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:00:07. > :00:09.One of Britain's worst paedophiles has been given 22 life sentences,

:00:10. > :00:11.on multiple charges of sex abuse, including rape.

:00:12. > :00:16.Richard Huckle, who's a former Sunday school teacher,

:00:17. > :00:23.admitted more than 70 offences, and shared images of his

:00:24. > :00:27.How many times did you have sex with children?

:00:28. > :00:29.It's feared he may have abused as many as 200 children,

:00:30. > :00:40.with his victims all in Malaysia and Cambodia.

:00:41. > :00:43.But it's been revealed two churches Huckle attended here in the UK

:00:44. > :00:45.were only informed of his crimes last week, despite his

:00:46. > :00:50.A Frenchman has been arrested in Ukraine,

:00:51. > :00:52.accused of planning terror attacks during the Euro 2016

:00:53. > :01:00.Will you be voting in the upcoming referendum?

:01:01. > :01:03.It's thought millions of people still haven't registered to vote

:01:04. > :01:08.How a million-pound offer from Chelsea wasn't enough

:01:09. > :01:14.to stop their former doctor taking them, and Jose Mourinho, to court.

:01:15. > :01:21.Tributes tonight to the playwright Sir Peter Shaffer, who's died

:01:22. > :01:32.Peter Shaffer was the British playwright and perhaps one of the

:01:33. > :01:35.world's Labourites who had his finger on the pulse of the audience

:01:36. > :01:37.better than almost anybody I ever knew.

:01:38. > :01:38.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News.

:01:39. > :01:41.Chelsea's former doctor who rejected a ?1.2 million settlement.

:01:42. > :01:42.Eva Carneiro's claiming constructive dismissal,

:01:43. > :02:05.with separate legal action against Jose Mourinho.

:02:06. > :02:09.One of Britain's most prolific paedophiles,

:02:10. > :02:11.who may have sexually abused up to 200 children in Malaysia, has

:02:12. > :02:19.Richard Huckle, a former Sunday school teacher from Kent,

:02:20. > :02:21.shared images of his crimes on the internet, and admitted 71

:02:22. > :02:26.But there are now questions about whether he also abused

:02:27. > :02:34.Huckle attended two churches in London and Kent,

:02:35. > :02:36.but investigators only informed them last week of his crimes,

:02:37. > :02:41.The National Crime Agency has now referred itself to the police

:02:42. > :02:44.watchdog over its handling of that aspect of the case.

:02:45. > :03:08.This is how he wanted others to see him, a devout

:03:09. > :03:11.training to be a teacher, here with the British Council.

:03:12. > :03:13.But in court, he admitted raping children and babies.

:03:14. > :03:20.A woman shouted, "A thousand deaths are too good for you".

:03:21. > :03:24.Huckle filmed the sexual abuse and posted it on the so-called dark

:03:25. > :03:27.web, the hidden part of the internet that can only be reached using

:03:28. > :03:32.He even tried to make money out of his crimes,

:03:33. > :03:36.offering more photos and videos for those willing to pay.

:03:37. > :03:41.We followed his trail through Kuala Lumpur,

:03:42. > :03:46.He travelled widely, using his faith to get close to children.

:03:47. > :03:52.The question is, are there victims here?

:03:53. > :03:54.Have investigators from the National Crime Agency

:03:55. > :04:01.He attended one church in Kent and another in London, which we

:04:02. > :04:08.Online, he boasted about making friends with children and going on

:04:09. > :04:14.We now know that the NCA only contacted that

:04:15. > :04:18.That is 18 months after Huckle was first arrested.

:04:19. > :04:21.Today, the agency said it had voluntarily referred itself to the

:04:22. > :04:27.He has not committed any offending in the UK.

:04:28. > :04:32.He has not committed any offending in the UK.

:04:33. > :04:38.That you know of. We had no information...

:04:39. > :04:40.You do not ask the church until last week.

:04:41. > :04:46.any offending in the UK and to this date, we know he has not committed

:04:47. > :04:49.That is why the voluntary referral made to the

:04:50. > :04:53.Was it appropriate in the circumstances or not?

:04:54. > :04:55.It's not often you get intimate access inside a

:04:56. > :04:59.Huckle was first identified by detectives in

:05:00. > :05:03.Australia who infiltrated a dark web site, where paedophiles share

:05:04. > :05:08.BBC News has learned Huckle was not the

:05:09. > :05:13.Details of 17 others were sent to the NCA.

:05:14. > :05:16.Although some were untraceable, today, the agency confirmed

:05:17. > :05:24.Five were convicted, six are still being investigated.

:05:25. > :05:31.Richard Huckle - Christian, photographer, predatory paedophile.

:05:32. > :05:36.At just 30, he now faces most of the rest of his life behind bars.

:05:37. > :05:43.The authorities in Ukraine say a man they arrested with a vanload

:05:44. > :05:46.of weapons and explosives was planning to carry out attacks

:05:47. > :05:48.during the Euro 2016 football tournament.

:05:49. > :05:50.Officials say the Frenchman, who was detained on Ukraine's border

:05:51. > :05:53.with Poland, was motivated by far-right views.

:05:54. > :05:58.Our Kiev correspondent, Tom Burridge has the details.

:05:59. > :06:00.A French man, caught on camera in a sting operation

:06:01. > :06:06.Officials claim he was planning several terror attacks

:06:07. > :06:11.to coincide with the Euro 2016 football championships.

:06:12. > :06:16.Here, he is filmed stashing a box of grenades into a van.

:06:17. > :06:20.The man was apparently under surveillance for several months.

:06:21. > :06:25.He is seen using blankets to wrap up Kalashnikov machine guns and then

:06:26. > :06:29.two rocket propelled grenade launchers go into a sack.

:06:30. > :06:36.Ukraine's Security Service said it seized details of 15 possible

:06:37. > :06:39.targets, including a synagogue, a mosque and a French tax office.

:06:40. > :06:42.When he tries to cross the border from Ukraine into Poland,

:06:43. > :06:46.and into the European Union, Ukrainian officers are waiting.

:06:47. > :06:51.He's arrested with an arsenal of weapons in the van.

:06:52. > :06:55.Five machine guns, 6000 bullets and these small

:06:56. > :07:02.blocks of explosives - 125 kilograms of them.

:07:03. > :07:05.The man who was arrested is reported to be Gregoire Moutaux,

:07:06. > :07:10.Officials in Ukraine described him as a far-right extremist

:07:11. > :07:13.who was apparently unhappy about high levels of

:07:14. > :07:21.TRANSLATION: In December 2015, we learned that a French citizen

:07:22. > :07:25.arrived in Ukraine claiming to be providing volunteer aid.

:07:26. > :07:29.He started establishing contacts with members of the armed forces,

:07:30. > :07:36.But, during this process, he indicated his interest

:07:37. > :07:38.in purchasing weapons, explosives and other

:07:39. > :07:43.There are questions tonight about how easy it is to buy machine

:07:44. > :07:50.But the country's security service is claiming a massive coup,

:07:51. > :07:54.saying it has prevented mass murder just days before Euro 2016 kicks

:07:55. > :08:00.Security will be tight throughout the tournament.

:08:01. > :08:03.Today, England were among the teams arriving in France ahead

:08:04. > :08:12.Ukraine's security service has left many details about the operation

:08:13. > :08:15.unanswered and the authorities in France say their investigation

:08:16. > :08:18.is about arms trafficking, and not terrorism.

:08:19. > :08:24.For weeks now, much of the EU referendum debate has

:08:25. > :08:27.focused on the economy, with Remain campaigners

:08:28. > :08:30.outlining what they see as the disadvantages of leaving.

:08:31. > :08:33.But today, Boris Johnson said things would get worse for the economy

:08:34. > :08:39.He claimed UK taxpayers may have to contribute to future Eurozone

:08:40. > :08:46.That's despite an agreement in February to opt out

:08:47. > :08:48.of funding future bailouts, and the UK has a veto over

:08:49. > :08:54.Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg reports.

:08:55. > :08:56.How do you do? Good morning.

:08:57. > :08:59.The campaign is dirty on both sides and it will take a lot more

:09:00. > :09:04.than a visit to a soap factory to clean it up.

:09:05. > :09:09.Handle with care, the claims made by the Outers today.

:09:10. > :09:12.No one can say that we're not running the cleaner campaign,

:09:13. > :09:21.Johnson and friends try to say not just that the EU costs us now but it

:09:22. > :09:30.The risks of remaining in this over-centralising, over-regulating,

:09:31. > :09:33.job-destroying machine are becoming more and more obvious.

:09:34. > :09:41.That is why I think we're winning the argument.

:09:42. > :09:44.The risks, he claims, are stumping up more cash to prop up

:09:45. > :09:47.the Eurozone, even though the Prime Minister brokered a deal

:09:48. > :09:51.You have told this audience here this morning somehow we will be

:09:52. > :09:54.dragged into paying for the failures of the Eurozone, when you know very

:09:55. > :09:57.well the Prime Minister has done a series of deals to keep us out

:09:58. > :10:01.The idea that the opt-out is somehow going to protect us,

:10:02. > :10:03.well, it has no legal basis at the moment.

:10:04. > :10:08.There's absolutely no way that we will be able in the future

:10:09. > :10:12.to insulate ourselves from such calls on the British taxpayer.

:10:13. > :10:16.Even though he has enough eastern Europeans on the shop floor to need

:10:17. > :10:18.signs in Polish, the boss here wants Out, too.

:10:19. > :10:24.We export to 75 countries around the world and Britain is seen

:10:25. > :10:27.by all our export customers as a great place to invest

:10:28. > :10:30.Outers are energised by pulling ahead in some recent polls.

:10:31. > :10:38.Despite being told that their claims about cash are wrong by independent

:10:39. > :10:40.number-crunchers and having the majority of economic

:10:41. > :10:46.As they crisscross the country, the Out campaign is not trying

:10:47. > :10:50.to get you to swallow and digest the minutiae of all of their claims.

:10:51. > :10:53.They are hotly disputed by the other side anyway.

:10:54. > :10:57.What they do want you to hear is a broader message,

:10:58. > :11:01.that in their belief, staying inside the European Union

:11:02. > :11:03.could have real costs for the country, too.

:11:04. > :11:06.Further down the road, another local boss believes even

:11:07. > :11:14.The indecision that is out there and the unknown,

:11:15. > :11:18.I mean, no one has got a plan B in business,

:11:19. > :11:22.in my belief because what is the plan if you leave?

:11:23. > :11:28.But look, a battle bus and a matching fleet

:11:29. > :11:33.of Minis, and a folding bike for the Green Party leader.

:11:34. > :11:35.David Cameron and his new friends, Tim, Harriet and Natalie.

:11:36. > :11:39.Different parties but with the same drive.

:11:40. > :11:43.I cannot stand by and allow the Leave campaign to guide us

:11:44. > :11:53.toward economic ruin because of a campaign based on lies.

:11:54. > :11:56.Staying in the EU is the best chance we have to meet the biggest

:11:57. > :11:58.challenge of our time, climate change.

:11:59. > :12:00.So don't blame the EU for problems in the NHS.

:12:01. > :12:10.What none of them consider a joke is if we choose to leave the EU

:12:11. > :12:14.and its trading area, they say we would all be poorer.

:12:15. > :12:20.The shock impact, the uncertainty impact, the trade impact,

:12:21. > :12:23.and you put a bomb under our economy, and the worst thing is,

:12:24. > :12:26.we would have lit the fuse ourselves.

:12:27. > :12:29.As a million more of us sign up to vote, Labour is stepping more

:12:30. > :12:35.Politicians of every stripe are trying to persuade

:12:36. > :12:37.us but after months of their manoeuvrings,

:12:38. > :12:39.it is nearly time for all of us to decide.

:12:40. > :12:44.Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Stratford-upon-Avon.

:12:45. > :12:46.And there's been a warning this evening from the head

:12:47. > :12:49.of America's Central Bank about the possible impact

:12:50. > :12:53.Janet Yellen says there could be "significant economic

:12:54. > :13:00.Our business editor Simon Jack is here.

:13:01. > :13:06.Simon, we have had warnings of Brexit on the economy from the IMF,

:13:07. > :13:10.the governor of the Bank of England and now Janet Yellen. Housing is a

:13:11. > :13:13.good is this latest intervention? Coincidently, she was voted the

:13:14. > :13:18.third most powerful woman in the world today and for my money, that's

:13:19. > :13:21.an underestimate. When it comes to financial markets, there is no man

:13:22. > :13:24.or woman more powerful. What she said today is that a vote to leave

:13:25. > :13:30.the European Union would be a significant shock to the financial

:13:31. > :13:32.system, such a big shock it might play a part in delaying the US

:13:33. > :13:35.central bank raising interest rates will stop we have heard this before,

:13:36. > :13:39.that currencies might fall, the Bank of England governor, mark Carney

:13:40. > :13:43.said sterling could fall quite sharply. That may not be a bad thing

:13:44. > :13:48.in the long run. We saw more evidence of that today. As the polls

:13:49. > :13:51.have injured in the favour of Vote Leave, so sterling has had a bit of

:13:52. > :13:55.a fall but what we found out today from Janet Yellen and the currency

:13:56. > :13:59.markets is that the financial markets, the world's most powerful

:14:00. > :14:01.woman in financial terms, all of the world is watching this one. Thank

:14:02. > :14:05.you for joining us. Simon Jack, there.

:14:06. > :14:07.It's believed several million people still haven't registered

:14:08. > :14:09.to vote in the EU referendum, including many young

:14:10. > :14:11.people, and some from black and minority ethnic communities.

:14:12. > :14:13.The deadline to register is midnight tomorrow,

:14:14. > :14:16.and with less than three weeks to go before the vote, the campaigns up

:14:17. > :14:18.and down the country have been sharpening their message.

:14:19. > :14:23.Our chief correspondent Gavin Hewitt has been gauging opinion in Lincoln.

:14:24. > :14:25.On the eve of the deadline to register to vote, the referendum

:14:26. > :14:41.Hi, sir, will you be voting in the referendum?

:14:42. > :14:43.It is thought millions still haven't registered.

:14:44. > :14:46.On the streets, confusion and questions.

:14:47. > :14:51.Have you registered for that already?

:14:52. > :15:00.With so many voters unregistered, party activists know turnout is key.

:15:01. > :15:05.He is In, she is Out, she is In, he is Out.

:15:06. > :15:19.Years ago, we used to be out, and we managed fine.

:15:20. > :15:21.The world has changed, it has globalised, we need

:15:22. > :15:28.I think I am going to vote to stay, which is probably what

:15:29. > :15:39.All the money that we say we put into the EU,

:15:40. > :15:43.when we come out of the EU, will that money come back to us?

:15:44. > :15:47.I was passing by, and I spoke to the people who represent

:15:48. > :15:50.the Remain campaign and I felt strongly about what they said,

:15:51. > :15:54.In the past three weeks, 1.3 million people have registered to vote,

:15:55. > :16:01.But it still seems many younger people haven't signed up.

:16:02. > :16:04.Seeing us out here gives people so much positivity, and it makes

:16:05. > :16:06.them talk about the campaign in a way they might not

:16:07. > :16:10.I think what we are doing is vitally important,

:16:11. > :16:13.We have distributed in and around just Lincoln city, somewhere

:16:14. > :16:15.in the region of 30,000 leaflets to households.

:16:16. > :16:19.In the general election, Lincoln is a marginal,

:16:20. > :16:21.a key battleground, but in a referendum that doesn't

:16:22. > :16:26.matter because every vote carries equal weight.

:16:27. > :16:29.The two camps, In and Out, have been adopting different

:16:30. > :16:34.strategies in the ground war, on the streets.

:16:35. > :16:36.Dr Caitlin Mulazo been researching this campaign.

:16:37. > :16:42.She says the Remain camp is hosting more events, focused on urban areas

:16:43. > :16:48.If you want to go to a pro-EU area, and you're a pro-EU

:16:49. > :16:50.group, you are trying to mobilise people, right?

:16:51. > :16:53.You are not trying to convert, you are trying to get people

:16:54. > :16:57.Get out the vote that is on your side.

:16:58. > :17:00.That would suggest that Remain is adopting a very strong

:17:01. > :17:04.She says the Leave campaign appears more engaged in trying to convert

:17:05. > :17:11.Two campaigns now fully engaged on Britain's streets.

:17:12. > :17:16.Gavin Hewitt, BBC News, Lincoln.

:17:17. > :17:18.Leading scientists say advances in genetics

:17:19. > :17:21.and biology are heralding a revolution in medicine.

:17:22. > :17:24.A technique known as gene editing already enables researchers to alter

:17:25. > :17:31.But a new faster and cheaper process could lead to many more

:17:32. > :17:39.Our medical correspondent Fergus Walsh has this special report.

:17:40. > :17:42.San Francisco has been a focal point in the fight against HIV

:17:43. > :17:45.since the first AIDS cases were identified here among gay

:17:46. > :17:53.I was just looking at your chart, actually, I like what I'm seeing.

:17:54. > :17:57.Matt is one of around 80 HIV patients whose immune cells have

:17:58. > :18:02.been DNA edited to try to make them more resistant to the virus.

:18:03. > :18:08.Since the trial, he stopped taking any antiretroviral drugs.

:18:09. > :18:12.My lab values look really good, my viral load is pretty good,

:18:13. > :18:19.That's kind of the point of the study, to try to see how well

:18:20. > :18:23.you can naturally control HIV, after you get the treatment.

:18:24. > :18:26.And how long have you been off your meds?

:18:27. > :18:34.We can't be sure how effective the treatment will be in the long

:18:35. > :18:36.term, but the HIV trials with a world's first

:18:37. > :18:46.Now, a new technique, called CRISPR, has made

:18:47. > :18:58.Inside each cell in our body is our genome, billions of pieces

:18:59. > :19:06.It's the blueprint, or instruction manual, for life.

:19:07. > :19:11.A single error or spelling mistake in that DNA can trigger disease.

:19:12. > :19:13.There are thousands of genetic disorders and many more conditions

:19:14. > :19:21.CRISPR gene editing enables scientists to scan the entire genome

:19:22. > :19:27.and then, using molecular scissors, to cut both strands of DNA

:19:28. > :19:34.and delete, insert or repair the code.

:19:35. > :19:36.The biochemist who co-discovered CRISPR believes it will

:19:37. > :19:43.Just thinking about the opportunity to cure a genetic disease,

:19:44. > :19:46.not treat it, not just give palliative treatment,

:19:47. > :19:53.but really provide a cure in the future, is so exciting.

:19:54. > :19:55.And do you think diseases will be cured?

:19:56. > :20:00.People say that this is going to be century of biology,

:20:01. > :20:04.and I think there's a lot of truth to that.

:20:05. > :20:08.But when scientists can alter DNA at will, society must decide

:20:09. > :20:11.what limits should be placed on such a powerful technology.

:20:12. > :20:23.An employment tribunal has been told Chelsea's former team doctor turned

:20:24. > :20:25.down an offer of more than ?1 million to settle her

:20:26. > :20:30.Eva Carneiro is claiming constructive dismissal.

:20:31. > :20:32.She's also accusing the former manager, Jose Mourinho,

:20:33. > :20:34.of sexual discrimination, saying she was forced out

:20:35. > :20:42.Our sports correspondent Richard Conway has more.

:20:43. > :20:45.It was last August, as Swansea took on Chelsea in the Premier League,

:20:46. > :20:48.that Dr Eva Carneiro infuriated Jose Mourinho by running

:20:49. > :21:01.onto the pitch to treat an injured player, leaving his team a man down.

:21:02. > :21:03.Mourinho accused his medical team of being impulsive and failing

:21:04. > :21:06.Today, it was revealed that Dr Carneiro has turned down

:21:07. > :21:08.?1.2 million to settle the constructive dismissal,

:21:09. > :21:11.victimisation and discrimination claims.

:21:12. > :21:14.In court documents, her legal team accused Jose Mourinho

:21:15. > :21:29.In response, Chelsea claimed Dr Carneiro had become

:21:30. > :21:35.increasingly preoccupied with developing her profile

:21:36. > :21:36.and associating herself with the first-team,

:21:37. > :21:38.signing autographs and seeking to position herself

:21:39. > :21:42.behind Jose Mourinho during televised matches.

:21:43. > :21:46.I would like to nominate Branislav Ivanovic...

:21:47. > :21:48.Nominating a prominent Chelsea player for a charity ice bucket

:21:49. > :21:51.challenge was also cited by the club as a sign that Dr Carneiro

:21:52. > :21:55.wanted to link herself with its star performers.

:21:56. > :21:58.It may well be that, for her, this is a matter of principle.

:21:59. > :22:02.What it means for Jose Mourinho is that, as early as next week,

:22:03. > :22:04.he must come here and give evidence on behalf of himself

:22:05. > :22:14.Much of that evidence will relate to a dispute over his words.

:22:15. > :22:17.Dr Carneiro claims she was called, in Portuguese, "filha da puta",

:22:18. > :22:22.Chelsea and Mourinho maintain he said "filho da puta",

:22:23. > :22:25.meaning "son of a bitch", in a reference to what was happening

:22:26. > :22:31.With all parties in a stand-off, the case could yet become

:22:32. > :22:41.Let's have a quick look at some of the day's other top stories.

:22:42. > :22:43.Police are hunting for a man in connection with the fatal

:22:44. > :22:46.stabbing of a pensioner and the disappearance of his elderly

:22:47. > :22:56.A body of Peter Stuart was found in woodland in Weybread.

:22:57. > :22:59.Officers are looking to question Ali Qazimaj, who's from the former

:23:00. > :23:01.Yugoslavia, but are warning he should not be approached.

:23:02. > :23:04.A man who's thought to be Britain's oldest ever defendant has pleaded

:23:05. > :23:07.not guilty to 31 child sex offences at Birmingham Crown Court.

:23:08. > :23:10.Ralph Clarke - who is 101 years old - is accused of a string

:23:11. > :23:12.of child sex offences in the 1970s and '80s.

:23:13. > :23:22.The BBC has learnt that one of Britain's best

:23:23. > :23:24.selling hybrid cars, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV,

:23:25. > :23:27.Security experts say criminals can disable the alarm and unlock

:23:28. > :23:30.the vehicle, and an urgent security update is essential.

:23:31. > :23:37.Our technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones has the story.

:23:38. > :23:39.ADVERTISEMENT VOICEOVER: Introducing the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV...

:23:40. > :23:42.The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, a popular petrol and electric hybrid

:23:43. > :23:51.Among them, a smartphone app that controls some of its functions.

:23:52. > :23:55.But one expert says the car is not secure.

:23:56. > :23:58.He's found that the Wi-Fi network on which the app depends

:23:59. > :24:01.Most cars use 3G, so they talk to the manufacturer's

:24:02. > :24:03.servers, the manufacturer talks to your phone.

:24:04. > :24:08.Unfortunately, this one uses Wi-Fi, so I can link my phone

:24:09. > :24:15.Unfortunately, the Wi-Fi key isn't strong enough.

:24:16. > :24:18.That means an intruder could switch on the lights or, more

:24:19. > :24:22.So, your colleague with a laptop has now hacked it, he's

:24:23. > :24:33.I can get in, though I'd still need to programme a key to drive away.

:24:34. > :24:36.But isn't this rather a remote threat?

:24:37. > :24:39.I'd say it's a ?15 piece of Wi-Fi kit you need to crack the key

:24:40. > :24:46.Because these Mitsubishis use this system, their locations can be

:24:47. > :24:49.tracked on a public site which maps Wi-Fi networks.

:24:50. > :24:52.Mitsubishi told us, "We take this matter very seriously."

:24:53. > :24:55.But, the company said, while it was obviously disturbing

:24:56. > :24:57.and would be investigated, there was limited effect

:24:58. > :25:03.If you haven't got one of these clever connected cars,

:25:04. > :25:07.But in a few years' time, just about every new car

:25:08. > :25:10.sold in the UK is likely to have an internet connection

:25:11. > :25:14.That will mean cyber security will be just as important

:25:15. > :25:20.Last year, researchers showed they could take control of a Jeep,

:25:21. > :25:22.even disabling the brakes - more proof that hackers could prove

:25:23. > :25:32.I think we need to be careful with a connected car.

:25:33. > :25:34.Obviously with hackers, we've seen it in the past,

:25:35. > :25:37.people can get into mobile phone devices, they can get into our cars

:25:38. > :25:41.now, maybe stealing data or maybe even controlling what they do

:25:42. > :25:44.Meanwhile, for worried Mitsubishi owners, there is a simple,

:25:45. > :25:50.They just need to disconnect the app and turn off the Wi-Fi network.

:25:51. > :25:57.They're 500-1 rank outsiders, but also the in-form team

:25:58. > :26:01.heading into the Euro 2016 football tournament.

:26:02. > :26:04.Northern Ireland are now in France, and are preparing for their first

:26:05. > :26:07.match against Poland in Nice on Sunday.

:26:08. > :26:09.Katie Gornall's report from the team's base, near Lyon,

:26:10. > :26:17.It wasn't planned, but then the best parties never are.

:26:18. > :26:19.This was the moment Northern Ireland's manager

:26:20. > :26:21.knew they had qualified for the European Championship

:26:22. > :26:27.Before flying out to France, Michael O'Neill told me of his pride

:26:28. > :26:32.It's an incredible achievement for the group of players,

:26:33. > :26:37.not only to qualify but to go there as group winners as well.

:26:38. > :26:41.I think the sense of optimism and euphoria

:26:42. > :26:43.in Northern Ireland is down to the fact that people

:26:44. > :26:51.We're not Brazil, we're Northern Ireland - Michael O'Neill!

:26:52. > :26:53.Their achievement has put O'Neill in the spotlight.

:26:54. > :26:57.But his award-winning career in management nearly didn't happen.

:26:58. > :27:01.When he retired from playing, he became a financial advisor.

:27:02. > :27:04.That changed one day in a department store, ten years ago.

:27:05. > :27:06.We were in Edinburgh, on a Saturday afternoon,

:27:07. > :27:10.My wife and I were looking at jumpers or something

:27:11. > :27:15.I just felt like there was something...

:27:16. > :27:18.I thought, it's Saturday afternoon, I shouldn't be here,

:27:19. > :27:22.this isn't what I've spent my life doing on Saturday afternoons.

:27:23. > :27:24.O'Neill took a part-time job at Cowdenbeath before

:27:25. > :27:26.building his reputation at Brechin City in the

:27:27. > :27:33.When he took them into Europe on limited resources,

:27:34. > :27:37.Northern Ireland decided he was the man for them.

:27:38. > :27:39.Northern Ireland may be rank outsiders, but they arrive

:27:40. > :27:46.here in France as the tournament's form team, on a 12-game unbeaten run

:27:47. > :27:48.that's given this squad a real sense of belief.

:27:49. > :27:52.O'Neill has managed to change results without changing the squad.

:27:53. > :27:54.We just go that extra mile, just for him,

:27:55. > :28:02.This is his reward, at the end of the day, obviously.

:28:03. > :28:04.Their first taste of the tournament comes on Sunday against Poland.

:28:05. > :28:08.Ukraine and world champions Germany are next.

:28:09. > :28:10.You know, it's taken me ten years to get here,

:28:11. > :28:12.and it's been ten years of hard work.

:28:13. > :28:14.But it's immensely rewarding, when you get the opportunity

:28:15. > :28:18.to lead your country to a major tournament.

:28:19. > :28:21.And, if Northern Ireland continue to defy expectations,

:28:22. > :28:24.O'Neill may struggle to stay under the radar much longer.

:28:25. > :28:32.The playwright Sir Peter Shaffer, described as one of the greats

:28:33. > :28:36.of British theatre, has died at the age of 90.

:28:37. > :28:40.He enjoyed success in the UK and on Broadway, with plays

:28:41. > :28:43.including Equus and Amadeus, his drama about the composers Mozart

:28:44. > :28:47.and Salieri which was turned into an Oscar winning film.

:28:48. > :28:51.Our arts editor Will Gompertz looks back at his life and career.

:28:52. > :28:57.A scene from Equus, Peter Shaffer's 1973 play about a teenage boy

:28:58. > :29:02.who blinded six horses with a metal spike.

:29:03. > :29:06.This way and that way, his neck comes out of my body...

:29:07. > :29:09.It had huge success on both sides of the Atlantic but not

:29:10. > :29:13.The playwright said it caused a scandal in the UK

:29:14. > :29:16.because it was cruel to animals and a scandal in America because it

:29:17. > :29:22.Tragedy is not for me a conflict between...

:29:23. > :29:24.Or for anybody, I suspect, between demonstrable right

:29:25. > :29:29.It is a collision between two different kinds of right.

:29:30. > :29:39.I think that is what I was trying to do in Equus.

:29:40. > :29:41.I think each of them is incomplete and damaged.

:29:42. > :29:44.I look at pictures of centaurs trampling the soil of Argos

:29:45. > :29:46.and outside my window, that boy's trying to become one

:29:47. > :29:50.In 1977, his screenplay of Equus for a film starring Richard Burton

:29:51. > :30:00.He stands for an hour in the dark, sucking the sweat of

:30:01. > :30:06.Many of Peter Shaffer's plays were given their premiere

:30:07. > :30:08.at the National Theatre, including Amadeus in 1979,

:30:09. > :30:10.his tale about the rivalry between composers Antonio

:30:11. > :30:12.Salieri and Mozart, who was played by Simon Callow.

:30:13. > :30:15.It was a sensational experience because it was a very

:30:16. > :30:19.Many people were very, very shocked by it but Peter's

:30:20. > :30:22.brilliance was that he shocked them and then he made them fall in love

:30:23. > :30:24.with him and finally, to be very deeply moved

:30:25. > :30:30.The play was directed by Sir Peter Hall, who witnessed

:30:31. > :30:32.the painstaking and to some, painful way in which

:30:33. > :30:36.Peter Shaffer is a wonderful writer but he writes by constantly

:30:37. > :30:44.He would sit in rehearsals scribbling away, while the actors

:30:45. > :30:47.looked out of the corner of their eyes and thought, "Right,

:30:48. > :30:56.So, and you liked it, you really liked it.

:30:57. > :31:03.He won an Oscar for his screenplay of Amadeus.

:31:04. > :31:06.My great pleasure is that Mozart has now reached millions and millions

:31:07. > :31:08.of people who had not heard him before.

:31:09. > :31:10.Peter Shaffer was a funny, intelligent, cultured man,

:31:11. > :31:13.whose childhood interest in the theatre turned

:31:14. > :31:25.into a lifelong love affair which was wonderful for him and us.

:31:26. > :31:27.The playwright Sir Peter Shaffer, who has died at the age of 90.