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Good evening. A West Belfast family have been the | :00:09. | :00:12. | |
victims of a so-called tiger kidnapping. They were held hostage | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
for several hours this morning after an armed man tricked his way into | :00:16. | :00:21. | |
their home. Helen Jones reports. A man December guys as a postman | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
forced his way into a farm home. He produced a gun and got one of the | :00:26. | :00:28. | |
family to go the workplace to get money, while holding the other two | :00:29. | :00:31. | |
hostage. The couple were held until an | :00:32. | :00:35. | |
undisclosed sum of cash was handed over to another member of the gang | :00:36. | :00:41. | |
at a street off the Falls Road. That was round 9.30 this morning. The | :00:42. | :00:45. | |
alarm was raised, all three members of the family were safe but was one | :00:46. | :00:51. | |
examined in hospital I think tiger kidnapping is the most horrendous of | :00:52. | :00:56. | |
crimes. It instils fear in family, with the person who has to leave his | :00:57. | :01:00. | |
family home or her home to go to the place of work to withdraw money and | :01:01. | :01:06. | |
bring it over to the kidnapper, they are unaware of what is happening to | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
their family so they are put under a massive amount of pressure. I think | :01:11. | :01:15. | |
it is wrong, unjust and anybody who has information must come forward to | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
ensure that due process prevails and people are brought before the | :01:20. | :01:22. | |
courts. Police are appealing for information about a man who was seen | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
getting out of a silver car in the street. He handed over a hold all to | :01:27. | :01:34. | |
another man who then walked in the direction of Ivy Street. The police | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
say this is the first in over a year. | :01:39. | :01:42. | |
A man's been in court in Craigavon charged with the murder of the | :01:43. | :01:45. | |
prison officer, David Black. Mr Black, who was a 52-year-old father | :01:46. | :01:49. | |
of two, was shot dead in 2012 as he drove to work at Maghaberry Prison. | :01:50. | :02:00. | |
Gordon Adair was in the court. Shaun McVey arriving at Craigavon court | :02:01. | :02:04. | |
this morn, a short time later he was charged with the murder of Prison | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
Officer David Black, Mr Black died after gunmen pulled alongside his | :02:09. | :02:13. | |
car on the M1, and opened fire. Hitting the officer several types. | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
Shaun McVey was arrested here at his home in Lurgan on Monday. | :02:19. | :02:22. | |
This morning in the dock he nodded twice, the first time to confirm his | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
name, the second time to confirm that he understood the charge, his | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
solicitor said the case against him was based on his purchase of three | :02:32. | :02:37. | |
item, a hat, govs and matches. He outlined the explanation his client | :02:38. | :02:40. | |
had for having the items and asked the prosecution to review the charge | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
of murder. However, a detective told the court the investigation was very | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
much still live, and said it could be three months before a file is | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
with the PPS. Shaun McVey was remanded in custody. | :02:54. | :02:59. | |
As he was led away, a large group of supporters applauded and shouted | :03:00. | :03:02. | |
encouragement. He will appear good afternoon later this month. | :03:03. | :03:05. | |
The police say they're getting tough on the UVF and other criminal gangs | :03:06. | :03:11. | |
in East Belfast. Officers raided a house in the area last night in an | :03:12. | :03:14. | |
operation aimed at tackling organised crime. Our Home Affairs | :03:15. | :03:16. | |
correspondent Vincent Kearney accompanied them. Go, go. A police | :03:17. | :03:32. | |
raid in East Belfast last night. The man the officers were looking for | :03:33. | :03:35. | |
wasn't there. This is part of what the police call | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
operation moor, it has been running for four months and is aimed | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
attackling drug dealing and other criminal activity by members of the | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
UV F and other groups in East Belfast. No arrests were made and no | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
illegal substances or items were found. | :03:54. | :03:56. | |
Politicians in the area have been calling for more visible police, | :03:57. | :04:02. | |
after claims the PSNI was failing to tackle the UV F They have been | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
encouraged. It was important they took the opportunity to show they | :04:07. | :04:09. | |
were prepared to stand with our community against criminals. People | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
in the community have welcomed an increased visible police operation | :04:14. | :04:16. | |
in East Belfast. It is clear people continue to live in fear as well. | :04:17. | :04:23. | |
In addition to drug, police are targeting those involved in | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
extortion, blackmail, selling smuggled cigarette, and running | :04:28. | :04:32. | |
illegal gaming machines. Since early oblt October there have been | :04:33. | :04:36. | |
searches of more than 70 houses and business premise n the past two | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
years there have been round 50 arrest and more than 40 people have | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
been charged or reported to the Public Prosecution Service. The | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
majority have UV F links. The police insist this operation isn't just for | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
the optic, but what they call co-ordinated attrition. To disrupt | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
the activities of those involved in organise crime. The number of | :05:00. | :05:03. | |
convictions in the months ahead will be the ultimate test of its success. | :05:04. | :05:09. | |
The United Nations has accused the Vatican of adopting policies which | :05:10. | :05:12. | |
allowed priests to sexually abuse thousands of children. The UN's | :05:13. | :05:15. | |
watchdog for children's rights said the Roman Catholic Church must | :05:16. | :05:17. | |
immediately remove all clergy known or suspected to be child abusers. It | :05:18. | :05:21. | |
also urged the Pope to launch an investigation into the abuse of | :05:22. | :05:24. | |
girls and young women at Catholic-run workhouses in Ireland. | :05:25. | :05:35. | |
It is not taking the necessary measures to protect and ensure | :05:36. | :05:40. | |
justice for girl, who have arbitrarily placed by their | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
families, state institutions and churches, in the Magdalen laundries | :05:45. | :05:49. | |
of Ireland, run by for congregations of Catholic sisters. | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
A chain of clothing retailers has closed with the loss of around 150 | :05:55. | :05:56. | |
jobs. The Gino NV shops closed last week | :05:57. | :05:59. | |
when a liquidator was appointed to the partnership operating the | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
business. The chain has more than a dozen shops. Many of the jobs are | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
part-time. The supermarket chain Tesco is | :06:09. | :06:10. | |
expanding its network of smaller shops here, taking on the likes of | :06:11. | :06:14. | |
Centra and Spar. It's a response to changing consumer habits, but it | :06:15. | :06:17. | |
means big challenges for local retailers. Our Economics and | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
Business Editor John Campbell reports. So what is it like when | :06:24. | :06:34. | |
Tesco opens up next door? We had a Tesco Express open approximately | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
nine months ago. Ten months ago. Two doors down from us. The first two | :06:40. | :06:45. | |
weeks of that opening was like shock and awe, we were in intensive care | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
for two weeks. Roy runs a Centra shop in South | :06:51. | :06:54. | |
Belfast. There are hundreds of shopkeepers like him, operating | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
these kinds of convenience stores in every town across Northern Ireland. | :06:59. | :07:02. | |
The big supermarkets have long provided some form of competition, | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
but now things are getting even more intense. | :07:08. | :07:10. | |
The way we shop is changing. Increasingly people are doing one | :07:11. | :07:14. | |
big shop online and topping up at the local convenience store. The big | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
supermarket chains are responding to this. Across the UK, they are | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
opening more and more of these smaller convenience stores. | :07:23. | :07:26. | |
In Northern Ireland, that process has only just begun. The vast | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
majority of shops are operated by local retailers, under the Centra, | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
Mace, Spar and Vivo brands, by contrast, Sainsbury's has no small | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
stores here, and the number of Tesco Express is just 16. 36 but that will | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
soon increase, with three more due to open in Belfast. | :07:46. | :07:49. | |
One will be on the site of this former pub. Right next to an | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
existing Co-op. So is Tesco targeting existing | :07:54. | :07:58. | |
businesses? The The company says no, it has brought much-needed jobs and | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
the location is chosen solely on where it thinks they would be | :08:04. | :08:10. | |
the location is chosen solely on Meanwhile, the Centra as managed to | :08:11. | :08:11. | |
claw back about half the trade it lost when Tesco opened. With some | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
customers finding the new arrival wasn't as cheap as they hoped. Other | :08:17. | :08:20. | |
retailers can expect a similar challenge soon. | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
Now hire is the weather. Good evening. The weather is a lot | :08:26. | :08:32. | |
quieter, a lot less stormy tonight. Fairly light winds, dry in many | :08:33. | :08:35. | |
places at the moment but during the early hours showers will move in | :08:36. | :08:39. | |
from the west, so by morning it will be damp again in many place, but no | :08:40. | :08:43. | |
frost or fog. And it will be a brighter day tomorrow, still some | :08:44. | :08:47. | |
showers round, so certainly not rain free, and most of the showers will | :08:48. | :08:50. | |
come through the morning during the rush hour when some will be lively, | :08:51. | :08:54. | |
moving through on a brisk westerly wind. But it will become drier in | :08:55. | :08:58. | |
many places as the day goes on and it is a up many drier day in the | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
Republic of Ireland. Drier for many pars of Britain. Some sharp showers | :09:03. | :09:05. | |
for the west of Scotland but more rain will be moving in to the south | :09:06. | :09:10. | |
and South Wales, an amber warning has been issued by the Met Office, | :09:11. | :09:16. | |
that means be prepared for further flooding, that is valid for the next | :09:17. | :09:19. | |
three days so further flooding to come across southern Britain. | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
So not too bad tomorrow for us, some sunshine, one or two shower, | :09:25. | :09:28. | |
especially in the west and temperatures fairly respectable at | :09:29. | :09:31. | |
seven or eight. A noise day on Friday, although it will be chilly, | :09:32. | :09:34. | |
with frost and ice to begin with, but most places will have sunshine. | :09:35. | :09:39. | |
It is a pause, really before the rain comes back again, the next area | :09:40. | :09:43. | |
of low pressure moving across us, which will bring more wet and windy | :09:44. | :09:47. | |
wetter. We don't have any warnings in force at the moment but it is | :09:48. | :09:51. | |
likely that early warnings will be issued before the weekend. So enjoy | :09:52. | :09:54. | |
the drier, brighter weather over the next couple of days, before it turns | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
wet again this weekend. That is it for now from BBC | :09:59. | :10:01. | |
Newsline. Good night. Last year, True North brought you | :10:02. | :10:10. | |
the personal stories Turns out it was a wee, small, | :10:11. | :10:13. | |
piddly petrol bomb. | :10:14. | :10:19. |