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:00:00. > :00:00.-- treasured past. There is a first look

:00:00. > :00:17.Good evening. Peter Robinson has been accused of backing down in the

:00:18. > :00:21.row over the "on the run" letters. The First Minister said he was happy

:00:22. > :00:23.with the terms of a judge-led inquiry offered by the Prime

:00:24. > :00:27.Minister David Cameron and has withdrawn his threat to resign. He

:00:28. > :00:31.says the inquiry will be swift, reporting by the end of May, but the

:00:32. > :00:33.TUV leader Jim Allister says it's a long way from what Mr Robinson was

:00:34. > :00:36.demanding. Our political correspondent Martina Purdy reports.

:00:37. > :00:38.The Prime Minister and the German Chancellor face questions on issues

:00:39. > :00:42.important to all of Europe. But David Cameron needed to deal also

:00:43. > :00:47.with Northern Ireland. After days of controversy and his acknowledgement

:00:48. > :00:50.that a terrible error has been made, he made this announcement. As the

:00:51. > :00:54.First Minister said, we should have a full independent examination of

:00:55. > :00:59.the whole operation of the scheme. I can announce we will appoint an

:01:00. > :01:04.independent judge to produce a full public account of the this scheme to

:01:05. > :01:09.determine whether any other letters were sent in error. The judge will

:01:10. > :01:13.have access to Government files and officials. This will happen quickly

:01:14. > :01:18.and the review will report by the end of May. The response from the

:01:19. > :01:23.First Minister who threatened to quit - satisfaction. I'm satisfied

:01:24. > :01:27.with the response I have got. The Prime Minister and the Secretary of

:01:28. > :01:31.State have been prompt and dealt with the issue and in the manner

:01:32. > :01:35.that is satisfactory to me. So yes, I do not intend to resign on the

:01:36. > :01:39.basis of what if you get what you want, why would you resign? Sinn

:01:40. > :01:44.Fein shrugged off the Government's response to what it claims is a

:01:45. > :01:48.manufactured crisis. What is the point in threatening to bring down

:01:49. > :01:54.the institutions when the issues that we are talking about and which

:01:55. > :02:00.we talked about in this we will have to return to them any way. We be put

:02:01. > :02:05.people to an election over an issue like this and then perhaps the same

:02:06. > :02:10.parties get into power, there is not a huge choice in term of that and

:02:11. > :02:15.then what do we do. We have to repeat what we do before to come to

:02:16. > :02:20.terms with the legacy of the past. I would say for those in Sinn Fein who

:02:21. > :02:25.are talking about this being a manufactured crisis, they need to be

:02:26. > :02:29.at the end of the telephones in our offices and they would soon know

:02:30. > :02:36.there was nothing synthetic about the concerns that we being

:02:37. > :02:40.expressed. The TUV leader said the First Minister had rolled over. We

:02:41. > :02:45.have had an astonishing climb down by the First Minister and he is

:02:46. > :02:51.clutching some fig leaf to himself and the Sainting is helping by --

:02:52. > :02:57.Secretary of State is helping by reiterating something that was in

:02:58. > :03:02.the letter, that if fresh evidence comes they could be interviewed

:03:03. > :03:07.again. Tomorrow the Assembly will have its say with the DUP leading

:03:08. > :03:09.the condemnation of how the Government handled the issue of

:03:10. > :03:17.those on the run. The Director of Public Prosecutions here has given

:03:18. > :03:20.his backing to the inquiry. In an interview for The View programme,

:03:21. > :03:25.Barra McGrory said he expected it to clear up any misunderstandings.

:03:26. > :03:30.Clearly if there is a senior judicial figure heading the ink

:03:31. > :03:36.rishgs it will -- inquiry, it will have integrity. I will give my

:03:37. > :03:40.personal co-operation to it and I think you know I think the inquiry

:03:41. > :03:45.should clear up some of the confusion and concern about these

:03:46. > :03:50.issues. And there'll be more on that story on The View which follows this

:03:51. > :03:54.bulletin. The Secretary of State Theresa Villiers said those who

:03:55. > :03:58.received the letters will not remain immune from prosecution if new

:03:59. > :04:01.evidence comes to light. There are no plans for individual contacts

:04:02. > :04:07.with people who received the letters, but the message is clear

:04:08. > :04:12.that if new evidence emerges these letters do not confer immunity from

:04:13. > :04:16.prosecution. The evidence would be acted on by the police in the normal

:04:17. > :04:22.way with arrests and prosecutions where it is justified. A County

:04:23. > :04:25.Tyrone teenager on trial for shooting dead his father thought

:04:26. > :04:28.that by killing one of his parents they would become his guardian in

:04:29. > :04:32.heaven and resolve his unhappiness in life. The court was told Sean

:04:33. > :04:34.Hackett, who is 19 and from Augher, was suffering from diminished

:04:35. > :04:38.responsibility due to his mental state at the time. Our reporter

:04:39. > :04:45.Julian Fowler was at Dungannon Crown Court. The court was told Sean

:04:46. > :04:49.Hackett was a teenager with troubles. Before killing his father,

:04:50. > :04:53.he had split up with his girlfriend. He was feeling the pressure of

:04:54. > :04:57.competing at a high level in Gaelic football. He was upset at the death

:04:58. > :05:03.of his grandfather and was thinking of dropping out of college. Today a

:05:04. > :05:08.consultant forensic psychologist gave evidence. He said Sean Hackett

:05:09. > :05:13.formed the idea that by killing one of his parts, they would become his

:05:14. > :05:18.guardian in heaven, looking down on him, resolving his unhappiness and

:05:19. > :05:24.making all the problems in his life evaporate. In October 2012, he tried

:05:25. > :05:31.to strangle his mother. Despite seeing a counsellor, he began a plan

:05:32. > :05:35.that led to the shooting of his father. On the day of the killing,

:05:36. > :05:39.he said he had twice tried to shoot his mother at their home. But he had

:05:40. > :05:44.not been able to bring himself to do it. He then lay in wait for his

:05:45. > :05:52.father. After shooting at him three times, he held his hand, crying,

:05:53. > :05:57.apologising, and saying prayers. The doctor said in the months before the

:05:58. > :06:06.killing, Sean hack ement was O'-- Hackett was suffering from a major

:06:07. > :06:11.personality disorder. The jury were told that Hackett, who denies

:06:12. > :06:18.murder, would not be giving evidence himself. A press photographer has

:06:19. > :06:21.been found guilty of assaults on two police officers last August. The

:06:22. > :06:24.incident took place during a Loyalist protest over the attendance

:06:25. > :06:26.of Sinn Fein's Mairtin O Muilleoir at the re-opening of Woodvale Park.

:06:27. > :06:30.45-year-old Paul Mateer, from Blackmountain Walk in the city, was

:06:31. > :06:38.bound over to keep the peace for two years and ordered to pay a total of

:06:39. > :06:42.?170 in compensation. The integrated school, Lagan College, celebrated

:06:43. > :06:45.the official opening of its new campus in the Castlereagh Hills

:06:46. > :06:54.today with a Supreme visitor. Ita Dungan went to meet her. 30 years

:06:55. > :07:02.ago 28 pupils walked into Northern Ireland's first integrated school.

:07:03. > :07:10.Today in their new campus, Mary Wilson of the Supremes gave the

:07:11. > :07:16.building some extra soul. She told pupils a future together was theirs

:07:17. > :07:20.to believe in. In order for it to change, if ever the people

:07:21. > :07:28.themselves will have to make that change. And special think young

:07:29. > :07:34.people will have to start making the dream that will no longer exist. Its

:07:35. > :07:43.up to those coming up now to realise that they can make change. And this

:07:44. > :07:49.70-year-old still appears to have i She is amazing, what she has went

:07:50. > :07:59.through and changed her life and made it so far and dreamed to big.

:08:00. > :08:05.Dream big and it shows, dreams do come true. 12 number ones and a US

:08:06. > :08:11.good will ambassador, Mary Wilson has gone from being a 17-year-old in

:08:12. > :08:15.the projects of Detroit to a superstar. The pupils here are

:08:16. > :08:27.hoping some of her spirit and soul rubs off on them. Onto the weather

:08:28. > :08:31.now with Barra Best. It is turning chilly. The Met Office has issued a

:08:32. > :08:35.weather warning for ice in untreated areas where we have had a few

:08:36. > :08:40.showers today. Temperatures in towns and cities could fall to freezing

:08:41. > :08:45.below and colder in the countryside. There will be some mist and fog

:08:46. > :08:48.developing tomorrow morning. So take care if you're heading out fist

:08:49. > :08:55.thing. -- first thing. After that it will be a day like today, plenty of

:08:56. > :09:01.dry and sunny weather, but a threat of scattered showers. To start with

:09:02. > :09:04.a bright start with sunshine developing. Through the day the best

:09:05. > :09:08.of the weather will be in Ireland and Scotland. Bright and sunny with

:09:09. > :09:12.scattered showers. Cloudier in England and Wales. For some central

:09:13. > :09:19.and southern areas of England we have a warning for snow as that low

:09:20. > :09:24.pressure remains in many places. It will eventually pass out towards

:09:25. > :09:27.France. Behind it brightening up. So for Northern Ireland, if you're out

:09:28. > :09:34.and about tomorrow you will want to wrap up warm. Temperatures managing

:09:35. > :09:38.just seven or eight degrees. With any showers it will feel colder. The

:09:39. > :09:42.weekend is going to be a messy picture. We are expecting it to be

:09:43. > :09:46.best in the mornings for Saturday and Sunday. Through the day it is

:09:47. > :09:53.going to turn cloudier and we will see some more rain. For the weekend

:09:54. > :10:06.prepare for more unsettled weather. That's it for now. Good night.

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