29/06/2016 BBC Newsline

The Secretary of State Theresa Villiers says Northern Ireland

cannot maintain any kind of special status within the European Union

The idea was floated again today by the Deputy First

For the first time since the exit result, executive ministers met

at Stormont to discuss the implications.

Here's our political correspondent Gareth Gordon.

Opposite sides of the argument but having

to plot a joint path, the

Deputy First Ministers visited a children's animation company whose

owner did not get the referendum result he wanted.

We trade with Europe to sell our shares.

We have to presell a lot to European countries.

It's important those trades are protected.

This is one of his big success stories.

That is make-believe but could be perfect

for a post-Brexit world and some claim political

direction is lacking. But not the First Minister.

There is a lot of fear because it's been

What we need to do is stand back and say that what we are

doing is representing all of the people of

Northern Ireland in the negotiations that are to come.

Her executive partner hasn't given up on

The number one priority, given the nature of the

decision that was taken last week, is to ensure we maintain our

relationship with Europe and that Europe sees and that we see our

not possible. of state, says that's

The EU rules are clear, membership of the EU

It's not possible within the EU rules to have part of the country

This decision has been made, the people of

the UK voted to leave the European Union.

That decision is going to be respected and that is

what the Government will take forward.

Around the executive table for the first time since the

referendum, ministers met for 45 minutes to consider its implications

before attending a meeting with the Secretary of State and the Irish

It's important that we agree and that we can assist

to ensure that ultimately nothing happens in the context of these

negotiations that will adversely impact on the economies, north and

south, or of society, north and south.

It's going to test the negotiation skills of the best

brains here in London, Dublin and Brussels but all the signs

are that it could be some time yet before

anything even resembling a plan emerges.

A man's been shot in both legs in what police have described

a paramilitary style shooting in Carrickfergus.

The man is in a stable condition in hospital following the attack

in Dunluskin Gardens at tea time this evening.

A retired RUC detective has said when he started looking at abuse

claims at Kincora Boys Home, the then Chief Constable Sir Jack

Hermon told him to leave "no stone unturned."

However, George Caskey says that one interview with a senior intelligence

Will Leitch reports from the Historical

George Caskey discussing RUC investigations in the late 1980s.

He was the man who lead the investigation after a newspaper

article in January 1980 gave the lead on Kincora.

Today, he came here to answer questions about

that time at the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry.

George Caskey retired from the RUC with 39 years service.

A widely respected investigator, he was put on the

He says the Chief Constable Jack Hermon told him

There have been claims the RUC could have investigated the abuse years

Once he was in charge, George Caskey said he could

interview he felt anyone he ought to interview.

His attempt to interview Ian Cameron, the Assistant Secretary

Political about reports on Kincora his army intelligence staff had

That request was discussed and debated by senior

figures in the military intelligence and legal astonishment.

figures in the military intelligence and legal establishment.

In the end, George Caskey saw three men jailed

for Kincora but didn't find a vice ring for signs of prominent

establishment figures in the home to abuse boys.

There have been many allegations of cover-ups and

intelligence service collusion in the abuse at Kincora.

George Caskey and his team investigated

He feels that view is borne out by the

The government says further terrorist attacks in Turkey

are likely and western tourists could be targeted.

41 people were killed in a gun and bomb attack

People planning to visit the country are warned to be vigilant.

The attack happened in Ataturk - Europe's third busiest airport.

Travellers fled in fear as the shooting started

The three gunmen then blew themselves up.

Unrest in the region had already had an impact

With the busiest period for summer holidays getting underway,

travel agents are now trying to reassure tourists.

You can never gave a cast iron guarantee to anyone.

We can try and reassure them that things are normal

in all the tourist resorts in Turkey at the moment and hopefully that's

All countries have tightened security

and very much tightened security to try and prevent this sort of thing

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office says travellers are advised

to follow the advice of the local authorities and the Foreign

It says the country is generally safe but you should be alert

to your surroundings and remain vigilant in crowded places

The Honorary Consul for Turkey here says the terrorists cannot

It is an absolute outrage targeting one of the busiest

I would hope that it doesn't deter our

That is the objective of these terrorists

so we must make sure that doesn't succeed.

The attack has been condemned around the world, with Wednesday

declared a national day of mourning in Turkey.

The Education Minister has decided a controversial scheme to replace

older teaching staff with newly qualified teachers can begin.

Only teachers who have graduated since 2012 will be

This is a win-win situation but disappoint for some people.

It will help provide jobs for newly qualified teachers, it will allow

some teachers at the opposite end to be able to retire with the package.

It will mean schools that can reinvigorate the workforce and

actually financially benefit schools.

I graduated in 2011 and feel I've been

left out because I am trying my best to try and obtain a permanent job

and I find it's disappointing for the Northern Ireland Government to

This Friday will be the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme,

one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War.

Among the many dead were 3,500 soldiers from across Ireland.

2,000 of them were in the 36th Ulster Division.

Our reporter Mervyn Jess has been to those battlefields in France

and met some County Down teenagers keen to learn

what it was like for those in the trenches.

Another day, another tour of the Ulster Tower and trenches

This area of the Somme is the epicentre of memorials

You see this skyline here, you're looking at the German front line.

If you start here, take a sweep right

round, right round, right roung, that is the German front line.

The centenary of the Somme is on Friday but the number of people

visiting this area and the Ulster Tower has increased markedly

in the weeks leading up to it. Many of them are young people.

All that was found here was dead and wounded Germans

One of them visiting is from County Down.

That is the thing people forget they think

of World War I, it was one huge battle and massive slaughter.

They have been learning about the impact

at what happened at the Somme, including the loss of the three

Donaldson brothers from Cumber who fell

side-by-side on the first day of the

Are there any of you who have relatives or friends of relatives

who died at the Battle of

Are you bringing a little cross? What you have in mind?

Seeing first-hand had a big impact on these pupils.

You can get a real insight of what it is

like and what it would have been like for the men fighting in

When you see those trenches, what do you think?

I don't know how men stayed there for so long and

especially with injured and dead bodies around them.

Looking at it now, it's so beautiful and you think about how

much destruction was here, it's surreal.

To come and see it is more emotional.

This is reality. It's not on TV or films.

Nothing prepares you for the experience.

Moving from textbook to reality is

transformative not just as a teacher in terms

of what you gain from it but what the pupils gain

But it's that silence that develops amongst everybody that really

get you into a reflective space and overwhelmed, really.

This was a history lesson on death and

destruction, brought to life for these young

people on the killing fields of France.

And we will have a special programme live from Thiepval in France

at a commemorative service at the Ulster Tower marking

the 100th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme .

That's at 1.15pm on Friday here on BBC One.

And on Sunday we'll have another special programme to mark

William Crawley will be looking back on her many visits to

Northern Ireland over the last six decades.

That's at 5.15pm this Sunday on BBC One.

Now finally onto the weather forecast with Geoff Maskell.

There was always the chance of a shower popping up and overnight

tonight they will continue. Temperatures hovering around double

figures. As we get into the start of Thursday, not a bad morning. Quite

dry to begin with but it isn't going to last. We start of bright, it

doesn't take long for these guys to cloud over in the west and then the

rain begins to move on. It is generally a much drier day tomorrow

than has been today but you start to see these showers feeding in the

first across the west coast of Scotland and then across Ireland as

well and as we get into the afternoon, those showers will become

heavier and much more persistent. That will hold to be temperatures

back a little bit. The south-westerly, westerly breeze is

starting to pick up. It is an unsettled few days of weatherhead.

This area of low pressure in the north of Scotland and these are

friends driving in and the tightly packed isobars are a sign of the

breeze picking up. That will be the case on Friday where we've got the

showers coming in from the Atlantic forming into bands and becoming

heavy at times. Being driven in by that westerly breeze. A lot cooler

than what we expect that this time of year. It is improving just a

little bit by the time we get to the weekend with the hope for something

a bit brighter for the start of next week.

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