:00:26. > :00:31.Hello and welcome. The headlines: A mother describes how she took her
:00:31. > :00:36.son at by appointment to be shot by Parliament Matt -- paramilitaries.
:00:36. > :00:41.Father D'Arcy says at Vatican crackdown has had little effect on
:00:42. > :00:45.his media work. I have not been censored so that I cannot talk
:00:45. > :00:49.about certain issues in the way that I have always done.
:00:49. > :00:54.Martin McGuinness says he is prepared to take the witness stand
:00:54. > :00:58.in a Garda collision tribunal. Should fluorite at the added to her
:00:58. > :01:03.what had to improve a dental health?
:01:03. > :01:08.Royal approval. Royal -- Charles and Camilla go to an arm a bakery.
:01:08. > :01:12.On the eve of the Ulster Union rugby to -- rugby Cup semi-final,
:01:12. > :01:22.join me for all the action. And it has been a drier and
:01:22. > :01:23.
:01:23. > :01:27.brighter day. Will it stay that way?
:01:27. > :01:31.And mother has been describing how she took her son for an appointment
:01:31. > :01:34.to be shot by paramilitaries. She then had to wait and listen to the
:01:34. > :01:40.shots being fired before she would to help them.
:01:40. > :01:45.The 18-year-old was wounded in both legs. The attack was in Londonderry
:01:45. > :01:49.last night. A republican vigilante group is being blamed. In an
:01:49. > :01:54.interview, the mother spoke to our reporter.
:01:54. > :01:58.The mother of the 18-year-old victim, who does not want to be
:01:58. > :02:06.identified, says she was ordered to take him there before he was shot
:02:06. > :02:13.in both legs. He walked down the lane. I was standing at the top. I
:02:13. > :02:19.heard two shots, then I ran down to him. He was OK. There was blood
:02:19. > :02:23.coming from both of his legs. Otherwise, he was OK. The people
:02:23. > :02:31.around him were great. Someone had covered him up and someone else had
:02:31. > :02:35.hit something under his head. -- put something. I was very
:02:35. > :02:39.appreciative. It should never have come to it. He should never have
:02:40. > :02:45.been doing what he was doing. I do not agree with that the drug
:02:46. > :02:54.dealing. Hopefully we can work from here. The drugs scene in Derry is
:02:54. > :02:58.rampant. If their mothers of teenagers watching this they will
:02:58. > :03:08.understand. I have seen the change that comes over the children. I
:03:08. > :03:11.have witnessed the hallucinations, the Depression. Some politicians
:03:11. > :03:17.blame Republican Action Against drugs for last night's attacks. It
:03:17. > :03:21.has targeted its course of people in so-called punishment attacks. In
:03:21. > :03:26.February, it admitted Armada. The 24-year-old was shot dead at his
:03:26. > :03:31.home. Many people have come onto the streets in opposition to the
:03:31. > :03:35.vigilant did its campaign. We do not want these actions. These
:03:35. > :03:42.people are not listening. It is high time that they did listen.
:03:42. > :03:47.Once again, we have our good name tarnished. People believe that they
:03:47. > :03:57.can use the area as a backyard for carry out these awful vigilante
:03:57. > :03:58.
:03:58. > :04:01.attacks. The community strongly attacks the actions. It is said
:04:01. > :04:05.they have inflicted terrible injuries on the community as many
:04:05. > :04:10.young people have been targeted. Their thirst for power has gone
:04:10. > :04:15.further. Recently they admitted responsibility for murder. Police
:04:15. > :04:19.are appealing for witnesses to last night's attack.
:04:19. > :04:23.Father Brian D'Arcy, the priest censored by the Catholic Church
:04:23. > :04:28.over his outspoken views, says he is saddened by the Vatican's
:04:28. > :04:32.reaction. But he has told us that the Church has not cut or altered
:04:32. > :04:36.anything he has written. Church officials had demanded prior sight
:04:36. > :04:41.of some of his and the -- some of his material.
:04:41. > :04:46.Father Brian D'Arcy was at the BBC Today recording his weekly music
:04:46. > :04:50.show for Radio Ulster. He has been thrust into the headlines because
:04:50. > :04:57.of an official church rebuke over some hard-hitting newspaper columns.
:04:57. > :05:04.He says he will not be backing off. The major issue that I have been
:05:04. > :05:08.most vocal on is the way the Church has handle it and is continuing to
:05:08. > :05:14.handle clerical sex abuse of children. I have spoken openly
:05:14. > :05:19.about that, encouraging the church where it has needed encouragement
:05:19. > :05:25.and questioning the church where it has needed questioned. I will not
:05:25. > :05:32.change. Father Darcy is based just outside Enniskillen and is part of
:05:32. > :05:38.disciplinary action against him he must submit certain articles to the
:05:38. > :05:42.church for clearance. I have been trying to work as normal and I am
:05:42. > :05:47.not sure that anybody noticed any difference in the way I have
:05:48. > :05:51.written, spoken, broadcast or have done end -- done interviews.
:05:51. > :05:58.priest has been a journalist for the past 45 years and says nothing
:05:58. > :06:03.he has done in the recent past has been censored by the Church. I have
:06:03. > :06:08.tackled the same subject as I always did, probably end up broader
:06:08. > :06:13.way, but certainly I have not been censored that I cannot talk about
:06:13. > :06:18.certain issues in the way that higher always done. I censor myself
:06:18. > :06:23.at more than anyone else censor's me. If as well as a music show,
:06:23. > :06:30.Father D'Arcy is a contributor to BBC Radio 2's pause for thought. To
:06:30. > :06:35.do the corporation said editorial control of its -- of the slot was
:06:35. > :06:40.its sole responsibility. After a week of allegations, Martin
:06:40. > :06:46.McGuinness has said he is prepared to appear in Dublin before the
:06:46. > :06:50.Smethwick tribunal. It is in -- investigating allegations of Garda
:06:50. > :06:54.collision in attacks in 1989. A former British intelligence officer
:06:54. > :06:58.has said in -- told the inquiry that Mr McGuinness was linked to
:06:58. > :07:03.the shootings. Mr McGuinness is in Dublin at a
:07:03. > :07:08.peace conference. Earlier are reported told me what he had to say
:07:08. > :07:16.about these claims. Mr McGuinness has denied these
:07:16. > :07:21.allegations. -- the allegations that he was the head of Northern
:07:21. > :07:25.Command at the time of the allegations. Today he said that if
:07:25. > :07:29.necessary he would go and repeat that a mile to the Smithwick
:07:29. > :07:34.Tribunal. I made it clear some time ago that if there was need for me
:07:34. > :07:38.to do it, I was prepared to do it, but I felt I had absolutely no
:07:38. > :07:45.contribution to make whatsoever because I knew absolutely nothing
:07:45. > :07:51.about it. I think also that people will have noticed that I have
:07:51. > :07:55.totally it repeated and rejected what turned out to be a yarn, a
:07:55. > :07:59.cock and bull story. The first and Mr Peter Robinson is also there
:07:59. > :08:04.today. Did he have any reaction? He welcomed that comment from
:08:04. > :08:07.Martin McGuinness. He had previously called for the Deputy
:08:07. > :08:12.First Minister to testify. He was making the point that there was a
:08:12. > :08:15.difference between allegations and what is proven in court. He also
:08:15. > :08:19.reacted to speculation that the Deputy First Minister might be
:08:19. > :08:27.considering an historic gesture in terms of meeting the Queen this
:08:27. > :08:35.year. I think it would be a step that should be taken. Many years
:08:35. > :08:39.ago, I made the gesture of meeting the head of state here in the Irish
:08:39. > :08:42.Republic, meeting the President of the Irish Republic is now something
:08:42. > :08:52.that people will take in their stride and Northern Ireland. I
:08:52. > :08:59.think he will find that if he meets Her Majesty, meeting members of the
:08:59. > :09:06.royal family will become part of everyday life.
:09:06. > :09:10.You're watching BBC News live. Still to come: as Ulster rugby gets
:09:10. > :09:16.ready for its biggest game in years, I will be joined live from the
:09:16. > :09:24.hotel in London by the director. And Prince Charles presses the FA
:09:24. > :09:27.and the flesh on the second day of the royal visit. -- fire.
:09:27. > :09:31.An Army bomb disposal team is still examining the van which was
:09:32. > :09:38.abandoned last night on the outskirts of Newry. Our district
:09:38. > :09:42.journalist is at the alert on the fathom line. What is the latest?
:09:42. > :09:47.This alert started last night after police had reports of a suspicious
:09:47. > :09:53.vehicle in the area. It is this a white van, which was reportedly
:09:53. > :09:59.abandoned with its engine still running. The vehicle itself is
:09:59. > :10:02.somewhere behind me. Motorists have been asked to avoid the area.
:10:02. > :10:10.Technical officers have been here all day but it is not clear if they
:10:10. > :10:17.have found anything. If there is anything more to report, it will be
:10:17. > :10:21.on the news website. Two Scottish man he said parcel
:10:21. > :10:26.bombs to the Celtic manager Neil Lennon have been jailed for five
:10:26. > :10:30.years. Trevor Muirhead and Neil McKenzie also targeted high-profile
:10:30. > :10:33.fans of the club, including a former member of the Scottish
:10:33. > :10:38.Parliament. Recent figures show that we have
:10:38. > :10:40.the worst teeth in the UK. The debate over having fluoride added
:10:40. > :10:44.to our water system has raised its head again.
:10:45. > :10:47.The Health Minister has told us that he is keen to explore the
:10:47. > :10:52.issue again. You would not think that people
:10:52. > :10:58.would argue over water. But there has been a big argument going on
:10:58. > :11:00.and it is all about this. possibility of adding fluoride to
:11:01. > :11:05.Northern Ireland's water system has been something that people have
:11:05. > :11:11.been talking and arguing about for many years. The Government was keen
:11:11. > :11:16.to go ahead and with it in the '90s, but nearly every single council
:11:16. > :11:21.voted against it. But some people, like our current health minister,
:11:21. > :11:29.think it is worth considering again. We have are the worst levels of
:11:29. > :11:33.tooth decay in Europe. The Republic of Ireland has the best levels.
:11:33. > :11:37.Then there is something different and it strikes me that the key
:11:37. > :11:41.difference is the fluoridation of water in the Republic of Ireland.
:11:41. > :11:47.This is what he is trying to prevent. The high level of tooth
:11:47. > :11:51.decay among children. Especially those in deprived areas. However,
:11:51. > :11:54.those opposed to fluoridation are far from persuaded. They believe
:11:54. > :12:01.that they should not have drugs added to the water against their
:12:01. > :12:06.will. It makes no sense at all. This is why 98% of people have
:12:06. > :12:08.rejected it. You were wanting me to drink this stuff because there is a
:12:08. > :12:14.small group of children somewhere who did not brush their teeth and
:12:14. > :12:18.eat a lot of sweets. Well it is eating sweets and not the water
:12:18. > :12:21.supply that is the problem. I can understand why it would be
:12:22. > :12:27.contentious but we have to look at the benefits as opposed to the
:12:27. > :12:31.risks. We know it is safe and effective. We have a big problem
:12:31. > :12:35.about -- problem with dental decay among our young children, and that
:12:35. > :12:40.we have a solution as safe and effective, why would we not use it?
:12:40. > :12:44.So nothing much has really changed in this argument. It is now up to
:12:44. > :12:50.the Minister to get enough political and public support to
:12:50. > :12:55.move it forward. Going by past experience, that could be a long
:12:55. > :12:59.way off. The way we live and work has been
:12:59. > :13:03.massively changed by the mobile phone. Some would say it is a
:13:03. > :13:08.change for the worst. But how would you say if you mobile
:13:08. > :13:14.operator turned of the signal where you live? David Maxwell talks to
:13:14. > :13:18.people in County Antrim. Barely visible in the landscape,
:13:18. > :13:22.for years this mast has been taken for granted. That changed last week
:13:22. > :13:30.when everything everywhere, the company that runs orange and Timo
:13:30. > :13:35.Boll, turned it off. Got up in the morning and no network. I ran a
:13:35. > :13:41.network and the informed me that there must was turned off. The
:13:41. > :13:47.mobile phone is our lifeline you. Catherine and her husband run a
:13:47. > :13:53.sheep farm. If I was out lambing and I needed assistance, I would
:13:53. > :14:00.have to phone and ring. Now I have no contact at all. That lack of
:14:00. > :14:10.contact is also a worry for some older people. If anything goes
:14:10. > :14:12.
:14:12. > :14:16.wrong, which has done before, it is handy. People cannot get any
:14:16. > :14:20.connection at all then become the have. There is also concerns about
:14:20. > :14:24.this caravan park. There is no longer any mobile signal here which
:14:24. > :14:29.could make life difficult for holidaymakers. All of these issues
:14:29. > :14:35.are to be raised with the company when it visits storeman to next
:14:35. > :14:40.week. I would like to know why it was turned off. If it is a cost
:14:40. > :14:42.implication, how much does it cost them and why did they set it up in
:14:42. > :14:48.the first for us? They should have done all their service prior to
:14:48. > :14:51.setting up. The company says it is investing millions in improving its
:14:51. > :14:56.network in Northern Ireland. It says most customers will have
:14:56. > :15:00.increased coverage. It is aware that a small number of people have
:15:00. > :15:07.lost their signal and it is looking at ways to restore signal. For
:15:07. > :15:09.those living here, that cannot come soon enough.
:15:10. > :15:14.Should that company changed its name?
:15:14. > :15:17.The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall had been to rent County
:15:17. > :15:27.Armagh for the second day of their two-day visit.
:15:27. > :15:30.
:15:30. > :15:36.They spent some time in a Portadown Prince Charles was here at County
:15:36. > :15:43.Armagh jail to hear plans of regeneration. During the Troubles
:15:43. > :15:48.it was used as a win in's prison, but since it closed in 1984 it has
:15:48. > :15:56.been left to go to rack and ruin. The Prince takes an interest in
:15:56. > :16:01.restoring buildings. -- women's prison. If we do get a grant
:16:02. > :16:06.together, or would it be a success? In Oxford, when I said that I would
:16:06. > :16:11.turn a prison into hotel, people thought I had gone mad. But now it
:16:11. > :16:18.is the highest occupancy Hotel in Oxford with the highest room rates.
:16:18. > :16:27.Earlier, the royal couple was battered to where the guest of
:16:27. > :16:36.honour at a party. They watched bread being baked before being
:16:36. > :16:41.invited to join at the production line. It turns out that the Prince
:16:41. > :16:46.of Wales is quite good at baking and he has asked for the recipe.
:16:46. > :16:51.The company has promised to send it to him. The last stop was the
:16:51. > :16:56.Planetarium. The Prince met craftsmen who were demonstrating
:16:56. > :17:02.their skills. Again, his interest in the area shone through. So many
:17:02. > :17:09.people living in all sorts of parts of the country really do love many
:17:09. > :17:13.of these historic sites. They are all, familiar friends to them. When
:17:13. > :17:18.they become derelict or they are suddenly abandoned and redundant
:17:18. > :17:23.and there is not the solution found for their future, then increasingly
:17:23. > :17:33.I find people become more and more depressed. The couple have now left
:17:33. > :17:33.
:17:33. > :17:40.to go home. For some, there two Davies it was all too short.
:17:40. > :17:44.The chagrin of their two-day visit was all too short.
:17:45. > :17:50.40,000 Ulster rugby supporters will travel to Dublin tomorrow for the
:17:50. > :17:57.match. As Stephen Watson is there already.
:17:57. > :18:01.Thank you. Welcome to Dublin city centre. This is the team hotel to
:18:01. > :18:06.the Ulster rugby team. We are hoping that they will get a good
:18:06. > :18:10.night's sleep. The last time that so many Ulster fans came to Dublin
:18:10. > :18:19.was back in 1999 or when this bird their team on to European Cup final
:18:19. > :18:24.success. -- when they spurred their team on. In a moment, I will talk
:18:25. > :18:30.to one of the heroes of 1999. First, we look ahead to tomorrow's big
:18:30. > :18:35.match. Auster arrived in Dublin this
:18:35. > :18:39.afternoon with all of the attention on 20-year-old Paddy Jackson. He
:18:39. > :18:45.has never started a Heineken Cup game before, but he will wear the
:18:45. > :18:51.No. 10 shirt tomorrow in also's most important game in 13 years.
:18:51. > :18:57.That is when Ulster rugby team up last one of the European Cup.
:18:58. > :19:06.Supporters descended upon Dublin. 1999 was the last time that Ulster
:19:06. > :19:11.rugby reached the Cup. It is expected that 40,000 Ulster rugby
:19:11. > :19:16.supporters will be here tomorrow evening. But does that intimidate
:19:16. > :19:26.Edinburgh? Apparently not. Her I quite like it. I like the noise and
:19:26. > :19:26.
:19:26. > :19:30.a hostile environment. Recent results show that Edinburgh had
:19:30. > :19:36.everything to fear. They have played Ulster rugby twice this
:19:36. > :19:40.season and lost twice. But Ulster rugby remain cautious. All bets are
:19:40. > :19:47.off. You just have to look at the Edinburgh form in Europe, they won
:19:47. > :19:54.their group. We did not manage to win in France and we did not win
:19:54. > :20:01.our group. However, is it a risk to place such an in experienced No. 10
:20:01. > :20:05.in such a big game? It might be a bit in the deep side for him. He is
:20:05. > :20:14.a brilliant player and he has a mature head on his shoulders. I
:20:14. > :20:18.think he will be brilliant tomorrow. This game has captured the
:20:18. > :20:22.imagination of Ulster rugby supporters just like it did back in
:20:22. > :20:32.1999. Doesn't time fly? The man who drop
:20:32. > :20:38.their goal is of course David Davies. How important is it to hand
:20:38. > :20:42.Paddy Jackson the No. 10 jersey tomorrow? It will be a squad effort
:20:42. > :20:52.to get there. He is a very successful and he has had a great
:20:52. > :20:58.six season. This is the ultimate test, but not just for him, for a
:20:58. > :21:04.lot about players. At the same time, this is where stars are born and
:21:04. > :21:09.where reputations are made. We are looking forward to it. At times
:21:09. > :21:13.like this we roll back the years and dig out the archives, you
:21:13. > :21:20.played such a crucial role at last time this game took place. Are you
:21:20. > :21:24.enjoying your new role? Nothing replaces being out there. All of
:21:24. > :21:29.the coaches were talking about their experiences this week when
:21:29. > :21:36.they were out there playing. This is the ultimate challenge, really.
:21:36. > :21:40.It is good to be involved, but I would much rather be playing.
:21:40. > :21:47.of Ulster rugby fans have already said that they have got plans for
:21:47. > :21:51.the final. Will you tell them not to get carried away? Yes, of course.
:21:51. > :22:00.Look at the game with Barcelona and Chelsea. Usually Barcelona would
:22:00. > :22:05.have won the game, but this time they lost. Edinburgh have shown
:22:05. > :22:08.their form. If we do not perform well, it will be a very tough
:22:09. > :22:12.afternoon. At the same time, we have a big players here with
:22:12. > :22:15.international experience. This is the kind of thing that motivates
:22:15. > :22:20.them and they have no doubt that tomorrow we will have a big
:22:20. > :22:30.performance. Good luck. I know that you are also a Liverpool fan like
:22:30. > :22:34.
:22:34. > :22:40.me. You will not be interested in the Manchester derby. But Jonny
:22:40. > :22:44.Evans has told BBC Newsline that this is his chance for redemption.
:22:44. > :22:50.It was a devastating feeling when I saw those goals going in. We should
:22:50. > :22:56.have defended them better. Getting those extra couple of goals really
:22:56. > :23:02.killed us. It is probably the first -- worst I have felt. How does it
:23:02. > :23:06.inspire you knowing that you will get a second chance against them?
:23:06. > :23:12.The club has lost games to Manchester City before. That is the
:23:12. > :23:16.way that derby games goes sometimes. But I think there is something a
:23:16. > :23:23.bit extra with this one because of the situation in the league. It
:23:23. > :23:28.would be nice to redeem ourselves and hopefully pick up three points.
:23:28. > :23:38.It is all about going out and winning your games really. You have
:23:38. > :23:43.to apply your experience. They have one or two players who are real
:23:43. > :23:52.attacking options. They also have people who can come off the bench
:23:52. > :24:01.as well. You have a young career, but would this be the sweetest one?
:24:01. > :24:05.I think your first one is always the sweetest one. Because it is the
:24:05. > :24:10.two Manchester clubs pushing for the title, it would be nice to go
:24:10. > :24:17.that far. You can see all of tomorrow's local
:24:17. > :24:27.football at 5pm on BBC One. Tyrone also had to Dublin to play
:24:27. > :24:32.Kildare. Most of Gaelic football's media
:24:32. > :24:38.attention has been on Cork and Dublin, but when it called -- when
:24:38. > :24:44.it comes to results, no county can match Tyrone this year. According
:24:44. > :24:48.to the manager, this is not perfect. We have been consistent in
:24:48. > :24:53.delivering decent performances. The but we are not the finished product.
:24:53. > :25:01.We played very well at times and at other times we do not play quite as
:25:01. > :25:04.well as that. We need for consistency in our game. With
:25:04. > :25:08.promotion to Division One assured for both teams, it is perhaps
:25:08. > :25:15.fitting that to Rome and Kildare should end their league campaign as
:25:15. > :25:19.they began it at Croke Park. Tyrone won their last meeting back in
:25:19. > :25:24.February and for the man in charge of the lens to county, there isn't
:25:24. > :25:32.it -- there is another tactical battle. Is outsmarting Mickey Harte
:25:32. > :25:36.important? I do not think that anybody could ever do that! He is
:25:36. > :25:42.brilliant at spotting talent and reintroducing it. He keeps energy
:25:43. > :25:46.and structure. He is probably number one in the country at that.
:25:46. > :25:51.League Four may not always reflect what happens in the championship,
:25:52. > :25:55.but the record books attest that it usually does. Win or lose on Sunday,
:25:55. > :26:01.Tyrone have every reason to approach the summer ahead with
:26:01. > :26:05.confidence. Live coverage of their game on BBC
:26:05. > :26:15.Radio all-star on Sunday. And live coverage of the big game tomorrow,
:26:15. > :26:20.
:26:20. > :26:27.also rugby against Edinburgh. -- The live shows kick off this
:26:28. > :26:33.weekend at for the popular BBC One show, The Voice. BBC Newsline was
:26:33. > :26:43.given an exclusive backstage pass to talk to Sophie Griffin.
:26:43. > :26:44.
:26:45. > :26:51.17-year-old Sophie Griffin entered The Voice singing a song that had
:26:51. > :26:55.been produced by one of the judges. He was the one I wanted and he is
:26:55. > :27:02.the one I got. To sing his song then for him to like it, it was
:27:02. > :27:10.incredible. Then it was through to the battle stages. She battled
:27:10. > :27:20.against an established a finger. would not be here if it wasn't for
:27:20. > :27:21.
:27:21. > :27:26.the person I was when I was 17. kind of have the same back story
:27:26. > :27:32.and we are both dreamers. When he was 17, he was a dream and that is
:27:32. > :27:37.just like I am now. It is lovely to think he believes in me. It is
:27:37. > :27:40.absolutely amazing, a dream come true. We are in the rehearsal rooms
:27:40. > :27:44.at the The Voice, where the contestants are preparing to go in
:27:44. > :27:49.front of the judges this weekend. If you want Sophie to stay in the
:27:49. > :27:54.competition, everyone needs to get behind terror shows support.
:27:54. > :27:59.support from Northern Ireland has been absolutely amazing. I get so
:27:59. > :28:03.many messages saying that I am doing Northern Ireland proud. Just
:28:03. > :28:13.to know that I'm making people proud is a great feeling. Sophie
:28:13. > :28:13.
:28:13. > :28:23.will perform on Saturday night. So many fingers to cross here this
:28:23. > :28:24.
:28:24. > :28:29.We can expect a mainly dry night, but Chile. Temperatures in the West
:28:29. > :28:32.will hit a zero and perhaps it below. It would be a chilly start
:28:32. > :28:36.of the weekend. The story has slightly changed for the weekend
:28:36. > :28:40.and the bulk of it will be fairly bright. There will be a few showers
:28:40. > :28:44.and the showers will be mostly confined to the south-east during
:28:44. > :28:48.the first part of the day, by mid- afternoon showers will clear to
:28:48. > :28:53.give drier conditions. There will be cloud from time to time, but
:28:53. > :29:03.that will fizzle away to give more sunshine and light mint -- light
:29:03. > :29:06.
:29:06. > :29:12.winds. It should be mainly dry, but it will be cold. If you are not
:29:12. > :29:17.heading to the game, it will be live on BBC Radio Ulster. Tomorrow,
:29:17. > :29:22.we do it all again. It will be another cold night. It will be
:29:22. > :29:26.frosty as well and that will bring us into Sunday. Sunday itself gets