:00:04. > :00:07.Good evening. A bomb has been defused near the
:00:07. > :00:09.main Belfast to Dublin road at Newry. The army used robotic
:00:10. > :00:15.equipment to examine the device which the police said contained a
:00:15. > :00:19.significant amount of explosive. The bomb was at the northbound on-
:00:19. > :00:25.slip of the A1 near the Forkhill Road. The slip road is closed but
:00:25. > :00:27.the main A1 road is open. Four police officers have been
:00:27. > :00:33.suspended as part of an investigation into alleged racist
:00:33. > :00:35.and sectarian text messages. The PSNI says it's treating the matter
:00:35. > :00:40.with "immense gravity" and won't tolerate wrongdoing of any
:00:40. > :00:48.description. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney
:00:48. > :00:54.reports. The PSNI it work with community
:00:54. > :00:58.groups to try and stamp out sectarian and racist behaviour. Now,
:00:58. > :01:04.four of its own officers stand accused. This is a matter of
:01:04. > :01:08.immense gravity. We are taking the unusual step of briefing you at
:01:08. > :01:14.this point. The Police Service of Northern Ireland has launched an
:01:14. > :01:20.internal investigation into very serious allegations concerning
:01:20. > :01:24.alleged in appropriate texts of a racist and sectarian nature. Four
:01:24. > :01:28.officers were suspended yesterday and are under investigation.
:01:29. > :01:32.police will not reveal precise details of the text messages at the
:01:32. > :01:36.heart of this investigation. They were discovered during an inquiry
:01:36. > :01:41.into another unrelated matter. What is clear is that they go much
:01:41. > :01:44.further than jokes or remarks that could be misinterpreted. There are
:01:44. > :01:49.a highly offensive racist and sectarian nature and there are
:01:49. > :01:51.other offensive texts as well. I would be confident that if you had
:01:51. > :01:56.access to any of these texts like you would find them deeply
:01:56. > :02:01.offensive. It is understood the text messages are of such an
:02:01. > :02:09.offensive nature it is possible the four officers could lose their jobs.
:02:09. > :02:13.This is embarrassing for the PSNI, which has respect for rights as one
:02:13. > :02:18.of the core values. Going public with this at such eight -- an early
:02:18. > :02:21.stage is a demonstration about how seriously it has been taking.
:02:21. > :02:24.A couple and two young children have been rescued from a house fire
:02:24. > :02:27.in Rathcoole in Newtownabbey. At the height of the blaze in
:02:27. > :02:32.Rathcoole a baby was thrown out of an upstairs window to neighbours
:02:32. > :02:35.outside. Catherine Morrison reports. A carefully wrapped presents
:02:35. > :02:40.somehow survived an inferno that destroyed everything else that in
:02:40. > :02:43.its path. The alarm was raised shortly after 4 o'clock this
:02:43. > :02:48.morning when neighbours heard the young mother screaming for her help
:02:48. > :02:53.from her bedroom window. The front door it was an inferno of frames,
:02:53. > :02:59.that is all I can describe. The neighbours were helping as well.
:02:59. > :03:04.Your first instinct is to go round as the people were screaming.
:03:04. > :03:12.baby is only 14 months and they put her out the bathroom window. Me and
:03:12. > :03:17.a young fellow catch her and I just lifted her and to occur to my home.
:03:17. > :03:21.The other neighbours got the rest of the family out. Neighbours have
:03:21. > :03:25.described the scene as like something out of a horror film. At
:03:25. > :03:28.one stage, the flames and smoke were so bad that the police could
:03:28. > :03:34.barely even find the next door neighbour's front door to alert
:03:34. > :03:38.them. While the family is lucky to have escaped with their lives, they
:03:38. > :03:42.had been left with literally nothing. An appeal has been lodged
:03:42. > :03:45.for donations of clothing and other items to try and help the family.
:03:45. > :03:50.Tributes have been paid to the bravery of the local people who
:03:50. > :03:53.took part in the rescue. The blaze also spread to the house next door
:03:53. > :03:58.and the occupants, a grandmother and her grandchildren, were brought
:03:58. > :04:02.to safety before it to cold. The police said the fire was started
:04:02. > :04:05.deliberately and have appealed for information.
:04:05. > :04:08.Bone marrow tests have revealed that the man accused of murdering
:04:08. > :04:11.two County Down women in Turkey is older than he claimed. Marion
:04:11. > :04:14.Graham and Cathy Dinsmore were stabbed to death last August near
:04:14. > :04:17.the city of Izmir. Rechep Chetin, a Turkish waiter who was in a
:04:17. > :04:21.relationship with Marion Graham's daughter, was arrested on suspicion
:04:21. > :04:26.of the murders. He told the police he was 17, but a bone test has
:04:27. > :04:33.found him to be 22. It means he can be tried in an adult court and if
:04:33. > :04:37.convicted, will face life imprisonment. This means up to 30
:04:37. > :04:39.years in jail. It's Day Two of the US Masters at
:04:39. > :04:43.Augusta and Portrush's Graeme McDowell has just finished his
:04:43. > :04:46.round. Of the three other Irish golfers still out on the course,
:04:46. > :04:56.it's Holywood's Rory McIlroy who's been mounting the charge as Stephen
:04:56. > :05:02.Watson reports. It was an early, chilly start for
:05:02. > :05:12.Rory McIlroy end of us do. Unlike yesterday, there was no sign of any
:05:12. > :05:13.
:05:13. > :05:19.nerves. A perfect opening shot was the ideal start to Iran which
:05:19. > :05:24.simply got better and better. -- a round. Shops like this moved him up
:05:24. > :05:29.the leaderboard, thrilling the crowds and impressing one of the
:05:29. > :05:34.game's longest-serving commentators. A wonderful touch around the one
:05:34. > :05:40.bunker shot, one chip shop which went within five feet. He has got
:05:40. > :05:45.power, Church, personality, he is pleasant, long will it rain. --
:05:45. > :05:52.power and touch. This Verdi took Rory McIlroy to within one shot of
:05:52. > :05:55.the lead. -- birdie. Not so good for Darren Clarke, who showed
:05:55. > :06:00.glimpses of his championship- winning form, but he has work to do
:06:00. > :06:06.if he is to be here at the weekend. Graeme McDowell will make the
:06:06. > :06:09.halfway cut. Another two rounds on this course, I need them. If I ever
:06:09. > :06:15.want to win this green jacket I have got to get the hang of this
:06:15. > :06:19.place. Yesterday I certainly felt like I had been banging my head
:06:19. > :06:23.against the wall. Today, I just find it a few times but it was not
:06:23. > :06:28.too bad. So it is Rory Muckamore he will give Northern Ireland the best
:06:28. > :06:37.chance of landing yet another major title. -- Rory McIlroy. At this
:06:37. > :06:47.stage, he is looking good. Rory Maghera is now two shots off
:06:47. > :06:52.the lead on four under after 14 By Easter Monday it could be quite
:06:52. > :06:55.wet in places. It is quite tonight. There will be drizzle around from
:06:55. > :06:59.time to time and some low cloud and fog over the high ground,
:06:59. > :07:04.especially in the north. Temperatures holding up well. A man
:07:04. > :07:08.night and starting off Saturday on a cloudy note. -- a mild night.
:07:08. > :07:13.Drizzle at times but decent bright spells and perhaps a hint of
:07:14. > :07:19.brightness in the south-east. Dole and up towards the north-west. On
:07:19. > :07:23.Easter Sunday it will be pretty wet although there will be dry weather