :03:39. | :03:46. | |
A third person from Northern Ireland has been arrested on suspicion of | :03:47. | :03:49. | |
manslaughter over the death of man in a shipping container in Essex. | :03:50. | :03:52. | |
The dead man was one of 35 people from Afghanistan, | :03:53. | :03:54. | |
including 15 children, discovered locked inside a container | :03:55. | :03:56. | |
The 47-year-old suspect, who is from Dungannon, was arrested | :03:57. | :03:59. | |
by Merseyside Police earlier today at Liverpool Ferry Port. | :04:00. | :04:04. | |
The Secretary of State, Theresa Villiers, | :04:05. | :04:07. | |
has called on Sinn Fein and the SDLP to stop blocking welfare reform, and | :04:08. | :04:10. | |
for the DUP to stop blocking talks on flags, parades and the past. | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
In a speech tonight in Oxford, Ms Villiers said that deadlock | :04:16. | :04:18. | |
and dysfunction in the Stormont Executive was now | :04:19. | :04:21. | |
a real possibility if the parties did not act and grip the situation. | :04:22. | :04:26. | |
She warned that some of the costs of blocking welfare reform were | :04:27. | :04:29. | |
eye-watering, and there could be no extra money from central Government. | :04:30. | :04:35. | |
The police have announced a zero-tolerance crackdown | :04:36. | :04:37. | |
on a range of motoring offences following a rise in road deaths. | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
Officers have been instructed to immediately issue tickets for | :04:42. | :04:44. | |
speeding, seatbelt offences and for using a mobile phone while driving. | :04:45. | :04:50. | |
No more second chances, no more softly-softly. | :04:51. | :04:58. | |
The police say they have a zero tolerance policy on the roads. | :04:59. | :05:05. | |
If you are caught speeding, using a mobile phone or not having a | :05:06. | :05:08. | |
seatbelt on, you will get a ticket, a ?60 fine and three points. | :05:09. | :05:19. | |
We don't want to catch you speeding but I would rather give you a ticket | :05:20. | :05:27. | |
than knock on your family's dot to tell you that like to tell them you | :05:28. | :05:29. | |
have been killed in an accident. Behind every incident | :05:30. | :05:33. | |
on the roads is a human story. For legal reasons this man's | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
identity cannot be revealed, but he wants his story to be heard | :05:38. | :05:39. | |
about what happened to his teenage He was a front seat passenger in the | :05:40. | :05:42. | |
car and had horrendous injuries. He was not recognisable | :05:43. | :05:50. | |
as our son because his head had swollen probably three | :05:51. | :05:55. | |
times the size of a normal head. What sticks in my mind is | :05:56. | :05:59. | |
his young brother and sister. They were lying across his bed | :06:00. | :06:02. | |
crying and crying and pleading to are not concentrating when they | :06:03. | :06:14. | |
are driving and it has to stop. It is not the first campaign against | :06:15. | :06:20. | |
motorists using mobile phones while The question is, | :06:21. | :06:23. | |
will it make any difference? Some drivers say they have | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
already got the message. When I was on the phone, | :06:28. | :06:31. | |
my mind was not there. So I was very lucky, I could have | :06:32. | :06:44. | |
crashed many times on the phone, so I never do it now. No mobile phone. | :06:45. | :06:52. | |
You have learnt your lesson? Yes, and I live to | :06:53. | :06:53. | |
The police are hoping that other drivers have got the message too. | :06:54. | :07:00. | |
A 21-year-old man has been jailed for five years for having guns | :07:01. | :07:03. | |
Nathan Hastings, from Stradowen Drive in Strathfoyle, seen here | :07:04. | :07:06. | |
at a previous court appearance, was caught with the weapons during an | :07:07. | :07:09. | |
A pipe bomb, firearms and ammunition were found inside a bag | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
He pleaded guilty to all charges at Belfast Crown Court. | :07:15. | :07:19. | |
A lawyer described Hastings as a "foot soldier" | :07:20. | :07:22. | |
Hundreds of boxing fans turned up at the weigh-in in Belfast today | :07:23. | :07:29. | |
ahead of Carl Frampton's world title fight tomorrow. | :07:30. | :07:32. | |
Loud cheers greeted the challenger as he entered the Ulster Hall. | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
Around 16,000 fans are expected at the specially-built arena at | :07:37. | :07:41. | |
Both Frampton and the current IBF Super Bantamweight Champion, | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
Kiko Martinez, made the weight comfortably, | :07:47. | :07:48. | |
The Belfast fighter already thinks he's got the upper hand. | :07:49. | :08:00. | |
He was trying to act calm. I've got him already. Tell us about the | :08:01. | :08:11. | |
atmosphere here, in front of 1000 people turning up to see you. At | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
least. Most fighters couldn't get this to their fight so very humble, | :08:17. | :08:23. | |
everyone who came here today will be in for a treat tomorrow. | :08:24. | :08:25. | |
Now, with the weekend weather, here's Barra Best. | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
We had unsettled end of the week. The wet weather cleared away to | :08:32. | :08:41. | |
relieve a dry but chilly night, especially where skies clear in the | :08:42. | :08:43. | |
countryside, temperatures could dip into low single figures. Most other | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
places should stay up to 8 degrees. A cold start to the weekend but | :08:50. | :08:54. | |
overall not bad, dry weather and decent spells of sunshine. A cold | :08:55. | :08:59. | |
start to Saturday, one or two shower were towards the north coast at most | :09:00. | :09:03. | |
other places will stay dry with sunshine. Unsettled weather from | :09:04. | :09:10. | |
Northern areas of England, Wales and Scotland, in between to and bright | :09:11. | :09:14. | |
weather, still warm towards the south-east of England. Across | :09:15. | :09:20. | |
Ireland, a dry day. Cloud will come and go, as will sunshine with | :09:21. | :09:24. | |
temperatures reaching the high teens in places. For Northern Ireland | :09:25. | :09:29. | |
tomorrow afternoon, cooler towards the north coast, 15 or 16 degrees | :09:30. | :09:35. | |
further south and it will stay dry if you are heading to the boxing in | :09:36. | :09:40. | |
Belfast tomorrow evening. It will be a dry day on Sunday, a little cloud, | :09:41. | :09:48. | |
20 bright and sunny weather. Fresh towards the north coast. Higher | :09:49. | :09:51. | |
temperatures dip further south you are. Looking ahead, nothing will | :09:52. | :09:55. | |
change, 20 of dry weather in the forecast. Follow us on Twitter if | :09:56. | :10:02. | |
you can. And that it for now. Thank you for watching. | :10:03. | :10:04. |