14/02/2014 BBC Newsline

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Newsline. The veteran who played his own part

in the war story which is making the headlines today.

Irish league football mourns the passing of its all time record goal

scorer Jimmy Jones. And after the mix of rain, snow and

gales from today's storm we must be due some drier weather, I'll be back

with the weekend forecast. A man from Newry says he is going

through a re-occurring nightmare. His nephew has died after being hit

by a car in San Francisco. His son was killed in similar circumstances,

also in the United States. Paul Lambert, who was 35, was knocked

down on Wednesday morning. His cousin was killed by a hit and run

driver eight months ago. Our reporter, Nicola Weir, has been

speaking to the family. This is where Paul Lambert was

knocked down. Hit as he crossed the road with friends after buying a

sandwich. American news station ABC covered the story. Investigating an

overnight crash which left a pedestrian dead on the edge of

Pacific Heights. Paul had been working for a charity intemperance

is go and had been due to return to his job as a translator in Madrid

next year. He was reaching the halfway point, where they would have

been a break, a speeding car came round the corner and struck him. At

the moment it is kind of unreal. We are really stunned. And until we get

his body home, it is unreal. It is the second tragedy to hit the

family. Paul's cousin, Kevin Bell, was hit by a hit-and-run driver

outside his apartment in New York in June. Kevin was out on a night,

returning home, outside his apartment. Getting out of the taxi,

and again, a speeding car hit him and drove on. It has happened twice

now. It is terrible. The cousins at -- the cousins attended the school

in Newry. I am sure they are in shock, having gone through this

once, they have to go through this second time with someone so loved by

them all. His body is expected to be brought home on Monday.

A man from south Belfast has been jailed for killing a pedestrian in

the city two years ago. Steven McManus who is 24 and from Breda

Park pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. His car struck

25-year-old Niall Harrigan on Cromac Street in May 2012. The driver was

sentenced to three and a half years in prison, half of which he will

spend on probation. He was disqualified from driving for three

years. A woman has been hurt in a crash

involving two cars near Rasharkin in County Antrim. The collision was at

Craig's Road this afternoon. The police say the woman's injuries are

not life threatening. Driving conditions because of snow

and rain have been appalling today. Kevin Sharkey's report begins with

that crash near Rasharkin. A car and a home damaged as drivers

struggled with the worsening weather. The police have been urging

care and caution on the roads. This crash happened after two cars

collided. Elsewhere, one of the high ground commuter routes in Northern

Ireland and today, high risk route. Through the day, drivers having to

take their time along the main road to Belfast. Police having to warn

motorists to drive with care. Then this evening, conditions worsened

and the police closed the road for a time. It is open again but is only

possible with extreme care. Arctic conditions as well towards the north

coast all day. The road to Coleraine causing problems. In Belfast, more

difficult conditions on the roads, rain the problem here. Throughout

the afternoon, the constant downpour taking its toll. And heading towards

the end of week in rush hour, slow traffic and long tailbacks.

Disruption was not confined to the roads. Ulster rugby players had an

anxious afternoon waiting to see if there pro 12 match against scarlet

to go ahead. But the rain kept coming and in the end, underfoot

conditions were too dangerous and the game was proposed. -- postponed.

And we'll have the latest weather forecast from Cecilia Daly at the

end of the programme. A 39-year-old former bank employee

has been questioned by police investigating what is believed to be

a bogus investment and currency scheme. The woman was arrested

yesterday on suspicion of fraud and money-laundering offences which are

understood to have occurred mainly in west Belfast. The police say they

may have also taken place elsewhere in Northern Ireland. The woman has

been released on bail pending further enquiries.

A charity that focuses on mental health and learning difficulties has

been told it can no longer use the grounds of Hillsborough Castle for

its market garden and coffee shop. Praxis Care says if it has to

vacate, it wants to be compensated for the nearly ?500,000 investment

it says it has made there. Kevin Magee reports.

Dennis is one of 16 people with learning difficulties who work at

the garden centre and copy shop run by the mental health charity Praxis

Care at Hillsborough Castle. But because the new organisation has

been appointed to run the estate, the Northern Ireland office has told

the charity it has to leave. A decision which Praxis Care says will

have a huge impact on those who work there. The opportunities for adults

with learning disabilities are extremely limited. I would worry

that if our trainees did not have this, it would be very difficult to

find a similar setting. I feel very devastated, especially for the

trainees and staff who have invested so much time and effort developing

the site. It is gutting, I cannot believe it has come to this. Since

being given the use of the walled garden nine years ago, the charity

says it has invested heavily in the five acre site, spending more than

?400,000 of its own funds. Setting up a copy shop, developing the

garden, and fixing up the greenhouses. The issue for the

moment is that we are negotiating with the Northern Ireland office,

clearly, for firstly, to see if it is possible to retain the surface on

the grounds of Hillsborough Castle. And if that is not possible, we

would require financial compensation for the investment so we could

replicate it somewhere else. The castle is the Queens residents in

Northern Ireland and is run by the end I owe, but it says change is

inevitable -- run by the NIO. It's described its decision for Praxis

Care to leave as an part of it planned to develop the castle. It

said it has believed it has given Praxis Care ample time to find

somewhere else to go since it told them about this year ago. New body

appointed to run the historic palace also declined to be interviewed.

This afternoon, the National -- the Northern Ireland office said it

would not be compensating the charity.

The BBC has learned the Stormont Executive is planning to set up a

crisis fund for foreign nationals. The scheme will help people from

abroad who are suffering from the effects of poverty. Chris Page has

been investigating why the need is there.

Far from home, these men know a little goes a long way. At the

offices of the group helping refugees and asylum seekers, they

are making up the weekly food parcels. They believe these made a

critical difference to those most in need. You may be fine on the street

everywhere, because you have people take them into their house, some

churches or hostels will give them a place to stay. But there is no

support from government. Charities working with asylum seekers sate it

is a myth that they are here to take advantage of the welfare system. The

idea of the welfare state, they do not even comprehend it. What they do

find here is a lot of support from charities and support groups that

make their lives bearable. Norma can testify to the kindness of

strangers. With no permission to work, she volunteers at this cafe in

South Belfast. My rent has been paid by my friends. People like Norma

rely on goodwill. More government help it on way. The executive is

planning to set up a crisis fund for foreign nationals. This is not what

a threat refugees and asylum seekers, -- this is not for just

refugees and asylum seekers, but others who have come from abroad and

found themselves in hardship. Officials are working out the

details like how people will qualify and hope it will be up and running

in the next few months. The Red Cross was involved in the pilot

version of the fund a few years ago. It quite a small amount of money to

get people over the west of their hardship. -- it provides. Asylum

seekers, refugees and other migrants are often at the extreme end of the

poverty spectrum. And extra support will mean a lot.

A documentary on BBC Radio Ulster this weekend is focusing on refugees

and asylum seekers whose stories are rarely heard. The programme called

Nowhere to Go will be on Sunday at 1.30pm and Talkback will also be

looking at the issue from Monday at noon.

Students at a college in County Tyrone are expecting to leave school

with better job prospects thanks to a state of the art engineering

suite. This week on the programme we've been looking at how industries

are collaborating with schools preparing them for the workplace.

This evening's report is from Francis Gorman.

St Josephs Island, a classroom with a difference. From year eight

onwards, students can learn engineering. More importantly, they

can get hands-on experience with machines similar to those operated

by local companies. With this sort of CV, we will have any great

advantage because any engineering firm will look at it and think, he

will be able to get on straightaway. It will be brilliant if I ever go

for a job in engineering, I know how to use all the minute -- machines.

The school says it is the first engineering and technology suite of

its type here. There are so many jobs in engineering around this

area. So many involved in the engineering companies, it is not

just engineering based. We are trying to do something here which

let our students know how many types of careers that are within the local

community. Local business bosses attending the launch were impressed

with the new facilities. They say it will fill job vacancies in the

county. I personally see it as a cute advantage. For people to come

with the right skill sets which are aligned to what people need, it is a

huge stepping stone. -- I personally see it as a huge advantage.

Experience here might improve the chances of some of these students

getting work closer to home. A year ago, the Sinn Fein leader

Gerry Adams took to Twitter. The Internet facility which allows

anyone to send messages to the world in seconds. His tweets were not

quite what expected. We report on what people make of the Sinn Fein

leader and his tweets. He may not be the perfect speaker, but he can

deliver a message, one of the reasons that Gerry Adams has

remained in the top of Sinn Fein to so long.

I do my best to promulgate the Sinn Fein message. To the old the

message. -- build the message. The thing is, since he has been in

Twitter, he has been sending some strange things, in his tweets.

Images of ducks, puns, and food is another favourite. Or the Indians,

as he likes to call it. There is his dog -- or din-dins, as he likes to

call it. There are pictures of his dog. I think he is somewhere between

quirky and barking, his persona on Twitter. I find it quite an

attractive thing to see, at half do admit. Perhaps that is the point,

say some, to create a softer image for the leader from Belfast whose

IRA past, despite denials, is problematic for some voters in the

Republic. He can be dismissed, it can be dismissed as an attempt to

create a different persona, try to come across as cute and whimsical,

and I do not adhere strictly -- succeeding, I think people see it as

quite bizarre. It is certainly a different side to Gerry Adams who is

often defined by his role in the Troubles. As the Sinn Fein, it has a

reputation for tightly controlling its message. Perhaps that is why

Gerry Adams appears to like Twitter so much. It is outside editorial

control. Also, the short -- Sinn Fein thought police! It is just a

bit of craic He loves teddy bears, collects

I have spoken to some victims in Northern Ireland who do not take

quite so kindly to these politicians taking to Twitter in this regard.

Despite the public accolades, some Republicans who privately question

the wisdom of Gerry Adams' tweets. When George Clooney's new movie,

called The Monuments Men, opens in Belfast tonight, among those in the

audience will be a man from the east of the city who played a part in

this war story - not in the film but real-life events. BBC Newsline's

Mervyn Jess has been talking to the former US soldier from Belfast.

And so was born in New York but brought up in Belfast. When America

entered the Second World War he joined the US Army, fighting his way

through France and Germany to Austria. It was here near Salzburg

that he found himself deep inside a salt mine handling a Nazi treasure

trove of stolen artworks. A, and crates were stacked up. We

were told they were Hermann Goring's treasures that he had taken

from different cities, from museums and one thing and another.

That little-known episode of the war has now been made into a movie

starring and directed by George Clooney.

We have been tasked with finding and protecting of over 5 million pieces

of stolen artworks. They said there was our treasures

stolen from different places. But not on your shift? Not all are

shift, no. This mission is never designed to

succeed. If they were honest, they would tell us that. Who would tell

us that with this many people dying, who cares about art.

Millions of pounds and dollars worth of stuff, and didn't know anything

about it. It must've been money's worth! But was the only part I had

with the art treasures, shifting them from the salt mines onto the

trucks. Taking them back to the rightful owners, you know.

Veterinary will cast a critical eye over how Hollywood depicts what

happened all those years ago in Austria.

Valentine's Day is traditionally for couples, and tonight there'll be

many a romantic meal for two. But do single people have to feel left out?

Well, BBC Newsline's cupid reporter Rick Faragher goes in search of an

answer. There's been something in the air

across Northern Ireland today, it's been impossible to avoid the

reminders. But not everyone is feeling the love this Valentine's

Day. What about those facing the prospect of dinner for one?

Everyday single day, Valentine's Day is just for couples. And just trying

to think of something to do. All the flowers and present, and all

loved up! For some, it seems times are

changing, and this doesn't necessarily bring the doom and gloom

it once did. Is becoming more popular for singles, people don't

necessarily want to do couple things, it's becoming more expensive

to do things on Valentine 's night, they just want to go out, have a

beer meats some new people and do something different.

Side can still be tough, but professionals think that state of

mind makes all the difference. People can be single all their lives

and be perfectly happy, and it's evident normal. Maybe it's time to

put out a couple of valentines cards, but it's certainly not a time

to worry if you're not in a relationship.

If you're thinking of a statement, but the more traditional means? Is

chivalry debt, or other traditional means still the best?

Nothing says I Love you like a red rose. I've delivered flowers on

Valentine's Day, and to see the face of a girl who doesn't normally

receive flowers, and for the first time they have a big bunch of roses,

it is release something special. While the couples either celebrate,

singles need not worry. It seems Valentine's Day has opened its arms

to the lonely hearts club. You know it's really wet and windy

when a rugby game has been called off. Mark Sidebottom is here - no

action at Ravenhill tonight, but when is Ulster against the Scarlets

likely to be played? Well, Donna, it won't be this

weekend - as if the weather isn't bad enough Cupid has intervened. It

being Valentine's night, many Belfast hotels were busy, so the

Scarlets opted to charter a flight and are due to fly home this evening

- March 14th is being discussed as a possible date. That has yet to be

confirmed. Here's Ulster's chief executive, Shane Logan.

Very unfortunate, we don't remember a game having been cancelled in this

last 30 or 40 years. It is the referee's call as likely he made an

error call a surreal but everybody will have had a chance not to set

out and everybody will be back in the game is eventually replayed in

March. Mark, Irish football has lost a true

great. Yes, Jimmy Jones has died at age of 85. He was the Irish league's

all-time record goal scorer but is remembered for having his leg broken

in one of its most notorious incidents. Thomas Kane's report

begins with some international action.

Jimmy Jones pizzas man, one all! Jimmy Jones was a natural born

goal-scorer. He found the net once during his three international caps,

but scored for fun in the Irish league.

Those whose Jimmy Jones would say he had no equal, he had a philosophy

of, give me the ball, and I will put it in the net. He had a career

record of something like 150 goals. But with Celtic he must lost his leg

following the now notorious match. A player was injured in a tackle

with Jones and were subsequently announced he broke his ankle. At the

full-time whistle, there was an invasion by section of the support,

and unfortunately for Jimmy Jones he was made gather for this point in

the ground, he was isolated and unable to get off the page with his

team-mates, and he was chased onto the terracing with his leg was

severely damaged and broken. Against all odds he recovered, and

after a spell with Fulham, returned home to spend a decade in the Irish

league. He was top scorer for ten consecutive seasons. The funeral of

one of the ball's grades will take place tomorrow morning.

Jimmy Jones who has died aged 85. Ulster football champions

Ballinderry play Dublin side St Vincent's tomorrow in Newry, At

stake is a place in the Saint Patrick's Day All Ireland Club

Final. Thomas Niblock has been to meet the manager who likes to muck

in the managerial record of this man is

staggering. He has won a championship with every team every

year he has managed, nine in total. What's most remarkable is that he is

achieving the success of his home club, Ballinderry.

It means of adding. Around here, it means of adding. Around here,

dissolvable bid talk about it day and night. In a bigger area they

would be maybe scattered, but we're so close there are only 350

families, and the football field is the centre of attention. After Mass

on Sunday! What is so special about the

Ballinderry farmer eyes-mac. He will do whatever to win a game,

he has done some crazy moves, but he has the passion and he brings it out

in the players. I was brought up with that, it was

probably bred through me, my father and grandfather played, I'm only

listening to what I've been told, but my grandfather years ago the

football pitch was out behind us and there only was one bowl, and

Ballinderry was getting beaten, and the ball disappeared! That was how

passionate he was, I must have taken it from him.

Do you expect Alan Derrey to be in another final come St Patrick's

Day? Does no point me being here if I

don't believe that. I believe we can, I know that St Vincent are

strong, but every time the bar raises, we seemed is along with it.

Everyone and everything in Ballinderry will be hoping the

same. And much of the livestock will get

fed. We concentrated on the full driving

conditions earlier, one woman sent a treat to say that she spent two

hours trying to get to the Ulster match only to find out that it has

been postponed. Police are advising people to be extra careful this

evening and we are also hearing about flooding under the railway

bridge at Temple Patrick on the Arthur Max six, -- A six.

It has been horrendous today, absolutely atrocious weather. Yet

another vigorous area of low pressure. This huge mass of cloud,

that is what has brought the heavy rain, the flooding, the gales and

the snow. We have a heavy rain warning enforced through tonight,

although with time the rain will become less intense. There is still

a snow warning enforced, but over the next few hours the hills now

will become less of a risk. The area of cold air in the north-west is

moving away and temperatures are rising. Still further rain to come

through the night, but by morning there will be no eyes or frost

around. The wind picks up from the north-west. It will be blustery at

times tomorrow which will make it feel chilly, and there will be some

showers, but the good news is that there will be some dry gaps in

between those showers, particularly during the second half of the

morning. You can see lots of brown rather than blue, some sunshine

around. Around lunchtime tomorrow you will need an umbrella for the

odd shower, but it won't be raining all the time. Oakleigh Road and

pavements will get a chance to dry up. There will be breezes, and

temperatures around seven degrees in the sunshine, average for this time

of year. And improving situation. There is some dry weather around for

tomorrow. Tomorrow night things cool off. Showers or easily and the winds

will drop and the map turns Bruce, -- the map turns blue, this time

with ice and frost. And other weather system on the way will bring

showers on Sunday afternoon, but Sunday evening and on into Monday

will be wet again, perhaps windy, but not as intense as today. It says

and settled into the new which, but the storm coming our way into Sunday

night originates in America, it comes all the way across the

Atlantic Tom but there is not any white and the lines are becoming

more spaced out.