:00:12. > :00:16.Good evening. Welcome to BBC Newsline. The SDLP's deputy leader
:00:16. > :00:20.says the decision not to give him a ministerial post in the new
:00:20. > :00:24.Executive was not a factor in his decision to challenge Margaret
:00:24. > :00:30.Ritchie for the leadership. The MLA from Mid-Ulster says party members
:00:30. > :00:34.are telling him there needs to be changed.
:00:34. > :00:41.I listened very carefully to people at all levels within the party and
:00:41. > :00:45.our support base. For that reason, I have made the decision and
:00:45. > :00:49.stepped up to the plate. It is time for me to put my hat into the ring
:00:49. > :00:54.and offer myself for legislation -- for leadership.
:00:54. > :00:58.New legislation outlawing sectarian chants and drinking on the way to
:00:58. > :01:03.rugby, Gaelic Athletic Association and football matches comes into
:01:03. > :01:07.force today. The Justice Minister David Ford says the measures are
:01:07. > :01:14.aimed at making sporting events family friendly.
:01:14. > :01:19.Young people today learning about playing sport and a safe and
:01:19. > :01:23.respectable way. Recently, violence caused by drink and a tax on
:01:23. > :01:30.players from the terraces have emerged as problems. These are two
:01:30. > :01:33.of the issues the new laws set out today to tackle. It means fines can
:01:33. > :01:37.be applied to throwing something that could cause an injury,
:01:37. > :01:41.invading the pitch or sectarian chanting. The Justice Minister says
:01:41. > :01:45.the changes sure the Assembly is taking this seriously.
:01:45. > :01:49.This legislation will back up the good work that has been done.
:01:49. > :01:53.Stewards will have the force of the law as they seek to in -- enforce
:01:53. > :01:57.good behaviour, and someone facing a fine for sectarian chanting
:01:57. > :02:01.should learn that good behaviour makes it -- good behaviour is
:02:01. > :02:05.expected. Pre-match drinking could also lead
:02:05. > :02:12.to three months in jail, as could having flares or fireworks in
:02:12. > :02:16.grounds. A major search is under way for a
:02:16. > :02:20.yacht that left the Isle of Man last night and was expected to are
:02:21. > :02:25.rife in our glass. The brother of the man on board has said he
:02:25. > :02:35.expected him this morning and he told him he had difficulty with a
:02:35. > :02:39.
:02:39. > :02:44.Three men allegedly involved in riots in the Ardoyne area of
:02:44. > :02:48.Belfast of July 12th have appeared in court. The men, who face charges
:02:48. > :02:53.of riotous behaviour, were refused bail after the judge said that
:02:53. > :02:58.there had been widespread revulsion at the violence. The judge said he
:02:58. > :03:02.could not take the risk of allowing either of the two men out on bail.
:03:02. > :03:10.A third man was granted bail. He was charged with a riotous Assembly
:03:10. > :03:14.and throwing a petrol bomb. At Tyrone GAA fan has drowned in
:03:14. > :03:20.the River Liffey. The man had stayed on in the City
:03:20. > :03:23.after seeing Tyrone when in Croke Park on Saturday afternoon. It is
:03:23. > :03:29.understood he fell into the river in the city during the early hours
:03:29. > :03:34.of yesterday morning. A post-mortem examination is being
:03:34. > :03:44.carried out, but the guard that are not treating the death as
:03:44. > :03:48.
:03:48. > :03:54.suspicious. -- the Gardai. A complaint has been raised about a
:03:54. > :03:59.placard allegedly carried during the weekend's de protests. A man
:03:59. > :04:08.carrying a placard saying Jesus had two dads and he turned out just
:04:08. > :04:11.fine was declared unacceptable. BBC News services in Northern
:04:11. > :04:17.Ireland have been disrupted due to strike action by the National Union
:04:17. > :04:20.of journalists. The strike was called in protest over compulsory
:04:20. > :04:23.peace redundancies. It is the second 24-hour strike in a
:04:23. > :04:27.fortnight. fortnight.
:04:27. > :04:34.Time for a look at the weather brought back there will be some
:04:34. > :04:37.showers in the east border town. Otherwise a dry night. -- there
:04:37. > :04:41.will be some showers in the east for a time.
:04:41. > :04:47.Tomorrow, any mist will burn off early in the morning and then it
:04:47. > :04:52.will be mainly dry and bright with some sunny intervals and like winds.