:00:00. > :00:20.Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline: A mother whose son died
:00:21. > :00:28.from an eating disorder warns of the dangers.
:00:29. > :00:32.I am saying to every young man in Northern Ireland, don't be afraid.
:00:33. > :00:37.This can kill you. It killed my son, it can kill you. You need to get
:00:38. > :00:41.help. A second man is found guilty of the
:00:42. > :00:44.murder of this man just hours after these pictures were taken.
:00:45. > :00:46.The British Airways boss says the UK Passenger Tax is damaging the
:00:47. > :00:49.economy here. The hit film that's inspiring women
:00:50. > :00:53.to look for their children who were taken from them.
:00:54. > :00:57.It stopped raining for a while today! Can we make it two afternoons
:00:58. > :01:11.in a row? I'll have a full weather forecast later in the programme.
:01:12. > :01:16.Laurence Nugent from Belfast was 24 when he died of a heart attack
:01:17. > :01:19.brought on by an eating disorder after years of starvation and
:01:20. > :01:22.bulimia. He is not the only one. Danielle O'Neill from Londonderry
:01:23. > :01:26.also died at the age of 24 from complications connected to anorexia.
:01:27. > :01:31.The families say more support is needed for sufferers. In a moment
:01:32. > :01:34.we'll hear from a representative of one of the main charities working
:01:35. > :01:44.with sufferers and their families. First, BBC Newsline's Tara Mills has
:01:45. > :01:48.this report. Not the face of someone you would
:01:49. > :01:52.expect to have an eating disorder. To those outside, Laurence Nugent
:01:53. > :01:57.lived a normal life, but he kept a very deep secret. He was totally
:01:58. > :02:05.ashamed of himself. He hated himself. He told us he hated the
:02:06. > :02:09.very look of himself. As a family we lived in turmoil every day. We
:02:10. > :02:13.didn't know whether he was going to be alive and we came home. I used to
:02:14. > :02:19.ring him from work to make sure he was alive. You were very afraid for
:02:20. > :02:24.him. Sadly, their fears were realised, but not had a expected. He
:02:25. > :02:30.died from a heart attack. The Bellini and starvation taking its
:02:31. > :02:39.toll on his body. He didn't trust anybody. He was afraid to tell his
:02:40. > :02:43.friends, to say he couldn't cope. I am saying to every young man died
:02:44. > :02:50.there in Northern Ireland, do the afraid. This can kill you. It killed
:02:51. > :03:02.my son and it can kill you. After he passed away, a lot of his friends
:03:03. > :03:09.have come up to me, and they said, why didn't he say anything, we
:03:10. > :03:12.would've helped him, no problem. I cant believe we have known him of
:03:13. > :03:20.this time and he didn't say a word. Another family shares as -- as
:03:21. > :03:28.similar story. Adelaide O'Neill lost her daughter to anorexia. I would
:03:29. > :03:33.say to anybody I dare, eating disorders don't have any respect for
:03:34. > :03:36.anybody. Danielle would have been the last person I would have thought
:03:37. > :03:43.would've had an eating disorder. She said, I never intended to be this
:03:44. > :03:51.then. It was almost as though it was a roller-coaster for her. I can't
:03:52. > :03:55.stress the people enough just how much your mind play such a big part
:03:56. > :04:00.in this. It takes over and you can stop it. Danielle had excellent
:04:01. > :04:06.health, but sadly it wasn't enough. Her mum believes young people don't
:04:07. > :04:18.realise the permanent damage an eating disorder can cause. It is
:04:19. > :04:30.like losing a part of yourself. She is gone. You can never bring her
:04:31. > :04:34.back. Both families not have to live with their burrito and, difficult
:04:35. > :04:38.journey lies ahead for them but if speaking guide helps at least one
:04:39. > :04:44.other family, they say their loss would have been Indian.
:04:45. > :04:49.With me is Jacqui King from the Eating Disorders Association. It is
:04:50. > :04:56.rare for men to come forward? How many men do you estimate are
:04:57. > :05:01.suffering from such disorders? Statistics would say that 10% of
:05:02. > :05:06.sufferers are men. Since this morning on the radio programme we
:05:07. > :05:12.have had five calls today from men already in relation to the
:05:13. > :05:17.programme. Pamela'sstory about Sun has had a huge impact. It is so
:05:18. > :05:24.important men aren't embarrassed and do seek help. You have been
:05:25. > :05:28.campaigning for many years for help for people who have eating
:05:29. > :05:34.disorders. Health budgets are finite. What sort of response have
:05:35. > :05:44.you had over the years from government officials? Things have
:05:45. > :05:48.improved. We still do need some sort of day patient care and some in
:05:49. > :05:55.patient care, because people who need to go into hospital are going
:05:56. > :05:58.into local psychiatric wards or general medical wards. They are not
:05:59. > :06:04.being treated for the eating disorder, they are just being kept
:06:05. > :06:08.safe. Although we do write to the department and get some funding for
:06:09. > :06:12.our organisation, there is still a lot more that needs to be done. We
:06:13. > :06:19.heard the mother speak there in the reports, have very strong, emotional
:06:20. > :06:22.account of their loved ones. If someone is sitting at home and they
:06:23. > :06:28.fear for one of the relatives, what should they do? Seek advice and
:06:29. > :06:32.support as soon as possible. The earlier days and this is a court,
:06:33. > :06:37.the better the chance of recovery. Is there anything in particular they
:06:38. > :06:42.should be looking for? Just a change in the repeating patterns, maybe
:06:43. > :06:48.they are not eating things that they'd used to, or disappearing into
:06:49. > :06:51.the bathroom after the deed. Their personalities will change quite
:06:52. > :06:56.quickly. An eating disorder can make someone depressed and agitated.
:06:57. > :07:00.People may be spending a lot of time alone. Just look at video signs. If
:07:01. > :07:04.they expected at all, see support as soon as possible. Thank you for
:07:05. > :07:07.joining us. We'll have more on this on
:07:08. > :07:10.tomorrow's programme. We'll be looking at some of the work that's
:07:11. > :07:18.going on to prevent people developing eating disorders.
:07:19. > :07:22.A fourth man has been convicted of murdering a man in Cumber two years
:07:23. > :07:28.ago. Philip Strickland was shot during a dispute with the local
:07:29. > :07:33.family. A jury found Stephen McCarthy guilty of murder today. A
:07:34. > :07:36.pig farmer from Hillsborough and his two sons have already been convicted
:07:37. > :07:42.of murder. An ordinary image full -- Philip
:07:43. > :07:47.Strickland at a filling station in Cumber shortly before being
:07:48. > :07:51.attacked. Within 60 minutes he was shot twice, murdered by a father and
:07:52. > :07:57.two sons and one of their friends, Stephen McCarthy. A six-week trial
:07:58. > :08:03.ended today and he was convicted. The judge asked the jury, have you
:08:04. > :08:09.reached a verdict on the first kind of murder? The jury replied, yes,
:08:10. > :08:13.guilty by majority. The Justice addressed Stephen McCarthy and said
:08:14. > :08:16.you have been found guilty of murder and the only sentence I can pass is
:08:17. > :08:27.life imprisonment. Also serving life sentences for the murder card Jimmy
:08:28. > :08:39.Seales, convicted yesterday. Two of the farmers sons, Ian and Jason Wear
:08:40. > :08:50.near Killin she -- from Ian and Jason Wear have also been convicted.
:08:51. > :08:53.Jimmy Seales was stabbed and beaten by men with Ireland bars. There
:08:54. > :09:00.would then comments offensive repeating about the farmer, the --
:09:01. > :09:07.attributed to Philip Strickland. Philip Strickland was shot in the
:09:08. > :09:13.leg at his farm, then driven elsewhere and shot in the face. On
:09:14. > :09:17.behalf of my family upward like to take this opportunity to thank
:09:18. > :09:21.members of the police and the legal team for their hard work to
:09:22. > :09:24.successfully convey those responsible for the murder of
:09:25. > :09:29.fillip. It has been a difficult time for us, the ever we are happy with
:09:30. > :09:32.today's item, and appreciate the support from everyone over the last
:09:33. > :09:42.two years. Thank you. The police have played -- have paid tribute to
:09:43. > :09:51.the family of Philip Strickland. Philip Strickland 's work very hard.
:09:52. > :09:55.He loved his life. He liked a laugh, but didn't always appreciate the
:09:56. > :10:00.consequences of his reactions. When he find themselves in the dispute
:10:01. > :10:09.with Jimmy Seales, that resulted in his murder. Two years after the
:10:10. > :10:17.murder, four men are now serving life sentences for his murder.
:10:18. > :10:21.A man has died at an incident at a business premises in Dungannon. It
:10:22. > :10:24.happened this afternoon -- this afternoon. The health and safety
:10:25. > :10:31.executive is investigating what happened. There's plenty still to
:10:32. > :10:35.come before 7.00pm: As salmon stocks in our rivers fall, the police tell
:10:36. > :10:42.poachers they are the ones who will be caught.
:10:43. > :10:45.The Lord Mayor of Belfast has been giving evidence in the trial of
:10:46. > :10:48.three people accused of disorderly conduct at the opening of a
:10:49. > :10:52.children's park. Mairtin O Muilleoir of Sinn Fein was jostled and pushed
:10:53. > :10:56.at the re-opening of Woodvale Park in August last year. That came after
:10:57. > :11:00.rioting and protests in the area in the wake of the Twelfth of July
:11:01. > :11:07.parade being blocked from passing the Ardoyne shops. Eunan McConville
:11:08. > :11:13.was in the court for BBC Newsline. August last year and the opening of
:11:14. > :11:16.the children's park in Belfast and extra police officers were called in
:11:17. > :11:24.to help get the Lord may write and made a loyalist protest. This
:11:25. > :11:29.morning, Martin or Miller made himself -- was in the magistrates
:11:30. > :11:35.court to give evidence against the three people charged with disorderly
:11:36. > :11:39.behaviour. Maureen Simson, Samuel Brown and Paul McTeer, all from
:11:40. > :11:46.North Belfast. All three deny the charges. The court was shown video
:11:47. > :11:52.footage. The Lord Mayor said that when he got to Woodvale Park you
:11:53. > :11:58.became aware of the testers. He said he got out of the car, some people
:11:59. > :12:05.push towards him and he said he was shot and hit in the back of the head
:12:06. > :12:11.I hamburger. He told the court that when he made his way back to the
:12:12. > :12:16.car, himself and police officers where attacked and abused. He said
:12:17. > :12:20.he thought no one in Belfast in 2013 should have to put up at that level
:12:21. > :12:25.of abuse and he said it was dangerous. He said, I have no doubt
:12:26. > :12:30.that if I had gone down there was no telling what could have happened.
:12:31. > :12:35.Lawyers for the defence put it to him that the high Sheriff of Belfast
:12:36. > :12:40.had contacted him prior to the Park event, urging him to a lawyer DUP
:12:41. > :12:43.politician to open the park. The Lord Mayor told the court that it
:12:44. > :12:47.was not something in his gift to permit. And that he had taken advice
:12:48. > :12:52.from the police before going to Woodvale Park and was told it would
:12:53. > :12:56.be safe. In the afternoon the court was shown some more footage of the
:12:57. > :12:58.event. The evidence centred on what a number of police officers have to
:12:59. > :13:05.say. The case continues. A financial adviser has admitted
:13:06. > :13:11.being involved in laundering cash from the IRA's ?26.6 million
:13:12. > :13:14.Northern Bank robbery. Ted Cunningham, from Farran in County
:13:15. > :13:17.Cork, had pleaded not guilty to nine counts of laundering ?650,000 from
:13:18. > :13:27.the bank's Belfast headquarters in 2004. His plea change came on the
:13:28. > :13:30.fourth day of the trial. One of the world's top airline
:13:31. > :13:34.executives has flown into Belfast and said Northern Ireland is missing
:13:35. > :13:40.out on new routes because of the UK Passenger Tax. Willie Walsh also
:13:41. > :13:43.pledged to look into pricing on some British Airways tickets which can be
:13:44. > :13:45.hundreds of pounds dearer departing Belfast compared to Dublin. Here's
:13:46. > :13:56.our business correspondent Julian O'Neill.
:13:57. > :14:03.Passengers on British Airways and all other airlines pay a UK
:14:04. > :14:08.government tax of ?13 each way on top of fares. In Ireland, it is --
:14:09. > :14:13.it's equivalent tax will be abolished from April. Willie Walsh
:14:14. > :14:19.is a long-standing critic of the tax and argues it is harming our airport
:14:20. > :14:25.growth, and by extension the local economy. I speak to the CEOs of
:14:26. > :14:28.airlines around the world, and when I asked them about their interest in
:14:29. > :14:34.investing in Northern Ireland they are not interested because of the
:14:35. > :14:36.tax issue. You look at the opportunity that they have in
:14:37. > :14:41.Belfast and the number of carriers we have started flying into Dublin
:14:42. > :14:46.and you have to ask the question why. He was here to view a
:14:47. > :14:51.refurbished passenger launch of Belfast city. The tax issue aside,
:14:52. > :14:55.some of his local customers at a disadvantage? We compare a long
:14:56. > :14:59.distance British Airways flights starting from Belfast and Dublin on
:15:00. > :15:09.the same dates. Both were returns via Heathrow and onto Hong Kong. The
:15:10. > :15:14.Dublin ticket was ?243 cheaper. We also used the British Airways
:15:15. > :15:19.website to check flights via Heathrow and onto San Francisco. The
:15:20. > :15:26.Dublin return ticket was ?280 cheaper. As I understand it, Dublin
:15:27. > :15:32.is in the European pricing and we are in the UK pricing. There is that
:15:33. > :15:34.differential. I have had conversations with British Airways
:15:35. > :15:40.about that differential and they have bombs me they will look at the
:15:41. > :15:46.issue. Stormont is lobbying on two fronts, with British Airways over
:15:47. > :15:50.fares, and with Westminster on the album -- on the abolition of
:15:51. > :15:57.Passenger Tax. Stormont may not like air passengers duty, but to abolish
:15:58. > :16:00.it would be a costly option. The Stormont executive estimates that
:16:01. > :16:05.the block grant from London would be reduced by ?100 million if it
:16:06. > :16:15.decided to act independently of the rest of the UK.
:16:16. > :16:19.With all the recent rainfall, rivers have been topped up with plenty of
:16:20. > :16:21.water, but there iks concern about the reduced fish levels.
:16:22. > :16:24.In particular, salmon stocks have fallen to record low levels.
:16:25. > :16:28.Poaching is a problem. Some people use illegal methods to catch the
:16:29. > :16:31.fish and keep the ones they should return to the river. Our North East
:16:32. > :16:34.reporter, David Maxwell, looks at a campaign by the authorities to reel
:16:35. > :16:40.in those causing havoc on the waterways Philomena
:16:41. > :16:49.it is an idyllic scene, but catching salmon here is not as easy as it
:16:50. > :16:56.once was. 15 or 20 years ago the third of this salmon who left this
:16:57. > :17:00.river to go to the sea has dropped by 5%. Some believe that stop
:17:01. > :17:08.sufficient rivers are at an all-time low. Every year this salmon station
:17:09. > :17:12.release up to 80,000 fish, but only a small percentage will survive.
:17:13. > :17:17.They have been striving to save salmon stocks here for decades. One
:17:18. > :17:24.thing that makes life difficult for all those involved in conservation
:17:25. > :17:35.is poaching. The most common types of poaching I see is a net put
:17:36. > :17:46.across the river. In 2011 we recorded agency staff removing nets.
:17:47. > :17:52.We have hands and number of incidents of poachers targeting this
:17:53. > :17:58.river. It takes a long time for the river to recover. We want to protect
:17:59. > :18:02.those fish. In order to protect them, and operation was launched
:18:03. > :18:05.today. It involves several agencies who want to crack down on the
:18:06. > :18:11.poachers, and they are encouraging the public to help. If people are
:18:12. > :18:16.fine to be fish poaching, I would be encouraging officers to report these
:18:17. > :18:22.people to the public cross -- Public prosecution service. Poachers are
:18:23. > :18:24.only one part of the problem. Pollution is another. It seems
:18:25. > :18:29.efforts to save our salmon are being stepped up.
:18:30. > :18:33.Philomena Lee was one of thousands of unmarried mothers forced to give
:18:34. > :18:36.up her child. Her search for her son inspired a film that's won a BAFTA
:18:37. > :18:41.this week and has been nominated for Oscars. She is campaigning for a
:18:42. > :18:44.change in the law in the Republic to open up adoption records and give
:18:45. > :18:48.parents a greater chance of being reunited with their children. Chris
:18:49. > :19:00.Buckler has been to meet the woman whose story is behind the movie.
:19:01. > :19:07.They said that you had abandoned him as a baby. I did not abandon my
:19:08. > :19:12.child. Philomena tells of one woman's battle to try to find out
:19:13. > :19:15.what happened to her son. He was given up adoption without consent in
:19:16. > :19:22.an institution run by the Catholic Church. The film is based on the
:19:23. > :19:25.true story of Philomena Lee. The family believed we had committed a
:19:26. > :19:34.mortal sin by having a baby out of wedlock. We were led to believe we
:19:35. > :19:41.were sinners and that was it. Her story is having a huge impact. I
:19:42. > :19:43.have been advised that the adoption authority that they have already
:19:44. > :19:48.seen a significant increase in the number of people who are calling the
:19:49. > :19:55.authority in regard to information about racing. Philomena'sstory is
:19:56. > :20:01.not unusual. For decades there was a shame associated with unmarried
:20:02. > :20:07.mothers and children were taken away and sent overseas, in many cases.
:20:08. > :20:12.Currently, people are not allowed access to their adoption files in
:20:13. > :20:14.the Republic. The adoption rights Alliance is working to change that
:20:15. > :20:20.law and give people the right to see those records. The campaign has been
:20:21. > :20:26.called the cinema -- the Philomena project. Philomena Lee is then
:20:27. > :20:31.passed it. She is talking directly to the older woman to get rid of
:20:32. > :20:34.that shame and guilt. The shame and guilt as with Irish society, with
:20:35. > :20:39.the Irish state and the Catholic Church. Philomena believes that
:20:40. > :20:42.opening up the adoption files and Aaron would allow some other parents
:20:43. > :20:51.to be given the chance to meet their children. To know that's the film
:20:52. > :20:55.will help women in my age group especially, because a lot of them
:20:56. > :21:00.relax to come out with their stories. The morality of the past is
:21:01. > :21:02.being questioned, but any change comes too late for some mothers who
:21:03. > :21:15.The police has refused to provide a detailed breakdown of how it spent
:21:16. > :21:19.more than ?65 million in legal costs to settle claims by former officers
:21:20. > :21:22.who said their hearing had been damaged during the course of their
:21:23. > :21:25.duties. The BBC asked for the details, after revealing last month
:21:26. > :21:27.that the total bill so far is over ?135 million. Our Home Affairs
:21:28. > :21:44.correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.
:21:45. > :21:51.Failure to provide property protection was a very costly
:21:52. > :21:59.mistake. More than a thousand 500 former RUC officers have received
:22:00. > :22:05.compensation for hearing loss. Over ?65 million has been spent on legal
:22:06. > :22:09.and court costs. Each year the names of 100 barristers and solicitors
:22:10. > :22:15.firm paid most were legal aid work have been published. We have asked
:22:16. > :22:20.the PSNI if it could provide a similar breakdown for its illegal
:22:21. > :22:26.payments. In response, the police said on ?25 million was spent on
:22:27. > :22:29.their own legal costs, and the rest, more than ?40 million, paying the
:22:30. > :22:40.costs of those awarded compensation. As far as external
:22:41. > :22:45.legal costs go, there was not much more information. The PSNI said it
:22:46. > :22:50.was not possible to do so, to give more information, because of the
:22:51. > :23:05.costs involved. They said a detailed breakdown with tripwire more than
:23:06. > :23:08.600 hours work. They say that a more refined requests for information was
:23:09. > :23:11.also denied. Four years ago, Jenna McCorkell's
:23:12. > :23:17.Winter Olympics experience ended in tears and disappointment. Tomorrow,
:23:18. > :23:20.the Coleraine woman will try to make amends when she competes for Team GB
:23:21. > :23:33.in the individual figure skating competition in Sochi. Gavin Andrews
:23:34. > :23:38.reports. The pain of underperforming on the
:23:39. > :23:42.biggest stage. Jenna McCorkell has had for years to think about the
:23:43. > :23:51.experience of Vancouver and the slip-ups that saw her finish just
:23:52. > :23:55.29th. The 11 time British champion Nye has another Olympic opportunity
:23:56. > :24:02.to put rings right. I am trying not to think back to Vancouver. I
:24:03. > :24:05.learned a lot from it. I have been training well and I have done
:24:06. > :24:16.everything I possibly can in the last couple of years. If it doesn't
:24:17. > :24:23.go right, then it is bad luck. I would ideally like to make the top
:24:24. > :24:28.15. The fact she is a shadow is down to support from home. Without the
:24:29. > :24:35.lottery funded Northern Ireland, it would not be possible for me to
:24:36. > :24:39.still be here. They have been great. We don't have many winter athletes,
:24:40. > :24:49.so it is nice for them to promote you. My Facebook page has been going
:24:50. > :24:53.crazy, from old school teachers, family, friends I haven't heard of.
:24:54. > :25:01.Everybody is wishing me well. That is lovely. She is soaking up the
:25:02. > :25:08.experience of Saatchi, and the Germans that these games will pass
:25:09. > :25:16.her by -- Saatchi. The venues are fantastic. I hope I make everyone
:25:17. > :25:31.proud. The girl from Coleraine is ready to take centre stage.
:25:32. > :25:34.No ice in the forecast, thankfully, for us! The weather details now from
:25:35. > :25:48.Cecila. No ice, but maybe a bit of rain
:25:49. > :25:53.later run. Up until six o'clock tonight there was still some light
:25:54. > :26:00.around. This cloud will bring us some rain later on tonight. It will
:26:01. > :26:07.not be particularly heavy. For a while, there will be gaps in the
:26:08. > :26:15.cloud. As the night goes on, these showers will move in. Once again, a
:26:16. > :26:19.relic of the mild started tomorrow. Some dampness to come first thing,
:26:20. > :26:24.but a good part of Wednesday will be dry once again. It should right on
:26:25. > :26:29.up, too. If you are up and about early tomorrow morning, no frost or
:26:30. > :26:37.ice on the roads, but that could be some missed. County Antrim may still
:26:38. > :26:40.have some light rain or drizzle. Otherwise, the second half of the
:26:41. > :26:46.morning and into the afternoon will bring dry weather. There will be
:26:47. > :26:50.bits of blue sky, brightness and damages up to nine degrees. Late in
:26:51. > :26:54.the day we will start to see more rain pushing in. If you are often
:26:55. > :27:00.have terms, you will be able to get out and about. A lot of the ground
:27:01. > :27:04.is still very soggy, and it will be wet again tomorrow night. This low
:27:05. > :27:08.pressure will come towards us bringing increasingly wet and windy
:27:09. > :27:12.weather for Wednesday night and into Thursday. So, I wet night to come
:27:13. > :27:19.tomorrow night, a good inch of rain falling, and strong winds, too. No
:27:20. > :27:24.warning side at the moment, but with the ground being waterlogged, it is
:27:25. > :27:30.likely that there will be localised flooding. On the second on Thursday,
:27:31. > :27:35.it will brighten up on the West. Sunshine and showers on Friday. The
:27:36. > :27:37.weekend were lucky star dry on Saturday.
:27:38. > :27:41.Our late summary is at 10.25pm. You can also keep in contact with us via
:27:42. > :27:46.Facebook and Twitter. From BBC Newsline, good evening.