05/08/2013 BBC Newsline

Newsline. Families of people killed by soldiers sue the Chief Constable

over failings by the Historical Enquiries Team. 40 years on, police

re-open their investigation into this teenager's death. The stories

behind the statistics of the Childline calls - the latest in our

series on people who turn their lives around. Police investigate the

sudden deaths of two 25 years and going strong - just what's the

appeal of the West Belfast Feile? People at The biggest talking point

in Gaelic football this weekend was not on the pitch, it was in a

television studio. Was Joe Brolly right or wrong? Today we have had

the best of the UK's weather. The mix of sunshine and showers set to

continue for the next few days. The police are investigating two

sudden deaths in Fermanagh. Both happened in the village of

Lisnaskea. Our reporter in the south-west, Julian Fowler, is live

there this evening. A short time ago, the police released the names

of the two young people who died. They were a 29-year-old mother of a

young child originally from, Roy. The second was a 36-year-old.

Although they share the same surname, it is not thought they were

related. It is not yet clear if the two deaths are related in any way.

Bolivia was found yesterday evening in a house she was visiting. The

post-mortem examination has now been carried out and her remains have

been released back to the families. Shortly after midday, a second

sudden death was reported to police about a mile away. I visited the

scene there a short time ago. The family were there and obviously very

upset and shocked. Very sudden deaths, anyway that these deaths are

linked or caused for both deaths as Mike it is still too early to say.

Police say they are investigations are at an early stage but all lines

of enquiry are being followed. It is not clear if the deaths are linked

or just a tragic coincidence. We don't know yet if drugs played a

role but that is certainly one line of enquiry that the police are

pursuing. It is obviously very shocking and distressing for the

families involved. Politicians from all on the parties here have

released statements, expressing their shock and sadness at this

tragic loss of life and saying their thoughts are with the families at

this time. The families of 20 people killed by

soldiers during the Troubles are suing the Chief Constable after an

inspection report said the Historical Enquiries Team failed to

investigate the deaths properly. The leading oversight body for UK

policy, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, last month said the

HET's approach to killings by soldiers was illegal.

Soldiers killed around 300 people during the troubles. Investigations

by the Historical Enquiries Team into the circumstances of death

caused by the military were suspended last month after an

inspection report strongly criticised its approach. Her Majesty

's Inspectorate of Constabulary said they were being investigated less

rigourously and breached government 's regulations on human right.

of the things we were very surprised about is not that this was a breach

in practice, in other words that people were airing from the policy.

This was said in the policy wrongly. In October 1970 one, two

sisters who were members of the IRA were shot dead by soldiers on the

Falls Road in west Belfast. They were not armed wing shot in the back

of a car. One of them was this lady, a 30-year-old mother of four.

Her daughter asked the HET to investigate. A few years ago, she

was told the review was completed but has still not received details

of the findings. She attended a meeting in Belfast when the verdict

was released. I honestly just wanted to cry. It is heartbreaking. But

they have put the families through this and now we have to go through

it all again. Her family is now one of 20 suing the Chief Constable.

is just not fair. We are entitled to justice and to know the truth about

what happened. A campaign group working with relatives of people

killed by soldiers says it believes more may join the legal action.

PSNI went to Europe and promised the ministers that they would put in

place a compliant investigative process that was independent to deal

with British army killings but what they did is, they have lied and

engaged in a cynical exercise, bringing the families into a process

that was deemed to be illegal. A solicitor acting for the families

said the action was being taken to hold the Chief Constable to a kind

but the HET Bosman killings. In a statement, the PSNI said they had

not received notification of any legal proceedings. It pointed out

that cases involving soldiers are to be re-examined in line with the

investigation manual. A man is in a critical condition in

hospital following an assault in Omagh. The attack took place in John

Street at around 8:00 last night. Three people have been arrested.

A man has been arrested by gardai investigating the murder of a South

Armagh man in 2007. Paul Quinn, who was 21 from Cullyhanna, was abducted

and beaten at farm outbuildings in County Monaghan. The detained man is

in his early 20s and was arrested in County Louth yesterday morning.

The investigation into the murder of a young woman in County Tyrone 40

years ago has been reopened. Her body was found at the bottom of a

quarry after a night out in Aughnacloy. Police say they have new

lines of enquiry. This lady was just 18 years old when

she was fined murdered in 1973. She had spent the evening at a charity

dance in Aughnacloy on the 30th of March. She was seen leaving the

venue with a young man just after 1am. Five hours later, her body was

found short distance away in a quarry, partially clothed. What

happened when they reached the end of the quarry? The signs point to

the fact that she fell to her death. It was likely that she was either

dead or dying when she reached the bottom. Days afterwards, police said

they had a good response to appeals for information about 40 years on,

the killer has not yet been caught. She arrived just after 9:00 and was

observed at around one in the morning outside in the company of a

meal. I need to identify who that meal is. She was also seen walking

along the road towards a car park at the quarry. This is a well-known

area for courting couples and I believe that is where they were

going to. The area has obviously changed in the last 40 years and

what used to be the quarry is now a landfill site. I DUP Councillor in

the area still remembers the killing 12. My fear is that the family are

going to be disappointed with old saw as being opened again and their

hopes raised and disappointment at the end of it. Is successful and

someone is brought to justice, it will remove from the community and

murder. Detectives want to speak to anyone who remembers seeing someone

with dust and dirt on their clothes following the death.

We heard recently on the programme about the volunteers at Childline

who take 10,000 calls a month in Belfast alone. This evening, someone

who phoned the charity tells us how that contact saved her life. Tara

Mills met the young woman who explained what was going on in her

life at the time. I was experiencing a lot of

difficult things at home. I had grown up with domestic violence, I

had an eating disorder, I self harmed, my family pet had just died

and my mum had been diagnosed with cancer. I felt lost and scared.

most of us, it is hard to understand how a child could feel so alone but

sadly, stories like this one are all in a days work for the Childline

volunteers. Thankfully, the help and support they offer is invaluable.

Even in times of crisis, when this young woman took an overdose,

Childline called the authorities. hated them for breaking my

confidentiality but at the same time, it should be that they cared

and wanted to help me. What do you think about what they did now?

could say thank you to the person who did it, I would. I'm any respect

them for doing that. It just gave me confidence that I would recommend

them to people because they really do care. The confidentiality of

Childline is paramount but so, too, is the safety of their collars and

bringing in emergency services doesn't just save lives. It can also

highlight it to the family. It can help the family realise the extent

of those emotions. They can then, hopefully, react to that and provide

some support. The statistics are startling, children as young as five

have been known to come and call. Coming up on the programme, find out

why our reporter got all hot and bothered. That was tough going. I

was it for you? Was a difficult? Yes. Very difficult for me as well.

The Feile an Phobail in West Belfast has reached a milestone in its

history, a quarter of a century of entertainment and political

discussion. It originally began as a ploy to divert local people from

street protests towards community events. Our arts correspondent

Maggie Taggart has covered many of the highlights over the years and

her report looks at the past and present.

I remember well the day when I met a girl band at the moment, atomic

Kitten. Not to mention the uproar in 2003 with girls aloud. The first

programme in 1988 was a humble affair. It featured a period of

swimming gala and snicker. Now, the thick programme reflects its status

as a huge event with government funding. It all grew from the need

to take attention away from West Belfast 's the image in those

troubled days. We chose the date around the 9th of August because

traditionally, that was the anniversary of internment and people

would come out. The thriving festival has been a mix of popular

culture and visual arts but it has not been afraid to be

controversial. The festival has grown in size and reputation over

the last 25 years. Despite the presence of bands like girls aloud,

it still retains a highly politicised element for those who

want that. The political attitudes in West Belfast informs the culture

of the events and that distinguishes it from the festival at Queens or

any other festival in Ireland. anniversary year has its own

highlights with faithless on Friday, carnival parade and Jordan O'Keeffe.

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is coming back to Londonderry.

The event was hailed as an outstanding success last year with

more than 100,000 people attending the ten-day festival. It is the

world's longest ocean race, sailing 40,000 miles and taking in six

continents. It is costing Derry City Council over �1 million but the

Mayor insists it will be money well spent.

After the hugely successful stopover last year, the Clipper Round the

World Yacht Race is coming back twice in 2014 and 2016. Why are you

back again? We are back because it was such a successful visit last

time. Everybody loved it and it went very well because the city got

behind it and make it work. I hugely challenging race? 40,000 miles

across all the oceans of the world is tough but these are amateurs.

can you justify the financial outlay because it is quite costly? It is

costly but last year 's event brought in over �3 million so it

stacks up financially and is a great way for the city to showcase itself

to the wider community. The boat taking part will be called the Derry

Londonderry and there are still cases for you to sign up!

Rather you and me! Still to come: Thomas Kane reports

on the contentious tackle in the All Ireland quarterfinals that is the

talk of the GAA. Commentator Joe Brolly has had his

say. I will be speaking live to a three-time winner who thinks Tyrone

were clinical, not cynical. One of the most physically demanding

events in the World Police and Fire Games is the stair race.

Firefighters in full uniform run upstairs against the clock. One of

the competitors who took place in the event yesterday was treated for

heat exhaustion. Our reporter Helen Jones went along to the event which

was closed to the public. Running up a few stairs, they say,

how difficult can it be? Derry. It was in the tallest building in

Northern Ireland. You will put on the set of her thigh woman and you

will have a mask on and you have two go upstairs, 28 flights. That would

take me all day, how long will it take you? I think just three or four

minutes. A tough challenge considering you are carrying quite a

few extra pounds. I'm just here to do my personal best. I get a medal,

happy days but if not, I will enjoy myself. One competitor hopes to do

it in under four minutes? I would hope to beat her! 105 competitors in

so dear. Climbing 550 stairs. 27 stories. Some competitors are in

their 50s. At the top of the building, helping hand. I can

confidently say I did my best. I am happy with that. He did it in three

minutes, 16 seconds. The fastest was two minutes, 45 seconds. A chance to

cool down. It is challenging. That was tough going. Hi what was it for

you, was a difficult? Yes, difficult. It was very difficult for

me as well! Donegal's reign as All Ireland

Champions is over but that isn't what everyone is talking about.

Most big matches produced talking points, but the one which captured

most attention at the weekend centred on the comments of the

former Derry Gaelic footballer, Joe Brolly. He was highly critical of

the manner in which Tyrone beat Monaghan, describing their play as

cynical and disgraceful. If you missed it, here is a flavour of what

he said. People are saying things like, it is

within the rules. It is not in the rules, it was a total disgrace.

Nobody has stood up for Tyrone and I have in this studio when they were

getting all sorts of abuse from you but I will not be standing up for

that, that was an absolute disgrace. The black card is the only the start

of an urgent process that is required. There is no sport, no

other sport where that is permitted. It was an absolute disgrace. I want

nothing to do with it. This is what Tyrone manager Mickey

Harte had to say when it was put to him that his team's style of play

was cynical. I would prefer that people look at

the good parts in Gaelic football that exist today and the teams that

played with great fervour and played within the rules as much as

possible. There are going to be errors committed by both teams. When

you used to see what was being committed and they were so many

injuries, I am surprised. Let's go live now to Thomas Kane in

south Belfast. To give you an idea of just how big

an impact his comments made over the past couple of days, almost a

quarter of a million people have already down loaded and watched it

online. You have won three of Irelands with him, what was your

reaction? Pure disbelief, I know Joe Brolly well and he is usually very

entertaining but I felt yesterday, it seems as if he lost the plot and

went completely over the top on a point that most of us would share

with henna but the language he used was just not right for the

circumstances. Was it to personal? It was to personal and to imply that

Sean is not a man on public TV. He will not get the floor to speak to

those people and correct that opinion. He was using words like

disgusting about the people of Tyrone and that, to me, is very

insulting. The incident itself, it was not the worst incident that took

place. There was a player fouled the ball to stop it going over the goal

and none of those were picked up so it does seem to be targeted abuse.

Whether you agree with him or not, it is a debate that has to be had

within GAA? Absolutely and shonky might yesterday and said he is in

favour of the black card. It is long known that that particular file in

Gaelic football has the right punishment but every team has

suffered it and every team has gained from it and to suddenly go

hot on it like yesterday, it seems unfair. Joe Brolly said it should

not be taught towards children but this is a new thing -- is not a new

thing in Gaelic? Again, in terms of the punishment fitting the crime, in

soccer, they have the red Row. It still happens because when you have

a competitive player, they are going to do everything to stop the goal.

You don't see the teams than bustard like Tyrone was. It is a debate

which will go on and on. There was success for two of our

local motorcycle riders at the weekend. Eugene Laverty had two

podium finishes at the world Superbike round at Silverstone.

Jonathan Rea had the result of the day.

Relief for Jonathan Rea. In a season without a victory, it all came good

at his home ground. In a rain affected first race, the Ballyclare

rider established a lead and never looked back. Tim Bridge boss Mike

Eugene Laverty battled his way through the field to second place

but Jonathan Rea cruised around the final corner to savour a win that

meant more than most. So nice to get a win. It was starting to get

frustrating this year. It was looking difficult but this is the

last race before my baby is due so it was nice. All smiled for the dad

to be but it was also a big weekend for Eugene Laverty. He produced

another gutsy ride in reasonable to earn his second podium of the day.

This third place in a shortened race takes him to third in the World

Superbike Championships and within touching distance of the lead with

six rounds remain. One of today's events in the World

Police and Fire Games was the team event in freshwater angling. There

was a surprising competitor hoping to take top price for the heaviest

catch. On a rare day out of the office, the Chief Constable tried

his hand at catching some trout. just had to find something that I

might have a chance in actually winning. I decided on the fishing as

I have tried it a few times but it has been a great morning. It is more

about the taking part in the wedding.

I am told that the fish will come to the surface and it is not too sunny

so I suppose today was quite a good so I suppose today was quite a good

day! I want to show you a lovely picture here. This is the way things

have looked today. Look at all that reigned over Wales and England! We

got away with just a few showers and that is the way that things will

work through the rest of the evening. A dry and reasonably mild

end to the day. Overnight, a fresher feel with temperatures down to 10

degrees. Still the chance of the odd shower overnight. As we head into

tomorrow, it is promising to be a cooler and slightly cloudy day.

There will still be some rain in the mix but not looking too bad. Most of

the rain will stay out towards the West so it will stay mainly dry

through the day with temperatures feeling a little lower than they

have done over the last couple of days. As we head into Wednesday, it

is going to be another similar sort of day. Perhaps just a little more

brightness around but again, the temperatures feeling just a little

bit cooler. There will be the chance of an odd shower here and there but

not a bad amount of brightness. The change coming towards the end of the

week, we have this Atlantic system making its way over, due to arrive

on Thursday or Friday so that means Thursday evening could have a

cloudier feel to it. Temperatures will get warmer by the time we get

towards the end of the week. The forecast is a mix of sunshine and