17/02/2012 BBC Newsline

Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor and Noel

Thompson. The headlines this Friday evening... Tests on a disease at a

leisure centre were faked. Marian Price is moved to the women's

prison as the Secretary of State dismisses claims she has been

interned without trial. The cost of We're from the Celtic manager on

the plight of Rangers. It is going to be a cold weekend. I will have

Good evening. One of our biggest leisure centres says a company

hired to test its water for the bacteria that causes Legionnaire's

disease has admitted producing fake test results over a six month

period last year. Newtownabbey Borough council which operates the

Valley leisure centre says no one has been infected but the company

has potentially put lives at risk. The leisure centre and swimming

pool are still open but the spa has been closed as a precaution, while

more tests for the Legionella bacteria are carried out.

Legionnaire's disease is a potentially fatal form of pneumonia.

People can get affected when they breathe in a tiny water droplets

contaminated with bacteria. That is why the Valley Leisure Centre

employed a company called healthy buildings international Ireland Ltd,

based in east Belfast, to carry out monthly cheques. The council

received an anonymous letter last week which made allegations about

the testing of Legionella within the swimming pools. So we launched

an immediate investigation into it. As a result, the company admitted

our results were falsified for a six-month period during 2011.

cost of child protection issues we are not allowed to film in the pool,

but the council makes it clear that at no stage did it pose a risk to

the public. It remains -- this by area remains closed while they

continue testing. We asked for a common but they have not yet

replied. I cannot believe any company would carry out such an

action, potentially put at risk the health of the public. But we have

taken immediate action and that company will not be used to every

game in the future and a new company will be appointed to carry

out the testing. The Health and Safety Executive is now

The Alliance Assembly member Anna Lo has been the victim of an

attempted car hijacking. A youth threatened her with a knife outside

her South Belfast constituency office. Chris Page has been

speaking to her. Friday his constituency day and Anna Lo was

working in her office here and she was parked on this street, Laurence

Street, as she left her office to go to a youth conference she had a

nasty surprise. What happened? opened the car and put a couple of

bags into the cab and I realised somebody had stood behind me. I

turned round and he had a knife. It was a large kitchen knife, he was

pointing it at me and he shouted at me and said give me your car! When

I did not say anything he shouted it again. Instinctively I said no,

I felt like he was going to take my keys so I put them behind my back,

I think he then recognised me and sprinted across the road and down

an alleyway. Very frightening for you. In fact, I don't think I was

frightened, more angry. I was thinking how dare you. Taking my

property, my car! But had he grabbed me, or had the knife been

closer to me, I would not fight with him. But I kind of

instinctively felt I could still put up with a bit of a fight and

said no, you're not getting my car. Thank you for talking to us. Anna

Lo is not the first person this has happened to. Stinson -- since the

start of the year there have been 13 car jacking as in Belfast and

six attempted attacks, which has led police to set up a dedicated

task force. 10 people have been arrested and four charged. But it

seems that is not tearing everyone from carrying out this kind of

crime. The mother of one of the men

accused of the murder of Constable Stephen Carroll has pleaded guilty

to obstructing police officers investigating the killing. Sharon

Wootton admitted that on a date in March 2009, she removed computer

equipment from her Lurgan home to another address. She'll be

Sharon Wooton, seen here wearing a blue hat, had originally faced a

charge of perverting the course of justice. She was acquitted of that.

Her 20-year-old son John Paul Wootton from Collindale, Lurgan,

and a former Sinn Fein councillor Brendan McConville, of Glenholme

Avenue, Craigavon both deny murdering the police officer who

was shot dead responding to an The cost of being cremated in

Northern Ireland is set to rise by 25%. That's the recommendation of a

Belfast City council committee which oversees the crematorium.

Critics say the increase should have been phased in earlier over a

number of years. There's only one sure thing about life - someday

we'll all die. And the issue about what to do with all the dead people

is something which is constantly on the agenda of those whose job it is

to deal with it. Burial is still the choice of most, but the number

of cremations has been rising and now Belfast City Council will

operate Northern Ireland's only Crematorium, are hiking the cost of

cremations by 25%. The increase will bring him roughly �120,000

year into the city council and our committee has to make sure our

equipment and how we deal with the dead in society is dealt with

properly. That costs money. The committee needs more money to

maintain and develop and service. The review of burial and cremation

rates means charges for Belfast residents will go from �198 an

The committee decision will come before the full council's of

edification at the beginning of March and not all councillors are

in favour. We can't understand why members felt it was important to

push it up as high as 25%, especially in the present situation

where many people are finding it hard to make ends meet. I have no

doubt that the greater number of people in Belfast will be horrified

at this decision. Undertakers have also been taken aback by the scale

of the rise. Even if the understand a need for more investment in

infrastructure. -- they understand the need. It will change

dramatically because they are running out of ground. They will

need places to go, the only place to go risk to the crematorium and

will become more popular. It seems there is no let up in the cost of

The Old Bailey bomber Marian Price has been moved from Maghaberry

Prison to the women's jail at Hydebank Wood in Belfast. The

authorities say it's for health reasons. News of the transfer came

as the Secretary of State rejected further claims that her detention

was a form of internment without trial. Our Political Correspondent

Gareth Gordon reports. Marian Price was moved to Hydebank

Wood this morning. The Prison Service said it was because of

concerns about her health and had nothing to do with claims she is

being interned without trial. The woman best known for bombing the

Old Bailey in 1973 was released from prison in 1980 on

compassionate grounds but she was sent back nine months ago after

being filmed at a dissident republican rally in Londonderry

last Easter. She has been charged in relation to that and in

connection with the murders of two soldiers in March 2009. Placed

twice in prison over three weeks. There was a considerable

deterioration on her health. She is 47, a mother, and Auntie, sister. I

believe unless there is a case tabled in court than the woman

should be released. Today the Secretary of State said he entirely

There were mixed views today on the decision. I think in the face of

very strong public opinion, not only last night, but this has been

building amongst people that he has made this decision. There are

questions to be asked as to why she has been moved in the first place.

It is important she stays in prison and that is the key thing because

there has been due process followed, the Secretary of State has made it

clear this is not internment, so to suggest there is pandering to do

some Republicans. The case is being considered by an independent panel

of parole Commissioners but it is another example of how the past in

Northern Ireland so often comes Still to come... Movie themed

Tomorrow rangers hope to qualify and I will speedway player hoping

His three months since we showed you the plight of the family whose

wall collapsed leaving them exposed. Has anything changed? We went to

find out. Going outside has become a dangerous business for Kieran

Flanigan. And I can't understand about step has stayed there this

long. Every morning I get up and go out the back, to see it still there,

that is a situation that is dangerous. Last October part of the

wall collapsed in the floods. It was followed by another chunk in

December. The problem is the Rivers Agency do not end this section of

the river, their responsibility stops at the bridge. We are

notified about it but we have done This area cannot be designated. So

it means we have to sorted out our cells. In a statement a Rivers

The next-door neighbour it could be flooded. So he is worried that the

minute. The cracks in the tarmac show the strain at the ground is

under. For the moment, around 1000 sandbags are protecting the House

but Kieron says he is exploring every option to make their home of

almost 20 years safe again. these days of ever rising petrol

prices, there's evidence that changing your driving habits could

save you a lot of money. Translink buses in Bangor have been fitted

with a device which tells drivers when they're hitting the pedals too

hard. And it has produced fuel savings of seven percent.

Negotiating busy junctions with a large bus is not easy. To add to it,

Translink have fitted buses with this device that monitors how

smoothly they drive. When a driver brakes, or accelerates to hard he

get a warning light. That is not the end of it. Back at the depot at

his or recorded by a computer and the drivers are graded. You worry

smooth drive if you are in the green, or yellow, but being in the

It is a project we started 12 months ago. We put a piece of

equipment in the driver's camper which monitors acceleration and

braking to reduce diesel consumption, which we have done, we

have reduced it by 7.5 %. We have also saved in the region of 80

tonnes of carbon dioxide, equivalent to about 1,600 returned

doubled -- journeys from Dublin to banger. Motorists who nip in front

of buses or so warplanes do not make life easy, but despite the

hassle the drivers seemed content with the new device. It makes you

better with the accelerator and braking, you understand when you

have taken off too fast or stopped too quickly. At the time it bleeds

you can see where you have gone wrong. Do you think it makes it

different for passengers? I would say so, yes. I have always been

complemented on my driving, I have to save. Is this true? We are

always good drivers, so we are told. This makes us drive that bit better.

Translink are rolling out the scheme in Derry and it will see if

it can reduce costs even further. We've had the comedian David

Walliams swimming the Thames and the tv presenter Christine Bleakley

waterskiing across the Channel. But doing your bit for Sports Relief

doesn't have to be that dramatic. You can walk or run the Sport

Relief mile in March. Community projects here will benefit from the

fundraising. Sarah Travers visited one in North Belfast.

Holy Cross, Ardoyne, 2001. This sectarian dispute made headlines

across the world and, caught in the middle, where these young

schoolgirls. A decade on, are very different walk to Holy Cross is

taking place, this time involving pupils from the school across the

road. Both schools have been twinned in a cross-community

project working to unite and educate Catholics and Protestants

by playing basketball. Basketball is a sport that is fairly neutral,

it is not something that is divisive in the community, sold

most of the kids are coming together and learning for the first

time, and I think sport in general is a great way to bring kids

together. Our children fairly -- thoroughly enjoyed the basketball,

but as well the players have evolved and they also do some group

work, where the children then learned about sectarianism,

prejudice, differences in similarities and people. You need

to learn to get along with everyone. Despite going to school across the

road from each other, apart from joint school events these children

have little or no contact with each other. Now through basketball,

friendships have been forged. think the peace players is good,

because you get to make new friends and learn new stuff about other

people. What do you think when you come across the road now? That it

is a good school. They are really nice. Do you have many friends at

Wakefield? No. Do you have any friends there? Yes, now. A who

argue for and with now. Lauren, Megan and amber.

Pace players works with schools and community groups across Northern

Ireland. Funding from Sport Relief keeps it going.

If you would like to help Sport Relief this year, why not take part

in the Sport Relief Mile taking place in Belfast on 25th March and

an average areas that day for each of -- that day. You can find out

more by it log-in onto Sport Relief Coming up after sport - we find out

why there were strange characters hanging about the Odyssey in

Belfast today. Next, very good news for gaelic

games - on the eve of a big club football semi-final. Here's Gavin

Andrews. The redevelopment of Casement Park

moved a step closer last night as the Northern Ireland Executive

confirmed it's commitment to investing �61.4 million in a new

40,000 seated capacity stadium to be built on the existing Casement

Park site. Meanwhile, holders Crossmaglen are all set for

tomorrow's All-Ireland Club Football semi-final against Kerry

outfit Dr Crokes. And tonight Thomas Niblock is with one of their

The pictures on the wall really tell their own story. No matter

where you look in the ruins it is pictures illustrating success after

success. This picture has particular significance this

weekend, it is Archie Moore Campbell holding the 2007 Club

title aloft. Again, it is Dr croaks, the Kerry champions, who

Crossmaglen play this weekend. The real man joins me now. �62 million

from the Northern Ireland Exchequer, plus 15 million from Croke Park,

that is over �75 million for a new Casement Park. How important is

this for developing delight Danes? We don't have a stadium which can

be proud of, and must rank up there with all the stadiums in Munster,

Leinster, I think it is about time we have it, and it is only right it

is in Belfast. You have lost two finals previously

- is it important to get over the semi-finals, does it hurt more than

the finals? It does, it is nice to get to St

Patrick's Day, to the occasion, if we can get through by a one.

Tomorrow we will be more than happy. -- one point tomorrow.

Briefly, how are you going to stop Colin Cooper?

Were going to put four men on him. We're going to treat him like

everyone else, we have played against class forwards all here and

we have handled them. We will put someone on him who will have a job

to do. A we wish you all the best,

tomorrow's game will be on BBC Radio Ulster life.

To Rugby and Ulster are in Cardiff tonight where they take on the

The Celtic boss Neil Lennon has reacted angrily to the suggestion

that if his side win the Scottish Premier League title, it will be

devalued by the ten point deduction for closest rivals Rangers. It was

put to him at a press conference today, and this was his response.

Were some, there will be no devaluing, it regardless of what

goes on elsewhere. It is nothing to do with our club for these players.

If people want to point the finger, F - and it is a big if - if we won

the title, I will have plenty to say about devaluing titles when the

time comes, don't worry about that. The top two in the Premiership

Weekend as leaders Brian Magee defends his WBA interim

super-middleweight title against Denmark's Rudy Markusson in

Copenhagen tomorrow night. After nearly a decade as a professional,

Magee's hoping this bout is a stepping stone to another major

title shot. As Nial Foster reports. Preparing to defend his title at

the age of 36, Brian Magee says he has never been fatter.

I am feeling younger. I think I am going backwards in age. By as

Mackie has never been fitter. -- he has never been fitter.

Add his side is his trainer, who believes he can go on to greater

things because of has watched ethic. By that is what you need in this

sport, you need to be dedicated and the work hard. He has done that. I

think he is the best now, but we have to prove it.

The big prizes are ahead of us after this fight. It is like every

other fight, it is must when, I have the key they all want and the

WDA. There is no shortage of motivation

for the family man, and if he shows as quick hands as his trainer of

tomorrow night, the next big fight Ulster are in Cardiff, where they

take on the blues. Brian McLoughlin has fielded a strong side, where

three players return from Ireland You couldn't move in Belfast today

for Batmen, Pirates of the Caribbean, Orcs and Gryffindors.

They were all part of an event to inspire young people to look for a

career in what's called the creative industries - the work that

goes into making movies and TV programmes. Our arts correspondent

Maggie Taggart stepped into a fantasy land at the W5 complex in

Belfast. They queued in their hundreds to

get in, but where else would you get a chance to meet Predator?

More than 30 super fans have been recruited for this heroes and

legends weekend. It is fun and everyone is having a terrific fun,

but it is part of our encouragement to make people more creative. It is

all part of realising there are curriers in their creative industry

and people in Northern Ireland can have those carriers. The movie sets,

costumes and even the Magic Hat have been made by members of

Emerald Garrison, a costume fan club.

Gryffindor! Actors to help create the illusion

of the movies are at the complex until Sunday. This stark has gone

on to make many other films, but is still recognised for the oldies.

They will come up and want an autograph and picture of me, and

will save a character from aliens is my favourite, or Johnny Ringo is

my favourite villain, and they were not born when we made the video.

This doctor who cannot believe that role behind, and upstairs has

Tardis was waiting to stop a few are ever curious about the inside

of the Tardis, it is fantastic in here, but far too complicated to

describe. I come edged to the man who built

this - captain Jacques Barrell, what makes you build something like

this? -- captain Jack Sparrow. We needed a Tardis, so I just build

Heroes and legends will be here until Sunday evening, but be sure

to pack his you're pausing before you go. -- practice you posing.

With the weekend weather, Barra With the weekend weather, Barra

Best. Unfortunately, it will turn much

older, you will want to keep the winter wardrobe handy. Overnight we

have another weather front drifting bringing rain and air from the

Arctic, temperatures falling back by a breakfast time. The cold

weather will stay through the weekend, too. Some of the showers

tomorrow will fall as snow, especially over the mountain's.

Over the Antrim hills we could see accumulations of up to ten

centimetres. -- over the mountains. There will be dry and bright

weather, some spells of sunshine, cold and brisk weather. If you are

doing any hill-walking tomorrow, wrap up warm. Keep your winter

boots had become of these are dawn a trainer of's. -- did you winter

boots handy. These are Donna's. We will continue to have some

wintry showers through antrum and into parts of County Down. Look at

the temperatures - falling back to minus two Celsius. Sunday will get

off to a frosty and AC starred in many places. -- icy conditions in

many places. Temperatures typically around five Celsius. It will feel

cold over the weekend because of the stronger winds. It will be a

short-lived cold snap, because into next week temperatures are rising,

double figures by midweek, but it will also be grey and damp and at

times windy. For the latest updates over the weekend stay tuned to the