:00:00. > :00:16.That's all from the BBC News at Six. And on
:00:17. > :00:26.Good evening. The headlines: A gas fitter admits causing the death of
:00:27. > :00:31.two teenagers by carbon monoxide poisoning. Distressing detail from
:00:32. > :00:36.the first witnesses to give evidence to the institutional abuse enquiry.
:00:37. > :00:39.A controversial play looks set for a full house after a council
:00:40. > :00:43.climb-down. David Ford stands by his decision to
:00:44. > :00:49.change the rules for those applying to be Chief Constable. And there is
:00:50. > :00:58.more rain in the forecast as well as a slight fall in the temperature.
:00:59. > :01:02.I will have more shortly. A gas fitter from Coleraine has
:01:03. > :01:09.admitted causing the deaths of two teenagers on the north coast. In the
:01:10. > :01:13.summer of 2010, Neil McFerran and Aaron Davidson were overcome by
:01:14. > :01:18.carbon monoxide gas in an apartment in Castlerock. George Brown was due
:01:19. > :01:23.to go on trial next week accused of killing the teenagers by incorrectly
:01:24. > :01:27.installing a boiler. Today, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
:01:28. > :01:33.There is flash photography in this report.
:01:34. > :01:38.Three and a half years on, the families of two teenagers killed in
:01:39. > :01:44.a holiday tragedy today heard a gas fitter as accepted it was his fault.
:01:45. > :01:49.This is 52-year-old George Brown seen here at an earlier court
:01:50. > :01:55.hearing. The tragedy happened in this seaside apartment in August
:01:56. > :01:58.2010. Aaron Davidson and Neil McFerran and another teenager came
:01:59. > :02:05.here for a weekend break and were waiting for exam results. The
:02:06. > :02:10.holiday at the apartment was to end in tragedy. Unable to make contact
:02:11. > :02:15.with the 18-year-olds, their parents came to the village. Inside, a scene
:02:16. > :02:21.of horror. Aaron and meal were dead and their friend was seriously ill.
:02:22. > :02:26.The teenagers had been poisoned by carbon monoxide gas. In the days
:02:27. > :02:32.that followed, George Brown's name was made public. The Health
:02:33. > :02:42.Secretary -- the Health and Safety Executive advised him to turn them
:02:43. > :02:45.off. He was charged with health and see the breaches at properties
:02:46. > :02:55.across the north coast. He was set to contest those charges. -- he was
:02:56. > :02:59.charged with health and safety breaches at properties across the
:03:00. > :03:03.north coast. This case sparked the biggest hub and saved the
:03:04. > :03:07.investigation of its kind in Northern Ireland. This is the first
:03:08. > :03:15.case of its kind. Manslaughter has been proven. It is a tragic event in
:03:16. > :03:22.relation to the deaths of Aaron and meal. After the short hearing, the
:03:23. > :03:27.families hugged one another but were too emotional to speak. Brian was
:03:28. > :03:33.granted continuing bail and will be sentenced on the 14th of March.
:03:34. > :03:39.People who were abused in children's homes have been recalling the
:03:40. > :03:45.traumatic details of how they were treated. One former resident said
:03:46. > :03:51.the behaviour of nuns at a Sisters of Nazareth home in Derry was
:03:52. > :03:54.bordering on psychotic and lighter couldn't -- likened them to a
:03:55. > :04:00.concentration camp. They will hear evidence from those who lived in C
:04:01. > :04:07.-- 13 institutions from 1922 to 1995. You may be upset by some of
:04:08. > :04:14.the details in our next report. Life at the children's home tells a
:04:15. > :04:19.different story from the photographs at the time. Three former residents
:04:20. > :04:23.were the first to give accounts. One described their home is a hellhole
:04:24. > :04:28.saying the Sisters of Nazareth regularly kicked and punched them.
:04:29. > :04:31.The behaviour of the nuns was bordering on the psychotic. The
:04:32. > :04:36.judge said their presence was ominous and that fear of what was
:04:37. > :04:39.going to happen next. He described the damage done as permanent and
:04:40. > :04:46.said some of the former residents are still the boys who left. They
:04:47. > :04:50.are sad, lonely and broken even though they are in their 60s. One
:04:51. > :04:55.person was sexually abused by an older resident at the home. He said
:04:56. > :04:58.he screamed and a nun came in and when he tried to explain what
:04:59. > :05:03.happened, she slapped him and said he was evil and was going to hell.
:05:04. > :05:09.The man who is now 74 said the boys acted as a gang beating him in he
:05:10. > :05:14.blacked out. There were times when he thought he was going to die. He
:05:15. > :05:18.said he was aware that some of the younger nuns were not happy with
:05:19. > :05:25.what was going on but beatings with bamboo sticks and canes were regular
:05:26. > :05:30.occurrence. Two of today's former residents said they used Jeyes
:05:31. > :05:33.fluid. He regularly wet the bed and was forced to be stripped naked and
:05:34. > :05:43.bathed with others. The enquiry is protecting the
:05:44. > :05:48.identity of witnesses but one waved that protection today to allow his
:05:49. > :05:53.voice to be heard. Such places should not have existed. There is no
:05:54. > :05:57.excuse for those times. They were kind people burn. People knew about
:05:58. > :06:04.children and could care for them properly even back in the 50s. There
:06:05. > :06:12.is no excuse. The Enquirer will hear from more people who stayed in the
:06:13. > :06:15.homes late in the week. To another distressing case and a court in
:06:16. > :06:18.Coleraine has been told that an alleged victim of sexual abuse
:06:19. > :06:26.originally told the police she had been raped 2000 times. It was
:06:27. > :06:30.between age of 16 -- six and 13. The woman's father, and a friend denies
:06:31. > :06:37.sexually abusing her and brother during the 1990s. A police officer
:06:38. > :06:46.told the trial that the women gave details of the attack. The officer
:06:47. > :06:51.said she had been wrong in her original statement.
:06:52. > :06:54.The funeral has taken place in Limavady of Simon Chase who died in
:06:55. > :07:00.a suicide bombing in Afghanistan. Several hundred people attended the
:07:01. > :07:04.service at Christ -- at Christ Church. Some businesses closed their
:07:05. > :07:09.doors as a mark of respect. He had been living in Limavady with his
:07:10. > :07:14.partner and two sons. He had been working with an EU mission in Kabul
:07:15. > :07:18.when he was killed ten days ago. The search for a new Chief Constable
:07:19. > :07:23.has barely started but it is already the subject of a sheeted political
:07:24. > :07:28.dispute. The DP and Sinn Fein have reacted furiously to a decision by
:07:29. > :07:32.the Justice Minister to change the rule of governing the appointment.
:07:33. > :07:35.The first and Deputy First Minister 's have intervened telling the
:07:36. > :07:43.Alliance minister, David Ford, that the issue must go to the executive
:07:44. > :07:47.as a whole. Matt Baggott announced he will
:07:48. > :07:51.retire when his contract ends in September. They have held talks
:07:52. > :07:55.about the process to appoint his successor and for replacing his
:07:56. > :08:02.deputy, Judith Gillespie, who is retiring in March. David Ford he
:08:03. > :08:07.announced -- David Vaughan -- David Vaughan 's -- David Ford said he was
:08:08. > :08:11.changing the rules. He says they have to have served a minimum of two
:08:12. > :08:16.years as an assistant Chief Constable outside of Northern
:08:17. > :08:24.Ireland. They said they were surprised by the announcement. A
:08:25. > :08:27.number of members told me they believe David Ford overstepped a
:08:28. > :08:31.mark and has undermined their authority. The board had discussed
:08:32. > :08:35.changing the two Gable but decided nothing would be done until after
:08:36. > :08:44.Matt Baggott's successor was appointed. -- two-year rule. Here we
:08:45. > :08:47.have a board in the middle of a process of appointing both a new
:08:48. > :08:53.deputy Chief Constable Andy Chief Constable. In the middle of that,
:08:54. > :08:58.the Minister decides to change the fundamental rules on how to actually
:08:59. > :09:04.recruit that individual. It is absolutely unforgivable. It is
:09:05. > :09:12.unforgivable after the starting pistol has been fired. It is
:09:13. > :09:17.unheard-of that the Minister should interfere in this way. Be deputy and
:09:18. > :09:23.-- the first and Deputy First Minister has said is that his
:09:24. > :09:26.decision is significant and controversial and want to be
:09:27. > :09:31.discussed by the executive. The Justice Minister said they were
:09:32. > :09:37.wrong. What I am certain of is my decision was the correct decision.
:09:38. > :09:40.He signalled he doesn't plan to withdraw his proposal. I will be
:09:41. > :09:45.happy to go to the executive meeting and explain for the benefit of
:09:46. > :09:51.ministers that I will be putting in a paper in the next few days. I will
:09:52. > :09:57.explain why it has been appropriate to carry that out. The SDLP have
:09:58. > :10:01.joined in the criticism. They have hit out at Peter Robinson and
:10:02. > :10:04.marking McGuinness, accusing them of political interference and send the
:10:05. > :10:11.recruiting poster should be left to the policing board alone.
:10:12. > :10:15.Police say they have spoken to a 12-year-old boy in relation to car
:10:16. > :10:19.crime is on New Year's Eve. They say they are continuing to investigate a
:10:20. > :10:23.series of incidents where cars were driven erratically and at speed in a
:10:24. > :10:27.west Belfast area. The boy is to take part in the youth conferencing
:10:28. > :10:33.where young offenders get the chance to understand the impact of their
:10:34. > :10:38.actions and to make amends. A report has found the probable cause of a
:10:39. > :10:44.plane crash in Cork that killed six people was a loss of control during
:10:45. > :10:52.an aborted landing. The Manx2 plane crashed on approach to Cork airport
:10:53. > :11:02.from Belfast. The flight was February 2011. What
:11:03. > :11:06.happened that day, Shane? A month after the plane crash which was
:11:07. > :11:13.fatal, investigators reported on what happened. The final report is
:11:14. > :11:18.about why. The Manx2 plane was on its third and final attempt to land
:11:19. > :11:22.at Cork airport in thick fog. The captain was less than 30 metres from
:11:23. > :11:27.the ground but already it was too late. The right wing of the blame
:11:28. > :11:33.tipped the runway, the plaintiff Dover and crash landed. Both engines
:11:34. > :11:37.caught fire. Six people died, four passengers and two crew members. Six
:11:38. > :11:40.passengers survived. The initial report found there was a power
:11:41. > :11:45.mismatch between the two engines and that the crew had made a number of
:11:46. > :11:50.bad decisions including underestimating the severity of the
:11:51. > :11:58.weather. What does the report say? Today's report reiterates those
:11:59. > :12:01.points. It finds that the crew was very tired and they continued with
:12:02. > :12:05.their dissent even though they couldn't see where they were trying
:12:06. > :12:09.to land. It finds that the captain reversed engine thrust in flight
:12:10. > :12:15.which is prohibited and it also says the crew had been mis-paired. The
:12:16. > :12:20.Spanish captain had been promoted by a few days and is English copilot
:12:21. > :12:27.had only joined the company a few weeks earlier. There was inadequate
:12:28. > :12:30.command training and also inadequate supervision and oversight of the
:12:31. > :12:39.Spanish chartered operation by the Spanish authorities. Still to come:
:12:40. > :12:55.We are on board HMS Caroline as restoration work begins on that
:12:56. > :13:06.famous piece of maritime history. There is a saying that there is no
:13:07. > :13:14.such thing as bad publicity. But is that true about this play? The Bible
:13:15. > :13:18.abridged has been given the go-ahead. There were claims amidst
:13:19. > :13:25.some unionist councillors that it was blasphemous. Today, the heater
:13:26. > :13:31.box office was very busy and virtually all enquiries were from
:13:32. > :13:40.people wishing to buy tickets. -- theatre. 100 and tickets had been
:13:41. > :13:47.sold for the two performances for today but now it looks like they
:13:48. > :13:51.will be sold out. -- 150. We were told it was not very popular so I am
:13:52. > :14:03.not quite sure why everybody was making the fuss. Now we are almost
:14:04. > :14:12.sold out. The last time we had controversy like this was The Life
:14:13. > :14:20.Of Brian I had to support them because I do not like being told
:14:21. > :14:26.what I can and cannot go to. All the gossip about it made me want to come
:14:27. > :14:34.and see it. It just goes to show the publicity you get trying to have a
:14:35. > :14:40.play band. If you tell people not to do something they are more likely to
:14:41. > :14:46.do it. This applies to all parts of our community. The DUP said people
:14:47. > :14:50.had contacted them with genuine concerns. They also said they
:14:51. > :14:55.believe elected representatives should have a say about what kind of
:14:56. > :15:08.play is put on. If you are a pavement or teacher you must be fed
:15:09. > :15:16.up telling pupils they have to work hard. A County Antrim grammar school
:15:17. > :15:24.has taken a different approach and created a parallel universe. It has
:15:25. > :15:30.pretended this is GCSEs results day and has put students through the joy
:15:31. > :15:39.and trauma they can expect in August. Our reporter was there.
:15:40. > :15:46.Almost 200 GCSEs students are getting their results seven months
:15:47. > :15:51.in advance. This is a novel idea to concentrate their minds. Instead of
:15:52. > :15:59.just handing out results of the mock exams informally this is the full
:16:00. > :16:03.dress rehearsal. They get a pep talk from the rentable and are
:16:04. > :16:07.interviewed by teachers. Have they got good enough grades to stay on or
:16:08. > :16:15.will they have to leave school? This is a dry run but it is a glimpse of
:16:16. > :16:21.reality. For some of the pupils be grades showed they are on track. I
:16:22. > :16:28.got three A stars five Es and to bees, it shows I have done well with
:16:29. > :16:35.my revision. For others it was a rude awakening. I was not too
:16:36. > :16:41.pleased with my results, I know I can do you want better and this has
:16:42. > :16:48.given me the motivation. Why didn't you do better? Not enough revision.
:16:49. > :16:54.There was a significant improvement in percentage terms when we tried
:16:55. > :17:00.this last year. We were delighted with that and felt the sense of
:17:01. > :17:06.motivation. Many parents must be post is telling the teenagers to up
:17:07. > :17:14.their game. This could be the way to get results. It has given my son the
:17:15. > :17:25.blue she needed. The aim is to get them studying hard. No train travel
:17:26. > :17:32.hit a modern-day record last year with almost 13 million journeys.
:17:33. > :17:36.More carriages are being put on at peak times of low it can be a case
:17:37. > :17:42.of standing room only for some passengers. Here is our business
:17:43. > :17:48.correspondent. The train network has never been busier. Significant
:17:49. > :17:53.passenger growth in 2013, some rush-hour trains now six carriages
:17:54. > :18:00.long, twice the normal length, even then, it can be standing room only.
:18:01. > :18:06.I am on the express and not for too long so it is not too bad. There has
:18:07. > :18:14.been a huge difference in terms of comfort. Things like Wi-Fi are very
:18:15. > :18:24.popular. I come from the countryside in. This is how journey numbers
:18:25. > :18:29.stack up. In 2012 the were just over 11 million and last year that
:18:30. > :18:33.increased to just short of 13 million. 20 new trains have gone
:18:34. > :18:40.into service over the past two years and that investment has paid
:18:41. > :18:48.dividends. We now have record levels and it is impressive. It would not
:18:49. > :18:54.compare with what happens in the south of England, decoding, here is
:18:55. > :19:02.some standing but we are we have additional capacity we will put it
:19:03. > :19:09.in place. Enterprise servers also saw some increased passenger use
:19:10. > :19:13.last year and there should be a multi-million pound refurbishment
:19:14. > :19:18.programme for trains secured. Local train fears have been frozen for
:19:19. > :19:25.2014 which, says Stormont, is mainly down to this increase in numbers.
:19:26. > :19:33.Restoration work has finally started to turn the famous World War I
:19:34. > :19:40.fighting ship, HMS Caroline, into a floating museum in Belfast. Millions
:19:41. > :19:46.of pounds will be spent on the conversion. Our reporter has been on
:19:47. > :19:56.board the ship. HMS Caroline is famous because of its involvement in
:19:57. > :20:02.the battle of Jutland in 1914. It has been in Belfast since the 1920s
:20:03. > :20:07.and since then its engines have been taken out and it has been used as a
:20:08. > :20:13.training ship. It has fallen into poor repair since then but it
:20:14. > :20:24.secured money to start fix it up today. The captain is here to tell
:20:25. > :20:29.me more. I is the ship so special? She is the last floating survivor
:20:30. > :20:36.from all those ships that fought in the battle of Jutland almost 100
:20:37. > :20:41.years ago. Tell me about the money and what it will be used for. It
:20:42. > :20:48.will come in different parts, we effectively have the title which is
:20:49. > :20:54.1.1 million from the Memorial fund to save this chip in Belfast. That
:20:55. > :21:03.package is to prevent further wind and water ingress -- ship. We are
:21:04. > :21:11.getting water into some areas of the ship. How confident are you that you
:21:12. > :21:19.will get the 10 million plus that will turn this ship into a fitting
:21:20. > :21:25.museum? I am confident we will get it. You have to be mindful that the
:21:26. > :21:30.lottery expects the quality submission. If we do the work
:21:31. > :21:36.properly I believe we could have a compelling submission to release the
:21:37. > :21:42.money. It is full steam ahead here for this little piece of our
:21:43. > :21:45.maritime history. Last year's Ulster hurling final will at last be played
:21:46. > :21:49.this weekend, six months later than originally scheduled. Here's
:21:50. > :21:53.Stephen. The final between Down and Antrim was meant to be played last
:21:54. > :21:57.July. It's the showpiece occasion of the local hurling season. But
:21:58. > :22:01.rearranging the match has proved to be PR disaster for the sports
:22:02. > :22:06.governing body, the Ulster Council. And it's still not straightforward.
:22:07. > :22:10.In a fixtures farce, Downs players were originally scheduled to be in
:22:11. > :22:15.places for two different matches at the one time. Now they must play
:22:16. > :22:26.twice in 24 hours this weekend. Mark Sidebottom has the story. Hurling in
:22:27. > :22:31.Ulster is stuck in the mud and it is a matter of some conjecture as to
:22:32. > :22:39.whether the sport is sinking or surviving. The 2013 final was to be
:22:40. > :22:47.played last July it was rescheduled for November but that is during the
:22:48. > :22:51.close season and it did not happen. February 22, 2014 was then agreed
:22:52. > :22:59.but County Down had been double booked for that day. It has been
:23:00. > :23:05.devalued almost to the point that it does not matter if it is not played,
:23:06. > :23:09.what does that say to you? If they had played it on the original date
:23:10. > :23:13.this would not have arisen. We need to take a step back now, see what
:23:14. > :23:22.happened and learn from it in the future. It has turned into the
:23:23. > :23:32.ultimate nightmare, the Ulster Council is accused of neglecting the
:23:33. > :23:39.game. The Gaelic players Association has starkly warned this is not good
:23:40. > :23:47.enough. They have to be held accountable here, in the modern era
:23:48. > :23:54.it is not good enough. The games are pivotal to the overall success of
:23:55. > :24:04.the association. That is why we are here today and why we do what we do.
:24:05. > :24:08.The gloss has been taken off this Ulster final. Hopefully the interest
:24:09. > :24:16.generated through the game not being played can be used proactively to
:24:17. > :24:18.ensure this does not happen again. The 2013 and 2014 provincial finals
:24:19. > :24:25.will now be played in the one calendar year and County Down will
:24:26. > :24:30.be forced to play twice in the one weekend. Five years ago this week
:24:31. > :24:33.Rory McIlroy recorded his first ever win as a professional golfer at the
:24:34. > :24:36.Desert Classic. This week he's back at the venue in Dubai with former
:24:37. > :24:44.champions of the tournament to celebrate the events 25th
:24:45. > :24:50.anniversary. This tournament has always been good to me. I had a
:24:51. > :24:55.couple of invites when I was an amateur. I always enjoyed watching
:24:56. > :25:04.it on TV. I will always remember my first win, it is always there shall,
:25:05. > :25:09.first official when, your first is always going to stay with you for
:25:10. > :25:13.the rest of your life. I can basically remember every shot that I
:25:14. > :25:18.plead. Jimmy Callacher has completed his move from Glentoran to Linfield.
:25:19. > :25:20.The defender had signed a pre-contract with Linfield, but the
:25:21. > :25:23.two clubs have now reached a financial agreement, which leaves
:25:24. > :25:34.the 22-year-old free to play for David Jeffrey's side. -- played.
:25:35. > :25:44.Good luck to the Belfast Giants for tonight. Now the weather. It was a
:25:45. > :25:52.case of West was best today. We had some dry weather and sunshine with a
:25:53. > :25:57.picture here of Londonderry. It was a different picture in the east, the
:25:58. > :26:02.rain might not have been so heavy but the fields were sodden. This is
:26:03. > :26:08.how one field in County Antrim looked this morning after another
:26:09. > :26:14.inch of rain fell last night. Eastern counties are closer to the
:26:15. > :26:20.low area. Not too much rain around at the moment but it is likely to
:26:21. > :26:24.get wetter as the night goes on. After midnight and during the early
:26:25. > :26:30.hours the rain in the east will extend further west. They could be a
:26:31. > :26:37.few breaks in the cloud allowing temperatures to get close to two
:26:38. > :26:41.degrees. Generally frost free. Tomorrow morning we will start in
:26:42. > :26:49.the West, there will be some dry weather. Some chilly temperatures
:26:50. > :26:54.for a while. Over towards Belfast, Antrim, down and armour the
:26:55. > :27:02.temperature will pick up. Lots of splashes and water lying around on
:27:03. > :27:06.the roads. It will stay wet through the morning but gradually drying up
:27:07. > :27:12.in a lot of places through the afternoon. County Down perhaps
:27:13. > :27:18.holding onto damp weather for much of the day. A breeze will pick up
:27:19. > :27:24.from the East. Friday night will see the showers die out and temperatures
:27:25. > :27:30.could drop close to freezing. The weather fronts will stay away from
:27:31. > :27:35.us for one day on Thursday, we should see some dry weather but it
:27:36. > :27:39.will feel cold. Writer on Thursday, the rain back for Friday and the
:27:40. > :27:44.weekend and the is already an early warning for that wool stop that's
:27:45. > :27:46.all for now, goodbye.