:00:25. > :00:30.Good evening. The Kingsmill massacre: An investigation it says
:00:30. > :00:37.that it was a sectarian killing by the IRA.
:00:37. > :00:43.The independence of the Police Ombudsman is questions.
:00:43. > :00:48.Well cutting business tax be a cure for all our ills?
:00:48. > :00:53.Surviving the sexual abuse: one woman's story of how she moved on
:00:53. > :00:58.with her life. We are in the States with the
:00:58. > :01:08.champion, Graeme McDowell. And the unsettled weather macro
:01:08. > :01:08.
:01:08. > :01:17.theme continues. There is a risk of heavy rain tomorrow morning.
:01:17. > :01:21.It is known as the Kingsmill massacre. The murder of 10 men.
:01:21. > :01:26.Although the killings were claimed at the time by a republican group,
:01:26. > :01:29.they were believed to have been carried out by the IRA. Now, a
:01:29. > :01:37.report by the Historical Enquiries Team has confirmed that to be the
:01:37. > :01:44.case. Here is our district journalist with more: It would be
:01:44. > :01:50.hard to overstate the horror. 12 innocent men ordered off the
:01:50. > :01:55.minibus, not knowing what would happen. The one a Catholic was told
:01:55. > :02:01.to walk away, and not looked back. Today, we know a little bit more
:02:01. > :02:08.about the slaughter that unfolded. 11 gunmen stepped forward. They
:02:08. > :02:13.were hardened killers, armed with guns. In total, they fired over 100
:02:13. > :02:18.shops in less than one minute. As their victims lay bleeding on the
:02:18. > :02:23.ground, the order was given to give and -- finish them off. Over the
:02:23. > :02:33.years, there's been a suggestion that this was some kind of renegade
:02:33. > :02:38.republican group. This report will put that record straight. This was
:02:38. > :02:46.the work of the IRA. It was planned many months in advance, and was
:02:46. > :02:50.motivated purely and simply by sectarian hatred. The only reason
:02:50. > :02:55.is because of the Protestants. There were no security forces
:02:55. > :03:05.involved, no terrorists. It was solely because they were
:03:05. > :03:05.
:03:06. > :03:11.Protestants. It had been planned months beforehand. It was brought
:03:11. > :03:14.forward because of previous killings.
:03:14. > :03:24.C seven members of the Historical Enquiries Team briefed the families
:03:24. > :03:31.
:03:31. > :03:37.of its report. These men are the ongoing subject of the inquiry in
:03:37. > :03:43.Northern Ireland. This was the IRA's working. This would be a
:03:43. > :03:47.deeply emotional report to deal with. We hope it will give comfort
:03:47. > :03:57.and highlight the true story of what really took place at King's
:03:57. > :03:59.
:03:59. > :04:04.Mill. We still strive for just as. One of the guys said there had been
:04:04. > :04:09.at 20 named in the Assembly team, 19 were in jail. That does not give
:04:09. > :04:13.us a sense of justice. We are here for the long haul. This is not the
:04:14. > :04:22.end of it. The full report will be made public
:04:22. > :04:25.on Tuesday. A couple in their eighties have
:04:25. > :04:29.denied killing of their disabled granddaughter 10 years ago. David
:04:29. > :04:34.and Sarah Johnston from Glengormley are accused of manslaughter and
:04:34. > :04:38.cruelty towards Rebecca McKeown, who was 14 when she died. Rebecca
:04:38. > :04:45.was blind and unable to speak. She died five days after she had been
:04:45. > :04:50.looked after her grandparents. The judge said the trial may not be
:04:50. > :04:54.heard this year. An Independent humans rights group
:04:54. > :04:57.has accused the Northern Ireland Office of interfering in the
:04:57. > :05:02.process that led to the appointment of the Police Ombudsman, Al
:05:02. > :05:07.Hutchinson. The Committee on the Administration of Justice says it
:05:07. > :05:15.has concerns about Al Hutchinson's independence.
:05:15. > :05:21.Al Hutchinson is in the eye of a growing storm. There are two
:05:21. > :05:26.investigations into the claims that his office has been compromised.
:05:26. > :05:32.His independence has also been questioned. In a report published
:05:32. > :05:38.today, it raises concerns about the recruitment process that led to Al
:05:38. > :05:44.Hutchinson being appointed. research identified irregularities
:05:44. > :05:49.in the appointment process. This in turn raises serious questions about
:05:49. > :05:55.the independence of the offers. These irregularities occurred in
:05:55. > :06:03.three areas: Financial, security betting, and the recruitment
:06:03. > :06:08.process of the Police Ombudsman. The evidence points clearly to
:06:08. > :06:12.interference by the Northern Ireland Office in the recruitment
:06:12. > :06:18.process for the Police Ombudsman. Be report accuses the Police
:06:18. > :06:22.Ombudsman of failing to hold her to account. It says, there is a widely
:06:22. > :06:27.held perception that the police are able to influence the findings of
:06:27. > :06:32.reports. But it stopped short of calling for Al Hutchinson to resign,
:06:32. > :06:39.or encouraging those with complaints not to ask his office to
:06:39. > :06:44.investigate. We are not calling for a boycott.
:06:44. > :06:49.Keeping a watchful eye it was this former senior civil servant, who 14
:06:49. > :06:57.years ago recommended the establishment of an independent
:06:57. > :07:03.Police Ombudsman offers. I would not be concerned if there was this
:07:03. > :07:08.election. It is important that the office should be Independent's.
:07:08. > :07:14.Al Hutchinson declined to make himself available to speak about
:07:14. > :07:18.the report. He issued a statement saying the report does not include
:07:18. > :07:22.a balanced view of the issues surrounding the investigation.
:07:22. > :07:27.Turning to the issue of the recruitment process that led to his
:07:27. > :07:29.appointment, he said those are questions for the Northern Ireland
:07:29. > :07:33.Office and Department of Justice to answer.
:07:33. > :07:41.In a statement, the Northern Ireland Office said the competition
:07:41. > :07:47.to appoint an officer was compliant. This was involved at each stage of
:07:47. > :07:52.the process. You are watching Newsline. Still to
:07:52. > :07:58.come: The north coast's newest tourist attraction gets ready to
:07:58. > :08:06.open for business. We are live with our special
:08:06. > :08:09.Olympic squad as this lot prepare for the Olympic Games in Athens.
:08:09. > :08:15.The Chancellor George Osborne arrived here this evening to hear
:08:15. > :08:20.about what people think about letting Stormont cut business tax.
:08:20. > :08:23.Reducing corporation tax is the key proposals put forward by the
:08:23. > :08:28.Treasury. Our economics editor has more.
:08:28. > :08:35.George Osborne needs a pill to cure could Northern Ireland's economic
:08:35. > :08:42.ills. This home-grown pharmaceutical giant employs 2000
:08:42. > :08:47.people, and a further 1,200 in the United States. It need space for
:08:47. > :08:50.new workers. Its boss thinks cutting business tax is the perfect
:08:50. > :08:58.medicine to help them spread that successful stop the lower
:08:58. > :09:03.corporation tax means we have more money to invest in business.
:09:03. > :09:12.grow jobs, we need to spend the cash, and as you can see behind us,
:09:12. > :09:20.there is building going on. There are lots of knock-on effect.
:09:20. > :09:25.But surely it is just a tax cat -- tax cut for fat cats. If companies
:09:25. > :09:30.do not continue to invest, they will find it difficult to survive
:09:30. > :09:34.in the world economy. The government is considering
:09:34. > :09:40.giving Stormont the power to cut corporation tax. But that money is
:09:40. > :09:45.not gone, it is simply transferred from government spending to
:09:45. > :09:48.business investment. The real trick is that the whole economy grows due
:09:48. > :09:53.to increased employment and increased consumer spending, and
:09:53. > :09:58.that itself leads to more employment and more spending. It is
:09:58. > :10:04.a circle of economic growth. But critics say that is unproven,
:10:04. > :10:11.and taking a slice out of public spending is too big a risk. There
:10:11. > :10:18.will be a big hit on public expenditure. In return, there is no
:10:19. > :10:22.guarantee of any additional jobs. This is a major gamble.
:10:22. > :10:27.The diagnosed condition for Northern Ireland's economy is that
:10:27. > :10:32.too few people work, and those that do, work in the private sector.
:10:32. > :10:38.There will never be a miracle cure for that. The question is whether
:10:38. > :10:43.cutting corporation tax can play a part in the treatment regime.
:10:43. > :10:47.We have been looking at issues surrounding sex offenders,
:10:47. > :10:57.rehabilitation and living back in the community. This evening, we
:10:57. > :11:01.
:11:01. > :11:11.talked to a victim. I was very shy, a very shy child. I
:11:11. > :11:11.
:11:11. > :11:21.did not excel at anything in school. I was quite a withdrawn. I did have
:11:21. > :11:22.
:11:22. > :11:28.friends. But I was always wondering when it would happen again. I was
:11:28. > :11:35.always wandering when I would be abused again. A few things did help
:11:35. > :11:39.me. When I was abused, I was at a different school, and my parents
:11:39. > :11:45.moved me because I was not projecting myself M-class. They
:11:45. > :11:50.thought I was not happy with the teacher. That was a good thing,
:11:50. > :12:00.because that moving school meant he did not have such a regular access
:12:00. > :12:03.
:12:03. > :12:07.to me. But, obviously, he was still there. You did not feel confident
:12:07. > :12:15.as the chart. Did you tell your parents or anyone else? At that
:12:15. > :12:24.point, you do not know what is happening to you. When I was nine,
:12:24. > :12:28.this was when it stopped. Someone told me how you make babies, and
:12:28. > :12:36.that was when the penny dropped, that was when I realised what he
:12:36. > :12:40.was doing to me. The next time he was abusing me, I told him this was
:12:40. > :12:45.how you made babies. I told him I threaten to tell my father, and
:12:45. > :12:54.that is when he stopped. That is when he did not come anywhere near
:12:54. > :12:58.me. If I came into the house, he left. I did not tell my father. It
:12:58. > :13:08.it -- it was a very difficult situation, and I had to analyse
:13:08. > :13:08.
:13:08. > :13:18.that as a nine-year-old. To be honest, about point, as a nine-
:13:18. > :13:21.
:13:21. > :13:31.year-old, it did scummy. -- scarred me. It was the most traumatic time
:13:31. > :13:32.
:13:32. > :13:42.of my life. I was dressing like a boy, covering up up. When I went to
:13:42. > :13:43.
:13:43. > :13:48.university, I realised I was in control. I met him at gatherings
:13:48. > :13:58.and he would have talked to me, but I knew looking into his eyes, we
:13:58. > :14:05.
:14:05. > :14:09.knew each other's secrets. You feel you lost your charted, then?
:14:09. > :14:13.Absolutely. I became an adult at nine, when I realised what had
:14:13. > :14:17.happened to me. I believe I survived the whole process and came
:14:17. > :14:21.at the other end. On tomorrow's programme we will
:14:22. > :14:28.hear about those who work with victims and abusers.
:14:28. > :14:33.It is Father's Day on Sunday, and we are live taking a closer look at
:14:33. > :14:41.Dad's, in particular young dads. Fathers find themselves on the
:14:41. > :14:51.sidelines when a baby is on its way. One project in the north-west is
:14:51. > :14:55.
:14:55. > :15:00.Jason was 17 when he found that he would be a dad. He made big changes.
:15:00. > :15:04.He is around -- one of around 120 young fathers who have been
:15:04. > :15:07.receiving help at this centred. Some are with the mothers, some are
:15:07. > :15:13.not. The majority are unemployed and there are big social problems
:15:13. > :15:17.to deal with, too. We have young men that had experienced
:15:18. > :15:22.homelessness, major issues with drugs, issues from their own family
:15:22. > :15:26.breakdown in the past, through to young fathers who are working and
:15:26. > :15:30.have a lot of family support. The key message is they are all
:15:30. > :15:35.interested in their children's lives and want to be involved, and
:15:35. > :15:41.feel they have something to offer. And it is hugely important to Jason
:15:41. > :15:45.that he is always in his son's like. He admits before Logan was born he
:15:45. > :15:55.was wild, but thanks to the project he says he has settled down and is
:15:55. > :15:56.
:15:56. > :16:01.proud to be involved in all aspects of his care. I work with him 24/7,
:16:01. > :16:04.I taking to the swimming pool and stuff, do normal things that a
:16:04. > :16:09.father and son should do. The best thing that ever happened to me.
:16:09. > :16:14.Jason is with his partner, but almost 40% of young dads are not
:16:14. > :16:17.and access is a major part of the word the project does. Without the
:16:18. > :16:23.young father centre, Jason may have found himself on the periphery,
:16:23. > :16:27.like so many other young dads. But now he is hoping for a good future
:16:27. > :16:30.for his family. His first father's day on Sunday will certainly be a
:16:30. > :16:32.celebration. We normally associate the name
:16:32. > :16:35.Carrick-a-rede with the rope bridge that links the land near
:16:35. > :16:37.Ballycastle to the little island. But the National Trust is hoping
:16:37. > :16:40.people will soon flock to see another attraction there.
:16:40. > :16:46.Our district journalist Nicola Weir discovered an island with a fishy
:16:46. > :16:50.history. They can you not look down, but on
:16:50. > :16:55.the other side, that is what you will need to do to find a hidden
:16:55. > :17:02.gem. This salmon fishery on the island is 300 years old, and this
:17:02. > :17:12.was the last fisherman to use it. When I came here at the start,
:17:12. > :17:18.there was a fair run of salmon, but as time went on the salmon got
:17:18. > :17:25.scarcer and got to be so it really was not worthwhile. There is some
:17:25. > :17:30.rough weather here, some good catches and some poor catches, but
:17:30. > :17:35.you sort of got hooked on the job. For such a small cottage, there is
:17:35. > :17:42.history everywhere you looked. We found these two rusty nails lying
:17:42. > :17:46.on the floor, and he tells me these are the bolts that he replaced on
:17:46. > :17:52.the winch that he used to bring his boat from the sea. Behind the door,
:17:52. > :17:55.white tie that he used to spruce things up. This is a special
:17:55. > :18:01.fishery, very unique. A lot of people have disconnected from the
:18:01. > :18:05.fact that there is a bridge with the reason why that bridge was here.
:18:05. > :18:09.In 2002, he locked the door for the last time and walked away. I would
:18:09. > :18:14.like to say it is exactly as he left it, but it is not quite, but
:18:14. > :18:18.had fully with his help we can put it back to looking like a working
:18:18. > :18:22.fishery so that people can put -- can come down here and get a feel
:18:22. > :18:27.for how it would have been. looks like this room with a view
:18:27. > :18:30.will be letting in more visitors in the future.
:18:30. > :18:33.Absolutely beautiful. Our elite golfers are in action in
:18:33. > :18:35.America and our elite special Olympians are about to head of to
:18:35. > :18:45.the World Games in Athens. Mark Sidebottom is with the
:18:45. > :18:45.
:18:46. > :18:50.athletes who have gathered for a photo-call in Belfast city centre.
:18:50. > :18:55.Good evening. They are off a full warm-weather training in Athens.
:18:55. > :19:01.But first, the focus must be on America, on Maryland. Graham
:19:01. > :19:06.McDowell defending his US Open. Hello, Stephen Watson.
:19:06. > :19:11.A damp start for the defence of his title, but there was a warm welcome
:19:11. > :19:21.for Graham McDowell on the first team. Please welcome the 2010
:19:21. > :19:29.United States Open champion, Graham McDowell. His opening shot...
:19:29. > :19:33.Brought a worried look as he dropped a shot immediately. But he
:19:33. > :19:36.bounced back with birdies at the second hole and the six the for an
:19:36. > :19:43.early share of the lead. He is hoping to become the first golfer
:19:43. > :19:47.in over 20 years to retain the US Open. That is more like it. And if
:19:47. > :19:57.he keeps producing shots like this one at the 9th, he will certainly
:19:57. > :19:58.
:19:58. > :20:05.give himself a fighting chance. Rolling in poets will be key to
:20:05. > :20:09.success. He was unlucky with this effort for birdie. But he has shown
:20:09. > :20:17.plenty of glimpses of the form which catapulted him to golfing
:20:17. > :20:26.stardom last year. Yes, very happy with that. Most factors of my game
:20:26. > :20:31.were in decent shape this morning. My iron play was decent, maybe a
:20:31. > :20:36.bit of room for improvement, but very, very happy in general with
:20:36. > :20:41.bad start. We will keep you updated with a
:20:41. > :20:46.Rory McIlroy's progress at 10:30pm. Now, mate Steven Yetman, whose
:20:46. > :20:51.story is unique. He began life as a Special Olympics volunteer, and in
:20:51. > :20:56.a few weeks' time he will compete in the any to equestrian section.
:20:56. > :21:00.It is a remarkable story, best told by Denise Watson.
:21:00. > :21:06.Horses like Rosie must be immaculately turned out for
:21:06. > :21:09.dressage. Steven Yetman is aware of this, having spent 22 years at
:21:09. > :21:12.Gransha Equestrian Centre. Dressage is just one of the disciplines he
:21:12. > :21:17.will compete in for Ireland at the Special Olympics World Games in
:21:17. > :21:27.Athens. I have never been there before, it will be my first time.
:21:27. > :21:29.It is going to be hard, I won't know until I get there. Stephen is
:21:29. > :21:33.essentially a think the Special Olympics dream. He was a volunteer
:21:33. > :21:43.in Belfast and Shanghai, and he is now one athlete competing for his
:21:43. > :21:46.
:21:46. > :21:50.country at the World Games. Off you go. Put it out to the outside. He
:21:50. > :21:56.has a talent, he has good balance, he is very conscientious and knows
:21:56. > :22:02.when he has to work hard, when he had problems with his hands and his
:22:02. > :22:05.balance, but he has the understanding, and anything with
:22:05. > :22:09.watching the others he sees what it is supposed to look like and has
:22:09. > :22:19.worked hard to get that. From a volunteer to a competitive athlete
:22:19. > :22:19.
:22:19. > :22:23.in the space of five years. Stephen is an inspiration.
:22:23. > :22:26.He is saddled up and ready to go, but he is camera-shy and has
:22:26. > :22:31.disappeared into the crowd! This is a massive deal for the
:22:31. > :22:38.team? Absolutely sued, they have been training for four years in
:22:38. > :22:42.order to get this far -- absolutely huge. The World Games is a huge
:22:42. > :22:45.thing in anybody's book, and when they have trained so much to get
:22:45. > :22:50.where they are at, they are the best they can be in all sorts of
:22:50. > :22:56.sports, so they are excited. concerns, given that Greece is
:22:56. > :23:00.going through an economics Greece? And none that we are aware of. 26
:23:00. > :23:06.athletes are all ready to go to Greece, flying out on Monday, no
:23:06. > :23:11.Troubles whatsoever as far as we are aware. One of them is the very
:23:11. > :23:17.excited, Joyce. It will be your first games, what is your sport?
:23:17. > :23:20.Tenpin bowling. I am extremely excited, I can't wait. You are
:23:20. > :23:26.representing the team here, can you bring back the medals? Definitely,
:23:26. > :23:31.definitely! And for you this kind of preparation makes it, I imagine,
:23:31. > :23:39.more worthwhile, given you are off to the sunshine of Athens, the home
:23:39. > :23:42.of the Olympics? Definitely. I will leave the final word to you, Sean.
:23:42. > :23:48.The Victoria Square have nominated you as their chosen charity this
:23:48. > :23:53.year. What will that mean to Special Olympics? We have to raise
:23:53. > :23:58.at least �15,000 per year to make the charity of the your work, so it
:23:58. > :24:02.is fantastic, thank you very much to Victoria's crept. And a big way
:24:02. > :24:07.from all of the competitors. Back to the studio.
:24:07. > :24:11.Good luck, bring back lots of medal. We have just heard Graham McDowell
:24:11. > :24:16.is on one under, two shops off the lead.
:24:16. > :24:19.Good man, fingers crossed -- two shots.
:24:19. > :24:21.With more than a third of our population suffering from hayfever,
:24:21. > :24:23.the pollen count is pretty important. Until recently though,
:24:23. > :24:27.the local pollen forecast often came from Scotland.
:24:27. > :24:31.But things are going to be a lot more accurate from now on, as our
:24:31. > :24:36.environment correspondent Mike McKimm reports.
:24:36. > :24:40.This is where the story begins, a simple device on the Queen's
:24:41. > :24:45.University with Todd. It swings around, following the wind, and a
:24:45. > :24:50.large fan sucks air through this nozzle. Any pollen grains in the
:24:50. > :24:54.air get stuck on a length of sticky tape inside here, it is as simple
:24:54. > :24:58.as that. The next bit is up to the scientists at Queen's. Each day we
:24:58. > :25:02.come up and take out the tape, put a new piece then, and look at it
:25:02. > :25:06.under the microscope to count the pollen grains, then we relay that
:25:06. > :25:11.information to the Met Office central point. Counting the pollen
:25:11. > :25:15.is not a straightforward job. This is what a pollen grain looks like,
:25:15. > :25:20.the red blob. It has been stained to make it easier to identify. But
:25:20. > :25:25.it is not just pollen that sticks to the tape, anything small in the
:25:25. > :25:29.air can end up in the machine. see all of the Road Traffic, the
:25:30. > :25:34.bonfires, even plankton gets blown out of Belfast Lough on a stormy
:25:34. > :25:36.day and end up in the trap. It is quite remarkable what you see.
:25:37. > :25:41.is a bad time this year for hayfever sufferers but Pollan is
:25:41. > :25:45.not the only thing about. One other thing you appreciate from looking
:25:45. > :25:49.at this is what is in the atmosphere that we read, anything
:25:49. > :25:57.from bits of insects to tiny hairs, from a real-life from Belfast Lough
:25:57. > :25:59.and even round wormed. The air is not as fresh as we
:25:59. > :26:08.thought! Let's get the forecast for hayfever
:26:08. > :26:13.sufferers and the rest of us. The good thing about this month's
:26:13. > :26:17.call weather is that it keeps the pollen count low -- cool weather.
:26:17. > :26:21.Last night, you may have been looking to the skies to catch the
:26:21. > :26:25.lunar eclipse. Unfortunately the cloud came in a bit too much for
:26:25. > :26:32.the eastern areas, but we had a picture from done Gannon and
:26:32. > :26:38.another one from our night sky. There will not be another one for a
:26:38. > :26:45.few years. Today, the story has been sunshine and shalls and we
:26:45. > :26:55.still have some showers at the moment. We could have some heavy
:26:55. > :26:55.
:26:55. > :27:00.ones with Hale over the next hour or so. The next area of rain will
:27:00. > :27:10.be moving 0 tomorrow, heavy for a time, particularly across the
:27:10. > :27:11.
:27:11. > :27:15.eastern counties -- will be moving off. For the rush hour tomorrow,
:27:15. > :27:20.parts of Armagh, County Down, especially, where we will see some
:27:20. > :27:24.heavy rain for a time, so a lot of spray and surface water on the road.
:27:24. > :27:28.The green colours there indicate that heavy rain. It may pass by
:27:28. > :27:33.Belfast for a time but there is a risk of rain across south-east
:27:33. > :27:43.Antrim. Further west, a drier picture, a few showers around, but
:27:43. > :27:43.
:27:43. > :27:47.not so West -- not so wet. Comparatively dry there.
:27:47. > :27:51.Temperatures ranging from 17 in the north-west of 14, 15 in the south-