:00:35. > :00:41.Good evening. The Prime it admits this could
:00:41. > :00:48.split the Church of Ireland. He has the capacity to be a source of
:00:48. > :00:54.significant division. Somehow same time is up for Nigel
:00:54. > :00:58.Worthington after last night's hammering. I have had enough of
:00:58. > :01:02.this. He union anger as it is confirmed
:01:02. > :01:05.the casualty unit at Belfast City Hospital will close on November 1st.
:01:05. > :01:14.And as this changeable spell of weather continues, I'll have the
:01:15. > :01:17.latest on what to expect where you are.
:01:17. > :01:23.A defence barrister has accused a loyalist supergrass of making up
:01:23. > :01:28.his evidence. It's the second day of one of the largest trials in
:01:28. > :01:31.Northern Ireland for decades. Robert Stewart is one of two
:01:31. > :01:35.witnesses in the trial of former UVF member Mark Haddock, and 13
:01:35. > :01:38.other men. Nine of them are charged with the murder of the UDA man
:01:38. > :01:40.Tommy English during a Loyalist Feud in the year 2000.
:01:40. > :01:43.Under questioning today by the barrister defending Mark Haddock,
:01:43. > :01:46.Mr Stewart was asked about discrepancies between his claims in
:01:46. > :01:54.court, and earlier police interviews. BBC Newsline's Will
:01:54. > :01:59.Leitch reports. A day in court which quickly got to
:01:59. > :02:04.the nub of what this trial is about, the credibility of one of two
:02:04. > :02:07.witnesses on whom all proceedings rest. Format UVF member of Robert
:02:07. > :02:11.Stewart, already convicted of aiding and abetting in the murder
:02:11. > :02:17.of Tommy English, spent the afternoon on the witness stand.
:02:17. > :02:22.Under cross-examination by Franco Donoghue QC defending my Caddick,
:02:22. > :02:25.Robert Stewart described how he and his brother had spent Sundays at
:02:26. > :02:31.eight bed and breakfast in the late summer of 2008, how they had seen
:02:31. > :02:36.an advert in a newspaper and decided to give themselves up. He
:02:36. > :02:41.said, we wanted to make a clean break of it. He went on, we
:02:41. > :02:44.couldn't live with our lives any more. The defence went on to point
:02:45. > :02:49.out a series of discrepancies between what Mr Stewart said in
:02:49. > :02:53.police interviews in 2008 at the evidence he gave in court yesterday.
:02:53. > :02:56.The cross-examination of Robert Stewart was detailed and
:02:56. > :03:02.painstaking. He kept insisting that when he handed himself in to the
:03:02. > :03:06.police, he was nervous, under pressure and on prescription Valium.
:03:06. > :03:13.He would make mistakes and leave things out in police interviews.
:03:13. > :03:17.Now in court, he says, he is telling it like it was. One
:03:17. > :03:23.discrepancy he admitted, that's slightly incorrect. The defence
:03:23. > :03:26.barrister said, it's not slightly incorrect, it's completely
:03:26. > :03:32.contradictory to were too suggestive. Mr Shaw replied, it's
:03:32. > :03:35.miners. Robert Stewart faces more questions tomorrow.
:03:35. > :03:38.The leader of the Church of Ireland has spoken publicly for the first
:03:38. > :03:43.time about a civil partnership between one of its clergy and his
:03:43. > :03:45.male partner. Archbishop Alan Harper has told BBC Newsline the
:03:45. > :03:47.issue could cause significant division among the clergy and
:03:47. > :03:50.congregations. The civil partnership in question was in July.
:03:50. > :03:58.It involved a cathedral dean and is the first in the Irish church.
:03:58. > :04:03.Chris Page is in Armagh for us. This has caused controversy around
:04:03. > :04:08.the world, and are now it is on our doorstep. The that's right. This is
:04:08. > :04:13.the first time any clergyman from a mainstream domination --
:04:13. > :04:18.denomination has entered into a civil partnership. The Very
:04:18. > :04:23.Reverend Tom Gordon took his vows in July, as you said, with his male
:04:23. > :04:28.partner of 20 years. Today, the leader of the Church of Ireland,
:04:28. > :04:33.Alan Harper, gave the BBC an interview. It is the first time he
:04:33. > :04:38.spoke about this. We asked him if it was right for clergymen to be in
:04:38. > :04:42.a civil partnership. It's a civil rights in law. The Church cannot
:04:42. > :04:46.prevent it, but we should not pretend either that there is not a
:04:46. > :04:51.range of views in the church on issues of sexuality. What I would
:04:51. > :04:55.say is that all clergy should be more than aware that this is an
:04:56. > :05:05.unresolved and contentious issue in the church, and one that is likely
:05:06. > :05:06.
:05:06. > :05:11.to cause division. This week in the press, there has been a debate
:05:11. > :05:18.between those in the conservative wing of the Church, those who
:05:19. > :05:23.believe that all homosexual practices and wrong, and those who
:05:23. > :05:27.think homosexuals should be able to take on roles in the church. The
:05:28. > :05:32.archbishop agrees this could cause serious division. Are had hoped the
:05:32. > :05:38.debate could be conducted a bit more carefully and generously.
:05:38. > :05:48.is a fact that the bishops are about to address these issues big-
:05:48. > :05:49.
:05:49. > :05:52.game. -- address these issues again. The Archbishop says these recent
:05:52. > :05:56.developments will make the discussions all more urgent. He
:05:56. > :06:01.says he hopes that any talk of a split in the Church of Ireland is
:06:01. > :06:04.premature. Thank-you. It was a nightmare in Tallin last
:06:04. > :06:07.night for the Northern Ireland team and the Irish Football Association,
:06:07. > :06:15.but there could be more Northern Ireland's hopes of qualifying for
:06:15. > :06:18.Euro 2012 were shattered last night in a 4-1 hammering in Estonia. And
:06:18. > :06:21.even the one goal Northern Ireland got was an own goal!
:06:21. > :06:24.The result has brought calls for Nigel Worthington to stand down as
:06:24. > :06:30.manager. Stephen Watson watched an unhappy performance in the Estonian
:06:30. > :06:35.capital Tallin. A after the nightmare of last night,
:06:35. > :06:39.Nigel Worthington Warcup here in Estonia this morning with his team
:06:39. > :06:45.out of them running for a place in Europe -- the European Championship
:06:45. > :06:49.finals. Nigel Worthington has a different view on his future to his
:06:49. > :06:54.fans. He has two games left on his current contract, and he wants to
:06:54. > :06:58.stay on after that. A If Nigel Bolton term wanted to
:06:58. > :07:00.put a brave face on what was a depressing night -- if Nigel
:07:01. > :07:08.Worthington wanted to put a brave face on what was a disappointing
:07:08. > :07:14.night, the fans were having none of it. Nigel, Nigel, time to go!
:07:14. > :07:21.message was loud and clear. Taxi for Nigel. I have had enough of
:07:21. > :07:25.this. We have no penetration at the front. We are all disgusted. I have
:07:25. > :07:35.never left the Northern Ireland match in my life, but I have
:07:35. > :07:36.
:07:36. > :07:46.tonight. Nigel Worthington, getting out. -- Nigel Worthington, get him
:07:46. > :07:52.
:07:52. > :07:57.out. He has to go. We do not have anything up front. A absolute
:07:57. > :08:02.rubbish. A disgrace. I do not agree with the abuse been levelled at
:08:02. > :08:10.them, because he does his best, but it is not working. It was a
:08:10. > :08:16.humiliating defeat for the Northern Ireland. The manager had an answer
:08:16. > :08:22.for his critics. Northern Ireland fans say, it is time for you to go.
:08:22. > :08:27.What is your message for them? I came into their job, the press
:08:27. > :08:33.was, you would not walk away from the job. My answer is, my contract
:08:33. > :08:38.runs out at the end of this year. Until somebody says different,
:08:38. > :08:45.that's the situation as his. Would you like to stay on? Are I would
:08:45. > :08:52.love to have. How frustrated I used to watch a defensive performance
:08:53. > :08:59.like that? I take responsibility, Folly. I am the one in charge.
:08:59. > :09:03.he be packing his bags or staying in charge? That's a decision by the
:09:03. > :09:07.Irish Football Association. still have two games to go. We will
:09:07. > :09:14.not be doing anything until after that. So you will not negotiate a
:09:14. > :09:21.contract for Nigel until after? There. Do they want him to stay as
:09:21. > :09:25.manager? We will have to decide that when it is over. Not a win the
:09:25. > :09:29.endorsement for him this morning, there? A manager is a manager. It
:09:29. > :09:32.is the team on the pitch to perform, and they certainly did not perform
:09:32. > :09:36.well last night. That poor performance may cost Nigel
:09:36. > :09:41.Worthington his job. That's what some of the fans had to
:09:41. > :09:44.say about the manager. Later we've the thoughts of players.
:09:44. > :09:46.BBC Newsline has learned that the IFA is on a potential collision
:09:46. > :09:49.course with Stormont putting at risk the the millions of pounds
:09:49. > :09:56.already agreed for the re- development of Windsor Park. Mark
:09:56. > :09:59.Sidebottom is at outside IFA headquarters in south Belfast. A
:09:59. > :10:02.bad day, it may be getting much worse?
:10:02. > :10:06.This is complicated. I'll try to make it simple. The governement had
:10:06. > :10:10.a pot of money set aside for football. Last year, the sports
:10:10. > :10:15.minister deemed the IFA not fit for purpose because of the way it was
:10:15. > :10:24.being run. That forced the then IFA president and his vice president
:10:24. > :10:27.David Martin to resign. The IFA then carried out an independent
:10:27. > :10:29.review, which satisfied Stormont enough to sign off on a �61 million
:10:29. > :10:32.package for the development of local football .Now, however, it's
:10:32. > :10:38.emerged that David Martin has applied to become the new IFA
:10:38. > :10:47.deputy president. The election for that post is scheduled to take
:10:47. > :10:50.place in mid October. Mr Martin is well placed to win, and some at the
:10:51. > :11:00.IFA are worried that if he did, it could scupper the finance package
:11:00. > :11:10.and the redevelopment of Windsor Park. As yet, there's been no
:11:10. > :11:26.
:11:26. > :11:29.official comment from Stormont or the IFA. And sheer. -- thank-you.
:11:29. > :11:31.Still to come on the programme. Shared classrooms for Protestant
:11:31. > :11:39.and Catholic children in Fermanagh. And the leafy Malone brings laughs
:11:39. > :11:41.and fame for a new local writer. The date for the closure of the
:11:41. > :11:47.accident and emergency department at Belfast City Hospital was
:11:47. > :11:50.confirmed today - it will shut its doors on November 1st. The health
:11:50. > :11:59.authorities say it's a temporary measure for up to a year because
:11:59. > :12:07.there isn't the money or staff to run it safely. Marie-Louise
:12:07. > :12:10.Connolly is here. The Minister says, we do not the money for three
:12:10. > :12:14.casualty departments in Belfast, so could this measure be permanent?
:12:14. > :12:18.do not think I have ever been in a room when announcement has been
:12:18. > :12:23.made and those listening simply did not trust of believe what managers
:12:23. > :12:29.were telling them, that this is a temporary move. Managers are
:12:29. > :12:34.insisting that it is safety led, not funding lead, but workers feel
:12:34. > :12:37.that today marks the beginning of the end of the accident and
:12:37. > :12:41.emergency department at the hospital. There were major protests
:12:41. > :12:47.outside a hospital. Despite the upheaval that this temporary move
:12:47. > :12:52.will bring, the rejigging of Reuters, the temporary car parking,
:12:52. > :12:57.moving staff from one part of the city to another, management insist
:12:57. > :13:03.that this is temporary and they will continue looking for staff
:13:03. > :13:08.writer up to the final minute. would much prefer we were going on
:13:08. > :13:12.with our consultation and making longer term decisions about the
:13:12. > :13:15.future of emergency departments in Belfast. We found ourselves in a
:13:15. > :13:20.position where we must take this position. That's why we have done
:13:20. > :13:27.that. It will give us time to reflect and go out with a more
:13:27. > :13:32.strategic document about the future of A&E departments. Emotions were
:13:32. > :13:37.running very high. They were. Cameras were not allowed to stay.
:13:37. > :13:42.There was a lot of shouting, crying as well. Some nursing members were
:13:42. > :13:46.in the rain. They are very passionate about the City Hospital.
:13:46. > :13:52.There was a poignant moment when a senior consultant addressed the run.
:13:52. > :13:54.He said people have to get out of this mindset that they should have
:13:54. > :13:59.three accident and emergency departments within a few miles of
:13:59. > :14:04.each other. He said he has a childless serious medical condition,
:14:04. > :14:11.and recently, he has had two stag travelling around 40 miles to get
:14:11. > :14:20.his own child treatment. The unions all say they feel betrayed and do
:14:20. > :14:27.What was clear was a lack of planning for the future by any
:14:27. > :14:31.union. The managers in their need to look and consider how they
:14:31. > :14:36.operate. From my point of view and I think the point of view of the
:14:36. > :14:40.public, it is clear that this is the step towards the final closure
:14:40. > :14:47.of the accident and emergency. We have had been eating and now we
:14:47. > :14:54.have the date. What next? The patients are at the centre of
:14:54. > :14:59.this. People need to know where they go and what services they can
:14:59. > :15:04.expect when they need accident and emergency care. Without that, there
:15:04. > :15:09.will be chaos. It is the start of winter and we know what type of
:15:09. > :15:14.pressures that can bring. Thank you very much.
:15:14. > :15:18.With the new school term days old, there has been a call for a radical
:15:18. > :15:24.rethink of how we educate children. In an open letter signed by well-
:15:24. > :15:30.known names in business and arts, the integrated education foundation
:15:30. > :15:37.has called for all children to be top together in schools. In County
:15:37. > :15:41.Fermanagh, 3,000 pupils from 50 schools learn side by side. Our
:15:41. > :15:47.correspondent has visited one of these cross-community partnerships
:15:47. > :15:50.in Rosslea. Until recently, Catholic children
:15:50. > :15:54.and Protestant children in this small community did not know each
:15:54. > :16:00.other. They shared education programme brings them together once
:16:00. > :16:05.a week. The troubles have left deep scars in this border they are so it
:16:05. > :16:11.has been a big step. After all the troubles, I am sure a
:16:11. > :16:17.lot of people are aware, but teachers in the schools were
:16:17. > :16:21.positive, so we decided to go forward anyway. The only section of
:16:21. > :16:27.the community not affected are the under 10 year-olds so we should
:16:28. > :16:32.start there. The schools are now able to offer
:16:32. > :16:36.parts of the curriculum which they could not deliver themselves.
:16:36. > :16:42.We now have a dance teacher and a music to turn employed through this
:16:42. > :16:46.project. Before, because we were seen as three small schools, the
:16:46. > :16:56.board did not allocate us a music to 80.
:16:56. > :16:56.
:16:57. > :17:02.For the pupils, it is a chance to have fun. -- music tutor.
:17:02. > :17:07.We get to do the different activities, light dancing and music.
:17:07. > :17:11.I like to do different things every day. It is really fun because we
:17:11. > :17:16.get to meet new friends. It is not only the people to
:17:16. > :17:20.benefit from the scheme. I am at home and the only when I
:17:20. > :17:26.get to know people is through the school. Meeting parents at the
:17:26. > :17:31.school gates. It is great for me to get to know other parents, who it
:17:31. > :17:41.turns out live beside me. Shared dedication has been running
:17:41. > :17:45.
:17:45. > :17:49.for two years. More schools want to get involved. -- stared education.
:17:49. > :17:59.Those who have developed sheer dedication and fair manner say that
:17:59. > :18:00.
:18:00. > :18:03.the system needs to change. -- shared education. If we put
:18:03. > :18:13.education first, I am sure we can break down a lot of barriers for
:18:13. > :18:15.
:18:15. > :18:20.Lawyers for the family of a senior RUC officer murdered by the IRA
:18:20. > :18:24.have made a formal complaint to the tribunal investigating the killing.
:18:24. > :18:34.The complaint is of are the non- disclosure of a Garda intelligence
:18:34. > :18:40.
:18:40. > :18:44.document. Our correspondent is in Dublin for us. This is a documents
:18:44. > :18:52.related to another trial and the intimidation of a witness.
:18:53. > :18:57.That is right. A trial bringing charges of alleged fraud. It is a
:18:57. > :19:02.former member of the garden. The person who made the complaint was
:19:02. > :19:07.due to give evidence in court in the months leading up to this. They
:19:07. > :19:12.came under what was described as subtle intimidation. He was stabbed
:19:12. > :19:18.close to where he lived -- stopped by a group of men close to where he
:19:18. > :19:27.lived on the day of court. Today he said, I felt intimidated. Because
:19:27. > :19:32.of the area where I live, when you are told to do something, you do it.
:19:32. > :19:37.There are documents relating to the pressure that he was coming under.
:19:37. > :19:42.The connection to the tribunal was not disclosed to the public.
:19:42. > :19:48.What are the concerns of the legal team representing the family of pop
:19:48. > :19:56.the canon? The representative of the family
:19:56. > :20:01.was very upset. -- Bob Buchanan. He reiterated that families have the
:20:01. > :20:05.right to see the contents of particular document. He said it is
:20:05. > :20:10.a public inquiry and the public also has a right to know. The
:20:10. > :20:13.matter has not been decided on and the tribunal will continue tomorrow.
:20:13. > :20:19.Earlier we heard calls for the Northern Ireland football manager
:20:19. > :20:24.to go after the team's defeat in Estonia last night. Now the players
:20:24. > :20:30.have their say. Two of Northern Ireland's most
:20:30. > :20:34.experienced campaigners have spoken out in favour of the manager. David
:20:34. > :20:42.Healy and Fiona Hughes say that the manager does not deserve to
:20:42. > :20:47.shoulder the blame. -- Aaron Hughes. He has to pick what he thinks is
:20:47. > :20:52.the best 11. We might have differences of opinion. But what he
:20:52. > :20:57.has given is an opportunity, to all of the lads. The younger lads as
:20:57. > :21:01.well. Get behind him and get behind the players. There will be
:21:01. > :21:06.disappointments, but we are Northern Ireland at the end of the
:21:07. > :21:13.day. We do cause upsets and beat big teams. It is hard to keep that
:21:13. > :21:17.up for 10 or 12 games on a campaign. There was criticism, and I think it
:21:18. > :21:23.has been very unfair. Even after three or four games, there were
:21:23. > :21:29.things being said which we tried to run -- to ignore. I do not think we
:21:29. > :21:35.have been negative, I do not think we go out not to win games. We
:21:35. > :21:38.remember who we are, we know we cannot play teams of the park.
:21:38. > :21:43.He does the man being hailed as a hero for Ireland. His defensive
:21:43. > :21:52.display against Russia means that the team is still on course for at
:21:52. > :21:59.least a play-off place. His man of the match performance in Russia was
:21:59. > :22:04.described as being of the best ever seen in an Irish jersey. You always
:22:04. > :22:13.have to be on your toes. But from the front to the back, we all put a
:22:13. > :22:19.job then. How are you feeling? are happy. I take bangs and knocks
:22:19. > :22:26.all the times in games. Like Terry Butcher for England,
:22:26. > :22:35.back in the day. Hard to believe that six years ago to the day,
:22:35. > :22:40.David Healy scored that famous golf. -- goal.
:22:40. > :22:44.I young writer from County Down is on the cost of international
:22:44. > :22:51.success. His book about teenage life in a Belfast grammar school
:22:51. > :22:58.has been published by Penguin. Film studios have been showing an
:22:58. > :23:08.interest. This book is called popular and it
:23:08. > :23:09.
:23:09. > :23:12.is proving just that. The 24-year- old offer has already directed the
:23:12. > :23:22.first stage production of the book which had its premiere in Belfast
:23:22. > :23:23.
:23:23. > :23:27.last night. -- author. I think it is different to anything
:23:28. > :23:31.that has been written about Northern Ireland before but part of
:23:31. > :23:37.the reason that Penguin picked it up for the international market, I
:23:37. > :23:41.hope, is that it is able to make people laugh. It is a school
:23:41. > :23:45.environment that a lot of people are familiar with.
:23:45. > :23:53.You know how everyone says that wearing a backpack on two shoulders
:23:53. > :23:58.is for losers? I thought it was actually cool again.
:23:58. > :24:03.When I had finished the book, a few friends gave advice saying that if
:24:03. > :24:09.it was not about the Titanic, the famine up for the Troubles, nobody
:24:09. > :24:16.would want anything set in Northern Ireland. Thankfully they were wrong.
:24:16. > :24:24.It is a big night for the otter. Hopefully, the first of many. --
:24:24. > :24:28.the author. We hope it works out for him. Last
:24:28. > :24:34.week, hundreds of people flocked to port rush to see some unusual
:24:34. > :24:38.tourists. Two basking sharks were paying a visit. Some took to the
:24:38. > :24:45.water to get a closer look but the council has warned that anyone
:24:45. > :24:50.getting too close could face six months in jail and a �1,000 fine.
:24:50. > :24:56.Basking sharks are protected by the Northern Ireland Wildlife Order and
:24:56. > :25:00.any disturbance is an offence. That story has gained a lot of reaction.
:25:00. > :25:07.As one viewer asked, what happens if it is the shark that comes near
:25:07. > :25:16.the swimmer? A good question. You can check out
:25:16. > :25:25.the Facebook and Twitter pages online.
:25:25. > :25:32.Swimming with sharks. Now the Presumably these basking sharks
:25:32. > :25:37.like some sunshine to Basque in. Not too much of that recently. The
:25:37. > :25:43.rain has been quite persistent in the West and is still in many
:25:43. > :25:53.places at the moment. We have a picture here cent in from a viewer.
:25:53. > :25:54.
:25:54. > :26:02.You can see that rain shower moving in. Thank you very much. There are
:26:02. > :26:07.more pictures On Our Twitter site. The then and they went well he's a
:26:07. > :26:12.way later this evening. A few showers towards the North coast
:26:12. > :26:18.otherwise, temperatures dropping to nine degrees. The next area of rain
:26:18. > :26:25.moves up from the side tomorrow. The rain will arrive later rather
:26:25. > :26:34.than earlier in the day. There are a hot showers in the morning but
:26:34. > :26:39.otherwise fairly dry with a hint of brightness. As the rain will come
:26:39. > :26:46.from the South, towards the North coast, through Donegal and parts of
:26:46. > :26:51.Londonderry, the dry weather will hang on for a good part of the day.
:26:51. > :26:59.15 or 16 degrees will not feel quite so silly. Towards the South,
:26:59. > :27:06.the cloud will fit in. When the rain arrives, it will last a few
:27:06. > :27:12.hours. Things will warm up a little bit. Because the wind is in the
:27:12. > :27:17.South, it will be a milder night tomorrow. A warmer day on Friday.
:27:17. > :27:27.Some drier weather with temperatures up to 19 degrees. The
:27:27. > :27:29.
:27:29. > :27:37.weekend looks Wendy and at times, It has rained an average 213 days
:27:37. > :27:43.in Belfast. And it feels like it. Here are the headlines: a loyalist
:27:43. > :27:47.supergrasses denies making up evidence during a tribunal.
:27:47. > :27:51.After the civil partnership of a gay minister, the Church of Ireland