:00:23. > :00:27.This is BBC Newsline. Our main news.
:00:27. > :00:35.At patient's death is linked to the outbreak of a dangerous infection
:00:35. > :00:42.in the Northern Trust. Also on the programme.
:00:42. > :00:46.The Inshops complex in Belfast is to close, with the loss of 60 jobs.
:00:46. > :00:50.A senior Chinese politician pledges her country's commitment to
:00:50. > :00:55.Northern Ireland. The man vilified for his role in
:00:55. > :01:01.the Titanic tragedy, and now the family of the just a breeze is may
:01:01. > :01:03.have their say. The MS Balmoral sales ever closer to the spot with
:01:03. > :01:08.the Titanic sank and today relatives of the victims have
:01:08. > :01:12.gathered on board. Jockey Tony McCoy is hoping to
:01:12. > :01:16.record a famous horseracing double tomorrow. Join me live in his home
:01:16. > :01:25.town of Moneyglass. And this weekend, it is all about
:01:25. > :01:29.sunshine and frost, find out how chilly it will be in your garden.
:01:29. > :01:34.An elderly patient who contracted the bacterial infection listeria
:01:34. > :01:37.has died at Antrim Area Hospital. The Northern Health Trust has
:01:37. > :01:41.declared and a break, because two other patients have been diagnosed
:01:41. > :01:46.with it in recent days. One is in Antrim and the other is in the
:01:46. > :01:51.Causeway Hospital. Both are said to be recovering well. Elderly people,
:01:51. > :01:55.pregnant women and newborn babies are most vulnerable to listeria.
:01:55. > :02:03.Our district journalist is in Antrim for us. What more can you
:02:03. > :02:07.tell us? What we know is that all three cases have been detected in
:02:07. > :02:12.the last seven days and that has caused quite a lot of concern. I am
:02:12. > :02:17.told there are normally around five cases of this per year, so the fact
:02:17. > :02:21.that there have been so many has raised alarm bells and that is why
:02:21. > :02:24.this outbreak has been declared. One elderly person has died and the
:02:25. > :02:31.trust says that listeria contributed to that death, but did
:02:31. > :02:37.not cause it. We also know that listeria is the food born bacteria,
:02:37. > :02:40.often found in cold first -- cold foods. Sometimes it occurs because
:02:40. > :02:49.the things have not been properly refrigerated, but it develops
:02:49. > :02:53.because there has been a breakdown in food hygiene. People will be
:02:53. > :02:57.frightened to hear the news, both patients in hospitals and also
:02:57. > :03:01.their relatives. You have been talking to trust officials. What
:03:01. > :03:07.reassurance have been giving you? have been speaking to the trust
:03:07. > :03:13.this afternoon and they have been keen it to allay fears. It is only
:03:13. > :03:17.those who are immunocompromised, people who are pregnant, who are
:03:17. > :03:21.elderly, who are taking some form of medication that would be
:03:21. > :03:26.affected by this. They were keen to say they are doing all they can to
:03:26. > :03:32.detect the source of the outbreak. I have been in the catering
:03:32. > :03:38.department myself, all of the wards, I have inspected all of the
:03:38. > :03:43.fridges... We are satisfied that our processes are robust, however
:03:43. > :03:49.this will be a long and complex process. We are moving on now to
:03:49. > :03:54.get the people who supply our food to make sure that that situation is
:03:54. > :03:59.OK. The reason why it is complicated is that so many people
:03:59. > :04:04.supply the third. People supply Derry products, sandwiches, and
:04:04. > :04:09.they will have to check food hygiene practices to get to the
:04:09. > :04:14.bottom of why this outbreak has occurred. Thank you.
:04:14. > :04:20.The Inshops complex on Belfast's High Street is to close. It houses
:04:20. > :04:26.25 shops, employing 60 people. It is due to shut at the end of June.
:04:26. > :04:30.For more than 25 years, Inshops has offered a selection of stores in
:04:30. > :04:34.the heart of Belfast. People working here learned yesterday that
:04:34. > :04:39.it is to close at the end of June, seen the loss of 25 stores and
:04:39. > :04:45.around 60 jobs. Many of the 97 units are lying empty. One owner
:04:45. > :04:50.had only moved in at the beginning of March. In it has been here for a
:04:50. > :04:53.long time. It is like a cultural centre. For a lot of the businesses,
:04:53. > :04:58.things are going to be very difficult. They will not
:04:58. > :05:04.necessarily be able to compete with the rates or rent you would have to
:05:04. > :05:09.pay in other premises. It is very sad to be losing these businesses.
:05:09. > :05:13.It's is owned and run by a company that has headquarters in Liverpool.
:05:13. > :05:19.It operates a network of 50 centres across the UK, but has confirmed
:05:19. > :05:25.that only the Belfast centre is currently earmarked for closure.
:05:26. > :05:29.The family of a woman murdered by the IRA in 1981 have offered a
:05:29. > :05:33.reward of �20,000 for information leading to the conviction of the
:05:33. > :05:37.killers. Joanne Mathers was shot dead as she collected census forms
:05:37. > :05:40.in the Gobnascale area of Londonderry. Her husband is
:05:40. > :05:46.offering the reward through the independent charity Crimestoppers
:05:46. > :05:49.UK. Her son was just two years old when she was killed.
:05:49. > :05:53.The most senior woman in the Chinese government says her country
:05:53. > :05:58.is committed to Northern Ireland. The second day of Liu Yandong's
:05:58. > :06:00.visit focused on education. She opened the Confucius Institute
:06:00. > :06:07.Institute at the University of Ulster and visited Queen's, which
:06:07. > :06:12.has announced it is to open a college in China. You usually have
:06:12. > :06:15.to be a president or an Oscar- winner to get a welcome like this.
:06:15. > :06:20.A representative of the world's fastest-growing economy, exceptions
:06:20. > :06:25.can be made. Liu Yandong was there to officially open the University
:06:25. > :06:30.of Ulster's Confucius Institute. Trade links between Northern
:06:30. > :06:33.of the visit. If we truly want to reach out to the rest of the world
:06:33. > :06:38.and to create opportunities for business, we need to have a
:06:38. > :06:43.positive relationship with one of the world's strongest economic and
:06:43. > :06:51.cultural powerhouses. I choose Northern Ireland as the first stop
:06:52. > :06:57.of my visit to the EU. It for least demonstrates China's commitment to
:06:57. > :07:01.Northern Ireland. This is the most senior politician to ever visit to
:07:01. > :07:07.Northern Ireland. If it helped bring about peace, they're hoping
:07:07. > :07:11.that the government will bring about prosperity. Next stop, was
:07:11. > :07:14.Queen's University which is establishing a college in China.
:07:14. > :07:18.have two excellent universities here they can now boast of having a
:07:18. > :07:22.strong friendship and professional relationship with China and we want
:07:22. > :07:27.to build on this. In the west, we do business and then we build
:07:27. > :07:30.relationships, was in the east, particularly in China, they only do
:07:30. > :07:34.business after they have built a relationship and what today was
:07:34. > :07:38.about was building a relationship foundation of which I know,
:07:38. > :07:45.significant investment will follow. The First and Deputy First
:07:45. > :07:49.ministers go to China in the autumn. Jonathan Bell the MLA there. Still
:07:49. > :07:54.to come. He was vilified for his role in the
:07:54. > :07:57.Titanic tragedy, now the family of just a breeze is may have their say.
:07:57. > :08:06.Can jockey Tony McCoy when one of the biggest sporting event of the
:08:06. > :08:09.year, the Grand National? Join me live in his home town.
:08:09. > :08:14.A busy schedule of events is planned for the centenary of the
:08:14. > :08:17.sinking of the Titanic this weekend. Memorial services will be held at
:08:17. > :08:22.Belfast City Hall and on the Atlantic, at the spot with the
:08:22. > :08:28.liner went down. Our reporter Chris Buckler is on the ship which is
:08:28. > :08:33.retracing the Titanic's rate. He joins us live now. Good evening. I
:08:33. > :08:37.have got a GPS device that tells me we're now 463 nautical miles away
:08:37. > :08:42.from the site where the Titanic sank and we are travelling at speed
:08:42. > :08:46.of just under 16 knots. That means we will reach the spot in the
:08:46. > :08:49.Atlantic where the Titanic's wreckage still lies in time for the
:08:49. > :08:54.memorial service. That is deeply important to all the passengers on
:08:54. > :09:00.board, but particularly those who have close family ties. Side by
:09:00. > :09:06.side, together in tribute. Descendants of the victims and
:09:06. > :09:10.survivors of the type of -- Titanic disaster. This was a photograph to
:09:10. > :09:15.mark history, as they remember an event from 100 years ago, that
:09:15. > :09:20.shaped all their families. Tommy Miller died on board the Titanic
:09:20. > :09:25.when it sank in the middle of the Atlantic. This weekend, his great
:09:25. > :09:29.granddaughter will be at that very spot, alongside the relatives she
:09:29. > :09:34.has met on this journey. The it is the first time I have shed at here
:09:34. > :09:39.since I came on board. I have been focused on lectures, meeting people
:09:39. > :09:46.and talking to them, that the emotional side of it has not hit me,
:09:46. > :09:50.until we were sitting in that room. Another lady was talking about how
:09:50. > :09:58.she wanted to see the Statue of Liberty and complete the journey in
:09:58. > :10:02.the same way that I wanted to. Yet, it makes a real. On board the MS
:10:02. > :10:07.Balmoral, every part of that history matters, right down to the
:10:07. > :10:11.fine details. Tonight, in the dining rooms, they even Ana to
:10:11. > :10:15.faithfully recreate the final dinner held on the Titanic. His has
:10:15. > :10:20.been re created according to the recipes we have now. The recipes I
:10:20. > :10:25.have now from the Titanic books that we have researched are all
:10:25. > :10:29.basic. We have salmon for an appetiser, we have quail's eggs, we
:10:29. > :10:35.have a fillet steak tonight, which is done at the way that they served
:10:35. > :10:39.it. Make no mistake, the focus remains on this weekend's memorial
:10:39. > :10:45.service. On this deck, more often used for relaxation and fun and
:10:45. > :10:52.games, people will fall silent in sombre reflection, marking exactly
:10:52. > :10:56.100 years since the tragedy. Some bodies were never found, including
:10:56. > :11:02.a man whose family say going to the point in the ocean were at the
:11:02. > :11:08.wreckage is is as close as they will come to visiting his grave.
:11:08. > :11:15.is important that we think enough of him to actually make this trip.
:11:15. > :11:19.We are doing it for the family. Read this in honour of all those
:11:19. > :11:23.who died are being prepared on board the ship and in the early
:11:23. > :11:33.hours of Sunday morning, a century after the sinking, they will be
:11:33. > :11:33.
:11:33. > :11:36.placed in the waters were the victims drowned. The Titanic sank
:11:36. > :11:45.at 2:20am and it will be entirely dark in the middle of the Atlantic
:11:45. > :11:55.at that time, but it will be 6:45pm - at 6:45am back in Northern
:11:55. > :11:57.
:11:57. > :12:03.Ireland. In honour of that, Bishop is turning its clocks back tonight,
:12:03. > :12:09.a very unusual think so that at exactly 2:20am, they will be able
:12:09. > :12:13.to remember what happened in the Atlantic in April 1912.
:12:13. > :12:17.As well as the memorial service at sea, Belfast City Council is
:12:17. > :12:20.hosting a commemorative event on Sunday morning and we will be
:12:21. > :12:25.showing you all of those events live during a special Titanic
:12:26. > :12:30.programme on BBC Two, which starts at 6:20am in the morning on Sunday.
:12:30. > :12:35.Mark Simpson will be at the City Hall, were a new memorial garden
:12:35. > :12:39.will be opened. He was there earlier to find out more. The
:12:39. > :12:44.waiting is nearly over. On Sunday morning, these hoardings will
:12:44. > :12:49.finally be taken down and we will all get to see the new Titanic
:12:49. > :12:53.memorial garden here in the grounds of Belfast City Hall. All day today,
:12:53. > :12:58.people have been trying to get a sneak preview by peering through a
:12:58. > :13:03.gap in the hoardings, but you cannot see much. We are told that
:13:03. > :13:08.it is colourful and also very dignified. Let us get an insight
:13:08. > :13:13.into the creation of the new garden from two of those involved. The
:13:13. > :13:16.landscape architect Joy Hutchinson is here and Kelly Frizell from
:13:16. > :13:20.Belfast City Council. You looked into putting the names of the
:13:20. > :13:25.victims of the Titanic into the garden, what exactly have you done
:13:25. > :13:32.that those names? Were have displayed them in five bronze
:13:32. > :13:38.plaques, which set upon and granite plinth. They span nine metres in
:13:38. > :13:46.length and the names are displayed in alphabetical order. Flowers.
:13:46. > :13:51.What have you done? Of garden has been designed around the existing
:13:51. > :13:56.monument as and is on two levels. We have tried to get a colour
:13:56. > :14:00.scheme, reflecting water and ice and also to try and encourage a
:14:00. > :14:05.sense of peace and contemplation. We have included seats in the
:14:05. > :14:12.garden and it is in a sunny part of the City Hall. We hope people will
:14:12. > :14:16.come down and enjoy it and remember all those who died on Titanic.
:14:16. > :14:20.Thank you. It is Sunday morning that the memorial garden will be
:14:20. > :14:25.open for the first time. The public are welcome to come down. The
:14:25. > :14:35.service begins at 9am. If you cannot make it down, the service
:14:35. > :14:37.
:14:37. > :14:40.James Cameron's film, Titanic, drew a new generation to the events of
:14:40. > :14:43.1912 and to the key people on board and the roles they played on the
:14:43. > :14:46.sinking ship. One of those was Joseph Bruce Ismay, the owner. He
:14:46. > :14:49.has been vilified for taking a place in a partially filled
:14:49. > :14:52.lifeboat when others perished. A decision, his family say, haunted
:14:52. > :14:59.him for ever. Sarah Travers has spoken exclusively to two of his
:14:59. > :15:02.descendants to hear the other side of the story.
:15:02. > :15:07.Newspaper headlines announced to the world that the unthinkable has
:15:07. > :15:16.happened. For the American press in particular, there was one man from
:15:16. > :15:19.whom they wanted answers. Joseph Bruce Ismay. The chairman of the
:15:19. > :15:22.White Star Line was branded a coward for his decision to leave
:15:22. > :15:27.the sinking ship in one of the last lifeboats. At the American and
:15:27. > :15:31.British inquiries which followed, he faced tough questions over the
:15:31. > :15:35.speed the ship was travelling over ice warnings and over the shortage
:15:35. > :15:39.of lifeboats. He was eventually cleared of any personal wrongdoing
:15:39. > :15:45.but his decision not to go down that the ship and public reaction
:15:45. > :15:49.to the disaster would haunt him for ever. Now his family want justice.
:15:49. > :15:55.Although he never knew his great grandfather, the maritime links are
:15:55. > :16:02.of this. Malcolm reveals a passion for the sea and the ships and a
:16:02. > :16:10.great pride in his family history. I think if you imagine he had died
:16:10. > :16:16.and been a hero, that is high me and the rest of the family see him.
:16:16. > :16:19.Because what happened afterwards was not the truth and he was
:16:19. > :16:23.victimised very much. Malcolm has chosen the centenary of the sinking
:16:23. > :16:29.of the Titanic to speak out for the first time to defend his ancestor.
:16:29. > :16:32.He has thousands of documents, all revealing a very different side to
:16:32. > :16:36.Joseph Bruce Ismay. Exhausted by events and the two inquiries, he
:16:37. > :16:44.had retreated to Scotland to await the outcome of the British inquiry.
:16:44. > :16:50.A telegram arrived with the result. This is the telegram and probably
:16:50. > :16:54.the first time he heard about the result of the inquest and inquiry.
:16:54. > :16:58.Which congratulate you, it finds excessive speed, captain not
:16:58. > :17:06.negligent, your presence London to do with speed and navigation States
:17:06. > :17:10.does not agree with those who criticised your conduct. There's
:17:11. > :17:20.also a moving letter of thanks from the husband of an estranged --
:17:21. > :17:21.
:17:21. > :17:24.Australian Stuart S he was saved by Joseph Bruce Ismay. You were all
:17:24. > :17:30.women are there, which is what he said to her when they were getting
:17:30. > :17:40.onto the boat, because she thought as a member of crew, she would be
:17:40. > :17:45.restricted from getting on. Malcolm was taken to see him. He barely
:17:45. > :17:48.remembers him but he does remember his grandmother, Joseph Bruce
:17:48. > :17:55.Ismay's wife, Florence. When the family talked at length about many
:17:55. > :17:58.things, one subject was always out of bounds. My grandfather, after
:17:58. > :18:07.the disaster, she would hardly speak about it. Her mother didn't
:18:07. > :18:13.say a great deal either. But I do know that what she did say was that
:18:13. > :18:18.it absolutely shattered his life. Joseph Bruce Ismay died at the age
:18:18. > :18:22.of 74. His work starting over, his reputation in tatters. But a
:18:22. > :18:28.century on, his descendants feel the time has come to right the
:18:28. > :18:38.wrongs. We as a family are immensely proud of the White Star
:18:38. > :18:41.Line and what the family did to build it. Without Joseph Bruce
:18:41. > :18:49.Ismay and his father before him, the tens of thousands of jobs
:18:49. > :18:55.created in Belfast simply wouldn't have existed, a fact this maritime
:18:55. > :19:00.historian feels has been forgotten. With this anniversary, there is a
:19:00. > :19:05.great opportunity to recognise the great influence that he was and is
:19:05. > :19:12.in the Titanic story. Is not just about a disaster, it is about one
:19:12. > :19:16.man was an achievement. The Titanic was an extraordinary engineering
:19:16. > :19:21.enterprise. No other shipping company have attempted such a
:19:21. > :19:30.gigantic project and Joseph Bruce Ismay brought it off and I think
:19:30. > :19:33.the time is right for us to properly memorialise the man.
:19:33. > :19:37.Belfast's Waterfront Hall will be hosting a Titanic concert tomorrow
:19:37. > :19:40.night. Local choirs and musicians will be joined by stars such as
:19:40. > :19:44.Bryan Ferry, Katie Melua, Alfie Boe and the Ulster Orchestra with the
:19:44. > :19:52.world premier of Titanic Drums composed by John Anderson. If you
:19:52. > :19:57.don't have a ticket, the show will be live on BBC Two.
:19:57. > :20:00.You can sense a real magic and a sense of energy in the City and I
:20:00. > :20:05.hope we can convert some of that into the show tomorrow night. I
:20:05. > :20:10.think to be here in Belfast when the eyes of the world, really, are
:20:10. > :20:16.on the city, 100 years to the day with a live event to commemorate
:20:16. > :20:21.this incredible story, it is a really, really poignant place to be
:20:21. > :20:31.and I am incredibly excited. I am told the drums will be very
:20:31. > :20:34.loud! We have lots more about On Sunday when the Titanic sank, we
:20:34. > :20:37.will have a special commemorative programme on BBC Two starting at
:20:37. > :20:41.6:20am. We'll bring you memorial services from the Atlantic and
:20:41. > :20:47.Belfast. That programme will be streamed on the Titanic website and
:20:47. > :20:51.BBC Radio Ulster will also be on air from 6:20am.
:20:51. > :20:54.Tomorrow the attention of the horse racing world will be on the Grand
:20:54. > :20:57.National. But what are the chances that the jockey from the village of
:20:57. > :21:07.Moneyglass in County Antrim will make it two wins in a row? Stephen
:21:07. > :21:08.
:21:08. > :21:11.Watson is in Moneyglass. Moneyglass has seen many
:21:11. > :21:17.celebrations through the years because Tony McCoy has won every
:21:17. > :21:22.major race in National Hunt racing. 16 times a champion and tomorrow,
:21:22. > :21:27.he hopes to add the Grand National to the Gold Cup he won last month
:21:27. > :21:31.on the same horse. I am joined by his two sisters. What chances to
:21:31. > :21:35.give your brother of this famous double which was last done 78 years
:21:35. > :21:40.ago? If the bookies or anything to go by, the chances are
:21:40. > :21:45.exceptionally good. History would say, probably not that good. We
:21:45. > :21:55.would be hopeful that they would get round in one piece. It is a
:21:55. > :22:00.
:22:00. > :22:06.huge task for the horse,... Clearly, the link to Moneyglass is
:22:06. > :22:09.breaking up. We will try to get back to them.
:22:09. > :22:12.At one point this afternoon it looked like tomorrow's Irish
:22:12. > :22:22.heavyweight fight between Martin Rogan and Tyson Fury might be off.
:22:22. > :22:24.
:22:24. > :22:28.Today's weigh in at the Old Titanic drawing room descended into chaos.
:22:28. > :22:31.The fight began as soon as the boxers stepped up the skills.
:22:31. > :22:40.Martin Rogan alleged he had been asked to sign a new contract there
:22:40. > :22:47.and then but he refused and stormed out. When the fight go ahead?
:22:47. > :22:53.are trying to force me to sign a contract. The Irish title, it is at
:22:53. > :22:59.10 round fight. It always has been a. This is a big international
:22:59. > :23:04.fight and is going to be made a 12 rounder. Martin Rogan is saying he
:23:04. > :23:07.will not box for the Irish title if it is for 12 rounds. Said and two
:23:07. > :23:12.years younger and over a stone heavier than his opponent, Tyson
:23:12. > :23:17.Fury is not concerned about how many rounds he has to fight. I am
:23:17. > :23:21.happy to put a masterclass in boxing display on and there are
:23:22. > :23:25.leaving the building so it shows how much pressure they added under.
:23:25. > :23:31.He will return but whether it will be for the Irish title remains
:23:31. > :23:41.unfinished business. Stephen was going to tell you that
:23:41. > :23:43.
:23:44. > :23:51.the semi-final of the Irish Cup, that is Newry and Linfield. The
:23:51. > :24:01.winner gets going to meet Crusaders. If you check the BBC sport website.
:24:01. > :24:08.
:24:09. > :24:12.We have a lot of dry weather to look forward to this weekend. There
:24:12. > :24:17.will be some pretty low temperatures and gardeners, please
:24:17. > :24:25.take note. We still have some lively show us around. Some of
:24:25. > :24:33.those showers still could have a little bit of a heel next end. This
:24:33. > :24:40.swing, that is not snow but ice from a hail shower earlier today.
:24:40. > :24:49.This action and there were some two further west. Most of the shares
:24:49. > :24:56.are starting to ease away now. Last night, temperatures fell very low.
:24:56. > :25:02.Tonight and the next night could be just as cold in some rural areas.
:25:02. > :25:09.We have the last of the rain easing away. Otherwise, fairly clear skies
:25:09. > :25:13.to come to mind. Temperatures could be a couple of degrees lower than
:25:13. > :25:18.you see on the map. Frosty nights will be a theme of the weather this
:25:18. > :25:21.weekend. Lots of layers required if you are going to be out and about
:25:21. > :25:25.because it will get cold at night time and first thing in the morning.
:25:25. > :25:34.A fair bit of sunshine to come tomorrow. There is the chance of
:25:34. > :25:39.Shah in the afternoon. -- being in the afternoon. The breeze will be
:25:39. > :25:44.quite noticeable as well. If you can stay out of the breeze and in
:25:44. > :25:50.the sunshine, that is how to enjoy the best of the day. Nice sunshine
:25:50. > :25:54.followed by clear skies tomorrow night. Then as we move into Sunday,
:25:54. > :26:02.it looks like it will be much lighter winds, some sunshine before
:26:03. > :26:05.the rain is back on Monday. A cold start for the memorial
:26:05. > :26:11.service on Sunday, you will need your coat!
:26:11. > :26:14.A reminder of the stories making the headlines: An elderly patient
:26:14. > :26:19.who contracted the bacterial infection wisteria has died at
:26:19. > :26:24.Antrim Hospital. Two other patients have also been diagnosed, one of
:26:24. > :26:28.them at the Causeway hospital in Coleraine.
:26:28. > :26:37.The in shops complex and Belfast's High Street is to close. It
:26:37. > :26:41.currently houses 50 shops and is due to close at the end of June.
:26:41. > :26:48.Connacht play Ulster in the pro 12 competition and there is live
:26:48. > :26:52.coverage on BBC Two tomorrow at 5pm will stop a late summary is at