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Good evening. The controversial On The Run scheme | :00:09. | :00:13. | |
is over as far as the Government is concerned. That was the message | :00:14. | :00:18. | |
today from the Secretary of State Theresa Villiers. Her words were | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
welcomed by Unionists but dismissed by republicans as meaningless and an | :00:22. | :00:32. | |
act of bad faith. The issue of on the run is has left many victims | :00:33. | :00:39. | |
with a sour taste in their mouth. The Secretary of State offered them | :00:40. | :00:45. | |
a sweetener. In total, of the 200 or so cases under the scheme 38 have | :00:46. | :00:49. | |
been that since the general election in May 2010. 12 received letters | :00:50. | :00:55. | |
saying they were no longer wanted. No letters have been issued by the | :00:56. | :01:01. | |
Northern Ireland office since December 2012 and as far as this | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
government is concerned this scheme is over. But what does it mean? What | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
will happen to the case is currently in the system? What happens to them | :01:12. | :01:17. | |
will be a matter for a judge lead in quarry. We have no plans to issue | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
letters in relation to these cases are any others. What you are telling | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
me is not new to date. You could have told us this earlier. What has | :01:27. | :01:32. | |
changed? The UK government seized this scheme as being at an end and | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
we recognise the concerns that have been felt and I have made clear that | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
these letters do not offer immunity. If anything emerges in relation to | :01:43. | :01:45. | |
terrorist activity, these will be reviewed. I think it is very | :01:46. | :01:51. | |
important to ensure that the public is aware and the recipients are | :01:52. | :01:56. | |
where that they are not get out of jail free cards. They are a | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
statement of fact as to whether or not an individual is wanted. It is a | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
reason understood that if fresh evidence emerges due process will | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
operate in the normal way. Her words were welcomed by Unionists. But Sinn | :02:09. | :02:13. | |
Fein says the comments smacked of a partisan approach. More often than | :02:14. | :02:21. | |
not, when they make an intervention, it is unwelcome. It does not change | :02:22. | :02:25. | |
anything and it is pandering to Unionists and as a sign of bad | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
faith. You'll act the case of John Downey and the fallout nearly led to | :02:30. | :02:32. | |
the resignation of the First Minister. Now he wants more | :02:33. | :02:37. | |
information from the police. One area that is still left to be | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
dealt with is further there are ongoing investigations were letters | :02:44. | :02:50. | |
have been issued. That is a vital issue. Without these, then largely | :02:51. | :02:56. | |
this is immunity and cases are closed so we want that clarification | :02:57. | :03:02. | |
from the police. It is more than one week since the judge lead inquiry | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
into the Danny case was announced and no judge has been appointed. If | :03:07. | :03:10. | |
the Secretary of State's intention was to bring clarity to this issue | :03:11. | :03:15. | |
she probably has not succeeded. As the parties head to Washington next | :03:16. | :03:18. | |
week it is clear that on the run is still have the capacity to | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
destabilise the political process. -- that OTRs. The emergency services | :03:23. | :03:32. | |
are searching the River Lagan in Belfast. They are responding to a | :03:33. | :03:36. | |
report of a man entering the water in the city centre area. The | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
operation began around 6:30pm this evening. There were eyewitness | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
reports that a man was seen and the fire crews carried out a search. We | :03:47. | :03:58. | |
are following that up. The First and Deputy First Ministers | :03:59. | :04:01. | |
have condemned those who sent letter bombs which were intercepted by | :04:02. | :04:04. | |
Royal Mail staff in Londonderry and Lisburn. It's understood the | :04:05. | :04:06. | |
packages were addressed to Maghaberry Prison. Chris Page | :04:07. | :04:09. | |
reports. For the second time in 24 hours the army and police were | :04:10. | :04:12. | |
called to a postal office. This morning in Lisburn Royal Mail staff | :04:13. | :04:16. | |
waited inside as the security forces dealt with a letter bomb. Yesterday | :04:17. | :04:22. | |
there was a similar operation at this sorting office in Londonderry. | :04:23. | :04:27. | |
Workers intercept did another explosive device. The local MP says | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
the people who sent it were reckless. If they have any cause | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
that they want to talk about they have an open and democratic society | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
in which they can do that. If there is a case they want to make, let | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
them talk about it and do soap. This will not advance anything. It is | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
understood that staff reported the package after they had received a | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
briefing about the incident in Derry. It is understood both devices | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
were dressed to Maghaberry prison. The First Minister and Deputy First | :04:59. | :05:01. | |
Minister have condemned the incidence and in a joint statement | :05:02. | :05:05. | |
they said the people who sent the packages have no respect for postal | :05:06. | :05:09. | |
workers, the wider community or the future. | :05:10. | :05:17. | |
The DUP is expected to field just one candidate in May's European | :05:18. | :05:20. | |
election. The party had been considering running a second | :05:21. | :05:22. | |
candidate alongside MEP Diane Dodds. However, Peter Robinson said there | :05:23. | :05:26. | |
was a danger the move could have split the Unionist vote. | :05:27. | :05:34. | |
A couple who were married last week in Belfast City Hospital are | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
appealing to the public to sign the organ donor register. Ciaran Murphy | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
needs a double lung transplant and doctors have told him the operation | :05:42. | :05:44. | |
is now critical. With two separate organ donation bills now being | :05:45. | :05:47. | |
proposed in the Assembly, Mr Murphy is calling on politicians to | :05:48. | :05:56. | |
remember what's at stake. Married just over one week ago this Hubble | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
are cherishing every moment they have together. He needs a double | :06:02. | :06:09. | |
lung transplant. -- this couple. I need a transplant. It is not nice | :06:10. | :06:16. | |
and it is not pleasant. It is in a state of limbo at the moment. It | :06:17. | :06:23. | |
makes everyday such a struggle. The wedding was brought forward when his | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
health deteriorated in January. The ceremony took place in the ward at | :06:28. | :06:32. | |
the hospital. Organ donation is a contentious issue was too political | :06:33. | :06:37. | |
bills being proposed. One offers a soft ad system file the other | :06:38. | :06:41. | |
maintains the current opt in organ register. Like most things this | :06:42. | :06:50. | |
country -- in this country, things become political. But people must | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
consider what it is we are discussing. It is peoples lives. It | :06:56. | :07:02. | |
is the chance for someone to live and having life. There have been | :07:03. | :07:09. | |
difficult conversations including telling their daughter her daddy | :07:10. | :07:13. | |
might die. For Ciaran's sister, the reality is stark. This is the | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
reality now and he could die. I would appeal for people to put | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
themselves in our shoes. This is right here in Belfast and we appeal | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
for people to have the conversation. The couple remain at the beat and | :07:30. | :07:33. | |
they say without hope, their lives would be shattered. | :07:34. | :07:42. | |
A machine used for laying roads which was owned by the Quinn Group | :07:43. | :07:46. | |
has been destroyed in a fire in County Fermanagh. It's the second | :07:47. | :07:49. | |
night in a row that property once belonging to the bankrupt | :07:50. | :07:52. | |
ex-billionaire Sean Quinn has been targeted by arsonists. The machine | :07:53. | :07:55. | |
which was parked in the village of Donagh, was worth about ?150,000. | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
And two results from the Irish Premiership tonight - Coleraine have | :08:02. | :08:03. | |
beaten Crusaders 1-0, while Glentoran won 3-1 against Ballymena | :08:04. | :08:14. | |
United. To Belfast boxers were in action in Dublin this evening. Paddy | :08:15. | :08:18. | |
-- Paddy Barnes triumphed for his seventh Irish titles while Michael | :08:19. | :08:23. | |
Collins took their bantamweight title. | :08:24. | :08:29. | |
Time for a weather update. -- Michael Conlon. We have rain | :08:30. | :08:39. | |
arriving overnight. The skies will start to clear overnight. It will be | :08:40. | :08:42. | |
chilly night with lows of two degrees. -- chilly tonight. This is | :08:43. | :08:51. | |
the picture you will be waking up to. There is a great deal of rain | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
around. It will clear and become a drier afternoon but it will be | :08:57. | :09:02. | |
breezy. There will be a north-south split in the weather. Look at the | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
difference in temperatures. The high pressure is very much in charge | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
across England and Wales. Looking ahead to the rugby tomorrow | :09:13. | :09:15. | |
afternoon it should be cloudy and mild but a little bit easy. It is a | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
similar picture for Northern Ireland. Still out of the wind it | :09:20. | :09:29. | |
should be around 12 degrees. This low-pressure system will dominate | :09:30. | :09:34. | |
the weather over the weekend. It will bring rain in overnight on | :09:35. | :09:39. | |
Saturday and the early hours of Sunday morning. It will be a damp | :09:40. | :09:46. | |
start on Sunday. The best of any brightness will be across the North | :09:47. | :09:50. | |
West. The high pressure will slowly start to extend its influence and | :09:51. | :09:54. | |
this is the general picture for next week. We can expect settled | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
conditions and drier weather. That's all from the BBC Newsline | :09:59. | :10:11. | |
This beauty will make you as fast as a frog... | :10:12. | :10:14. |