20/10/2016 BBC Newsline

Welcome to Newsline. A man has been shot dead in West Belfast. The

victim is thought to be in his 30s and was attacked at a house on the

Belle Steele Road. . Police are trying to piece together what

happened. A lot of people say a gunman went into a house here and

singled out the victim and shot him at point blank range. The police

have the area cordoned off while an examination gets under way at the

scene of the shooting. Local politicians have said the attack has

left people here reading. There was quite a crowd when we came here

early on and people are asking what has happened. People are concerned

about it and we are very concerned that this type of offences happened

in our community tonight. A man assaulted in front of his family,

people traumatised. It does not represent people in this area and

these thugs and gangs responsible for this recent attack should get

off the backs of the people. The investigation is at a very early

stage. Detectives are still trying to establish a clear motive for the

attack. A husband and wife from

County Armagh have admitted the sexual abuse of a vulnerable

woman in their home over The ordeal lasted for over eight

years. It happened at the victim 's house at Craigavon. Here is our

correspondent. Today he admitted raping and sexually abusing a

vulnerable women in his Craigavon home over eight years. His wife

Carolina pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting and indecently

assaulting the woman herself. Two further charges of false

imprisonment were left on the books. Earlier court hearings heard the

victim, who had severe learning difficulty, lived in squalid

conditions in the couple's home and was subjected to years of sexual

abuse in what was described in caused as a house of horrors. The

couple had previously denied the charges and will be sentenced on the

2nd of December. Caroline Baker was released on continuing bail and her

husband was remanded back into custody.

A plan to ease congestion at Belfast's busiest road junction has

been put on hold and the minister involved is blaming Brexit. He said

uncertainty over EU funding has put the project at risk. It is the

biggest bottleneck in Belfast. 100,000 vehicles per day use the

York Street interchange. It is where the M2and West Link meet. It is

nearly always busy. Very busy. A revamp is planned at a cost of ?165

million. With an application for 40% of the funding being made to the EU.

But the infrastructure Minister said the Brexit vote means he now has no

option but to put the project on hold. British -- Brexit is very much

the cause of this and this is the implication Brexit. We spelt out at

the time it would be bad news for the people of Ireland and these are

the implications of decision. In the House of Commons the government

repeated its poorer miss that if the EU agrees to start funding a

project, the Treasury will pay the rest. -- repeated its promise.

Projects bidding directly and competitively for EU funding will be

guaranteed before our departure. This will extend to 2020,

effectively the end of the Parliament. How does the minister

react to this pledge to match European funding? I have schemes

running to 2023 and beyond. But he will match it. He set up to 2020. In

2019 the British government could have dragged as out of Europe by

that stage. The Democratic Unionist party Sammy Wilson said it is wrong

to blame Brexit and that it is time for the Minister to think again.

This is too strategic to the Northern Ireland economy. I will

tell you about the Sinn Fein voters, I would be asking, why is he giving

no project to a priority like this which could improve quality of light

and air quality in those areas, as well? Concerns were raised this

afternoon at a meeting of the transport Association. All roads

really lead to the York Street interchange. We have got three

motorways and all the strategic network and at the moment we have

got members taking half an hour to one hour in traffic and at the

moment it cost about ?1 per minute to upgrade so time is money. The

minister says he understands those concerns and although the upgrade

scheme is now on hold, he does hope to carry it out but it is unlikely

to be soon. More about this story at this

programme. Here is mark with more details. We will hear from the

Deputy first Minister Martin McGuinness on that controversy over

the York Street interchange and his views on the stalemate over legacy

and the arrival of the long-awaited letter from the Prime Minister, plus

as Tory MP threatened rebellion over government plans for boundary

changes, we will hear from Ian Paisley and the Alliance Party's

Naomi Long. Join me straight after this. A woman in her 70s has been

killed in County Londonderry. It happened between Garvagh and

Swatragh yesterday afternoon. The second death within a week. Sarah

has the story. The woman was named locally as Bridget McCaffrey and she

had been tending to cattle on this farm when she was killed. The MLA

said the communities are in shock. It brings home how dangerous the

occupation is and how seriously we need to take it. You go and do

something on autopilot because you're used to doing it and when it

brings dangers... The health and safety executive is investigating

the death. It has led to renewed warnings for renewed farm safety and

the Ulster farmers union said even the most experienced farmers must

take care. Back to the old acronym that we do use in farming, safe,

that is animals, falls and equipment, and just for people to

take a minute before they start any job, just to think, can we do that

job? In a Safeway? After two farming deaths in Northern Ireland in the

last week, the health and safety executive is asking for a priority

of safety above all else before starting any job.

The victim of a shooting has told a counsellor he was on his way to

visit his father in hospital when he was attacked. He was abducted in

Derry and driven 80 miles to done given where he was shot in the leg.

It is the second attack in the area in the last week. The area around

this road was cordoned off today as detectives began their investigation

into this latest incident in Dungiven. The police said a

22-year-old man was shot in the leg and was the victim of a paramilitary

style attack. He was said to have crawled 30 yards along the road for

help before the alarm was raised by a local resident. The victim told a

Sinn Fein councillor he had been abducted and brought to Dungiven

before being shot. A party colleague said there was no justification for

the attack. My understanding is a young boy was abducted from his home

in Derry. He was on his way to visit his father in hospital, who was

seriously ill. It is a disgrace. We are in shock. It is worrying for

everyone. This has to be condemned. It is the second time in one week

there has been a shooting in Dungiven. Last Wednesday night

several Master men approached a house and threatened a woman here.

There were a number of children in the house at the time. The gang

fired several shots in the area before making. These people are

dangerous, I believe the eye small minority but these minorities can

cause problems for society and we need to tackle and challenge it.

Detectives investigating the shooting have issued an appeal for

information. They would like to hear from anybody that noticed any

suspicious or unusual activity in or around this park in Derry between

half past six and eight o'clock last night to get in touch. They are also

keen to speak to anybody who noticed suspicious activity in and around

the local hospital or here on this road.

A pardon for gay men convicted of sexual acts which are no longer

criminal will not automatically extend to Northern Ireland. The

government announcement applies only in England and Wales. Louise Cullen

has more. In 1952 a Bletchley Park code breaker was convicted of gross

indecency with a 19-year-old man. Alan Turing later took his own life.

He was pardoned 61 years later. Anybody deceased who was convicted

of sexual acts no longer deemed criminal can now receive an

automatic pardon. Anybody still living will have two apply to the

Home Office but will be automatically pardoned if it is not

an offence under current law. But that is only in England and Wales

because as Justice is a devolved matter it is up to the executive to

change the law here. The experience in Northern Ireland is that any of

the qualities we have seen removed have been done by court action and

even decriminalisation was another example. What we do not want in

terms of the pardons and the removals of historic convictions is

more court action being required by our community. It is time for the

Assembly to act immediately. In a statement the Department of Justice

said... The Minister will consider this

policy issue. More than 60 men were prosecuted in Northern Ireland in

the decade before homosexuality was decriminalised in 1982. The rainbow

Project says some of these men are still living with a criminal record,

which it says mats be addressed urgently. -- must be. More lovely

sunshine for most of us today. Let's find out what the forecast has in

store for tomorrow and the weekend with Angie. After a fairly quiet

autumn day it is fairly quiet again tonight with a lot of dry weather

and to begin with, we will have some clear spells, especially across part

of the North and east. In the countryside, temperatures could get

low enough for grass frost and a bit of mist and fog but generally

speaking, the towns around 6 degrees and was the West, probably frost

free and increasing cloud. That continues to move in tomorrow.

Generally more clout than today. The emphasis is on a lot of dry weather

and early mist and fog patches will be lifting gradually. A chance of

the odd shower developing towards the West. A trickle down in the west

coast of Ireland, and across the North West of Scotland, some quite

prolonged. We still have showers on the east coast of Scotland and East

England coming from the North Sea and in the East of England, we will

have that breeze which will make it feel chilly on the coast. Not to

back inland, lighter wind and dry weather and the odd shower and

sunshine. Temperatures in the low to mid teens. Come the afternoon,

variable amounts of cloud. We stand a better chance here of some

brightness, particularly towards the North. Temperatures again to rewards

12 degrees and with light wind it should not feel unpleasant. --

towards 12 degrees. High pressure and low developing in the Bay of

Biscay and as it develops, these isobars pack in. Windier on Sunday

with easterly wind. Bright by day and chilly in places at night. That

is it for now. Our next newsline is at 25 past six in the morning on BBC

One. You can keep update online. From everybody on the team here,

goodbye. They have something on me

that I can actually remember. The final chapter between

Gibson and Spector.