:00:16. > :00:22.Hello and welcome to BBC Newsline. The headlines this Thursday
:00:22. > :00:32.evening: A 25-year-old soldier from County Down is killed on patrol in
:00:32. > :00:44.
:00:44. > :00:46.Go Tributes are paid to Channing Day in her home town of Comber.
:00:46. > :00:56.Human trafficking right on our doorstep - women from 26 countries
:00:56. > :00:57.
:00:57. > :01:00.campaigning to stop it gather in Belfast. I'll have more shortly.
:01:00. > :01:05.It's official - here's the programme for the City of Culture.
:01:05. > :01:10.Join me live for the details. One Sam Maguire, and now eight All-Star
:01:10. > :01:20.football awards for Donegal. the cold air is moving in so we're
:01:20. > :01:26.
:01:26. > :01:29.in for a chilly spell of weather, but for how long? Find out shortly.
:01:29. > :01:32.A 25-year-old medic from Comber in County Down, Channing Day has
:01:32. > :01:35.become the tenth member of the armed forces from Northern Ireland
:01:35. > :01:38.to be killed in the conflict in Afghanistan. She died in an
:01:38. > :01:42.incident along with another soldier and an Afghan policeman while on
:01:42. > :01:51.patrol in the Nahri Saraj District of Helmand Province. The news was
:01:51. > :01:55.broken to her family last night. Chris Page has more. Tanning they
:01:55. > :02:02.had wanted to be his or doesn't she was at school will stop -- a
:02:02. > :02:10.Channing Day. The principle remembers well how she went on
:02:10. > :02:16.work-experience but the Army when she was 16. She was a very pleasant
:02:16. > :02:22.young lady. A really good report. That did some her up. Her statement
:02:22. > :02:29.showed she loved the Army, even then. Now, aged 25, she has been
:02:30. > :02:34.killed in Afghanistan. Channing Day was with the patrol in Nahri Saraj
:02:34. > :02:38.when she was killed. An Afghan, believed to be a policeman not in
:02:38. > :02:41.uniform at the time, was also killed. A spokesperson be the
:02:41. > :02:51.Ministry of Defence has said they don't care what initiated exchange
:02:51. > :02:58.of gunfire -- they don't know what initiated the exchange of gunfire.
:02:58. > :03:06.Back home in Northern Ireland, those who knew her are stunned.
:03:06. > :03:13.Every pupil, we remember. I remember her... It becomes more and
:03:13. > :03:19.more poignant. Because somebody who is so young has been killed in such
:03:19. > :03:25.a tragic way. The First Minister has paid tribute. Here is the young
:03:25. > :03:31.woman who clearly deserved eight when it was needed. It will be a
:03:31. > :03:34.major blow to the local community, devastating to the family. This
:03:34. > :03:41.cenotaph commemorates members of the armed forces from Comber who
:03:41. > :03:45.have been killed while on service. Now, other names but be added. Like
:03:45. > :03:53.so many before her, Channing Day lost her life in a war far from
:03:53. > :03:56.home. Arrangements are now being made to repatriate her body.
:03:56. > :04:01.The UK armed forces have been in Afghanistan since 2001 when they
:04:01. > :04:03.joined the NATO invasion in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. The
:04:03. > :04:13.news of the latest death has brought back painful memories for
:04:13. > :04:19.
:04:19. > :04:21.other service families here. Images hard to forget. Towns and villages
:04:22. > :04:29.across Northern Ireland coming to a standstill for the funeral of a
:04:29. > :04:34.soldier. Soon, the same silence will fall in Comber. In March 2011,
:04:34. > :04:38.this town was in mourning. Shops closed and hundreds gathered to pay
:04:38. > :04:43.their this -- pay their respects to lance-corporal Stephen the key. On
:04:43. > :04:51.Tuesday, the 27-year-old was the last soldier here to die in
:04:51. > :05:01.Afghanistan. The others, it a 20- year-old Ranger, a 22-year-old
:05:01. > :05:03.
:05:03. > :05:13.Ranger, a 26-year-old, a 42-year- old, another 42-year-old, a 22-
:05:13. > :05:16.year-old, a 28-year-old and a captain, who was 38. Brenda's
:05:17. > :05:22.husband is among those faces. She knows the pain and grief of losing
:05:22. > :05:27.a loved one on duty in Afghanistan. When you hear news that another to
:05:27. > :05:34.have paid the ultimate sacrifice, it brings you right back to the day
:05:34. > :05:40.-- another two. The sadness that you feel for those families and
:05:40. > :05:45.what they're going through it is quite intolerable. I can't even
:05:45. > :05:51.imagine how they feel. But all I know is that in the coming days,
:05:51. > :05:58.through the repatriation, they're going to need peace and quiet time.
:05:58. > :06:01.Difficult days ahead for a family coming to terms with such a loss.
:06:01. > :06:05.You can find much more background and analysis on UK troops in
:06:05. > :06:15.Afghanistan on the BBC News website. You can find that in the Special
:06:15. > :06:16.
:06:16. > :06:25.Reports section. Still to come on the programme:
:06:25. > :06:32.It's been a very big day in the North West. I'll be taking a look
:06:32. > :06:36.at the programme for the City of Culture Day. A County Antrim man
:06:36. > :06:41.has admitted stabbing his mother to death on Mother's Day last year.
:06:41. > :06:44.Lynn Coburn was found dead in her home in the village of Kells. Today
:06:44. > :06:51.her 35-year-old son John pleaded guilty to her manslaughter on the
:06:51. > :06:53.grounds of diminished responsibility.
:06:53. > :07:03.Since April, seven potential victims of trafficking have been
:07:03. > :07:04.
:07:04. > :07:07.rescued in Northern Ireland. Over the last three years the total is
:07:07. > :07:10.81 people, according to the police. There are many community and
:07:10. > :07:12.voluntary organisations who are working with the police to tackle
:07:12. > :07:15.the problem. One is the Soroptimists, which is holding its
:07:15. > :07:19.international annual conference in Belfast over the next few days.
:07:19. > :07:23.Donna is there this evening. Yes, it's difficult to calculate the
:07:23. > :07:28.exact number of women and girls who are forced to travel het or who
:07:29. > :07:36.travel under false pretences and find themselves working in the sex
:07:36. > :07:39.industry or as domestics the servants. If the police are to bear
:07:39. > :07:43.down on these criminals, we need to be more aware of the problem here
:07:43. > :07:47.on the ground. The Soroptimists doing their part in the campaign,
:07:47. > :07:51.so for a lot of people it is slavery. But they don't realise it
:07:51. > :07:56.is happening here. Yes, it is happening everywhere in the United
:07:56. > :08:06.Kingdom. There are over 2.5 million people could affect every year into
:08:06. > :08:11.the UK, 85 % of whom are women -- people traffic to every year. It is
:08:11. > :08:16.making millions of pounds every year. So what other Soroptimists
:08:16. > :08:20.doing to make us more aware of that? We are working with a charity
:08:21. > :08:24.which started as a Soroptimists charity. It is one of the reasons
:08:24. > :08:29.we will be there tomorrow wearing purple on the waterfront, to show
:08:29. > :08:35.our solidarity that we must strive some way to end this terrible crime
:08:35. > :08:37.against women and girls. It is our mission as Soroptimists to do that.
:08:37. > :08:42.You're President of the Soroptimists this year. A lot of
:08:42. > :08:47.people will not know the name and they will not know what you do.
:08:47. > :08:50.Apart from raising awareness about human trafficking, who are you?
:08:50. > :08:58.are an international women's service organisation, working to
:08:58. > :09:08.transform the lives of women and girls worldwide. Our name is
:09:08. > :09:12.
:09:12. > :09:15.derived from the Latin, which means sister. We work from the Caribbean
:09:15. > :09:21.and the east, across Europe, and into South Africa. Many of the
:09:22. > :09:27.things we're trying to do is to educate women, with skills such as
:09:27. > :09:31.dressmaking, cookery. I was recently in South Africa when I saw
:09:31. > :09:37.the effects of women who had learned how to embroider, and there
:09:37. > :09:40.are now being employed to earn a living for themselves. They are
:09:40. > :09:46.buying their own homes. These people live in shacks and they now
:09:46. > :09:52.have built houses and art doing extensions to them as they speed
:09:52. > :10:02.today. The here at the conference, they went to stop about human
:10:02. > :10:06.
:10:06. > :10:09.trafficking, but other issues -- they went to just talk about.
:10:09. > :10:11.Hundreds of events have been announced for the first UK City of
:10:11. > :10:14.Culture year in Londonderry. The London Symphony Orchestra will
:10:14. > :10:17.perform and the Royal Ballet will pay its first visit in over 20
:10:17. > :10:25.years. The programme for 2013 was announced in Derry today. Sarah is
:10:25. > :10:31.there for us. Sarah. Yes, you join me from a civic reception being
:10:31. > :10:34.held at this city hotel to celebrate the launch of the
:10:34. > :10:38.programme for 2013. There are hundreds of events to come. There
:10:38. > :10:48.are so many for me to list right now. We thought we would get some
:10:48. > :10:50.
:10:50. > :11:00.help from local school children to talk us through the highlights.
:11:00. > :11:00.
:11:00. > :12:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 112 seconds
:12:52. > :13:02.# Sometimes I get a good feeling... The EU in 2013! -- at CU -- see
:13:02. > :13:04.
:13:04. > :13:07.you! That children are very excited and so other people in the city. It
:13:07. > :13:13.has been nearly two-and-a-half years since of Derry found out it
:13:13. > :13:19.was going to be the first island city of culture. The official
:13:19. > :13:23.programme for the Derry Londonderry series of events arrived first
:13:23. > :13:31.thing this morning. The runners make their way over their Peace
:13:31. > :13:41.Bridge. The deputy First Minister said it was worth the wait. It is a
:13:41. > :13:48.
:13:48. > :13:51.real opportunity to have a lasting The programme was taken from
:13:51. > :13:54.Everton's square in a fleet of taxis and delivered to a selection
:13:55. > :14:04.of venues, including schools, workplaces and shoppers in the city
:14:04. > :14:09.The line-up for next year offers a diverse range of music, drama and
:14:09. > :14:14.dance. The organisers are confident it will be embraced by everyone. In
:14:14. > :14:24.this city centre pub, viewers got a glimpse of what is in store for
:14:24. > :14:30.20131 BBC Newsline. It is absolutely fantastic. And would
:14:30. > :14:34.like to think everybody could find something they would enjoy. Derry
:14:34. > :14:39.needs something like this. It will bring everybody together. It is
:14:40. > :14:45.just the best thing. There is something there for everybody.
:14:45. > :14:49.There are lots of times people seedings on TV and it is all bad.
:14:49. > :14:52.Something like this, where it has come for the first time, it's
:14:52. > :14:57.absolutely amazing. The City is generating lots of headlines today
:14:57. > :15:01.and many hope it is the start of something significant. What we
:15:01. > :15:09.expect to get from the next year it is not just a change in visitor
:15:09. > :15:15.numbers in Derry, but more importantly, it establishes dairy
:15:15. > :15:24.as a go to place the talented people to want to study, work, live
:15:24. > :15:31.The leader of the National Youth Orchestra believes many from
:15:31. > :15:41.outside the city below one to be part of 2013. Am I looking to
:15:41. > :15:42.
:15:42. > :15:49.spread this joyous team all around dairy? Hoadley it will be fantastic.
:15:49. > :15:59.-- hopefully. The challenge remains, of will 2013 deliver a lasting
:15:59. > :16:04.
:16:04. > :16:09.Throughout the day has been our arts correspondent. A big day for
:16:09. > :16:14.the City today, but the few bumps along the road. Compaq has been
:16:14. > :16:18.controversy about who would be dealing with marketing. People are
:16:18. > :16:24.cynical about things like this and saying la Mac are too many hiccups,
:16:24. > :16:34.it is too slow. Party would be hard to find any festival like this
:16:34. > :16:42.where there would not be her cups. Hopefully, this will be the same.
:16:42. > :16:47.If we look at sea you may yet events, it is taken place in Durham
:16:47. > :16:56.before. 150,000 people came. Can Deri could quiz Mac I had been
:16:56. > :17:01.speaking to people who run the hotels. That is a bit of a
:17:01. > :17:07.difficulty. People are being asked to provide their own accommodation.
:17:07. > :17:15.When you had the Irish Open golf, they did not stay. They will be
:17:15. > :17:20.able to take advantage of hotel rooms elsewhere. We heard my cue
:17:20. > :17:24.raised issues about whether you can market this successfully on a
:17:24. > :17:34.national and international stage. Even if you take the last couple of
:17:34. > :17:39.days alone, we are in The Guardian tomorrow, the Irish Times on
:17:39. > :17:49.Saturday. If you look at the City today, it is dressed for the City
:17:49. > :17:50.
:17:50. > :17:55.of Culture, 2013. I really think this is the moment. The word is out
:17:55. > :18:00.there. Everybody always brings it back to the legacy. What do you
:18:00. > :18:10.think that dopey for the people of this city and the surrounding area?
:18:10. > :18:11.
:18:11. > :18:18.I think it would become undoubtedly economic. Major events throughout
:18:18. > :18:27.the entire year. Economic benefits, but more importantly, it is the
:18:27. > :18:32.light that will spark. It is that spark that is the inspiration of an
:18:32. > :18:37.incredible sporting activity. are not finished. Join me later,
:18:37. > :18:39.but when will be talking to Phil colder.
:18:39. > :18:43.The awards just keep on coming for Gaelic football's All-Ireland
:18:43. > :18:51.champions. Austin O'Callaghan's here with news of another trophy
:18:51. > :18:56.The All Stars are handed out each year to 15 of Ireland's best Gaelic
:18:56. > :19:01.footballers. The selections, made by GAA journalists, often generate
:19:01. > :19:10.debate. They certainly did in our office! But there were few
:19:10. > :19:20.arguments today with Donegal's Went Donegal proved they were the
:19:20. > :19:21.
:19:21. > :19:29.best in the land, celebrations were inevitably followed. 33 teams
:19:29. > :19:35.compete, just under 1,000 players played in this year's championship.
:19:35. > :19:45.8 a from Donegal. A We are delighted. My heart will always go
:19:45. > :19:51.up to the players. All stars always divide opinion anyway. We are
:19:51. > :19:59.delighted we got the eight we have got. It is a very good haul. It is
:19:59. > :20:05.great for the players themselves. It caps of a really good year.
:20:05. > :20:09.even better year for three of them. They make up three nominations for
:20:09. > :20:14.the 20 top player of the year, announced tomorrow night. But the
:20:14. > :20:21.best player in the land or become the best team in the land, Donegal.
:20:21. > :20:27.It is lovely that it will be a Donegal player. There is very
:20:27. > :20:31.little between them. We also have Patrick for young player of the
:20:31. > :20:34.year. We will keep our fingers crossed for him as well. His is
:20:35. > :20:39.looking likely Donegal clean sweep, and the manager is already planning
:20:39. > :20:42.next year, hoping it will be just as successful.
:20:42. > :20:46.The Ulster rugby team has four changes for tomorrow's Pro12 League
:20:46. > :20:49.game away to the Dragons. Paul Marshall, who missed out on Ireland
:20:49. > :20:51.selection this week, comes back into the side at scrum-half with
:20:51. > :20:58.South African international Ruan Pienaar moving to fly-half in place
:20:58. > :21:00.of Paddy Jackson. He'll start the evening on the bench. Craig Gilroy,
:21:00. > :21:06.Lewis Stevenson and Declan Fitzpatrick are all in the starting
:21:06. > :21:11.15. Tommy Bowe is named a full-back. But Stephen Ferris still out with a
:21:11. > :21:14.back injury. Both Michael Hoey and Rory McIlroy
:21:14. > :21:20.carded rounds of five under par and are tied for fourth after the first
:21:20. > :21:24.day of the BMW Masters in China. Graeme McDowell is two shots
:21:24. > :21:27.further back on three under. World Number One McIlroy hit this
:21:27. > :21:33.magnificent approach on the way to a birdie at the 18th and joined his
:21:33. > :21:42.fellow countryrman Hoey on five under. But he described his round
:21:42. > :21:48.as solid rather than spectacular. This golf course is pretty generous.
:21:49. > :21:55.You hit a lot of fairways. You have got pretty big targets hit. If you
:21:55. > :22:03.hit the ball decently, you will give yourself plenty of chances. It
:22:03. > :22:13.was a solid round of golf. I am happy with it. A big tournament
:22:13. > :22:13.
:22:13. > :22:15.coming up. No secret that I am going to Dubai. I want to play well.
:22:15. > :22:18.Every school's cup team enjoys winning trophies. But one hockey
:22:18. > :22:21.side from Banbridge are particularly good at it. They've
:22:21. > :22:23.beaten the best teams north and south for the last two years. Now
:22:23. > :22:27.Banbridge Academy have their sights set on winning the All-Ireland
:22:27. > :22:36.schools title for the third year in a row. And they certainly look the
:22:36. > :22:40.team to beat again, judging by what we saw today.
:22:40. > :22:46.The All Ireland schools' hockey tournament brings 16 of Ireland's
:22:46. > :22:56.best teams together, but most eyes on the guys in red. Pam Bridge says
:22:56. > :22:56.
:22:56. > :23:01.there is no secret to their success. We spent a lot of time preparing
:23:01. > :23:07.and practising, but we put in a lot of value on team spirit as well and
:23:07. > :23:15.good attitude. We asked a lot of our players, but are delighted that
:23:15. > :23:20.they deliver high standards. It is the camaraderie we get from each
:23:20. > :23:28.other. We have got a great coaching staff, we looked the part, and we
:23:28. > :23:33.enjoy it. The school enjoys a proud hockey tradition. Past people's
:23:33. > :23:38.have gone on to represent Ireland. This is a change the coaches are
:23:38. > :23:42.keen to continue. You have a positive role models that the young
:23:42. > :23:51.players look up to. They are trained to follow the example of
:23:51. > :23:55.people set. I would certainly argue strongly that schools' hockey is a
:23:55. > :23:59.really good starting-point for all of these players. The more that
:23:59. > :24:05.they can get from school hockey, the more benefit they will have
:24:05. > :24:08.laid in their career. Linfield have issued a lifetime ban
:24:08. > :24:10.to a so-called supporter in the wake of the brawl which marred the
:24:10. > :24:13.club's League game against Dungannon Swifts two weeks ago.
:24:13. > :24:23.It's understood the man previously served a one-year ban but has now
:24:23. > :24:24.
:24:24. > :24:30.been hit with the toughest sanction You will notice a difference in the
:24:30. > :24:39.air tomorrow. Cold air will sink in from the north. It will be colder.
:24:39. > :24:44.For many of us, the towns and cities stay at four or five Celsius.
:24:44. > :24:49.A touch of frost developing. A frosty start to tomorrow. Through
:24:49. > :24:55.the day, at least it will be bright. We kick off the day with brightness
:24:55. > :25:01.around. A little bit of cloud giving way to sunshine.
:25:01. > :25:09.Temperatures will struggle, though - seven, maybe eight Celsius. It
:25:09. > :25:15.will be colder along the coast. The first real taste of winter, despite
:25:15. > :25:21.it being autumn. But a fine end to the day. Tomorrow night, it will be
:25:21. > :25:28.much colder again. More likely to see a widespread frost. Many areas
:25:28. > :25:34.will dip below freezing. A widespread frost as we go into
:25:34. > :25:41.Saturday. Saturday, it will stay cold. A fine and bright start, but
:25:41. > :25:45.a or not last long. It will begin to deteriorate. Low pressure coming
:25:45. > :25:52.in from the north, bringing more unsettled weather and breezier
:25:52. > :25:59.conditions. It also bring rain. Sunday would be a wet and breezy
:25:59. > :26:03.day. Saturday will be a chilly but dry and bright day. Most of the
:26:03. > :26:09.unsettled weather will have played by Monday, but on Monday, damp
:26:09. > :26:12.weather to come. The clocks go back on Sunday.
:26:12. > :26:15.That's nearly all from us for this evening. Our late summary is at
:26:15. > :26:18.10:25pm. You can also keep up-to- date with News Online and follow
:26:18. > :26:26.this programme on Facebook and Twitter. But now, let's go back to
:26:26. > :26:30.Twitter. But now, let's go back to the city of culture and Sarah.
:26:30. > :26:35.a date has been today, with the launch of the programme for 2013.
:26:35. > :26:40.Everything kicks off on New year's Eve with a fireworks display, and
:26:40. > :26:47.then the first big event is on the 20th January, the sons and
:26:47. > :26:57.daughters concert. It has been a great day. How excited are you?
:26:57. > :26:59.
:26:59. > :27:07.Tremendously excited. The last time I was there, there was an empty
:27:07. > :27:11.space. I was completely excited when I saw the TV cameras, radio,
:27:11. > :27:17.marquees, music, people coming and celebrating. It has been a long
:27:17. > :27:22.time coming for Derry. It is brilliant, for someone like me who