:00:03. > :00:08.properly. Thousands as bent on drinks at the
:00:08. > :00:12.Northern Ireland exams board. The man in charge admit mistakes.
:00:12. > :00:17.The Police Federation calls for ex- prisoners to be put back in jail.
:00:17. > :00:27.And a better day at Wimbledon. Not bad here either a. Join me later
:00:27. > :00:30.for the forecast. The MTV Music Awards is one of the
:00:30. > :00:35.biggest events on the music calendar. But the organisers have
:00:35. > :00:40.discovered that this year's host is not so welcoming when it comes to
:00:40. > :00:44.licensing laws. This huge event, which should generate millions,
:00:44. > :00:49.will be staged at the Odyssey arena. But the guests will have to find
:00:49. > :00:54.another venue for their party. The bars in the Odyssey close at
:00:54. > :01:04.12:30PM. The licensing trade has renewed its calls for opening hours
:01:04. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:08.to be changed. She is a pop icon, famed for her
:01:08. > :01:12.flam giant performance is as much as her music. Last year, she
:01:12. > :01:17.cleaned up at the awards, one of the biggest events in the calendar.
:01:17. > :01:22.This year, the event will be held at the Odyssey and speak shown live
:01:22. > :01:26.around Europe. But it is on a Sunday night, causing a snack for
:01:26. > :01:30.the organisers. While the awards ceremony will take here, the
:01:30. > :01:36.organisers also plan to have a party for the stars in the pubs and
:01:36. > :01:40.clubs over here. It seemed the perfect venue. The ceremony first,
:01:40. > :01:50.followed by entertainment under the same roof. But one important thing
:01:50. > :01:51.
:01:51. > :01:55.had been overlooked. The licensing laws. His e-mail was sent from the
:01:55. > :01:58.organisers. We want to host the party which
:01:58. > :02:06.caters for the artists in the pavilion next door to the arena.
:02:06. > :02:09.Shutting the bars is not an option. Some argue this illustrates how the
:02:09. > :02:15.licensing wills need reform. So while the awards will go ahead at
:02:15. > :02:19.the Arena, one solution is to split the venue fans take the stars to a
:02:19. > :02:23.private venue at a Harland and Wolff painter Paul. The licensing
:02:23. > :02:28.trade says the issue around the party highlights wider problems
:02:28. > :02:31.with the law and opening hours. Where the rest of the UK had
:02:31. > :02:37.additional hours for the Royal Wedding command our laws do not
:02:37. > :02:42.allow any variations. This was really highlighted when MTV arrived.
:02:42. > :02:46.So we cannot take the opportunity. We need to take the economic return
:02:46. > :02:50.on the investment that has been made here. These people will be
:02:50. > :02:56.socialising, and we have quite stringent laws about the selling of
:02:56. > :03:01.alcohol. The Tourist Board and the city Council are paying more than
:03:01. > :03:07.�500,000 towards staging the event. The hospitality trade says more
:03:07. > :03:11.flexibility is needed to cash in on these special or major events.
:03:11. > :03:17.you have an event that is different to the abnormal event, there should
:03:18. > :03:24.be an opportunity for us to have as set up that works for that event.
:03:24. > :03:28.We do not want to turn this into an industry where people can drink all
:03:28. > :03:33.night long. But if it does retain to a particular event, there should
:03:33. > :03:37.be a method of getting the best out of it. The minister responsible for
:03:37. > :03:41.the laws was unavailable for interview. But in a statement, the
:03:41. > :03:47.department said under normal legislation timetables, there would
:03:47. > :03:57.not be enough time to introduce changes before it the 20th of 11. -
:03:57. > :04:00.- 20th November 11. The feud between the Justice
:04:00. > :04:04.Minister and the legal profession over legal aid continues to
:04:04. > :04:09.escalate, despite a spending watchdog backing the claim that
:04:09. > :04:12.payments here are higher than anywhere else. The Northern Ireland
:04:12. > :04:20.audit office says the system is getting out of control. But
:04:20. > :04:26.solicitors show no sign of backing down.
:04:26. > :04:33.Members of the legal profession are engaged in a bitter dispute over
:04:33. > :04:39.new, lower if thes for legal aid. Solicitors have labelled the fees
:04:39. > :04:43.as yellow pack just as. David Ford says they are still more generous
:04:43. > :04:47.than legal aid payments anywhere else. A report published today
:04:47. > :04:51.supports that view. The findings of this report will be difficult for
:04:51. > :04:55.the legal profession to ignore. The Audit Office is independent of
:04:55. > :05:02.government, and its job is to monitor how taxpayer's money is
:05:02. > :05:06.spent. It says the system does not offer value for money, and it is
:05:06. > :05:11.escalating out of control. Criminal legal aid payments have almost
:05:11. > :05:15.trebled during the past decade, and totalled more than �50 million last
:05:16. > :05:21.year. But the growth in expenditure has not been matched by an increase
:05:21. > :05:25.in the number of criminal 8 cases. In other words, solicitors and
:05:25. > :05:30.barristers are being paid more per case. For it confirms what we have
:05:30. > :05:33.been saying, that there is a serious overspend on the legal aid
:05:33. > :05:38.budget, that legal aid costs run higher here than in England or
:05:38. > :05:48.Wales, and that the Department of Justice is now starting to address
:05:48. > :05:48.
:05:48. > :05:54.a legacy of many years'' look -- neglect. There was no doubt
:05:54. > :05:58.instalment yesterday about the strength of feeling. The going has
:05:58. > :06:04.been very good for your profession over the last 15 years. You have
:06:04. > :06:10.made fabulous money, entirely at the taxpayer's expense. You have
:06:10. > :06:15.been asked by the minister to take a small and realistic cut to you a
:06:15. > :06:22.fee, having laid up a vast treasures over the past decade. Why
:06:22. > :06:28.can I tell someone in the fish factory in Kilkeel that someone is
:06:28. > :06:37.justified in making over �1 million per year after tax payer' expense?
:06:37. > :06:40.The report criticises the system. The authors paint a picture of a
:06:40. > :06:45.system that encouraged barristers to claim the maximum fee possible
:06:45. > :06:50.with little challenge. They also note that members of the legal
:06:50. > :06:55.profession were involved in setting defeats. The report says the
:06:55. > :06:59.commission paid out almost 23 million pints of special fees on a
:06:59. > :07:03.range of cases, even though they did not go to trial or last as long
:07:03. > :07:07.as originally thought. The Law Society, which represents
:07:07. > :07:12.solicitors, says it is unfair to blame members of the legal
:07:12. > :07:18.profession, who are simply claiming what they were entitled to.
:07:18. > :07:21.focus of the criticism is on the design of the cities is him -- the
:07:21. > :07:27.system and the administration and auditing and administration of the
:07:27. > :07:34.system. To that extent, perhaps criticism should be directed at
:07:34. > :07:38.those who designed rather than those who simply used the system.
:07:38. > :07:42.In a statement, the Bar Council said it is committed to achieving
:07:42. > :07:46.value for money, but added it must be done without risk to their high
:07:46. > :07:51.standards and quality of service that currently exist. Meanwhile,
:07:51. > :07:56.the dispute between the legal profession and David Ford continues.
:07:57. > :08:03.Solicitors have now withdrawn their services in 230 cases, leaving
:08:03. > :08:11.nearly 300 defendants without legal representation.
:08:11. > :08:14.Talking about how tax payer's money is spent, the exam body spent
:08:15. > :08:20.thousands of plants on hiring a private plane, and thousands of
:08:20. > :08:24.pounds on a drinks bill. We have already heard about the
:08:24. > :08:29.staggering payments. But we have not heard from the exams body at
:08:29. > :08:37.first hand. Did it tried to justified is bending? Some reasons
:08:37. > :08:41.were given, but they also put their hands up to some failures. There
:08:42. > :08:45.was a hire of a private plane at a cost of �4,000 to take staff to
:08:45. > :08:51.Galway, and the acting chief Executive admits that
:08:51. > :08:55.responsibility for that. I signed off on the decision to charter an
:08:55. > :09:01.aeroplane to take people to Galway. That decision was made entirely on
:09:01. > :09:05.a cost basis. It was made by looking at the comparisons of other
:09:06. > :09:11.options that were available, and also looking at the cost and the
:09:11. > :09:20.time of the people involved. member did agree that it would have
:09:20. > :09:26.been more a cost effective to have a plane, but also looking bad it
:09:26. > :09:36.was at drinks bill of �2,000 at a conference in 2005, and also, in
:09:36. > :09:41.2008, �7,000 was spent to fly her great to Paris. That decision was
:09:41. > :09:50.taken on the basis that this was the end of an eight year quality
:09:50. > :09:55.journey, taking the body to being an organisation that won the
:09:55. > :10:04.European Quality a ward. Was it all excuses, or did anyone take blame?
:10:04. > :10:09.There was a lot of finger waving. They said it would not happen again,
:10:09. > :10:15.there were very strict controls at the moment. But the acting chief
:10:15. > :10:21.Executive did say he regretted some of the spending. On looking at some
:10:21. > :10:30.of the expenditure, I have to say that there have been occasions
:10:30. > :10:34.where that has been excessive. And I deeply regret that. What was the
:10:34. > :10:39.reaction of the education committee? There were a lot of
:10:39. > :10:43.people looking very disapproving and saying so. The chair of the
:10:43. > :10:50.committee said it was a public- relations disaster and damage the
:10:50. > :10:54.credibility of the organisation. Aid DUP member explained that it
:10:55. > :11:01.was bringing the organisations into disrepute. The Department of
:11:01. > :11:09.Education are saying it will not happen again.
:11:09. > :11:14.Still to come: Buried in a box. The World War II plain that came down
:11:14. > :11:20.in Donegal. We found the control panel, and helmet, the first aid
:11:20. > :11:27.kit. There is nothing missing at all.
:11:28. > :11:33.And and an address at less than on the golf course.
:11:33. > :11:36.In an up-to-date version of an eye for an eye, a judge decided today
:11:36. > :11:46.that 13-year-old boy charged with burglary he needed to know what it
:11:46. > :11:52.felt like to lose something he valued. What happened?
:11:52. > :11:58.An unusual case today, as their team year-old boy who faced a five
:11:58. > :12:05.counts of burglary. He was appearing from the young offenders'
:12:05. > :12:09.centre where he is in custody. His bail application was being heard,
:12:09. > :12:16.and during the course of that application the young man was asked
:12:16. > :12:24.whether he had anything that he helped -- held dear. He said that
:12:24. > :12:27.it was probably a games machine. The judge said that in order from
:12:27. > :12:32.and to understand what it felt like to have something taking away from
:12:32. > :12:36.you, he would have to hand back over to the police and would only
:12:36. > :12:41.get it back when the case has been concluded. It was not the only
:12:41. > :12:48.condition that was opposed -- imposed. He was told he was not
:12:48. > :12:51.allowed to have contact with any of the other accused. But it is
:12:51. > :12:59.probably one of the most unusual conditions that we have ever come
:12:59. > :13:02.The head of the Civil Service has defended the decision not to sack
:13:02. > :13:07.Paul Priestley, who was found to have interfered in the political
:13:07. > :13:13.process. Mr Priestley helped to draft a letter that criticised a
:13:13. > :13:18.poll for stalwart committee. Separate figures told the committee
:13:18. > :13:21.that Mr Priestley had suffered loss to his a rut -- salary and
:13:21. > :13:26.reputation. He has not yet been reassigned.
:13:26. > :13:31.The police federation says the PSI and government have been blind side
:13:31. > :13:34.in by the recent growth in terrorism.
:13:34. > :13:39.The annual conference was told that active members of the UVP should be
:13:39. > :13:46.recalled to prison after last week's riots.
:13:46. > :13:48.Delegates stood as the Secretary of State, chief constable and Justice
:13:48. > :13:52.Minister took their seats at the Federation conference. They
:13:52. > :13:56.listened to the list of attacks on police officers over the past 18
:13:56. > :14:04.months, including the murder of Constable Brennan Kerr. The
:14:05. > :14:10.chairman also had this message for -- following the recent riots.
:14:10. > :14:17.UVP attacks resulted in gunmen making murderous attacks on police
:14:18. > :14:22.officers and on civilians. If being a proscribed organisation is to
:14:22. > :14:29.mean anything, action must be taken. The behaviour of the UVP demands
:14:29. > :14:32.that any active members released by virtue of the Good Friday Agreement
:14:32. > :14:38.should be recalled to prison by the Secretary of State for Northern
:14:38. > :14:40.Ireland. Siege generate, 32 officers and
:14:40. > :14:50.their families have been forced to move home because of terrorist
:14:50. > :14:55.
:14:55. > :14:59.The intensity was shocking for us all. It was very local. And it is
:14:59. > :15:04.individuals involved. We will look at their criminality. The reality
:15:04. > :15:09.of the money should be spent on health, education, jobs, rioting
:15:09. > :15:11.doing nothing for anybody. Terry spent was critical of the
:15:11. > :15:21.Police Ombudsman and the performance so far of the policing
:15:21. > :15:32.
:15:32. > :15:37.Her the chairman said that the PSNI The police are treating the death
:15:37. > :15:41.of a woman in Carrick Fergus as murder. The body of the 29-year-old
:15:42. > :15:46.was discovered last night in a house in Patterson's row. A 38-
:15:46. > :15:52.year-old man arrested earlier has been released.
:15:53. > :15:58.Councillors in Castlereagh have been asked to help in the inquiry
:15:58. > :16:08.to how Iris Robinson's former lover of on a council contract. He won a
:16:08. > :16:10.
:16:10. > :16:15.contract to run a cafe. Last month, when the council were shown a draft
:16:15. > :16:19.of the inquiry report, the DUP its -- said there was nothing to
:16:19. > :16:23.suggest impropriety. Fishermen fear Europe will impose a
:16:23. > :16:27.cut in their catches this year despite the latest evidence that
:16:27. > :16:37.many fish stocks in the Irish Sea are either stable or growing. Today
:16:37. > :16:37.
:16:37. > :16:40.the Fisheries Minister met industry It has been tough, these last few
:16:40. > :16:48.years, for many of the 140 boats working out of the counter
:16:48. > :16:55.downpours. But finally, local fishermen are enjoying better times.
:16:55. > :17:02.-- out of the County Down ports. The government has helped our
:17:02. > :17:09.industry. Can't see is brimming with prawns
:17:09. > :17:19.and help politicians. Here, people are saying that if it were not for
:17:19. > :17:29.red tape and science, fisherman's life would be tolerable.
:17:29. > :17:30.
:17:30. > :17:40.Out a bit of 1,500 tons of fish and prawns landed, 90% are stable. --
:17:40. > :17:46.
:17:46. > :17:50.This should be good news but could be translated into 25% cuts.
:17:50. > :18:00.It is the Fisheries Minister he will have to negotiate in Brussels
:18:00. > :18:01.
:18:01. > :18:09.what local boats are allowed to Year-on-year it is the same battle.
:18:09. > :18:17.We need to be more sustainable on this, possibly even a three year
:18:17. > :18:22.approach. The new minister is fortunate that
:18:22. > :18:27.fishing fortunes are on the up. As she heads to her first fishery
:18:27. > :18:31.Council in Brussels this month, she has the strong support of local
:18:31. > :18:38.trawlermen. If it is to continue, she needs to bring back tangible
:18:38. > :18:43.results. In 1941, an RAF Spitfire pilot had
:18:43. > :18:48.to buy it out of his plane on his way home from the Atlantic. -- had
:18:48. > :18:52.to bail out. It crashed in the mountains near Red Castle.
:18:52. > :18:57.It has lain there undisturbed until now.
:18:57. > :19:02.At first glance, it looks just like wreckage, but this is a piece of
:19:03. > :19:09.history which has been found in a peat bog. It is the remnants of a
:19:09. > :19:15.Spitfire which came down here on a Sunday in November 1941. It was
:19:15. > :19:21.unearthed to a chance encounter. Myself and my daughter are headed
:19:21. > :19:25.out to find it, and spookily, we met everybody we needed to find at
:19:25. > :19:31.once, within one minute. They guided us to this garlic aware we
:19:31. > :19:41.found parts of the aircraft. -- to this Gali, Webby found parts of the
:19:41. > :19:42.
:19:42. > :19:46.A team of archaeologists followed the trail and carried out an
:19:46. > :19:50.extensive search to recover the plane. It has all been documented
:19:50. > :19:55.for the BBC. You name it, we found dead. We
:19:55. > :20:03.found the control panel, the helmet, the first aid kit, the straps on
:20:03. > :20:06.the seat. There's nothing missing. You are very excited. It is obvious.
:20:06. > :20:11.If you are a historian, sitting in libraries and dreaming about the
:20:11. > :20:21.past, wondering what happened, here you have evidence for one moment
:20:21. > :20:30.when a plane crashed hard into this The pilot who flew the Spitfire
:20:30. > :20:35.similar to this one was an RAF officer from 133 Eagle Squadron, a
:20:35. > :20:39.squadron composed of Americans. He was based in RAF Edmonton and had
:20:39. > :20:47.volunteered for the British court has the US had not yet entered the
:20:47. > :20:52.war. He was returning to base after maritime convoys when his engine
:20:52. > :21:00.overheated. He told his base he was bailing out. Below him, a young boy
:21:00. > :21:09.watched it all. I thought the pilot -- I saw the
:21:09. > :21:16.pilot. And what about today? never thought I would see this. It
:21:16. > :21:23.is great to see it being down. -- done.
:21:23. > :21:28.During the operation, Irish army bomb disposal experts were put on
:21:28. > :21:33.standby as ammunition were still on board. But the story was a
:21:33. > :21:39.remarkable tale. Having survived the crash, the pilot was interred
:21:39. > :21:44.for a while. He later fought on the American side and also served in
:21:45. > :21:48.Korea and Vietnam. He died in 1994. The remnants of the Spitfire will
:21:48. > :21:58.be taken from the site and cleaned up before being placed in a museum
:21:58. > :22:02.
:22:02. > :22:05.Now, news of big medal hauls and lengthy suspensions.
:22:05. > :22:09.A former Ireland cricket international has been banned for a
:22:09. > :22:14.year following an alleged assault on another player. Desmond Dekker
:22:14. > :22:18.Currie has been suspended following an investigation into a match
:22:18. > :22:24.between his side and the Estonians. The game was abandoned after an
:22:24. > :22:29.alleged assault. Curry has denied the charge and is expected to
:22:29. > :22:33.appeal. Lisburn's Paul Lee McConnell won
:22:33. > :22:43.five gymnastics medals at the Special Olympics World Games today.
:22:43. > :22:43.
:22:43. > :22:49.-- Paulina. There was also a medal for the Women's Bowling competitor.
:22:49. > :22:55.The medal also at by his 20. When it comes to winning big
:22:55. > :22:57.tournaments, all the major golfing players will turn to the
:22:58. > :23:02.relationship with the caddy is important. We thought we would test
:23:02. > :23:12.the theory by using one of Allah and reporters. He carried the bag
:23:12. > :23:17.for one professional golfer this Damian Mini is one of the most
:23:17. > :23:25.experienced players taking part this weekend. -- Damian Mooney. He
:23:25. > :23:30.gave me an insight into what is expected from the man in the back.
:23:30. > :23:34.Make sure the clubs are clean, make sure there's only 14. Make sure it
:23:34. > :23:41.is packed with food, drink me anything that might be required.
:23:41. > :23:45.The caddie with, I imagine, have check the weather Corfe -- forecast.
:23:45. > :23:55.I had not bothered to check the weather, but carefully -- factory
:23:55. > :24:12.
:24:12. > :24:16.You want to be somewhere between They make between at 5% and 10% of
:24:16. > :24:21.a golfer's winnings, but there's little job security.
:24:21. > :24:27.It is one of those things. Golfers are temperamental and you will get
:24:27. > :24:30.it. It depends on the player. There are players who want to blame the
:24:30. > :24:37.caddie. The whole thing is based on individuals.
:24:37. > :24:47.I was on the verge of getting psyched myself, working out yardage
:24:47. > :24:53.
:24:53. > :24:58.Happy days. I think people might appreciate it
:24:58. > :25:03.is not easy to be a caddie. It is physically demanding and you
:25:03. > :25:10.have to be attentive and sharp. You have got to be quick. Although golf
:25:10. > :25:14.is played at a slow pace, you have got to think on your feet.
:25:14. > :25:24.I will give you a shout. Of course, yeah.
:25:24. > :25:25.
:25:25. > :25:35.It is fair to say that I will not The GAA has reduced it is -- is to
:25:35. > :25:36.
:25:36. > :25:39.reduce ticket prices in a bid to We are on BBC Two because of a
:25:39. > :25:44.match at Wimbledon. No doubt it has encouraged a lot of people to get
:25:44. > :25:50.out onto the tennis courts. And the weather has been good for it. Let's
:25:50. > :25:54.get the forecast. As you can see, I'm not exactly on
:25:54. > :25:58.the court. But I have got something better. I have got a great vantage
:25:58. > :26:03.spot. A few rays of sunshine coming through, and of course, a big bowl
:26:03. > :26:07.of strawberries. June has not been a great month for tennis. Now that
:26:07. > :26:10.we have got to the end, the statistics are coming in and they
:26:10. > :26:16.are proving what we all know already. It has been rather cool,
:26:16. > :26:21.dull and wet. Rainfall is around 48% above the long-term average.
:26:21. > :26:24.Those figures will have been added to in places today. Quite a lot of
:26:24. > :26:30.showers on the weather radar crashing across Northern Ireland
:26:30. > :26:35.and the South of Ireland, frequently as well. Still some of
:26:35. > :26:40.those in the North this evening, but they are heading away. But it
:26:40. > :26:47.is a mainly dry night. A bit cool in one of two rural spots, down to
:26:47. > :26:57.four or five degrees. -- one or two rural spots. Tomorrow, don't go too
:26:57. > :26:58.
:26:58. > :27:04.far without the umbrella because the showers will bubble up. Through
:27:04. > :27:10.the morning into the early afternoon, they work East into down,
:27:10. > :27:20.R Markham Main to County Antrim as well. -- it 2 Down, Armagh, and
:27:20. > :27:26.
:27:26. > :27:31.I temperatures of 16 or 17. -- high If you need their umbrella tomorrow,
:27:31. > :27:36.not for long, as the showers should head away. If you suffer from hay
:27:36. > :27:39.fever, it is not good news. The pollen level is high. They are
:27:39. > :27:43.likely to be high towards the weekend, but not much rain on the