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Good evening. These are the headlines...

The businessman who turned his companies

into charities to avoid tax faces a multi-million-pound bill.

Help for hospitals as the health service gets an extra 72 million.

the Chief Constable asks why the Ombudsman hasn't arrested any

A big engineering firm says sorry for a pollution oil

The veteran guitarist Henry McCullough

Jointly later for the Jews of the Northern Ireland team in France.

And the drier weather's moved in for this evening,

First to that investigation by the Charity Commission

into the affairs of Derek Tughan from County Down.

He converted two property companies into charities to avoid tax.

But he has now been told to pay millions of pounds and has lost

control of a housing empire valued at around ?15 million.

Here's our investigations reporter, Kevin Magee.

Derek Tughan is one of Northern Ireland's

His father built up two property rental companies,

Bangor Provident Trust and Victoria Housing,

containing some 500 homes in Belfast and North Down.

In the mid '80s Mr Tughan converted them into charities

On our taxable revenues we paid no tax nor did we pay any capital gains

tax on any properties that we happened to sell.

When the charity watchdog was set up in 2010, it began investigating

As a result Mr Tughan has been removed as a trustee and has lost

Now he's arguing Bangor and Victoria are not in fact charities at all,

I'm afraid I am going to have to fight this because it is wrong.

There is an injustice being done here.

They have grabbed control of Tughan family property and I regard it

There are 188 in Riverdale in Andersonstown,

88 in the Holywood Road area of East Belfast,

54 in the Harmin estate and Farmley Park in Glengormley

The total value of all the properties is estimated

As well as losing control of them, Mr Tughan is being asked to repay

any money he allegedly moved out of the charities -

a demand which he estimates could be in the region of ?10 million.

That's a total potential loss to Derek Tughan of ?25 million.

The voluntary trustee appointed to run Victorian Housing

in his place says the Charity Commission is acting

These are absolutely definitely charities?

The money that belongs to a charity must be applied for the benefit

of its beneficiaries, in this case the tenants.

It was not and therefore we are seeking the return of these assets.

These are just some of the flats that form part of Victoria Housing

Under the new regime, the Victoria and Bangor

housing charities' plan is to refurbish any empty homes,

move new tenants in and ensure the two charities

An extra ?72 million is to be made available to help ease pressures

The Finance Minister Mairtin O Muilleoir made the announcement

as part of a reallocation of Executive money.

Our economics and business editor John Campbell is here.

This is money which is already in the Stormont budget but which hasn't

been spent, so about three times a year the Executive meet to decide

how to reallocate this. Traditionally most of it goes to

health because it's the biggest apartment and of the 175 million

allocated today, 72 million is going into the health service.

What did the minister say about that health spending?

He said that Russia is in the health service are well known, Michelle

O'Neill said the department needed extra funding, so he said it will

help meet some of the pressures but he also referred to the work being

done to look at the structure of the health service and said many is not

the only answer. I think in anyone's language

that is a significant commitment to health,

but as we are all aware and has been repeated

across the house by all parties, additional funding to health does

not address the underlying issues, so it is important that the reforms

identified by Professor Bengoa substantial reforms

to our health service. Aside from the money for health,

there is an extra 30 million for education, 25 million for roads and

20 million for education. The SDLP said the extra money for education

does not even cover the additional National Insurance contributions

schools will now have to make so it is not new money. We should also

remember the amount of money Stormont gets from Westminster will

fall in the next few years so while there were no cuts announced today,

we cannot rule out more cuts in the next few years.

The Chief Constable has said he's surprised the Police Ombudsman

didn't arrest and charge the officers he said

colluded with loyalists in the Loughinisland murders.

A UVF gang shot dead six Catholics in the County Down

And last week an Ombudsman report said the killers had been protected

Our home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.

Families of the victims of the UVF attack said they'd been vindicated

when the Police Ombudsman said police officers had

They also made it clear they want action to be taken

Today we finally have a report by the ombudsman that vindicates our

suspicions that the truth about these murders was covered up by the

very people, the police, who were supposed to be protecting us. We

need justice and accountability from those in authority. It appears there

has been a per version of justice on an industrial scale.

It's the responsibility of the Police Ombudsman

to investigate alleged criminal behaviour by current

His investigators also have the power to arrest

suspects, and can recommend that they face charges.

Michael Maguire was highly critical of some members

He said police informers involved in the Loughinisland attack,

and the importation of a huge consignment

of weapons from South Africa, had been protected.

Some police officers placed more value on collecting information and

protecting sources than on preventing crime.

But he didn't have any of them arrested.

And he didn't send any files to the Public Prosecution Service

recommending that they should face charges.

In an interview for tonight's BBC Spotlight programme,

the Chief Constable has expressed surprise.

There does seem to be some sort of distance between the strength

of the language in the report and the fact that we're not having

police officers even reported to the PPS.

If I got to a point where I was convinced in a very clear way

that collusion was a key element of the Loughinisland murders,

then I'd be looking to take that conclusion into evidence

through arrests, interviews, charges and reports to the PPS.

The Ombudsman has said that while there was sufficient evidence

for him to say some police officers had been involved in collusion,

there wasn't enough to support criminal charges.

In a statement to the BBC, Michael Maguire said that

as a result of the passage of time, some witnesses were no longer

available, some documentation was missing and it was not always

possible to get a detailed picture of the role of certain individuals.

He said a number of related issues referred to in

the Loughinisland report are still under investigation.

The Spotlight programme looks at the implications of

the Police Ombudsman's Loughinisland report at 10:50pm here on BBC One

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As the Somme centenary approaches, the young Bushmills man

who won the VC for helping his wounded comrades.

The company responsible for a huge diesel spill into the sea off Larne

Caterpillar Northern Ireland said it regretted the incident

The authorities hope the wind and tides will help disperse it.

Our agriculture and environment correspondent Conor Macauley

went to the coast today for an update on the clean-up.

Even after four days, there's still a thin sheen of diesel

to be seen in places along the coast around Larne.

From the air, there's a better sense of the scale of the slick.

An accident at the Caterpillar plant in the town saw 40,000 litres

spilled into the sea off the County Antrim coast.

It ended up washing up out of this storm drain.

This slick 's red for several miles along the coast. It was a light

diesel oil so it is hard to see in the water but you can still spot the

sheen in the rock pools here. The East Antrim Yacht Club

was having a regatta at the weekend. Its officials felt the full force

of the pollution. When I spoke to some of the crews

coming in off the yacht, they were complaining about the smell,

headaches, feeling no shots from the fumes. -- nauseous.

Work is going on to assess the impact on marine life,

though so far there's been no report of injured sea

Caterpillar has employed its own environmental consultants.

Where they can get their trucks in, they're hosing affected areas

Where they can't, they're spreading it by hand.

We regret that this happened. I wish it had not happened. It is not

anything we would have affect did but we plan for emergencies and we

immediately acted upon the emergency as quickly as we could.

This could end up being a very expensive mistake.

There'll be a court case and fine on top of all the other costs.

We will seek to recover or cots. Everybody impacted by this will seek

to recover their costs and the clean-up and the attacks of this,

and the company, that is already a significant cost for them.

And Caterpiller may have a little more work to do.

As we filmed the storm drain, this stuff popped out.

Part of the boom being used on the factory site.

It is used to keep the rest of the diesel back.

Some of the biggest names in music have been paying tribute

to the veteran rock and blues guitarist Henry McCullough.

Our arts correspondent Robbie Meredith looks

at the career of the man who hailed from Portstewart.

He left Portstewart as a teenager to play guitar with some

was the only Irishman who played at Woodstock, he worked with Paul

McCartney eight in Wings on the red Road speedway album, he worked with

Joe Cocker, hung out with Jimi Hendrix, he stayed at the Chelsea

Hotel, he was friends with Janis Joplin, you name it, he has rocked

it. I had to read Heinz Huhn in this before meeting Paul, just to settle

myself and we talked and we jammed around for three days -- three pints

of Guinness. At the end of it, he said, do you want to join a band?

This evening, Sir Paul McCartney said Henry McCullough

was a super-talented musician with a lovely sense of humour.

In his later years, he returned to live in County Antrim, performing

In a statement to the BBC, Van Morrison said Henry McCullough

would be remembered for his long and productive career in music.

Robert Quigg was a World War One hero - one of four soldiers

in the 36th Ulster Division awarded The Victoria Cross for

their bravery on the first day of the Battle of the Somme,

As Mervyn Jess reports he passed away in 1955 and buried with full

The great-nephew of Robert Quigg visits his relative's grave. The

Bushmills man's final resting place is in the grounds of this Irish

church on a whole side over looking the village famous for its whiskey.

100 years ago Robert Quigg became famous for the bravery shown on the

battlefield at the Somme. He went out into no man's land seven times

searching for his commanding officer, who was Eric to the

McNaughton estate, where he worked prior to that war. Each time he

returned with a wounded soldier but not the officer. There was quite a

strong bond between them and Quigg felt that he had a duty of care.

When I think now of home any people would crawl out into no man's land

to rescue their boss, there might be fairly few. It's a fascinating story

because it crosses the rich and social barriers of the time. He was

a humble estate worker trying to rescue the young squire. When Robert

Quigg came home he was hailed as a hero but he was not without his

Demons. Robert had his own problems. Nobody realised when he came back

what horrors he had seen and been through. Few of the men who came

back wanted to talk much about it. They would tell you the nice bits if

there were any but never about the horrors they had seen. After a 40

year campaign, the Quigg commemoration society is arresting a

life-size bronze to Sergeant Quigg. 26 killed in the first day of the

Battle of the Somme from Bushmills. One family lost three brothers

during the war, but Robert Quigg was the most famous one. There were not

any more from Bushmills. We had the only VC north of Belfast, so it is

something to be appreciated. What do you think of what he did that day?

Some Africa. We have always known about the family. He was never

talked about an awful lot but as all decent injuries have approached

there has been more interest in him and more people from abroad have

been coming over for the unveiling from Canada and England and

Scotland. The statue will be unveiled in the village later this

month. And you can find out more

about the people and events of this centenary year on the BBC's

Voices16 website. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

were in Northern Ireland today. The royal couple attended a garden

party at Hillsborough castle. It's their first visit

since their marriage in 2011. The Duke met members

of the Irish Guards The couple then spent an hour

meeting representatives The garden party is their only

engagement in Northern Ireland. We hear a lot about Titanic but not

so much about one of its sister ships, the Britannic,

which was turned into a hospital ship for the Battle

of Gallipoli in World War One. Nearly 100 years after its sinking

off the Greek Islands, divers have been on a new underwater expedition

to discover more about its fate. The BBC reporter Andrew

Bomford was with them. Three miles off the island of sea,

deep divers are about to descend. At 400 feet down, it's a challenging

and dangerous dive to the wreck of the Britannic. To state of the arts

of morsel is will join them to analyse the rack. The divers call

her the Everest of the dive world, the biggest ship to be sunk in the

First World War. We are using a device the same as astronauts used

when they take a walk out in space. Diving in the submersible, the light

slowly fades, turning everything the blue, then out of the dark, there

she is, a sleeping giant sunk by a German mine. It's amazing, cool,

it's dangerous. Britannic was a luxury liner refitted as a hospital

ship for the First World War when disaster struck, but miraculously,

unlike Titanic, only 30 people died. Still down here or the handrails,

glass windows, floor tiles, even the captain's at top, a home now for sea

life. -- bathtub. The Northern Ireland and Republic

footballers are now getting ready for their next game

at the Euro 2016 tournament. The Northern Ireland team

play on Thursday. Stephen Watson is at team's base

near Lyon in France. Good evening. Northern Ireland

haven't had long to dwell on that opening disappointing defeat to

Poland because in two days they take on Ukraine, about half an hour down

the road from their team based. Michael O'Neill's meant no that's

able to lobby have to win the game to give them their best chance of

progressing to the knockout stages with world champions Germany to come

next week, and the stakes are high but that players say they are ready

to respond. The togetherness which help Northern Ireland qualify for

Euro 16 remains intact. Confidence proved by the Poland a little, but

they are determined to learn from the experience. We know we were not

the fans of we all had a lot of effort into that match and that is

something we can be proud of. We work hard for each other. We were

sprinting to cover each other and that has never been questioned by a

Northern Ireland team. We want to carry that on. Goalkeeper Michael

McGovern was not overboard in the opening game and is keeping the

faith to his team can keep the dream alive.

Everyone talked about our games unbeaten going into it,

some of those were against top quality sides in high-pressure

situations, and over the years Northern Ireland teams get written

off but pull things out of the bag and I am confident we can do it.

Like Northern Ireland, Ukraine need a win on Thursday and they have done

their homework on the team. Northern Ireland have plenty of fighting

spirit. They give it everything until the end, they are organised

and play a compact game, closing down wingers and not giving their

opponents any space. They like to defend deep and head on the

counterattack. So real Northern Ireland out of this tournament after

one last? Not a chance. The Republic of Ireland were back

in their team camp today following last night's one-all draw

with Sweden in their opening group The squad took part in a close

training session this morning with a focus on recovery after the match at

the stud the France, while Martin O'Neill and his players were left to

reflect on an opportunity missed against the Swedes. How special the

moment was that for you? It's up there with one of the proudest

moments in football to get the girl. We were unlucky not to get the three

points. You one man of the match. How pleasing was at two put in a

performance like that? It's good for going against El Jem. Has the phone

been hopping ever since with text messages? I got about 50 texts

saying well done. I don't think Clarkey

could have done much. He was tremendous

for the whole game. We will take a lot of

positives from this. At the end of the day, we only get a

point from it so move on. Belgium and Italy

won't want to play us. Italy's win in the same group last

night means that if Ireland can beat Belgium on Saturday, it will

virtually Aaron T a place in the knockout stages.

Golf's second major of the year, the US Open,

gets under way on Thursday - with World Number three Rory McIlroy

But another former champion says he's looking forward to a tough test

Graeme McDowell, who won at Pebble Beach in 2010,

feels his game is suited to the challenge of Oakmont.

It's hard to not look back, when you go to wait tournament you have one

before, to get the inspiration that comes from being a past champion,

and we thought it would be extra special, but Oakmont visit of course

that has been on my radar for a couple of years, it is where I can

play well paid different -- difficult green complexes, so

looking forward to it and needing a good week for a lot of reasons,

Ryder Cup and Olympics, and general playing well, so looking forward to

the test. That is it from France tonight. We will have more this

evening and all the big game build-up to morrow.

Barra Best is here with the forecast.

The rain has left a few huddles. This was the Giant's Causeway but

this afternoon it brightened up. Some sunshine in many areas this

evening, maybe some showers in the West, overnight it is likely to stay

dry, temperatures around ten or 11 but it could turn cooler in some

countryside areas where we have clearance in the skies. A decent

start tomorrow, lots of dry weather but some scattered showers in the

afternoon, maybe a touch of thunder. Apart from the odd shower it will

brighten up nicely, lots of dry weather and sunshine, not bad for

many of us at lunchtime but keep an eye out for scattered showers and

some thunder and lightning. Those done very showers will affect parts

of the Irish Midlands. Some areas of central and southern England and

Wales, north of that a fairly cloudy picture across Scotland with wet

weather, but for Northern Ireland into the afternoon, the odd shower

but also good amounts of sunshine. For us temperatures will reach 17 or

18 degrees. Tomorrow evening to cloud the construct and will bring

some damp conditions into Thursday but not especially cold. Thursday

itself, a lot of cloud, damp and drizzly weather but an improving

picture for Friday and Saturday with more dry weather in the forecast

thanks to high pressure. That was BBC