:00:00. > 3:59:59weekend. That's all from us. Now the news
:00:00. > :00:26.where you are. Good evening. The headlines on BBC
:00:27. > :00:30.Newsline: A fourth letter bombers found in less than a week. This time
:00:31. > :00:36.it is addressed to the Secretary of State. Reports of domestic violence
:00:37. > :00:40.are at record levels. There are criticisms about the police deal
:00:41. > :00:43.with that. The woman who was with Natasha MacShane when she was
:00:44. > :00:47.attacked as to meet her for the first time since that night. It has
:00:48. > :00:51.been a controversial time for Crumlin College and today we learned
:00:52. > :00:55.that the principal had to leave her home because of an alleged threat.
:00:56. > :00:59.The education and library board have delayed a decision to close the
:01:00. > :01:05.school. Also on the programme. Going monkey hunting? You are definitely
:01:06. > :01:08.going to need one of these. We topped the cracks like the on the
:01:09. > :01:17.tail of the last missing macaque monkey. -- we talk to this crack
:01:18. > :01:21.sniper. A bumper year for Croke Park and hurling, but the Ulster final
:01:22. > :01:25.has yet to happen. Why is the game here in crisis? And there was a
:01:26. > :01:29.definite nip in the air today - is it time to turn the heating up a
:01:30. > :01:37.notch? I'll be back with your forecast. A fourth bomb sent in the
:01:38. > :01:40.post in as many days was addressed to the Secretary of State. The
:01:41. > :01:43.where Theresa Villiers and the First where Theresa Villiers and the First
:01:44. > :01:49.Minister and Deputy First Minister have offices. Chris Page reports.
:01:50. > :01:52.This building is where politicians make some of their most significant
:01:53. > :01:56.decisions. Storm on Castle is the headquarters of the First Minister
:01:57. > :01:59.and Deputy First Minister but today, everyone here was evacuated when a
:02:00. > :02:03.letter bomb was found in the post room, addressed to the Secretary of
:02:04. > :02:09.State, Theresa Villiers. She was in London. I think it is reckless. That
:02:10. > :02:15.is why I condemn it. The fact that it had my name on it is not
:02:16. > :02:19.particular the significant. It is the risk to others who are just
:02:20. > :02:24.doing their job. It is for the Vice posted in the last few days. One of
:02:25. > :02:27.them was defused at the office of the public persecution service in
:02:28. > :02:31.Londonderry. Two others were addressed a senior police officer
:02:32. > :02:36.and the chief constable and were accepted by Royal Mail workers. One
:02:37. > :02:40.of these devices was found by staff working night shift. Workers here
:02:41. > :02:43.mainly handle items like that the presence and bills but are well
:02:44. > :02:48.briefed about what to do if they discover something that is more
:02:49. > :02:51.suspicious. We train the staff to look out the characteristics of what
:02:52. > :02:56.might be said -- suspicious personal package, and the staff have shown
:02:57. > :03:01.that they are very good at identifying these items. Today, the
:03:02. > :03:07.justice minister visited staff to thank them and expresses concern. It
:03:08. > :03:12.is an issue that could literally put at risk anyone's life and if there
:03:13. > :03:16.are other people on the delivery round, echoed put at risk the life
:03:17. > :03:22.of the general public. These things are to stop. Police believe the
:03:23. > :03:25.seven Republicans asked sending the letter bombs. It is a worrying
:03:26. > :03:34.situation for those targeted and for postal workers who unexpectedly find
:03:35. > :03:38.themselves on the front line. Four men and a woman have appeared before
:03:39. > :03:41.a court in Glasgow charged in connection with dissident republican
:03:42. > :03:44.activity. The five, who are aged between 26 and 39, were arrested in
:03:45. > :03:47.Scotland last week during a security operation which also involved the
:03:48. > :03:50.PSNI and MI5. The group have been charged with trying to buy firearms
:03:51. > :03:53.and explosives, as well as conspiracy to murder. All were
:03:54. > :03:59.remanded in custody and will appear in court again next week. Domestic
:04:00. > :04:03.violence, reported to police, has reached record levels. There were
:04:04. > :04:10.more than 11,000 recorded crimes last year. But an inspection report
:04:11. > :04:14.says the police are not doing enough and that a series of improvements
:04:15. > :04:16.recommended three years ago haven't been implemented. Our Home Affairs
:04:17. > :04:19.Correspondent Vincent Kearney's report begins with images of a
:04:20. > :04:25.reconstruction based on a typical incident.
:04:26. > :04:38.I am so frightened. Why didn't you say something? I just got so
:04:39. > :04:43.ashamed. The police deal that is my calls on domestic violence every
:04:44. > :04:46.hour. There were more than 11,000 recorded crimes last year, the
:04:47. > :04:50.highest figure since records began. One victim today spoke to the BBC
:04:51. > :04:57.about the moment she finally decided to leave her abusive husband. A
:04:58. > :05:12.sergeant who was a specialist in domestic abuse,
:05:13. > :05:18.Women's Aid takes calls from thousands of people like Sarah,
:05:19. > :05:25.every year, and says that many more do not report their views. The
:05:26. > :05:28.research shows that a woman can be assaulted 35 times before she brings
:05:29. > :05:33.a police reaches out for any kind of support, so you're probably talking
:05:34. > :05:38.about hundreds of thousands of incidents of actual abuse. There
:05:39. > :05:45.have been many campaigns to encourage victims to call the
:05:46. > :05:53.police. What starts behind closed doors ends behind locked doors. But
:05:54. > :05:58.the criminal Justice inspection report says that the police are not
:05:59. > :06:04.doing enough to combat the problem and catch those responsible. It says
:06:05. > :06:09.that only one of 13 recommendations from a report three years ago have
:06:10. > :06:14.been achieved. Brendan McGuigan is the chief criminal Justice
:06:15. > :06:18.inspector. The recommendations came from the police themselves. These
:06:19. > :06:21.were things that they wanted to do. We translate those into
:06:22. > :06:25.recommendations in the report, only to go back to find out that the
:06:26. > :06:32.limited progress has been made. In 2010 there was some momentum. Going
:06:33. > :06:37.back at 2013 at is clear that they have taken their foot off the gas.
:06:38. > :06:42.We realise that the rough challenges within the report, things we have to
:06:43. > :06:45.get better at and do faster, but we have seen an increase in reporting,
:06:46. > :06:49.and that, for us, is a critical indicator of the fact that the
:06:50. > :06:54.public and in particular, victims, have confidence in our ability to
:06:55. > :06:58.you what they are saying, to deal with the crimes, and the
:06:59. > :07:05.perpetrators, to make their family environment safe again. They will
:07:06. > :07:11.meet again soon to assess the police response to their criticism. And if
:07:12. > :07:15.you have concerns about domestic or sexual violence, now or in the past
:07:16. > :07:20.a helpline number on the screen along with a 24 hour police number.
:07:21. > :07:23.The American woman assaulted in Chicago along with the County Armagh
:07:24. > :07:27.student Natasha McShane, is to meet her friend for the first time since
:07:28. > :07:30.the attack. The Irish-American community in the city has raised
:07:31. > :07:34.money for the trip. Natasha McShane has been unable to walk unaided or
:07:35. > :07:38.talk since both women were beaten with a baseball bat three years ago.
:07:39. > :07:45.Last week a man was convicted of trying to murder them. The story
:07:46. > :07:50.continues to make headline news in Chicago, as Martin Cassidy reports.
:07:51. > :07:55.In the Irish-American Heritage Centre in Chicago, a community
:07:56. > :08:03.gathers to give thanks for justice and pray for the recovery of Armagh
:08:04. > :08:10.girl, Natasha McShane and her friend, Stacy. It is nice to feel
:08:11. > :08:15.the support. And that I did fight that night with everything I had my
:08:16. > :08:21.body. They were robbed on the 23rd of April 2010. The attack has left
:08:22. > :08:24.Natasha McShane unable to talk or walk unaided. Her family say that it
:08:25. > :08:31.has changed her life or other. Whilst Natasha McShane continues her
:08:32. > :08:36.recovery at home in County Armagh, friends of the family attended the
:08:37. > :08:41.service in Chicago. We got her up and got her walking but only a
:08:42. > :08:47.couple of steps and then she had to go back in the chair. Natasha and
:08:48. > :08:52.Stacey remain in contact. The Irish-American community had a
:08:53. > :08:54.surprise for the two girls, arranging for Stacey to come and
:08:55. > :08:59.visit Natasha at her home in Northern Ireland. I am thrilled that
:09:00. > :09:02.I have so much support from all of these wonderful people and they get
:09:03. > :09:09.to hold hands with my best friend again. The man convicted of
:09:10. > :09:15.attempted murder faces a sentence of between 6-120 years. His accomplice
:09:16. > :09:17.has been imprisoned for 22 years after pleading guilty to two counts
:09:18. > :09:24.of attempted murder over the attack.
:09:25. > :09:30.BBC Newsline has learned that the principal of a County Antrim school
:09:31. > :09:33.had to leave her home overnight last week when the police warned her of a
:09:34. > :09:37.possible threat. It's not the first time Annabel Scott has been
:09:38. > :09:40.threatened. The news comes on the day her school, Crumlin Integrated
:09:41. > :09:44.College, was due to be recommended for closure. But there's been a
:09:45. > :09:47.last-minute change of heart. Our Education correspondent Maggie
:09:48. > :09:52.Taggart reports. Protests have dogged the principal, Doctor Annabel
:09:53. > :09:56.Scott after resuspended following a damning inspector 's report. She has
:09:57. > :10:01.not worked in the school for three years. As parents meet to stop the
:10:02. > :10:04.closure of the school, it has urged that last week she was informed of a
:10:05. > :10:09.threat and was advised to leave her home for a night. The school is
:10:10. > :10:12.fighting for survival and parents and politicians at the campaign
:10:13. > :10:20.meeting last night plan to keep open the only school in the growing
:10:21. > :10:31.Crumlin area. My children all did very well. It is my son's future.
:10:32. > :10:37.And they not want him to have to go to school getting the bus. They
:10:38. > :10:41.thought it was a done deal as the education board met to discuss the
:10:42. > :10:45.future of the college. The board went into private session and it was
:10:46. > :10:49.there expectation that it would rubber-stamp the recommendation to
:10:50. > :10:53.close, but even though the majority of board members are also members of
:10:54. > :10:57.the education committee that made that recommendation, many of them
:10:58. > :11:01.change their mind, and the decision has now been delayed. The members
:11:02. > :11:08.have agreed to think again and hold another special board meeting. It
:11:09. > :11:11.would be welcome to the campaigners and I have had lobbying from a
:11:12. > :11:18.number of sources Stacey to have that assertion reversed, -- to seek
:11:19. > :11:30.to have that decision reversed, but the objective in the long term is to
:11:31. > :11:34.have shared education. We have got to show people how well the school
:11:35. > :11:39.is doing, how to satisfactory and it is getting better, it has a 61% pass
:11:40. > :11:44.rate this year. We have got a good school, sell it, and let's show that
:11:45. > :11:49.the shared system is what the whole of Northern Ireland needs, and use
:11:50. > :11:53.it as an example. They will meet with the education and catholic of
:11:54. > :11:58.operatives in the hope of finding a lasting solution. The Health and
:11:59. > :12:01.Social Care Board have told relatives and residents that none of
:12:02. > :12:04.Northern Ireland's statutory residential homes will close before
:12:05. > :12:07.the end of 2014. The ban on admissions will also be reviewed.
:12:08. > :12:12.The Board made the announcement during an, at times, heated public
:12:13. > :12:15.meeting in Belfast today. Maybe somebody has sat up and listen Diane
:12:16. > :12:22.I am encouraged, and watch this space, because if you ignore all of
:12:23. > :12:28.this our boys will be heard loud and clear again. It is important that
:12:29. > :12:31.the board members hear the views of all the stakeholders, some of whom
:12:32. > :12:36.travelled long distances to excess -- attend the meeting. They
:12:37. > :12:39.vigorously expressed their concerns, we are listening, we have heard
:12:40. > :12:43.those concerns, and it is time for us to take those views away and
:12:44. > :12:50.consider the consultation paper in the light of those. Plenty to come
:12:51. > :12:53.on the programme before 7pm: What do you take with you when you are on
:12:54. > :13:02.the hunt for a monkey missing from the zoo? BBC Newsline has
:13:03. > :13:06.highlighted the success of the UK City of Culture year as well as the
:13:07. > :13:09.rows over money and accountability. We can now reveal details of a
:13:10. > :13:13.bitter dispute between the organisers - the head of Derry City
:13:14. > :13:17.Council, and the chief executive of the company set up by the council to
:13:18. > :13:19.run the events. The division is exposed in scores of emails obtained
:13:20. > :13:21.by us through a Freedom of exposed in scores of emails obtained
:13:22. > :13:34.Information request. Enda McClafferty reports. It has been a
:13:35. > :13:38.big year for dairy. Tens of thousands have turned out for the
:13:39. > :13:44.events. While the crowds enjoyed the thousands have turned out for the
:13:45. > :13:48.festivities, behind-the-scenes, tensions have been simmering. These
:13:49. > :13:58.are the chief executive that the heart of the dispute. This is way
:13:59. > :14:01.that has been played out. We have been looking through scores of
:14:02. > :14:09.e-mails sent by the two chief executives over the past 18 months.
:14:10. > :14:15.They reveal some deep divisions. Sharon O'Connor had concerns before
:14:16. > :14:26.2013. This is the e-mail she sent to Sean McCarthy back in September.
:14:27. > :14:39.This was the reply about getting help from the council.
:14:40. > :14:50.But why should we hear if two bosses cannot agree, so long as events like
:14:51. > :14:54.the Turner prize continue? The success of the city of culture
:14:55. > :14:59.programme depends on the legacy left behind. That is no wonder threat
:15:00. > :15:06.because of what is happening behind the scenes. I think it is
:15:07. > :15:13.regrettable that it is in the public domain. We must look to the future.
:15:14. > :15:20.The future is key to this, the delivery of the legacy and the
:15:21. > :15:24.future of jobs. In spite of the differences, the City Council and
:15:25. > :15:34.the culture company remained determined to stay focused on
:15:35. > :15:39.delivering the event. Still ahead on the programme: A trip down memory
:15:40. > :15:51.lane, a new train station that is looking for passengers. They seek
:15:52. > :15:57.him here, they seek in the year, as yet, the final monkey that escaped
:15:58. > :16:03.from Belfast do has eluded traps and search parties. Our reporter has met
:16:04. > :16:10.up with the team on the trail of the monkey. The missing monkey squad can
:16:11. > :16:17.be assembled in minutes. In this band, of the equipment this man
:16:18. > :16:24.needs to capture the monkey that is still on the loose. He used this
:16:25. > :16:29.dark time to good effect on Friday, tranquillising one monkey that had
:16:30. > :16:34.taken refuge up a tree. He said that despite how it looked, the animal
:16:35. > :16:41.was never in any danger. It started to take effect, the monkey falls
:16:42. > :16:51.asleep and slips then grabs old, it was a very controlled fall. This is
:16:52. > :16:58.the enclosure at Belfast zoo. It gives them lots of room but this is
:16:59. > :17:07.what keeps them in, it is electrified. Something spooked the
:17:08. > :17:13.animals last week and be hopped out over the electric fence, taking a
:17:14. > :17:18.jolt. Five of them are back in 24 hour lock-up until the whole group
:17:19. > :17:24.is reunited. One of them is still on the run. She has been living here
:17:25. > :17:30.for a number of years and this family group. They expect she will
:17:31. > :17:36.want to come back here, it is getting colder and she might get
:17:37. > :17:49.hungry. As most animals are governed by the stomach, the zoo is using
:17:50. > :17:55.proven treats to get her back. Is she likely to be eaten by something
:17:56. > :18:04.like a fox? I do not think so, at night she is likely to go up a tree
:18:05. > :18:12.and be away from predators. They are hoping to find her without further
:18:13. > :18:22.need for a needle. The hurling final will not be played until 2014, if at
:18:23. > :18:28.all. Now the sport. There is not a great deal happening, it is
:18:29. > :18:35.shambolic, that is how you the recent handling of the hurling has
:18:36. > :18:38.been assessed. The dates have been postponed prompting several
:18:39. > :18:45.respected voices to warn of an imminent crisis. Any moment we will
:18:46. > :18:52.hear from the development officer but first our reporter has been
:18:53. > :18:58.examining the state of play. Unquestionably, this year's hurling
:18:59. > :19:04.championship was one of the best ever. Over 1.3 million people
:19:05. > :19:12.watched the final live on television. At the same time, some
:19:13. > :19:19.hurling fans in Ulster where saying the game is on its knees. In terms
:19:20. > :19:24.of the rescheduling, it was a bit of a shambles. The people behind those
:19:25. > :19:30.decisions have to look at their motives. Whether they like it or
:19:31. > :19:37.not, the perception is that the game is getting a raw deal. The same
:19:38. > :19:45.would not have happened in football. It has definitely been purely
:19:46. > :19:52.managed. -- surely managed. Who in the right minds would put a hurling
:19:53. > :19:58.final on in November? It is madness. Whoever made that decision was
:19:59. > :20:06.completely wrong. This was last year's provincial final. Previously,
:20:07. > :20:14.the winners qualified for the all Ireland deciders, that does not
:20:15. > :20:19.happen any more. As of today and as of the last five years Antrim has
:20:20. > :20:32.been so far ahead of the competition that the game has not been worth
:20:33. > :20:46.playing. Just six weeks into the school year this game was played.
:20:47. > :20:53.Dublin are the perfect blueprint and where we have all been looking,
:20:54. > :21:01.other teams did not produce the teams without a lot of investment.
:21:02. > :21:06.As a province and counties, the hireling counties, that is not
:21:07. > :21:11.happening to the same level. There is not enough financial investment
:21:12. > :21:22.or bodies. The dismal clear structure or strategic direction. In
:21:23. > :21:28.Dublin 91% who play in the league games played in hurling and
:21:29. > :21:36.football. In the US they are spreading the word of hurling. Some
:21:37. > :21:42.say the same enthusiasm is not shown closer to home. I am joined by the
:21:43. > :21:48.Ulster development manager of hurling. No strategic plan, it is
:21:49. > :21:58.pretty strident criticism, is it fear? I would not say so. We have
:21:59. > :22:11.got nine counties and three different levels of ability among
:22:12. > :22:20.them. The accusation is that it is weathering on the vine. Dublin say
:22:21. > :22:24.they have 50 coaches across schools. In Antrim and Belfast the equivalent
:22:25. > :22:31.is two, it surely that is not acceptable? We wish we had the same
:22:32. > :22:36.resources that are available down south. We are dealing with six
:22:37. > :22:42.regional officers in Ulster, they are based in the grass roots. We
:22:43. > :22:48.work at every level. Would you be better spending the money on coaches
:22:49. > :22:54.at underage level than at Casement Park? That money is ring fenced,
:22:55. > :23:06.there is nothing we can do about that. Will be Ulster final happen
:23:07. > :23:12.and if so, when? I hope it will happen and early in the New Year. We
:23:13. > :23:19.all hope it will be played before the new season gets underway. Thank
:23:20. > :23:25.you for joining us. It has been confirmed that Northern Ireland will
:23:26. > :23:30.play a friendly game away to Tokyo next month. Martin O'Neill is
:23:31. > :23:37.understood to be signing a new two-year extension to his contract
:23:38. > :23:45.as manager. The late bulletin is at half past ten. In March we featured
:23:46. > :23:51.the train enthusiasts who want to turn the site into a big visitor
:23:52. > :23:56.attraction. Part of the plan has come to fruition with the opening of
:23:57. > :24:03.a 19th-century station. Our north-east reporter was the. It is
:24:04. > :24:09.easy to imagine this sort of scene 100 years ago. This engine would
:24:10. > :24:16.have cooled in the year with carriages full of tourists. -- cool
:24:17. > :24:28.then. The Sunday school did the promenade and the Northern Cliff
:24:29. > :24:34.path. The town developed and who and this place with it. Best line and
:24:35. > :24:40.platform are no longer part of the public transport network. A group
:24:41. > :24:45.which attempts to preserve our real wee history is trying to get the
:24:46. > :24:50.visitors back and this new deal we building is part of that project.
:24:51. > :24:54.The preservation Society have been on this site for 50 years but there
:24:55. > :25:02.has never been a station here before. This is part of the ?4
:25:03. > :25:08.million development. The station was described by a famous Ulster
:25:09. > :25:14.architecture. The original was demolished in the 1960s, we have
:25:15. > :25:21.rebuilt it for our special trains and visitors to our depot and
:25:22. > :25:25.Museum. Work will now start on other parts of the site including a
:25:26. > :25:31.visitors centre but people can watch restoration work and the Museum so
:25:32. > :25:39.that the past is not forgotten in the mists of time. The weather is
:25:40. > :25:45.next. It has been quite cold today. A clear and starry night coming up.
:25:46. > :25:51.Temperatures are already around six degrees and will continue to fall.
:25:52. > :25:58.There could be forced by morning. There may be a few showers but these
:25:59. > :26:03.will diminish. These will ease during the next couple of hours.
:26:04. > :26:09.Tonight will be largely dry, clear and cold. Some parts could get close
:26:10. > :26:19.to freezing. Tomorrow morning and cold. Some parts could get close
:26:20. > :26:24.windscreens. It will start dry but dream will move in from the west --
:26:25. > :26:35.the good news is that it will not rain all the time. -- rain will move
:26:36. > :26:43.in. A bright start for the East. A breeze will start to pick up quite
:26:44. > :26:48.quickly. By the end of the rush-hour there will be splashes of rain to
:26:49. > :26:54.parts of the West, that will continue to move eastwards. We will
:26:55. > :27:00.lose the early sunshine and they will be strong winds, particularly
:27:01. > :27:07.towards the east. By mid-afternoon it will become drier and sunnier in
:27:08. > :27:12.most places. Thursday is Halloween, a blustery day with sunshine and
:27:13. > :27:22.showers. Towards Derry those showers could become lively. Quite a cold
:27:23. > :27:29.Halloween night. Pumpkins are not easy to carve. Looking ahead, Friday
:27:30. > :27:36.is not too bad, quite a nice day, but more wet and windy weather
:27:37. > :27:43.coming our way at the weekend. We have interesting conversations on
:27:44. > :27:44.our Facebook page. The Van Morrison competition and the Irish Dancing
:27:45. > :27:46.Championships.