:00:20. > :00:23.Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor.
:00:23. > :00:33.The University of Ulster creates 100 new places for students
:00:33. > :00:34.
:00:34. > :00:36.affected by its admissions blunder. The we make a mistake, we take
:00:36. > :00:40.responsibility or that mistake. Tributes paid to the teenager
:00:40. > :00:44.killed in a horse riding accident. A warning against taking
:00:44. > :00:48.potentially deadly risks at level crossings.
:00:48. > :00:53.It is a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a very laid back paragliding
:00:53. > :00:56.pooch. And yet another week of changeable
:00:56. > :01:05.weather coming up - I'll be back later to advise on which
:01:05. > :01:08.accessories - wellies or suncream? The University of Ulster says it
:01:08. > :01:11.had a moral obligation to create extra places for students who were
:01:11. > :01:13.affected by the mistake in its admission system. Last week, the
:01:13. > :01:16.university mistakenly sent 370 emails offering places on
:01:16. > :01:19.engineering courses. It later withdrew the offers, but in a
:01:19. > :01:29.welcome U-turn for some students it now says there will be up to 100
:01:29. > :01:38.
:01:38. > :01:43.extra spaces. Chris Page has the details.
:01:43. > :01:49.Just hours after the results envelopes were opened on Thursday,
:01:49. > :01:54.the University of Ulster send e- mails offering scores of courses to
:01:54. > :02:00.its Engineering Faculty. It apologised. Now it is going to
:02:00. > :02:06.honour them after all. When people applied for university, some were
:02:06. > :02:10.given a far more for us. Others are rejected outright. A third group
:02:10. > :02:16.are told no decision will be made until after exam results. When
:02:17. > :02:21.rates are published, the university decides how many get places. The
:02:21. > :02:27.University of Ulster was said to have sent acceptance to everyone in
:02:27. > :02:31.this group. Not told them would have been awarded a place. 370
:02:31. > :02:35.emails went out. Some applicants applied for more than one course.
:02:35. > :02:45.Some mothers will have chosen to study elsewhere. The university
:02:45. > :02:50.will be taken on a maximum of 100 per us -- students. We are
:02:50. > :02:56.incredibly delighted that the university has prioritised students.
:02:56. > :03:01.On Friday, after we came out of the shambolic episode, if we said they
:03:01. > :03:08.needed to make a swift decision. As things have transpired over the
:03:08. > :03:12.weekend, they have taken what we think is the right decision. While
:03:12. > :03:15.students with lower grades be able to court with their courses?
:03:15. > :03:23.Although all we will not have been able to take on the students this
:03:23. > :03:27.year, if I went back two or three years, we would have been taking
:03:27. > :03:34.students at this level. Our staff are used to it taking -- teaching
:03:34. > :03:44.these students. To help students, the university will introducing it
:03:44. > :03:44.
:03:44. > :03:50.-- foundation year. This man got the erroneous e-mail. He had given
:03:50. > :03:57.up hope of getting to university. Now he is very pleased to have a
:03:57. > :04:04.place on the foundation course. is brilliant. I feel I have to do
:04:04. > :04:10.it. All the students are going back. It is a good thing. They don't have
:04:10. > :04:16.to do it. Applying for university can bring delight and
:04:16. > :04:19.disappointment. For the students caught up in this situation, they
:04:19. > :04:27.have had bigger rocks and downs than usual. The university says it
:04:27. > :04:31.will take steps to make sure this never happens again.
:04:31. > :04:41.Earlier I spoke to the man who runs the university and asked him how
:04:41. > :04:51.
:04:52. > :04:58.they were going to cope with the extra students. We have on earth
:04:58. > :05:04.does offer us. Before we made this decision, we considered lots of
:05:04. > :05:10.options. We made a mistake. We take responsibility for that mistake. We
:05:10. > :05:20.want to do the best for our students. You said you had a moral
:05:20. > :05:21.
:05:21. > :05:26.obligation. Do you have a legal obligation to honour those of us?
:05:26. > :05:31.For me, this is not a legal issue. This is about taking responsibility
:05:31. > :05:34.if I did not take legal advice. If I consider it pitting myself and
:05:34. > :05:42.the position of those students. What is the best for those
:05:42. > :05:47.students? It is about making wrong and right decisions. In doing that,
:05:47. > :05:53.if it is important we have the resources to teach these students.
:05:53. > :06:00.All what is up to 100, they are not all on the same course. The costs
:06:00. > :06:06.are spread out. I discussed on Saturday with their head of the
:06:07. > :06:15.school, binary -- by changing the timetable, could we do it? What
:06:15. > :06:21.sort of thing questions are you getting from the Department?
:06:22. > :06:25.think the Department and the minister has been understanding. He
:06:25. > :06:30.accepts that this has been a mistake. It has been a computer
:06:30. > :06:40.glitch. These things happen. It is important to pick these things
:06:40. > :06:44.
:06:44. > :06:47.right. He is understanding but we are working together to fix things.
:06:47. > :06:50.Tributes have been paid to a 13- year-old girl from County Tyrone,
:06:50. > :06:53.who was killed in a horse-riding accident on Friday. At her school,
:06:53. > :06:57.Hannah Wylie has been described her as a much loved and popular student.
:06:57. > :07:03.Teresa Craig reports. A bright young student who excel at
:07:03. > :07:07.sport and was loved by everyone who knew her. The death of Hannah Wylie
:07:07. > :07:13.has been described as a tragic loss. She was taking part in a
:07:13. > :07:17.showjumping event when the accident happened on Friday evening. Those
:07:17. > :07:24.who know or her family say they are trying to come to terms with her
:07:24. > :07:33.death. They are devastated. They are trying to come to terms with
:07:34. > :07:39.that sense of loss. I suppose we're coming to this stage where they are
:07:39. > :07:49.grateful for the short time they had her. How dare has come as a
:07:49. > :07:53.
:07:53. > :08:03.shock. She was especially under a will. She was very talented. She
:08:03. > :08:05.
:08:05. > :08:10.had a top results in maths and science. Exceptional horsewoman. G
:08:10. > :08:17.was a special young girl. equestrian centre declined to
:08:17. > :08:27.comment but in a cot -- in a statement, the council... For the
:08:27. > :08:31.
:08:31. > :08:34.council extended sympathies to the family.
:08:34. > :08:37.Two of the police's most senior officers have made a personal
:08:37. > :08:40.apology to the Mayor of Derry for a search on his house last month.
:08:40. > :08:43.Officers raided the home of Sinn Fein's Kevin Campbell on the 12th
:08:43. > :08:46.of July during an anti-terrorist operation. The police now say they
:08:46. > :08:55.are sorry for the trauma and embarrassment caused to the mayor
:08:55. > :09:04.and his family. I think we must accept that we got it wrong. What
:09:04. > :09:09.we are trying to do is to try to rebuild what has been was letting
:09:09. > :09:17.down the people of Derry. We will work even harder to make sure we
:09:17. > :09:20.can start to rebuild the damage caused by this.
:09:20. > :09:23.The Police are investigating a shooting in Coleraine. A 25-year-
:09:23. > :09:26.old woman and an 18-year-old man were in a house at the Crescent
:09:26. > :09:30.Estate in the early hours of this morning when three shots were fired.
:09:30. > :09:39.They are said to be unhurt, but shaken by the ordeal. A motive for
:09:39. > :09:42.the attack has yet to be established.
:09:42. > :09:44.This is BBC Newsline and still to come on the programme...
:09:44. > :09:49.The Giant's Causeway, transformed into a giant art project.
:09:49. > :09:52.The daring dog as happy to go flying as walkies.
:09:52. > :09:55.Next a reminder that if you don't abide by the rules when using level
:09:55. > :09:58.railway crossings, you are putting your life and the lives of others
:09:58. > :10:01.at risk. To demonstrate the dangers, a collision involving a train and
:10:01. > :10:11.car was staged in County Antrim earlier today. Our reporter Julie
:10:11. > :10:13.
:10:13. > :10:18.McCullough was there. This is what can happen when a
:10:18. > :10:22.level crossing is not used properly. Staged for the cameras, this
:10:22. > :10:26.motorist nudged his car on to the real rail track and was hit by a
:10:26. > :10:31.train. If it is not something that happens often have but in the last
:10:31. > :10:34.five years, there have been three death that similar kinds of
:10:34. > :10:39.crossings. Today was a vital opportunity or the emergency
:10:39. > :10:46.services to be prepared should such an incident happen again.
:10:46. > :10:55.trained for all sorts of scenarios. If we can simulate this. This is
:10:55. > :11:01.the real deal. This is a real train on a track. This is first class.
:11:01. > :11:06.There are currently just over 130 private level crossings throughout
:11:06. > :11:13.Northern Ireland. Unlike public level crossings, they do not have
:11:13. > :11:17.likes or barriers. The responsibility is on the driver.
:11:17. > :11:22.Even when there are like sand barriers in place Dickie the public
:11:22. > :11:27.say it, if it is not always enough. Take a let -- take a look at this
:11:27. > :11:31.man. You can see the oncoming train on the left side of the screen. He
:11:31. > :11:38.took a chance to run across the tracks seconds before it went
:11:38. > :11:44.through the crossing. We have had a number of near misses. You can see
:11:44. > :11:49.10 of those incidents every month. We do see it because we have CCTV
:11:49. > :11:57.at these crossings. We see cars jumping red light sand jumping the
:11:57. > :12:01.barriers. The penalties are steep F you do it nor the safety advice.
:12:01. > :12:11.Not only can you be seriously injured or killed, but you could
:12:11. > :12:12.
:12:12. > :12:18.end up in the courts. Last year, Does it make a difference when the
:12:18. > :12:23.flags are erected in the name of art? Hans Peter Kuhn is behind a
:12:23. > :12:28.giant art project near the Giant's Causeway which consists of 140
:12:28. > :12:32.yellow and red flags, across Port Noffer bay. It is part of the
:12:32. > :12:38.cultural Olympiad, linked to the London games. We went to look and
:12:38. > :12:43.to get the views of some visitors. It is impossible to miss such is
:12:43. > :12:49.the scale of this work. The project called simply Flags attempts to
:12:49. > :12:54.give visitors a new experience within this landscape. The squares
:12:54. > :12:58.which rotate are placed at random in the bay, beside the famous
:12:58. > :13:03.stones. If I do something here, it has to do with nature, and so I
:13:03. > :13:07.came one the flags which are reacting to the wind. -- came up.
:13:07. > :13:13.The unpredictability with nature, where the wind goes. It is bold but
:13:13. > :13:17.some have questioned if it could have a negative impact on this
:13:17. > :13:23.protected environment The first people we met with was the
:13:23. > :13:27.Environment Agency and the natural trust. We have considered nesting
:13:27. > :13:32.seasons, all environmental impact assessments and everybody has been
:13:32. > :13:38.all over this, to try and make it happen, because for everybody what
:13:38. > :13:45.it allows is unus to engage in a different way. It cost �150,000.
:13:45. > :13:49.Half provided by the London 2012 festival. The other half by the
:13:49. > :13:54.Tourist Board. We are working with international artists and
:13:54. > :13:59.showcasing what we have here to a global audience b, and giving
:13:59. > :14:04.people new reasons to come and visit and to inspire them. So are
:14:04. > :14:09.they inspired? I don't really know what it is supposed to tell me
:14:09. > :14:14.about this. It fits into the landscape here? I do it like it.
:14:14. > :14:18.thought they were some kind of signs saying keep off because it
:14:18. > :14:23.was dangerous. It would have been better if there had been ten times
:14:23. > :14:28.as many and up for two weeks so it had a bigger impact. It is like a
:14:28. > :14:32.bit of Germany here, what do you make of it? That is not Germany at
:14:32. > :14:37.all. Sorry, but at first we don't have landscapes like that, I think
:14:37. > :14:41.just in the south regions and then we don't do, we put, don't put
:14:41. > :14:46.yellow and red flags, that doesn't fit Germany. It is in the mind of
:14:46. > :14:50.the artist. Nothing Germany. Modern art has a tendency to divide
:14:50. > :14:52.opinion and this is no different. It is only here temporarily. Come
:14:52. > :15:01.the start of November this landscape will return to its
:15:01. > :15:08.natural state. Everyone had an opinion. Work is going on to clear
:15:08. > :15:11.one of Bangor's largest derelict eyesore, the site of a former young
:15:11. > :15:17.offender centre had been left untouched for year, and has been a
:15:17. > :15:22.magnet for anti-social behaviour. We have this report. No-one locally
:15:22. > :15:26.at rath gale it is finally being torn to the ground. This 65 acre
:15:27. > :15:31.site has been blighted by problems. It has theft, vandalism, anti-
:15:31. > :15:35.social behaviour, and dozens of deliberate fires. I think it is
:15:35. > :15:40.something that will be welcomed. It will come as a relief to residents
:15:40. > :15:43.as we have seen the site become a dumping ground and a magnet for
:15:43. > :15:49.anti-social behaviour. Government sold to land to a
:15:49. > :15:54.private developer in 2007, for reported �65 million. But plans for
:15:54. > :15:58.850 new homes collapsed with the property crash and an outstanding
:15:58. > :16:02.loan was tran -- transferred to the asset management age circumstances
:16:02. > :16:06.so year of neglect the council ordered the company responsible for
:16:06. > :16:09.the land, to address the the condition of the buildings. I think
:16:09. > :16:14.the situation here has been hampered by some of the problems
:16:14. > :16:18.with ownership, and the fact that this has been private land. It has
:16:18. > :16:21.not been Government land for the last five years that has meant the
:16:21. > :16:25.Department of Justice have a limited role they can play.
:16:25. > :16:29.Councils are exercising their powers to force developers or banks
:16:29. > :16:35.to clean under light or unsafe sites and buildings. The work is
:16:35. > :16:41.due to be completed in the next three months. It may not have been
:16:41. > :16:44.a great summer so far for camping but more and more young people are
:16:44. > :16:48.spending a night under the canvas with the scouts. Record numbers of
:16:48. > :16:53.teenagers have been joining up, and to reflect the popularity at the
:16:54. > :17:01.weekend, a new �3 million campsite, on the Fermanagh-Cavan border was
:17:01. > :17:08.opened by the Irish President. We have this report. Somewhere new for
:17:08. > :17:13.scouts to pitch their tents. This is a magnificent estate of forests
:17:13. > :17:16.and lakes on the Fermanagh-Cavan border. Once the grand home of the
:17:16. > :17:22.Sandersons, including the man who founded the Ulster Unionist Party,
:17:22. > :17:27.the castle now lies in ruins. After years of planning and setbacks,
:17:27. > :17:32.including the builder going bust two years ago, at last on Saturday,
:17:32. > :17:38.the international campsite was ready for a Presidential opening.
:17:38. > :17:43.Although the President hadn't quite got the hang of the left handed
:17:43. > :17:50.scout handshake. We have a 43 acre site, in normal terms it will camp
:17:50. > :17:57.close on 1,000. For the jam bow re- type camp up to 2,000. It has a
:17:57. > :18:02.fantastic facility,, it has a shelter where you could hold a
:18:02. > :18:07.meeting. The scouts are impressed with the new site. I think the
:18:07. > :18:12.scenery is beautiful. There is loads of space to do different
:18:12. > :18:16.things. I think there has, it has a fantastic feel, lots of space.
:18:16. > :18:21.is great the way it is in a big forest. There is loads of adventure
:18:21. > :18:25.to do. If you thought today's young people prefer to spend life in
:18:25. > :18:30.front of the telly think again. have record numbers of teenagers,
:18:30. > :18:35.boys and girls, 13, 14, and 15, you would normally think would want to
:18:35. > :18:39.be joining scouting, we have them joining in record number, a 25%
:18:39. > :18:45.growth over the last couple of years, that is because we are able
:18:45. > :18:49.to provided a venture rows activities, getting them out in
:18:49. > :18:54.canoes and into the mountains and getting them out and doing
:18:54. > :18:59.adventure. The site is one of scouting's five peace centres so as
:18:59. > :19:02.well as bringing together young people from across Ireland, it is
:19:02. > :19:12.hoped some of the 30 million scouts from round the world will also come
:19:12. > :19:16.
:19:16. > :19:19.here. I was a Brownie and guide, what were you? BV. Gavin is here to
:19:19. > :19:24.talk about football. There is an unusual look at the top of the
:19:24. > :19:27.table. The newest club is setting the pace. Who is that?
:19:27. > :19:31.Ballinamallard United. The new boys are in the Premiership for the
:19:31. > :19:36.first time and already have made their mark, a McCartney hat-trick
:19:36. > :19:44.in a 5-0 win was a big story on a weekend when all the other clubs
:19:44. > :19:47.could only manage a point. Admission was free to the club was
:19:47. > :19:52.those coming from Fermanagh would have paid. Ballinamallard United
:19:52. > :19:57.have hit the ground running and demolished distillery to go top.
:19:57. > :20:01.The home side's frustrations boiled over and Simpson was given a
:20:01. > :20:07.straight red card for getting involved in this incident in the
:20:07. > :20:13.second half. Then, the the floodgates opened. Jason McCartney
:20:13. > :20:20.played a starring roesm he set up one goal and completed the first
:20:20. > :20:24.hat-trick of the season. They have settled into life in the top flight.
:20:24. > :20:28.We expected a tough game, so we know we have to play our best every
:20:28. > :20:33.game to get points. Maybe they didn't play up to the way they can,
:20:33. > :20:36.and we are going to play 100% no matter what, so maybe we got off
:20:36. > :20:44.one, but you can't take away what we did. Portadown are second in the
:20:44. > :20:54.table but it took a late equaliser to salvage a point at Donegal
:20:54. > :20:54.
:20:54. > :21:01.Celtic courtesy of Gary Breen. Glentoran took the lead. Glenavon
:21:01. > :21:07.bounced back. Matty Burrows volley worthy of a point. The come back of
:21:07. > :21:12.the day came at Dungannon Swifts. Cliftonville took the lead through
:21:12. > :21:20.an own goal. Then at the other end Steven O'Neill produced an early
:21:20. > :21:26.contender for goal of the the season. It was scoreless in the
:21:26. > :21:30.other two matches, Gary Thompson squandered the best chance of the
:21:30. > :21:37.game when Ballymena visit ed. As for the Blues they have been off
:21:37. > :21:43.colour. They are second from bottom -- Linfield are second from bottom.
:21:43. > :21:51.And there is more from the weekend's games on Final Score 2.
:21:51. > :21:55.It can be found on the website. On to rugby and the Rabo Direct Pro
:21:55. > :21:59.kicks off. Ulster were back at Ravenhill for their latest warm-up
:21:59. > :22:07.game and held Leicester Tigers to a draw. What a crucial time to bring
:22:07. > :22:12.on a replacement. When that replacement is an All Black it is a
:22:12. > :22:17.chance worth taking. The referee has given a penalty try. If all of
:22:17. > :22:24.the coach'sicals pay off like this, Ulster could be in for quite a
:22:24. > :22:28.season. While the home side was missing many of its mar quay
:22:28. > :22:33.neckaches Leicester brought many internationals. It looked as if
:22:33. > :22:40.their experience would tell. Two tries in quick succession put the
:22:40. > :22:45.English Premiership side in control. That is a try. It looks like it is
:22:45. > :22:51.Waldron. But in the closing stages Ulster carved out an opening for
:22:51. > :22:56.Chris Cochrane to burst through the defence and level the scores.
:22:56. > :23:01.a score. Chris Cochrane. We had a lot of young guys out there, the
:23:01. > :23:04.second half, the last quarter of an hour, the back-line, they were only
:23:04. > :23:07.at school two years ago, the way they handle it, they nearly got a
:23:07. > :23:12.winning try at the end. It is something to be proud of,
:23:12. > :23:17.encouraging we are getting that sort of thing. Mark has come in and
:23:17. > :23:22.likes to train us hard. I think it has paid off. He is very
:23:22. > :23:26.experienced. The guys listen to him and take it on. Ulster's final warm
:23:26. > :23:36.up against is against the Newcastle Falcons on Friday. Then the hard
:23:36. > :23:40.
:23:40. > :23:44.work begins in earnest with the The first game is at home to
:23:45. > :23:49.Glasgow Warriors Friday week live on BBC Two. I don't have a dog but
:23:49. > :23:54.you have two or three? Two regularly walk them?. I open the
:23:54. > :24:00.back door and they run out and if that counts. Last Friday walkies
:24:00. > :24:06.took on a new meaning. One man and a dog, well they were seen
:24:06. > :24:16.paragliding down a mountain. Believe it or not it was Slieve
:24:16. > :24:20.Donard. We met one the flying duo. Want to go flying? Harry barks with
:24:20. > :24:24.excitement at the prospect of another flight. After a brief test
:24:24. > :24:27.run, the ten-year-old collie cross took to the skies above Newcastle
:24:27. > :24:37.for the first time last week. Paragliding in tandem with his
:24:37. > :24:44.
:24:44. > :24:48.owner. What do you think Harry? Harry's first flight! We walked up
:24:48. > :24:56.Slieve Donard, it was a bit of a test flight. Got him hooked in, off
:24:56. > :24:59.we went. He looked very relaxed. At the beginning he thought it was
:24:59. > :25:03.strange to be sitting on my knee. He never gets on my knee at home in
:25:03. > :25:08.the house, he just sort of relaxed quickly and kept looking round. And
:25:08. > :25:14.by the time we got over Newcastle he was looking down. I think he may
:25:14. > :25:20.have seen cars and thought maybe they were flies or bees, he doesn't
:25:20. > :25:23.like bees, birds or flies. You can see him turning his head watching,
:25:23. > :25:28.following something on the ground. He was relaxed and he never made a
:25:28. > :25:32.sound. Even when I landed he sat down on the beach and waited until
:25:32. > :25:36.I unhooked him and away he went. Pilot and pet are just waiting for
:25:36. > :25:44.the right weather conditions until they their next flight. Until then
:25:44. > :25:47.it is six feet firmly on the ground. The dog seemed happy enough. I
:25:48. > :25:55.don't know about that. His tail wagged at the end when he got out.
:25:55. > :25:58.The only time. Give us your reaction, look at our Facebook page.
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:26:01. > :26:05.weather. Thank you. Interesting weather coming up. There is a big
:26:05. > :26:08.area of low pressure in the Atlantic. It probably will have
:26:08. > :26:12.tropical air mixed in. It could bring some heavy rain and high wind
:26:12. > :26:18.before the end of the week. In the meantime, we have had a bit of a
:26:18. > :26:24.mix today, sunshine and showers. If you live in Armagh, County Down you
:26:24. > :26:28.probably didn't see too many. That is because the heaviest ones were
:26:28. > :26:34.over North Antrim. A lot of places now are dry. This is how Portrush
:26:34. > :26:39.looked a couple of hours ago. There is a rainbow in the background and
:26:39. > :26:43.further south, lovely sunny skies. So for a lot of places it is a fine
:26:43. > :26:47.evening and it will stay dry. Quite clear. Possibly just a bit fresher
:26:47. > :26:52.compared to recent nights but mild, with temperatures in double figure,
:26:52. > :26:55.so a dry night means a dry start tomorrow. Unlike today, when the
:26:55. > :27:00.showers were well scattered, tomorrow they will be frequent. It
:27:00. > :27:05.is much less likely you will get away without any rain tomorrow. But
:27:05. > :27:11.initially, when you set off to work it will be dry in a lot of places.
:27:11. > :27:15.Mid-morning though, our weather warning kicks in. We are expecting
:27:15. > :27:20.possibly ten to 15 mill meeters of rain. That is half an inch falling
:27:20. > :27:25.in a short space of time. That could lead to localised flooding.
:27:25. > :27:30.The greens and yellow are representing the heavy thundery
:27:30. > :27:33.downpours. Not necessarily in these places, but they will be frequent
:27:33. > :27:36.ones round and because of more cloud, it means that temperatures
:27:36. > :27:44.will be that bit lower. They continue right through to the end
:27:44. > :27:48.of the day and into the early evening. There will be some soggy
:27:48. > :27:51.ground round, so perhaps an evening for the wellies. It will ease away
:27:51. > :27:54.tomorrow night and we will have a break on Wednesday. One or two