:00:00. > :00:00.Dan, thank you. That's all from us. Now,
:00:00. > :00:11.Good evening. Belfast Council has voted to invite the Pope to the
:00:12. > :00:17.city. The motion was passed by 30 votes to nil as Unionist
:00:18. > :00:22.representatives all abstained. Our political correspondent Gareth
:00:23. > :00:26.Gordon was there. Should the Pope be invited to Belfast? This unionist
:00:27. > :00:30.councillor said it could led to unrest and made his feelings clear.
:00:31. > :00:33.But when the issue was debated by city councillors tonight, Jim
:00:34. > :00:35.Rodgers and fellow unionist councillors decided to abstain,
:00:36. > :00:45.meaning the invite, backed by nationalists and Alliance, was
:00:46. > :00:51.overwhelmingly passed. I am glad they didn't oppose it. I am saddened
:00:52. > :00:57.that they couldn't find it in their hearts to support it, to send out a
:00:58. > :01:03.positive message from our city that we are progressing. It was
:01:04. > :01:06.essentially an election stunt and it wasn't a game we were willing to
:01:07. > :01:10.play. They were wanting an insult and we weren't going to give them
:01:11. > :01:13.that. The Pope meets the Queen on Thursday. Unionists say it would be
:01:14. > :01:16.appropriate for her and the Westminster government to issue such
:01:17. > :01:19.an invite, not the City Council. But letters will now go from City Hall
:01:20. > :01:25.to the Pope's represenatives and the Executive, asking it invite the
:01:26. > :01:29.pontiff to Belfast. This could have descended into
:01:30. > :01:32.another major row, but it didn't, for which many will be grateful.
:01:33. > :01:35.another major row, but it didn't, if the Pope ever does make it to the
:01:36. > :01:40.city, it will be another matter altogether. -- whether the Pope
:01:41. > :01:44.makes it. More than 1500 homes are to be built
:01:45. > :01:46.here in a multi-million-pound investment in social housing.
:01:47. > :01:49.Hundreds of jobs will also be created. Here's our business
:01:50. > :01:51.correspondent Julian O'Neill. This project in Holywood is nearing
:01:52. > :01:56.completion, but demand for low-rental social housing far
:01:57. > :02:01.outstrips supply. Today's deal will help deliver more homes. ?180
:02:02. > :02:04.million, most of it in cheap bank loans, has been obtained by Clanmill
:02:05. > :02:10.Housing Association to ramp up a building programme. This is a major
:02:11. > :02:15.investment which will enable Clanmill to developed many more
:02:16. > :02:19.homes in the future. We need social housing that will help leverage the
:02:20. > :02:24.money and this is a good example of that. -- Housing
:02:25. > :02:28.money and this is a good example of are able to leveraging money. The
:02:29. > :02:31.package will fund 1600 new homes over four years. Associations like
:02:32. > :02:34.Clanmill have been borrowing money from banks the years, but it is the
:02:35. > :02:38.scale of this deal which is significant. And it also comes at a
:02:39. > :02:44.time when the Stormont Executive wants to see an increase in the
:02:45. > :02:47.number of social homes being built. This year, we are increasing the
:02:48. > :02:51.number of social homes being delivered by 50% and to deliver that
:02:52. > :02:54.step change, we are going to need a lot of private finance and I am
:02:55. > :03:00.encouraged that banks are looking to significantly increase their lending
:03:01. > :03:05.to our members. Stormont needs Clanmill and associations to borrow
:03:06. > :03:11.more to build more. That's because there are tens of thousands of
:03:12. > :03:22.people in housing need. As well as reducing the waiting list, this deal
:03:23. > :03:25.will also support jobs. Deals like this, which will see around 1000
:03:26. > :03:29.jobs actually created and sustained by the work that will be done by
:03:30. > :03:32.Clanmill over the next couple of years, gives help and assistance to
:03:33. > :03:35.a construction sector which has suffered over the last number of
:03:36. > :03:38.years. Given the squeeze on public funding, bank financing for projects
:03:39. > :03:44.is more important than ever. The new homes will go in areas where there
:03:45. > :03:48.is most demand. The police say dissident republicans
:03:49. > :03:51.need to get off the back of the community in Strabane. Homes were
:03:52. > :03:58.evacuated in the early hours of this morning because of a pipe bomb alert
:03:59. > :04:01.in as many days. -- the second in as many days. Our north-west reporter
:04:02. > :04:05.Keiron Tourish has more. The pipe bomb was discovered in this alleyway
:04:06. > :04:08.at around 1:30am this morning. The police believe the device was
:04:09. > :04:11.deliberately abandoned after they had carried out a number
:04:12. > :04:13.deliberately abandoned after they searches. They were alerted by a
:04:14. > :04:19.local resident and evacuated around 30 homes just before 4am. A number
:04:20. > :04:22.of pensioners were among those moved out, including an 80-year-old
:04:23. > :04:31.resident who relies on an oxygen tank. I was going like that, I was
:04:32. > :04:41.shaking like a leaf, scared the life out of me. Everybody was afraid,
:04:42. > :04:48.especially the old people, like. Because they are very old and there
:04:49. > :04:52.was a man up here, he needed, he wasn't well either, and he was a
:04:53. > :04:56.good age. This was the second device found in Strabane in the space of 24
:04:57. > :04:59.hours. Yesterday, a bomb packed with nuts and bolts was discovered near
:05:00. > :05:01.the golf course. Police believe that was an attempt to kill PSNI officers
:05:02. > :05:05.by luring them into was an attempt to kill PSNI officers
:05:06. > :05:09.form of explosive device is a danger to both ourselves and the community.
:05:10. > :05:12.I would say to these people, it is time you get off the backs of this
:05:13. > :05:16.community. You don't have the support in this area, the people
:05:17. > :05:19.don't want you and you have to stop this sort of activity. Detectives
:05:20. > :05:25.who are investigating attribute both incidents to dissident republicans.
:05:26. > :05:28.-- they have linked both incidents. They say that like the rest of
:05:29. > :05:34.Northern Ireland, the threat level remains severe. They want to hear
:05:35. > :05:37.from anybody who witnessed anything. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess
:05:38. > :05:41.of Cornwall have ended the first day of their visit to Northern Ireland
:05:42. > :05:44.by meeting people from the tourism industry at Hillsborough Castle.
:05:45. > :05:50.Earlier they spent some time in County Fermanagh, as Julie
:05:51. > :05:54.McCullough reports. The first stop of the day was Enniskillen Castle,
:05:55. > :05:56.where the royal couple got a musical reception from the Royal Irish
:05:57. > :06:07.Regiment band, and some daffodills grown in the school garden of these
:06:08. > :06:11.primary pupils. It was very amazing. I don't know what to say. We told
:06:12. > :06:22.them our teacher and classroom assistant were the best and he
:06:23. > :06:26.agreed! Inside the museum, they were shown artefacts from the Drumclay
:06:27. > :06:31.crannog, an agent burial sites discovered in 2012. -- an ancient
:06:32. > :06:35.burial site. The prince also got to meet the Strawmen of Fermanagh,
:06:36. > :06:38.which he appeared to be very curious about. Is this the whole team? We
:06:39. > :06:42.have had a lot of business from England as well, going to pubs and
:06:43. > :06:45.with cider drinkers. From the castle, it was on to Florencecourt
:06:46. > :06:47.House, the 18th century home of the Earls of Enniskillen, now in the
:06:48. > :06:50.hands of The National Earls of Enniskillen, now in the
:06:51. > :06:56.real opportunity to showcase how beautiful it is and how important it
:06:57. > :06:59.is for tourism in Fermanagh. But it was tourism across Northern Ireland
:07:00. > :07:02.that was on the agenda at Hillsborough Castle this evening,
:07:03. > :07:09.where the couple got to meet some of those who work in the industry. It's
:07:10. > :07:14.a pleasure to meet the Royal people who come here. It's a vote of
:07:15. > :07:18.confidence in the whole of Northern Ireland and for me it's a vote of
:07:19. > :07:22.confidence for the city of Derry. This was the final engagement of the
:07:23. > :07:26.day for the Prince and Duchess. More are planned for tomorrow.
:07:27. > :07:29.Looking ahead to a story we'll have on tomorrow evening's BBC Newsline,
:07:30. > :07:32.and we'll be asking why some Catholic children are doing much
:07:33. > :07:40.better than their Protestant counterparts at school. Maybe they
:07:41. > :07:46.aren't as confident in themselves as we are. We are taught really to have
:07:47. > :07:52.confidence in ourselves and taught why can we not do this, we are girls
:07:53. > :07:57.and Catholics, why can't we be the best scores or why can't we have the
:07:58. > :08:01.best top marks? I don't think it is anything to do with faith and
:08:02. > :08:04.religion, it is no one 's fault own if you aren't pushing yourself to do
:08:05. > :08:08.well in school and you're losing out. It is not anyone else's fault
:08:09. > :08:14.but your own. More views on tomorrow's BBC Newsline at 6:30pm.
:08:15. > :08:16.We hit 16 degrees earlier today. Will the mild weather return
:08:17. > :08:19.tomorrow? Here's Barra Best with the forecast.
:08:20. > :08:22.Will the mild weather return tomorrow? Here's Barra Best It is
:08:23. > :08:27.dry out there and will stay dry for most of the night as the cloud stays
:08:28. > :08:30.with us. Some mist or coast or pork could drift further inland as
:08:31. > :08:35.temperatures inland fall to five or six degrees. I morning we will see
:08:36. > :08:39.more unsettled weather and that sets the picture for the rest of the day.
:08:40. > :08:45.It will turn wet and windy for us all. To begin, the north Coast will
:08:46. > :08:49.fare better, largely dry and bright but the cloudy and wet weather
:08:50. > :08:55.further south will move north across all places. The best places to avoid
:08:56. > :09:01.unsettled weather will be in central and south-east of areas of England,
:09:02. > :09:05.where we will see good sunshine and highs of low 20s, good weather also
:09:06. > :09:10.for low areas of Northern Scotland, everywhere in between breezy at
:09:11. > :09:14.times, scattered charmers and the odd rumble of thunder. Across
:09:15. > :09:19.Northern Ireland you will want to keep the umbrella handy tomorrow,
:09:20. > :09:22.there will be outbreaks of rain and persistent and heavy bursts, and
:09:23. > :09:28.across the East Coast with easterly winds it will be blustery. Today we
:09:29. > :09:35.had 16 degrees in the West. Tomorrow we will be lucky to hit 11 so a
:09:36. > :09:38.chilly feel with the wind and rain. On Thursday there will be some wet
:09:39. > :09:46.weather around the coast but further inland drier and brighter with highs
:09:47. > :09:49.of 15 degrees. Into the weekend, staying unsettled with some rain but
:09:50. > :09:56.not all the time. Dry weather as well. That's it for now. We will
:09:57. > :09:59.have up dates in the breakfast programme starting at 6:25am
:10:00. > :10:00.tomorrow. From me, good