:22:30. > :22:33.claim progress after Cardiff talks held to ease tension on the streets
:22:33. > :22:43.this summer. The daughter of a pensioner stabbed to death tells a
:22:43. > :22:43.
:22:43. > :49:26.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 1602 seconds
:49:26. > :49:30.court about finding her injured two days of talks in Cardiff at the
:49:30. > :49:34.weekend have described them as positive and constructive. Senior
:49:34. > :49:37.police officers, politicians and community leaders say an agreement
:49:37. > :49:40.they reached could reduce the potential for violence on the
:49:40. > :49:47.streets this summer. Discussions ended with a pledge of support for
:49:47. > :49:51.the PSNI. Hide the PSNI dealt with protests
:49:51. > :49:55.over the flying of the union flag over Belfast City Hall was the
:49:55. > :50:01.subject of much he did debate. Republicans accuse the police of
:50:01. > :50:05.standing by and facilitating illegal parades. Loyalists accused them of
:50:05. > :50:10.being heavy-handed and even brutal in their response. The police say
:50:10. > :50:14.they were caught in the middle. They were criticised and attacked by both
:50:14. > :50:17.sides. Two days of talks in this hotel were aimed at reducing
:50:17. > :50:23.tensions between loyalists and Republican committees and the PSNI.
:50:23. > :50:29.They ended with an agreed statement affirming support for the police and
:50:29. > :50:33.their duty to uphold the law. important thing is that after months
:50:33. > :50:36.of disrespect for rule of law, of attacks on the PSNI and public
:50:36. > :50:41.representatives, we got everyone back to where we should always be
:50:41. > :50:45.which is affecting the fundamental centrality of the rule of law in our
:50:45. > :50:54.society and the importance of understanding and supporting the
:50:54. > :51:00.PSNI. None of us are naive about the event in Northern Ireland. What I
:51:00. > :51:10.was impressed with was the sense of collective purpose of the people in
:51:10. > :51:11.
:51:11. > :51:21.that room and the will to make this work. It cost � 26,000 to hold these
:51:21. > :51:26.talks. It cost around �7 million to police contentious parades last
:51:26. > :51:30.summer. If these talks create a better political atmosphere and
:51:30. > :51:35.reduce tensions and the potential for violence, the PSNI will continue
:51:35. > :51:38.to say it is a small price to pay. All those who took part in the talks
:51:38. > :51:44.have described them as positive and constructive but will they have any
:51:44. > :51:47.impact on the streets of Belfast? This is about policing with the
:51:47. > :51:53.community and the relationship between the police and the community
:51:54. > :51:59.and in that parameter, the weekend has been a success. There are always
:51:59. > :52:03.those people who will not listen to anyone, who are intent on disruption
:52:03. > :52:09.and had no conservation to make to society, that is a fact of life. But
:52:09. > :52:15.we should do what we can do and that's what we are determined to do.
:52:16. > :52:19.They have agreed to keep channels of communication open. The police have
:52:19. > :52:24.also agreed to give advance notice about high they will police major
:52:24. > :52:29.public events. Further talks are planned in Belfast in the near
:52:29. > :52:33.future. The daughter of a Coleraine
:52:33. > :52:37.pensioner who died two months after he was stabbed as described seeing
:52:37. > :52:42.her father just moments after he was attacked. Norman Moffat was
:52:42. > :52:44.assaulted in the street in 2001. Natasha Sayee reports from the trial
:52:44. > :52:51.of James Alexander McCook who is accused of his murder.
:52:51. > :52:54.Norman Moffat took to the witness stand in what was clearly an
:52:54. > :52:57.emotional experience for her. Her voice was breaking and the judge
:52:58. > :53:01.told her to take her time saying he understood how difficult this would
:53:01. > :53:07.be for her and expressed his sympathies to the family. She told
:53:07. > :53:12.Antrim Crown Court that in 2001, she lived with her parents. She said her
:53:12. > :53:16.father had ideally early morning routine, walking to the same
:53:16. > :53:20.newsagents at the same time to get his newspapers. She told the court
:53:21. > :53:24.that on the day he was attacked, her father had returned to the hives,
:53:24. > :53:28.calling his wife was like name and asking for a doctor. She said when
:53:28. > :53:33.she heard that, she knew something was wrong and came downstairs to
:53:33. > :53:38.find him in a chair, looked as if he was in pain and there was blood on
:53:38. > :53:41.his jumper. She said, her mother returned to her and said he had been
:53:41. > :53:47.stabbed. The pensioner was then taken by and plans to the nearby
:53:48. > :53:51.costly hospital but after two emergency surgeries, his situation
:53:51. > :53:55.did not improve. He was then transferred to the Ulster Hospital
:53:55. > :53:59.but he died with his wife and daughter at his bedside two months
:54:00. > :54:08.after the attack. The man accused of the murder is 43-year-old James
:54:08. > :54:14.Alexander Walker. -- James Alexander McCook. He denies the charge against
:54:14. > :54:18.him and the trial continues here tomorrow.
:54:18. > :54:22.The SDLP says it will block a bill designed to stop former prisoners
:54:22. > :54:25.with serious convictions and holding posts as special advisers at
:54:25. > :54:29.Stormont. It believes the legislation, tabled by Jim
:54:29. > :54:32.Allister, does not have an effective appeals mechanism. The bill passed
:54:32. > :54:38.another stage this evening despite opposition from nationalists. You'll
:54:38. > :54:41.we have made every attempt to shape this into good law, that has not
:54:41. > :54:47.been successful and I think at this stage we are considering supporting
:54:47. > :54:54.petition of concern. Are you going to do it Yes, we probably will do
:54:54. > :54:58.You can see more on that issue on Stormont Today over on BBC Two at 20
:54:58. > :55:03.past 11. A major new Dracula movie is to be
:55:03. > :55:07.made here later this year. It will be based in Belfast but filmed
:55:07. > :55:13.across various locations. The three-month issue -- should is due
:55:13. > :55:17.to begin in August will stop about half of the film will be shot on
:55:17. > :55:23.stages where they build sets and half on locations.
:55:23. > :55:29.The locations are not known yet but the primary stage is in an old
:55:29. > :55:34.factory of the Castlereagh Road. We have had other medieval style
:55:34. > :55:39.projects, we also have the right sort of locations and we have a
:55:39. > :55:43.wonderful depth of skill for this so there are a wide range of
:55:44. > :55:49.opportunities across all the construction trades, the catering,
:55:49. > :55:52.all of the facilities. After the Northwest 200 was
:55:52. > :55:56.abandoned due to the brain, the first minister has backed calls for
:55:56. > :56:00.more pics ability in rules closing orders at the event. The organisers
:56:00. > :56:08.are calling for changes to the law to allow race days to be moved to
:56:08. > :56:15.avoid bad weather. IMac this is becoming an all too familiar sight
:56:16. > :56:20.at the Northwest 200. Empty stands and standing water. This rain took
:56:20. > :56:26.things to a whole new level. 12 months of preparation was washed
:56:26. > :56:30.away and organisers were left frustrated again. It is the lack of
:56:30. > :56:35.flexibility and the lack of rules closing order, not being able to do
:56:35. > :56:44.anything about it. The Northwest 200 has been running for a long number
:56:44. > :56:49.of years with very little support. There is no real backing behind the