24/02/2016 BBC Newsline

Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline:

Armed police raid a house after a man is shot in west Belfast.

I'd just seen all these, and I went like what? I heard shouting, get

out! Armed response, everybody out! A Northern Ireland woman

is convicted of failing to disclose that her husband was about to join

so-called Islamic State. One of the last people to see

Arlene Arkinson alive says she's no doubt she was sexually abused

and murdered by Robert Howard. Friday is Election Day

in the Republic. In an unprecedented move,

could the traditional rivals of Fine Gael and Fianna

Fail be in coalition? Controversy over the public funding

about a new book about the IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands.

And prepare yourself for a chilly night -

sub-zero temperatures are on the way.

I'll have your weather details later in the programme.

Hello, and welcome to the programme this Wednesday evening.

Armed police held a gun to a man's head during a raid on a house

They were targeting the property at Aspen Walk in Twinbrook

in the early hours of Wednesday after a 41-year-old man

BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson reports:

In the middle of the night, in the middle of the street, armed police

officers focus on one house. One by one, those inside came out, the

police didn't know if they had guns or not, they were taking no chances.

A police weapon was pointed to the head of one man. The first to leave

the house in Twinbrook was a woman stop she wasn't arrested, but she

doesn't want her identity revealed. This afternoon she told me about the

police raid. Soldiers came, everyone's hands up in the air. We

had to walk out one at a time, drop your weapons and all. I was the

first to walk out, and I was really afraid, and really, really, really

frightened. So frightened, and frightened for my husband, because

they are going with a big gun in his face, like come towards me, walk

towards me at the hands in the air. They are shouting, get out,

everybody out, armed response. He told me to put my weapon down which

was my mobile phone. There were no guns in the house that you' no, no

guns in my house. Police had been investigating a shooting in the

area. The 41-year-old man had been shot in the leg. It all happened

around midnight. The shooting was in the glass of a drive area. The house

was at Aspen walk, only half a mile away. The police response was swift,

but is was it over the top, as sudden locals have suggested? Some

might say, but you have to remember that there were weapons used in the

incident last night, so that it could be that the police felt that

that was the reporter wrote -- per response given the incident. Two men

had been arrested, one aged 25, the other 35.

A County Tyrone woman has been found guilty of failing to tell

the authorities her husband, Sajid Aslam, was about to join

33-year-old mother of three Lorna Moore, who was living

in Walsall, knew her husband was part of a network leaving

The BBC's Dominic Casciani, who's been following the case,

spoke to me from outside the Old Bailey this afternoon.

Aslam was one of the first to go from Walsall and it went Midlands.

He and a friend who was close to. While this was going on, Lorna more

were on a beach on family holiday, but when she got back from a holiday

in Lincolnshire, she was asked by police what she knew about her

husband's movements. She said she had no idea where he was, why he

would have possibly done to Syria, and was then charged with failing to

notify authorities of his movements. The big picture here though is

really interesting. What West Midlands Police say is that Lorna

Moore was part of a very sophisticated network in the West

Midlands are perhaps more than a dozen people, some of them pregnant

women, all determined to go out to Syria. As Assistant Chief Constable

of the force, Marcus Beale, explained. Lorna Moore is another

case where she has been involved and has knowledge of what her husband

intended to do. She chose not to tell, and allow Isis to be

strengthened by her husband joining. Isis are a danger to the UK, and she

failed to notify us, and therefore she has added to that danger.

Dominic, any reaction from Lorna Moore in court today? No, no

reaction at all from her, in fact it is a really interesting case from

that perspective. Throughout the trial she has sat staring straight

ahead in the dock. In the witness box, giving evidence for the end of

the trial, she said she was a victim of domestic and psychological abuse.

He is to pull her hair, belittle her, trust her head down the toilet,

and she said that this abuse which had gone on for years effectively

lest her a promotional wrecked. One of the last people to see

Arlene Arkinson alive has said she "knew in her heart and soul"

her friend was dead, The Castlederg teenager vanished

after a night out at a disco Donna Quinn's saw Arlene Arkinson

for the last time almost 22 years ago. Today, Miss Quinn sobbed as she

said she believed Robert Howard had killed her friend. Donna Quinn said

she had no doubt he had killed her, that he had sexually abused her and

killed her. Later she has said that she had known within a week that

something was badly, badly wrong was at the court heard how Howard had

carried out disturbing acts of abuse. He was described as a

dangerous predator, capable of evil deeds. He had probably used her to

get access to other young girls will stop Council for the Arkansan family

said that she was a sacrificial lamb. Quinn cried that do you not

think she was my best friend? She had asked Howard if he had sex with

the teenager. That is the way Howard was, she said, and said that he

would rot in hell for the damage he has called, and that he was glad he

was dead. She said she had no idea what he might have done with the

Still to come on BBC Newsline: continues.

Calls for specialist treatment for women suffering

Detectives from England are examining new claims

from a prisoner in Maghaberry that serial child killer Robert Black

confessed to several more killings to him.

Robert Black died in Maghaberry prison last month, never having

confessed to any of his crimes, either known or unknown. At least,

that's what we thought. This man claims to know different. This is

Barry McCarney, and in 2012 he was jailed for life for the sexual

assault and murder of 15-month-old Millie Martin. He at Maghaberry, as

adult prisons really, child killers are not exactly popular, so McCarney

and Black found themselves thrust together, how away from the general

prison population, in the hospital wing. They had seen a lot of each

other, and it seems some portal friendships develop. I'm told

Blackwood rarely leave his cell unless it was to see McCarney. After

his death in January, Barry McCarney approached the authorities and made

claims about this confession. Detectives from the use of England

travel here to question McCarney. They spoke to him twice in three

days in Maghaberry with each session lasting around for hours. Black has

been linked to at least a dozen unsolved child murders and

disappearances, including that of Jeanette Tate. She was 13 when she

disappeared in Devon in 1978. Her body has never been found. It has

been widely reported that officers from Devon and Cornwall were about

to hand a file on the case to the prosecution service when Black died.

Force press office refused to confirm that it was its officers who

questioned McCarney. Every year around 75 mothers

here need to be admitted to hospital as a result of chronic

mental health problems. But as there continues to be no

specialist mother and baby unit, both are separated when a mother

requires treatment. Speaking exclusively to this

programme, Northern Ireland's only perinatal psychiatrist says she's

decided to break her silence as she feels so frustrated

about the lack of specialist care. Our health correspondent

Marie-Louise Connolly Exhausted, anxious, and feeling

alone. This is how this woman felt after having her second baby. She is

asked to remain anonymous. It's the feeling of waking up in the morning

and having a big cloud over you, big dark cloud that you just can't shake

the man you don't know why it's there. You have no energy to get on

with your day, and you are feeling the guilt that you are a bad mother.

It's just an awful, awful place to be. It's got one in ten mothers here

are affected by postnatal mental illness and this is more commonly

known as postnatal depression. It can happen during pregnancy and

after birth, but can be chronic and have devastating consequences. The

women will be actual psychotic, she may believe things that aren't true,

may hear voices, may be extremely confused, and certainly her judgment

will be impaired and she can certainly present a risk to herself.

In order to treat such women, there are 17 specialist mother and many

units across England and Scotland, but none in Wales or on the island

of Ireland. Doctor Lynch says she has broken her silence as she is so

frustrated about the lack of facilities here. All we have is a

limited team that works within the Belfast trust. We don't have any

services... That is myself and two other workers, and we don't have any

resources, and the lack Mac -- and we don't have any resources in any

of the other trusts. Through social media, this woman reached out to

others going through postnatal depression. Married to the DUP's

Gavin Robinson, she says decision-makers must listen. I've

been saying on my blog for the last few months, there is no blame and no

shame with postnatal depression. I am very clear on that. Anybody can

get it, and it is nobody 's fault when they get it, but would you need

to make sure that there is help there. Earlier, the Minister

announced more money for mental health and a new hospital, but with

75 mothers needing to be admitted to hospital every year, there is need

for more growth. Clearly, we need to develop a mother and baby hospital,

and it creates an opportunity to have that have it there in the

Royal. Everything in respect of maternity services in Northern

Ireland. We need is so great, that according professionals, a six bed

unit would be in constant use. Still to come before seven, the arts

Council defends his decision to help fund the publication of this book.

Inspectors who last year branded Maghaberry prison one of the most

dangerous in Europe have said the situation has improved,

but would still only give it four marks out of ten.

In November inspectors said the jail was unsafe for staff and prisoners,

Our home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.

Verdict of inspectors about conditions in Maghaberry prison last

year were so bad it really could only get better. The findings of a

follow-up inspection published today are more positive, but far from a

clean bill of health. Some progress had been made. Towards addressing

the inspection recommendations, and our overall assessment was that

Maghaberry prison had stabilised, and was safer. But this progress was

fragile. A new governor, was appointed last summer to tackle the

problems identified it when inspectors visited last May. Today's

report welcomes action he has taken to start addressing the serious

concerns they raised. But it also says many concerns remain. They

include high levels of violence, and access to illicit drugs. And the

fact that treatment for prisoners with mental health problems has

deteriorated during the past year. The inspectors say the staff must

improve the way they interact with business. Changing the culture in

Maghaberry will take time. But in our view, it is essential to secure

the long-term modernisation of the present, and make it fit for the

21st century. Rather than reflecting a way of working that belongs to

another era. If that is the case, how much progress has been made? I

asked Brendan McGuigan how he would characterise conditions last year

and when they were inspectors returned last month, from one to

ten. They were at the bottom of the scale. In January this year, what we

went back, I would estimate is three and four. So that is three or four

out of ten, yes. Clearly, we would perhaps have hoped that it would be

better than that, but given the scale of the problems identified,

and the amount of work had to be done, adding the important issue is

not just where we are exactly at we are the minute, but the trajectory,

and have confidence that the team in Maghaberry is making significant

progress. I think it is important to see that progress continue. In

unprecedented move. The inspectors will return to Maghaberry a number

of times in the 18 months that will follow, to monitor progress. Is that

this told me that they visited last year they left with a sense of

despair. When they went back last month, it said they left with a

sense of hope. Director General of the Prison

Service, Sue McCallister, One out of ten, now four out of ten

not much of a vote of confidence? The important thing, Tara, is that

the inspector very clearly said that Maghaberry has stabilised, which is

good. These are early signs of recovery, we always knew that in

eight months what we could expect to achieve was limited in what the

Chief inspector said was that was all of his expectations in regards

to what could be achieved in that short time has been met. We have

made progress against all four tests of the health of a prison, so I am

quite content with the achievement that we have made so far. But these

are early signs of recovery, and there is more to do. There is one

very important area which has actually deteriorated and mental

health and the help available for prisoners. I have spoken to date to

the chief executive of south-eastern health and social care trust, who

deliver all health care in prison, and they have a very clear action

plan and recovery plan to address the issues that were identified in

relation to mental health. But we must also say that improvement was

seen in relation to primary care for prisoners, so again, early signs of

recovery, and much more to do. But the mental health problems are very

significant, 20 suicide in the last ten years, and then for attempted

suicide every single week according to one police officer. Mental health

Claire Shirley is paramount. What you have indicated is what we know.

Prisons are challenging places. They have challenging and conflict

problems. What we do is keep them safe, we saved many, many lives

every week and every month. Every death in custody is one that too

many, of course it is, but I think it is important to say that the

suicide rate as he referred to it reflect what is happening in outside

society, and what we do is we keep people safe, we save lives, and

address very conflict problems in partnership... Those 20 lives,

suicide outside is very different foot up in prison to me you're

supposed be saved, you're supposed to be looking after them. I'm not

sure that it is very different to what happens in outside society. We

cannot watch every prisoner every hour of the day. That would not be

feasible. What we can do is support prisoners to their crises, and we do

that every day in every prison in Northern Ireland. What thank you

very much for joining us. Friday is Election Day

in the Republic and so far it seems no party will get a clear

overall majority of seats. The latest polls indicate

that Fine Gael led by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny will be

the biggest party but who might it Donna Traynor is in Dublin this

evening. I am in Trinity College Dublin. In

the long room, visited by Royals from a round the world. Will the

history of state politics be rewritten? Will the prospect of a

hung Dail, the two largest parties, Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, could put

their civil war past behind them, and come together and share

government for the very first time. Our Dublin correspondent Shane

Harrison reports. When TDs gather in the Dail on March

ten, no party is suggested to have an overall majority will stop but

that is not stopping the politicians canvassing for every last vote

between now and Friday. He is going around to persuaded you to support

me! We are still considering! This man is standing for filling oil in

-- Fine Gael. As the Minister charged with creating employment, he

is adamant that his party in Fianna Fail cannot do business. Because

their policies bad policies, leading to the banking crash and cost the

taxpayer 60 billion euros, and 300,000 lost jobs. We are not going

to allow Fianna Fail to come back into government through the back

door. We believe that Fine Gael and Labour have delivered a platform

very sustainable and Will Kenny to deliver strong roles, and we can use

that to solve many people's problems. Both Fianna Fail and Fine

Gael have their origins in the Irish Civil War, and in the original Sinn

Fein party. Michael Collins, who has supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty,

that created the Irish free State, is a filling oil hero. While Eamon

Devon error, who opposed it, founded Fianna Fail. Both are centrist

parties. But Enda Kenny and Michael Martin, it says there will be no

grand coalition. A former fin of oil minister doesn't rule it out

however, given the current opinion polls and what he called the need

for political and economic stability. I believe that it will

faulty rail -- fall to Fianna Fail to help maintain a stable government

in coalition, and that may involve a rotating tee shot, it may involve

parties treating each other as equal parties for the first time. This

lady, a former Fianna Fail cabinet minister is hoping voters will

return to the Dail after rejecting her in the last election. Will you

help me? We will do our best! God thank you! She has reservations

about joining forces. There are actually a lot of people on the

doors who would say leave the Civil War behind you and come together?

The difficulty I have with that would be to leave the door open to

Sinn Fein to not only be the major opposition party this time, but to

be the government in waiting for the time after, and that is not in the

best interests of the country, I think. Nevertheless, something you

might be constructive once the votes are counted. Maybe not the grand

coalition, but something for Fine Gael and Fianna Fail understanding,

if the alternative is an election in the not too distant future. With me,

Michael, what coalition do think the parties will formally next

government? That is a big question. We may not have a culmination of

parties forming in the next government, I think that according

to the Poles, Fine Gael will be the largest party, and Fianna Fail will

be second-largest party, and whether they get together or not I think is

a much bigger question. Labour will be quite small and weak, and may not

want to go back in with Fine Gael, and certainly there is no other

party to give them the support they will need. So we may be looking at a

coalition that we have never seen before, but we may also be looking

at a period of minority government with a much stronger Parliament than

we have seen for a very long time. People want the parliament is to be

stronger, it may well be very strong with a minority dividend. Mary, we

have the last of the TV debates last night. However the winners or losers

were in that, what are people voting for this time around? Is it policy,

is it personality? We entered this campaign thinking it was going to be

extremely predictable, and we would have the current administration back

in place, Fine Gael and Labour, but is kindly -- kind of gone horribly

wrong. It hasn't gone well at all with the electorate, many of whom

are saying what recovery? There is a big bounce them for opposition

parties, and also for independents, people who aren't branded a tall, so

what are people voting for? I don't think they want to fall back for

traditional brands, although you do see is some level of forgiveness for

Fianna Fail, the party mercilessly kicked out of government in the

past, so there has been surprised that. You have seen Sinn Fein doing

well in the campaign but slipping back in the opinion polls in recent

days, and just a proliferation of independence, smaller parties, and

non-branded politicians surging ahead in the opinion polls. Mary and

Michael, thank you for joining us on the BBC. Well, we are in a room full

of ancient books, but are we going to be writing a new draft of history

after the election? A former culture minister has

criticised the Arts Council over the publication of a book

titled Bobby Sands - Nelson McCausland says its dangerous

republican propaganda. The Arts Council has

defended its decision to provide 35 years after his death, hunger

striker Bobby Sands remains as controversial in print as he was in

prison. And his story still prompts a very different interpretations.

Controversial two is the arts councils decision to award national

lorikeets funding of over ?5,000 to the publisher of Bobby Sands freedom

fighter. A move which has been condemned by a number of Unionists,

including a former culture minister. It is a book that will poison and

pollute the thinking of impressionable young people, and it

is a book that glamorises IRA terrorists, that glamorises the IRA,

that endorses a Sinn Fein IRA narrative and carries a full-page

endorsement and explanation and approval from Gerry Adams, the

president of Sinn Fein. Described by the arts Council as a graphic novel,

Bobby Sands, freedom fighter, has received a more favourable response

from fellow republicans. It's quite appropriate that money should be

used in this way. To educate people, and to tell people about the past

will stop defending its decision to help finance the book, the arts

Council it is by an author... But the arts Council has chosen not

to enter into the debate on the book's content, saying it does not

interfere with editorial content nor draw the line in recording content

is chosen by publishers which may attract controversy. ... Be book

about Bobby Sands may prove to be the most incendiary.

The biggest fight of boxer Carl Frampton's career

As the countdown to Saturday's showdown in Manchester continues

Amidst the pre-fight hype it seems there is also some genuine animosity

between the Frampton and Quigg camps.

As Thomas Kane reports both boxers have been busy talking themselves up

In the ring, Carl Frampton, the IBM superbantamweight champion of the

world... It has been an intense training campaign, and he hopes all

of his hard work will be rewarded. Calm, relaxed. Does not demand to

couple of hours ago, some looking forward to it. It went well, no

injuries, nothing to complain about, I'm just raring ready to go. My

weight is perfect, it's the easiest I've done it for a long time, and

honestly the fight is important, so I'm driven. I could way in tomorrow

if I wanted. How much of the hype is real? Most of it is real. I was in a

break row with Scott earlier, and there's always going to be a bit of

hype around these fights, but... Everything I have achieved since the

start of my career, all rights on this. This is no... It all comes

down to this. No room for error. This will be remembered. Frampton,

who turns 29 on Sunday, maintains that he will win this weekend

because he feels he's a maul talented find it, with a better

boxing brain. He is a slight favourites, but bowlers believe this

contest is simply too tight to call. The intelligent one, one, we are

fighting in Manchester, and Scott Quigg is in the home corner, they

are now fighting for millions, so who is the intelligent one? Go and

work that one out. The next time we see Frampton and quick in the ring

it will be for real Alsop More on the boxing Alsop

on tomorrow nights programme. Barra Best is here with the weather,

and not as cold here, Barra, as it was for

you in New York last week! Thanks very much. You will be

fighting subzero temperatures tonight. Widespread frost will

settle in, and we do have a weather warning in place also for coastal

areas for ice, so we may see a dusting of snow as well a special

force open high-level areas. Widespread, temperatures falling to

2-3d. Some places lower than that, may be seven or eight in County

Down. You wouldn't want to give yourself some extra time to defrost

your Carwyn screened tomorrow if you're driving first thing, but it

will be otherwise a day like today, dry weather, plenty of sunshine,

maybe a few showers along the coast, but not a lot to worry about. By

mid-afternoon, there will be plenty of dry and sunny weather. Winds will

be light, feeling a bit chilly. Temperatures reach five or 6

degrees. If you travel tomorrow, we have the same weather system right

across Britain and Ireland, 20 of sunny weather, and if you showers

for Western Ireland and a little bit on Wales. I dry end to the day, or

plenty of sunshine, and the clear skies stays with us, leaving a

chilly nights tomorrow night. Temperatures once again will fall

below freezing, and that will give us quite a chilly start to Friday.

Over the weekend, not much change in the forecast, but plenty of dry

weather as well. Our late summary

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