:00:00. > :00:00.of blue results. He spent just ten months in
:00:00. > :00:21.Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline: Dead
:00:22. > :00:27.from polluted water - a criminal investigation begins into a major
:00:28. > :00:30.fish kill in County Tyrone. Political friends and foes called
:00:31. > :00:38.him a true gentleman - more than 1,000 people turn out to mourn David
:00:39. > :00:43.McClarty. Dan Glover called brain, but that
:00:44. > :00:46.seems today, call rain loved dad just as much.
:00:47. > :00:52.The damage caused by vandals who took a digger on a rampage.
:00:53. > :00:55.Cliftonville are the champions of local football once again. They seal
:00:56. > :01:04.the Irish Premiership title on the penultimate day of the season. We'll
:01:05. > :01:12.show you how they did it. Not long to go now until the start
:01:13. > :01:15.of the Giro d'Italia cycle race. Here in Armagh they are thinking
:01:16. > :01:18.big, really big! Also to come on the programme this
:01:19. > :01:22.evening: Normal weather resumes - April showers are back on the menu.
:01:23. > :01:27.I'll have the details later in the programme.
:01:28. > :01:36.The funeral of the independent unionist Assembly member David
:01:37. > :01:40.McClarty has been held in Coleraine. The 63-year-old had been suffering
:01:41. > :01:41.from cancer. He had been involved in politics for decades. Helen Jones
:01:42. > :01:59.reports. In death, as in life, David McClarty
:02:00. > :02:07.rock people together. Whatever the divisions that led to him not being
:02:08. > :02:15.selected as an election candidate, every shade of unionism was
:02:16. > :02:22.represented today. He was so much more than a politician. He was a
:02:23. > :02:27.rack on tour. He made people laugh. He sang in the parish choir Oliver
:02:28. > :02:33.'s life. He MCN in Stormont. He was company with the Queen, yet able to
:02:34. > :02:40.deal with everyone. He was most happy with people who needed help.
:02:41. > :02:46.He was also a family man, one of 12 children, who leaves behind his
:02:47. > :02:54.wife, Norma, and two sons. Dad loved Coleraine, but it seemed today --
:02:55. > :03:01.seems today, Coleraine love dad just as much. In his last few months he
:03:02. > :03:07.spoke of his pride in his family. He was a family man, he didn't need to
:03:08. > :03:14.say it. Today, we are so proud of him. Father, act your, and one of
:03:15. > :03:18.the stars of Northern Ireland politics was laid to rest in
:03:19. > :03:27.Portskewett. -- Port Stewarts. 1,200 fish have been killed in a
:03:28. > :03:30.polluted river near Dungannon in County Tyrone. The Department of the
:03:31. > :03:32.Environment has begun a criminal investigation. The pollution
:03:33. > :03:36.described as "high severity" was found over the weekend in the River
:03:37. > :03:44.Oona, which is a tributary of the Blackwater. Our South-East reporter
:03:45. > :03:48.Gordon Adair has more. The River Oona is an exceptionally pretty
:03:49. > :03:53.river, winding its way through the hills of County Tyrone. It was once
:03:54. > :03:57.a famous trout river. Like all true beauties of the River Black water,
:03:58. > :04:02.it suffered when the river was dredged. It is also suffered from
:04:03. > :04:07.incidents of pollution. Thankfully, down here where the river is at its
:04:08. > :04:14.finest, there has been no sign of pollution. It is a different story,
:04:15. > :04:19.however, on the upper reaches of the system, as I find it earlier. My
:04:20. > :04:27.short walk along the river soon revealed a carpet of dead fish of
:04:28. > :04:31.varying sizes and ages. The Environment Agency is carrying it an
:04:32. > :04:36.investigation to try to find the source of the pollution. While it is
:04:37. > :04:40.at an early stage, initial indications are that it is
:04:41. > :04:46.agricultural, probably slurry. With upwards of a thousand fish killed,
:04:47. > :04:53.the agency has classified this incident as being of high severity.
:04:54. > :04:57.We have identified the source, and we are carrying on our usual
:04:58. > :05:03.enforcement action from that. What we will do over the next few days is
:05:04. > :05:10.get our specialist biologist to carry it a survey of the ecosystem.
:05:11. > :05:13.The hope for environmentalists and anglers is that the current low
:05:14. > :05:18.water levels will help prevent this pollution spreading as far as it
:05:19. > :05:22.otherwise might have. Still to come on the programme before 7.00pm:
:05:23. > :05:24.Condemnation of the vandals who stole this digger and went on a
:05:25. > :05:35.wrecking spree. Manchester United fans here have
:05:36. > :05:38.been giving their reaction to the sacking of David Moyes after just
:05:39. > :05:42.ten months in the job. Moyes, whose mother comes from Portrush and who
:05:43. > :05:46.is a regular visitor to the area, had fallen out of favour at Old
:05:47. > :05:55.Trafford after a string of bad results. Rick Faragher reports on a
:05:56. > :06:02.move that many fans had expected. He was labelled the chosen one, but
:06:03. > :06:11.that title would soon come to halt David Moyes. Manchester United is a
:06:12. > :06:16.club with a strong fan base here. I say good riddance. He wasn't doing
:06:17. > :06:20.the job right. Let's move on and regroup, get the team together and
:06:21. > :06:27.make it happen again. Better off without him. You have to give the
:06:28. > :06:33.manager time. Everybody deserves more time than what he got. He was a
:06:34. > :06:38.good manager at Everton, but that is the way it goes. It is the same
:06:39. > :06:43.players. Why couldn't they play for him the way they did for Alex
:06:44. > :06:50.Ferguson? John Bond has been supporting Manchester United for
:06:51. > :06:58.more than half a century. They have the infrastructure there. They bring
:06:59. > :07:01.the right man in, the right coaching staff. I think that is where David
:07:02. > :07:09.Moyes let himself down, he got rid of the coaching staff. The Academy
:07:10. > :07:13.is there, they are processing players every day. They should be
:07:14. > :07:19.back in no time. David Moyes is a regular visitor to the North Coast,
:07:20. > :07:25.but with his desk barely cleared, attention is already turning to who
:07:26. > :07:29.will replace him. I don't think they will take any chances this time. If
:07:30. > :07:34.you make a mistake and learn from it, everything is not last. If you
:07:35. > :07:40.don't learn from your mistakes, then you are stupid. We just hope the
:07:41. > :07:46.people running the club aren't stupid. With no Champions League the
:07:47. > :07:50.all next season, fans will have to find something else to watch on the
:07:51. > :07:54.big screen on of the big matches. Nationalist politicians have lauded
:07:55. > :07:58.the Apprentice Boys over their decision to play a single drum beat
:07:59. > :08:01.as they marched past a Catholic church in Belfast.
:08:02. > :08:05.Sinn Fein and the SDLP say they hope that other loyal orders will follow
:08:06. > :08:07.the example at the flash point at St Patrick's Church in Donegall Street.
:08:08. > :08:17.Here's our political correspondent Martina Purdy.
:08:18. > :08:23.Security was tight at the interface for the Apprentice Boys. Residents
:08:24. > :08:27.gathered to protest. The police were prepared for the worst, while
:08:28. > :08:34.nationalist residents were not prepared at all for what happened
:08:35. > :08:41.next. A single drumbeat from the Apprentice Boys. A spokesman for the
:08:42. > :08:47.resident said they would not have turned up the protest if they had no
:08:48. > :08:50.one. That single drumbeat was heard this afternoon in Ardoyne, where
:08:51. > :08:56.republicans commemorative dead head and Sinn Fein paid tribute to the
:08:57. > :09:02.Apprentice Boys for their actions. I welcome it and that I think it is a
:09:03. > :09:10.template. It is a step forward, said another nationalist politician. The
:09:11. > :09:14.Orange Order should follow the example of the Apprentice Boys. They
:09:15. > :09:23.have shown leadership and should be commended for doing that. The Orange
:09:24. > :09:27.Order should follow on. As senior member of the Orange Order declined
:09:28. > :09:33.to be interviewed, but said he could see no reason why bands and could
:09:34. > :09:38.not play hymns outside this church. It Unionist politician said there
:09:39. > :09:42.was no single solution to problems around parading. Sometimes it can be
:09:43. > :09:48.quite an eerie sound, with the single drumbeat. I think the music,
:09:49. > :09:54.ever displayed properly, should cause no difficulty. But you would
:09:55. > :09:59.welcome what happened yesterday? I always welcome parades passing off
:10:00. > :10:01.peacefully. That is a good thing. As for the Apprentice Boys, they have
:10:02. > :10:08.not said they will repeat the move in future.
:10:09. > :10:12.Some other news in brief now: Detectives investigating the sudden
:10:13. > :10:14.death of a woman in West Belfast say they are no longer treating it as
:10:15. > :10:17.suspicious. Eimear Clarke's body was discovered
:10:18. > :10:21.in a house in the Derryveagh Close area on Sunday. A man who had been
:10:22. > :10:25.arrested in connection with her death was released unconditionally.
:10:26. > :10:28.A war memorial and 14 headstones have been damaged in the City
:10:29. > :10:32.Cemetery in West Belfast. The graves are in an area of the cemetery for
:10:33. > :10:36.those who died in the First and Second World Wars.
:10:37. > :10:39.Two men and a woman were arrested after a loyalist protest camp in
:10:40. > :10:42.North Belfast was attacked earlier today. Banners and flags were torn
:10:43. > :10:46.down during the incident on Twaddell Avenue. The police say they are
:10:47. > :10:53.treating the incident as a hate crime.
:10:54. > :10:58.Vandals are being blamed for stealing a mechanical digger from a
:10:59. > :11:03.construction site in North Belfast and going on a rampage. Sports
:11:04. > :11:07.pitches and security fencing around the construction site itself were
:11:08. > :11:09.damaged. Those involved in the anti-social behaviour were fortunate
:11:10. > :11:19.to escape injury when the digger came close to touching overhead
:11:20. > :11:25.power lines. Mervyn Jess reports. Twisted fencing, broken goalpost and
:11:26. > :11:31.smashed trees, the aftermath of the mechanical digger on the rampage.
:11:32. > :11:34.The machine was used to damage property on the outskirts of North
:11:35. > :11:37.Belfast around nine o'clock last night. Two local people walking
:11:38. > :11:42.their dogs saw what was happening and raised the alarm. Community
:11:43. > :11:48.leaders in the area said the police reaction was bad. What I have seen
:11:49. > :11:54.is a disgrace. Machinery destroyed. Football pitches, which both
:11:55. > :12:00.sections of the community use. Those who did this should be ashamed of
:12:01. > :12:05.themselves. The PSNI, I am going to ask questions of them as to why they
:12:06. > :12:10.did not come on site. I spoke to the contract ten minutes ago and he told
:12:11. > :12:15.me that the PSNI have not been in touch with him. Soon to be
:12:16. > :12:19.undamaged, but an attempt was made to break into the site office. It
:12:20. > :12:26.looks like the mechanical digger was stolen from here, smashing through
:12:27. > :12:30.fencing, missing the overhead cables, coming down the hill and
:12:31. > :12:35.crashing through this line of trees. The damage caused by this incident
:12:36. > :12:39.is now being assessed. The escapade is being treated as wanton
:12:40. > :12:46.vandalism. There is more to come on the
:12:47. > :12:51.programme before 7.00pm: I am here in Portskewett with some of the
:12:52. > :12:55.viewers to make weather bulletins that little bit more beautiful.
:12:56. > :12:59.The two cathedrals in Armagh have agreed to change the times of their
:13:00. > :13:02.Sunday morning services to avoid a clash with the Giro d'Italia cycle
:13:03. > :13:06.race next month. Day Three of the race starts in the city on Sunday,
:13:07. > :13:08.11th May. As BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson reports, the international
:13:09. > :13:11.cyclists can expect a colourful welcome in Armagh, as it embraces
:13:12. > :13:22.the pink theme of the prestigious event.
:13:23. > :13:26.Everything that moves is changing colour, but here in the Orchard
:13:27. > :13:32.County you don't need him to go pink. Pink Apple Blossom comes
:13:33. > :13:40.naturally, but will it be it in time for the Giro? Let's ask an apple
:13:41. > :13:48.farmer. As you can see, we are quite far on this of year. These Apple
:13:49. > :13:53.bugs are just starting to come into pink. I would be confident that we
:13:54. > :14:01.will have a sea of pink for the race. A big welcome is guaranteed in
:14:02. > :14:07.Armagh, and a big night! This giant contraption is going on display. It
:14:08. > :14:13.has all been made from scrap metal. This seat at the top is an old iron
:14:14. > :14:20.inboard. Somebody had dumped it. The pedals and the backrest is often old
:14:21. > :14:26.shopping basket. You have an old lamp that was thrown out, put it on
:14:27. > :14:33.as a head lamp. All he needed to buy was the paint. It really is the in
:14:34. > :14:50.colour. Here, it seems everything is going pink, even the local cricket
:14:51. > :14:56.team. We are just -- we are now called the pinkies! Only for the
:14:57. > :15:03.day. We are going to have a very exciting day. The Armagh stage of
:15:04. > :15:08.the Giro begins just after 11am on the 11th of May. It is a time when
:15:09. > :15:12.services are normally held in the cathedrals, but the times have been
:15:13. > :15:17.changed to avoid a clash with the big race. We will hold one
:15:18. > :15:24.celebration at 9pm the previous evening, after sunset, taking our
:15:25. > :15:28.cue from Jewish tradition. The second celebration we will hold at
:15:29. > :15:34.seven o'clock in the morning. So, it seems everything is ready for the
:15:35. > :15:37.Giro d'Italia, from the Blossom, to the big bike, to the cricketers.
:15:38. > :15:51.Surely, nothing can go wrong. More than 5,000 people are expected
:15:52. > :15:56.to visit Londonderry over the next few days for a cultural celebration.
:15:57. > :16:08.It's the first time in its 43 years that the Pan Celtic Festival has
:16:09. > :16:13.been held in Northern Ireland. Over the next few days thousands of
:16:14. > :16:16.people are expected to flock to the city for the Pan Celtic Festival, a
:16:17. > :16:21.celebration of music and culture as it crosses the border for the first
:16:22. > :16:24.time in its history. The festival attracts visitors from all over
:16:25. > :16:30.Ireland as well as the Celtic nations of Brittany, Cornwall and
:16:31. > :16:34.the Isle of Man, Scotland and Wales. It brings the various Celtic nations
:16:35. > :16:41.together. I am not sure other festivals that do that in Ireland,
:16:42. > :16:46.and that is the attraction. It is a family oriented team and we have a
:16:47. > :16:52.lot of activities. We have treasure hunts, workshops, Irish language,
:16:53. > :16:57.the parade of nations, where all of the nations will be walking around
:16:58. > :17:10.in beautiful dress and pipe music, that is this Friday. Last year day
:17:11. > :17:15.became the City of Culture. -- Derry. Organisers hope to emulate
:17:16. > :17:23.that success. It is about looking at the success last year of celebrating
:17:24. > :17:37.cultures. It is looking at our cultures and where they come from.
:17:38. > :17:42.We are in a tent which promises to be one of the major attractions of
:17:43. > :17:46.the festival. It will play host to some of the most famous traditional
:17:47. > :17:56.acts. All that remains is to sit back, relax and enjoy the wealth of
:17:57. > :18:05.Celtic culture. Cliftonville Football Club have been
:18:06. > :18:08.crowned Irish League Champions. It was a dramatic afternoon of
:18:09. > :18:11.twists and turns on the penultimate day of the local season. In the end
:18:12. > :18:13.Cliftonville retained the Premiership title after beating
:18:14. > :18:17.Portadown 2-0, while nearest challengers Linfield lost 2-0 to
:18:18. > :18:21.Belfast rivals Glentoran. It's the first time in the history of the
:18:22. > :18:27.club that Cliftonville have won back to back championships. Here's how
:18:28. > :18:31.they did it today. Cliftonville started the day three
:18:32. > :18:39.points clear of Linfield and with a better goal difference. They knew
:18:40. > :18:45.that I win it should be enough. How important could that be? As they to
:18:46. > :18:52.give second half lead, and Belfast things were not going well for their
:18:53. > :18:59.nearest challengers. He may have broken the hearts of Linfield. Back
:19:00. > :19:04.at Shamrock Park the home side were pushing for an equaliser.
:19:05. > :19:16.Cliftonville were still feeling the pressure. Soon, they edged another
:19:17. > :19:25.step closer to glory. Stephen Garrett has scored a second. Within
:19:26. > :19:34.a few minutes, more good news. That she can only signify one thing...
:19:35. > :19:39.Linfield had fallen further behind. Linfield's title hopes dead and
:19:40. > :19:50.buried. For the second year in a row, Cliftonville the old the title.
:19:51. > :19:55.Cliftonville are the 2014 champions. Everyone has worked so hard all
:19:56. > :20:02.year. I cannot believe it has finished today. It is unbelievable.
:20:03. > :20:12.The boys were a bit nervous and I think it showed. I think I'd have
:20:13. > :20:17.time we relaxed -- at half-time. Champions!
:20:18. > :20:21.The jubilant Cliftonville players have made their way back to their
:20:22. > :20:33.own club Solitude in North Belfast. Our reporter is there live.
:20:34. > :20:38.The party is only getting started. Given the expectation level, was it
:20:39. > :20:44.more difficult? I would say so. It was difficult to defend it. We won
:20:45. > :20:52.in good style last year and it took us a while this year to get to
:20:53. > :21:05.grips. That is one of your excited players! The players had to reduce
:21:06. > :21:12.the deficit. They had to cut down the deficit by one or two points
:21:13. > :21:15.every month. I did not think we would give the place up and that is
:21:16. > :21:29.how it has worked out. I am delighted for the players. And the
:21:30. > :21:33.fans. A big Manchester United fan, I am not going to ask him about that.
:21:34. > :21:35.The atmosphere was obviously a lot different across the city where
:21:36. > :21:39.Linfield's league challenge ended at the hands of their rivals Glentoran.
:21:40. > :21:42.Certainly not the way manager David Jeffrey wanted to end his last game
:21:43. > :21:46.at Windsor Park. I said to the players that this is a place where
:21:47. > :21:49.there is no hiding place. You have to perform on the pitch.
:21:50. > :21:55.Unfortunately it was not about effort, or commitment, if I am being
:21:56. > :22:04.honest, we got what we deserved, nothing. The decision was the right
:22:05. > :22:10.decision for all concerned. My best wishes go to the club and to the new
:22:11. > :22:12.gentleman going in. We'll have more reaction to Cliftonville's
:22:13. > :22:19.championship success on our late bulletin.
:22:20. > :22:25.All year round, viewers take the time to send us photographs. A
:22:26. > :22:28.reporter has been to meet some of them who help make our weather news
:22:29. > :22:32.a little more beautiful whatever the conditions.
:22:33. > :22:50.Every week we get dozens of photographs, but one place gets
:22:51. > :22:54.photographed more than any other. These people photographed the north
:22:55. > :22:58.caused in all weathers, but Port Stewart is a particular favourite. I
:22:59. > :23:05.love this place because that is where I come swimming. It is
:23:06. > :23:16.unnatural rock pool and fantastic for diving into. -- a natural rock
:23:17. > :23:20.pool. It has everything, beaches, cliffs, every time you go around the
:23:21. > :23:25.corner you have a completely different view and different weather
:23:26. > :23:31.as well. Sometimes the weather can make a shot. These pictures were
:23:32. > :23:44.seen on BBC newsline and shared around the world. It is rare to get
:23:45. > :23:49.fog like that. It was perfect. I went over there as fast as possible
:23:50. > :23:54.because the sun was setting. I knew if I did not get there at a specific
:23:55. > :24:00.time I would miss the opportunity to get like I wanted. If you want your
:24:01. > :24:08.pictures on television, be prepared for anything. With the sunshine
:24:09. > :24:11.coming out, it lifts everything. You never know what you are going to get
:24:12. > :24:21.when you go outside. Around Christmas it was snowing and
:24:22. > :24:33.suddenly these sufferers came out of the water -- surfers. Send us your
:24:34. > :24:39.pictures. I like the weather pictures. I do
:24:40. > :24:55.not like your first graphics. Keep sending in your pictures. The
:24:56. > :25:01.rain is back. It is not brilliant weather for photographing. This
:25:02. > :25:04.rather large swathe of cloud that is approaching the south coast of
:25:05. > :25:09.Ireland is going to come northwards in the next 24 hours which means
:25:10. > :25:13.there is going to be more burst of rain tonight and tomorrow. Thursday
:25:14. > :25:19.and Friday will bring some sunshine, perhaps better for pictures. The
:25:20. > :25:24.weekend is looking cool and unsettled. We have some showers
:25:25. > :25:34.which will continue through the night. It is mild. Temperatures no
:25:35. > :25:41.low out than seven or eight degrees. Perfect for growing flowers. If
:25:42. > :25:47.tomorrow is your first day back at work, rain will greet you through
:25:48. > :25:50.the rush hour. It will clear by midday and the afternoon is looking
:25:51. > :25:58.better. It is not going to be completely dry. It will be a mix of
:25:59. > :26:01.sunshine and showers. One or two of those showers could be quite sharp
:26:02. > :26:08.and it would not be impossible for there to be a rumble of thunder.
:26:09. > :26:17.Very hit and mist as to whether you get them. We'll a lot of dry
:26:18. > :26:23.weather. -- still. The sun comes back out again on Thursday. A nice
:26:24. > :26:27.day with few showers around. Similar weather on Friday.
:26:28. > :26:33.Our late summary is at 10:25pm.