17/02/2014 BBC Newsline

life is far from new, but do we really watch an average of nearly

four hours? People find it very hard to be honest about TV viewing. If

you ask them, they say, no, we don't watch TV anymore, we watch on

demand. If you fill them in their homes will get them to record a

diary of their viewing, the real picture is very different. However,

we are talking about an average. Young families like this one

actually watch relatively little TV. It is the over 50s who are watching

more than five hours a day. David Sillito, BBC News.

So there has been a bit of a lull in the weather, but what about the

forecast? Nina Ridge is here. It has been a little bit cloudy

today with a few showers, but it is all relative - the rest of this week

will not be as windy as last week, we have still got rain but not as

much, and it stays mild with some seeing temperatures well above

average. A mild night to come tonight, a lot of cloud around. Some

of the showers in the next few hours could be on the heavy side over

Northern could be on the heavy side over

Northern Ireland, but turning quite misty and murky, a lot of hill fog

around for the early hours. Most seeing temperatures of six - seven.

The exception is the Northern Isles, a touch of frost here with clear

skies. Certainly a great start to tomorrow morning, a few showers

scattered around, one or two across southern counties on the heavy side,

but away from the showers we are getting off to a dry start, if on

the cloudy side. Plenty of cloud sitting across parts of Northern

Ireland, again a few showers, a dull start across parts of Scotland with

the remains of a weak front giving patchy rain, a little bit of hill

snow as well, and that will only slowly clear eastwards across

Scotland through the day. Still a few showers scattered to the south

and across southern counties, one or two on the heavy side, maybe with

hail and thunder in, but foremost, commonly afternoon, away from the

showers we will see drier weather with a hint of brightness for

central southern areas. Temperatures here, ten or 11, further north Devon

or eight. On Wednesday, most places should be

dry, but by the time we get to Thursday the potential for a more

widespread band of rain to sweep across the country. At the moment,

it looks like the heaviest rain will be in the north and west, but the

winds could pick up as well. Welcome respite on Wednesday, we will keep a

close eye on Thursday, because a little bit more rain around. You can

check out the latest details by going to the BBC Weather website.

That is all from the BBC News At Six,

Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline: The only survivor of the

Kingsmills massacre believes state agents may have been involved in the

IRA attack. A farmer is found guilty of

murdering a man in County Down two years ago.

How to stop children scoring an own goal with your credit card as they

play their games console. Also coming up on the programme: I

am Billy Connolly and you can find out about my secret relationship

with Seamus Heaney on BBC Newsline this evening.

I'm live at the Odyssey, where Ice Hockey fans are celebrating another

Giant season. If you're off on half-term, it won't

be raining all the time. I'll be back with the forecast for the week

ahead. The only survivor of what became

known as the Kingsmills massacre believes state agents may have been

involved in the IRA attack. Ten Protestants were shot dead in South

Armagh as they travelled home from work 38 years ago. The state

involvement claim was made during a preliminary hearing of the Coroner's

Court this morning in Belfast. It sparked an angry reaction from the

victims support group Fair, who have described the remarks as misleading

and baseless. BBC Newsline's Mervyn Jess reports.

Ten textile workers were shot dead by the side of the road after gunmen

flagged down their minibus as they were travelling home from work. They

were asked their religion, then the only Catholic on-board was ordered

away before his 11 work mates were gunned down. Despite being hit it in

kind Allan Black survived the shooting. During the hearing this

morning, his lawyer claimed that he believed agents of the state may

have been involved in the attack. 18 months ago, Karen, Tanya and Mandy,

my three sisters, got involved in trying to reopen the inquest. This

has been a giant step forward. It is down to the determination of these

three girls. We just feel that at last we have what we want. The truth

has to come first. Everybody has to be and give the information they

have got. These new inquest is were announced last August by the

attorney general. Today the coroner described the attack is one of the

most horrific of the Troubles, and he said there was merit in having

this case heard earlier rather than later. It is one of the worst

atrocities in the history of country and the way these people have been

treated is a disgrace. Every inch of the way they have had to fight stop

despite the passage of time, the family said fight for justice goes

on. Until the end. Until my dying day. I am 87 and might not have that

long to live, but I would like to get to the truth. I want justice

done. Do you think you will get to the truth? I hope we will. It has

been a long time coming. It has, but it will come in the end. We will

know all about it before we die, yes. It is an important landmark day

for the relatives and families. We welcome the formal opening of the

inquest. For the families, some sort of headway being made on the road

towards finding out what actually happened on that night in South

Armagh. A County Down farmer has been

sentenced to life for the murder of a man two years ago. Jimmy Seales,

from Ballykeel Road in Hillsborough, had denied killing Philip Strickland

near Comber. But the jury were unanimous in finding the 56-year-old

guilty. Kevin Sharkey reports. Philip Strickland died after being

attacked in January 2012. He was shot in the leg encumber, then

driven a short distance and shot in the face. Jimmy Seales was arrested

and denied involvement. He said in court he was watching TV in his home

at the time of the attack. Two of his sons had already pleaded guilty

to murder. During the trial, Ian Miller said his father had been at

the scene of the murder, armed with a shotgun. Jimmy Seales was beating

badly the year before the killing of Philip Strickland. Following the

assault, he said offensive Beattie about him appeared encumber. The

trial heard that Mr Strickland was being suspect of being behind the

graffiti. Today, when the jury returned after lunch, they find

Jimmy Seales guilty of murder and having a shot gun. The judge told

him there was only one sentence he could have done for murder, life

imprisonment. The jury is still considering the case of one of David

Seals'ssons and will meet again in the morning.

A prison officer has admitted he didn't keep a proper watch on a

suicidal prisoner who hanged himself. Daniel Barclay was due to

go on trial at Craigavon Crown Court, but his barrister asked for

the charge of misconduct in public office to be put to him again. He

then pleaded guilty to the offence. Colin Bell, a 34-year-old convicted

murderer, took his life at Maghaberry prison in 2008. The

prison officer Daniel Barclay has been released on bail. He'll be

sentenced next month. Four people were taken to hospital

this morning following a crash involving a police car in Ballymena.

It happened just before 9.00am on Linenhall Street. In all, three cars

were involved. Two of the injured were police officers. It's

understood no-one has been seriously hurt.

There's plenty to come on the programme before 7.00pm, including:

How Northern passenger numbers are soaring out of Dublin Airport.

With many schools on holiday this week, children will indulge in one

of their favourite pastimes - playing computer games. The time

they spend on the consoles is one concern for parents, but more

worrying is the money they could be spending. As Will Leitch reports,

some children have run up bills of over ?1,000.

Kids, consoles and controllers. It looks like fun, but he is

controlling the purse strings? With many gaming consoles, smartphones

and tablet it is very easy to buy extra features for games and spend

far more than a parent I'd ever suspect. The games might be virtual,

but the cost is can be real enough. He had come across examples where

children have clicked to buy extra upgrades and run-up bills of

hundreds of pounds without their parents knowing. We also find

details of one family when things quickly got much more out of hand.

In just three days an 11-year-old boy from Co Antrim ran up charges of

over ?1000 on his parents account. Their bank statements should dozens

of payments to Google and Microsoft. The charges range from ?2 99 to

almost ?18. And one day alone there were 25 transactions of ?6 99, and a

further 19 payments of the team pounds 99. The total for that one

day came to ?450. Microsoft told us:

Sony col -- consoles offer similar settings. My advice to parents would

be to use parental accounts, set up child accounts so they are not meant

to the credit card. The parents would have to enter a pass code to

allow children to purchase games. You can also buy points from online

retailers, they can prevent large purchases being made. The odds are,

this hasn't happened to your family, then you will know a family it has

happened to. Parents, you should have a separate PIN number that the

children don't have access to which could save you hundreds of pounds.

The Health Minister, Edwin Poots, has ordered a report on the impact a

minimum price for alcohol would have on Northern Ireland. The move comes

after more than 100 young people were treated for the effects of

alcohol at a DJ Hardwell concert in Belfast earlier this month. Mr Poots

said young people arriving at such events having drunk excessively on

coaches and buses was a major problem. Dublin Airport says it is

experiencing significant growth in passenger numbers from people on

this side of the Border. Our business correspondent Julian

O'Neill explains why that's happening and why plans to build on

that popularity could be bad news for local airports. Passenger

numbers at the state-owned Dublin Airport are soaring. Last year they

top 20 million. The best total in five years. The airport says 2013

was another good year for cross-border business. In the

kitchens are a figure will be up on the 500,000 he headed south in 2012.

The early indications are that we saw another year of significant

growth in passengers from the North. We have been marketing more to the

north and it had a significant increase in long haul capacity.

Additional flights to the Middle East, direct lights to North

America, destinations that you can reach from the North. The two

biggest airports in Northern Ireland have passenger totals of 6.5 million

combined, but Doctor Nye has more than three times that number and

that is not just because of long haul flights. Two of the top three

most popular destinations for Northern Ireland travellers out of

Dublin are in fact he threw and Gatwick. But Dublin is also mopping

up on transatlantic routes. It will soon average 30 year to date. How

fast can compete, that this airport claims it is benefiting the Northern

Ireland economy. Most of the overseas tourists visiting Northern

Ireland come through Dublin Airport. Yes, we are taking passengers from

the North, but are delivering tourist to the north, as well.

Dublin was a lot cheaper than Belfast. The bus is very convenient.

It drops me off at the airport door. It was easier to fly from Dublin.

From April, there will be no air travel tax in the Republic. That is

likely to be a further attraction to travellers.

A dissident republican Colin themselves the IRA said they spent a

series of letters containing explosives to recruitment centres

for the Army last week. The devices were sent to officers in Oxford,

slide, Kent and Brighton last Thursday. -- sly. A look ahead now

to a story we'll have on tomorrow's programme at 6.30pm. The families of

two young people who died from eating disorders warn others of the

dangers. Pamela Nugent's 24-year-old son, Laurence, died when years of

bulimia took its toll on his body. That's to come tomorrow evening. He

was afraid to tell his friends, ashamed to say I cant cope. He was

afraid to say that. I am saying to every young man I dare, don't be

afraid. This can kill you. It killed my son, it can kill you. You need to

get help. Next this evening, we focus on the

25 foreign children who have arrived here without a parent or carer in

the last four years. A number of them have been trafficked or have

claimed asylum. Our reporter Chris Page was involved in a documentary

on BBC Radio Ulster yesterday on refugees and asylum seekers. Tell us

more about these children who've come from abroad.

These children come here for a variety of reasons. Some have been

brought here against their will, others might claiming asylum. We

know that ended three years until 2012 17 people under the age of the

team claimed asylum in Northern Ireland. In all, over the last four

years, 29 young people have come here and accompanied by a parent or

carer and when they arrive in Northern Ireland there are taken

into the care system. This comes from a report that the Children's

Commissioner has asked for. It was published recently. It is not an

issue that has highlighted very often. The Commissioner has said

that these children form and largely invisible group. What she say should

be done for them? The report looks at all the agencies that the

children have contact with, like the police and social services. Given

that some of them can speak English, dealing with that is

obviously stressful for them. The Children's Commissioner says that

every one of these children has an individual adult to guide them

through the process. When they come here, what sort of help to get? I

want to see one person from the first point of contact that will

guide the child through the bureaucracy. The number of these

young people here is relatively small compared with the rest of the

UK. Most of them are in their mid-to late teens. The people working with

them say they are some of the most vulnerable people in Northern

Ireland. Coming up on BBC Newsline, Gavin

Andrews is at the Odyssey Arena. The Belfast Giants fans are happy. But

what of Linfield Supporters? We'll gauge opinion on their manager's

surprise announcement. A work by the late Seamus Heaney has

been turned into a major animated television series to be broadcast by

BBC Northern Ireland. The production, from the local firm

Flickerpix, uses the Nobel Laureate's modern translation of

stories by the Scottish poet Robert Henryson, which were written more

than 500 years ago. The animations, called Five Fables, have been given

a twist by the comedian and actor Billy Connolly, who teamed up with

Heaney before his death in August last year. Earlier, I spoke to Billy

Connolly from New York and asked him what he knew of Seamus Heaney ahead

of the project. I knew him very well. I had been

familiar with his work years. He had a rock star reputation. You always

knew when he was about to stop he was no big secret to anybody! What

was it like getting involved in the recording? It was absolutely

smashing. Those fables have a weird timing. I got it right away. Just by

training myself. Seamus was sitting there for the early ones. I was a

bit scared to be under his judgement shall I, but he is such a lovely

man, he just could be right. Once we got it right, it was easy. Was she

is more intimidated than you wear? That is what he said! I always find

that difficult to believe, when people are intimidated by me. I

think they often mistake me for the guy on stage. I am not really like

him. You have lived abroad a long time, but you still have such a

strong connection to Scotland and Scottish culture. Highly enjoyable

was it for you to narrate although Scottish words and phrases? Perhaps

you didn't even know! Not that I wasn't familiar with them, I just

haven't had them in years. My favourite is a word that means fly

and orderly. It was a joy to say. I used it regularly about politicians,

usually! You should come over here, it is a word used by the often over

here! -- quite often over here! In Northern Ireland, they use a lot of

Scots dialect. The order also Scots. What do you think the audience will

get from these fables? I don't know, really. I have no way to judge. What

I got... My favourite is about the two mice, the town and country mice.

Two sisters, one lives the rich life in the city, the other upper life in

the country. They have a couple of days together. They are morality

tales. You get from the what you want to get from them, really. They

stand up, that is what I am trying to say. They stand up today.

Gavin Andrews is at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast for us with a group

of sports fans who've got plenty of reason to celebrate.

Belfast Giants supporters are gathering here to welcome home Ice

Hockey's new Elite League champions. The Giants clinched the title with

ten games to play. Hence the party! We'll get reaction shortly, but,

first, to the news that dominated local football this weekend - David

Jeffrey's decision to leave Linfield at the end of the season. Club

officials say they want to name his successor by the end of next month.

Dubliner Pat Fenlon, a former Linfield player, is favourite for

the role. But the question is, how do you replace a manager who's won

30 trophies in 17 years? Thomas Kane reports. As a player, he signed for

Manchester United, but David Jeffrey is Linfield through and through. He

emerged as a leader on the pitch and became club captain. Spending over a

decade at Windsor Park. Not long after, he was back at the club,

taking over the reins as manager. The silverware since followed,

including a domestic clean sweep in one campaign, and a remarkable six

doubles in seven seasons. Following Saturday 's announcement, he was

intent on looking ahead, and not act. I will do the explanations at

the end of the season. I made the decision and it is important I

communicated that early. My only focus is on trying to get the Gibson

cup back to Linfield. At 10th league championship is nice to aim under

his era. I am shocked. He is doing a wonderful job here, and has done for

a number of years. He has been here for a long time and it is maybe time

for a change. He has done the job. His record has been fantastic.

Nobody will ever beat his record. Linfield remain in contention into

competitions. Should he win them, he will eclipse the record of 31

trophies. The board think they are doing the right thing. The probably

give David an ultimatum. I don't think you made the decision himself.

What happens is they give the option, do you want to leave or do

you want to be pushed? They should give him some dignity, considering

what he has done for the club. There have been plenty of champagne

moments for David Jeffrey, the comment the most successful manager

would be the perfect way to sign off.

And there's live coverage of tonight's Irish Cup and league

action on BBC Radio Ulster from 7.30pm.

The party is in full swing at the Odyssey to celebrate the success of

the Belfast Giants. With me now is the General Manager, Todd Kelman. It

is a massive night. It is going to be a lot of fun tonight. We were

going to celebrate Rob Stewart, are going to celebrate Rob Stewart's

testimonial tomorrow, so we were all ready for a party, all organised!

This is the best team we have ever had. They have been a joy to work

with and have dominated from the first game. They have made at the

very easy. Ten games to go and they have won the title! It is never

easy, but they performed every night. He did not drop any points

when they could have. The trick is to keep the focus. Colin Shields,

good night last night, but I suppose still some business to come this

evening. The boys celebrated really hard last night! We are looking to

finish strong. We want to keep good form into the play-offs. I win last

night at Nottingham, was at a special occasion -- it a special

occasion? Yes, Nottingham have been one of our biggest rivals. Have you

noticed the buzz around the thing, is a growing? It is. This season

tickets, the fan base, things are moving up. The win the league is

huge for us. Testimonial tomorrow night when the big night when you

bring back the trophy! It is a fitting week, having these legends

back to play in the testimonial. We will get the trophy presented on

Friday night. High important with the two Lynch more silverware this

year? This isn't enough for us. This year has been a new dawn for us

under the Odyssey trust. We get treated very well, with the respect

we deserve. We have the best fans in the leaked some of the best arena.

This is for the fans, whether you come once in awhile, every game.

There were a few sceptics when ice hockey arrived in Belfast. There are

publicly teams around the world that are more home-grown than us, but

after 14 years we are still here. People are getting to love the

sport, they love the Belfast Giants. We are therefore Belfast. Enjoy

Friday night. Finally this evening, there was

disappointment for Ballinderry's Gaelic footballers. They lost their

All-Ireland club semifinal in Newry to Dublin side St Vincent's. The

Derry champions were never in front. A second-half goal from Daniel

McKindless gave them real hope, but their opponents finished the

stronger with St Vincent's winning by four points, 2-14 to 1-13.

I think is going to be a night here! Maybe I should pop open... Or maybe

Al just stay! -- I will just a! I will just stay!

I'm sorry, but the weather graphics have all crashed! There will be no

pictures. There is a weather warning issued by the Met office. It will be

valid for parts of the County Fermanagh, County Armagh and 22.

There is likely to be heavy and persistent rain there tonight. We

could see some flooding problems during the night. It will be

dampened misty with a lot of lube cried -- a lot of lube slide. --

Luke cloud Our late summary is the second half of the morning but

when some drier weather and that will linger into the afternoon.

Compared to today, it will be a bit drier and not as dull either. Will

still be cloudy, but we will see some brightness. A decent data, on

Wednesday. You should be able to get out and about on weapons the -- you

should be able to get out and about on Wednesday if you are off for half

term. Our late summary is at 10.25pm. You

can also keep in contact with us via Facebook and twitter. From BBC

Newsline, good evening. The over-70s record for 100m

is 12.77 seconds - For Patsy and John,

age is just a number. People might think that we're crazy,

but we're looking after our health. At the top of their game,

in the twilight of their lives... These are just some of my medals

I've won over the years. The over-70s record for 100m

is 12.77 seconds - three seconds slower than

Usain Bolt. Hello and welcome to The One Show

with Matt Baker. And Alex Jones. Tonight, the emergency services and

Armed Forces saved the historic city of Winchester over the weekend. And

the vicar determined to tend to his flock undefeated by the flooded

Thames. We have a couple of firsts. We have the first-ever Reduced

Height Theatre Company. And the first ever Briton to win an Olympic

medal on snow. It is Warwick Davis. And Jenny Jones! Warwick is getting

all the Olympic applause! Congratulations, Jenny. It is lovely

you have coming to see us. How long have you been back? I got back at

the weekend from Sochi. You have still got a cold head! I am just

used to wearing it. And you have brought some friends and, Warwick?

They are members of the Reduced Height Theatre Company. We will be

touring with See How They Run which is a brilliant farce. I have very

excited because they are very talented group of individuals. We

will find out more later and you have a challenge on your hands to

reduce the play into 60 seconds. The Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has

given the Royal Engineers the task of helping with the country's flood

defences. It is a job which would take two

years to complete but they have got only five weeks. At the weekend

there was a more urgent task requiring the Army's help as Simon

Boazman found out. It is Saturday morning. The clock is

ticking. 30 Army personnel have been drafted in to help the fire brigade

build barriers to protect the historic city of Winchester. It is

under threat from being flooded and the local authorities are

desperately trying to find a way of protecting its 41,000 residents. And

this is where the decisions are made. The emergency coordination hub

where the Environment Agency, the fire service, military and council

officials have all come together to come up with a plan. Andrew Gill is

the flood risk manager for the Environment Agency. What we are

doing today is coming up with detailed tactical plans that we can

implement on the ground, whether that is building flood defences or

sandbags. One of the problems is because the rivers are so high the

drains cannot drain water away so some temporary barriers have been

erected and sandbag walls have been built. I head down to where it is

all happening and join up with the Army and Fire Brigade. The idea of

putting all this stuff on is the river is breaking its banks so we

have to build up the flood defences. It is cold and wet so this is the

only way to get in there and work for any period of time. In the

centre of Winchester is the River Itchen. Park Avenue is where the

barriers need to be erected if they are going to stop the flow of water

reaching hundreds of homes in the city centre. Once we have got these

filled up, the Army boys will take them around to reinforce the bank to

stop it coming any further into the town. Alex Rhodes is the fire

station commander here in Winchester. Talk us through the

geography of where we are. This is a kids' playground. The problem we

have got is the flow is so great. That pinch point is making the water

stack up further upstream. If we can get that back into the main river

path we will alleviate the problem here. An extra 2000 sandbags are

needed to secure the barrier and control the water. What they are

trying to do is force the barrier down into the ground by putting the

sandbags on top of it. The water is rising at such a rate that the

authorities have built two of these barriers, won by the base of the

river and the other at the other end of the street. Those things are

really heavy under the water. Because you cannot see what you are

doing, you have to feel your way in. It is cold. One barrier is outside

Jackie and Andy's home. What is it like to have this on your doorstep?

If it was not there our house would be at risk of flooding, as well as

all the properties going towards the city centre. You have got to be

happy? Very happy. Especially when you see what is happening around the

rest of the country, all that pain people are going through. We have

been very lucky. The Army have arrived with more sandbags and this

lot are being used to help a local primary school. We have the school

behind us. We are building a defence so once the water has seeped out, no

more water will get inside the school. The playground was flooded a

week ago. Ever since, the authorities have been battling to

save inside the school itself. The level of the water is very high. It

has not been far of coming into the school. As long as the school does

not flood, we can keep our year five and year six children here. That is

120 children. But the rest of the school, 330 children, we have had to

shift out. The authorities hope what they are doing here today will be

enough. For now, it looks like they are winning. The city of Winchester

is still safe. They are doing such a good job. Even the princes at the

weekend helped. Jenny, you have had your mind on