04/11/2011 BBC Newsline

Hello this is BBC News liner. Hello, the headlines. Art in -- now I want

to stay. Community policing for the to constable on D-Day ft PSNI marks

its 10th anniversary. Tax rises for the Republic as it buckles under

the Financial bail-out. And Boris Johnson is driving a red bus in

Ballymena. We will see this popping up all over the earth, that is an

example in the conference we should have in the British capabilities

and Engineering at a tough time. Belfast is about to be seen in 600

million homes across the globe and I am live with the latest on the M

T V weekend. We spend a day with the volunteer local football

stewards. And after a fabulous day to day, find out if there is more

sunshine this weekend. It will be up to the Executive to decide if

the Northern Ireland water gets to hold on to its chief Executive.

The board had approved a new pay and conditions for the Executive.

He said he wanted to lead after just 11 months, but because it is

publicly owned politicians must decide.

First we were told he had signalled his intention to resign, a day

later we learned that no resignation of a letter has been

received. 24 hours later and the Department to own Northern Line and

water say they are considering proposals about his pay and

conditions. With his predecessors all meeting untimely end in their

posts, a two year contract would see him through to retirement. To

push him out early would see him financially protected. The board

has approved that and a �20,000 pay rise. It is now up to two ministers

to approve the deal. The finance minister, Sammy Wilson and Danny

Kennedy. The the important thing is to maintain the stability, the

stability in Northern Ireland water needs at this time and as we

approach the winter. I think Trevor has made a significant contribution

to maintaining the stability and I very much hope we can make the

progress on this issue as soon as possible. You can take that as a

knot in his favour. His future and that of the company now lie in the

hands of the ministers. A 30 a short woman has appeared for

Londonderry magistrates court targe with murdering her husband on

Tuesday. The Chinese National is charged with the murder of 51 year-

old father of two Damian Keenan who died in hospital on Wednesday day

after he was stabbed. She has been remanded in custody. 10 years ago

today the PSNI was born under the Patten's policing reforms.

Supporters were saying the changes were essential for building

confidence in the police. Marking the anniversary, the chief

Executive described the change is as remarkable and said he would

accept a talk about changes in policing. This is the first in a

series of special reports marking the changes.

Out with the old and in with the new. In this day in 2001 the

previous administration passed into history and was replaced with PSNI.

A fundamental reform in policing introduced as part of the Good

Friday Agreement. 10 years on the current chief constable today marks

the anniversary by appearing on the BBC's Talkback programme. Talking

about what the public expects. think they want to know what the

future holds. What are the great challenges. Later he visited Dijk

Belfast arena to talk about the policing arrangements for the MTV

Music Awards this weekend. Lie if has changed enormously, done people

can come out and enjoy themselves freely. Businesses are making money

which is creating jobs and we have the best international artists

performing. The face of policing has almost changed completely,

encourage experienced officers to retire and make way for new

recruits. Half of whom were Catholic. The move transforms the

religious profile of the place, Catholics made up just eight per

cent previously. Today they account for around 30 per cent of police

officers. Critics claim the police have suffered because some of the

best and most experienced left. lost a lot of experienced people, I

understand that, but we have a long term capability which we did not

have a few years ago. It continues to progress. We are getting stuck

into people trafficking. We are dealing with armed robberies,

halving armed robberies in the last 12 months. That comes about from

very effective policing and some very ineffective investigations.

its height the RUC had almost 15,000 officers, supported by

thousands of soldiers. More than 300 officers were murdered. Today

Kyle Fisher is just over 7000 strong and the army is no longer on

the streets. The attacks on officers demonstrates that although

the threat has diminished it remains. It remains severe and

persistent. It remains deeply dangerous. We have people, and I

have said this on a number of occasions, people who simply do not

accept these changes, they do not accept politics and they want to

bomb and shoot their way to something quite frankly which does

not have the support of virtually anybody. They wake up in the

morning hating, they spend their lunchtime dating and they go to bed

hating. Until the politics and people and conscious of Northern

Ireland stars to impact on their thinking we will have a problem.

For the first time in the history of Northern Ireland, republican

support the police service, with Sinn Fein now on the board. Will he

be willing to become the first police constable to attend a Sinn

Fein meeting to outline his vision for the future of PSNI. I would.

But I am mindful of the fact that we have to have confidence in

policing, and we have to be seen as impartial. Maybe other invitations

will come after that. I would accept the invitation but I am very

a excepting of where politicians are. Sinn Fein has given a frosty

response, saying he should work on including and improving confidence.

The style of policing may have changed, but it clearly remains a

controversial and highly sensitive issue.

You can see more of that series marking the 10 years of PSNI on

news line later this week. Getting caught up and excitement of

Belfast's big weekend. How many of the MTV stars would you be able to

name? The republic's finance minister has

warned that the next Budget will be tougher than expected. 4 billion

Europe of spending cuts, 200 million euros more than expected.

He has also set out the measures the government will take over the

next four years to try and fix the economy. More belt-tightening?

Michael Noonan set out the plan for how to get the budget deficit back

to within the target figure of three per cent by 2015. The figure

set by their E u. 10 per cent this year, a 0.6 per cent next year. 7.5

per cent after that and so on. Tough but is in previous years, but

the Irish people look forward to another four years of this. In hard

money terms, the target figure is 3.8 billion it Euro. That figure is

slightly higher than expected. Weaker growth in the Ireland and

globally. The Finance Minister did not set out specific measures today,

he will leave that to Budget day, but he did say the measures which

will be taken will be harsh. He is working to make them balanced and

fair however. This will be hard on people, but we are asking people to

stay with us. We have a clear plan for getting the country out of the

difficulties. The essential elements of the plan are to get the

economy running and back to work. Why produce the measures today if

it is not going to be seen to will the Budget in its December? They

are setting out the broad plans for the next four years, hoping it will

boost confidence in markets abroad and bring certainty to people at

home. People are saving money rather than spending because they

are afraid. This is the Government's way of trying to allay

fears. Also part of the softening up process by them, after this a

new series of announcements will be made. That will come the week

before budgets day, that is 6th December this year. Music fans have

been mobbing shops in Belfast in the hope of catching sight of the

stars arriving for the MTV awards. Many have spent the day at the

airport with cameras at the ready. Full steam ahead at the Odyssey

arena where the awards will be held. Our reporter is there. You can feel

the excitement in the City, really picking up for the big MTV weekend.

Inside the Odyssey arena preparations are ongoing. Yesterday

I was allowed a little sneak peek at how things are going. The stages

are being set, yes, still a work in progress but unfortunately we

cannot show you because MTV does not want us to spoil the surprise.

Take it from me however, they look amazing. We could show you the

wardrobe however, outfits for the show and even ironing gold

underwear. I don't know what they will be wearing, and Lady Carr guys

out there by herself, she will have an entourage of people. It will be

amazing. Working away crating culinary wonders for the a Lister's,

but I am told they are dealing for certain champagnes, and some of

them one spring water from Fiji! The constable arrived to carry out

a police inspection, but he was mobbed by fans looking for tickets.

The relent this Star spotters will also camped at the city's airports,

many hear from 4:30am this morning. They waited and waited, but were

disappointed when others chose to leave through the back. We would

have loved to see Jesse coming out to say hello. It is so brilliant

for Belfast do have all these people coming here. We would like

men to see how friendly we are. do you feel about what she has

done? I would let her off if she gave me a ticket! They are not

giving up, waiting outside the We have had unconfirmed reports

that Justin has been spotted. There are loads of famous faces about but

would you know who they are if they walked past you? Julie McCullough

has been finding out. This weekend, it is definitely work

digging a second look at some of the people you see in Belfast

because any one of them could be a big star. Most teenagers already

know exactly who to look for but what about everyone else? I have

pictures of six of the artists who will be performing at the MTV

Awards this weekend but I now need to know how many people in Belfast

would actually recognise any of these stars if they bumped into

them on the streets. Katie Perry? Nope. Lady dagger? No, I don't know.

Have you heard of David get a? have never heard of him. Do you

know who he is? Is he from J L S? It is Bruno Mars. Do you know her?

No idea. Blank again. But it was country and western, I might have a

chance! You know this one is? must be at Justin Beaver, that's

the and looking for! It really is all go, in terms of

music and media, it is the biggest weekend Belfast has ever had. We

will be seen in 600 million homes across the world. BBC Newsline's

special coverage continues tomorrow. I'm having a tour of the VIPs

dressing room and will hear from Snow Patrol. Don't forget I'm live

on the red carpet on Sunday night. She is just having too good a time!

There was another star in Northern Ireland today. The mayor of London,

Boris Johnson, dropped into Ballymena today to unveil a new bus

which could soon become a familiar sight on the streets of London and

even further afield. It has been developed and built by Wrightbus in

County Antrim town. On show to the public for the very

first time, the Ballymena boss built to replace the traditional

London double-decker rolling off the production line. Behind the

wheel of this first prototype is the first citizen of London, Boris

Johnson, who has pledged to find a new bus from London to form part of

his election campaign. You are giving Londoners a beautiful pass

that is once again a tailored for their need. You are able to do this

for the price of a current hybrid bus and I think it is a sensible

investment and it is important for me because it is a great new bus

for London travelling public but it also shows that the Investment of

Transport in London drives jobs and growth and British engineering

technology around the country. has gone from concept to reality in

24 months and is the first bus designed specifically for London

traffic in over 50 years. This first prototype will enter service

shortly followed by seven more in the year. Further orders are hoped

for. The potential but this bass will stretch to at least several

hundred in the nation's capital but I am thinking also of the export

market and I can see cities such as Hong Kong, Singapore and Las Vegas

built in Ballymena also taking a great interest. What needs to

happen next obviously is that the mare needs to get re-elected and

hopefully confirm that he likes the buses, once more of them and then

we can and a full-scale production. A defining design feature is the

Holborn, hop off design feature at the back. This is the first of

eight buses that will soon be working on the streets of London

and the expectation is that orders won't stop there.

I once travelled from London to Kathmandu in a double-decker bus!

Time now for the sports news. Ireland won the Second

International Rules Test against Australia by 50-19 winning a

record-breaking aggregate 130-65 victory over Australia in the

series for manager Anthony Tohill's side. It has raised doubts of the

long-term future of the series. The trophy will be returning to

Ireland. This morning, the Irish steered their way past Australia.

McDonald was targeted throughout today but the more he was

aggravated, the more he responded. In 44 years of international rules,

he is the only man to score over 100 pounds. It was him who helped

strike the killer blow against the Australians. This pass set up to

score another goal. The contest didn't boil over but it certainly

bubbled. The referee was busy with the players. Anthony Tohill was

busy with the referee. The Australians promised more intensity

during the second Test compared to the first and that was evident

during the fight at the end of the third quarter. But it finished in a

record-breaking win for Ireland and smiles all round.

Graeme McDowell has continued his good form in Shanghai. Today he

carded a three-under 69 in the second round of the HSBC Champions

event to go six under for the tournament. That's five shots

adrift of current leader Fredrik Jacobson who is on 11 under. Rory

McIlory remains in contention at five under after he also shot a 69

today including this birdie to finish on the 18th.

Glenavon and Portadown supporters at tomorrow's game at Mourneview

Park have been warned that anyone found carrying a firework will be

handed over to the police for criminal proceedings. This follows

the incident at the Oval last month and the whole issue has highlighted

the role of match stewards. Just who would be an unpaid football

steward? We went to Shamrock Park to find out.

You can open the gates now. Keeping the eyes on the fans is a team of

trained but unpaid volunteers. doesn't make any difference what

football ground you go to, you always get an element of supporters

who will not be told what to do and they come to matches for one reason,

to disrupt the game. That was graphically illustrated last month

when a firework injured two members of Glentoran's backroom staff. The

only problems at this match were for the referee but the stewards

are always ready to do with any problems off the field. We need

fans and you have to look at the bigger picture but you have to be

thick-skinned to be tested. It's good, it gets you away on a

Saturday afternoon and I have no regrets. Safety and security for

fans, players and officials is what match-day staff at him to provide

every week. People must understand that without stewards in the Irish

League they would be no Irish League football. If they walked out

of the ground tomorrow, it would probably cost the club thousands of

pounds so no stewards, no football. You did your job well, I'll see you

next week. Scrum half Ruan Pienaar will miss

Ulster's Pro 12 game against Connacht tomorrow after picking up

a hamstring injury in training. The forecast is straightforward

this weekend, we have starry skies out there at the moment. You have

been taking advantage of the sunshine and there will be more

sunshine this weekend so if you do Lickey digging photographs, don't

forget to send them into us. The ones I cannot show will be on our

Twitter feed. Temperatures are already falling and that will be

key to the forecast this weekend. Some places will get close to

freezing, maybe a touch of frost and mist and fog around as well. I

cannot remember the last weekend I had a headline like this - dry and

sunny during the day but cool at night as well. First thing tomorrow,

the mist and fog takes a little while to clear but the second half

of the morning will be largely Sunday. If you are out and about

tomorrow afternoon, it will be lovely, a great way to show off

Belfast. Temperatures 10 or 11 degrees but still very pleasant and

the sunshine. Once the sun starts to go down, it is going to come off

tomorrow evening. There that in mind if you're heading to the rugby

at Ravenhill. Temperatures only at nine degrees. Some must on Sunday

morning as it was this morning in the Coleraine area but that goes

very quickly and suddenly, once again, another fine day. Damages

just falling a little bit but still not bad for this time of year. If

you are very lucky and you have a ticket for the concert on Sunday