:00:00. > :00:23.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline: A man's in court charged
:00:24. > :00:26.with the murder of prison officer David Black.
:00:27. > :00:31.Police raids target UVF crime in East Belfast.
:00:32. > :00:33.The fraud trial of the former head of Anglo Irish Bank begins in
:00:34. > :00:37.Dublin. The change of focus by Tesco that's
:00:38. > :00:54.making life tough for other smaller stores. The first two weeks it was
:00:55. > :00:58.like we were in intensive care. We hear from Mark Anscombe on life
:00:59. > :00:59.at Ravenhill and why he's signed a new contract extension with Ulster
:01:00. > :01:03.Rugby. And the weather is set to quieten
:01:04. > :01:06.down over the next day or two - but trouble is brewing again for this
:01:07. > :01:10.weekend. I'll be back with the latest.
:01:11. > :01:15.A 33-year-old man's been in court in Craigavon charged with the murder of
:01:16. > :01:19.the prison officer, David Black. Mr Black, who was a 52-year-old father
:01:20. > :01:33.of two, was shot dead in 2012 as he drove to work at Maghaberry Prison.
:01:34. > :01:39.Gordon Adair was in the court. Arriving at court this morning. A
:01:40. > :01:50.short time later he was charged with the murder of prison officer David
:01:51. > :01:58.Black. The accused was arrested on Monday. In the dock he nodded to
:01:59. > :02:05.confirm his name and to confirm that he understood the charges. His
:02:06. > :02:10.solicitor said the case against him was based on the purchase of three
:02:11. > :02:13.items. He then outlined the explanations has client had given
:02:14. > :02:21.for having the items. He asked the prosecution to review the charge of
:02:22. > :02:26.murder. The detective said the case was still life and that could be
:02:27. > :02:35.months before the file was with the CPS. As the accused walked away I
:02:36. > :02:41.could of supporters shouted encouragement -- a crowd of
:02:42. > :02:44.supporters shouted encouragement. The police say they're getting tough
:02:45. > :02:48.on the UVF and other criminal gangs in East Belfast. Officers raided a
:02:49. > :02:52.house in the area last night as an operation aimed at tackling
:02:53. > :02:55.organised crime. Policing activity has been stepped up in recent months
:02:56. > :02:59.- partly in response to criticism following the UVF shooting of a
:03:00. > :03:00.young woman in the area last September. Our Home Affairs
:03:01. > :03:13.Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.
:03:14. > :03:20.A police raid in east Belfast last night. The man the officers were
:03:21. > :03:25.looking for was not there. This is part of a police operation that has
:03:26. > :03:29.been running for four months. It is aimed at tackling drug dealing and
:03:30. > :03:36.other criminal activity like members of the UVF and other groups. No
:03:37. > :03:48.arrests were made and no illegal substances were found.
:03:49. > :03:52.It was important that the police took the opportunity to show that
:03:53. > :03:57.they were prepared to stand with our community against criminals. For too
:03:58. > :04:05.often it was thought that the police were turning a blind eye. People in
:04:06. > :04:09.the community have welcomed an increased visible police operation,
:04:10. > :04:16.but it is clear that many people continue to live in fear as well. We
:04:17. > :04:20.need serious police action that will lead to convictions to encourage
:04:21. > :04:28.people in the community to come forward with information.
:04:29. > :04:38.Police are also targeting those involved in extortion, lack male,
:04:39. > :04:44.illegal taxi operations. -- blackmail.
:04:45. > :04:49.In the past two years there have been 50 arrests and 40 people have
:04:50. > :04:57.been charged or reported. The majority have links with the UVF.
:04:58. > :05:06.Release sources say those being targeted at low level criminals.
:05:07. > :05:16.They are heavily involved in a wide range of crimes, police say. The
:05:17. > :05:23.police insist this is what they call coordinated attrition. The number of
:05:24. > :05:28.convictions in the months ahead will be the test of its success.
:05:29. > :05:30.A United Nations report criticising the Vatican's response to child
:05:31. > :05:33.abuse allegations has singled out industrial schools and workhouses
:05:34. > :05:41.run by Catholic religious orders in Ireland. The Committee on the Rights
:05:42. > :05:44.of the Child said the Church had not yet taken measures to prevent a
:05:45. > :05:46.repeat of cases such as the Magdalene Launderies scandal where,
:05:47. > :05:53.it said, girls were arbitrarily placed in conditions of forced
:05:54. > :05:58.labour. This is a major report but not a lot
:05:59. > :06:05.of detail people would not be aware of. There is nothing that will
:06:06. > :06:11.particularly surprised people. This is the Committee on the Rights
:06:12. > :06:16.of the Child. They interviewed senior Vatican officials last month.
:06:17. > :06:25.They say the Vatican has not acknowledged the true extent of the
:06:26. > :06:34.crimes committed against children. They referred to the Magdalene
:06:35. > :06:38.Laundries and industrial schools. They said the Church has to do more
:06:39. > :06:45.to ensure that the mistakes of the past to not happen again. The
:06:46. > :06:49.Vatican has said it will examine the findings.
:06:50. > :06:57.It denied any idea of an official cover-up. It says it reiterates its
:06:58. > :07:11.commitment to defending the rights of the child.
:07:12. > :07:14.The Health Minister Edwin Poots has ordered a review of services at the
:07:15. > :07:17.Royal Victoria Hospital. The review will be carried out by the
:07:18. > :07:24.Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority. It follows a major
:07:25. > :07:27.incident in the hospital's Accident and Emergency department last month.
:07:28. > :07:31.An external expert team will take part in the review and there will be
:07:32. > :07:35.inspections across the RVH site. News of the review emerged in the
:07:36. > :07:47.form of a letter sent by Edwin Poots to the Assembly's Health Committee.
:07:48. > :07:50.The former chairman and chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank has
:07:51. > :08:07.gone on trial on fraud charges along with two former senior executives.
:08:08. > :08:10.Sean Fitzpatrick is charged with providing unlawful financial
:08:11. > :08:19.assistance to 16 people to buy shares in the former bank.
:08:20. > :08:29.The prosecution opened its case. It said that Patrick Whelan was
:08:30. > :08:46.involved and Willie McAteer less so. There was the history of Anglo Irish
:08:47. > :08:55.Bank around the time of 2008. There was a two billion Euro gamble that
:08:56. > :09:01.went wrong. In 2008 the prosecution said that the bank illegally lent
:09:02. > :09:16.625 million euros to 16 individuals. This was to stabilise
:09:17. > :09:22.the bank. Lawyers for two of the accused said that there would be
:09:23. > :09:30.some admissions during the trial. How long will the trial last?
:09:31. > :09:34.It is expected to last at least three months. Each of the 16 charges
:09:35. > :09:49.carries a maximum sentence of two years in jail. Sean Quinn senior may
:09:50. > :09:53.be a early as tomorrow. A chain of clothing retailers has
:09:54. > :10:02.closed with the loss of around 150 jobs. The Gino NV shops closed last
:10:03. > :10:05.week when a liquidator was appointed to the partnership operating the
:10:06. > :10:09.business. The chain has more than a dozen shops. Many of the jobs are
:10:10. > :10:12.part-time. And when it comes to household groceries, there's a new
:10:13. > :10:14.front-line in the battle for the pound in your pocket. The
:10:15. > :10:18.supermarket chain Tesco is expanding its network of smaller shops here,
:10:19. > :10:21.taking on the likes of Centra and Spar. It's a response to changing
:10:22. > :10:24.consumer habits - but it means big challenges for local retailers. Our
:10:25. > :10:30.Economics and Business Editor John Campbell reports.
:10:31. > :10:40.What is it like when Tesco opens up next door? We have had a Tesco
:10:41. > :10:49.approximately nine months ago. The first two weeks of that opening was
:10:50. > :10:54.like we were in intensive care. This man runs a Centra shop. There are
:10:55. > :11:04.hundreds of shopkeepers like Ken operating these kinds of convenience
:11:05. > :11:06.stores. The big supermarkets have long provided some kind of
:11:07. > :11:13.competition but now things are getting more intense. The way we
:11:14. > :11:16.shop is changing. People are doing a shop online and topping up at a
:11:17. > :11:21.convenience store. The big supermarket chains are responding.
:11:22. > :11:26.They are opening more of these smaller convenience stores. That
:11:27. > :11:33.process has only just begun in Northern Ireland. The bass majority
:11:34. > :11:35.of shops are operated by local retailers under brands such as Spar
:11:36. > :12:06.and Centra. former pup right next to an existing
:12:07. > :12:09.convenience store. -- a former pup. Is there a match that existing shop
:12:10. > :12:18.owners can do in response to a retail giant? It does it pressure on
:12:19. > :12:23.those type of retailers. Some of the retailers have been here for a
:12:24. > :12:32.general election -- have been here for generations.
:12:33. > :12:36.Meanwhile this Centra has managed to claw back half the trade it lost
:12:37. > :12:42.when Tesco opens. Some customers find the new arrival was not as
:12:43. > :12:46.cheap as they had hoped. Other retailers expect a similar challenge
:12:47. > :12:49.soon. In just a few moments on the
:12:50. > :12:52.programme we'll be hearing about how High Street travel agents are
:12:53. > :12:55.adapting to the digital world. One third of the local workforce
:12:56. > :12:59.will enter retirement on a watered down pension, thanks to a vote taken
:13:00. > :13:03.by a majority of our MLAs. Those impacted all work in the public
:13:04. > :13:06.sector. But did Stormont really have any room for manoeuvre? Our business
:13:07. > :13:18.correspondent Julian O'Neill is here.
:13:19. > :13:24.Who is affected? This is bad news. We are talking about 250,000 public
:13:25. > :13:31.sector employees. Teachers, health care workers, civil servants, many
:13:32. > :13:39.of whom, their unions will contend, will be working later in life and
:13:40. > :13:45.will be worse off. Staff will not be able to get their hands on their
:13:46. > :13:49.pensions until they reach 65. Currently they can get access to
:13:50. > :13:56.their pensions when they reach 60. The other major change is what they
:13:57. > :14:05.will be entitled to. That will alter from a calculation based on final
:14:06. > :14:10.salary, to a calculation based on average earnings over their entire
:14:11. > :14:13.working lifetime. Unless amounts. But the status quo could have been
:14:14. > :14:20.maintained, but that came at a cost? That is correct.
:14:21. > :14:51.They have brought public sector employees into wine with changes
:14:52. > :15:01.elsewhere in the UK. -- into line. 77 in favour in Stormont last
:15:02. > :15:04.night. Few organisations are the trade unions saying match today.
:15:05. > :15:13.There is a sense of inevitability about this. Around half those who
:15:14. > :15:17.work in the private sector do not have any work pensions at all. The
:15:18. > :15:25.unions would say that is not their fault.
:15:26. > :15:33.Plenty still to come, including: The identical twins who got identical
:15:34. > :15:37.marks in their transfer test. The rise of the internet has created
:15:38. > :15:42.both winners and losers in business, as more and more of us spend money
:15:43. > :15:46.on line, traditional firms have had to reassess their business models.
:15:47. > :15:50.Last night we looked at how weekly newspapers were coping with the pace
:15:51. > :15:54.of change, tonight, Helen has been examined how travel agents have had
:15:55. > :15:59.to adapt to the challenge of the digital economy.
:16:00. > :16:03.An ever changing landscape, the height street. At the peak there
:16:04. > :16:07.were 200 travel age is sis in Northern Ireland. Now there are just
:16:08. > :16:11.80 and it is not just here. The industry has taken a hit across the
:16:12. > :16:16.word. When was the last time somebody went to a bank teller, or
:16:17. > :16:21.used a travel agent instead of going on line? A lot of jobs that used to
:16:22. > :16:26.be out there requiring people now have become automated. The industry
:16:27. > :16:30.says the rise of technology happened as the economy nose die dived.
:16:31. > :16:36.Recession had a lot to do with it. At that time when the new technology
:16:37. > :16:39.has changed. Companies had to decide whether they going to invest in
:16:40. > :16:44.businesses which meant putting more money in, some were not able to
:16:45. > :16:49.accept the new technologies. This family run travel agency has
:16:50. > :16:53.embraced the changes but the premise of the business hasn't changed We
:16:54. > :16:58.keep abreast of everything. We are travelling ourself, so therefore we
:16:59. > :17:02.are keeping in touch of every on a first time basis as opposed to
:17:03. > :17:07.reading it off a sheet or reading it off the internet. The internet has
:17:08. > :17:14.provided rail real choice for the travel consumer. Some prefer to do
:17:15. > :17:19.it for themselves. It was about ?700 cheaper and that was all inclusive.
:17:20. > :17:28.I am be myself so it didn't cost that much. Others are a bit more
:17:29. > :17:33.reticent I am one of the elder statesmen whose enough few's
:17:34. > :17:38.daughter will say to her mummy, uncle David can't work the mouse.
:17:39. > :17:43.Then there is the naysayer: I am not into computers. I would get somebody
:17:44. > :17:47.else to do it. Here is a woman who does exactly that. She is a travel
:17:48. > :17:52.councillor who works from home. People are working a lot longer
:17:53. > :17:58.hour, they are sort of wanting to see more for their money, being a
:17:59. > :18:02.homeworker I can offer that a bit more because I can be there as a
:18:03. > :18:06.time that suits then. While technology has driven the changes it
:18:07. > :18:14.took a natural disaster to bring the customers back.
:18:15. > :18:18.I find we are probably tend to be getting more popular due the fact
:18:19. > :18:22.there as been a lot of problems regarding travel, with some
:18:23. > :18:25.companies going into liquidation, volcanic ash, strike, different
:18:26. > :18:28.things like this happening, so people that want the security
:18:29. > :18:33.actually of having someone face to face they can speak to and rely on
:18:34. > :18:37.and come back to. Natural disasters not withstanding, it appears travel
:18:38. > :18:45.agencies and the internet can co-exist.
:18:46. > :18:51.Now to a remarkable story. Identicals twins in east Belfast
:18:52. > :18:56.scored identical marks in the transfer test. Abbey and Aimee
:18:57. > :18:57.Connor were among the highest marks in Northern Ireland.
:18:58. > :19:10.We went to meet them. # Never had to have a chaperone, no
:19:11. > :19:17.sir # I'm there to keep my eye on her. #
:19:18. > :19:24.How did you feel getting the same mark, exactly the same mark as your
:19:25. > :19:29.sister? Freaked out. Comely freaked out. It was nerve wracking and
:19:30. > :19:34.scary, he opened hers first and said 120. I said that is goings to be
:19:35. > :19:39.hard to beat but I got the same so it is all right. What do you think?
:19:40. > :19:43.We are always saying the same thing at the exact same time and we always
:19:44. > :19:46.like think the exact same thing. It is clear you are happy about what
:19:47. > :19:50.happened. What about your mum and dad? Were they relieved? . Our dad
:19:51. > :19:54.was nervous, thinking would we get the same. We would have to have a
:19:55. > :20:01.point of a difference, because I take it to heart. So is it nice you
:20:02. > :20:11.got if same marks? Yes, I was really happy. What do you think? The same.
:20:12. > :20:15.# Sisters, sisters # There were never such devoted
:20:16. > :20:19.sisters. # They do most things together. They
:20:20. > :20:22.didn't have identical scores and work throughout, so it is nice on
:20:23. > :20:25.the day, when it has been the important mark, that it was the
:20:26. > :20:31.same. Right, it is time to see whether
:20:32. > :20:41.Abbey and Aimee are identical in every way. I want you both to write
:20:42. > :20:45.down a number between one and ten. Show me your answer. Nine. Oh, that
:20:46. > :20:49.is freaky. That really is freaky. We didn't
:20:50. > :20:58.rehearse this. No. No matter what they do, it seems
:20:59. > :21:00.they get the same score. And two nice identical smiles as
:21:01. > :21:04.well. Now it was one of the musical
:21:05. > :21:10.highlights of the UK City of Culture year, and this year, The Voice Voyce
:21:11. > :21:18.returns to Londonderry as part of Music City 2014. Up to 1,000
:21:19. > :21:25.performer will be in shrubs schools and cafes as it becomes a music
:21:26. > :21:37.city. Finishing touches were put in place for the return of the Other
:21:38. > :21:41.Voices Festival. Paul Flowers like last year, it will run over four
:21:42. > :21:48.nights in the former church, and will showcase a diverse range of
:21:49. > :21:53.talent. There was a significant investment made, in this Capital of
:21:54. > :21:58.Culture operation. You know, it would be a shame, a pity, and a
:21:59. > :22:02.terrible thing, if the shutter had come Cowen.
:22:03. > :22:09.-- come down. # He walks away, the sun goes down,
:22:10. > :22:13.he takes the day. # Other Voices started in Dingle more
:22:14. > :22:19.than ten years ago. In the intermat setting of a
:22:20. > :22:27.200-year-old church just 80 people gathered to hear merging talent. Amy
:22:28. > :22:31.Winehouse performed there. The music won't be confined to this old
:22:32. > :22:36.church. The music trail is being extended this year, so expect to see
:22:37. > :22:40.and hear about 1,000 musicians playing in pub, clubs and
:22:41. > :22:48.restaurant, local school, and community centres. .
:22:49. > :22:51.Time now for sport, Thomas is here, the Ulster rugby coach is here to
:22:52. > :22:55.stay for a while long. It is looking that way. Mark Anscombe signed a new
:22:56. > :23:02.one year contract extension, which will keep him as coach until summer
:23:03. > :23:08.of 2015, at least. And the popular Kiwi hasn't ruled out the
:23:09. > :23:13.possibility of staying on longer. A home quarter-final in the hundred
:23:14. > :23:17.and in the top four of the Pro12 Ulster rugby are flying high, so
:23:18. > :23:24.perhaps no surprise coach Mark Anscombe will extend his stay into a
:23:25. > :23:28.third season. I don't normally look as it, that is the care, being age
:23:29. > :23:34.to fulfil that, and you know, it is a time that will allows you to sort
:23:35. > :23:38.of, implant your style and way, and mean, and programmes into an
:23:39. > :23:42.organisation and also, you know, from a personal point of view it
:23:43. > :23:47.gives us a time to assess from a family point of view, it if it is
:23:48. > :23:50.the right place to be. We come from the other side of the world. It is a
:23:51. > :23:54.big move. With family you have got a daughter over here, but two of the
:23:55. > :23:58.others are back home, so it would be a good time to be assessing it and
:23:59. > :24:03.saying what is the next move? It maybe to stay. He insisting staying
:24:04. > :24:07.beyond town 15 will only happen if it is right for him and Ulster
:24:08. > :24:12.rugby. However was the new deal dependent on achieving a home
:24:13. > :24:16.quarter-final in the European Cup? Not at all. We had been talking well
:24:17. > :24:19.before then, I think sometimes it is the easy way of looking at it, to
:24:20. > :24:23.say you have to get the quarter-final at home to get, that
:24:24. > :24:28.is not the case at all, we had been talking well before then. A new
:24:29. > :24:31.stadium, a new contract, attention now turns towards delivering success
:24:32. > :24:36.on the pitch. There was disappointing for two
:24:37. > :24:41.Belfast teams in the Sigerson Cup. Queens are out of the inter-Varsity
:24:42. > :24:46.competition after a shock four point defeat by Galway-Mayo IT. St Mary's
:24:47. > :24:51.lost by a single point to Dublin IT. Cliftonville are back on top of the
:24:52. > :24:56.Danske Bank Premiership thanks to an aware win at Ballymena United.
:24:57. > :25:02.Coleraine and Ballinamallard drew on a night when referees were
:25:03. > :25:08.criticised. Having lost the play other of the year in the match
:25:09. > :25:15.Cliftonville went one down. It didn't take long for Fortunes to
:25:16. > :25:20.change. The visitors were awarded a penalty, when Taylor was adjudged to
:25:21. > :25:24.have fouled Joe Gormley. The defender was given a straight red
:25:25. > :25:31.card, the Ballymena United manager felt the referee got it wrong Are
:25:32. > :25:35.they beyond criticism? In my opinion they don't stand up to be counted. I
:25:36. > :25:41.am infuriated with it, we were really in the game, had hold on our
:25:42. > :25:47.own, playing well. The official stood ofs his decision post match.
:25:48. > :25:52.Joe Gormley made no mistake from the resulting penty before Martin
:25:53. > :25:58.Donnelly added a third to make shoe of the points. There was more drovb
:25:59. > :26:02.si at the Coll lain Showground. The visitors were reduced to ten men
:26:03. > :26:08.when cig Hail was given his second yellow card for an alleged
:26:09. > :26:13.deliberate handball. -- Craig Haul. Coleraine equalised
:26:14. > :26:17.when this shot was deflected in. There were no more goals but one
:26:18. > :26:34.additional sending off. The football season has come alive.
:26:35. > :26:39.It has. Now, it was wild and windy again today, and there were some
:26:40. > :26:44.high tides. Look at these pictures taken. As you can see the conditions
:26:45. > :26:52.were copy but thankfully not as dramatic as we have seen elsewhere,
:26:53. > :26:58.or even in recent day, but, the coastline was taking a battering
:26:59. > :27:03.over the last week or so. Is there any sign to this bad
:27:04. > :27:06.weather disappearing for a while? It seems to be set on a course of one
:27:07. > :27:10.last night tinge depression after another. In fact behind you you will
:27:11. > :27:14.see the area of low pressure that brought last night's heavy rain and
:27:15. > :27:17.strong winds. It is more or less sitting on Northern Ireland at the
:27:18. > :27:21.moment, so winds are light, just now, it will pull away from us and
:27:22. > :27:25.move into the North Sea in the next 12 hours or so, so a bit of breeze
:27:26. > :27:30.picking up tonight, but things are looking quieter, the next area of
:27:31. > :27:33.heavy rain moving into the south, but it should miss the Republic of
:27:34. > :27:39.Ireland, so some respite in the next 24 hourses or so, this is how the
:27:40. > :27:42.radar look, so if you are out and about there will be showeringst
:27:43. > :27:45.round but few and far between until midnight. Then they will rush in
:27:46. > :27:49.from the west as the breeze starts to pick up. So overall tomorrow is a
:27:50. > :27:56.better day, certainly a brighter day, but not completely rain free.
:27:57. > :28:01.There will be some showers round. Some could be sharp through the rush
:28:02. > :28:04.hour, some heavy ones perhaps over parts of Londonderry, but you will
:28:05. > :28:08.notice from the temperatures the at 8.00, that there will be no frost of
:28:09. > :28:14.ice round or fog round as well. And the best weather will be over parts
:28:15. > :28:18.of County Down and into parts of Antrim too. So some sunshine coming
:28:19. > :28:21.through, light winds and temperatures respectable at seven or
:28:22. > :28:25.eight degree, it shouldn't feel too bad at all. Tomorrow night, there
:28:26. > :28:29.will be a few showers but it will turn colder, with frost and ice
:28:30. > :28:35.forming, so on Friday morning, there could be frost round, some ice, but
:28:36. > :28:39.not a bad day again, a bit chilly but sunshine, so tomorrow and
:28:40. > :28:43.Friday, looking fairly quiet, the weather pauses if the like but only
:28:44. > :28:47.until it gets more energy and the next area of low pressure moves in
:28:48. > :28:52.for this coming weekend. We have no warnings out at the moment but of
:28:53. > :28:56.course BBC Newsline will keep you up-to-date because more wet and
:28:57. > :29:01.windy weather is expected. You said sunshine twice, that is good. The
:29:02. > :29:03.late summary is at 10.25. See you then. Good night.