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Our programme is dominated tonight by the funeral of Martin McGuinness.

Huge crowds of mourners line the streets as his home city

Arlene Foster gets an ovation from the congregation as she takes her

seat in the church. Among the many political leaders

attending the service, He urges politicians here to honour

Martin McGuinness' memory Finish the work of pace so we can

all have a future together. -- piece.

The funeral cortege left Martin McGuinness' home

in the Bogside behind me here, passing places and people deeply

It's revealed that a man is seriously ill in a Northern Ireland

hospital after getting an infection linked to medical equipment.

Wintry tonight but feeling springlike tomorrow.

The only way peace can endure is if those who have legitimate

grief on both sides embrace the future together.

The words of Bill Clinton at Martin McGuinness' funeral.

The former American President told mourners if people had really come

together to celebrate the life of Martin McGuinness then

The city came to a standstill as thousands lined the route

from his home in the Bogside to the church for this

The DUP leader, Arlene Foster, was applauded as she arrived.

The priest, Father Michael Canny, said the presence of former

political rivals at the funeral would have been unthinkable

Donna Traynor is in Derry for us this evening.

It really has been a remarkable day and what we have seen and what we

have heard in the Bogside below me and at the church. The funeral of

the Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, an IRA commander at

times of murder and mayhem brought together a police chief Constable,

presidents and unionist politicians. Those who came to pay their respects

did so for their own particular reasons. But at the heart of the

funeral service was a family mourning their loss. Keiron Tourish

takes us through what happened this afternoon.

He always said his heart lay in the Bogside.

And today Martin McGuinness made a final poignant journey

His wife, Bernie, led the mourners along with their four

children, grandchildren and wider family circle.

It was, for them, a painful path on familiar streets which held

For those who stood in silence and respect,

As the cortege set off on its journey, the huge crowds

Past well known landmarks, the cortege edged slowly forward -

While the cortege made its way through a thronged Bogside,

Peter Robinson and his successor, Arlene Foster, were arriving at

There, too, President Bill Clinton - who received a warm welcome.

All shades of political opinion was represented -

from across the island and across the world.

A point acknowledged during Requiem Mass.

There are people here this afternoon whose presence would have been

unthinkable only a short generation ago. Many of you here have forged a

working relationship with Martin McGuinness. The people here have

built friendships with him. They have occupied Stormont benches

alongside him. Some have even sat in government with him. And you are

very welcome. And the presence of those political rivals and opponents

argue who have come to pay their respects this afternoon, you coming

is the most adequate testimony to the memory of Martin McGuinness.

Then you seek a monument for the man who brings us here, look around you.

By your presence, you are his monument.

Father Michael Canny also reflected on Martin McGuinness' violent past

In the course of years I have had many conversations with Martin and

he knew only too well how many people struggled with his IRA past.

He was very aware of that. Republicans, we know, were not

blameless and many people across this community find it difficult to

forgive and impossible to forget. At the end of the service,

President Bill Clinton I came to treasure every encounter,

they asked me to speak for three minutes, he could do this in 30

seconds! Here is my eulogy... I fought, I made peace, I made

politics. I had a fabulous family that somehow stayed with me and

enjoyed all of it. I had friends. I was married to Gerry almost as much

as my wife! APPLAUSE

It turned out I was pretty good at this and we got a lot done. But we

did not finish and if you really wanted on my legacy, finish, finish

the work of peace so we can all have a future together.

APPLAUSE The outpouring of grief reflected

the impact Martin McGuinness had made on many present here today

but those who suffered grievously at the hands of the IRA

say their pain endures. A short time ago the Sinn Fein

president, Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness

was not a terrorist. Martin McGuinness

was a freedom fighter. He was also a political prisoner and

a negotiator, a peacemaker and a healer. And returning to the

Bogside, many of those who were at the cemetery. With me is Enda

McClafferty. Father Canny spoke about the group of people who had

gathered for the funeral, it really was quite an eclectic mix. And that

would have brought a smile to the face of Martin McGuinness to see

that collection of people to bid farewell to him. Inside the church

we have former IRA men who were there to pay respects to the former

leader, sitting alongside the Chief Constable, Arlene Foster, who

suffered at the hands of the IRA, Peter Robinson, James Brokenshire

and politicians from south of the border, the Irish President, Mary

McAleese and President Clinton, who used his address at the end of the

ceremony, using language that Martin McGuinness would have felt

appropriate to remind politicians of what was at stake and how far we

have travelled in Northern Ireland and using the power of a phrase

about shrinking the definition of them and expanding the definition of

us. Most notably was the presence of DUP politicians and Arlene Foster,

who surprised many journalists by getting a round of applause on

several occasions. If Arlene Foster was apprehensive about coming here,

the minute she stepped inside the church and received a warm round of

applause, many of her concerns were eased. Not once but twice but she

got a round of applause when Bill Clinton thanked and you could see

inside the body language, Michelle O'Neill shaking hands with her,

Peter Robinson shaking hands with Gerry Adams and afterwards, whenever

Arlene Foster became the centre of attention, people queueing up to

thank her for coming and posing for selfies and she was very relaxed,

taking time to speak to people, have very different Arlene Foster to what

we have seen recently, and surrounded by so many republicans.

It'll be interesting to see if this moment might not be any changer

politically but it might well be a mood changer because whenever the

party 's get-together at Stormont, the mood will be very different.

Thank you. We have a little bit of what

President Clinton had to say. Here is more of his speech.

He decided to oppose it by whatever means

available to the passionate young, including violence.

Somewhere along the way, for whatever reason,

Some of the reasons were principled, some were practical, but he decided.

He was good about sticking with something he decided to do

and he succeeded because his word was good, his listening

He was not afraid to make a compromise and he was strong

After all the time cursing the British, he shook hands with the

Queen! APPLAUSE

Somebody who spent sleepless nights in the beginning of the ceasefires

and dealing with the aftermath and the Good Friday Agreement, I want to

say a special word of appreciation to the First Minister, Arlene

Foster, for being here... APPLAUSE

I know and most people here know that your life has been marked in

painful ways by the Troubles. Most of the publicity Martin got as a

politician was the absurd notion that he got along with Ian Paisley.

I thought it was great that he got a word in edge-wise.

A faithful follower of the faith of his father and his mother.

And a passionate believer in a safe and secure self-governing Ireland.

The only thing was that he expanded the definition of "us" and shrunk

They will talk more about President Clinton's contribution later in the

programme. Martin McGuinness was described by many as an

inspirational leader, so was a much younger man who was buried from the

same church this morning. The captain of Derry City football club,

Ryan McBride, whose sudden death at the weekend shocked the city and

beyond. This report on his funeral from Kevin Sharkey. A football's

family and his footballing family. Heartbroken. United in grief. Ryan

McBride, 27 years old, on the terraces he was team captain and a

hero of the fans. His home, a son, brother. The sudden and unexpected

death of Ryan McBride last Sunday evening has devastated his father

and his sisters, Colleen, Shaneen, his girlfriend, Maria Rud and his

grandparents. In recent weeks he was scoring, cheered on by his

team-mates and fans. Today, the players and fans saluted him again,

this time in sorrow and grief. Lining up one last time alongside

their footballing leader. You are our captain but that all the hype.

The one and only. The untimely death of Ryan McBride has been felt far

beyond the city, the odd football. Among the mourners, President

Michael D Higgins. Also here, the President of the Football

Association of Ireland. And from countless clubs and associations

north and south of the border, players, officials, managers and

fans. The final journey of a life and death of Ryan McBride passed

through the Brandywell streets where he grew up, his family and

team-mates along the funeral cortege of a young player who became a Derry

City footballing legend. Perhaps it will still play again but in your

absence, it will not be the same. -- we will.

Mourning the loss of Ryan McBride at the age of 27. I will have more on

the funeral of Martin McGuinness later in the programme. Back to the

studio. Thank you. A service of prayer and reflection

for victims has taken place Relatives of people killed

by the IRA, including in the Enniskillen and Claudy bombs,

took part in the service Here's our South West

reporter, Julian Fowler. For those of us whose lives have

been changed by violent acts of terrorism...

Prayers for those who have lost loved ones.

The event was organised by the South East Fermanagh Foundation,

which supports victims and survivors of terrorism.

Debbie Carson's father was shot dead by the IRA in 1979 as he delivered

fruit and vegetables to a primary school in Rosslea.

She says the news of Martin McGuinness's death

The coverage has been hard to watch. My father, he never got justice for

my father. He never got to see his children growing up, I had a brother

born two weeks after my father was shot.

Church of Ireland, Presbyterian and Methodist ministers took

They said it was not insensitive to those mourning the death

I do not think this is insensitive, I think we have used today for the

innocent victims grieving. We're here to provide pastoral care for

those people and living everyday for all of their lives with the hurt and

pain of terrorism. David Temple's 16-year-old brother,

William, was killed in the IRA He says Martin McGuinness' death

means questions remain unanswered. He will go to his grave without

telling these victims the truth, what happened. I also would like to

send my condolences to his wife and family on behalf of the victims of

the Claudy bomb. Those who seek truth and justice

for the past say their fight We can reflect on to date with Mark

Devenport. What did you make of the comments by Gerry Adams that Martin

McGuinness was not a terrorist but a freedom fighter? That might have

been difficult for some of those victims we heard from but anyway it

was predictable. If this happened in a few years back, you might have

thought there would be a full paramilitary funeral, you are not

going to get Gerry Adams denying his past and he rejected that analysis

that he said the media has been engaging in a good margin and a bad

Martin with some sort of road to Damascus conversion. It makes the

other elements of the speech, talking about reaching to unionists

more difficult to achieve. The deadline for the talks at Stormont

is getting close, well anything today have an impact on that? It is

quite hard to assess, on the one hand, the negotiators have been

taken away from the table to be involved in the events of the last

few days and we had a clash between the DUP and Sinn Fein, Sinn Fein

warning the British government should not think about extending the

deadline on Monday afternoon and Jeffrey Donaldson saying it is not

for Sinn Fein to lay down any ultimatum so it is clear there are

really big gaps on this issue but you must think that these events

have set thing in a broader context and that image we can see in the

church with Michelle O'Neill reaching out to Arlene Foster gives

a glimpse of what might be. What will negotiators make of the

comments from Bill Clinton? They hit the mark. Then the old days, Bill

Clinton would have been approached by the government is to get onto the

phone and start talking to the negotiators to get them over any

obstacle and heal longer plays that role. Whilst no one could have

predicted the timing of events this week, in some ways it was fortuitous

that he was there, centre stage at a moment of difficulty in the peace

process, to do what he used to do, to urge all sides to make that extra

effort and finish the job. What happens if the breakthrough? The

government might try to stretch things, not direct rule or fresh

elections but try to play for time, use a previous court judgment that's

it the Secretary of State has a reasonable period to decide his

options to maybe try to keep things going at least over the course of

the Easter. Thank you. The funeral of high profile loyalist

George Gilmore has taken place in Carrickfergus amidst

a heavy police presence. The 44-year-old was shot last week

in an attack linked to an ongoing Two men have been

charged with his murder. It's emerged that a man is seriously

ill in hospital in Northern Ireland with a bacterial infection linked

to medical equipment. The patient is one of 28

known cases in the UK. On Monday the Belfast Health

and Social Care Trust wrote to around 2000 patients who have had

open heart surgery since 2013 Our health correspondent

Marie-Louise Connolly reports. On Monday around 2000 people

across Northern Ireland were sent letters by the Belfast Health

and Social Care Trust alerting them to the potential risk

of a bacterial infection linked They all had one thing in common -

since 2013 they'd had In the letter, the Health Trust said

it was writing to patients to inform them that they may have a very low

risk of Mycobacterium chimaera infection, linked

to heater and cooler devices using in regulating body temperature

levels during cardiac operations. The letter stressed that the risk

to patients is low. It's now emerged that a man

is seriously ill in hospital in Northern Ireland as a result

of the infection. His family has asked the BBC

to protect their father's identity but say they're keen for the public

to realise just how While he had open heart

surgery in 2014, it wasn't until the start of this year,

following months of being ill, that the man was diagnosed

with Mycobacterium chimaera. In an email, the family told the BBC

that around eight weeks ago doctors confirmed that their father had

the bacterial infection and that he was the 27th case to be

confirmed in the UK. However, the family said

they were shocked when they read on the BBC News website that no one

was affected in Northern Ireland. That report was based

on a Health Trust briefing when the BBC was told

that they weren't aware of any cases having presented

in Northern Ireland. Anyone concerned should contact

their GP as soon as possible. Still to come... A look ahead to the World

Cup qualifiers facing Northern Ireland and the Republic.

The EU's chief Brexit negotiator says he will do all he can to make

Our Economics and Business and Editor John Campbell is here.

So who are we talking about and why is this important? He is Michel

Barnier and you'll hear a lot more of him over the next couple of years

because he will be leading the EU side in the Brexit negotiations.

Ultimately it will be sovereign governance of the EU states who make

the decision on the deal with the UK. Michel Barnier will be leading

these negotiations so when he has something to say it is worth

listening. What were the circumstances that he made these

comments? He was laying out three hurdles that have to be overcome

before that can be a forward-looking trade deal. He says the money issue

has to be sorted out with what the UK owes, EU citizens and their

rights in the UK after Brexit but the third issue is the Irish border.

He said he was going to do all they could to make should there was no

return to the hard order. He said he would be attentive to all the issues

to do with Northern Ireland and the peace process and he says he

realises how important this will be. But he did stop short of saying

there won't be a hard border. He couldn't make that commitment. At

the moment the Irish government, the UK Government and EU are all on the

same page. None of them want a return to a hard border or customs

post so the will is there for us to do some sort of deal but we don't

really have any details at the moment about how to do that deal and

how we will cope with being outside the customs union and not having

customs posts but that will have to be pretty quickly, probably in the

next year before we get into the bigger issues of a broader deal

between the UK and EU. We will leave it there. The PSNI has revealed that

more people are dying as a result of misuse of drugs on roads. There is

street double-dealing of value of about ?300,000 in the last two

weeks. This report... Hitting back at drug dealers. Heroin taken off

the streets. This year in the first two weeks of the four-week campaign

?309,000 worth of drugs has been uncovered. We see a very heavy

dependency on prescription drugs, like diazepam. These are purchased

illegally while they are prescription drugs. When they are

taken without the supervision of a medical professional they are

dangerous and many deaths are linked to do with multiple types of drugs

or use of excess of prescription drugs. And that is a huge problem.

More people in Northern Ireland are dying from opioid drugs compared to

road deaths. There were 88 deaths due to drug debts, many more than on

road. In both cases both of those statistics represent families who

have lost loved ones. But we are saying today is the approach that we

took in relation to road deaths and a wide number of partners focusing

on education and preventable approach, that is critical when

coming to terms with and reducing the numbers dying as a result of

drugs. Northern Ireland has seen a 47% increase in the number of people

misusing opiates. It is the second-highest in the UK behind

England and that for police a worry. Let's go back to Donna on Derry's

walls. At the end of the funeral service for Martin McGuinness here

this afternoon many of the mourners as they left the church were talking

about the speech that had been made by the former US president Bill

Clinton. He spoke again outside the church and he was asked why it was

so important for him to be heard to date at the funeral of the former

Deputy First Minister. This is what he had to say. We spent a lot of

time together when I was president. I wanted to honour him for what he

did, for changing from war to peace and to emphasise that it is one

thing to make peace, another thing to make it work and that is an

endless process. You have to work and care for it all the time. I

think all these people who justifiably respect the fact that he

changed from war to peace need to recommit themselves to finish the

work that needs to be done. My colleague Mark Carruthers asking the

questions and there will be more from Mark on the view programme

later on BBC One tonight. Enda McClafferty is still with me. Coming

to the end of the programme, the end of a remarkable day here. What will

people take as being the legacy of the former Deputy First Minister now

that we have talked so much about it of the last couple of days? I think

the McGuinness family will be pretty hot date not just by the mix of

people who gathered in the church beside us but also in the thousands

of people who turned out in such numbers to to bid farewell to Martin

McGuinness. There was a very strong political undercurrent to the

celebration today of his life as you would expect for someone like Martin

McGuinness and you could sense the warming relations today between Sinn

Fein and the DUP. The chill factor wasn't there today. How ironic would

it be that in his death he was able to play his last political hand and

change the dynamic in the talks at Stormont which we know are bogged

down right now and there is little time to find an agreement. How

ironic would it be if things change slightly to make negotiations

easier? The mood, it was quite palpable how different it was from

other Republican funerals in the past but also a sense of welcoming

here in the city for so many people. Very noticeable both inside and

outside the church. There was a feeling outside that people were

full appreciation for those who had made the effort to come to the city

today like Bill Clinton, those who had travelled from the south and

Arlene Foster and Peter Robinson, it was a big effort for them to come

today and they were left in no doubt for the appreciation of people

outside and posing with photographers. For now, thank you.

Back to you in the studio. Now time for sport -

and more on the Derry City football Earlier in the programme we saw

how thousands of people paid their respects to Ryan McBride

at his funeral in Derry today. This weekend the Northern Ireland

football team and fans will pay their own tribute

with a minute's applause. It will take place before

the World Cup qualifier To wake up the news like that is

heartbreaking. Our thoughts go out to Ryan's family and friends and

everybody associated with Derry City. It is only right that the

football family comes together and shows respect for him.

Northern Ireland are currently second in the group behind Germany

as they bid for a place in the World Cup.

One key player who missed Euro 2016 in France is determined to keep

on course for the possibility of another major

The lads are pretty much the same as they were in the qualifying

campaign. Everybody got a taste of it and did really well for it and it

has bred a bit of confidence in the squad. Not just those who played in

the majority of the game but those coming off the bench and around the

squad, that is a good balance and a bit of youth and experience in

there. People picking up all the time a bit more experience of

international football which has benefited us over the last 18 months

especially. The Republic of Ireland are top

of their World Cup qualifying group. They take on Wales

tomorrow night in Dublin. Manager Martin O'Neill will have

injury doubt James McCarthy He might be missing a number of

regulars, but James McCarthy has boosted his manager's options. He is

improving, improving very quickly which is good news. He has done some

work today as well and we will see how he is this afternoon and see how

he has recovered from that, but he is feeling much better. As the

injury situation almost helped create a siege mentality in this

got? I think we have to prove ourselves anyway. Every single game

that you play you have to go and prove yourself. You have got some

results before that which would count for anything at all. Some

points on the board which is great. We are on show tomorrow night and we

have to go and prove ourselves again. Tomorrow's match will mark

the midpoint in the qualifying campaign and so far things could

hardly have gone better for Martin O'Neill's side but if his depleted

squad can manage a positive result against the Welsh it will be a huge

step in the race to the World Cup in Russia.

In women's football the new Danske Bank Premiership

Newry Ladies defeated Crusaders Strikers 4-2.

This excellent long range effort was one of two

Linfield Ladies the reigning champions beat Sion Swifts Ladies.

Kirsty McGuinness on target here with Linfield's first.

Kendra McMullen equalised scoring this fine effort for the Swifts,

but they eventually lost comfortably 5-2.

And there was a hat-trick for Celine Curtis as Cliftonville

Ulster Rugby confirmed today that star player Marcel Coatzee will miss

the rest of the season with a significant cartilege tear.

But the injury is not as bad as first feared and he will be

return to fitness for the start of next season Luke Marshall

will win his 100th cap tomorrow night against the Dragons.

Ulster have won their last five games in a row,

and have just five games left to try and qualify for the top

At the Winter Special Olympics today in Austria, Team Ireland's skiers

Including two gold for Sean McCartan and Lorraine Whelan,

a bronze for Caolan McConville, and a silver for Cyril Walker,

who was presented his medal by movie star Arnie Schwarzenegger.

So far Team Ireland will return with eight medals and they can now

bring home a memorable selfie as well.

Rory McIlroy lost his first match in the World Golf

He has just won his second game without hitting a shot. His opponent

Gary Woodland has withdrawn. He might not know this but today is

world meteorological day and the theme this year is cloud. And a few

new cards had been named. None of them over Northern Ireland today but

if you're casting your ice to the sky would be the usual crowds

looking quite grey. The cloud has been quite stubborn in a few places.

Drifting in from the north-east. Through the latter part of the

afternoon it has thinned out and it will continue this evening. Clear

spells developing and they will be lingering through the night. It will

be cold. Temperatures falling down to freezing. A couple of degrees

below in some places. Widespread frost and patches of mist and fog.

In the tomorrow not a bad day. More sunshine around but it is a cold

start. Frosty. You might have the scrape the windscreen. Patches of

freezing fog and maybe the odd icy patch. They will go quite quickly as

the sun comes up, temperatures will lift. By the afternoon it will feel

more springlike in the sunshine. Maybe just in single figures right

on the east coast inland we should be seen temperatures getting up to

12 or 13. We do it all again tomorrow night with frost setting

in, clear spells, temperatures getting down to freezing. Then on

Saturday a fine day. We could see the ice of 13 or 14. Similar on

Sunday. That is it from us. Bye-bye.