26/11/2015 BBC Newsline

A number of shots have been fired at police officers in the

Two officers were sitting in a stationary car in

Rossnareen Avenue when a number of shots were fired at the vehicle.

Our reporter Lisa McAlister joins me live now from the scene.

Police have branded this mindless and reckless temp two kill police

officers. It was at about 6:50pm tonight that the two officers were

in a parked car on Rossnareen Avenue when the seven shots at least were

fired at the vehicle. It is understood it was hit number of

times but neither of the officers inside were injured. They were in

area tonight conducting follow-up enquiries at a man was shot here

last week. Alex Attwood has hit out at those behind the attack. We need

the police on the ground in West Belfast a follow-up on criminal act

70. We expect them to do that and we expect them to be given our full

support. There is no place in Northern Ireland for people to

target police officers. Police are trying to establish if a car find

earning in the beach mined area later on this evening, if that is

connect did with the attack. Local community representatives are on the

ground tonight to open a local community centre if it is needed.

The operation will be ongoing for some time.

A rally has been held outside the home of a Bangor community

worker who was beaten with a hammer in front of his wife and children.

About 250 people attended the event outside Aaron McMann's

Mr McMann said he was attacked because he had spoken out about UDA

flags being put up around a local play park in the area.

He also blamed the police and politicians for not doing enough

Our reporter Colletta Smith spoke to him earlier today.

It was just after 4.00pm yesterday when this door flew open and two

masked men came into the workshop where Aaron McMann was working.

The first thing he knew was being hit on the head by a hammer.

My main concern was the children, trying to keep them safe.

Quite a few paramilitary flags were erected.

There were many complaints, not only about the flags, but about

I received a call very early on from the council, asking me, would I

These are the people, 90% said, the flags made them feel fearful,

This community and the people in this community, the young people,

Would you want to still be so public and active in this campaign?

They do not like people who stand up and say it as it is.

This community was left high and dry.

If I ran for cover, what does that help young people?

We will not bow down to the way they want it.

We will still go forward on what we need to do, definitely.

A couple of weeks ago we had a statement from the joint loyalist

paramilitary leadership saying, we are no longer engaged in anti-social

This pretty much contradicts the essence of that statement.

It is unfortunate that everyone knows what happens, but few are

I include our political representatives and I include senior

They are happy for communities to fend

A 43-year-old man has been arrested in Monaghan as part

of ongoing operations targeting dissident republican activity.

Gardai say he was detained yesterday in the Scotstown area, but details

Construction workers in Australia have observed a minute's silence

for the two young Northern Ireland men killed in an accident

at the apartment complex where they were working.

The families of Joseph McDermott and Gerard Bradley are making

arrangements to have their bodies flown home from Perth.

The construction site with the two Northern Ireland men lost their

lives remained closed today. An investigation has begun into just

how a concrete slab fell from a crane killing both men. Friends and

colleagues have been paying their respect at the place where police

say the men were trapped under a large piece of concrete. Back home,

two communities are dealing with the death of their brightest lights. If

you met Gerry once, you would always remember. He was always laughing and

joking, the life and soul of the party. He will be sadly missed by

everybody who knew him. In 28, former colleagues of Joseph

McDermott have been paying tribute to a young man who, until recently,

work that this St Helens bar manager. Joe was the life and soul

of the hotel. He had an infectious smile. He brightened up everybody

does Mike Day. While the families are waiting for their bodies to be

flown home, their deaths are still being investigated in Perth by

police, the company who runs the site and health and safety

Four partners at accountancy firm KPMG in Belfast have been arrested

HMRC officials visited the global accountancy firm's city

centre office on Wednesday and detained the men.

They are Jon D'Arcy, Eamonn Donaghy, Arthur O'Brien and Paul Hollway -

the firm's most senior staff in Northern Ireland.

KPMG said it is cooperating with the investigation

and the four men have been placed on "administrative leave".

Seven former paratroopers who are facing questioning over the

Bloody Sunday shootings want judges to rule that they don't have to be

interviewed by the police in Northern Ireland.

The ex-soldiers have asked the High Court in London for

The court was told they were willing to be interviewed in England

Now for a story coming up on tomorrow night's BBC Newsline.

It is the 60th anniversary of the historic engineering feat deep

underground involving two countries. I will have the story of

immigration, a Scottish connection and a unique world record by Irish

That's coming up tomorrow night on BBC Newsline at 6.30pm.

Spotlight has one an award at an award show tonight.

It was a very mild day-to-day, 14 degrees in hell and space. It will

be mild tonight with temperatures no lower than 7 degrees, but it will

become increasingly windy with patchy rain edging in in places.

That is a precursor to Tamara's active weather front that will bring

heavy spells of brain. This weather front is also a boundary between the

milder than we have at the moment and the colder air that is in

behind. It will become markedly cold to the date tomorrow after a mild

start. Despite that started will be blustery and we have a band of rain

working its way from west to east through the morning. Temperatures

will be mild at 11 degrees but that will change. The band of rain and

high winds will move across Scotland, the Republic of Ireland

and towards Wales and the south-west of England. Ahead of England. The

but generally a lot of cloud and scattered showers. It is in behind

this front start to see the temperatures falling away. The

temperatures continue to continue to fall to the afternoon in Northern

Ireland. Skies will write in and there will be some sunshine but it

will be cold in the blustery winds. The showers will turn when the reef.

Maybe a few icy patches tomorrow night. Less cold to the weekend but

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