:00:08. > :00:10.Good evening, and welcome to BBC Newsline.
:00:11. > :00:13.A 30-year-old woman has appeared in court in Belfast, accused of
:00:14. > :00:16.murdering her baby son. The charges are linked to an incident in the
:00:17. > :00:24.city last month. Louise Cullen reports. The woman appeared in court
:00:25. > :00:28.today, charged with murder. She had been arrested by detectives and
:00:29. > :00:31.detained under the Mental Health Act following the incident in Belfast
:00:32. > :00:36.last month, in which the child was critically injured. He later died.
:00:37. > :00:40.At short notice today the woman was brought before the Magistrates'
:00:41. > :00:44.Court. Reporting etrickions have been imposed to protect the
:00:45. > :00:49.defendant's identity. An order bans the press from identifying her was
:00:50. > :00:53.granted today, under the terms of the Human Rights Act. The case was
:00:54. > :00:57.ageneraled until next month and she was remanded back in to medical
:00:58. > :00:59.care. Sinn Fein has apologised
:01:00. > :01:03.unreservedly to the Catholic Bishop of Dromore, over a letter issued by
:01:04. > :01:05.the party in West Belfast, which they admit misrepresented his
:01:06. > :01:09.position on abortion. The apology has been accepted by Bishop John
:01:10. > :01:10.McAreavey, who says he was appalled at the claims. Our political
:01:11. > :01:28.correspondent Gareth Gordon reports. Like others in the Catholic
:01:29. > :01:31.hierarchy the bishop holds strong anti-abortion views so when Sue
:01:32. > :01:34.Ramsey and the party councillor issued a letter to people in West
:01:35. > :01:38.Belfast claiming that the cleric shared their position on the
:01:39. > :01:43.termination of human life, he was angry. The claim, he said, was
:01:44. > :01:47.untrue and damaging, and that he was appalled, adding "I cannot emphasise
:01:48. > :01:53.enough the seriousness of this action, which has misused my good
:01:54. > :01:58.name, and impugned the teaching reputation of my ministry. They were
:01:59. > :02:04.very strong words, the Sinn Fein MP for West Belfast has issued a
:02:05. > :02:08.statement, admitting the letter's seriously misquoted and
:02:09. > :02:12.misrepresented the bishop's position on abortion, saying he apologised
:02:13. > :02:15.and accepting the references to the bishop were unaccurate and the
:02:16. > :02:20.letters should not have gone out. The bishop has thanked the Deputy
:02:21. > :02:25.First Minister for intervening on his behalf, in this highly unusual
:02:26. > :02:29.dispute, Sinn Fein have held up their hands, and admitted they got
:02:30. > :02:33.it badly wrong, but whether it is damaging or not for the party, it
:02:34. > :02:49.certainly very embarrassing. The women, aged 57 and 60 were
:02:50. > :02:53.arrested earlier today. The Health Minister has been urged
:02:54. > :02:58.to clarify if theed admissions policy on NHS care homes will be
:02:59. > :03:09.changed. It follows the announcement of a reprieve for 18 homes, that had
:03:10. > :03:15.been earmarked for closure. Pensioner jean could afford a smile
:03:16. > :03:21.after celebrating her part in the action. These flowers are beautiful.
:03:22. > :03:24.A year ago the Health Minister chose her care home at Westlands to
:03:25. > :03:29.announce that older people should not be forced to move. His visit
:03:30. > :03:33.followed an interview given by the 92-year-old on the Nolan television
:03:34. > :03:37.show. She described her feelings over Government plans to close 18
:03:38. > :03:53.care homes across Northern Ireland, including hers. Just thing things,
:03:54. > :03:58.and the staff are and the resident. About 280 older men and women live
:03:59. > :04:01.in local NHS care homes. Now it has been announced the 18 homes
:04:02. > :04:05.earmarkeded for closure have been granted a reprieve. Those people, it
:04:06. > :04:10.is not about the building, those people in the care homes will be
:04:11. > :04:15.there, that is their home, while they want it to be their home and as
:04:16. > :04:17.long as they live. So that is the key thing that people were asking
:04:18. > :04:21.for, and that has been something that has been delivered.
:04:22. > :04:25.The minister's intentions are set out in a letter to the health
:04:26. > :04:29.committee, seen by the BBC. In it Mr Boots says that he is clear that
:04:30. > :04:34.existing residents will be allowed to repain in their home for as long
:04:35. > :04:39.thads wish, and so long their needs continue to be met there. He adds
:04:40. > :04:42.that will is an onus on the health service to demonstrate to older
:04:43. > :04:46.people new alternatives to statutory homes are a better option for them.
:04:47. > :04:51.Those campaigning on behalf of care homes say the minister needs to
:04:52. > :04:57.spell out why homes aren't currently taking in new residents. I asked Mr
:04:58. > :05:01.Pots why that wasn't happening. He said there was some work do in line
:05:02. > :05:05.with that, he had given it back to the board to look at. The outcome
:05:06. > :05:09.would be round June time. In my opinion there is no field of work to
:05:10. > :05:14.be done, it has left the policy and left it now. For Jean she is happy
:05:15. > :05:28.that for now, she has her home to live in. That is the future ensured
:05:29. > :05:36.for us here, and staff were elated. The health and social care board
:05:37. > :05:39.review continues. Two former directors of Anglo-Irish
:05:40. > :05:42.Bank have been found guilty of illegally supporting the bank's
:05:43. > :05:44.share price, months before its collapse. Pat Whelan, the bank's
:05:45. > :05:47.former head of lending, and its ex-finance director William McAteer,
:05:48. > :05:50.had denied providing unlawful financial assistance to a select
:05:51. > :05:53.group of clients to buy Anglo shares. But the pair were found
:05:54. > :05:56.guilty by unanimous decision on ten counts of providing loans of 450
:05:57. > :05:57.million euro. Yesterday, former chairman Sean Fitzpatrick was
:05:58. > :06:13.cleared of all charges. The police are investigating a
:06:14. > :06:18.serious sexual assault on a woman in Armagh. She was attacked after
:06:19. > :06:21.midnight. Detectives are appealing for witnesses.
:06:22. > :06:24.An arson attack on a community centre in the Rathcoole Estate in
:06:25. > :06:27.Newtownabbey has threatened to close the complex for weeks. Staff at the
:06:28. > :06:35.Dunanny Centre say they've no idea why they were targetted. Andy West
:06:36. > :06:40.reports. Three o'clock in the morning and in in CCTV footage three
:06:41. > :06:44.grainy figures can be seen in the top right of the frame.
:06:45. > :06:48.They run to the back doors of the boiler room and begin pouring fuel
:06:49. > :06:54.inside. Seconds later, a ball of fire. The
:06:55. > :07:00.attack destroyed the complex's gas and water supply. Just means we have
:07:01. > :07:06.no heat, we have no water, and it is imhas implication for the run of the
:07:07. > :07:10.centre. We have a Citizen's Advice Bureau, the staff or the people
:07:11. > :07:13.count use the loos or wash their hand, the boiler house is totally
:07:14. > :07:17.destroyed. Firefighters were able to put the
:07:18. > :07:23.blaze out, 20 minutes after it started. With flames licking round
:07:24. > :07:28.pipes, filled with gas, the damage could so easily have been much, much
:07:29. > :07:32.worse. Centre manager Vicky Moore can't understand why they have been
:07:33. > :07:36.targeted. We have absolutely no idea. We don't know. This is a
:07:37. > :07:40.church's organisation, we are a centre that relies very much on the
:07:41. > :07:43.support of the community and the community relies on the service we
:07:44. > :07:49.provide. Police are investigating the attack but are yet to establish
:07:50. > :07:53.a motive. The first 33 athletes who will
:07:54. > :07:57.represent Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow have
:07:58. > :08:01.been named tonight. They include boxers Paddy Barnes and Michael
:08:02. > :08:05.Conlon. The games start in July. And now for a look ahead to our
:08:06. > :08:12.programmes tomorrow. We will be reporting on an up surge on dog
:08:13. > :08:17.attacks on sheep that are costing farmers thousands. That is on our
:08:18. > :08:22.bulletins starting at 6.30. Now the weather.
:08:23. > :08:28.Is hello things are now improving and it looks promising for the
:08:29. > :08:32.Easter weekend. A good part of it any way but it is going to be cold
:08:33. > :08:36.tonight, with the clearing skies and easing winds, think widely we will
:08:37. > :08:40.see temperatures dipping towards freezing, so that will give us grass
:08:41. > :08:44.frost by tomorrow an one or two rural spots could get an air frost,
:08:45. > :08:48.maybe some patches of mist and fog as well. So it's a cold start on
:08:49. > :08:53.goof but it is is a fine day coming up, with dry with sunshine, in fact
:08:54. > :09:00.sunny from the word go. That will help to clear any frost and fog
:09:01. > :09:04.patches. Away from the far west of Ireland and Scotland where it is
:09:05. > :09:08.cloudy. Damp and dinned windy in the north-west I it is otherwise fine,
:09:09. > :09:15.dry and sunny across many parts of Britain and Irelandroom to.
:09:16. > :09:20.Temperature, 13-15. But it could feel pleasant and warm, except on
:09:21. > :09:23.some parts of the North Sea coast, where they will have an onshore
:09:24. > :09:27.breeze. And for the County Down coast, there is a chance you could
:09:28. > :09:30.have an onshore breeze, pegging temperatures back tomorrow, but away
:09:31. > :09:35.from there, and inland towards the west, temperatures getting up to
:09:36. > :09:40.round 14, possibly 15 grow, so here, too, a me Sanday. Into Saturday,
:09:41. > :09:45.again, we get a repeat performance, a chilly start, sunshine, highs of
:09:46. > :09:48.14 or 15. Easter Sunday brings low pressure, wet and windy conditions
:09:49. > :09:52.into England and Wales, it may be bring cloud towards us on Easter
:09:53. > :09:55.Monday, but Easter Sunday looks fine.
:09:56. > :09:57.That is it for now you can follow this programme on Facebook and
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