18/11/2013 BBC Newsline

Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline. The Ulster Unionists

accuse Sinn Fein of bad faith over the Haass negotiations. I'm live

with the latest. Also on the programme:

the Orange order plans agreed Christmas parade. Condemnation of a

gun attack on a teenage boy in Coleraine. The charity says it is

time to ban all phones behind the wheel. -- a charity. Is an Irish

World Cup bid about to get the green light? And the first spell of wintry

weather sets in across Northern Ireland tonight. I'll have the full

forecast for you later in the programme.

The Ulster Unionist accused Sinn Fein of bad faith by

publishing its submissions to the Haass Talks. The UUP's negotiator

Tom Elliott says the parties had been asked to keep their proposals

to the inter-party discussions confidential. Sinn Fein's ideas

include making parade organisers pay for the cost of their events and

erecting single flag posts in certain areas for Tricolours or

Union flags. Our Political Editor Mark Devenport is at the talks hotel

venue. Sinn Fein's decision to publish its submissions, what sort

of surprise was that for you? It was a bit of a surprise, because whilst

around 500 groups and individuals have given Richard Haass

suggestions. In the sense of how the talks should tackle the problems of

correct -- flags and parades, most have remained private. Sinn

correct -- flags and parades, most today came out with three

submissions and took off the table a deal they had previously done with

the D a deal they had previously done with EDU people replacing the

parades commission -- the D U P. As you have already indicated, they had

an idea that parade organisations should be made more financially

liable for the events they do, and then there was the organise -- idea

from Gerry Kelly is about to explain which would see instead of a

profusion of flags fluttering from various lamp posts, individual lamp

post being erected in certain areas that could fly either the Irish

tricolour or the union flag. We want a provision so that public spaces

are dealt with, legislation for enforcement there. So we want

are dealt with, legislation for have that in particular areas,

rather than an area completely consumed with flags, whatever they

may be, by the way. These are the ideas we are putting out that we

want people to discuss. UUP were the first out of the negotiation door

this morning. How did they respond to the Sinn Fein initiative? Not

very impressed. Tom Elliott the Ulster Unionist did not like the

element of the Sinn Fein document that it suggested an equality of

treatment between the Irish trigger and the union flag. He said the

union flag should have a special place as it is still in the UK in

Northern Ireland. And he did not like the fact that Sinn plane had

gone public. We were asked to respect the confidentiality and I

raised the matter with Dublin house today. If Sinn Fein want to do that,

a bit of bad faith from them, but you come to expect nothing more from

Republicans. What was the reaction of Richard Haass to the fact that

some details have been made public? He was more diplomatic than Tom

Elliott. He confirmed he had initially asked the parties to

submit their submissions in confidence but said it was up to

them which documents they wanted to make public and when. He and his

co-chair, Meghan O'Sullivan, repeated a determination to meet the

deadline next month. Our goal was, is and will be to complete this work

before the end of the year. That is, to reach agreement and to make a

full report to the First Minister and Deputy First Minister and soon

after to the public. I and we continue to believe that this goal

and schedule are equal parts achievable and desirable. The Orange

Order in Sandy Row have applied to march through Belfast City Centre on

Saturday 14th December. The plan is to go from Sandy Row via Royal

Avenue to Twaddell Avenue in North Belfast. The Parades Commission will

make its ruling on December third. That is the first anniversary of the

flag dispute. We learned today that since the protests began over the

restricted flying of the union flag at the City Hall, 560 people have

been charged or reported over the riots. 260 of them have been

convicted and the police are still to locate more than 100 suspects.

The police have released photographs of 150 suspects still wanted for

questioning of 150 suspects still wanted for

in Belfast earlier this year. The senior investigating officer from

operation titan says anyone involved in rioting over the last 12 months

or in the weeks ahead will be held accountable. By the way of update

and reassurance to the commitment being made, I can tell you that

already our investigations have resulted in 560 people being charged

or reported. That is for a range of criminal offences. Remarkably, we

have 260 people already convicted. And we are seeing increasingly

custodial sentences handed down. There are growing concerns amongst

the police, public and city businesses about planned protests to

mark 12 months since the dispute began. I think it is pretty fluid at

the moment, that is the honest description. A lot of people are

still angry and we can understand it, and people are concerned about

expressing their views on the street. They are entitled to do so

but they have to act within the law. But the first anniversary of the

controversy is just a fortnight away and the PS and I issued a timely

reminder to anyone considering protesting -- the PSNI. The police

say the shooting of a 15-year-old boy in Coleraine this morning was

not just a crime but morally reprehensible. The teenager was

wounded in both legs by a gang of masked men who forced their way into

a house at Glebe Avenue in the Harpur's Hill area. Our northeast

reporter David Maxwell has been to the

housing estate on the outskirts of Coleraine. The attack took place

before five o'clock. This is the street where the shooting took

place. It is still cordoned off. I been able to speak to a few members

of the public about what happened here and none of them wanted to

appear on camera, but most used the same word to describe their

feelings, discussed. Like the whole community I am shocked a 15-year-old

boy could be treated in this way. It's not something we are used in

Coleraine and certainly our future. I think it is disgusting to have to

accept that level of savagery exists out there with three grown men with

masks and baseball bats and revolvers were coming to a house at

5am and mutilate the limits of a 15-year-old child. The 15-year-old

victim was initially taken to the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine but

has been transferred to the Royal Victoria in Belfast. Police are

continuing to investigate who carried out the attack and why.

There is no place in any civil Society for the shooting of

children. It is not just a crime, it is morally reprehensible, and we

continue to chase those people and try to put them before the courts.

It is the third shooting in a week in North Antrim. Last week

21-year-old man was shot in both legs in Port Rush and a man was

injured in the arm after shots were in Ballymena -- Ballymoney. No

arrests have been made in relation to the incidents and police are

asking for information. Next the latest on the fight to maintain

cardiac and surgical services at the Royal Belfast Hospital

cardiac and surgical services at the Children. In April, experts said

that while safe, surgery in Belfast was unsustainable and that patients

should go to the children's hospital in Dublin. Some cases have been

already been transferred there but BBC Newsline understands that the

Stormont Health Minister is about to make a statement about the Royal.

With the details, here's our health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly.

It has been a long and hard fought campaign. Over the past year,

thousands have taken to the streets while public meetings up and down

the country heard from families demanding that children's heart

surgery be maintained in Belfast. The public outcry followed a

national report which concluded that whilst safe, the unit at the Royal

is not sustainable, partly due to not

is not sustainable, partly due to performed and a senior surgeon June

to retire this December. After listening to parents, Edwin Poots

intervened and called for a separate review and consultation which

recommended that the service be moved to Dublin. While some felt it

was better than England, many believed that local health officials

were not fighting Belfast's corner. We think that by the time the

minister had got the vote, a lot of the ground work dismantling the

service in Belfast had taken place and some of the damage done. We

would hope that there is some way that the Minister can still maintain

safe cardiac surgical services for children in Northern Ireland.

Deciding what to do about the future of children's heart services in

Belfast is perhaps one of the most emotive and toughest decisions

facing the health minister. Having made an early commitment to the

parents, he is now trying to marry their wishes with those of

consultants working north and south of the border. In April, Edwin Poots

and his Irish counterpart, James Reilly, agreed to set up an oil --

an all Ireland child medical network. While there is disagreement

over Dublin just providing the surgery, the BBC understands that

Edwin Poots insists that will fast delivers on diagnostic and

nonsurgical interventions, making it a centre of excellence for

children's cardiology -- Belfast delivers. A unit that will also

cater for the border counties. Politicians will give their report

on the best outcome, and that's a dangerous road, because it is

medical need. It's important politicians give the time and space

for the best possible outcome for patient care. Both ministers have

enlisted the care of a doctor who runs a similar double centre model

in Boston, but runs a similar double centre model

approaching December, time is running out. After their historic

visit of the Queen to the Republic, President Higgins is to reciprocate.

This time he will make history, on the first state visit of an Irish

president to the UK. Here is our Dublin correspondence.

Helping to banish the ghosts of the past. The Queen paying her respect

to those Irish men and women who fought against her ancestors and

forces. The moment, probably more than any other, that set the tone

during her historic visit to Ireland.

And it is in the afterglow of that occasion that President Higgins will

make the return state visit to the UK, another first. It will be a

visit drawing attention to the richness of this relationship, which

is really, in terms of the people to people links, and the commercial

links, a very unusually close relationship. And I think it will be

a celebration of that, first and foremost. Although, of course, very

important subjects like Northern Ireland will not be forgotten. And

if the marching band outside Windsor Castle again played a sash, Northern

Ireland certainly won't be forgotten. President Higgins will

stay with the Royal family at the more homely Windsor residence rather

than Buckingham Palace. Another indication of the warm and deep

relations that now exist between the two states. The official programme

has yet to two states. The official programme

the coming months officials here, at the President's home, and their

British counterparts, will finalise the details. President Higgins will

be the special guest at a state banquet, as protocol for such visits

demands. The news has been widely welcomed both by officials in

Ireland and ordinary people. Anything to promote good relations

is a good idea. Queen Elizabeth came over here, so it's fair we return

the favour as well. I think we should unite the two states as much

as we can, and hopefully something good will come of it. I don't mind,

as long as everyone is happy. That's all right. The three-day state visit

will begin on the 8th of April. One of the six people wrongly jailed

over the Birmingham pub bombings is helping the families of the victims

to find out what really happened. 21 people were killed in the attacks 39

years ago this week. As Anthony Bartram reports, there's still hope

for justice among their relatives. Brian and Julie Hambleton's sister

Maxine was killed in the Birmingham pub bombings almost 40 years later

they have not given up hope of finding who did it and support for

the Justice campaign is growing. Hello, Maureen. Oh, my God, it is so

nice to meet you. You have got so many people around you. Surprisingly

few of those affected by the bombings know each other. Julie and

Maureen Mitchell had ever met, she was so badly injured in the mulberry

bush explosion that priests gave her was so badly injured in the mulberry

the last rites. It is emotional for me because you were there. We were

going through it and my heart goes out to you. Ladies and gentlemen,

for 16.5 years, we have been... At many of the Victors' families feel

they have been forgotten in the controversy -- many of the victim 's

families. 22 years after their release, one of them is now offering

to help the family but can they accept? And stand how those people

feel. They have had years of something to focus their anger on

and of course their anger was focused on us. I have a similar

anger that might anger is focused on the West Midlands serious crime

squad. The meeting took those at Warrington's his foundation. It is

in our DNA that we were told that you were the ringleader of the

so-called Birmingham six. And as far as I was concerned, you killed her

sister and the other 20 innocent people. I understand that, you don't

have to tell me, I know what they said. I would love to see my country

united but I had nothing to do with the IRA. It is the 39th anniversary

on Thursday, tattoos are currently reassessing the case. The Hambleton

's and Mr Hill understand they make an odd alliance but said they think

the The road safety charity Brake says

it wants tougher fines for those caught on their mobile phones while

driving and a ban on hands-free sets in cars. It's released a survey at

the start of Road Safety Week which shows many motorists are still using

their phone at the wheel. Dialling and driving, more than 5000

motorists in Northern Ireland were fined last year for using a phone at

the wheel. It is illegal to use a mobile phone while driving and the

Department of Transport says that if you do, you are four times more

likely to crash. But this survey suggests that many motorists,

despite the warnings, still not hanging up when out on the road. We

would like to see a ban on phone use at the wheel extended to

would like to see a ban on phone use hands-free phones. At the minute, if

you are caught using a hand-held phone, you get a ?60 fine. We would

like to see that but up to ?1000 to really send a strong message out to

drivers that this is not OK, not acceptable. Some drivers say they

would be in favour of tougher fines. I do quite a lot of miles and I see

a lot of people text in or even phoning and it is very dangerous. I

think that something to stop people from using their mobile phones in

the car while driving would be good. I see lots of people driving with

mobile phones, the police and camera should pick it up as well. Brake

visited the school in Belfast today for the start of Road Safety Week.

At the moment, mobile phones are really part of our student might was

lives. They are attached to their hands at all times -- our students'

hands. When they are in the car, the message must be taken to them that

they are driving with a phone and it should not happen. People have to

know the dangers when they are my age because we all get really

excited when they are first out on the roads and they need to know the

risks. Break is now hoping that they call will get through to older

drivers as well -- Brake is now hoping.

Ireland's rugby team may have had a heavy defeat at the weekend but

today has brought what could be a huge boost for Irish rugby - a World

Cup bid. Gavin Andrews is here. What's the story?

The Irish Government is close to deciding on a bid for the Rugby

World Cup in 2023. The proposal will go to Cabinet tomorrow for

authorisation. A successful bid for the tournament would, in theory, see

games played on both sides of the border.

This is what the Irish sports minister had to say today pulled up

the response has been hugely enthusiastic. They asked us to do

the financial analysis which we have done and it is favourable. We are

looking for authorisation for my colleague and I to engage with our

northern Canada parts and with the RFU with a view to formalising a bit

-- and with our northern counterparts.

To matters on the pitch and it's back to the drawing board for

Ireland after a 32-15 defeat against Australia. Six players in the

Wallabies squad have been given one-match bans for excessive

drinking in the build-up to the game at the Aviva Stadium, while nine

others have been warned for a breach of team discipline. But it didn't

seem to affect performance.

Ireland felt the full force of southern hemisphere rug the on

Saturday and were humbled conceding four tries to the Aussies and

scoring none in a sobering defeat. It will be a brilliant try for

Australia. We are disappointed with that, we could have dealt with some

of those things and unfortunately we didn't. We have built up a belief

that we can take on these teams over the years and to be beaten four

tries to none is disappointing. If you give up the access points into

the game, you don't get to control the tempo of the game, you don't get

to attack them. We kept giving them the ball back and they are too good

a side to do that. Luke Marshall who gained his fourth cap and did not

look out of place on the international stage and relished the

step up in quality. The pace I found a little quicker, the conditions

helped a bit as well. A bit more flair and a bit more skill than what

we are used to playing. I enjoy defending against them. It is one of

those things. A bruising encounter against the Wallabies for Joe

Smith's side and it doesn't get any easier as they host the all Blacks

on Sunday. One breaking piece of rugby news,

Stuart Olding injured his right knee playing for the Ulster ravens on

Friday, a scan has revealed a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.

Healy Park in Omagh will be the venue for this year's Ulster Club

final between Glenswilly and Ballinderry. The Donegal and Derry

champions made it though to the decider after semifinal victories

yesterday. He has captained his captain to

Ulster and all Ireland titles and his country to victory in the

compromise rules series. But at club level, Michael Murphy has never

enjoyed a more successful season. He had a part to play in two of his

side's three goals and while they were given hope after a goalkeeping

error cut the deficit to two points, Glenswilly finished stronger to book

their place in the final. Fresh from two titanic tussle is

against Crossmaglen, their opponent struggled against Ballinderry. Two

players sent off. They chipped away at the lead but frustration led to

two of their players being dismissed as well. Lots of these boys have

been in this position before, Ulster semifinals and finals. Some of the

lads have had success in one of them, and we have been there and

played in a few games at this level and it does come down to you. That

experience could be key for Ballinderry but with Michael Murphy

on your side, Glenswilly know that anything is possible.

In local football the gap at anything is possible.

of the Irish Premiership narrowed at the weekend after leaders Linfield

slipped up at Dungannon. Cliftonville and Crusaders are now

challenging after both picked up wins. Thomas Niblock has the best of

the action. In just one weekend, the race for

the Irish premiership cup completely changed. With the aid of a

deflection, it was Dungannon who took the lead. Spiller three search

for -- Linfield search for an equaliser but Dungannon finished 1-0

winners. We have very few chances but one of the few chances that came

our way, we took them. We gave every last bit for the manager and

certainly I have no complaints about the result or the victory for

Dungannon. One minute from the end, Jordan Owens poked home this winner

as it finished 2-1 to Crusaders. I have to be careful what I say that

it looked it's dreamy soft and those of the big decisions that change

games. The game of the data base at Coleraine -- the game of the day

took place. Cliftonville came back each and every time and with the

game level at 3-3, snatched a late winner with this strike.

And if you want to see all of the weekend's goals, you can find them

on the BBC Sport NI website. weekend's goals, you can find them

Irish League Show will is online now.

It's been a cold start to the week. Let's get the forecast for the next

few days, here's Cecilia. The frosty globe is out tonight, a

cold which unite to come and the start of a busy week of weather.

Most nights, we can expect Frost and the potential for icy roads. A bit

of snow in places tonight and tomorrow morning and it is quite

common that we get our first taste of snow during the second-half of

November. As if that was not enough, the middle of the week promises

strong winds. The main hazard tonight is ice, we can expect

temperatures to fall below zero and the combination of wet surfaces and

low temperatures will mean there will be ice in places. We had some

snow reported over the hills in the last hour or so. This looks like

snow in them about the boat the hail came down quickly -- in Limavady.

You could get just about anything over the hills. There will be lying

snow in places particularly over the high ground in the north-west but

not exclusively. Any significant snow up to three centimetres will be

overly higher ground. With icy roads, that will mean some difficult

driving conditions for the morning commute. You may need to give

yourself some extra time to scrape the car windscreen at the very

least. A cold wind picking up towards the North and East coasts.

The hills around Belfast may see some snow in the morning rush-hour.

It will be cold tomorrow with some snow in the morning rush-hour.

bitter wind going from the north, with the west of the wintry showers

moved away, before the end of the morning, leaving some pretty

sunshine that but much heat around. Five or six degrees with the wind

added, it will feel like it is freezing. And then our next whether

the system -- weather system moves in. We will find some very strong

winds picking up with gales and even severe gales towards the north coast

and through parts of the East Coast. Not as cold on Wednesday but

extremely windy and it will settle down towards the end of the week.

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