0:00:12 > 0:00:16Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Noel Thompson and Donna
0:00:16 > 0:00:19Traynor. The headlines this Wednesday evening. Health
0:00:19 > 0:00:24campaigners say more must be done to allow older people to stay in
0:00:24 > 0:00:34their own homes. An Antrim construction firm is fined �60,000
0:00:34 > 0:00:35
0:00:35 > 0:00:40over the death of a workman. I feel that there is being nobody punished.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44The death was pointless. I will find out why the chief economist of
0:00:44 > 0:00:47the Bank of England is at the small business in a small town in Mid
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Ulster. Ian Paisley talks for the first time about his retirement
0:00:50 > 0:00:53from full-time ministry. And it's staying windy with more rain this
0:00:53 > 0:01:03evening. But it will improve for the morning? I'll have the weather
0:01:03 > 0:01:05forecast shortly. On a day when a report on home help for older
0:01:05 > 0:01:08people in England has described shameful standards as a breach of
0:01:08 > 0:01:11human rights, campaigners here tell Newsline that preventing people
0:01:11 > 0:01:18from being cared for in their own homes is also a denial of basic
0:01:18 > 0:01:21rights. Age NI says the social care system is broken and must be
0:01:21 > 0:01:24addressed by the review of local health care due out later this
0:01:24 > 0:01:27month. The Department of Health has told the BBC that one option under
0:01:27 > 0:01:32consideration is direct payments, which would allow older people to
0:01:32 > 0:01:34choose the services they felt they needed. Ahead of the review, BBC
0:01:34 > 0:01:40Newsline is focusing on health. Tonight, Marie-Louise Connolly
0:01:40 > 0:01:44concentrates on the care of older people. Do you want to be looked
0:01:44 > 0:01:54after at home or in a hospital? Now and in the future, is there a
0:01:54 > 0:01:54
0:01:54 > 0:01:59choice? At 91, John is generally in good health. However, he admits to
0:01:59 > 0:02:03becoming forgetful, even frail at times. Since 2007 he has received
0:02:03 > 0:02:09meals from his local health Trust but a recent assessment put a stop
0:02:09 > 0:02:17to that. I do not feel that I have the energy to just start cooking
0:02:17 > 0:02:20all the time. And getting the supplies. I forget, sometimes.
0:02:20 > 0:02:26John's story is typical of what is happening to an increasing number
0:02:26 > 0:02:28of older men and women across Northern Ireland. Few were received
0:02:28 > 0:02:32meals-on-wheels and according to those in the independent sector,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36that is because of the Health Trust tightening criteria, which means
0:02:36 > 0:02:42more have to do without. It reflects a system under pressure
0:02:42 > 0:02:47and faced with demand. It is simple services by providing a hot dinner
0:02:47 > 0:02:51and installing equipment which helps keep people at home as
0:02:51 > 0:02:57opposed to being placed in care. It is costly and often more
0:02:57 > 0:03:02unnecessary. I don't fancy it, I like to be independent. What about
0:03:02 > 0:03:07cooking? Is that difficult? I can cook for myself but my problem is,
0:03:07 > 0:03:10getting up and down stairs. I really need Astaire left.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14majority of these pensioners are fit and one to remain independent.
0:03:14 > 0:03:20The challenge facing the NHS is funding the service that allows
0:03:20 > 0:03:24them to do just that. Currently, more money goes on hospitals so
0:03:24 > 0:03:29well priorities change? Local charities say that problem must be
0:03:29 > 0:03:33addressed in the current health review? There are big challenges.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Our big worry is that without the level of political and public
0:03:36 > 0:03:41debate between it, the system will revert to type and it will be a
0:03:41 > 0:03:45matter of rearranging the deckchairs. To be great, in his
0:03:45 > 0:03:51late 70s, he refuses to go into a nursing home and with a little help
0:03:51 > 0:04:00and funding, he enjoys living in his own committee. Iris comes then
0:04:01 > 0:04:06in the morning. And in my pyjamas and she claims may. She puts that
0:04:06 > 0:04:11200 and on May!. How important is it that you are allowed to stay at
0:04:11 > 0:04:15home? Very important. That is what I want to do. I want to stay at
0:04:15 > 0:04:19home. According to the Independent and voluntary sectors, by
0:04:19 > 0:04:25transferring money from hospitals to social care, they could help
0:04:25 > 0:04:30more people. People to stay in their own homes. It is very often
0:04:30 > 0:04:35that they cannot get out to appointments were to the
0:04:35 > 0:04:39hairdresser or to visit their pharmacist and they need medication.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43We are all looking at holistic services. The Department of Health
0:04:43 > 0:04:47is considering introducing direct payments to pensioners, are lining
0:04:47 > 0:04:51them to choose how best to spend their weekly benefit. We are
0:04:51 > 0:04:54looking at the personalisation of services. If we take an older
0:04:55 > 0:04:59person, they start to make choices for themselves and they might need
0:04:59 > 0:05:03to buy a range of services. With voluntary organisations working
0:05:03 > 0:05:07with them, we can help them identify the best services and help
0:05:07 > 0:05:14them manage their money and make the arrangements and make sure they
0:05:14 > 0:05:18are getting real value for money. What people living longer and
0:05:18 > 0:05:23demanding greater choice, the NHS will have to exercise greater
0:05:23 > 0:05:30creativity if it is to continue its promise of providing services from
0:05:30 > 0:05:33the cradle to the grave. We asked our Newsline viewers e-panel for
0:05:33 > 0:05:36their thoughts on the Health Service. Tonight, we focus on their
0:05:36 > 0:05:39answers to questions on the care of relatives in hospital or at home.
0:05:39 > 0:05:47And the audience members' views differed greatly. 55% said they
0:05:47 > 0:05:51would be willing to feed a family member who was in hospital. That
0:05:51 > 0:05:55goes up to 87% if the family member is at home. 24% said they'd be
0:05:55 > 0:06:00prepared to bathe and toilet a relative who was in hospital. 64%
0:06:00 > 0:06:03said they would do so if they were at home. When asked about looking
0:06:03 > 0:06:06after elderly people in their own homes rather than in hospitals or
0:06:06 > 0:06:13nursing homes, 66% of our panel felt that the care package should
0:06:13 > 0:06:15not be means tested. You've been joining the debate on the future of
0:06:15 > 0:06:18the Health Service on our social media pages. And here's the
0:06:18 > 0:06:24addresses to get in touch. On Facebook, on Twitter and you can
0:06:24 > 0:06:27email us with your views as well. Tomorrow night, Marie Louise
0:06:27 > 0:06:37Connolly will be looking at how GP surgeries are likely to change in
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0:06:38 > 0:06:41the future. Will GPs be doing more and hospitals less? A County Antrim
0:06:41 > 0:06:45firm has been fined �60,000 over the death of a worker whose truck
0:06:45 > 0:06:47somersaulted down a steep hill. However, the money will never be
0:06:47 > 0:06:50collected as Drumdollagh Construction is no longer operating.
0:06:50 > 0:07:00It was also accused of corporate manslaughter, but that charge did
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0:07:00 > 0:07:04not proceed when it came to court this morning. Nicola Weir reports.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09This is 53 year-old Colin Glass. And grandfather of two and a much-
0:07:09 > 0:07:13loved father of three. He died on this construction site on the
0:07:13 > 0:07:17priest and road in Bushmills in May 2008. He was driving the dumper
0:07:17 > 0:07:22truck when it fell off a steep bank, throwing Mr Glass from the vehicle.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26The court heard there was a lack of safety measures on the site.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31Particularly, no age warnings were protections on the bank. A health
0:07:31 > 0:07:36and safety investigation found that the truck was defective. That the
0:07:36 > 0:07:40brakes were not working, the clutch was faulty and a belt was missing.
0:07:40 > 0:07:46Mr Glass was an employee at Drumdollagh Construction. It went
0:07:46 > 0:07:48into liquidation shortly after the accident. It was charged with seven
0:07:48 > 0:07:52health and safety breaches, including one of corporate
0:07:52 > 0:07:57manslaughter. The first time this has been brought against a company
0:07:57 > 0:08:00in Northern Ireland. This charge was dropped when the company did
0:08:00 > 0:08:03guilty at Antrim Crown Court this morning to three lesser charges.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08The court heard it was not the first time the company had breached
0:08:08 > 0:08:13regulations. It had three stop notices served on it two years
0:08:13 > 0:08:17before this accident. Mr Glass's widow was in court as the company
0:08:17 > 0:08:24was fined �60,000. A sum that will never be collected as the company
0:08:24 > 0:08:29no longer exists. I feel that because it has gone into
0:08:29 > 0:08:34liquidation, and there have been finds, there is nothing that he has
0:08:34 > 0:08:38lost his life for. Very little. I would not like to see any other
0:08:38 > 0:08:42woman coming through what I have come through. A defence lawyer said
0:08:42 > 0:08:45this would not the case of cowboy builder mentality but the company
0:08:45 > 0:08:51had health and safety strategies but they were not enforced on the
0:08:51 > 0:08:59ground. This action was clearly foreseeable. This involved the use
0:08:59 > 0:09:02of the site damper on a very steep road and tipping practices that are
0:09:02 > 0:09:11completely unsafe. The judge said that even though the fine would not
0:09:12 > 0:09:16be collected, it was right that the case had been pursued to expose how
0:09:16 > 0:09:19the accident happened. A judge has refused Hazel Stewart permission to
0:09:19 > 0:09:23appeal her conviction for murdering her husband and her ex-lover's wife
0:09:23 > 0:09:2520 years ago. Stewart was jailed for a minimum of 18 years for
0:09:25 > 0:09:30plotting with Colin Howell to murder her first husband, Trevor
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Buchanan, and Howell's first wife, Lesley. A judge today ruled that
0:09:33 > 0:09:39Stewart had insufficient grounds to appeal. She can now take her case
0:09:39 > 0:09:43to a higher court. Some large retailers here have accused the
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Finance Minister, Sammy Wilson, of trying to milk them like a cash cow.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48That's the view from a retail consortium which represents stores
0:09:48 > 0:09:51such as Tesco and Boots. The consortium is unhappy with the
0:09:51 > 0:09:53minister's proposal to have large stores pay more rates so small
0:09:53 > 0:10:00business can pay less. Our political correspondent, Martina
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Purdy, has the details. Why are they so upset when they said they
0:10:04 > 0:10:09want to help small businesses? Large retailers say they are
0:10:09 > 0:10:13carrying the burden for everybody and large business isn't paying and
0:10:13 > 0:10:17banks are escaping this. Banks will benefit because of the way the
0:10:17 > 0:10:22rates are calculated is on square footage. And banks typically are
0:10:22 > 0:10:26small businesses so they will benefit. ASDA and Ikea give
0:10:26 > 0:10:32evidence today and we hope to give you a film but they are shy about
0:10:32 > 0:10:35letting us in. The Retail Consortium give this evidence, the
0:10:35 > 0:10:40GMB this accusing the Minister of the milking retailers like a cash
0:10:40 > 0:10:45cow. She said that retailers were being asked to pay more for a
0:10:45 > 0:10:51scheme like this than they would in the rest of GB. The rate here will
0:10:51 > 0:10:57be 16 times higher than elsewhere in Great Britain. This is a tax on
0:10:57 > 0:11:00jobs. A very strange proposal in these times of growing unemployment.
0:11:00 > 0:11:06It is a modern equivalent of bleeding the patient to restore his
0:11:06 > 0:11:11health. What was the view of the community? The community is
0:11:11 > 0:11:15concerned and stores like B&Q say this will wipe out profits and the
0:11:15 > 0:11:19chairman afterwards said that there could be improvements made to make
0:11:20 > 0:11:23the scheme fair. The scheme can be improved upon, any scheme that is
0:11:23 > 0:11:27out for consultation, the intention as that they reflect on the views
0:11:27 > 0:11:32given and hopefully add that this game to make what are considered
0:11:32 > 0:11:37views. I think this scheme can be improved upon and the principle is
0:11:37 > 0:11:40correct but what we need to do is ensure that those who get it, need
0:11:40 > 0:11:45it, get it. And there is a fair way of taking it from those who can
0:11:45 > 0:11:49afford it. We hope to get an interview with Sammy Wilson but he
0:11:49 > 0:11:53could -- he declined and he got into a public spat with pace with
0:11:53 > 0:11:58Tesco weeks ago and his department said they are open to listen.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Pecker. Still to come... He was a secret contact between the
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Government and the IRA. Now, his private papers are on public
0:12:04 > 0:12:13display for the first time. And the local Paralympian who's in the
0:12:13 > 0:12:16running to be BBC Young Sports If you have a mortgage you probably
0:12:16 > 0:12:19wait with bated breath once a month as the Bank of England interest
0:12:19 > 0:12:23rate is announced. Well one of the people who decides what it's going
0:12:23 > 0:12:25to be - the Bank's chief economist - has been in the Mid-Ulster today
0:12:25 > 0:12:33talking to business leaders about their concerns. Kevin Sharkey
0:12:33 > 0:12:41reports. From the heart of the financial district in Northern
0:12:41 > 0:12:48Ireland, today brought together by shared economic concerns. Spencer
0:12:48 > 0:12:53makes big decisions, he helps to decide the interest rates that
0:12:53 > 0:12:59affect our mortgages. Today he is asking questions. I am here to
0:12:59 > 0:13:03listen and learn. I know that you can't set monetary policy sitting
0:13:03 > 0:13:08behind your desk in London. You need to feel the pulse of what is
0:13:08 > 0:13:15going on and that is what I am here in Northern Ireland for, for two
0:13:15 > 0:13:23days. Managers recognise that they are dependent on what happens
0:13:23 > 0:13:28elsewhere. What's key to us is exchange rates, making sure there
0:13:28 > 0:13:32is no surprises in the economy. is not only small business - every
0:13:32 > 0:13:36day people are struggling with the cost of living. The problem -
0:13:36 > 0:13:42inflation, but it looks like this is one problem that could be easing
0:13:42 > 0:13:51soon. We are expecting inflation to fall sharply next year, and that
0:13:51 > 0:13:55would help businesses, and households that have been squeezed
0:13:56 > 0:14:00by high inflation. That paying should start to ease next year.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05Let's look at interest rates - where are they heading? At some
0:14:05 > 0:14:11point, interest rates will rise. They are at extraordinary low
0:14:11 > 0:14:15levels. By how much and how quickly I don't know, but the near term
0:14:15 > 0:14:19emphasis on monetary policy is keeping interest rates low to
0:14:19 > 0:14:24support the recovery, employment and growth. The chief economist
0:14:24 > 0:14:29will leave here shortly, but the financial worries of people in
0:14:29 > 0:14:32places like these will be around for some time.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35The chairman of the BBC Trust, Lord Patten, has been in Northern
0:14:35 > 0:14:40Ireland to find out what people think about the cuts in staff and
0:14:40 > 0:14:44services the Corporation is planning. For the next five years
0:14:44 > 0:14:48the licence fee will be frozen, and the BBC will have to find savings
0:14:48 > 0:14:52of �670 million. It will mean more repeats and fewer feature films and
0:14:52 > 0:15:02imported series. Lord Patten says public comments will be taken
0:15:02 > 0:15:02
0:15:02 > 0:15:06seriously. Overall in Northern Ireland, the cuts are not as great
0:15:06 > 0:15:12as they are in other parts of the country. That is partly because in
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Northern Ireland Radio File for example has already made increases
0:15:16 > 0:15:19in efficiency and productivity which others are now having to make,
0:15:19 > 0:15:26but we are trying to shield Northern Ireland as much as
0:15:26 > 0:15:31possible but there will still be changes here. While we employee 730
0:15:31 > 0:15:34plus people in Northern Ireland, that will have to fall by up to 70
0:15:34 > 0:15:37people. For more details on the planned cuts, changes to BBC
0:15:37 > 0:15:40services, and to have your say in the public consultation, check out
0:15:40 > 0:15:44our local news website and follow the link to Delivering Quality
0:15:44 > 0:15:46First. Private papers of a Londonderry
0:15:46 > 0:15:49businessman who was a secret contact between the IRA and the
0:15:49 > 0:15:52British government have been revealed. Brendan Duddy has given
0:15:52 > 0:16:01the documents to the National University of Ireland in Galway.
0:16:01 > 0:16:08Our reporter Jennifer O'Leary was at the launch of the archive. Derry
0:16:08 > 0:16:13in the 1970s, a city in chaos. But behind the scenes, the front room
0:16:13 > 0:16:20of this man was where the peace process began and alive time of
0:16:20 > 0:16:25keeping secrets need a release. Brendan Duddy was an intermediary
0:16:25 > 0:16:30between the British government and the IRA, his archived chart is
0:16:30 > 0:16:36process as a peacemaker in the shadows. The diaries from 1975 and
0:16:36 > 0:16:441976. I think it provides a new perspective on the talks that there
0:16:44 > 0:16:50really was a more serious chance of the peace pestle -- peace
0:16:50 > 0:16:54settlement than many people realise. They came much closer to working
0:16:54 > 0:16:58something out than we currently think. He was also a mediator
0:16:58 > 0:17:05during the hunger strikes in 1980. It was to be another 12 years
0:17:05 > 0:17:08before things started to move again. Ind 93, the IRA secretly offered a
0:17:08 > 0:17:14ceasefire to the government through this channel, and in the months
0:17:14 > 0:17:19leading up to that, every few days Brendan Duddy was dictating a
0:17:19 > 0:17:26narrative of what had gone on. in 2008, he revealed the role he
0:17:26 > 0:17:32played and his motivation. Everybody in Northern Ireland
0:17:32 > 0:17:37remembers a bag and pieces being shovelled into it. I was aware that
0:17:37 > 0:17:42it wouldn't add one centimetre to Irish freedom. That was somebody's
0:17:42 > 0:17:49mother, father, brother and the rest of it. There comes a point
0:17:49 > 0:17:59where you just say no. I knew from a young age he was doing something
0:17:59 > 0:18:00
0:18:00 > 0:18:05important, and you knew people in your house were not friends, people
0:18:05 > 0:18:12who you would see on TV, people doing something important. When the
0:18:12 > 0:18:22journalist Peter Taylor asked him why, he had this to say. When you
0:18:22 > 0:18:26
0:18:26 > 0:18:32ask questions like that, I could choke with emotion. I find it had
0:18:32 > 0:18:42to... I had no choice. He has been described as an ordinary man from
0:18:42 > 0:18:42
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Derry, who in fact is not ordinary battle. -- at all.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47In his first interview since announcing his decision to retire
0:18:47 > 0:18:50from full time ministry, the founder of the Free Presbyterian
0:18:50 > 0:18:53church says he hasn't completely turned his back on the pulpit. Ian
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Paisley, or Lord Bannside to give him his official title, appeared at
0:18:56 > 0:18:58an event with the Duke of Gloucester in Carrickfergus. He
0:18:58 > 0:19:05also spoke to our political correspondent Gareth Gordon about
0:19:05 > 0:19:10Martin McGuinness's bid for the Irish presidency. He is pulling
0:19:10 > 0:19:13back from the pulpit, but region still comes easy to Ian Paisley.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18This was a rare public appearance and a first chance to explain the
0:19:18 > 0:19:25decision to step down from the ministry. The message, as someone
0:19:25 > 0:19:33else once said, he hasn't gone away you know. I hope that people will
0:19:33 > 0:19:41not forget me, I don't think they will. I think I will have more time
0:19:41 > 0:19:47to do visitations and go to places I would like to do. This event was
0:19:47 > 0:19:50the annual celebration of the life of Colin balas, hosted by the
0:19:50 > 0:19:56Ulster Scots Academy. Religion, laced with a fair dollop of
0:19:56 > 0:20:00politics. Also asked Ian Paisley what he made of Martin McGuinness's
0:20:00 > 0:20:05attempt to become President of the Irish Republic, his answer was not
0:20:05 > 0:20:10much. I don't think he had any chance. A were you surprised he
0:20:10 > 0:20:19went for it? I think he did it to strengthen his own grip on his own
0:20:19 > 0:20:25party. I think that would have helped him because I think that he
0:20:25 > 0:20:33thought he had better keep his name at the fore. He got a bit of a hard
0:20:33 > 0:20:39time, do you think it was deserved? Well, what the southern voters
0:20:39 > 0:20:45think is their business. I am not interested. I'm not running for
0:20:45 > 0:20:52that. In fact, according to Ian Paisley, he is not running from the
0:20:52 > 0:21:00pulpit either yet. I hope I will preach a sermon from the pulpit the
0:21:00 > 0:21:06night that God calls me home. say you have enemies, have you
0:21:06 > 0:21:10still got enemies? I'm sure I have, they don't like my good looks.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13years may have changed him, but not in every way.
0:21:13 > 0:21:19Next to an Olympic hopeful from Ballykelly who's in the running for
0:21:19 > 0:21:21a big sports award. Austin O'Callaghan is here to tell us more.
0:21:21 > 0:21:2416-year-old Sally Brown came to prominence earlier this year when
0:21:24 > 0:21:27she won a bronze medal at the Paralympic World Championships.
0:21:27 > 0:21:37That achievement has earned her a place on the shortlist for BBC
0:21:37 > 0:21:39
0:21:39 > 0:21:44Young Sports Personality of the Year. This time last year, Sally
0:21:44 > 0:21:53Brown was an unknown junior athlete working hard in the north-west.
0:21:53 > 0:22:00Born with the condition where her left arm didn't fully developed,
0:22:00 > 0:22:05she shocked the world in January. didn't even think I would get
0:22:05 > 0:22:10selected, so it was quite a big thing getting selected to go out.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15Then I kind of thought I would have a possibility of getting a medal
0:22:15 > 0:22:20and I didn't want to miss that chance. It has been an amazing year
0:22:20 > 0:22:25and I think I surprised everyone else because I was only 15 when I
0:22:25 > 0:22:32did it. The people I was running against were in their 20s. It just
0:22:32 > 0:22:36came out of nowhere and I haven't seen any of them before. Former
0:22:36 > 0:22:43international Paul McKee has just started working with Sally and
0:22:43 > 0:22:47recognises her talent. Sally is a very good athlete for the 16 year
0:22:47 > 0:22:55old. Obviously she has an impairment which makes things
0:22:55 > 0:23:00harder in terms of balance. We have to work on things like balanced and
0:23:00 > 0:23:06strengthen her rock. For Sally, the world is her roister. She has big
0:23:06 > 0:23:13ambitions. Definitely 2012 next year, and 2016, but I would love to
0:23:13 > 0:23:17be fast enough to run mainstream. That is my dream. I would love to
0:23:17 > 0:23:25go to the World Championships to compete with the able bodied. We
0:23:25 > 0:23:31will see if that happens on not. your rage, you are on target.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36if I keep on going the way I am going, if I keep on getting
0:23:36 > 0:23:41personal bests every time I run, we will see. She could be Northern
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Ireland's next Olympic star. The winner will be announced next
0:23:44 > 0:23:47month in Manchester. If you think Sir Alex Ferguson has
0:23:47 > 0:23:49a pressurised job, imagine managing a football team in a war zone.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52That's what happened to a former Irish league footballer from
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Belfast. Chris O'Loughlin has spent the last few years coaching a
0:23:54 > 0:24:04soccer team in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He's been
0:24:04 > 0:24:07
0:24:07 > 0:24:11telling Denise Watson about his experiences. This is how the team
0:24:11 > 0:24:17bus is created for the match, imagine the celebrations when they
0:24:17 > 0:24:24win. For Chris O'Loughlin, managing this team in the Congo has been an
0:24:24 > 0:24:28unforgettable experience. I was incredibly nervous about going
0:24:28 > 0:24:31because the Congo war has been the worst war in Africa. It was a
0:24:31 > 0:24:37challenge understanding their history and where they are coming
0:24:37 > 0:24:41from, and how it defined them as people. I am happy to say I was
0:24:41 > 0:24:46incredibly open-minded and I like to think of myself as an
0:24:46 > 0:24:51internationalist. I was able to adapt and draw experiences, and
0:24:51 > 0:24:55take good out of their culture and work with it. Chris says his
0:24:55 > 0:24:59players coped well with some unsettling incidents. This year,
0:24:59 > 0:25:05when we were en route to a Champions League match, there was a
0:25:05 > 0:25:13small attempt to overthrow the President, so we were probably
0:25:13 > 0:25:17about three miles from the stadium with an escort abound police. The
0:25:17 > 0:25:21cars started turning, and the police with panic on their faces
0:25:21 > 0:25:25were turning around, their guns were drawn and there had been shots
0:25:25 > 0:25:29fired around the presidential palace. Because we were coming
0:25:29 > 0:25:34close to the army base as well, there was a bitter confusion.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40is glad to be home in Belfast with his wife and children. His ambition
0:25:40 > 0:25:50now is to manage a successful club in Europe, but no challenge is to
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0:25:51 > 0:25:54great after two seasons in the Congo.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Ulster rugby has confirmed that Rory Best, Stephen Ferris and Ruan
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Piennar will miss Friday's Pro 12 game against Glasgow, while the
0:26:00 > 0:26:01Northern Ireland ladies soccer team drew two-all away to Hungary in
0:26:01 > 0:26:09their European qualifier this their European qualifier this
0:26:10 > 0:26:18Now, the weather. It is wet and windy out there, and it will stay
0:26:18 > 0:26:22that way for a while. This cloud is bringing the rain, and eventually
0:26:22 > 0:26:27we will see the stronger wind settling-in as well. The rain could
0:26:27 > 0:26:31be persistent in some places, could leave some localised flooding on
0:26:31 > 0:26:38the road. Most of it clears overnight and it will be a mild
0:26:38 > 0:26:46night up to nine degrees. The rain will push north, so we are all
0:26:46 > 0:26:52looking at a pretty decent start. To begin with, a fair amount of
0:26:52 > 0:26:57cloud around but that will break up, and for eastern areas we will even
0:26:57 > 0:27:01see some sunshine. A few spells of sunshine further west, but more in
0:27:01 > 0:27:06the way of cloud. This rain will make its way eastwards during the
0:27:06 > 0:27:11course of the day, some heavy, but temperatures tomorrow are mild at
0:27:11 > 0:27:1713 degrees. Into the evening, the further east you are, the drier it
0:27:17 > 0:27:21will be. The rain will push Ian, and the lighter colours indicating
0:27:21 > 0:27:26some of it will be heavy and that could cause some problems on the
0:27:26 > 0:27:31road tomorrow evening. The good news, it clears away again, and by
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Friday morning it becomes clearer but it will be a Cole denied with
0:27:35 > 0:27:41some rural fast-developing. The theme for Friday is a much cooler
0:27:41 > 0:27:45day. You will notice it, especially with the stronger winds. Some of