06/11/2015 BBC Newsline

The police are treating as attempted murder an incident

at lunchtime today when a police officer was struck by a lorry.

The officer had been investigating the overnight theft

of a cash machine from a petrol station near Newry.

Colletta Smith reports from south Armagh.

In the early hours of this morning, a cash machine was stolen in Newry,

it is not the first time this garage has been targeted. It took me six

years to lobby and get a machine here. This firm from England took us

on and the local community have been loving it and they have been happy

with the business, but I don't think they will take us on after that. No

machine would come back here. Police on both sides of the border

were tasked with finding it, but the situation escalated. A local PSNI

spotted a silver lorry with a car on the back, when he got out of his

car, the lorry drove towards him. He was hit and pinned between the

police car and the lorry which sped off. This is the border with

Monaghan and the road runs parallel to this border 20 meters ahead of me

and it was on this road that the officer was injured earlier today.

Colleagues provided first aid, but the officer was taken by helicopter

to hospital in Belfast. He has serious injuries, although at

this stage, they are not thought to be life threatening. Gardai in

Monaghan managed to find the stolen ATM in a separate white transit van.

They arrested one man, but two others escaped on foot. Alongside

the robbery, the PSNI say they are treating the incident as attempted

murder. And the Belfast Trust say the PSNI

officer is in a stable condition Downing Street has confirmed that

the First and the deputy First Minister met David Cameron

at Number Ten this afternoon, in the latest move to get agreement

at the Stormont House talks. Here's our political correspondent,

Stephen Walker. The first and Deputy First Ministers

met the Prime Minister, David Cameron, in Downing Street with the

Secretary of State, Theresa Villiers, the whole issue of finance

was on the agenda and if a deal is possible in the days ahead, it is

clear the whole issue of money will be an essential component of any new

deal. Today's meeting comes after the Secretary of State told the BBC

programme The View that a deal is possible next week, and comes after

the Sinn Fein president, Gerry Adams, said he thought the talks

process at Stormont was heading towards a conclusion. Today's

meeting will be seen as significant, but it will also be interpreted as a

good sign as the Prime Minister only tends to get involved in this stage

of the talks process if a deal looks likely.

The BBC understands that around a third

of the teaching staff at one of West Belfast's biggest secondary schools

This comes soon after an apparent industrial relations dispute at De

Our education correspondent Robbie Meredith reports.

I'm here outside De La Salle College in Andersons sons town. On

Wednesday, over 25 teachers out of a teaching staff of 70 called in sick.

An apparent dispute at the school which has around 1,000 centres on an

incident prior to half term. Many of the staff were concerned about how

it was handled and sent a letter to the principal. Many of the teachers

stood silently at the doors of their classrooms. A staff meeting on

Monday when no pupils were at the school has been described as robust.

There has been little comment from the teaching unions. The INTO, which

represents most teachers in the school, said that it and the other

unions were attempting to resolve what it described as an industrial

relations issue. It is my understanding that 15 teachers

called in sick today. The council for Catholic maintained schools said

there will be meetings next week, involving it and the border of

governors and unions. The Police Ombudsman is

investigating a claim that the IRA was allowed to break

into the offices of Special Branch in Castlereagh to protect

an agent within the organisation. The allegation has been made

by a former Special Branch officer. Our Home Affairs Correspondent

Vincent Kearney reports. What happened here that Castlereagh

police station on St Patrick's Day 13 years ago was one

of the biggest and most embarrassing An IRA unit broke into the

offices of Special Branch and stole dozens

of highly sensitive documents. It included a list of special Branch

officers as well as codenames of Dozens of police agents had to move

house after being warned The IRA and Sinn Fein denied

republicans were responsible. Sinn Fein has not been involved in

any of these alleged that incidence and the IRA has said they are not

involved and we believe them. No one was ever convicted

of involvement in the lead No one was ever convicted

of involvement in the raid and none of the stolen documents

have ever been recovered. Now a former member of Special

Branch has contacted a Belfast law firm and claim the break and was

allowed to happen to protect a The company wrote to the

Chief Constable and he referred The Police Ombudsman has confirmed

that an investigation has been launched

and investigators have asked to meet the former Special Branch officer

to question him about his claims. His lawyer says he will

investigate fully. The PSNI says it will be

inappropriate to comment while The BBC understands that

around a third of the teaching staff Yesterday we showed you this

stunning autumnal photograph of a deer swimming across Upper

Lough Erne near Newtownbutler. Our south west reporter

Julian Fowler went in search of the photographer who is

a National Trust Ranger. The 2,000 acre Crom estate is a

beautiful and tranquil place. Its ancient woodlands an important

conservation area. It includes fal owe deer. To see them and photograph

them isn't easy, but Colin Beacom was in the right place at the time

time with his camera. We were travelling to one of our islands to

check on fence lines, make sure they are all intact and just turning a

bend in the water and there it was, straight in front of us. All the

lovely autumn colours as well and this majestic buck swimming in the

water. For a keen wildlife photographer this is the perfect

place to work. The Irish Football Association has

confirmed that approval has been granted for the rebuilding of

the West Stand at Windsor Park. In March, structural problems

were identified which meant The new stand,

which will hold 3,400 fans will be open in time for Northern Ireland's

World Cup qualifying game against And the cost will be covered

by insurance. And just one result in

the football tonight, Cliftonville beat Warrenpoint Town 2-1 in

the Irish Premiership at Solitude. Jude Winchester scored both goals

in quick succession to secure all three points for the home side

with Daniel Hughes scoring a late Hello. Good evening. The weather has

been see sawing a bit over the last couple of days and we continue with

that weather motion as we go into the weekend. Yes, there will be dry

slots around, but rain never too far away. Windy particularly on Sunday,

but at least the winds will be bringing fairly mild air. So through

tonight, well, there will be clear spells but for a time, some sharp

showers through the north and the west. They should clear and

temperatures drop to seven Celsius. You can tell by the splashes of

blue, we have a change on the way again tomorrow. In fact we're doing

it again. It will brighten up eventually, but not before we get

another batch of rain. Some fairly persistent rain moving in to affect

most parts really, the heaviest bursts likely towards the east and

the band of rain more or less extends across the Ireland towards

central and Southern Scotland. Wet and windy for England and across

ales for a time. Mild in the south at 18 Celsius. It should brighten up

across Wales and the south-west as it will across the Republic of

Ireland. Here too, we will see that rain starting to slide away

eastwards as well. So that drier, brighter weather reaches us in the

afternoon, but it won't be as mild as it was today. Temperatures close

to or above average, 11 Celsius or 12 Celsius. Quite a cool night

tomorrow night, but the temperatures recover on Sunday, but the winds are

picking up. Strong southerly winds on Sunday with heavy and persistent

bursts of rain and it remains blustery and showery into the start

of next week. That's it for now. Goodbye.