22/02/2017 BBC Newsline

A bomb's exploded outside the home of a police officer in Londonderry.

It happened as the army tried to defuse it.

It's thought the bomb may have been an under-car booby trap

The follow-up security operation has kept people living nearby

This from our northwest reporter Keiron Tourish.

The police say Army bomb disposal experts were in the process

of making the bomb safe outside the home of a serving police

The district commander was scathing in his condemnation.

My colleague is someone who gets up every morning and goes to work

with the sole aim of ensuring the safety of the community

and working to prevent harm in the community.

That is in sharp contrast to the individuals who left a viable

explosive device in a residential area with kids

The dangers don't need to be explained in depth.

My colleagues in the Major Investigation Team have started

an investigation and we believe that violent dissident republicans

It was found at the home of the police officer at Ardanlee

It's understood the device was discovered around breakfast time

when many children were being taken to school and others

A major security operation was put in place and a number

The police later extended the cordon.

Local people were shocked at the discovery, given the quiet

Lots of families and children, it's typical of young families.

Nothing like this that I have heard happening.

I hope it doesn't go back to the old days.

Nice and peaceful around here and great for kids growing up.

The Policing Board condemned those responsible and said

Two men have been charged in connection with arson attacks

at the homes of police officers in Banbridge, Portadown and Gilford

Both men are due before Lisburn Magistrates' Court tomorrow

to face charges of arson with intent to endanger life, conspiracy

to cause an explosion and drugs offences.

Five other people have been charged as part of the investigation.

It's thought around 130 jobs are at risk

after the First Trust Bank announced it's to close 15 branches

The bank says since 2010 there has been a 40% decline in branch usage,

with a rise in mobile transactions over the past two years.

First Trust said it was investing ?10 million to help

personal and business customers, and has agreed a partnership

with the Post Office for day-to-day banking.

A clubhouse at the Tyrone GAA county grounds has had to cancel activities

after what it described as a "despicable attack" by burglars.

Significant damage was caused to the clubrooms at St Enda's GAA

Police say the break-in happened sometime between 9pm on Monday night

A 27-year-old man has appeared in court charged

with the manslaughter of Conan Anderson.

The 22-year-old died in hospital at the weekend.

Conan Anderson, from the Short Strand in Belfast, was a student

He suffered head injuries in an incident during a night out

Detectives believe it happened at Arthur Lane in the early hours

Today at Belfast Magistrates' Court, 27-year-old Lawrence Dowie

appeared in court accused of his manslaughter.

Lawrence Dowie said nothing during the brief hearing.

A police officer told the court he believed

He said the accused presented himself voluntarily

He told the court that Lawrence Dowie had been threatened

and that police are taking the threat seriously.

The district judge, Fiona Bagnall, ordered that Lawrence Dowie's

photograph nor his address can be published.

A defence lawyer stressed that the threat had nothing to do

with Conan Anderson or anyone associated with him.

Lawrence Dowie was released on bail and will appear again

The High Court's heard the Economy Minister,

Simon Hamilton, being accused of using firms in receipt of RHI

Businesses getting the subsidy are in a legal bid to stop

Their barrister said far from being about the public interest,

the plan was an attempt to divert attention from ministerial

and departmental responsibility for the flawed scheme.

Almac, the Craigavon-based pharmaceutical firm,

has told MPs that it might have to move some work to the Republic

The company said its decision to buy a factory in Dundalk was a direct

Here's our economics and business editor John Campbell.

Almac is one our biggest and most important local firms.

A major part of its business is making products for

For those products to be distributed in the EU,

But it's not clear how the rules will change for

Almac's customers made it plain that just waiting to see

Our acquiring of premises in Dundalk, we made that decision

two weeks after the Brexit vote because we couldn't wait,

and we were asked by customers, and these are major pharmaceutical

companies, what is your solution to the EU offering?

We couldn't say, "We don't know, wait and see."

It may be that ultimately the Brexit deal will mean the rules will stay

But if they don't, that will mean more work for the Dundalk operation.

We have no desire to change our commercial base as Craigavon.

From an investment perspective and a staffing perspective,

it would be the wrong thing to do, but we have to respond to customers'

wants and needs and the facility allows us room to do that

Aside from these worries about regulations, Almac also warned

that intrusive customs checks will be very bad for business.

If there is a hard border and checks at that border,

any issues which cause those products to be delayed or opened,

whether it is a refrigerated door on a lorry or seals tampered

with in the product, will lead us into an uncompetitive situation.

Our customers will not tolerate that.

Almac reiterated that Craigavon will remain at the centre

But like so many businesses, it faces a period of uncertainty

and not much in the way of political guidance.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has tonight told a meeting

of the Fine Gael parliamentary party that he will deal with the question

of his leadership after he returns from Washington.

He is due at the annual St Patrick's Day shamrock

Questions had been raised about Mr Kenny's future arising

from his government's handling of the Garda whistle-blower

The weather now, and Geoff Maskell has the forecast

Some wet and windy weather heading in our direction with the fourth

named storm of the season, Storm Doris will bring some strong winds

and heavy rain and we have weather warnings for both of those overnight

and into tomorrow morning, not a nice picture as that rain sets over

us, in total we will have 12 hours of heavy rain and we keep that cold

and wet feel as we get into Thursday, coupled with some strong

winds along the east coast which could cause difficult driving

conditions, winds peaking through the middle of the day as they fall

down the North Channel. There will be some brightness between the

showers but always feeling pretty raw in that north westerly flow. As

we take the wider view, you can see Storm Doris moving off, so there

will be a sting in the tail for the east coast of England were some

strong winds at the end of the day, we get warmer and less windy in the

South West. Clear skies mean we will see some cold temperatures on

Thursday night into Friday, so an ice risk early on Friday before more

rain arrives, but we are moving into a more mild area of warmer air and

will impact our temperatures, so weather on Saturday will still be

wet and windy but it's coming from the South West and is more mild, so

temperatures up into double figures, but overall not the nicest of

outlooks. Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am

during Breakfast here on BBC One.