:00:00. > :00:13.still trapped. We
:00:14. > :00:16.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline:
:00:17. > :00:19.More than 30 years on, one man's conviction linked to
:00:20. > :00:24.the RUC's so-called shoot-to-kill policy could be overturned.
:00:25. > :00:27.A power company tells how the thousands of eels heading to
:00:28. > :00:36.I've been joining the crowds at Day One of the Balmoral Show and a
:00:37. > :00:39.Royal visitor was one of the first to arrive to sample the atmosphere.
:00:40. > :00:48.The organisers of the North West 200 are unveiling an award in memory
:00:49. > :00:55.The rain stayed away from the Balmoral show we would like more
:00:56. > :01:01.sunshine, a full forecast later. -- but we would like.
:01:02. > :01:03.Martin McCauley was seriously injured and
:01:04. > :01:06.his 17-year-old friend was killed in one of the most controversial
:01:07. > :01:09.He also came to prominence when he was convicted
:01:10. > :01:13.of being a member of an IRA team training rebel forces in Colombia.
:01:14. > :01:15.Today, the 52 year old from Lurgan is back in
:01:16. > :01:18.the news over that fatal shooting, a so-called RUC shoot-to-kill
:01:19. > :01:23.In its aftermath, Martin McCauley was found guilty of having weapons.
:01:24. > :01:26.It has since emerged that a secret MI5 recording of the incident wasn't
:01:27. > :01:31.Today, the Prosecution Service said it would not oppose his appeal.
:01:32. > :01:45.Our home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney has the story.
:01:46. > :01:53.Police claimed Martin McCauley confronted them with a rival in
:01:54. > :01:59.October 1982. He was seriously injured and his friend was killed
:02:00. > :02:05.when officers opened fire. This is him leaving court in 1985 after
:02:06. > :02:09.being given a two year suspended sentence for possession of three
:02:10. > :02:14.rifles. He insisted he and his friend were not armed and police did
:02:15. > :02:19.not issue any warnings before they were shot. It was a claim he
:02:20. > :02:25.repeated in a BBC interview at the scene of the shooting. There were
:02:26. > :02:30.two shots. I saw a guy with a rifle moving across the door and once he
:02:31. > :02:36.disappear, the place exploded with gunfire -- disappeared. I moved to
:02:37. > :02:40.get cover and in doing so I was hit. Police insist the Ben Watt armed and
:02:41. > :02:47.had been given three warnings. Years later, it was revealed MI5 had a
:02:48. > :02:49.listening device inside the shed at the time of the shooting that
:02:50. > :02:56.recorded what happened. That recording could have a stab wished
:02:57. > :03:01.if police shouted warnings or made reference to Martin McCauley being
:03:02. > :03:06.bombed before they opened fire -- established. The recording was not
:03:07. > :03:10.made known to the court at the time of the trial. It was discovered by
:03:11. > :03:13.the Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester who invested
:03:14. > :03:19.allegations of a shoot-to-kill policy and to established the
:03:20. > :03:23.recording was later destroyed. Last year, the criminal cases review
:03:24. > :03:29.commission group -- referred the case to the Court of Appeal on the
:03:30. > :03:35.basis evidence had with -- had been withheld. A QC told the court he had
:03:36. > :03:41.been instructed to read a statement on behalf of the Crown Prosecution
:03:42. > :03:46.Service. It said relevant material had been withheld at the time, from
:03:47. > :03:52.the court and from the defence in the trial. The statement said this
:03:53. > :03:56.undermined public confidence in the criminal justice system and it wrote
:03:57. > :04:01.it into disrepute. The lawyer told the three Appeals Court judges the
:04:02. > :04:06.prosecution service would not make submissions to uphold the conviction
:04:07. > :04:10.and invited them to use their discretion. There will be a hearing
:04:11. > :04:17.next week to decide whether to do so. The lawyers of Martin McCauley
:04:18. > :04:21.will argue the conviction should be quashed on the basis title evidence
:04:22. > :04:25.was not made available to the judge's trial. The contents of the
:04:26. > :04:28.investigation have never been made public and the lawyers hope that
:04:29. > :04:34.will change during next week's hearing. He was tried in public and
:04:35. > :04:39.he was convicted in public and it is his fundamental right these
:04:40. > :04:42.documents be opened in a court so he and the general public are aware of
:04:43. > :04:47.what happened. Martin McCauley was not in court to hear the prosecution
:04:48. > :04:53.statements today as he faces extradition to South America if he
:04:54. > :04:57.returns to Northern Ireland. He was one of three men arrested in
:04:58. > :05:00.Colombia three years ago accused of training rebel forces in the
:05:01. > :05:06.country. Initially cleared off the charge, they were later convicted on
:05:07. > :05:08.appeal and sentenced to 17 years in jail but sentenced -- but fled to
:05:09. > :05:31.the Republic to avoid jail. Police are investigating an arson
:05:32. > :05:35.attack on an errant all attack. They claim there was a similar attack.
:05:36. > :05:38.Survivors and relatives of those killed in the Dublin Monaghan
:05:39. > :05:41.bombings 40 years ago this week are to sue the British Government.
:05:42. > :05:44.They claim the attacks were carried out by Loyalists,
:05:45. > :05:46.with government collusion, and that there was a cover-up.
:05:47. > :05:48.Thirty three people, including a pregnant woman,
:05:49. > :05:53.A tenth man has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in connection with
:05:54. > :05:56.the death of a Catholic community worker in Coleraine five years ago.
:05:57. > :05:58.He had been charged with manslaughter and attempted murder.
:05:59. > :06:01.Kevin McDaid died after he was attacked near his home.
:06:02. > :06:09.Two defendants still face the more serious charges.
:06:10. > :06:16.Still ahead, Northwest 200 unveils a new prize in the -- in honour of a
:06:17. > :06:30.The number of people claiming unemployment
:06:31. > :06:33.benefit is continuing to drop, with claims down by 800 in April.
:06:34. > :06:36.This is the 15th monthly fall in a row.
:06:37. > :06:38.The total number of claimants in April stood at 56,100.
:06:39. > :06:42.That compares to more than 64,000 in the same month last year.
:06:43. > :06:45.But the total is still well above the lowest ever level
:06:46. > :06:58.An update now on a story we brought you yesterday on the deaths of
:06:59. > :07:00.hundreds of thousands of endangered baby eels, called elvers.
:07:01. > :07:04.Over Easter, they got caught in traps that were meant to help them
:07:05. > :07:07.get past a hydro-electric dam in County Donegal and into Lough Erne.
:07:08. > :07:09.Today, the firm that runs the power station
:07:10. > :07:12.said the traps were being checked every day, but they had experienced
:07:13. > :07:23.Julian Fowler reports from Ballyshannon.
:07:24. > :07:33.The dam stands in the way of the tiny young eels making their way to
:07:34. > :07:37.Lough Erne. They are supposed to be given a helping hand into a tank
:07:38. > :07:42.where they are collected and transported around the dam to be
:07:43. > :07:50.released. The remarkable journey of the eels against thousands of miles
:07:51. > :07:54.away in a part of the Atlantic. The love I drift slowly across the ocean
:07:55. > :08:01.and when they reach shallow waters, they transform into elvers and make
:08:02. > :08:05.their way to the freshwater is Lough Erne. Some will stay here for up to
:08:06. > :08:10.25 years before a game making their way to the Open ocean and back to
:08:11. > :08:18.the Sargasso Sea to breed. As we know, the hydroelectric plant at
:08:19. > :08:22.Ballyshannon broke this cycle. Around 300,000 eels died in the
:08:23. > :08:28.traps here last month. One night over Easter, there was a large
:08:29. > :08:35.increase in elvers into one trap and we estimate about 150 kilograms of
:08:36. > :08:41.elvers, which represents 90% of the entire run last year, entered in one
:08:42. > :08:48.night into one trap. These were not detected until the following morning
:08:49. > :08:52.and unfortunately, 112 kilograms of elvers were lost at that stage. One
:08:53. > :08:59.expert said because elvers run at night, traps should be checked at
:09:00. > :09:05.night. He said there was far too casual and approached are critically
:09:06. > :09:10.endangered space you. Power company says it has transported 480
:09:11. > :09:15.kilograms of elvers this year, more than double the total of last year.
:09:16. > :09:16.An investigation is being carried out into the kill which could result
:09:17. > :09:22.in a prosecution. The leader of UKIP, Nigel Farage,
:09:23. > :09:26.has said he can't understand why one of its most prominent Asian
:09:27. > :09:28.supporters has accused the party The claim was made by the chair
:09:29. > :09:32.of the party's youth wing, Nigel Farage was speaking in Belfast
:09:33. > :09:38.today, With more is our political reporter,
:09:39. > :09:55.Stephen Walker. The UKIP leader arrived in Belfast
:09:56. > :10:01.city centre for the infamous -- Ford and for the infamous Eurosceptic,
:10:02. > :10:06.the venue was appropriate. Headlines follow Nigel Farage and a prominent
:10:07. > :10:11.Asians supporter has announced her resignation, saying the party was
:10:12. > :10:15.racist. This young lady, this time last week, appeared on national
:10:16. > :10:19.television in a debate to say our policy on immigration was right and
:10:20. > :10:23.the least racist because we do not want to discriminate against the
:10:24. > :10:28.Commonwealth in favour of Eastern and Southern Europe, so we have not
:10:29. > :10:33.changed in a week. I suspect peer pressure has made her change her
:10:34. > :10:36.position. UKIP are running 23 candidates in next week's
:10:37. > :10:40.collections and one European candidate but with just three
:10:41. > :10:45.collected representatives here, the challenge is obvious. Northern
:10:46. > :10:49.Ireland's election marketplace is crowded so UKIP will have to come up
:10:50. > :10:52.with something different to tempt voters away from the more
:10:53. > :10:58.established parties. Later this month, we will discover if the
:10:59. > :11:06.appeal of Nigel Farage has been successful.
:11:07. > :11:10.Thousands of people have gone along to the first day of our biggest
:11:11. > :11:14.There were some traffic delays, but not as many as last year.
:11:15. > :11:20.Nicola Weir is there for us this evening.
:11:21. > :11:31.The weather had been so good, here on the opening day of the Balmoral
:11:32. > :11:36.Show. 3,000 rosette is given out by the hard-working 93 judges. There
:11:37. > :11:41.was traffic disruption at the start of the day but that did not hamper
:11:42. > :11:45.the numbers coming this morning. Final preparations and Showtime.
:11:46. > :11:52.Thousands flocked to the opening day of the show for the sights, sounds
:11:53. > :11:57.and smells. The Princess Royal officially opens the three-day
:11:58. > :12:03.event, making sure she had a look at some of the 4,000 animals on show.
:12:04. > :12:09.Princess Anne gave us an award and she asked is how many animals we had
:12:10. > :12:15.and we said, 46. -- she asked us. She said we had the biggest number
:12:16. > :12:19.in the class, so happy at that bit. I am really nervous, making sure
:12:20. > :12:25.everything is right. It is a big day, a big showcase and you want to
:12:26. > :12:31.make sure everything is right. We are showing Aberdeen Angus. I hope
:12:32. > :12:37.they do well, we will see. If they do, we might get some sales. It must
:12:38. > :12:42.be a lot of work. On the go from four o'clock this morning getting
:12:43. > :12:48.them clean. So I am looking forward to tomorrow. Food was a big draw,
:12:49. > :12:54.with producers pulling out all the stops. It has become very popular, a
:12:55. > :12:59.lot of people trying it, but we do it on the spit so it is special. You
:13:00. > :13:02.can see what you are eating. We always get a fantastic response,
:13:03. > :13:09.half the effort is convincing people to try it, and they love it. Goat is
:13:10. > :13:12.going crazy in Northern Ireland. The rain stayed away and visitors were
:13:13. > :13:18.treated to prime livestock, a couple of Heron using Bowmans and unusual
:13:19. > :13:24.visitors. -- hair raising moments. It has been good and they take you
:13:25. > :13:29.three things you did not know. What did you not know? I did not know
:13:30. > :13:35.they gave you free samples. It is good for the first morning, a good
:13:36. > :13:41.crowd. Traffic was bad but it is good. We have seen the horses and
:13:42. > :13:46.the cows, it is very good, a good day out for the kids. It is not all
:13:47. > :13:51.about animals, this will set you back nearly half ?1 million. I will
:13:52. > :13:55.take two! If farmers are making money, they will spend money, they
:13:56. > :13:59.are progressive and we want to help them. We enjoyed working with the
:14:00. > :14:05.farming industry, they are great people, resilient, they have been
:14:06. > :14:09.through hard times and good times and they are consistent,
:14:10. > :14:11.hard-working and honest. A successful opening day and even the
:14:12. > :14:16.youngest found something to keep them happy.
:14:17. > :14:22.I am joined by the Chief Executive of the Royal Ulster agricultural
:14:23. > :14:28.Society Colin McDonald, and a show winner, Graham Davidson. A good
:14:29. > :14:32.day? We could not have hoped for better. They would. , perfect
:14:33. > :14:43.weather. Slow getting in this morning. -- the weather was perfect.
:14:44. > :14:49.As you can see, the numbers are good today. What are exhibitors telling
:14:50. > :14:54.Q? Most of them like the bigger show and they have had a good time. They
:14:55. > :14:59.cannot see everything here and that is pleasing to me. Everybody wants
:15:00. > :15:03.to do different things and I am delighted they are having a good
:15:04. > :15:08.time, that is what it is about. Anything to highlight? The highlight
:15:09. > :15:13.was the Royal visits because the Princess Royal has been interested
:15:14. > :15:18.in the society since 2007 and she came to see what she liked. She
:15:19. > :15:21.loved it and she saw so many things and said we do things really well
:15:22. > :15:27.here and others should take a lesson from us. You did talk about traffic
:15:28. > :15:32.disruption and people found it difficult to get in, did you make
:15:33. > :15:37.the proper plans? I think so, it was a bit slow this morning. Those who
:15:38. > :15:43.came during the rush hour were caught up in that but the exhibitors
:15:44. > :15:48.were in and the rush hour ended and everything happened all right. I was
:15:49. > :15:53.pleased to be incontinent -- in constant contact with the travel
:15:54. > :15:58.Centre who kept me up to date. The best way to get here is public
:15:59. > :16:04.transport. And you are a show winner, can we see your trophy and
:16:05. > :16:12.how did you get it? It is the young farmers award. The best point score
:16:13. > :16:18.overall. What does this mean to you, it is a major award? You just
:16:19. > :16:23.have to look at the name on the trophy to see who they were, it is a
:16:24. > :16:28.proud moment to win the award and to get my name on the trophy.
:16:29. > :16:33.Congratulations, and plenty more judging tomorrow and hopefully more
:16:34. > :16:39.winners. I will be here all day. And we will return to the show in a
:16:40. > :16:44.couple of minutes for the weather forecast.
:16:45. > :16:47.Today was a Down day at the Northwest 200, but yesterday, fans
:16:48. > :16:51.were reminded of just how dangerous the sport of road racing can be.
:16:52. > :17:08.A French rider had a high-speed crash. He was airlifted to the Royal
:17:09. > :17:13.Victoria Hospital and the latest on his condition is that he remains
:17:14. > :17:21.critical. One family who knows about the dangers of road racing is the
:17:22. > :17:26.Dunlop family. Robert and Joey lost their lives by competing in this
:17:27. > :17:29.dangerous sport. Robert is the most successful rider in the history of
:17:30. > :17:34.the competition and his sons are here this week to keep the Dunlop
:17:35. > :17:40.name going. Brotherly love at Northwest 200, the
:17:41. > :17:46.new generation of the Dunlop family are helping to prolong the famous
:17:47. > :17:51.surname of their Father Robert and on-call Joey. John McGuinness knew
:17:52. > :17:56.them better than most, his former team-mate and family friend paid a
:17:57. > :18:02.special visit to their hometown of Ballymoney this afternoon. They will
:18:03. > :18:07.never be forgotten in my eyes and in a lot of other people's. I have
:18:08. > :18:12.raced around the world and as far as Japan and Australia, we were
:18:13. > :18:19.instantly talking about Joey and Robert and Michael and William, so
:18:20. > :18:24.Ballymoney is on the map! Joey and Robert won an amazing 28 titles
:18:25. > :18:28.between them. A friendly on track rivalry which has similarities
:18:29. > :18:33.today. And if Michael is to beat William, he will have to overcome an
:18:34. > :18:38.injury as the brothers battle it out to win a new trophy named after
:18:39. > :18:41.their Father. It is a good thing to have. It will be nice for one of us
:18:42. > :18:46.to come home with it, something different. When it comes to
:18:47. > :18:52.motorbikes, family comes first and we get on well we have ups and
:18:53. > :18:58.downs. It is good you can have a chat about it afterwards. It is
:18:59. > :19:04.funny, we do it all the time. Famously, Michael won his first
:19:05. > :19:09.Northwest 200 in 2008. Days after the death of his Father on the same
:19:10. > :19:16.circuit. John McGuinness finished third on that race -- in that race.
:19:17. > :19:21.There's no way I could have eaten Michael and a lot of people were
:19:22. > :19:26.willing him to win. -- eaten. It was like a Mexican wave all round the
:19:27. > :19:33.track and it was a special moment. And there could be more memories for
:19:34. > :19:39.the Dunlop dynasty this week. And that trophy will be unveiled
:19:40. > :19:44.this Saturday after the racing for the best rider of the meeting and we
:19:45. > :19:49.will have more special reports this week.
:19:50. > :19:53.He used to captain his hometown club and now he is set to manage them.
:19:54. > :19:56.Derry City, who sacked Roddy Collins over the
:19:57. > :19:58.weekend, have confirmed that Peter Hutton is the new Brandywell boss.
:19:59. > :20:11.All smiles in his first training session but many macro knows he has
:20:12. > :20:17.to get results to claim the table. He was widely respect it as a
:20:18. > :20:24.player, turning out almost 700 times. He won a league title and he
:20:25. > :20:28.now stepped up from being assistant to play a macro. Unfortunately, it
:20:29. > :20:34.did not work out for him. We have to move on and we have to focus for the
:20:35. > :20:38.campaign. Some players have become disillusioned so it is important to
:20:39. > :20:41.instil confidence in them and give them the freedom to express
:20:42. > :20:46.themselves. The club's top scorer last season has been in and out of
:20:47. > :20:53.the team were denied a row with Roddy Collins. I read the media
:20:54. > :20:58.reports saying we were arguing, I never had a cross word with the man.
:20:59. > :21:04.When he came in, I act him. This is not the first time Peter Hutton has
:21:05. > :21:08.been in the hot seat, he has been caretaker three times in the past.
:21:09. > :21:12.At this time, he is the confirmed boss of the team and he has until
:21:13. > :21:18.the end of the season to make an impression.
:21:19. > :21:25.That is it from the North Coast. Before you go, porch to it is
:21:26. > :21:29.relatively quiet. -- Port Stewart. What can we expect tomorrow, more
:21:30. > :21:35.prep is all racing? Roads will be closed tomorrow at
:21:36. > :21:39.quarter past nine. Thousands of people will descend on the North
:21:40. > :21:44.coast for the second qualifying session and the roads will open
:21:45. > :21:47.again for a couple of hours in the afternoon but close at quarter past
:21:48. > :21:54.five for the first races. These grandstands hold thousands and they
:21:55. > :21:57.will be full tomorrow. And I can tell you there are literally
:21:58. > :22:01.thousands of people around the country, motorcycle fans, keeping a
:22:02. > :22:06.close eye on the weather forecasts and keeping their fingers crossed
:22:07. > :22:11.for sunshine tomorrow and Saturday! We hope to provide that, thank you.
:22:12. > :22:18.The racing is really dependent on the weather.
:22:19. > :22:20.The Balmoral Show keeps going on, whatever the conditions.
:22:21. > :22:29.Cecilia is there to bring us the forecast.
:22:30. > :22:35.It has been good all day but you have reigned around at the moment.
:22:36. > :22:46.Stephen is looking for sunshine tomorrow. -- you have reigned
:22:47. > :22:51.around. -- rain around. The show is on until the end of the week and it
:22:52. > :23:02.is great and we have sampled the food tent. There was a smell of food
:23:03. > :23:07.and the last time I had the treacle was when I was a child as a family.
:23:08. > :23:13.This is the forecast. It will get warmer and drier and brighter.
:23:14. > :23:21.Ladies Day is on Friday. A breeze is picking up and temperatures could
:23:22. > :23:23.hit 18, 19 degrees. It is damp and places tonight, Cloud will stay
:23:24. > :23:31.through the night and it will stay mild. Considerably milder across
:23:32. > :23:38.County Armagh. Lows of eight, 9 degrees. Tomorrow will be a fine and
:23:39. > :23:41.warm day. Through the morning, it will be quite cloudy to begin with
:23:42. > :23:47.and there could be some drizzle around. Thursday will largely be dry
:23:48. > :23:51.and it will brighten through the morning, with sunshine. Not
:23:52. > :23:58.wall-to-wall sunshine, but temperatures will respond to light
:23:59. > :24:03.winds, highs of 18, 19, 20 degrees. A light feel to the day tomorrow.
:24:04. > :24:09.Friday, dry and bright weather around. Some rain moving into Danny
:24:10. > :24:17.call later in the day. That is the sign of this weekend. -- bunny goal.
:24:18. > :24:21.Clearing on Sunday to leave a breezy day with showers. For the race day
:24:22. > :24:27.on Saturday, rain at Northwest 200 but it is not a wash-out. We are
:24:28. > :24:29.hoping for dry spells in the afternoon. And it is not a wash-out
:24:30. > :24:33.here at Balmoral! Our late summary is at 10:25.You can
:24:34. > :24:37.also keep in contact with us via Facebook and Twitter. From BBC
:24:38. > :24:44.Newsline, goodnight. Check out a report on the
:24:45. > :24:50.preparations involved in getting ready with the livestock for the
:24:51. > :25:16.competitions at the Balmoral Show, shampoo and a hairdryer! Good night.
:25:17. > :25:19.Amazing changes happen to our lives