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:00:15. > :00:25.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline. The details on the death

:00:26. > :00:30.Good evening, the headlines on BBC of a three-year-old boy in Lisburn

:00:30. > :00:34.which is now a murder enquiry. A warning that a political blame

:00:34. > :00:35.which is now a murder enquiry. game could distract from vulnerable

:00:35. > :00:42.youngsters. The Orange Order denies it has been

:00:42. > :00:44.infiltrated in North Belfast by the PUP and the UVF.

:00:44. > :00:51.A violin was claimed was laid on board the Titanic goes on display.

:00:51. > :00:52.-- was played. Calling time on the Sunshine State,

:00:53. > :00:56.-- was played. top sprinter Jason Smyth on why he

:00:56. > :00:59.is considering relocating from his warm weather camp in Florida.

:00:59. > :01:03.And after the deluge last night, it is a good bit drier tonight. But

:01:03. > :01:04.will it last till the weekend? Join me later for

:01:04. > :01:16.Police investigating the murder of a three-year-old boy in Lisburn have

:01:16. > :01:21.arrested two people. Brendan Owens was found dead at a house near the

:01:21. > :01:26.town centre in July. Conor Macauley reports.

:01:26. > :01:32.This goes back to an incident in July when police were called to a

:01:32. > :01:36.house here at Trinity Terrace near to the centre of Lisburn. Detectives

:01:36. > :01:40.found the body of three-year-old Brendan Owens who was already dead.

:01:40. > :01:44.found the body of three-year-old A postmortem examination was carried

:01:44. > :01:51.out on his remains and that appears to have been inconclusive. Today,

:01:51. > :01:53.police announced they had begun a murder enquiry and had arrested a

:01:54. > :01:59.27-year-old woman. And this afternoon, detect and said they had

:01:59. > :02:05.made a second arrest, a 51-year-old man also being held in connection

:02:05. > :02:09.with the enquiry. The news this is now a murder enquiry has shocked the

:02:09. > :02:14.people of Lisburn. This is a heartbreaking story, it is very

:02:14. > :02:18.tragic and my heart goes out to the family that are affected by this.

:02:18. > :02:24.Anyone who loses a child, particularly in the circumstances,

:02:24. > :02:26.it is devastating and now there is a police investigation. Police carried

:02:26. > :02:29.it is devastating and now there is a out door-to-door enquiries in this

:02:29. > :02:34.area to establish what might have happened to Brendan Owens. Residents

:02:34. > :02:38.say the woman who lived in her house and was in her 20s had only moved in

:02:38. > :02:42.shortly before the body of the child was found.

:02:42. > :02:45.A charity has warned that vulnerable children are in danger of getting

:02:46. > :02:49.lost in the middle of political squabbling. The warning comes as it

:02:49. > :02:51.emerged there was an attempt to introduce legislation to protect

:02:51. > :02:57.missing children three years ago, but it never got off the ground. 30

:02:57. > :02:59.people have been arrested as part of the investigation into the sexual

:02:59. > :03:08.exploitation of at least 22 teenagers. Our health correspondent,

:03:08. > :03:11.Marie-Louise Connolly, has more. Despite being among the most

:03:11. > :03:17.vulnerable in society, sometimes children, especially those in care,

:03:17. > :03:22.on that given the best protection. As this week 's news has been

:03:22. > :03:26.dominated by reports 22 people here were sexually exploited, it is not

:03:26. > :03:30.surprising questions are being asked whether more could be done to

:03:30. > :03:35.protect them. Many attempts were made, including three years ago,

:03:35. > :03:39.when some politicians and charities try to introduce legislation but

:03:39. > :03:43.money and politics got in the way. This research paper reveals in 2010,

:03:43. > :03:48.attempts were advanced to introduce a private members bill to protect

:03:48. > :03:54.missing and runaway children. The NSPCC and the probation board

:03:54. > :03:59.responded and Barnardos produced a report, but the attempt fell at the

:03:59. > :04:03.final hurdle, less than a year later. My understanding is that at

:04:03. > :04:07.the time, the Department of Health had traces to make about budgets and

:04:07. > :04:12.what it should spend money on. -- choices. Those included spending on

:04:12. > :04:16.what it should spend money on. -- Accident and Emergency services. The

:04:16. > :04:24.guest speaker this afternoon said she now regret she did not stick

:04:24. > :04:30.with the bill. They told me this was not an issue. What I was proposing

:04:30. > :04:32.would criminalise young people in care. But what I found most

:04:32. > :04:36.distressing is that during this time care. But what I found most

:04:36. > :04:40.of debate, with senior officials, was the children and young people

:04:40. > :04:46.that were being abused and sexually exploited. This afternoon in South

:04:46. > :04:50.Belfast, the safeguarding board updated charities on the process.

:04:50. > :04:55.Among them is Barnardos who were at the centre of train to push through

:04:55. > :05:04.the Private members Bill. We would have supported that Bill. But it is

:05:05. > :05:06.far better the have supported that Bill. But it is

:05:06. > :05:11.responsible take that responsibility. Behind the politics,

:05:11. > :05:16.there are the children, and those who represent them. Today, their

:05:16. > :05:21.message was clear about the focus. We want to bring the focus back to

:05:21. > :05:26.children. And considering the messages they are hearing and what

:05:26. > :05:28.they are reading. Young people are very concerned and angry about the

:05:28. > :05:32.language being used and it has made very concerned and angry about the

:05:32. > :05:37.them very upset. We are concerned because that has affected the

:05:37. > :05:42.relationship between them and the residential worker. Meanwhile, --

:05:42. > :05:45.Meanwhile, the Chief Constable has told a Stormont Committee today he

:05:45. > :06:01.would welcome a review into how police investigate child sex

:06:01. > :06:02.exploitation. The American diplomat Richard Haass

:06:02. > :06:06.has been told by business leaders of The American diplomat Richard Haass

:06:06. > :06:09.the costly damage done to the economy by problems over flags and

:06:09. > :06:13.parades. It has been claimed that disorder and protests linked to the

:06:13. > :06:14.City Hall flag row were a factor in Belfast retailers losing more than

:06:14. > :06:17.£50 million in the past year. This Belfast retailers losing more than

:06:17. > :06:19.report from our business correspondent, Julian O'Neill.

:06:19. > :06:22.Belfast had a Christmas nightmare which building to 2013. The chamber

:06:22. > :06:23.of commerce held a summit today as Richard Haas attempts to broker a

:06:23. > :06:28.of commerce held a summit today as deal on flags, parades and the past.

:06:28. > :06:33.Away from here, he has been meeting business delegations who told him a

:06:33. > :06:37.breakthrough can help the economy. We just ask of our political leaders

:06:37. > :06:42.to be statesmen, to try to raise above some of the issues. If we

:06:42. > :06:46.to be statesmen, to try to raise can, through the intervention of

:06:46. > :06:48.Richard Haas, see light at the end of the tunnel, the business

:06:48. > :06:53.Richard Haas, see light at the end community will do the rest. The

:06:53. > :06:57.impact on trade is well rehearsed. But it has emerged retail revenue in

:06:57. > :07:06.Belfast took a clobbering in the past 12 months. It dropped by almost

:07:06. > :07:11.10%, that is a £55 million hit. Richard Haas was told some of that

:07:11. > :07:14.is because of the flags. The riots and the roadblocks or only part of

:07:14. > :07:19.the story, there were horrendous economic conditions on the High

:07:19. > :07:22.Street last year anyway but retailers will tell you the flag

:07:22. > :07:29.situation made a bad situation worse. Back in Belfast campaign

:07:29. > :07:35.helped retrieve some lost revenue and visitors spent £7 million. But

:07:35. > :07:41.the talks today, if successful, are set to offer the prospect of greater

:07:41. > :07:46.rewards. The target is to create 50,000 jobs in the tourism sector

:07:46. > :07:49.alone. People are nervous of investing and we have to have a

:07:49. > :07:54.stable investment to grow the economy and that will help everyone.

:07:54. > :07:59.The politicians are back with Richard Haas tomorrow and it is they

:07:59. > :08:05.who face the hard job of settling festering problems. What business

:08:05. > :08:09.pointed out today was the easy part. The Orange Order has denied it has

:08:09. > :08:12.been infiltrated in North Belfast by the PUP and the UVF. The denial

:08:12. > :08:15.follows claims made by Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness on a number of

:08:15. > :08:22.occasions, including during his speech in Warrington last night. Our

:08:22. > :08:27.political correspondent, Gareth Gordon, reports.

:08:27. > :08:34.As the protest over the refusal of allowing Orangemen to walk a stretch

:08:34. > :08:40.of the Crumlin Road continues, the PUP has been plagued, but Sinn Fein

:08:40. > :08:44.has been claiming the relationship goes further than that. This

:08:44. > :08:45.dangerous combination of the activities of the UVF, the PUP and

:08:45. > :08:53.the Orange Order in North Belfast activities of the UVF, the PUP and

:08:53. > :08:58.were there clearly indistinguishable -- indistinguishable and have

:08:58. > :09:01.clearly been behind the problems. Last night, and Orangemen took to

:09:01. > :09:03.clearly been behind the problems. Twitter to reject the barrel --

:09:04. > :09:07.rejected the allegations and after Twitter to reject the barrel --

:09:07. > :09:09.meeting the diplomat Richard Haas, leadership denied it was in league

:09:09. > :09:13.meeting the diplomat Richard Haas, with anyone. We are being

:09:13. > :09:18.infiltrated by no one. As an institution, we embrace people from

:09:18. > :09:25.various shades of unionism and various shades of pastors -- of

:09:25. > :09:30.Protestantism. But we take our own decisions and we stand by those and

:09:30. > :09:32.support each other in those. The PUP in North Belfast say Sinn Fein is

:09:32. > :09:36.support each other in those. The PUP trying to undermine them. Martin

:09:36. > :09:42.McGuinness is absolutely wrong. The lies he is telling debases the

:09:42. > :09:45.political office he holds and that is sad for the political

:09:45. > :09:51.institutions. We are seeing a very clear agenda from Sinn Fein to try

:09:51. > :09:55.to attack the PUP and the Orange Order. It is one more example of how

:09:55. > :09:56.to attack the PUP and the Orange events on the streets of North

:09:56. > :09:59.Belfast continue to affect the events on the streets of North

:09:59. > :10:03.political process. You're watching BBC Newsline, still

:10:03. > :10:05.to come on the programme: The violin that it is claimed was played on the

:10:05. > :10:14.Titanic goes on display in Belfast. The PSNI is to hold a series of

:10:14. > :10:18.events to encourage Catholics to apply for jobs as police officers. A

:10:18. > :10:21.campaign was launched today to recruit 100 new officers, and there

:10:21. > :10:29.are plans to employ nearly 400 more next year. It is the first

:10:29. > :10:32.recruitment drive since the abolition of the 50-50 rule, which

:10:32. > :10:36.meant half of all new officers had to be Catholics. Our home affairs

:10:36. > :10:43.correspondent, Vincent Kearney, has the story.

:10:43. > :10:49.It has been more than three years since the PSNI took new recruits

:10:49. > :10:53.in. There are just under 7,000 officers but around 200 leave each

:10:53. > :10:58.year because of retirement and other reasons. Within two years, the

:10:58. > :11:01.number will fall to a level senior commanders say will make it

:11:01. > :11:06.difficult for the PSNI to do its job. An internal review of future

:11:06. > :11:12.needs say 7,000 is the bottom line. We need that to deliver a police

:11:12. > :11:14.service to Northern Ireland, to keep people safe and deal with the rise

:11:14. > :11:18.service to Northern Ireland, to keep in demand we have seen recently and

:11:18. > :11:23.potential rises in future years. This is what the PSNI calls a surge

:11:23. > :11:28.in demand. We swear in the firing line when violence erupted after an

:11:28. > :11:32.Orange Order parade was stopped on the 12th of July. Hundreds of

:11:32. > :11:35.officers from police forces in Britain were brought in as

:11:35. > :11:40.reinforcements at a cost of more than £7 million. A campaign has been

:11:40. > :11:46.launched to recruit 100 officers before the end of March next year

:11:46. > :11:47.and the PSNI wants to recruit another 378 for the next financial

:11:47. > :11:53.year. This is the first recruitment another 378 for the next financial

:11:53. > :11:57.drive since the end of the 50-50 rule and their concerns in the PSNI

:11:57. > :12:01.the of Catholic officers had declined during the next few years.

:12:01. > :12:05.For that reason, it is launching a series of events to encourage

:12:05. > :12:09.applications from Catholics as well as women and young people. The 50-50

:12:09. > :12:15.campaign was controversial but also very successful in attracting

:12:15. > :12:20.Catholic applicants and we are now sitting at over 30% Catholic police

:12:20. > :12:22.officers. We want to maintain and build on that success through this

:12:22. > :12:31.engagement and outreach programme. New recruits will start on a salary

:12:31. > :12:45.of just over £23,000. A court in Belfast has heard a woman

:12:45. > :12:47.denied for the second day running she invented claims that her father

:12:47. > :12:49.denied for the second day running raped and sexually assaulted her

:12:49. > :12:52.more than thirty years ago. 40-year-old Aine Adams was giving

:12:52. > :12:54.evidence at the trial of 58-year-old Liam Adams, of Bernagh Drive in West

:12:54. > :12:57.Belfast. He denies ten charges Liam Adams, of Bernagh Drive in West

:12:57. > :13:01.dating from the '70s and '80s. Ms Adams also told the court she had no

:13:02. > :13:07.faith in the Police or the Police Ombudsman investigations into her

:13:07. > :13:11.claims. We are in danger of becoming a

:13:11. > :13:14.backwater when it comes to libel laws, according to a top newspaper

:13:14. > :13:17.executive. Lord Black of Brentwood was speaking at the launch of a

:13:17. > :13:19.private member's bill at Stormont. Here is our political editor, Mark

:13:19. > :13:23.Devenport. Published, but do not necessarily be

:13:23. > :13:26.dammed, that is the happy position for newspapers in England since a

:13:26. > :13:29.new Westminster act reformed the law on libel, raising the threshold for

:13:29. > :13:33.people wanting to go to court. But on libel, raising the threshold for

:13:33. > :13:37.in Northern Ireland, the Stormont executive chose not to rubber-stamp

:13:37. > :13:42.the new law. That could mean courts here will apply very different rules

:13:42. > :13:47.to courts in London which will prove a big headache for Fleet Street

:13:47. > :13:50.editors. They would have to produce sanitised copy, which means people

:13:50. > :13:54.here would never get the full story about what was going on, or if the

:13:54. > :13:57.worst came to the worst, which I hope it will not, they would have to

:13:57. > :14:02.take the decision if they want to continue publishing here. Mike

:14:02. > :14:08.Nesbitt, a former journalist, has brought forward a new bill that

:14:08. > :14:12.would change the law here. It is important for Northern Ireland and

:14:12. > :14:18.for universities and for our economy that we bring in modern laws that

:14:18. > :14:21.acknowledge the fact there is something called the Internet. At

:14:21. > :14:25.acknowledge the fact there is one celebrated libel lawyer scoffs

:14:25. > :14:31.at the idea Fleet Street papers might boycott Northern Ireland. The

:14:31. > :14:34.definition moors in Ireland are very similar to our current laws and it

:14:34. > :14:39.has not stopped the Daily Mail, the Telegraph, various English

:14:39. > :14:42.newspapers from distributing in Ireland, that is absolute nonsense

:14:42. > :14:47.and there is no evidence to support that contention. A public are being

:14:47. > :14:58.asked to submit their views on changing the libel law before the

:14:58. > :15:01.end of November -- the public. And staying with politics, The View

:15:01. > :15:04.is back for a new season tonight. Mark Carruthers will be discussing

:15:04. > :15:08.the Haass talks with guests including the DUP and Sinn Fein.

:15:08. > :15:08.That is on BBC One after the late news.

:15:08. > :15:12.A violin which its claimed was news.

:15:12. > :15:15.played onboard the Titanic has gone on display at Titanic Belfast. Out

:15:15. > :15:18.of all the artefacts put on display at the exhibition centre, the

:15:18. > :15:23.instrument has generated the most global interest. But some sceptics

:15:23. > :15:29.have questioned if it really was on board the ship. BBC Newsline's

:15:29. > :15:34.Mervyn Jess has the story. Many good tunes have been played on

:15:34. > :15:39.an old violin but one instrument has a sour note among historians of the

:15:39. > :15:44.Titanic. It surrounds voracity of the violin it is claimed was used to

:15:44. > :15:51.play as the ship sank in the North Atlantic. And this is the instrument

:15:51. > :15:55.of controversy. It has gone on public display at the Titanic centre

:15:55. > :16:02.in Belfast where it has been the focus of close inspection and

:16:02. > :16:07.debate. Just to look at this, and to believe it is the genuine article.

:16:07. > :16:11.It is a fairy tale thing and you want it to be like that so you will

:16:11. > :16:17.believe, I think. It is amazing it survived, how did it survive in that

:16:17. > :16:22.sea water? How did it get to hear? The violin will go to public auction

:16:22. > :16:27.next month and the centre 's management are in no doubt it is

:16:27. > :16:32.genuine. The violin belonged to Wallace Hartley, the band leader,

:16:32. > :16:40.and he was given the violin by his fiancee as a present. And he was

:16:40. > :16:45.last seen cajoling and encouraging the people on board the Titanic,

:16:45. > :16:49.trying to cheer them up as the tragic events unfolded. But some

:16:49. > :16:51.historians here and further afield tragic events unfolded. But some

:16:51. > :16:54.have cast doubt on whether this is tragic events unfolded. But some

:16:54. > :17:05.the violin played by Wallace Hartley as the ship went down. Anybody who

:17:05. > :17:11.is a Titanic fan, it is the hope, but there is no absolute proof or a

:17:11. > :17:15.paper trail from our side of the water to your side of the water that

:17:15. > :17:21.indicates it is indeed that violin. But there is nothing to disprove

:17:21. > :17:24.that it is indeed that violin. Seven years after the violin was

:17:24. > :17:28.discovered in an attic in Yorkshire, it will be up to collectors to

:17:28. > :17:33.decide if a believe that days after the tragedy, it was plucked from the

:17:33. > :17:38.Atlantic. And if so, how much they are prepared to bid for it.

:17:38. > :17:41.Atlantic. And if so, how much they Still to come, why this outdoor

:17:41. > :17:45.theatre production has been described as one of the most

:17:45. > :17:52.ambitious projects in the UK City of Culture calendar.

:17:52. > :17:56.One of our top athletes is agonising over his choice of venue for a

:17:56. > :17:59.winter training camp. More on that shortly, but first, breaking news

:17:59. > :18:07.from France and a certain Ulster rugby player. Mark Sidebottom is

:18:07. > :18:10.here with the sport. We heard it last night that Ruan Pienaar might

:18:10. > :18:13.be on the move. Yes, Ulster remain tight-lipped on

:18:13. > :18:17.the matter, but the French sports daily L'Equipe are claiming tonight

:18:17. > :18:20.that Ruan Pienaar has agreed to move to the Heineken Cup champions Toulon

:18:20. > :18:24.at the end of this season. The South African international is due back at

:18:24. > :18:27.Ulster at the beginning of next month, with his contract with the

:18:27. > :18:32.province set to expire in June next year. L'Equipe tell us that the

:18:32. > :18:36.World Cup winner will then be heading to France next season on a

:18:36. > :18:40.two-year deal. It is a tough call for sprinter

:18:40. > :18:43.Jason Smyth. The Eglinton man says he is "undecided" about whether to

:18:44. > :18:45.return to Florida this winter to resume training under athletics

:18:45. > :18:48.return to Florida this winter to coach Lance Brauman. Brauman leads

:18:48. > :18:51.the training group which includes the US sprinter Tyson Gay, who

:18:51. > :18:58.failed a doping test last July. Austin O'Callaghan has spent today

:18:58. > :19:02.in Dublin with Jason Smyth. Jason Smyth was in Dublin city

:19:02. > :19:06.centre to promote a new drive to attract more visually impaired

:19:06. > :19:10.people into sport. His vision for the next step in his athletics

:19:10. > :19:14.career is less clear. For the last couple of years, his winter training

:19:14. > :19:19.base has been with the US sprinter Tyson Gay in Florida. But Tyson Gay

:19:19. > :19:24.'s positive test for it planned steroid casts doubt over whether he

:19:24. > :19:29.should mix in that company any longer. In life, you can only be

:19:29. > :19:37.sure about yourself and you can only know what you are doing or rocketing

:19:37. > :19:43.into your body. So for me, I know everything about myself -- -- or

:19:43. > :19:48.putting into your body. I know how I go about trying to be the best I can

:19:48. > :19:52.be. And no matter what anybody does anywhere in the world, you cannot

:19:52. > :19:58.worry about them because that is a distraction. You were never offered

:19:58. > :20:05.anything? No, I have never been anywhere, I have never heard or seen

:20:05. > :20:10.anything to do with that. Despite winning double Gold in France this

:20:10. > :20:14.year, Smith -- Jason Smyth says persistent knee and back injuries

:20:14. > :20:20.have hampered his form and the lack of commercial opportunities has also

:20:20. > :20:25.affected morale. Being a Paralympic athlete has not got cheaper, he

:20:25. > :20:27.says. That he is energised by the prospect of running in a Northern

:20:27. > :20:30.says. That he is energised by the Ireland vest in the Commonwealth

:20:30. > :20:36.claims in Glasgow. -- Commonwealth Games. We do not get the opportunity

:20:36. > :20:40.often and winning -- missing the last one makes it more desirable to

:20:40. > :20:46.have the opportunity to compete for Northern Ireland, that is something

:20:46. > :20:47.I am looking forward to. He has been training in recent weeks at the

:20:47. > :20:52.I am looking forward to. He has been University of Ulster and he plans to

:20:52. > :20:58.spend time at home before finalising his winter plans.

:20:58. > :21:02.One way or other, he will no doubt his winter plans.

:21:02. > :21:06.feature at the Commonwealth Games. But that is not the case for this

:21:06. > :21:09.man. Lisburn gymnast Luke Carson had told BBC Newsline that its very

:21:09. > :21:12.probable he will never compete in the vault again. The Commonwealth

:21:12. > :21:15.Games hopeful remains in hospital with a badly broken leg, sustained

:21:15. > :21:19.during a recent training session. He has been speaking to us from his

:21:19. > :21:23.bedside. If you days ago, he was tipped as a

:21:24. > :21:27.medal prospect for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow -- a couple of days

:21:27. > :21:34.ago. But his world has come tumbling down. A broken leg saw him miss out

:21:34. > :21:39.on the London Olympics and after a long rehabilitation process, he was

:21:39. > :21:46.back performing when this happened. I felt an horrific snap of my tibia

:21:46. > :21:53.and I knew straightaway my leg had broken. The pain, I never saw

:21:54. > :21:58.anything like it in my life. Where are you regarding your future? A

:21:58. > :22:04.difficult question and I am really not sure, I am not sleeping, I am

:22:04. > :22:09.just sitting up thinking about everything, Wayne got everything. I

:22:09. > :22:15.am not sure whether it will be possible for me to do for fault

:22:15. > :22:20.again. -- Wayne got. His tibia had broken in precisely the same ways as

:22:20. > :22:24.previously. Only at a full consultation with medical experts

:22:24. > :22:26.will Luke Carson decide if he will ever compete again.

:22:26. > :22:31.We hope it is not all over for Luke ever compete again.

:22:31. > :22:41.Carson, and we will have oxen for you. We will hear from Barry

:22:41. > :22:45.McGuigan and Carl Frampton. It is one of the most ambitious

:22:45. > :22:47.projects in the entire UK City of Culture Year, an open-air theatre

:22:47. > :22:48.production which focuses on controversial events like the

:22:48. > :22:51.Vietnam War, 9/11 and Bloody Sunday. controversial events like the

:22:52. > :22:54.It is called the Conquest of Happiness and it opens in

:22:54. > :22:56.Londonderry tomorrow night. Here is our North-West reporter, Keiron

:22:56. > :23:00.Tourish. It is certainly not lacking in

:23:00. > :23:03.ambition. A multinational cast has taken over this square for an

:23:03. > :23:07.open-air performance which will examine conflicts like the Vietnam

:23:07. > :23:13.war, was near and the Middle East. -- Bosnia. There is a strong local

:23:13. > :23:19.dimension as well, the moment this Bloody Sunday Vic and was shot and

:23:19. > :23:29.lost his life in 1972 is dramatically re-enacted. But there

:23:29. > :23:34.is a poignant twist. In this drama, dramatically re-enacted. But there

:23:34. > :23:41.Jackie does not pass away on the streets but goes on to marry a

:23:41. > :23:46.beautiful bride. As a family, at certain times of the year,

:23:46. > :23:51.Christmas, but days, weddings, we would talk about, what if Jackie had

:23:51. > :23:59.lived? Would he have married? What would he be doing? It is a question

:23:59. > :24:06.we ask ourselves and this play, they are answering a question for us. The

:24:06. > :24:12.Conquest of Happiness draws its inspiration from world renowned

:24:12. > :24:19.pacifist Bertrand Russell who wrote the book in 1930. The Bosnian

:24:19. > :24:25.director says his message is as relevant in 2013. Bertrand Russell

:24:25. > :24:33.'s words of wisdom, but also bravery, and a moral stand and

:24:33. > :24:40.ethical voice that he had and still has and I think without ship --

:24:40. > :24:49.without doubt, he speaks to our time.

:24:49. > :24:56.One leading Northern Ireland composer admits it is a challenging

:24:56. > :25:02.production. I have never done anything on this kind of scale, of

:25:02. > :25:08.this size, outdoors. The chorus that we have, three choirs from Derry,

:25:08. > :25:12.ten actors, it is a massive scale, massive undertaking. Unusually in

:25:12. > :25:16.this the epochal performance, the audience is in the Open air and

:25:16. > :25:20.amongst the actors. The intention is you become immersed in the drama

:25:20. > :25:29.around you. Let's hope the weather improves.

:25:29. > :25:30.Let's find out now. It just might. What a difference a

:25:30. > :25:39.day makes. After the rain last night, it is a

:25:39. > :25:44.clearer picture this evening. The chance of a shower here or there but

:25:44. > :25:47.much better than last night. Temperatures tonight down to around

:25:47. > :25:54.seven degrees. This is what we had last night, rain coming in over. At

:25:54. > :25:59.4am, wide awake, could not get back to sleep as that rain hammered down.

:25:59. > :26:06.As we head into tomorrow, it is a much better day. Dry and right. Just

:26:06. > :26:11.about everywhere. This is the picture tomorrow morning. -- dry and

:26:11. > :26:16.right. Occasional showers, but a dry picture everywhere. And some breaks

:26:16. > :26:23.in the cloud. That will help temperatures. Highs of 15, 16,

:26:23. > :26:31.through the day on Friday. Not a bad day. And into the evening, it is a

:26:31. > :26:36.quiet Friday night weather-wise. Temperatures will be a bit warmer,

:26:36. > :26:43.ten, 11 degrees. We have more cloud on the way wrote in by the tail end

:26:44. > :26:49.of this tropical storm -- brought in. The chance of some rain for

:26:49. > :26:57.Saturday. But the upside is we have this warmer air. Temperatures of

:26:57. > :27:04.around 17 degrees. That is not bad for the middle of September. As we

:27:04. > :27:10.head into the weekend, the trend of temperatures being on the rise will

:27:10. > :27:13.continue. Into Sunday, you can see plenty of cloud around. But where we

:27:13. > :27:20.get wakes in that cloud, temperatures could be on the rise --

:27:20. > :27:21.breaks. Up to 20 on Sunday, very pleasant for the middle of

:27:21. > :27:27.September. We will take that! You pleasant for the middle of

:27:27. > :27:33.can stay up-to-date on Twitter. We will have any updates on there.

:27:33. > :27:35.Something to look forward to. Our late summary is at 10:25. You can

:27:35. > :27:38.Something to look forward to. Our also keep in contact with us via

:27:38. > :27:43.Facebook and Twitter. From BBC Newsline, goodnight.