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claim progress after Cardiff talks held to ease tension on the streets

this summer. The daughter of a pensioner stabbed to death tells a

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court about finding her injured two days of talks in Cardiff at the

weekend have described them as positive and constructive. Senior

police officers, politicians and community leaders say an agreement

they reached could reduce the potential for violence on the

streets this summer. Discussions ended with a pledge of support for

the PSNI. Hide the PSNI dealt with protests

over the flying of the union flag over Belfast City Hall was the

subject of much he did debate. Republicans accuse the police of

standing by and facilitating illegal parades. Loyalists accused them of

being heavy-handed and even brutal in their response. The police say

they were caught in the middle. They were criticised and attacked by both

sides. Two days of talks in this hotel were aimed at reducing

tensions between loyalists and Republican committees and the PSNI.

They ended with an agreed statement affirming support for the police and

their duty to uphold the law. important thing is that after months

of disrespect for rule of law, of attacks on the PSNI and public

representatives, we got everyone back to where we should always be

which is affecting the fundamental centrality of the rule of law in our

society and the importance of understanding and supporting the

PSNI. None of us are naive about the event in Northern Ireland. What I

was impressed with was the sense of collective purpose of the people in

that room and the will to make this work. It cost � 26,000 to hold these

talks. It cost around �7 million to police contentious parades last

summer. If these talks create a better political atmosphere and

reduce tensions and the potential for violence, the PSNI will continue

to say it is a small price to pay. All those who took part in the talks

have described them as positive and constructive but will they have any

impact on the streets of Belfast? This is about policing with the

community and the relationship between the police and the community

and in that parameter, the weekend has been a success. There are always

those people who will not listen to anyone, who are intent on disruption

and had no conservation to make to society, that is a fact of life. But

we should do what we can do and that's what we are determined to do.

They have agreed to keep channels of communication open. The police have

also agreed to give advance notice about high they will police major

public events. Further talks are planned in Belfast in the near

future. The daughter of a Coleraine

pensioner who died two months after he was stabbed as described seeing

her father just moments after he was attacked. Norman Moffat was

assaulted in the street in 2001. Natasha Sayee reports from the trial

of James Alexander McCook who is accused of his murder.

Norman Moffat took to the witness stand in what was clearly an

emotional experience for her. Her voice was breaking and the judge

told her to take her time saying he understood how difficult this would

be for her and expressed his sympathies to the family. She told

Antrim Crown Court that in 2001, she lived with her parents. She said her

father had ideally early morning routine, walking to the same

newsagents at the same time to get his newspapers. She told the court

that on the day he was attacked, her father had returned to the hives,

calling his wife was like name and asking for a doctor. She said when

she heard that, she knew something was wrong and came downstairs to

find him in a chair, looked as if he was in pain and there was blood on

his jumper. She said, her mother returned to her and said he had been

stabbed. The pensioner was then taken by and plans to the nearby

costly hospital but after two emergency surgeries, his situation

did not improve. He was then transferred to the Ulster Hospital

but he died with his wife and daughter at his bedside two months

after the attack. The man accused of the murder is 43-year-old James

Alexander Walker. -- James Alexander McCook. He denies the charge against

him and the trial continues here tomorrow.

The SDLP says it will block a bill designed to stop former prisoners

with serious convictions and holding posts as special advisers at

Stormont. It believes the legislation, tabled by Jim

Allister, does not have an effective appeals mechanism. The bill passed

another stage this evening despite opposition from nationalists. You'll

we have made every attempt to shape this into good law, that has not

been successful and I think at this stage we are considering supporting

petition of concern. Are you going to do it Yes, we probably will do

You can see more on that issue on Stormont Today over on BBC Two at 20

past 11. A major new Dracula movie is to be

made here later this year. It will be based in Belfast but filmed

across various locations. The three-month issue -- should is due

to begin in August will stop about half of the film will be shot on

stages where they build sets and half on locations.

The locations are not known yet but the primary stage is in an old

factory of the Castlereagh Road. We have had other medieval style

projects, we also have the right sort of locations and we have a

wonderful depth of skill for this so there are a wide range of

opportunities across all the construction trades, the catering,

all of the facilities. After the Northwest 200 was

abandoned due to the brain, the first minister has backed calls for

more pics ability in rules closing orders at the event. The organisers

are calling for changes to the law to allow race days to be moved to

avoid bad weather. IMac this is becoming an all too familiar sight

at the Northwest 200. Empty stands and standing water. This rain took

things to a whole new level. 12 months of preparation was washed

away and organisers were left frustrated again. It is the lack of

flexibility and the lack of rules closing order, not being able to do

anything about it. The Northwest 200 has been running for a long number

of years with very little support. There is no real backing behind the