:00:18. > :00:21.Paralympics. Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline. From
:00:21. > :00:24.what happened at parades to what should happen. Two of Northern
:00:24. > :00:27.Ireland's top churchmen are in the studio. Find out which one thinks
:00:27. > :00:29.it's time for marchers to prove their Christian credentials. Police
:00:29. > :00:36.are accused of prioritising sport over the search for a missing
:00:36. > :00:39.teenager's body. I'm live in the Mourne Mountains with an
:00:39. > :00:45.organisation who have been saving lives for half a century on some of
:00:45. > :00:52.our toughest terrain. The boy who's beating a brain tumour and top of
:00:52. > :00:55.the class in his GCSEs. I'm live at Belfast City Hall as the countdown
:00:55. > :00:59.to the Paralympics really gets underway. Heavy showers are dying
:00:59. > :01:08.out, the best day for weather is coming up tomorrow. I'll have the
:01:08. > :01:13.full details shortly. The Loyal Orders need to prove their
:01:13. > :01:15.Christian credentials. That's the view of the leader of the biggest
:01:15. > :01:18.Protestant church in Northern Ireland. It follows loyalist bands
:01:18. > :01:22.playing outside a Catholic Church in Belfast and the flouting of
:01:22. > :01:26.legal restrictions during a weekend parade. The Catholic bishop for the
:01:26. > :01:29.city condemned the behaviour as provocative sectarianism.
:01:29. > :01:39.Presbyterian Moderator Roy Patton and Catholic Bishop of Down and
:01:39. > :01:39.
:01:39. > :01:44.Connor Noel Treanor are here. You have a question mark over the
:01:44. > :01:50.Christianity of the loyal order but by their own definition, these are
:01:50. > :01:54.Christian organisations. The loyal Orders profess to be Christian and
:01:54. > :02:01.in many contexts they do demonstrate that. At a local level.
:02:01. > :02:04.I'm sure many parades have gone off successfully in this past year and
:02:04. > :02:11.there has been a demonstration of their approach and I also know that
:02:11. > :02:18.on a personal level, many members left out that Christian profession.
:02:18. > :02:23.How bigger the? Is that? When we see events taking place recently,
:02:23. > :02:32.that raises questions in the minds of people but also for the Orange
:02:32. > :02:38.Order. What do they need to do? challenge is to demonstrate in
:02:38. > :02:44.practice that the profession that they make Israel and there are
:02:44. > :02:50.questions around the bands and those issues need to be settled.
:02:50. > :02:57.But also recognising that whatever side of the community we come from,
:02:57. > :02:59.we need to work in such a way that makes for a peaceful society.
:03:00. > :03:06.they need to take responsibility for what the band do during
:03:06. > :03:11.parades? They are the people who are responsible for the parades. If
:03:11. > :03:18.they have bands involved, of course then need to take responsibility.
:03:18. > :03:21.But that is true for all of us. Whatever side, we have to ask bands
:03:21. > :03:26.to be hip and a particular way and if there are people who are
:03:26. > :03:32.protesting, which they have every right to do, we will encourage them
:03:32. > :03:35.to do so in a reasonable way. should trainer, we have seen what
:03:35. > :03:42.happened and you describe the behaviour outside St Patrick's
:03:42. > :03:46.Church as provocative sectarianism. Does that help? We need to name the
:03:46. > :03:52.realities and everybody here, and I speak as somebody who empathises
:03:52. > :03:57.with the entire committee, everybody needs to develop civic
:03:57. > :04:03.virtue, which expresses itself in a Christian way of dealing with each
:04:03. > :04:13.other and recognising the otherness of neighbours and respecting
:04:13. > :04:15.
:04:15. > :04:20.different committees. What are the practical solutions? We are talking
:04:20. > :04:23.about public demonstration and law and the rule of law and democracy.
:04:23. > :04:28.The Parades Commission has been established and it is inconceivable
:04:28. > :04:36.that anybody would flaunt or belittle these determinations or
:04:36. > :04:40.disrespect them. That has happened. And as a society, as citizens
:04:40. > :04:46.together, we need to address this. That means the political leaders
:04:46. > :04:52.need to address this and those who have been given the task of working
:04:52. > :04:56.in the Parades Commission, they need the support of both
:04:56. > :05:01.politicians and citizens and all people who take to the streets.
:05:01. > :05:07.Those determinations need to be respected. And also for the future
:05:07. > :05:14.of society. So that the development of society can be pursued credibly
:05:14. > :05:20.by politicians. Should this applied across the board? High marchers and
:05:20. > :05:25.bands behave outside churches, we have a video from a viewer which
:05:25. > :05:28.isn't a republican commemoration in Dungiven and there are nationalists.
:05:28. > :05:36.We can see it is happening very close to the Church of Ireland in
:05:36. > :05:42.that time. Should these protocols apply equally? They must be across
:05:42. > :05:49.the board. I am very mindful of the event in Dungiven in July and that
:05:49. > :05:53.was an event where republican groups stood before a memorial and
:05:53. > :05:57.they did not infringe or break any of the determinations of the
:05:57. > :06:03.Parades Commission. That is what I am told and I imagine that you can
:06:03. > :06:08.verify this. The crucial thing is that such demonstration - murder
:06:08. > :06:15.demonstrations, from it ever sauce, must recognise the rule of law. And
:06:15. > :06:19.we are now in 2012 in this country. We are committed as citizens and
:06:19. > :06:23.political leaders to developing and the society and that should be the
:06:23. > :06:30.task and we must not equivocate with our children methods of
:06:30. > :06:32.disrespect. Thank you but for joining us. The family of the
:06:32. > :06:35.missing Castlederg teenager Arlene Arkinson have accused the police of
:06:35. > :06:38.prioritising sporting events over the search for their sister's body.
:06:38. > :06:41.They have been told by the coroner that the PSNI weren't able to
:06:41. > :06:44.continue the search over the summer because resources were needed to
:06:44. > :06:50.police the Irish Open Golf and the Olympic torch relay. Enda
:06:50. > :06:54.McClafferty reports. It is 18 years since Arlene Arkinson went missing
:06:54. > :06:59.after a night out in Donegal. Despite extensive searches on both
:06:59. > :07:04.sides of the border, her body has never been found. Specialist search
:07:04. > :07:07.teams were brought in to examine specific sites near Castlederg. A
:07:07. > :07:10.further search was due to take place during the summer but it was
:07:10. > :07:15.put on hold and down the family had been told that police resources
:07:15. > :07:19.were needed to cover the Irish Open golf and the Olympic Torch relay.
:07:19. > :07:29.Hundreds of officers were needed to cover both events and more than �1
:07:29. > :07:30.
:07:30. > :07:34.million was spent. They told me, Mr Murray, told me that no stone would
:07:34. > :07:39.be on told and the searchers will not stop unless there is a tragedy
:07:39. > :07:44.such as a train crash. I did not know that a golf tournament was an
:07:44. > :07:48.emergency or the Olympic flame. inquest was due to take place later
:07:48. > :07:53.this year. It has been delayed because the Searches have not been
:07:53. > :07:57.completed. We have to get on with the case and the High Court has
:07:57. > :08:03.effectively directed that be must get on with the case and the fact
:08:03. > :08:08.that it has been delayed for such a very long period really does not
:08:08. > :08:12.give the family much faith in the justice system. The police said
:08:12. > :08:14.that the search strategy is constantly under review and all
:08:14. > :08:18.searchers are subject to the weather conditions. The
:08:18. > :08:23.availability of resources and operational commitments matter.
:08:23. > :08:28.They said the search for the body will resume next month. It will be
:08:28. > :08:31.carried out by a small team assisted by a body recovery dogs.
:08:31. > :08:37.Donna will be bringing us news of an organisation that's been saving
:08:37. > :08:43.lives for half a century. In all weather, volunteers come out to
:08:43. > :08:50.rescue people, walkers and climbers who get in difficulty. We hear from
:08:50. > :08:52.the rescuers and the rescued. The Fermanagh businessman who founded
:08:52. > :08:55.the cross-border haulage firm Target Express has told BBC
:08:55. > :08:58.Newsline he stands over his claim that the tax authorities in the
:08:58. > :09:01.Republic put him out of businesses. It's emerged that 150 jobs in the
:09:01. > :09:07.UK, most of them in Northern Ireland, are affected by the
:09:07. > :09:10.closure. Here's our business correspondent, Kevin Magee. These
:09:10. > :09:17.vehicles are normally out delivering their cargoes across the
:09:17. > :09:20.UK and beyond. But now they are lying idle and unused. This was the
:09:20. > :09:28.scene at the Target Express haulage depot at Nutts Corner in County
:09:28. > :09:31.Antrim. And it's a familiar sight at its network of branches. It's
:09:31. > :09:34.now thought up to 150 staff in the UK - most of them in Northern
:09:34. > :09:40.Ireland - and 300 in the Republic are jobless following the firm's
:09:40. > :09:43.sudden closure. The founder and director, Seamus Nick Bryant,
:09:43. > :09:47.declined to be interviewed but in a telephone conversation he told me
:09:47. > :09:52.the collapse of the company came about because of the actions of the
:09:52. > :09:56.tax the authorities in the Republic. He said that the banks have been
:09:56. > :10:00.told to freeze accounts by the Revenue Commissioners and that is
:10:00. > :10:04.the reason that staff had stopped getting paid. This is the end of
:10:04. > :10:09.the company and I am terribly sorry for all the staff and I want to
:10:09. > :10:12.thank them and tell them how sorry I am but this isn't my fault. The
:10:12. > :10:17.chair of the Stormont Enterprise Committee accused the tax and
:10:17. > :10:22.properties in the south of being short-sighted. Here are the revenue
:10:22. > :10:27.commissioners acting inflexibly, acting on a short-term basis and
:10:27. > :10:33.demanding money as soon as possible. Aunt by reason of that, they put
:10:33. > :10:37.the company out of business. This does not make commonsense because
:10:37. > :10:41.they will lose in the long term from the 400 people that had been
:10:41. > :10:46.made unemployed. The Revenue Commissioners said they only move
:10:46. > :10:50.against a company as a last resort. This is would bet problems are
:10:50. > :10:54.serious. Today, it emerged the company was facing legal action for
:10:54. > :10:58.the tax at parties in the north. Within the past half-hour, it has
:10:58. > :11:01.been announced that Target Express has been liquidated in the Republic
:11:01. > :11:05.that has been placed into administration in Northern Ireland,
:11:05. > :11:12.giving some hope to staff that the UK part of the business could be
:11:12. > :11:16.sold as a going concern. A lot of students have received exam results
:11:16. > :11:22.in recent weeks, but stay with us to find out why this mum is so
:11:22. > :11:25.particularly proud. An inquest into the death of a schoolboy who died
:11:25. > :11:27.following a rugby match has heard that he collapsed after making a
:11:27. > :11:30.tackle and never regained consciousness. 14-year-old Ben
:11:30. > :11:33.Robinson was treated at Royal Victoria Hospital but later died.
:11:33. > :11:35.The parents of the Carrickfergus Grammar School pupil said they were
:11:35. > :11:39.dissatisfied by the original investigation into the
:11:39. > :11:43.circumstances surrounding his death. The inquest continues. Three women
:11:43. > :11:47.were locked in a car boot as a masked and armed gang beat two men
:11:47. > :11:51.in Randalstown Forest Park. The three 19-year-olds were put into
:11:51. > :11:54.the boot of a car as the men they were with were set upon. None of
:11:54. > :12:00.them was seriously injured. Police say they're working to establish a
:12:00. > :12:04.motive. A man who admitted stabbing to death a former Fermanagh GAA
:12:04. > :12:06.player has had his sentencing delayed for a third time. 36-year-
:12:06. > :12:09.old Gary Moane from Brookeborough pleaded guilty to manslaughter four
:12:09. > :12:15.months ago after being charged for the murder of Ciaran Woods in July
:12:15. > :12:25.2010. The prosecution want to study a new report which deals with how
:12:25. > :12:28.dangerous Moane is. He'll be sentenced on the 11th of September.
:12:28. > :12:32.The Mourne Mountain Rescue Team is celebrating 50 years of helping
:12:32. > :12:35.people who get into trouble in the mountains. Made up entirely of
:12:35. > :12:38.volunteers, they can be called out any time of the day or night. Donna
:12:38. > :12:45.Traynor is in the Mournes for us this evening with more details of
:12:45. > :12:49.what this milestone means. The beauty of the Mourne Mountains here
:12:49. > :12:52.in County Down is a magnet for walkers, climbers and campers. Most
:12:52. > :12:55.leave safely but the weather can change rapidly here. There's rough
:12:55. > :13:05.terrain and some people get into difficulty. The Mourne Mountain
:13:05. > :13:06.
:13:06. > :13:13.Rescue team is here to help, on standby 24 hours a day. Julian the
:13:13. > :13:16.Curragh pour $:/STARTFEED. -- Julie McCullough. Reports. Even when
:13:16. > :13:19.there isn't a rescue, the team members still have to go out and
:13:19. > :13:21.regularly train in all kinds of weather and for every eventuality.
:13:21. > :13:24.It's something they've been doing for 50 years, although the
:13:24. > :13:28.equipment and methods used in that time have become much more
:13:28. > :13:31.sophisticated. It has changed from what was an informal setting at the
:13:31. > :13:35.outset, where climbers and mountain users were helping other climbers
:13:35. > :13:38.and mountain users as need arose, into a much more formal structure.
:13:38. > :13:42.Now there is much more pressure on the team in terms of the number of
:13:42. > :13:45.calls and the amount of mountain users and so on and even the
:13:45. > :13:50.standards we have to meet as an emergency service. The team has
:13:50. > :13:52.been rescuing people in the Mournes since 1962. For many of those years,
:13:52. > :13:58.when communications weren't so advanced, each volunteer had to
:13:58. > :14:01.live and work in the area. In the early days the team callouts were
:14:01. > :14:04.almost entirely dependent on people having a telephone and if they
:14:04. > :14:10.didn't have a telephone someone called into the house looking for
:14:10. > :14:13.them. When I moved to this house we have today, we had no landline and
:14:13. > :14:16.at that time the pub on the corner, the publican was Paddy McGreavey
:14:16. > :14:20.and Paddy agreed that he would act as an intermediary and many a night
:14:20. > :14:28.in the middle of the night he would come up here to the house and rap
:14:28. > :14:33.on the door to let me know there was a call-out. Today, the team is
:14:33. > :14:36.made up of a mixture of locals and those from further afield. For most,
:14:36. > :14:46.it's about giving something back, but being on call 24 hours a day
:14:46. > :14:46.
:14:46. > :14:51.can have its drawbacks. You can find yourself living there has
:14:51. > :14:56.suddenly had not died when you will be back. He have to have that
:14:56. > :15:01.prepared. The family at Tom have to be prepared to put up with that.
:15:01. > :15:07.For example, Sunday morning you might be doing things at home, so
:15:07. > :15:11.it does require that the people that back you up are infirm
:15:11. > :15:14.agreement. But all the team, they would say that families are very
:15:14. > :15:17.supportive. Despite the anti-social hours and the sudden callouts, it
:15:17. > :15:27.has managed to become the longest- serving mountain rescue team in
:15:27. > :15:28.
:15:28. > :15:34.Ireland. Julie was on an exercise but some people are with me who
:15:34. > :15:40.have experienced rescues. Jennifer, what happened? I was hiking 2000
:15:40. > :15:44.feet up when I fell over. I broke my leg and sustained five fractures.
:15:44. > :15:48.The team were called out and they were up in a very short period and
:15:48. > :15:52.they put me into the stretcher and got me down very efficiently.
:15:52. > :15:58.are a member of the grid, he were prepared but things happen? A it
:15:58. > :16:02.was a very simple fall. Just slipping on the grass. When that
:16:02. > :16:06.happens, you do not know what to do, how you will get down. I could not
:16:06. > :16:12.have got down the mountain without my team and the efficiency was
:16:12. > :16:21.unbelievable. 12 of them, nine men and one woman, and they were very
:16:21. > :16:26.efficient. Sarah, you experienced the team. Tell us... We went up on
:16:26. > :16:31.Friday 26th July, with the Red Arrows flying overhead. He went for
:16:31. > :16:36.a picnic and I was doing Mike good deed by picking up rubbish and I
:16:36. > :16:39.fell and dislocated my shoulder. The mountain rescue were extremely
:16:39. > :16:44.efficient and each one had their own role to play and there was a
:16:44. > :16:48.very quick evacuation. And straight into the ambulance and straight
:16:48. > :16:56.into Daisy Hill Hospital. They were fantastic. I am still nursing
:16:56. > :17:01.injuries. I will now move to one of the team, one of the longest
:17:01. > :17:06.serving members, David Goddard. What people will be surprised to
:17:06. > :17:12.here is that you are volunteers. You do not get any state funding
:17:12. > :17:16.and he relied heavily on fundraisers? All mountain rescue
:17:16. > :17:23.teams are like that. We get a little Government funding to cover
:17:23. > :17:27.some of the day-to-day costs but the major costs like vehicles and
:17:27. > :17:32.stretchers and we're looking for a base at the moment, that has to be
:17:32. > :17:37.raised by the efforts of the team and getting public donations.
:17:37. > :17:40.people we talked to had unfortunate accidents. Do you find that in the
:17:40. > :17:47.Mourne Mountains, unlike other mountain ranges, people are
:17:47. > :17:52.prepared? Yes, largely the incidents we get are largely
:17:52. > :17:58.accident. These are well-equipped people, what you would call club
:17:58. > :18:04.walkers, who have unfortunate slips with serious consequences. There
:18:04. > :18:06.are the team is there. On a similar note, too volunteers from the South
:18:06. > :18:11.Down coast guard are being honoured in Newcastle tonight for rescuing
:18:11. > :18:18.two people last year. Yet again, people going out of their way to
:18:18. > :18:20.help others. Back to the studio. Good work. Let's go to the Belfast
:18:20. > :18:27.City Hall and join Stephen Watson, who's hoping for some decent
:18:27. > :18:31.weather tonight. Yes, thanks a lot. At the moment it is tried for the
:18:31. > :18:34.big Paralympic party. The opening ceremony. The giant screen here at
:18:34. > :18:37.the City Hall will be showing live coverage of the Paralympics opening
:18:37. > :18:40.ceremony tonight. We'll be hearing from one of our big gold medal
:18:40. > :18:45.hopefuls in just a moment. First, the sport of road racing has today
:18:45. > :18:50.claimed the life of another rider. Trevor Fergsuon, seen here at the
:18:50. > :18:52.North West 200, was killed this afternoon at the Manx Grand Prix.
:18:52. > :18:55.The 48-year-old from Castlecaulfield in County Tyrone
:18:55. > :19:01.crashed while holding second place in the Supertwins race on the
:19:01. > :19:04.mountain circuit. Trevor was riding for the KMR Kawasaki team, which is
:19:04. > :19:09.managed by his nephew, Ryan Farquhar, one of Northern Ireland's
:19:09. > :19:15.best-known riders. The Paralympics get underway in a few hours with
:19:15. > :19:17.what's expected to be a spectacular opening ceremony in London. One of
:19:17. > :19:21.Northern Ireland's biggest hopes for success is Eglinton sprinter
:19:21. > :19:28.Jason Smyth. He is hoping to add to the two gold medals he brought home
:19:28. > :19:35.from Beijing. Nikki Gregg has been following his preparations. Jason
:19:35. > :19:38.Smyth is a big draw on and off the track. Since being catapulted into
:19:38. > :19:42.the limelight on the back of his success in Beijing four years ago,
:19:42. > :19:45.meet and greets like at this school in Derry have become a normal part
:19:45. > :19:53.of his schedule. The 24-year-old gets as much out of it as those he
:19:54. > :19:57.meets. I find it enjoyable and I am trying to inspire them to try and
:19:57. > :20:07.achieve something. Even in these surroundings, his competitive edge
:20:07. > :20:07.
:20:07. > :20:09.comes to the fore. Could you let one of them when the race? And no!
:20:09. > :20:15.Jason is part of a 49-strong Ireland team competing at the
:20:15. > :20:17.Paralympics in London. As reigning champion in the 100 and 200 Metres,
:20:17. > :20:19.he made the crossover into mainstream competition, racing
:20:19. > :20:22.against able-bodied athletes at the World and European Championships.
:20:22. > :20:29.He may have a higher profile than some of his team-mates, but there
:20:29. > :20:34.is no pecking order within this camp. Nobody has an ego and
:20:34. > :20:38.everybody is chilled and relaxed and interacts with each other. It
:20:38. > :20:41.is a very good atmosphere, in my opinion. Having narrowly missed out
:20:41. > :20:47.on qualification for the Olympics, Jason is eager to finish this
:20:47. > :20:54.summer on a high. I always do that no matter what happened this year,
:20:54. > :20:56.I have to retain the title. I have to have them. Over 30 of Jason's
:20:56. > :21:00.family and friends are making the trip to London, including his
:21:00. > :21:02.fiancee. The pair marry later this year. For the moment, wedding
:21:02. > :21:09.preparations are taking second place to Jason's Paralympic
:21:09. > :21:14.ambitions. And have only seen him to link small races in Florida so
:21:14. > :21:19.this will be the big -- the first big competition I will be at the
:21:19. > :21:23.point I am very excited. He is ready to get out there. It is
:21:23. > :21:28.building up and he is ready to just go and explode. And when some gold
:21:28. > :21:38.medals! Expect to see him top of the medal rostrum over the next few
:21:38. > :21:40.
:21:40. > :21:43.weeks. I want to be there when! want to be a winner, too! Tomorrow
:21:43. > :21:50.night we were here from Michael McKillop, another gold medallist in
:21:50. > :21:52.Beijing. Finally tonight, more financial troubles for Glentoran.
:21:52. > :21:55.The Glentoran Partnership which was responsible for promoting clubs in
:21:55. > :21:57.the community was wound-up in court because of an unpaid rates bill.
:21:57. > :22:02.The Glentoran Partnership had received extensive funding from
:22:02. > :22:06.groups including the International Fund for Ireland. That's it - if
:22:06. > :22:15.you commit the party, it starts at 8pm and I would bring my brolly!
:22:15. > :22:19.Let's find out about the weather. We have some showers out there and
:22:19. > :22:22.the weather warning at force for heavy showers but there is good
:22:22. > :22:28.news around made evening. That weather warning will expire and it
:22:28. > :22:33.turns trier. Some skies will clear, allowing temperatures to fall into
:22:33. > :22:37.single figures in countryside areas so it obituary for some people but
:22:37. > :22:42.for the towns and cities, it - 12 degrees. It's a cool start for some
:22:42. > :22:46.people tomorrow, quite breezy but it will be the best day of the week.
:22:46. > :22:50.Brighter and sunnier and much brighter. To begin with, plenty of
:22:50. > :22:54.sunshine and the cloud will bubble up from time to time but it will
:22:54. > :22:59.stay dry. In between, the sunshine comes out, staying breezy for the
:22:59. > :23:03.north coast at 14 or 15 degrees. Fermanagh and Antrim and Armagh, we
:23:03. > :23:08.will get up to around 17 or 19 degrees and that sunshine and
:23:09. > :23:14.during the day the wind will ease. It's a decent second half, some
:23:15. > :23:18.evening sunshine to enjoy. As we go overnight into Friday, the cloud is
:23:18. > :23:24.pushing in from the West and with that we begin to see some rain. The
:23:24. > :23:30.bulk will fall when most of us are slipping. And with the cloud cover,
:23:30. > :23:34.it but not be as cold. Nine or 10 degrees. Friday gets off to a very
:23:34. > :23:38.grey and damp start but that rain will gradually get out of the way,
:23:38. > :23:44.leaving behind brighter conditions with sunshine developing from the
:23:44. > :23:48.West. It's a mild day and as the wind changes direction, Friday will
:23:48. > :23:52.be the final day of summer. Into bottom of Saturday, it will improve
:23:52. > :24:02.with temperatures higher but a little unsettled towards Sunday.
:24:02. > :24:04.Now to a story brought to us by a viewer who was so proud of her
:24:05. > :24:07.son's exam results, she wanted everyone to know. And with good
:24:07. > :24:10.reason. He sat his GCSEs while going through cancer treatment and
:24:10. > :24:13.came away with astounding results. Maggie Taggart has been to Omagh to
:24:13. > :24:15.meet him and his family. Her reports contains some graphic
:24:15. > :24:18.images from the aftermath of the teenager's surgery. 16 year-old
:24:18. > :24:20.John Baxter is getting ready to start his A levels here at the
:24:20. > :24:23.Christian Brothers grammar school. Less than nine months ago, he was
:24:23. > :24:27.reading for the shock of being diagnosed with a brain tumour and
:24:27. > :24:33.he needed radical surgery. The a made an incision along here and
:24:33. > :24:37.they jailed three holes and they took out a section of my skull and
:24:37. > :24:43.it is in a part of the brain that covers the brain to protect it.
:24:43. > :24:47.Just sitting on top. They just used a vacuum. It's very horrible to
:24:48. > :24:53.discuss. As he recovered, the school sent lessons home and they
:24:53. > :24:59.made arrangements for a job to set his 22 GCSE exams. They allowed me
:24:59. > :25:02.to do this in a separate room. There was a good share and that I
:25:02. > :25:07.needed to stop, they would that be do that. I could sit for 15 minutes
:25:07. > :25:17.and then they would restart and never do the exam again. At the
:25:17. > :25:19.
:25:19. > :25:24.results? 11 A * grades and Abbey. He has as strong determination. His
:25:24. > :25:29.absence from class was minimised by the fact that even though he was
:25:29. > :25:33.receiving radiotherapy, he was back here by the afternoon. Sitting in
:25:33. > :25:37.classes and getting on. This is that the first time Jon's family
:25:37. > :25:40.have supported him through Ellis. Became the at three years old meant
:25:40. > :25:45.years of treatment. But his stubbornness was driving him on.
:25:45. > :25:55.They doctor said that he could not to his exams and he was adamant to
:25:55. > :25:59.prove them wrong and he certainly did. Big style! It is testament to
:25:59. > :26:04.the school. And the doctors and nurses, the radiotherapist, they
:26:04. > :26:07.all help to him in his treatment and he did as well as he could.
:26:08. > :26:10.John's family are not used to the limelight and they don't normally
:26:10. > :26:18.blow their own trumpet. The main reason for doing this is to
:26:18. > :26:21.highlight the need for more money for research into brain tumours.
:26:21. > :26:24.It's a year of centenaries with big anniversaries such as Titanic and
:26:24. > :26:27.the Ulster Covenant. So we thought we'd hear from the people who've
:26:27. > :26:37.actually lived 100 years. Tonight, in the second part of our week-long
:26:37. > :26:39.
:26:39. > :26:44.series, our centenarians reflect on schooldays now and then. You got up
:26:44. > :26:49.early in the morning, away for 9 o'clock. And we enjoyed school. I
:26:49. > :26:59.liked my teacher. I liked them all through life. And then I left
:26:59. > :27:00.
:27:00. > :27:07.school. He was a good teacher. cane came out and you had to behave
:27:07. > :27:16.yourself, you did not talk back. I took a couple of books to school.
:27:16. > :27:21.And it took a couple home. I had a nice school master. I liked the
:27:21. > :27:30.idea of the children getting educated. And better schools,
:27:30. > :27:36.better everything. And nowadays, -- in our days we were kept back. We
:27:36. > :27:40.did not get using our brains or understanding. We used to say long
:27:40. > :27:45.ago, living on the fields, you did not understand. Maybe you