:00:16. > :00:20.Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor. The headlines
:00:20. > :00:25.this Tuesday evening: Three members of the Jordanian paralympic team
:00:25. > :00:31.are arrested over allegations of sexual assault. Could Northern
:00:31. > :00:33.Ireland end up with the toughest anti-prostitution laws in the UK. A
:00:33. > :00:43.former world champion says boxing fans guilty of sectarian abuse
:00:43. > :00:44.
:00:44. > :00:49.should be banned from the ringside. It is the people who are following
:00:49. > :00:53.the fighters. They must be earmarked, pointed out and kicked
:00:53. > :00:57.out of the boxing rings in the country. They are the ones bringing
:00:58. > :01:00.the game into disrepute. How many local students could get free
:01:00. > :01:04.university places in Scotland? Trust me, I'm a robot. The new
:01:04. > :01:07.doctor doing the ward rounds in Newry. And it's been an exciting
:01:07. > :01:17.day of weather. Thunderstorms, heavy downpours, lightning and
:01:17. > :01:18.
:01:18. > :01:21.hailstones. I'll be back with the Three members of the Paralympic
:01:21. > :01:27.squad from Jordan having been arrested over allegations of sexual
:01:27. > :01:37.assault. The squad were part of a pre-games training camp at the
:01:37. > :01:39.
:01:39. > :01:44.Antrim Forum. Our reporter Conor Macauley is there. What do we know?
:01:44. > :01:50.Three men were arrested on Monday after three local women made
:01:50. > :01:56.allegations including one of sexual assault. It was something that
:01:56. > :02:01.happened here at the Antrim Forum. The squad and their support staff
:02:02. > :02:10.have been here for a couple of weeks. The three men arrested are
:02:10. > :02:14.aged 36, 35 and 23. They are still in police custody. There was some
:02:14. > :02:18.delay in beginning the process of questioning the men today because
:02:18. > :02:23.the police have to wait for interpreters to join them before
:02:23. > :02:33.they can begin the process. What sort of official reaction has there
:02:33. > :02:33.
:02:33. > :02:38.been to this? The Sports Minister, champion of the Olympic teams who
:02:38. > :02:42.came to use our facilities, we asked if they had anything to say.
:02:42. > :02:51.They said because there is alive investigation on going at the
:02:51. > :02:55.moment they could not comment. The Jordanian team had been due to
:02:55. > :03:00.leave Northern Ireland to travel to London for the Paralympic Games
:03:01. > :03:07.quick start next Wednesday, the question now remains is how many of
:03:07. > :03:10.that delegation will make it onto the flight tomorrow? Paying for sex
:03:10. > :03:13.with prostitutes could be outlawed if Stormont passes a new bill, the
:03:13. > :03:15.details of which were published today. The proposals, which are
:03:15. > :03:18.being brought forward by the DUP's Lord Morrow, would give Northern
:03:18. > :03:27.Ireland tougher laws than in Britain. As Mervyn Jess reports,
:03:27. > :03:33.the main aim of the proposed law is to tackle people trafficking. It
:03:33. > :03:39.has been referred to as the oldest profession in the world but that
:03:40. > :03:48.nevertheless does not make it any more palatable end they eyes of the
:03:48. > :03:53.public. Today, Lord Morro launched his private member's bill which she
:03:53. > :04:03.says goes further than the current legislation making its way through
:04:03. > :04:09.
:04:09. > :04:15.Stormont. -- Lord Morrow. person who purchases intercourse
:04:15. > :04:25.will be the one who ends up in court. If you buy you are then be
:04:25. > :04:27.
:04:27. > :04:36.offender. Last year alone it was estimated men in Northern Ireland
:04:36. > :04:43.were spending up to half a million pounds on prostitutes every week.
:04:43. > :04:48.Police have been raiding brothels. They dealt with the 33 potential
:04:48. > :04:55.victims of trafficking. 18 of those were females who had been brought
:04:55. > :05:00.here specifically for its sexual exploitation. Two people have been
:05:00. > :05:10.convicted of trafficking with a further two due in court on similar
:05:10. > :05:15.charges. This is the only way to end this crime. It is growing year-
:05:15. > :05:20.on-year across the so-called civilised world. It is there, it is
:05:20. > :05:25.evident, it is very hard to nail the people behind it, the gangs.
:05:25. > :05:29.All of us need to wake up. The then you are using these services need
:05:29. > :05:37.to wake up and see what they are doing. It is not about personal
:05:37. > :05:47.pleasure, it is about engaging in the slave trade. The use can be
:05:47. > :05:48.
:05:48. > :05:54.made known until the middle of the month, October sees anti-slavery
:05:54. > :05:57.day and that is no coincidence. Earlier I spoke asked our Political
:05:57. > :06:04.Editor Mark Devenport and asked him what the chances were of these
:06:05. > :06:09.proposals becoming law? It is uncertain. You have got to remember
:06:09. > :06:13.this is a private member's bill, a lot of these do not become law
:06:13. > :06:18.because they do not have sufficient time to be debated in chamber. It
:06:18. > :06:24.needs all parties to get on side with this proposal to give their
:06:24. > :06:31.backing and get it through with bolts and cost will there be the
:06:31. > :06:34.time to be debated. -- votes. The question will be whether the
:06:34. > :06:44.consensus on the need for human trafficking can be extended among
:06:44. > :06:50.the other parties for the consensus that all prostitution be banned.
:06:50. > :06:56.seems that a change in the lock in regards to prostitution to be
:06:56. > :07:00.connected with something had that happened last week Down South?
:07:00. > :07:05.There was a consultation last week by the Southern Irish Government
:07:05. > :07:10.and there was a consultation in Scotland to make paying for
:07:10. > :07:17.intercourse illegal. That did not get through as wanted. It was
:07:18. > :07:23.proposed by Harry it Hammond in 2007 and it did not make it into
:07:23. > :07:28.law but they did push through with the lot to say it is illegal to pay
:07:28. > :07:36.for intercourse with someone who has been trafficked. -- Harriet
:07:36. > :07:41.Harman. I think there was some opposition to it from those who
:07:41. > :07:49.thought the State was over-reaching itself by telling adults what they
:07:49. > :07:53.could or could not do. It was felt this might drive the oldest
:07:53. > :08:01.profession underground and make the situation more vulnerable for the
:08:02. > :08:08.women involved. It might come down to whether the politicians believe
:08:08. > :08:11.that the situation in Sweden has helped curb the problems associated
:08:11. > :08:14.with human trafficking. The Irish boxing authorities have rejected
:08:14. > :08:16.claims that they've failed to deal with sectarian abuse aimed at a
:08:16. > :08:19.boxing club from Sandy Row in Belfast. The club say they've
:08:19. > :08:29.suffered a decade of abuse without any action being taken. Julian
:08:29. > :08:31.
:08:31. > :08:38.O'Neill reports. Best man watches from outside the ring. He once
:08:38. > :08:43.boxed at best club but quit the sport after receiving sectarian
:08:43. > :08:50.abuse at a competition hosted in and nationalist area. I hate it. I
:08:50. > :09:00.felt so scared in some places. Up on the Falls Road you were not made
:09:00. > :09:04.
:09:05. > :09:12.to feel comfortable at all. Witness the symbolism of these champions
:09:12. > :09:20.during the Olympic torch relay but some say sectarianism is hidden
:09:20. > :09:27.away. The club's bus has been stoned and bottles thrown at those
:09:27. > :09:33.attending amateur bouts. Officials from several other boxing clubs in
:09:33. > :09:39.nationalist area is said today they did not perceive any sectarian
:09:39. > :09:48.problem in the sport or at least not one as bad as is pointed out in
:09:48. > :09:53.this 27 page report which includes details of letters of complaints to
:09:54. > :09:58.the sporting body. The Irish Amateur Boxing Association is
:09:58. > :10:05.investigating and rejects the claims that this issue is a low
:10:05. > :10:09.priority. We met with the association in February 2011,
:10:09. > :10:13.nothing has happened in the last 18 months. We saw yesterday in the
:10:13. > :10:20.Irish Times it was stated that there is an investigation but I
:10:20. > :10:25.think it must be bottom of the pile of things to do. Before turning pro
:10:25. > :10:35.this man was on the amateur circuit like many of the Olympic medal
:10:35. > :10:36.
:10:36. > :10:42.winners. It taints the whole thing. I would love to see the Amateur
:10:42. > :10:46.Boxing Association clamp down on this big style. The Department of
:10:46. > :10:56.Culture, Ards and leisure is aware of the complaints and say officials
:10:56. > :10:57.
:10:57. > :11:00.are addressing the issue. -- Arts and Leisure. Earlier this year we
:11:00. > :11:03.highlighted a loophole which would allow students with an Irish
:11:03. > :11:06.passport to get free tuition in a Scottish university. It was a
:11:06. > :11:09.tempting option for students in an east Belfast school where most have
:11:09. > :11:11.British passports. The saving could be tens of thousands of pounds. Our
:11:11. > :11:15.education correspondent, Maggie Taggart has returned to speak to
:11:15. > :11:25.some of the students to find out if free tuition is now a reality for
:11:25. > :11:26.
:11:26. > :11:33.them. We first met these students in the spring. Since then they have
:11:33. > :11:41.been studying, doing exams and getting results in the hope of
:11:41. > :11:47.getting three university tuition in Scotland. -- free. This girl now
:11:47. > :11:56.has an offer of free tuition at Edinburgh University. It has been a
:11:56. > :12:06.long process, I am so happy about it. I will save �9,000. She now has
:12:06. > :12:08.
:12:09. > :12:16.a letter assuring her she will not have to pay. Her status is EU so
:12:16. > :12:24.her feet will be �1,820 and we have a letter from Scotland seeing it
:12:24. > :12:31.will be paid on her behalf. -- say. She has nothing to pay this here be
:12:31. > :12:37.wise, we are delighted. This boy has been accepted at Glasgow
:12:37. > :12:43.university but he has not yet had a formal letter. He has had another
:12:43. > :12:49.form to fill in. The form we would have to complete to answer all the
:12:49. > :12:54.questions with regard to our fees that is is very lengthy, about four
:12:54. > :12:58.pages long with 16 pages of accompanying notes which are a
:12:58. > :13:04.minefield to wade through. I am still hopeful that we will be
:13:04. > :13:11.successful. They have saved money for the university course but they
:13:11. > :13:17.-- bet they do not get free fees they will be in disarray. I am
:13:17. > :13:21.fairly confident, I have got on OK at several stages but is there is
:13:21. > :13:27.still that little niggle of uncertainty because we do not have
:13:27. > :13:32.a formal written paper saying that I am in for free. The Scottish
:13:32. > :13:36.Government says it cannot yet tell how many Northern Irish students
:13:36. > :13:40.will get free education but they are looking at ways to block the
:13:40. > :13:43.loophole in the future. You're watching BBC Newsline and still to
:13:43. > :13:46.come on the programme: We're live backstage at Tennents' Vital,
:13:46. > :13:56.hearing from the up and coming Moira band who kicked the whole
:13:56. > :13:58.
:13:59. > :14:03.A family of five laughing at Glenarm in County Antrim say they
:14:03. > :14:06.may have to move after an arson attack on their home. A door was
:14:06. > :14:10.damaged at the property when a tyre filled with flammable liquid was
:14:10. > :14:15.put against it and set on fire. In neighbour raised the alarm after
:14:15. > :14:22.seeing flames. Villagers say they are shocked at the attack. I think
:14:22. > :14:25.it is ridiculous. It is a poor reflection of Glenarm. The family
:14:25. > :14:31.should not be moving from the village, it is the people who
:14:31. > :14:34.perpetrated this crime. A 55-year- old man has been arrested in south
:14:34. > :14:41.Belfast in connection with the a murder on the outskirts of the city
:14:41. > :14:45.36 years ago. William Palmer was 55 and died after he was shot in his
:14:45. > :14:49.home. The man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and membership
:14:49. > :14:54.of the IRA. As we reported yesterday, the
:14:54. > :14:57.police have made a fulsome apology to the mayor of Derry after
:14:57. > :15:02.mistakenly raided his house during an anti-terrorist operation last
:15:02. > :15:08.month. But the Sinn Fein councillor says that words do not go far
:15:08. > :15:12.enough. Kevin Campbell is in our foil.
:15:12. > :15:17.You have got an apology, what more do you want? And all but the case
:15:17. > :15:21.is going to the ombudsman and I am prepared to wait for the outcome. -
:15:21. > :15:29.- I am told that the case. Do you not accept that mistakes can
:15:29. > :15:35.happen? Yes, they can. In this instance, the reality is that when
:15:35. > :15:39.the police came to my home, it was at 10:30pm and the officers
:15:39. > :15:43.recognise who I was and were not prepared to enter the home. What
:15:43. > :15:47.happened was that it was a to-ing and fro-ing between Derry and
:15:47. > :15:52.Belfast. Someone at 4:30am decided to go ahead and searched the
:15:52. > :15:57.property. There was no one in the house. This indicates everything I
:15:57. > :16:03.said at the time. Earlier, you said that he wanted the officer who made
:16:03. > :16:07.the author -- who made the order to be sacked. Is that they're? -- is
:16:08. > :16:11.that fair. I am prepared to sit down with them. I know it has been
:16:11. > :16:15.put to the ombudsman's office. Let's wait and see the outcome of
:16:15. > :16:22.this process. At the end of the day, this was wrong and it should never
:16:22. > :16:28.have happened. When I was made the mayor of this city, I said I would
:16:28. > :16:33.work for all the people of the city. This left a cloud hanging over me,
:16:33. > :16:37.within the Unionist and Protestant community. The police have admitted
:16:37. > :16:42.it was a mistake and they have made a fulsome apology. Gregory Campbell
:16:42. > :16:48.the DUP said that it is time now to focus on the weapons that were
:16:48. > :16:53.seized by police earlier in that operation. NEWLINE deflecting away
:16:53. > :17:02.from the battle against dissident republicans. -- You are deflecting.
:17:02. > :17:07.The police are dealing with that issue. The issue would mean, do was
:17:07. > :17:12.a wrong done and the police have admitted. -- the issue with me,
:17:12. > :17:19.there was a wrong done. I'm prepared to see the outcome before
:17:19. > :17:23.I take anything further. There is a new addition to the medical team at
:17:23. > :17:27.Daisy Hill Hospital. He does not wear the usual attire, he does not
:17:27. > :17:35.take temperatures or give injections, but he is still
:17:35. > :17:40.regarded as an important part of the team.
:17:40. > :17:46.It is not a Ballack, it is a doctor. Doctor Who? The man on the screen
:17:46. > :17:55.is Charles McAllister, one of 18 of intensive care specialists based
:17:55. > :18:01.not in Newry but 20 miles away in Craigavon. Can you hear me OK?
:18:01. > :18:07.is Charlie. Do you mind talking to me through the robot? What is the
:18:07. > :18:11.story. Unlike Craigavon Hospital, Daisy Hill does not have an
:18:11. > :18:18.intensive care unit. But now intensive care staff at Craigavon
:18:18. > :18:27.can monitor patients in Newry remotely, thanks to the robot.
:18:27. > :18:35.you comfortable? It has been great so far. The number of patients we
:18:35. > :18:38.have been transferring has reduced and we are able to take patients --
:18:38. > :18:43.keep patients up-to-date with out there doing. We have a better
:18:43. > :18:48.understanding of the natures of the problems when they do arrive.
:18:48. > :18:57.staff were initially suspicious of a robot on the ward. Having seen it
:18:57. > :19:03.in action, it is a real benefit to the care that patients receive.
:19:03. > :19:09.Sometimes we require the assistance of experts, and to have won at the
:19:09. > :19:15.bedside is a bonus. The trust says that so far the robot has gone down
:19:15. > :19:21.well with patients. It is brilliant. He is easy to get on with and talk
:19:21. > :19:24.to. He is over in Craigavon, and we're here and he can talk to us.
:19:24. > :19:32.These investments will greatly assist us in providing the best
:19:32. > :19:36.possible care. And doing it in an efficient manner as well. It may be
:19:36. > :19:46.the height of technical sophistication, but the result was
:19:46. > :19:48.
:19:48. > :19:54.a downside. Like a Telek, the robot cannot go upstairs. -- Ballack.
:19:54. > :19:57.the left! Joanna Mills has yet to decide if she will switch
:19:58. > :20:03.allegiance from Ireland to Great Britain. After a long process of
:20:03. > :20:07.appeals, she controversially missed out on a place in the Irish 4x4 or
:20:07. > :20:12.-- for by 400 metre relay for the Olympics. She ran faster times than
:20:12. > :20:16.Catriona Cuddihy, who was included in the squad.
:20:16. > :20:19.I was struggling watching the Olympics because I thought that the
:20:19. > :20:25.opportunity would have been unbelievable, but I still enjoyed
:20:25. > :20:32.watching it. It was difficult because it was a home Olympics and
:20:32. > :20:37.it was more in our face. But I learned so much. The highs and lows,
:20:37. > :20:41.but I experienced. Are you still considering competing for Ireland?
:20:41. > :20:45.Are will have to think about it. I will have to sit down and chat
:20:45. > :20:50.about next year, and how everything will fall. I do not want to make
:20:50. > :20:55.any decisions just yet. The way the situation was handled has
:20:55. > :21:01.highlighted a lot of things to me. Ireland have been very good to me.
:21:01. > :21:06.I cannot forget about that. Have you spoken to the girls? I have not
:21:06. > :21:10.heard from that. I heard a lot on Twitter before the race and then
:21:10. > :21:16.after the race there was support for them, which was good to see. I
:21:16. > :21:20.have not seen any of them since. You mention your family, and your
:21:20. > :21:28.fellow athletes. How much support did you receive from people outside
:21:28. > :21:31.of that group? Will loads. I cannot get over it. -- loads. 500
:21:31. > :21:36.different people following me, at telling me that I was hard done by.
:21:36. > :21:42.I could not get over it. I was surprised that people knew about it.
:21:42. > :21:45.Every comment was red and appreciated. There was a lot of
:21:45. > :21:49.support from down south, which was surprising, because I think a lot
:21:49. > :21:54.of people thought it was political and they do not think it was. At
:21:54. > :21:59.the same time, it meant a lot to me to get support from such a variety
:21:59. > :22:04.of different people. You spoke about making a decision. When do
:22:04. > :22:07.you expect to make that decision and what will you weigh up? I have
:22:07. > :22:15.my last competition this weekend. After that I will sit down and talk
:22:15. > :22:18.about my plans. We will look at how the season is looking. Obviously,
:22:18. > :22:24.international opportunities, or are they fall, there are different
:22:24. > :22:28.regulations that come into it. I do not want to accept and rush into
:22:28. > :22:34.anything because Ireland have been good to me. At the same time, I
:22:34. > :22:37.need to think about where I go from here.
:22:37. > :22:44.Thousands of rock fans are gathering in south Belfast for one
:22:44. > :22:51.of this year's biggest music events, the tennis vital Festival. --
:22:51. > :23:00.Tennants Vital Festival. We're backstage at Tennants Vital. This
:23:00. > :23:04.is where the bands come to chill out. No sign of the Foo Fighters,
:23:04. > :23:08.they are away on the other side of this backstage area. And there is a
:23:08. > :23:14.special cordoned off tent. Of course, this is their first gig in
:23:14. > :23:21.Northern Ireland. Some of you might remember at the early Nineties Mac
:23:21. > :23:25.when Dave Grohl was here in Belfast with Nirvana. He has not been back
:23:25. > :23:30.since but in two hours he will take to the stage with the Foo Fighters.
:23:30. > :23:40.Earlier today, it was a local band based in Craigavon who opened the
:23:40. > :24:08.
:24:08. > :24:13.entire event. They are Trucker Tom from Trucker tableau is with me.
:24:13. > :24:19.How did you get involved? entered a competition about two
:24:19. > :24:25.months ago. We were whittled down to the last 16. We went down and
:24:25. > :24:30.play it, and we got the news about a month ago. It was unbelievable.
:24:31. > :24:35.How did it feel? Unbelievable. Being on stage, supporting the Foo
:24:35. > :24:44.Fighters, and remembering learning those songs years ago, it is a
:24:44. > :24:48.dream come true. Fantastic. Stephen Rainey is with us. It is a great
:24:48. > :24:53.news story for that band. What does it mean for other bands up and
:24:53. > :24:57.coming in Northern Ireland? It is a rare opportunity to play in front
:24:57. > :25:01.of a crowd like that. There are a lot of people out there. We have a
:25:01. > :25:04.unique situation where local bands who are used to playing in pubs and
:25:04. > :25:08.bars can get on a stage like that and bring their music to a huge
:25:08. > :25:13.audience. If only a quarter of the people out there by 80 should, that
:25:13. > :25:21.is an incredible success for a local band. -- buy a Taoiseach.
:25:21. > :25:25.Opportunities like this are essential for them. It is great for
:25:25. > :25:30.local bands but tonight is all about the Foo Fighters. I am a huge
:25:30. > :25:40.fan, and I am really excited. I have come prepared. I have got my
:25:40. > :25:42.
:25:42. > :25:44.wellies the and I am ready to rock. Maybe her guests have seen a
:25:44. > :25:48.Maybe her guests have seen a different forecast.
:25:48. > :25:56.We have had a bit of everything today, to be fair. Heavy rain,
:25:56. > :26:03.thunder, sunshine, lightning. What else could we have thrown at us?
:26:03. > :26:13.Very good for those chasing storms. Our Twitter feed was really busier
:26:13. > :26:14.
:26:14. > :26:17.earlier. Thank you for you're pictures and tweets. Only a brief
:26:17. > :26:22.respite from thunder and lightning before the next area of heavy
:26:22. > :26:26.showers moved in. Storms in Belfast. Sharp showers kicking around at the
:26:26. > :26:36.moment, but they are easing away. Many of us of these black clouds
:26:36. > :26:39.
:26:39. > :26:45.looming. -- sort these black clouds. There was flooding briefly. That is
:26:45. > :26:50.how the showers looked up a short time ago. They will be drying up
:26:50. > :26:54.this evening. Most of the shares will become confined to the north
:26:54. > :27:01.and west. They will be back tomorrow but not as ferocious as
:27:01. > :27:04.they were. Because of the breeze, it will grow through swiftly. --
:27:04. > :27:07.blow through. A few of them will get to eastern areas by lunchtime
:27:07. > :27:14.but in the east, the best of the temperatures because of the
:27:14. > :27:17.westerly breeze. We're looking at 18 or 19 when the sun is out.
:27:17. > :27:22.Further west, the showers will probably be more frequent.
:27:22. > :27:27.Temperatures will be around 17 or 18. It may feel fresher compared to
:27:27. > :27:31.recent days because of that breeze. The showers continuing to the end
:27:31. > :27:36.of the afternoon. There will be a dry spell for a while tomorrow
:27:36. > :27:39.night. The weather pattern is very unsettled at the moment. The next
:27:39. > :27:43.area of low pressure is moving in from the Atlantic to bring wet and
:27:43. > :27:47.windy weather through Thursday and Friday. Prepare yourself so for
:27:47. > :27:52.more rain for the end of the week. more rain for the end of the week.
:27:52. > :27:57.-- yourselves. Well our late summary is at 10:25pm