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Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor and Noel | :00:17. | :00:20. | |
Thompson. The headlines this Friday evening: An ambulance is ransacked | :00:20. | :00:28. | |
and robbed during a 999 call. Sinn Fein makes history with its first | :00:28. | :00:32. | |
Ard Fheis in Belfast, and its Presbyterian guest. Margaret | :00:32. | :00:36. | |
Ritchie is going as SDLP leader. There's one declaration to run for | :00:36. | :00:46. | |
the position, but who's lining up to join the race? I'm at Bangor | :00:46. | :00:49. | |
castle, where I will be sing tomorrow in the Proms in the Park. | :00:49. | :00:54. | |
Join us later for a preview. Ireland get ready to kick off their | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
Rugby World Cup, the coach springs a surprise. And the weekend will | :00:57. | :01:00. | |
bring strong winds and some heavy rain, but I'll be tracking some | :01:00. | :01:09. | |
potentially stormy and damaging winds for Monday morning. It's | :01:09. | :01:12. | |
thought an emergency call last night may have been a trick to get | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
an ambulance into east Belfast where it was robbed of equipment. | :01:15. | :01:17. | |
While the paramedics were treating a patient, thieves took the | :01:17. | :01:19. | |
vehicle's satellite navigation system and walkie-talkie. That | :01:19. | :01:29. | |
meant it had to be withdrawn from service. Chris Page reports. The | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
ambulance which the thieves targeted is back here at the | :01:33. | :01:38. | |
ambulance station in east Belfast. But it is missing two pieces of | :01:38. | :01:43. | |
equipment. First, a sat-nav unit and second lay hand-held digital | :01:43. | :01:48. | |
radio with they use to keep in touch with other emergency services. | :01:48. | :01:55. | |
The theft could have had serious consequences. The sat-nav had to be | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
replaced at the station that. Meant the crew were not available for one | :02:00. | :02:03. | |
hour. Had been any other calms the response could have had to have | :02:03. | :02:09. | |
come from a neighbouring station and that would have added on vital | :02:09. | :02:16. | |
minutes. The theft happened here. Around 1 o'clock in the morning, an | :02:16. | :02:23. | |
unknown caller phoned 999. Par Med yibs went into the man's house. | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
have been talking to that man, he is in ill health and does ask the | :02:27. | :02:30. | |
neighbours to call an ambulance for him. But he did not do that last | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
night. The police will be investigating if that 999 call auz | :02:35. | :02:39. | |
trick, to set up an opportunity for the thieves. The ambulance service | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
said when a theft has happened in the past, the equipment has often | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
been dumped. So they're asking people in the area to check their | :02:48. | :02:55. | |
gardens. The Sinn Fein Ard Fheis is starting this evening and for the | :02:55. | :02:58. | |
first time the annual conference is being held on this side of the | :02:58. | :03:00. | |
border. Issues, north and south, are up for discussion. Our | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
Political Correspondent Martina Purdy is covering the Ard Fheis for | :03:03. | :03:11. | |
us. Already a guest speaker grabbing the headlines, the | :03:11. | :03:17. | |
Reverend David Latimer? Yes, the minister from the Presbyterian | :03:18. | :03:23. | |
church is at the Ard Fheis. He accepted - o' received a warm | :03:23. | :03:30. | |
welcome. He has been criticised by the DUP's Gregory Campbell and Jim | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
alszair. They say he has been used. But David Latimer seems to be his | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
own man and has brushed aside the criticisms. He would not tell me | :03:39. | :03:44. | |
what he was going to say, but he suggested it would be along the | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
line of giving Sinn Fein credit for how far they have come and the DUP | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
for getting Stormont up and running, but the fact that there is still | :03:53. | :03:59. | |
work to be done. How significant is it that the Ard Fheis is being held | :03:59. | :04:02. | |
in Belfast? I think it is a sign that the political and security | :04:02. | :04:07. | |
landscape has been transformed. Now, I think Sinn Fein in the past may | :04:07. | :04:10. | |
have been sensitive about having an Ard Fheis in Belfast, because it | :04:10. | :04:16. | |
didn't want to be seen as just a northern party. They had a | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
brilliant election from their point of view earlier this year, Gerry | :04:20. | :04:28. | |
Adams is TD for Louth and he has returned with another 13TDs. You | :04:28. | :04:35. | |
will see a confident Sinn Fein. you expect that we may see a | :04:35. | :04:39. | |
nomination for the Irish presidency? Well Sinn Fein are | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
keeping that close to their chest. They are going to nominate for the | :04:43. | :04:48. | |
presidency I think, be they are not saying who it is. The vice | :04:48. | :04:52. | |
president wouldn't be drawn and wouldn't rule out any names. There | :04:52. | :04:55. | |
has been speculation about Martin McGuinness, the bookies have been | :04:55. | :05:03. | |
take odds on him and also the MP for Fermanagh. That was raised in a | :05:03. | :05:06. | |
radio interview. I think Sinn Fein see an opportunity in the fact that | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
the other party have not put up a candidate. We will see, but they | :05:10. | :05:17. | |
will keep us guessing for another week or so. Thank you. And we'll | :05:17. | :05:20. | |
have live coverage from the Sinn Fein Ard Fheis tomorrow at midday | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
and at 9 o'clock tomorrow evening on BBC Two. It was in our exclusive | :05:23. | :05:26. | |
interview last night that Margaret Ritchie revealed she would not be | :05:26. | :05:28. | |
standing again for the SDLP leadership. Today Ms Ritchie's | :05:28. | :05:31. | |
colleagues have been paying tribute to her and spelling out the | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
direction they believe the party should take. So far only the deputy | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
leader, Patsy McGlone, has declared his candidacy. But it's thought the | :05:37. | :05:39. | |
South Belfast MP, Alasdair McDonnell, will also enter the race | :05:39. | :05:42. | |
and other assembly members may be taking soundings. Here's Our | :05:42. | :05:51. | |
Political Editor, Mark Devenport. Last night's decision by Margaret | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
Ritchie has transformed the dynamics of SDLP leadership contest. | :05:56. | :06:03. | |
After she spoke to the BBC she travelled to Armagh to attend an | :06:03. | :06:08. | |
Irish all-stars event. On the guest list were two others likely to be | :06:08. | :06:17. | |
on the ballot paper. Patsy McGlone and Alisdair McDonnell are friends, | :06:17. | :06:22. | |
but that does not mean they won't fight it out when the job is at | :06:22. | :06:28. | |
stake. The party needs a radical change both in terms of the | :06:28. | :06:33. | |
defining our politics and in terms of the energy we put behind them. | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
In other words the organisation. Presumably you would welcome a bit | :06:36. | :06:43. | |
of a scrap for it? Scrap is maybe the wrong word. Within any | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
organisation competition can be healthy and if it leads to rebirth | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
and steadying the ship and regrowth of the organisation, that is a good | :06:51. | :06:54. | |
thing. It notice only the leadership that is at stake. There | :06:54. | :06:59. | |
is a question mark over whether the SDLP's only minister will continue | :06:59. | :07:06. | |
to be this man. But if the west Belfast's career hangs in the | :07:06. | :07:13. | |
balance, maybe he has nothing to lose by entering the race. He has | :07:13. | :07:21. | |
been speculated on just saying well I'm going to lose my Minster smip I | :07:21. | :07:29. | |
may as well go for it. I think he should bow out gracefully. Then | :07:29. | :07:36. | |
there is Connor McDevitt. Who may appeal to a younger generation. The | :07:36. | :07:40. | |
contenders are sprinting o' to the party conference now. But whoever | :07:40. | :07:47. | |
gets the job has a long hard climb trying to overhaul Sinn Fein. In | :07:47. | :07:52. | |
the United States a man has been arrested in relation to an incident | :07:52. | :08:00. | |
in a Gaelic football match that left another man in a coma. The | :08:00. | :08:06. | |
game happened in San Francisco. Patrick Power was arrested by | :08:06. | :08:10. | |
police on Thursday. Still to come on the programme: A poet's | :08:10. | :08:13. | |
inspiration and the home to a celebrated greyhound - finding out | :08:13. | :08:23. | |
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more about our hidden heritage. Barry Douglas and I will be playing | :08:25. | :08:31. | |
at Proms in the Park tomorrow. Join us later for preview. After two | :08:31. | :08:33. | |
days of engagements Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall have | :08:33. | :08:40. | |
completed their visit to Northern Ireland. Our correspondent was | :08:41. | :08:46. | |
there for us. As an organic farmer, Prince Charles has been keen to | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
include an agricultural dimension to his visits here. This time there | :08:51. | :08:58. | |
was a personal interest. The free range chicken produced here is | :08:58. | :09:08. | |
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being sup Floyd over 100 Waitrose stores unthe -- under the dumpy | :09:10. | :09:15. | |
originals brand. He was very -- Under the Duchy originals brand. | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
was very knowledgeable and he wanted to see our standard were | :09:19. | :09:24. | |
that expected. Six generations of this family have farmed here and | :09:24. | :09:32. | |
the farmhouse dates back to the mid 17th century. While the prince | :09:32. | :09:38. | |
prepared to depart, the Duchess of Cornwall was at the RUC National | :09:38. | :09:48. | |
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Semiconductor memorial garden in Belfast. She -- at the RUC memorial | :09:49. | :09:54. | |
guard non-Belfast. It is reward for our voluntary workers, we couldn't | :09:54. | :10:01. | |
run it without them. Then came the final engagement. They met up at | :10:01. | :10:08. | |
this historic village. In the old school room they met children and | :10:08. | :10:13. | |
two living history characters, re- enacting a classroom situation from | :10:13. | :10:20. | |
the 1820s. This was a memable day and in the church hall, Prince | :10:20. | :10:25. | |
Charles enjoyed the market. It is not every where you can pick up a | :10:25. | :10:28. | |
nice fresh duck egg. By the afternoon, it was time for the | :10:28. | :10:38. | |
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royal couple to go. Bringing to an end a very relaxed two day visit. | :10:39. | :10:42. | |
Catholics across the world are getting ready for some significant | :10:42. | :10:45. | |
changes to their daily and weekly mass. It involves changes to some | :10:45. | :10:48. | |
of the church prayers and music. Local dioceses are preparing to | :10:48. | :10:56. | |
introduce the new prayers this weekend, as Kevin Sharkey reports. | :10:56. | :11:00. | |
Out of date and changing from this week. Church responses rehearsed | :11:00. | :11:05. | |
for a lifetime, but no longer in use. One of the first Pam Prime | :11:05. | :11:10. | |
Ministers is in the introduction of mass where the -- first exam Prime | :11:10. | :11:16. | |
Ministers is in the spwrduction where the priest says -- introduest | :11:16. | :11:19. | |
where the priest says the Lord be with you. Their response will be | :11:19. | :11:26. | |
and with your spirit. The old wording has become familiar, even a | :11:26. | :11:32. | |
habit. This church is in the heart of Belfast and it is unusual, in | :11:32. | :11:37. | |
that as well as the standard daily and weekend masses, it has a lunch | :11:37. | :11:42. | |
time mass. And its for such services that the changes will come | :11:42. | :11:45. | |
into effect. I think it is probably necessary. It hasn't been changed | :11:45. | :11:52. | |
for a long time. With need the leaf let to remember. You agree? Without | :11:52. | :11:58. | |
that we're still saying the same words. I don't see the point. | :11:58. | :12:03. | |
reverting to the older church. Anything would be beyond me. All | :12:03. | :12:11. | |
you do is by by the hierarchy. there are changes to music. Where | :12:11. | :12:17. | |
the Gloria is sung, there will be a big change, because of the way it | :12:17. | :12:23. | |
has been retranslated. The reason for the change, a return to a Latin | :12:24. | :12:28. | |
heritage. But why now when there are bigger challenges? There is | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
never a perfect time to go and redesign the prayers that people | :12:32. | :12:37. | |
have become familiar W we have been using this for 40 years. People are | :12:37. | :12:43. | |
familiar with it. There is never a perfect time. Priests in each area | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
are introducing special programmes in schools to make the transition | :12:47. | :12:57. | |
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easier. As long as it doesn't go back to Latin. I don't remember it | :12:57. | :13:00. | |
of course. The drawing offices at Harland and Wolff, Dunluce Castle, | :13:00. | :13:03. | |
tiny Quaker churches - they're all included in what's called our built | :13:03. | :13:06. | |
heritage. And on this weekend's European Heritage Open Days, we can | :13:06. | :13:08. | |
explore what's inside hundreds of these important buildings. Our | :13:08. | :13:18. | |
:13:18. | :13:21. | ||
district journalist Gordon Adair A poet found inspiration in its | :13:21. | :13:26. | |
towers. Dwight Eisenhower locked himself away here to plan Allied | :13:26. | :13:31. | |
victory in Africa. And it was home to a celebrated greyhound. Brownlow | :13:31. | :13:41. | |
House also had a role in the First World War. This is the headquarters | :13:41. | :13:46. | |
of planning. It is one of those sort of things, Irish people do not | :13:46. | :13:51. | |
realise the background and culture and the history that they have here. | :13:51. | :13:56. | |
It is history like this, so often overlooked, bed European heritage | :13:56. | :14:02. | |
weekend will celebrate. For some, it is a passion, a joy, and even an | :14:02. | :14:07. | |
obsession. The first Regiment here before the war it was the Royal | :14:07. | :14:17. | |
Welsh Fusiliers. They stood out there and raised the flag. There it | :14:17. | :14:23. | |
was! Today, Brownlow House is a living museum, as well as a wedding | :14:23. | :14:29. | |
venue and what must surely be the world's plushest Orange hall. This, | :14:30. | :14:34. | |
and over 300 other properties across Northern Ireland are open | :14:34. | :14:44. | |
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this weekend. You can see the full list at BDO week's website. -- the | :14:46. | :14:50. | |
D O E's website. The lock me he has had its name | :14:50. | :14:56. | |
protected under European law. -- Lough Neagh Eel it. What's next? | :14:56. | :15:06. | |
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Agger suggestion of his book. -- At Your suggestion on Facebook. | :15:09. | :15:14. | |
The Irish rugby team is getting ready for the World Cup. If you are | :15:14. | :15:19. | |
a fan, it is an early wake-up call on Sunday. I bet Stephen Watson has | :15:19. | :15:24. | |
his alarmed said! There will be a lot of early | :15:24. | :15:29. | |
morning calls over the next few weeks. The tournament is under way. | :15:29. | :15:34. | |
The All Blacks had an easy win against Tonga after an impressive | :15:34. | :15:39. | |
opening ceremony this morning. A traditional welcome for the world's | :15:39. | :15:45. | |
best rugby players. Aren't start against the USA on Sunday. Declan | :15:45. | :15:49. | |
Kidney has included three Ulster men. Tom Court, Rory Best and | :15:49. | :15:54. | |
Steven Ferris are included, and the scrum half Conor Murray is his | :15:54. | :16:00. | |
first Irish start. There is a lot of pressure on him so as much as | :16:00. | :16:08. | |
possible, we can take it off and deliver him the silver service and | :16:08. | :16:13. | |
get him away from the ruck and see his options. We have to provide | :16:13. | :16:18. | |
that as a team. Rory McIlroy has got his eyes on | :16:18. | :16:22. | |
silverware this weekend. He is tied for 6th place going into the | :16:22. | :16:28. | |
weekend at the KLM Open in the nether lands. Thanks to some | :16:28. | :16:33. | |
fantastic shots like this! This weekend, two amateurs will | :16:33. | :16:39. | |
represent Great Britain and Ireland at the Walker Cup. Alan Dunbar from | :16:39. | :16:44. | |
Rathmore and Paul Carter from Portstewart take on America. -- | :16:44. | :16:48. | |
Paul Cutler. These two golfers grew up just a | :16:48. | :16:52. | |
few miles apart on the north coast but they will feel at home on the | :16:53. | :16:58. | |
links of Royal Aberdeen. It is a fantastic course. We have had two | :16:58. | :17:03. | |
sessions. It is a good place to play golf. It is not just me, but | :17:03. | :17:13. | |
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nine other team-mates as well. are said to be ready for | :17:14. | :17:18. | |
competition this weekend. At the start of the year, the main aim was | :17:18. | :17:23. | |
to make the team, then I wanted to play with Paul. We travel a lot | :17:23. | :17:30. | |
together. It was on our minds at the start of the year and hopefully | :17:30. | :17:35. | |
on Saturday morning it will be me and poll. This local pair will be | :17:35. | :17:40. | |
hoping to end a run of three consecutive American victories in | :17:40. | :17:43. | |
the competition. There was drama and confusion at | :17:43. | :17:48. | |
the big fight weigh-in at Belfast's Titanic Quarter today. Pour Moi | :17:48. | :17:52. | |
Class B and Breidis Prescott turned up ahead of schedule only for the | :17:52. | :18:01. | |
Colombian to disappear again. -- Paul McCloskey. But it is still | :18:01. | :18:07. | |
very much on tomorrow. Shortly after 2 o'clock today, Paul | :18:07. | :18:14. | |
McCloskey stepped on the scales and made the weight. An art earlier, | :18:14. | :18:21. | |
Breidis Prescott mysteriously left the building. Prescott emerged a | :18:21. | :18:30. | |
pound overweight. A jogger, a son and a few hours later, all was well. | :18:30. | :18:40. | |
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-- after a run and a son and. I am not worried at all. | :18:41. | :18:47. | |
TRANSLATION: I was 800 grams over. I had to do a little shadow-boxing, | :18:47. | :18:55. | |
but that was it. It is a career defining night for both men. They | :18:55. | :19:03. | |
are due in the ring at 9th tomorrow. -- 9 o'clock. | :19:03. | :19:07. | |
The tickets for the 2012 Paralympics went on sale today and | :19:07. | :19:10. | |
an Archer from Northern Ireland got close to realising her dreams to | :19:10. | :19:18. | |
compete next summer. Sharon van and won a gold medal at Stoke | :19:18. | :19:26. | |
Mandeville. We have two places for it ladies. I | :19:26. | :19:31. | |
will be one of the ladies are fighting for one of those places. I | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
want to get to 2012. I think the opportunity to perform in front of | :19:36. | :19:40. | |
a home crowd would be amazing. To have the stadium waiting for you, | :19:40. | :19:45. | |
they would not be any feeding to equal it. | :19:45. | :19:50. | |
Ireland's cricketers clinched a five wicket win over Namibia at the | :19:50. | :19:52. | |
Intercontinental Cup at Stormont Today. | :19:52. | :19:56. | |
We will have all of the football action tomorrow on Final Score at 5 | :19:56. | :20:00. | |
o'clock. Binder is the venue for this year's | :20:00. | :20:05. | |
BBC Proms in the Park, linking up with the Last Night of the Proms in | :20:05. | :20:10. | |
London's Albert Hall. I went down earlier to catch up with some of | :20:10. | :20:20. | |
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the performers. Bangor Castle is a magnificent | :20:23. | :20:28. | |
setting for this year's concert. 32,000 people applied for tickets. | :20:28. | :20:33. | |
If you were unlucky you can catch it on Radio Ulster were on the red | :20:33. | :20:43. | |
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button. There will be a feast of music. With me, two of the stars. | :20:44. | :20:50. | |
It is very nice to have you back, Lesley Garrett. I am so excited to | :20:50. | :20:59. | |
be here. I was last here in 2006. We had a blast with the Ulster | :20:59. | :21:05. | |
Orchestra. I am thrilled to be back. What we use saying? I will be doing | :21:05. | :21:15. | |
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a Verdi aria and then into show time. I will do somewhere Over the | :21:15. | :21:25. | |
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Rainbow, which will be lovely. Also, a song from Milan Rouge. Barry, it | :21:29. | :21:36. | |
is a pleasure to have you. It is hard to fit things in? It is | :21:36. | :21:42. | |
difficult for an itinerant musicians. I have heard about it so | :21:42. | :21:48. | |
much, so I am really happy. What have you got for us? I am going to | :21:48. | :21:58. | |
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do some Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, and then an Irish ditty. I am | :21:59. | :22:08. | |
looking forward to tomorrow. I am looking forward to it! There are | :22:08. | :22:16. | |
are performers as well. Craig Ogden and Declan all brought -- O'Rourke | :22:16. | :22:26. | |
will also be there. It is going to We are in for a spell of windy | :22:26. | :22:31. | |
weather. I am keeping an eye on the other side of the Atlantic, poor | :22:31. | :22:36. | |
hurricane Catia is sitting of the eastern seaboard. She will be | :22:36. | :22:42. | |
coming towards us over the next couple of days. She will not even | :22:42. | :22:46. | |
be a tropical storm by the time she gets here but will bring | :22:46. | :22:52. | |
potentially damaging winds. We are on amber alert. In the meantime, | :22:52. | :23:01. | |
fairly quiet. Damp is breaking Ardley to tonight and a brisk wind. | :23:01. | :23:08. | |
-- dampness breaking out tonight. There will be rain at times, but | :23:08. | :23:14. | |
tomorrow looks to be the drier day of the weekend. Your mum is the | :23:14. | :23:19. | |
worst of the dampness if you lie in tomorrow. -- you will miss. The | :23:19. | :23:26. | |
wind will be strong and gusty. Temperature is not bad for the time | :23:26. | :23:32. | |
of the year. There will be sharp showers around but because the | :23:33. | :23:35. | |
winds are strong, they will move through quickly. Some of the | :23:35. | :23:39. | |
showers could have a rumble of thunder but most of them will ease | :23:39. | :23:44. | |
away tomorrow evening. That is good news if you are heading to Proms in | :23:44. | :23:51. | |
the Park. The wind will be strong and gusty and make it feel cold if | :23:51. | :23:55. | |
you are sitting outdoors, so bring something to keep you warm. The | :23:55. | :23:58. | |
rain returned on Saturday night into Sunday. Sunday will be cooler, | :23:58. | :24:05. | |
wetter with heavy rain at times. We get into Sunday night, the amber | :24:05. | :24:12. | |
alert kicks in and we are likely to see the wind peak. What ever you | :24:12. | :24:18. | |
are doing this weekend, tie things down. I will be here up until | :24:18. | :24:23. |