:00:17. > :00:27.Newsline - a loyalist crowd jostles and heckles Belfast's Lord Mayor
:00:27. > :00:31.
:00:31. > :00:37.during a visit to the Shankill area. The council hit by �300,000 scam, I
:00:37. > :00:39.have the details. An investigation into the deaths of a man and a woman
:00:39. > :00:42.in Lisnaskea is continuing. BBC Newsline learns that the SDLP's
:00:42. > :00:46.Conall McDevitt claimed thousands of pounds in payments made to his
:00:46. > :00:50.wife's company. Nine matches without a win, the
:00:50. > :00:54.Northern Ireland football manager names his squad for Russia.
:00:54. > :01:04.And in the weather. A mainly dry night tonight. A bright start to
:01:04. > :01:06.
:01:06. > :01:09.tomorrow. But the showers are never Fein's Mairtin O'Muilleoir was
:01:09. > :01:13.treated in hospital after being jostled during a visit in the
:01:13. > :01:16.Shankill area. Nine police officers suffered cuts and bruises as a
:01:16. > :01:23.loyalist crowd threw missiles and disrupted the park's official
:01:23. > :01:33.re-opening. The Lord Mayor who was not seriously hurt had to be
:01:33. > :01:36.
:01:36. > :01:41.escorted from the area. Chris Page This wasn't the walk in the park
:01:41. > :01:46.which was expected. It was billed as a family fun day but it was anything
:01:46. > :01:51.but for the Lord Mayor. Several dozen loyalists jostled and tackled
:01:51. > :01:59.and shouted sectarian abuse as the politician left surrounded by
:01:59. > :02:07.police. Nine officers were injured protecting Mairtin O'Muilleoir
:02:07. > :02:17.before he was driven away. The day began with a mood of unity, the Lord
:02:17. > :02:17.
:02:17. > :02:22.Mayor joint the DUP and the Minister and a counsellor. The parks have
:02:22. > :02:29.been revamped at a cost of �2 million each, the Lord Mayor took
:02:29. > :02:32.part in rough-and-tumble of a different kind. The reopening of the
:02:32. > :02:40.park was supposed to be the first leg of a double celebration and
:02:40. > :02:44.Mairtin O'Muilleoir was at heat. These have great heritage. The
:02:44. > :02:50.greatest days are in front of these parks. When the Lord Mayor arrived
:02:50. > :02:59.at the park, the opposite of the welcome was waiting. We don't want
:02:59. > :03:02.him. As traitors had prepared placards for Sinn Fein. The park is
:03:02. > :03:08.closed well loyalists and Orangemen have held demonstrations about the
:03:08. > :03:13.ban on the 12th parade. Last night it was reported to shots were fired
:03:13. > :03:18.at police from the nationalist side. The crowd built up as the Lord Mayor
:03:18. > :03:28.was in the garden. The speeches were cancelled and the police and Mairtin
:03:28. > :03:33.
:03:33. > :03:37.hostility towards police continued, some missiles were thrown, none of
:03:37. > :03:42.the nine officers who were hurt needed police treatment. The Lord
:03:42. > :03:47.Mayor opens the park at earlier, he thought by coming to Shankill he
:03:48. > :03:53.would send a signal about his intentions in the job but things are
:03:53. > :03:58.not turned out how he'd hoped. A DUP and melee warned Mairtin O'Muilleoir
:03:58. > :04:03.not to come. The Lord Mayor must understand cannot make statements
:04:03. > :04:09.and go around doing press interviews calling for our flag to be removed
:04:09. > :04:14.and then when he has a chain as Lord Mayor expecting people to welcome
:04:14. > :04:19.him. That is not how it works in the real world. He should have been
:04:19. > :04:22.better placed to carrying out other duties today. The Lord Mayor went to
:04:22. > :04:31.hospital but made it to his next engagement. I commend the police who
:04:31. > :04:34.took a lot of lows, I took some blows but I think you have to do
:04:34. > :04:44.travel per Hull City to represent all of the people and I am resolved
:04:44. > :04:49.
:04:49. > :04:52.responsible for the violence which they described as appalling. The
:04:52. > :04:54.Police are investigating a scam has netted hundreds of thousands of
:04:54. > :04:58.pounds of money from Belfast City Council.
:04:58. > :05:01.Sources have told the BBC that about three hundred thousand pounds has
:05:01. > :05:10.been paid out to fraudsters posing as a legitimate firm. Our political
:05:10. > :05:18.correspondent Martina Purdy has the story and is at Belfast City Hall.
:05:18. > :05:21.What happens? Well, I received a tip-off that
:05:21. > :05:25.Forster is targeted the council and they have lost several hundred
:05:25. > :05:30.thousand pounds. I made some phone calls and immediately the press
:05:30. > :05:36.office came back confirming police were indeed investigating an alleged
:05:36. > :05:39.external fraud. The council declined to answer further questions come I
:05:39. > :05:43.asked if any employees had been suspended following the incident and
:05:43. > :05:48.was told it would not be appropriate to comment on individual cases.
:05:48. > :05:54.There is no suggestion that any council employees are involved in
:05:54. > :05:58.criminality. What else are you hearing? Sources tell me of an
:05:58. > :06:03.elaborate scam, basically �300,000 was owed to accompany which carried
:06:03. > :06:08.out work to stop the problem arose when someone contacted the company
:06:08. > :06:14.claiming to be from the council asking for outstanding invoices.
:06:14. > :06:20.Those invoices within four did to the council seeking payment using
:06:20. > :06:26.new bank details and �300,000 was then put into the account to pay the
:06:26. > :06:32.fraudster. Police are now investigating and council sources
:06:32. > :06:38.say they are hoping to recoup the money through insurers. An audit
:06:38. > :06:45.committee will receive a report next month. It is not the only council to
:06:46. > :06:50.be targeted. There are cases in Great Britain and Wales. A council
:06:50. > :06:57.was targeted by fraudsters who set up a bogus charity. What about the
:06:57. > :07:01.police, what have they said? Well, police have told me they
:07:01. > :07:05.received an allegation of fraud and an investigation is under way and
:07:05. > :07:08.there were no further details. Thank you.
:07:08. > :07:12.The deaths of two people in Lisnaskea over the past few days
:07:12. > :07:15.remain unexplained. The man and woman died within twenty four hours
:07:15. > :07:18.of each other at separate addresses in the County Fermanagh village. One
:07:18. > :07:28.of the funerals will take place tomorrow. Here's our reporter in the
:07:28. > :07:32.South-West Julian Fowler. The funeral for Olivia Reilly will
:07:32. > :07:38.take place tomorrow morning. The 29-year-old was a care worker for
:07:38. > :07:43.the elderly. She had a nine-year-old son. A parish priest told me he
:07:43. > :07:46.would remember her beautiful smile. He said there was a deep sense of
:07:46. > :07:52.sadness in the community but they were doing all they could to support
:07:52. > :07:57.her grief stricken parents. She was found at the house she was visiting
:07:57. > :08:02.in Lisnaskea on Sunday. The police are continuing to investigate the
:08:02. > :08:10.circumstances surrounding her death. Less than 24 hours later, the body
:08:10. > :08:14.of Noel Riley, who was unemployed, was discovered a mile away. The
:08:14. > :08:20.police were still at the property this afternoon. His sudden death
:08:20. > :08:24.also remains unexplained. The two were not related to each other and
:08:24. > :08:29.it is not clear if the deaths are connected or just a tragic
:08:29. > :08:32.coincidence. The police issued no new details today but they are
:08:32. > :08:36.continuing to appeal for anyone with information to contact them. It
:08:36. > :08:43.could be some time before the results of tests to determine what
:08:43. > :08:47.caused their deaths are known. You're watching BBC Newsline.
:08:47. > :08:57.Still to come on the programme - the visually impaired woman who's hoping
:08:57. > :08:57.
:08:57. > :09:00.to ski her way to gold in the winter BBC Newsline has learned that the
:09:00. > :09:04.SDLP Assembly Member Conall McDevitt claimed more than 14 thousand pounds
:09:04. > :09:10.in expenses which were paid to an academic research company set up by
:09:10. > :09:14.his wife. The politician has confirmed payments were made to JM
:09:14. > :09:24.Consulting. But Mr McDevitt says his wife did not personally receive any
:09:24. > :09:38.
:09:38. > :09:41.of the money. Tara Mills reports. The office expenses detail a company
:09:41. > :09:46.which was paid significant sums for what is described as research and
:09:46. > :09:55.secretarial work. The consulting firm is Joanne Murphy consulting,
:09:55. > :09:59.his wife. She is a Queens University academic whose company has
:09:59. > :10:04.previously advertised for work on the community relations Council
:10:04. > :10:09.website. The assembly register asks if any family member has benefited
:10:09. > :10:14.from office expenses, for both years Conall McDevitt said no but the MLA
:10:14. > :10:17.has written to the assembly authorities informing them public
:10:17. > :10:27.money was paid to a company set up in his wife's name. The register now
:10:27. > :10:37.
:10:37. > :10:47.for academics and his wife did not personally receive any payments.
:10:47. > :11:07.
:11:07. > :11:13.What sort of money are we talking interview but he declined. He issued
:11:13. > :11:16.a statement. Conall McDevitt said he wrote to the authorities to remove
:11:16. > :11:22.any question of doubt about the payments to his wife. He said the
:11:22. > :11:32.checks were made payable to JM consulting which paid each of the
:11:32. > :11:46.
:11:46. > :11:51.A family of three escaped injury in a shotgun attack in West Belfast
:11:51. > :11:54.early this morning. A shot was fired at a house at Tollnamona Court.
:11:54. > :11:57.No-one was injured. The front door, hallway and kitchen were damaged in
:11:57. > :12:07.the attack. The family say they won't be intimidated from their
:12:07. > :12:30.
:12:30. > :12:35.As new figures reveal the extent of alcohol abuse, a leading liver
:12:35. > :12:41.disease expert has called for a minimum price of at least 50 pence
:12:41. > :12:45.for a unit of alcohol. 266 people died in Northern Ireland last year,
:12:45. > :12:52.from drinking too much. Sir Ian Gilmore says Stormont needs
:12:52. > :12:59.to act. The Professor was giving this year's health clebg hurt in --
:12:59. > :13:03.lecture in West Belfast. We went to meet him. A minimum price for
:13:03. > :13:08.alcohol really make that much of a difference? Setting it at 50 pence
:13:08. > :13:14.would mean a 14 unit bottle of cider could jump in price by round �4, the
:13:14. > :13:19.same for a bottle of wine, depending on its strength. The arguments for
:13:19. > :13:23.and against is a thing to this year's health lecture, it has been
:13:23. > :13:27.given by Professor Sir Ian Gilmore. Thank you for joining us. What is
:13:27. > :13:31.the minimum price you would like to see and why? First I would like to
:13:31. > :13:35.see the principle accepted. We know that price is up there with
:13:35. > :13:40.availability and marketing as one of the main driver, how much we drink
:13:40. > :13:45.and how much harm we see, a minimum unit price is the more targeted and
:13:45. > :13:51.effective way. So let us get the principle established and 50 pence
:13:51. > :13:55.would be a sensible level to set it at to start with. Is this something
:13:55. > :14:00.that affects middle or older age people? The whole age range. When I
:14:00. > :14:05.was a liver specialist 30 years ago it was a disease of middle age and
:14:05. > :14:09.elderly men. Now we are seeing it in both sex, men and women, as young as
:14:09. > :14:14.20, dying of liver disease. The Health Minister is keen for this
:14:14. > :14:19.to happen. What is causing the hold up? Politicians are nervous, about
:14:19. > :14:22.the impact it will have on the blels off people. I think people are
:14:22. > :14:29.watching Scotland, where it is on the statute book, but it is being
:14:29. > :14:34.challenged in the courts by the scotch bhis I can association. I
:14:34. > :14:38.would like them to show Westminster it has done a U-turn on this policy.
:14:38. > :14:44.Nod rat drinkers may describe this as a blunt instrument, penalising
:14:44. > :14:48.them for what they would December crime as moderate consumption of
:14:48. > :14:52.alcohol It hits the heaviest drinkers and the underage drinkers
:14:52. > :14:56.because they grave Tait to the cheapest drink. The moderate drinker
:14:57. > :15:01.will pay an extra five pence a week or so, that is a small price to pay
:15:01. > :15:05.for an improved health in our local neighbourhoods.
:15:05. > :15:14.So all eyes on Scotland and that legal challenge to see what will
:15:14. > :15:20.happen there. More to come before seven.
:15:20. > :15:28.We catch up with the Spaniard who has become the poster boy for the
:15:28. > :15:32.World Police and Fire Games. Friendships have been forged at the
:15:32. > :15:38.games nanned is what a a summer project is hoping to achieve, with
:15:38. > :15:43.the young people who live in South Belfast. The emphasis is on boys and
:15:43. > :15:52.girls from Catholic and Protestant backgrounds, as different ethnic
:15:52. > :15:58.minority groups as well. In is one way of getting through to young
:15:58. > :16:03.people. With a ball, and soccer coaches from two clubs, Glasgow
:16:03. > :16:07.Rangers and Celtic. Aspiring players from both tradition
:16:07. > :16:11.in Belfast are taking part in this summer project.
:16:11. > :16:16.It is not just about ball control and scoring goals, it is about
:16:16. > :16:20.respect for your neighbour, and shared living spaces. It is easier
:16:20. > :16:26.when you bring the right coaches in and people, and it levels it out a
:16:26. > :16:34.wee bit. And, kids do grow up, they get on with it. They respond to it.
:16:34. > :16:40.As I said it works. It breaks down all barrier, you can see they were,
:16:40. > :16:45.the young lads, and girls, didn't care who they were playing with, but
:16:45. > :16:49.during the summer time when tensions are running hire, try and bring them
:16:49. > :16:55.together and this is a positive way to do it. So what do the young
:16:55. > :17:00.people make of it all? Did you get much chance to meet up with Catholic
:17:00. > :17:05.kiss your own age? Not really.Were you apprehensive. No I was all right
:17:05. > :17:10.about. What about your mates?Good. Meeting other people from the other
:17:10. > :17:15.side. You get to know more people, different communities. It is sweet,
:17:15. > :17:23.like. What do you think of the Protestant footballers. Decent
:17:23. > :17:26.enough. Give you a match?No. summer project includes trips to
:17:26. > :17:35.historical sites, important to both traditions. But this is where it
:17:35. > :17:39.really kicks off. Two international football -- too
:17:39. > :17:43.internags football next and David Healy turned 4ied, but there is no
:17:43. > :17:50.birthday present from the Northern Ireland manager. Austin O'Callaghan
:17:50. > :17:54.is here with news of that and more. Michael O'Neill has left out Healy,
:17:54. > :17:58.Chris Baird and Pat McCourt from the squad, for next week's World Cup
:17:58. > :18:03.qualifier. The trio are without clubs after being released from
:18:03. > :18:06.their previous employers at the end of last season. The New York Red
:18:06. > :18:13.Bulls midfielder Jonny Steele is missing despite speculation he might
:18:13. > :18:17.be involved. He his five appearances off earning
:18:17. > :18:22.his 100th cap for Northern Ireland, but without a club David Healy may
:18:22. > :18:27.never reach that milestone. I spoke to him yesterday, think he has
:18:27. > :18:31.something to offer. He knows last season was disappointing, he had
:18:31. > :18:34.injury problems, and you know, he is in a struggling team. Hopefully this
:18:34. > :18:37.season gets a better opportunity, a better club, because he is still
:18:37. > :18:42.capable of scoring goals and it takes a manager to be brave enough
:18:42. > :18:46.to see that in him. The same can be said for Chris Baird and Pat
:18:46. > :18:49.McCourt, who are also on the look out for new clubs. Until they find
:18:50. > :18:55.one, they won't be involved in Michael O'Neill's international set
:18:55. > :18:59.It is difficult at the minute for players who are unattached, I know I
:18:59. > :19:04.have spoken to the players over the last few week, and as I say,
:19:04. > :19:08.hopefully they get sorted out. It is a case of bringing a player in, who
:19:08. > :19:13.has not had proper preseason train, not been training on a daily basis
:19:13. > :19:17.with a club, you are six weeks into preparation period for club player,
:19:17. > :19:23.it would be unrealistic to have the players to have impact or influence
:19:23. > :19:29.in an international fixture. Had it not have been for a fixture's clash
:19:29. > :19:33.this weekend New York Red Bulls Jonny Steele would have been
:19:33. > :19:37.involved. His inclusion is not ruled out in the future. That match will
:19:37. > :19:41.be live on BBC Radio Ulster next Wednesday. A 65-year-old man from
:19:41. > :19:47.Northern Ireland has won the original single-handed transatlantic
:19:47. > :19:52.race. He sailed from Plymouth to rode islands which took him 58 days
:19:52. > :20:00.to come plee. . -- complete. He took first place after the other
:20:00. > :20:05.competitors gave up. They are made of tough stuff here. We are using to
:20:05. > :20:11.seeing Michael McKillop and Jason Smyth bring home medals from the
:20:11. > :20:21.summer Paralympic Games but a County Down woman is looking to bring a
:20:21. > :20:29.
:20:29. > :20:33.place in the blue bottoms Hurd hurtling down here is from Bangor,
:20:33. > :20:40.she is 27, visually impaired and heavily reliant on her ear, her eyes
:20:40. > :20:44.come in the guise of the guide working in tandem with her.
:20:44. > :20:48.We have radio communication so we have microphone that is a two way
:20:48. > :20:52.communication, he can speak to me, she is basically, help, she is is my
:20:52. > :20:55.anticipation, she is my eyes on the slope. The type of things she would
:20:55. > :21:00.be telling me, is there is a bump coming or it has got to the stage
:21:00. > :21:07.where I can tell if her breathing changes, or if she tenses up and
:21:07. > :21:12.makes a tiny noise, I am like "Bump coming." It is more verbal than her
:21:12. > :21:18.being able to see me. It is what I say and how I put it across.
:21:18. > :21:23.Kelly is the first athlete from the UK to win a Silver Medal at an
:21:23. > :21:28.alpine Paralympic event. I helps at 22 her guide is a former English ski
:21:28. > :21:34.champion. Funded by sport Northern Ireland, when off-peak they sing
:21:34. > :21:39.cases of as Sinai, the University of Ulster's facility for elite
:21:39. > :21:43.athletes. They have different role tons slopes. Charlotte has to guide
:21:43. > :21:47.Kelly, not only for speed and to get results, but for safety, and that is
:21:47. > :21:51.a big thing to have to trust someone to do that. For Kelly it is about
:21:51. > :21:59.following instruction and being able to take on what Charlotte says and
:21:59. > :22:04.push. We won our first cup gold. We are continuing by coming back home
:22:04. > :22:10.and trying to perfect our technique and ski the best we can. We hope for
:22:10. > :22:15.binge thing, and just, basically, continuing the way we have been in
:22:15. > :22:20.keying well together. All this week she has been training in the French
:22:20. > :22:26.resort, the miles put in pay off in Russia, then history beckons. No-one
:22:26. > :22:30.from the UK has won a gold medal at a Winter Paralympics games to today.
:22:30. > :22:38.It would seem they have the balance just about right, but then again,
:22:38. > :22:43.the thin line between success and fail can be a wobbly won.
:22:43. > :22:47.A woman with sporting ability. We will watch Kelly's progress with
:22:47. > :22:51.interest. Rory McIlroy defends his US PGA title this week, we will have
:22:51. > :22:55.the build up to golf's final major of the year on tomorrow's programme.
:22:56. > :22:59.We will see what form he is in. One of the athletes being used to
:22:59. > :23:05.promote the world World Police and Fire Games is a Spaniard who seems
:23:05. > :23:10.to be no ordinary man. Jose Antonio Gomez Milara is a firefighter an he
:23:10. > :23:15.is in the running to clinch the title toughest competitor alive.
:23:15. > :23:20.We went to Bangor to meet him. Where ever you go at the games this
:23:20. > :23:24.week, there is Jose, but the fireman from Madrid doesn't mind the
:23:25. > :23:30.attention. . The people who recognise me are the people from
:23:30. > :23:35.Spain, they know me, they say I see you in Belfast, the poster, I feel
:23:35. > :23:39.really proud. Today he has been competing in one event combining
:23:39. > :23:46.athleticism with strength. There are eight different disciplines
:23:46. > :23:51.including the 100 metres dash. It has one of the best names ever.
:23:51. > :23:57.They are firemen, policemen, they have done the 5 k run, and with this
:23:57. > :24:05.sprint they are aiming to become the toughest competitors alive.
:24:05. > :24:12.But there is a bit more work to come yet, to claim that title I did the
:24:13. > :24:18.Ak, the shot put I did, I did the 100 metre dash, it is not my better
:24:18. > :24:22.event, I think I really did my best, so, now we are going to start at the
:24:23. > :24:27.swimming pool, and now the next events for me are really good, so I
:24:27. > :24:35.hope to be in the top when they finish. He is hoping for a medal but
:24:35. > :24:45.this poster boy has other plans too. I will take a lot of in my job and
:24:45. > :24:45.
:24:45. > :24:46.for my wife and child. I am sure he We didn't see a that! The weather is
:24:46. > :24:52.next. next.
:24:52. > :24:56.. Never saw a thing. Never saw a thing. Good evening. It has been a
:24:56. > :24:59.cool and cloudy day today. As we have had a few showers round
:24:59. > :25:04.as well, this evening and into tonight, most of those are going to
:25:04. > :25:08.fade away. We will have some rain overnight, but it will be confined
:25:09. > :25:14.to the far west. For much of Northern Ireland, I think, we have a
:25:14. > :25:17.dry night ahead. It will feel cool overnight. As we head into tomorrow
:25:17. > :25:20.morning it is a cloudy start to the day, with a bit of mist round,
:25:20. > :25:23.particularly on the coast, but we are not expecting that to last too
:25:23. > :25:28.long. It will burn back quite quickly through the morning
:25:28. > :25:32.tomorrow. So this is the picture. As I say bright spells round, but also
:25:32. > :25:35.some showers too, and it will be playing our favourite game of dodge
:25:35. > :25:39.the shower, where you miss out there are bright spells through the day,
:25:39. > :25:43.but the temperatures are maybe not what we would hope for for this time
:25:43. > :25:47.of year, a bit cool on the north coast, a 15.
:25:47. > :25:50.So that is the picture as we head through the day on werntion some of
:25:50. > :25:54.those showers could be sharp, particularly over the higher ground.
:25:54. > :25:58.As we go through Wednesday evening, it is going to be a mainly clear
:25:58. > :26:03.night tomorrow night, with temperatures down into single
:26:03. > :26:06.figures in some place, the good news is Thursday will be a bright start
:26:06. > :26:11.to the day, the temperatures starting to nudge up into the high
:26:11. > :26:16.teens, a bright morning before, I am afraid, some rain starts to work in
:26:16. > :26:21.through the late afternoon and early evening. The cause of that is an
:26:21. > :26:24.Atlantic system, it is working its way in towards us, it is due to
:26:24. > :26:28.arrive on Thursday evening, into Friday morning. It brings with it
:26:28. > :26:31.some cloud, it brings with it some rain. As we head through into
:26:31. > :26:36.Friday. So, you have heard the phrase
:26:36. > :26:40.before, sunshine and showers, it is a phrase I am afraid we are going to
:26:40. > :26:44.repeat again and again this week, I think Thursday is going to have the
:26:44. > :26:50.brightest start to it, and a bright start again on Saturday morning, but
:26:50. > :26:55.yes, a mix of sunshine and showers. Thank you. A typical summer. Before
:26:55. > :27:01.we go a reminder of our main stories. Belfast Lord Mayor needed a
:27:01. > :27:06.police escort to leave a park in the Shankill area of the city as he was
:27:07. > :27:10.heckled by loyalists. He went to hospital briefly and nine police
:27:10. > :27:15.officers suffered cuts and bruises, it was condemned by the Justice
:27:15. > :27:19.Minister who said the Lord Mayor was carrying out his civic duty at what
:27:20. > :27:24.was supposed to be a positive event for the Woodvale area. Newsline has
:27:24. > :27:29.learned the police are probing a scam that has netted hundreds of
:27:29. > :27:34.thousands of pounds from Belfast's City Council.