:00:25. > :00:29.Good evening. This is BBC Newsline. One year on from his murder, the
:00:29. > :00:32.mad that of Constable Ronan Kerr says she pities his killers.
:00:33. > :00:37.people who have done this have to live with this for the rest of our
:00:37. > :00:41.lives. They have to live with the knowledge that they killed a young
:00:41. > :00:44.innocent man. Another jobs boost, the third in
:00:44. > :00:48.three days and this one is in County Tyrone.
:00:48. > :00:54.It called for more funds to fight brain cancer. We hear from one
:00:54. > :01:02.family who have lost three loved ones to the disease. She never
:01:02. > :01:06.cried. Near Christmas, she complained about a headache.
:01:06. > :01:11.The view from Portaferry is absolutely stunning tonight, but I
:01:11. > :01:16.will be finding out how the village itself will be improving its looks.
:01:16. > :01:24.Another glorious day of sunshine, how long can it continue? I will
:01:24. > :01:27.have the answer later. Almost one year after the murder of
:01:27. > :01:32.the police officer Ronan Kerr, his mother has said his killers have
:01:32. > :01:37.gained nothing. He died when dissident republicans put a bomb
:01:38. > :01:46.under his car in Omagh. His mother and brother have been speaking as
:01:46. > :01:50.the first anniversary of his death approaches. Ronan Kerr was just 25.
:01:50. > :01:55.He often checked his car for bombs. This time he had gone out to
:01:56. > :02:00.collect something. It was enough to detonate the device. Police say the
:02:00. > :02:04.murder investigation is extremely large, long and detailed. In the
:02:04. > :02:09.weeks before his death, he told friends and family that he loved
:02:09. > :02:14.his job, that he had never been happier. His family had come to
:02:14. > :02:18.rely on the man with the big bubbly personality. His mother and brother
:02:18. > :02:25.Cathair Kerr have been speaking of as the anniversary of his death
:02:25. > :02:29.approaches. It is difficult to live with it all. I just want to appeal
:02:29. > :02:34.to the people that did this. They have to live with it as well. It is
:02:34. > :02:38.not just us. They have to live with the knowledge that they killed a
:02:38. > :02:45.young innocent man. He may have had a police uniform, he was a lovely
:02:45. > :02:51.young man. He was taken from us. This is not the way forward.
:02:51. > :02:56.says the killers have not achieved anything. Absolutely nothing. The
:02:56. > :03:04.show of support at the time was definitely a sending a clear
:03:04. > :03:08.message that they have no support. They knew what they had done and
:03:08. > :03:14.they do not have the support. Numerous people have said to me
:03:14. > :03:24.sense that my son or my doctor, as soon as recruitment opens again,
:03:24. > :03:25.
:03:25. > :03:29.they will join. Constable care was murdered in Omagh. Police moved in
:03:29. > :03:33.the here, where they found munitions and explosives, along
:03:33. > :03:37.with stolen vehicles. You can see an officer lifting a weapon inside
:03:37. > :03:42.the building before it is taken away for examination. One man has
:03:42. > :03:46.been charged in connection with the find. Now, the police want more co-
:03:46. > :03:50.operation and information from the community, especially about just
:03:50. > :03:55.who was wet the -- renting the garage. No one from the PSNI was
:03:55. > :04:04.available for interview today. Obviously we want justice for Ronan.
:04:04. > :04:10.We want someone charged and the right person charged. It could save
:04:10. > :04:14.another life. They could take someone else's life. That is the
:04:14. > :04:19.main thing. It will not bring Rome and back, but it could save someone
:04:19. > :04:23.else. Later this week, a judge is expected to deliver his verdict on
:04:24. > :04:28.the men charged with the murder of Constable Stephen Carroll. He was
:04:28. > :04:35.the first PSNI officer to the murder. It makes the appeal now for
:04:35. > :04:40.information about the murder of Ronan Kerr all the more timely.
:04:40. > :04:46.In major food processing company is creating 164 jobs in Cookstown.
:04:46. > :04:49.Vion Food is investing in new equipment and technology.
:04:49. > :04:58.Representing one in five jobs in the private sector, the agri-food
:04:58. > :05:03.industry is still growing. This company in Cookstown already
:05:04. > :05:09.employs more than 700 people. It is the largest pig processing plant in
:05:09. > :05:13.Ireland and one of the largest in the UK. Today's Investment will
:05:13. > :05:18.enhance the processing facilities and update the chilling technology.
:05:18. > :05:22.There is a long tradition. Our plant dates back to 1938 and we
:05:22. > :05:29.believe there are sound foundations for us to grow our business. This
:05:29. > :05:33.investment will mean 170 additional jobs in relation to it and will
:05:33. > :05:36.mean our technology will improve. It will make as globally
:05:36. > :05:43.competitive and keep us on the right track to sustain the industry
:05:43. > :05:51.here. That industry has been thriving despite the -- despite the
:05:51. > :05:54.economic downturn. I have long been a supporter of this industry and
:05:54. > :06:01.throughout the recession it has continued to grow and there are
:06:01. > :06:05.huge opportunities for the sector, particularly in the export market.
:06:05. > :06:11.And with the creation of the food strategy board hoped to work in
:06:11. > :06:15.conjunction with farmers and with processors to make this an industry
:06:15. > :06:19.that is world class and can drive the economy here. The company
:06:19. > :06:24.supplies several large supermarket chains as well as selling its own
:06:24. > :06:31.Cookstown brand products. It anticipates increase sales as a
:06:31. > :06:34.result of the investment. The police on both sides of the
:06:34. > :06:38.border have been criticised at the Smithwick Tribunal for failing to
:06:38. > :06:42.disclose details before today of an investigation into alleged leaks of
:06:42. > :06:48.Garda intelligence to the IRA. The tribunal is investigating
:06:48. > :06:51.allegations of collusion in the IRA murders of two RUC officers. Chief
:06:51. > :06:56.Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob Buchanan were
:06:56. > :07:00.killed in an IRA ambush just after they left Dundalk Garda station.
:07:00. > :07:08.The leaks investigation was two years after that. Our reporter is
:07:08. > :07:14.in Dublin. The person who led that leaks investigation in 1991 was
:07:14. > :07:19.before the tribunal again today? Back his right. He was back before
:07:19. > :07:23.the tribunal. In recent weeks has the tribunal found out that in 1991
:07:23. > :07:28.there was an investigation into alleged garden leaks to the IRA in
:07:28. > :07:36.Donegal. It was the first time they had got wind of what was a major
:07:36. > :07:44.investigation. The person charged at that probe was... And there was
:07:44. > :07:47.no evidence linking any officer with this. The tribunal said that
:07:47. > :07:52.given that we are investigating allegations of collusion, you would
:07:52. > :07:57.think that this would be one of the first reports we would get. He
:07:57. > :08:01.agreed and he said it depends what information the tribunal requested.
:08:01. > :08:06.The PSNI came in for particular criticism by the chairman. That is
:08:06. > :08:11.right. There were some heated exchanges today. The former Garda
:08:11. > :08:18.commissioner admitted it was the first and only time that he had
:08:18. > :08:23.investigated the links to the IRA. They asked why it was left out
:08:23. > :08:27.until now. He said what he had always a - a have always answered
:08:27. > :08:31.the questions he had asked. The tribunal chairman criticised the
:08:31. > :08:37.PSNI pointing out that it was an RUC witness that brought this
:08:37. > :08:46.matter to the attention of the tribunal, so why did the PSNI not
:08:46. > :08:50.volunteer this report? What was the response? The councillor for the
:08:50. > :08:54.PSNI described it as unfair and he cited a loss of corporate knowledge
:08:54. > :09:00.on the case and the exchange between the chairman and Mr
:09:00. > :09:03.Robinson continued for a number of minutes. He said neither at the
:09:03. > :09:07.Gardai and the PSNI had disclose details of this investigation to us.
:09:07. > :09:10.The title of both reports were indicative that that they were
:09:11. > :09:16.investigating matters of collusion and begs the question, what other
:09:16. > :09:20.evidence is there that we do not know about? And thank you.
:09:20. > :09:24.This is BBC Newsline and still to come on the programme. The latest
:09:24. > :09:31.attractions for followers of all things Titanic are unveiled in
:09:31. > :09:35.Belfast. Also. It is like jogging on the moon. We are using NASA
:09:35. > :09:41.equipment which has revolution analysing we have in the Royal
:09:41. > :09:45.Victoria Hospital. A 53-year-old woman who was being
:09:45. > :09:49.questioned about the murder of a man 16 years ago has been released.
:09:49. > :09:53.Simon Tang was beaten and robbed as said his takeaway restaurant in
:09:53. > :09:57.Carrickfergus. The arrest follows an appeal on the BBC's Crimewatch
:09:57. > :10:00.programme last week. Police say they are falling in the lines of
:10:00. > :10:04.inquiry. A judge has ruled that an education
:10:04. > :10:09.board acted unlawfully in its treatment of a nine-year-old boy
:10:09. > :10:13.with special needs. The boy in known only as LC failed to receive
:10:13. > :10:17.it to erect a literacy teaching from the board. The Children's Law
:10:17. > :10:22.centre, which supported the case, says this could set a precedent for
:10:22. > :10:26.future cases. It is a broad judgment. This is in the sense that
:10:26. > :10:31.it does not apply just to direct teaching support, it could also
:10:31. > :10:39.apply to other board services such as children with autism, children
:10:39. > :10:42.with behavioural needs and children waiting for psychology assessments.
:10:43. > :10:47.A property management company controlled by a high profile estate
:10:47. > :10:50.agent, Philip Johnston, has gone into receivership. The company
:10:50. > :10:54.called East Development Ltd has fallen victim to the market slump
:10:55. > :10:58.and a receiver is trying to sell its properties to recover �3
:10:58. > :11:03.million owed to creditors. Philip Johnston did not want to comment on
:11:03. > :11:07.the news, but has made it clear his estate agency business is not
:11:07. > :11:10.affected. There a couple in Londonderry whose
:11:10. > :11:16.daughter and two other relatives died from brain tumours have backed
:11:16. > :11:20.calls for more research funding into that particular cancer. There
:11:20. > :11:25.up to 250 brain tumour operations here every year, but campaigners
:11:25. > :11:35.say research into brain tumours gets less than one % of the money
:11:35. > :11:35.
:11:35. > :11:39.preface was just 26 years old when she was diagnosed with a brain
:11:39. > :11:43.tumour. She was a popular young teacher and she excelled in sports
:11:43. > :11:48.and was engaged to be married this summer. In January, eight months
:11:49. > :11:58.after being diagnosed, she lost her fight for life. When the doctors
:11:58. > :12:04.explain to us and her fiance that she had two monster live initially,
:12:04. > :12:07.without an operation, it was escalating. She was told if she had
:12:07. > :12:13.an operation it is possible she could live for a one year. It was
:12:13. > :12:20.hard. She never cried. She never complained. She never would have
:12:20. > :12:28.said, I feel sick or near Christmas she would have complained about a
:12:28. > :12:34.sore head. As her parents reflect on their laws, they say the onus --
:12:34. > :12:40.illness has had a devastating impact on them. She was going out
:12:40. > :12:46.and said I am going now. She took I said I am going with you. She said
:12:46. > :12:56.she would not be back. I said she would be back. That is how when he
:12:56. > :13:04.
:13:04. > :13:10.awoke she wouldn't be back. We have got plenty of novel therapies in
:13:10. > :13:15.the pipeline that we hope to develop. We need a boost to move
:13:15. > :13:21.that forward into clinical trial activity. It is the third time this
:13:21. > :13:25.family have lost a loved one to the disease. 14 years ago, her uncle
:13:25. > :13:33.sickened to a brain tumour and in 2010 or 18-year-old cousin and
:13:33. > :13:38.close friend also died. Their graves are just yards apart. It has
:13:39. > :13:45.been terrible. We have not got over it. We do not seem to be moving on.
:13:45. > :13:49.I think what happened to Charlene brought everything back. The two of
:13:49. > :13:52.them died on the same ward. It was horrific. The families of both
:13:52. > :13:56.these young women are backing funding for further research into
:13:56. > :14:06.this cancer in the hope that it will prevent what they described as
:14:06. > :14:07.
:14:07. > :14:10.Yet another attraction for so called "Titanoraks" was been
:14:11. > :14:14.unveiled. This one is a bronze sculpture dedicated to the shipyard
:14:14. > :14:18.workers who built the famous liner at Harland and Wolff and not far
:14:18. > :14:26.from the statue a train station has also been getting the Titanic
:14:26. > :14:30.treatment as Natasha Sayee reports. 100 years ago, men like this walked
:14:30. > :14:34.to the shipyard to put the finishing touches on their greatest
:14:34. > :14:39.project and this is to remember them. It is also in memory of the
:14:39. > :14:47.thousands of others who worked in what was once Belfast's biggest
:14:47. > :14:54.industry. My father, Mike grandfather and lots of us in our
:14:54. > :15:02.family worked here. The any reason I didn't is that it didn't happen
:15:02. > :15:06.when it came to me. Part of the idea of the sculpture is to allow
:15:06. > :15:10.local children a way to connect with it the past with grandfathers
:15:10. > :15:20.and great-grandfathers long gone but there are a few who remember
:15:20. > :15:25.the yard to mend. They are just at the real thing. We will give them a
:15:25. > :15:30.wave every day and I hope thousands remember the shipyard men. Really
:15:30. > :15:36.remember this shipyard men before they take the steps away. There
:15:36. > :15:40.were thousands of them. Just a stone's throw away, another
:15:40. > :15:45.unveiling. A name change for the former Bridgend station, although
:15:45. > :15:50.it is a good walk to Titanic Belfast from here so is the name
:15:50. > :15:58.misleading? It is a ten-minute stroll across so not that far away.
:15:58. > :16:03.It is improved access between east Belfast and the Titanic environment.
:16:03. > :16:07.It is about a mile from here to Titanic Belfast but there would not
:16:07. > :16:14.have been a project -- problem for the yard men who would have walked
:16:14. > :16:18.a similar route twice, if not four times a day.
:16:18. > :16:23.On tomorrow's programme, I'll be presenting from Titanic Belfast,
:16:23. > :16:26.the new name of the Titanic signature building and on Fridays
:16:26. > :16:28.programme we will beat -- bring you more of what the attraction has to
:16:28. > :16:31.offer. Many towns and villages are
:16:31. > :16:35.blighted by derelict buildings because of the economic down turn.
:16:35. > :16:38.Now one County Down village is hoping to turn things around with
:16:38. > :16:46.the help of some lottery cash. Our District journalist, Claire Savage,
:16:46. > :16:50.joins us live from Portaferry. Hello. What a glorious day and a
:16:50. > :16:55.glorious setting. I am in the glorious village of Portaferry. But
:16:55. > :16:58.this way, if you it isn't as attractive but now derelict
:16:58. > :17:04.buildings like this could be in line for beauty treatment to
:17:04. > :17:08.improve their looks. On a day like today, it is more
:17:08. > :17:13.like a summer clean than a spring clean as There are more than 30
:17:13. > :17:17.boarded-up buildings here. It was a thriving centre but it has waned
:17:17. > :17:21.somewhat through lack of private investment. We would love to see
:17:21. > :17:26.the buildings being read generated and we would like to be part of
:17:26. > :17:32.that. �1.2 million of lottery funding is now up for grabs so the
:17:32. > :17:37.owners of these properties can help preserve them. Some of the
:17:37. > :17:42.buildings are still in the control of may be the receivers. All of
:17:42. > :17:46.them are up for sale so anyone out there looking for a great
:17:46. > :17:50.investment opportunity and the chance of a grant... This property
:17:50. > :17:55.has been empty for six years but now there are plans to reopen it as
:17:55. > :18:01.a guest house. It is a lovely village and lovely frontage but
:18:01. > :18:06.boards are not attractive for someone wanting to stay. A new
:18:06. > :18:12.owners of a business have recently invested private cash. Any money
:18:12. > :18:16.that comes to Portaferry is welcome. My husband and I have put a lot of
:18:16. > :18:24.effort into advertising and marketing to get his place going.
:18:24. > :18:28.It is a lovely community. The derelict buildings are either a
:18:28. > :18:35.glass half-full or empty. If you come, you realise the glass is
:18:35. > :18:39.half-full. It is hoped to give this place a new lease of life - my life.
:18:39. > :18:44.It will only work if people take up the funding but hopefully it will
:18:44. > :18:48.help this beauty spot become more beautiful.
:18:48. > :18:52.From changing the look of the village to Changing lives. The
:18:53. > :18:56.Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast has been chosen as the first NHS
:18:56. > :19:01.hospital to trial a special piece of rehabilitation equipment. The
:19:02. > :19:08.treadmill was designed by NASA to help astronauts walk in space but
:19:08. > :19:12.it is producing marvellous results for patients at the trauma centre.
:19:12. > :19:17.A week ago this man was on the flat of his back with multiple fractures.
:19:17. > :19:24.A few hours ago he was walking freely thanks to the appliance of
:19:24. > :19:32.science. I came off my by civil last week or 10 days ago. I smashed
:19:32. > :19:38.my pelvis, five or six ribs. Basically, I could only shuffle
:19:38. > :19:44.around on a crutch and here I am walking five kilometres per hour,
:19:45. > :19:49.albeit with 40% of my body weight. Using the treadmill is like walking
:19:49. > :19:56.on the moon as the zero-gravity effect allows patients to wait bear,
:19:57. > :20:01.but at a price as each treadmill costs �30,000. With NHS facilities,
:20:01. > :20:06.it hasn't been something they have been able to get. What we have been
:20:06. > :20:10.asking for them to do is let us trial it. It is not the only thing
:20:10. > :20:18.we are currently doing with these patients but it would be a nice at
:20:18. > :20:23.and. Sean and ever thought he would never compete in motocross again.
:20:23. > :20:30.My initial recovery period we beat two years but it is down to 12
:20:30. > :20:34.months now it has brought me on that far. He sustained a compact
:20:34. > :20:39.factor and he now has just as -- experienced the sensation of
:20:39. > :20:43.running for the first time in months. It was a real. When I
:20:43. > :20:49.started it was hard to imagine being able to run because I haven't
:20:49. > :20:54.for six months. But the good thing was I had the confidence to know I
:20:54. > :20:59.wasn't doing damage to the fracture site. The surgeons who routinely
:20:59. > :21:04.put these patients back together again fully recognise the role
:21:04. > :21:10.played by personnel and the machinery. It is valuable. We can
:21:10. > :21:14.do that technical aspects of putting bones back together again
:21:14. > :21:19.and providing stability but equally important is that we have
:21:19. > :21:23.afterwards. What you have this at your disposal every day of the if
:21:23. > :21:27.you could wave a wand? Obviously yes. There are constraints but
:21:27. > :21:33.talking to my physiotherapy colleagues there are clear benefits
:21:33. > :21:43.as to what this machine has to offer. The treadmill will trial
:21:43. > :21:46.
:21:46. > :21:51.Fire crews at tackling a course fire in County Armagh. Locals say
:21:51. > :21:56.the blaze broke out at around midday. Six appliances are in
:21:56. > :22:00.attendance and crews are using beating Tikrit and to put it out.
:22:00. > :22:03.They are working alongside the Forestry Service. A small portion
:22:03. > :22:07.of a nearby forest is also in flames.
:22:07. > :22:11.More on that later. It was a beautiful day to go
:22:11. > :22:16.fishing and that is what schoolchildren in Colraine did
:22:17. > :22:24.today. They started out with 100 salmon but they were happy to leave
:22:24. > :22:27.empty handed. Our reporter explains. Titanic topics to study but these
:22:27. > :22:34.children at Milburn primary school had other fish to fry. They were
:22:34. > :22:36.given over 100 salmon eggs to look after and hatch as part of a major
:22:36. > :22:43.rivers agency environmental improvement scheme and their
:22:43. > :22:47.teacher gave them top marks. children are the ones who are
:22:47. > :22:50.checking the fridge and the temperature and looking out for any
:22:50. > :22:55.hazards and of removing anything they shouldn't be in the water.
:22:55. > :23:01.They have been great. But this morning it was time to say goodbye
:23:01. > :23:06.to their unusual classroom pets as the children released them into the
:23:06. > :23:11.water in the town centre. Some did die but we got quite a lot of them
:23:11. > :23:16.at least. I am happy we are releasing them. It was good to have
:23:16. > :23:22.the feeling of accomplishment. Looking after them and being
:23:22. > :23:28.responsible. I didn't name any of them but it was very weird to have
:23:28. > :23:34.a double home-made -- double-headed salmon but it died. It is part of a
:23:34. > :23:38.flood alleviation programme Hine completion. Because of the
:23:38. > :23:42.modifications made to the river with cull that's and pipes, it
:23:42. > :23:46.inhibited their salmon getting up to the catchment. We were able to
:23:46. > :23:50.restore the natural function of the river to allow the fish to get back
:23:50. > :23:55.up. The children have worked very hard and they hope to enjoy the
:23:55. > :24:05.fruits of their labour within the next three years when the fish come
:24:05. > :24:05.
:24:06. > :24:09.Our next bunch of reporters there! With all the concern about water
:24:09. > :24:12.shortages in many parts of England, people have been contacting us here
:24:12. > :24:16.on BBC Newsline wanting to know if we're affected. Well Northern
:24:16. > :24:20.Ireland Water told us a short time ago that local reservoirs are 90%
:24:20. > :24:30.full. Good news, but we're still enjoying this dry sunny weather.
:24:30. > :24:30.
:24:30. > :24:35.Let's get the forecast with Cecilia Thank you. There is no sign of any
:24:35. > :24:41.real main within the next four or five days but we will see changes
:24:41. > :24:44.in the weather. Another day of sunshine tomorrow. It has been
:24:44. > :24:51.glorious today with lots of people packed in the City Hall at
:24:51. > :24:58.lunchtime. Yesterday, on the north coast, temperatures peaked but
:24:58. > :25:03.today it was 15 degrees Celsius. Not due to lack of sunshine because
:25:03. > :25:06.there was hardly a cloud to be seen. His clout will gradually comes
:25:06. > :25:12.southwards but the breeze today is coming from the north-west and it
:25:12. > :25:18.was purely down to the change in wind direction coming off the cold
:25:18. > :25:25.sea. That north-westerly breeze we are keeping tonight. A sharp fall
:25:25. > :25:30.in temperatures again after dark with some frost possible. A Bank of
:25:30. > :25:36.missed here this morning. Similar tomorrow morning. A chilly start
:25:36. > :25:44.tomorrow but we keep the sunshine going. It doesn't take too long
:25:44. > :25:54.before it warms up. More cloud tomorrow towards the north coast.
:25:54. > :26:01.The further south you are the warmer it will be. 17 and 18
:26:01. > :26:11.degrees Celsius are typical temperatures inland but Calder on
:26:11. > :26:12.
:26:12. > :26:17.the coast in a keynote breeze. -- where the breeze is fresher. A warm
:26:17. > :26:22.night tonight but when the cloud arrives it will make quite a
:26:22. > :26:28.difference. On Friday, cooler and cloudier with a breeze.
:26:28. > :26:38.Temperatures slipping back to average for this time of year. No
:26:38. > :26:39.
:26:39. > :26:43.You can keep up-to-date with News Online. I will be presenting from