:00:00. > :00:15.Good evening. All 12 men accused in connection with the death of a
:00:16. > :00:18.community worker in Coleraine five years ago have now had charges of
:00:19. > :00:21.manslaughter and attempted murder dropped. Kevin McDaid who was a
:00:22. > :00:30.catholic died after he was attacked outside his home. Kevin Sharkey was
:00:31. > :00:33.in the court. There have been tensions about flags in the days
:00:34. > :00:43.leading up to Kevin McDaid's death. tensions about flags in the days
:00:44. > :00:46.the victim's home. A high profile pleased investigation followed and
:00:47. > :00:54.12 men were arrested and charged accused with the attempted -- the
:00:55. > :01:00.murder of Kevin McDaid and the attempted murder of his friend,
:01:01. > :01:04.David Fleming. The manslaughter and attempted murder charges were
:01:05. > :01:09.dropped against seven of the three years after they pleaded guilty to
:01:10. > :01:12.less serious charges. This week, though manslaughter and attempted
:01:13. > :01:22.murder were dropped against three other defendants. All ten are on
:01:23. > :01:27.bail. Two men were due to go on trial but walked free as all charges
:01:28. > :01:31.against them were dropped. The prosecution told the court that
:01:32. > :01:34.having reviewed the evidence against the two men they
:01:35. > :01:43.having reviewed the evidence against no evidence against the man. When
:01:44. > :01:54.addressing them, he said, "you may leave the dog." . He asked the
:01:55. > :01:59.victim's wife if they wanted to make victim statements? They are aware of
:02:00. > :02:04.the obstacles being encountered and he said they may not understand why
:02:05. > :02:13.this is happening. The prosecution said they would be speaking to the
:02:14. > :02:25.family. Kevin McDaid's family will appear in court next month. A man in
:02:26. > :02:28.his 30s has been stabbed in the stomach in south Belfast. Police say
:02:29. > :02:32.he was involved in a row with another man somewhere in the area of
:02:33. > :02:36.Donegall Road, Donegall Avenue and Tates Avenue. Two people were taken
:02:37. > :02:40.to hospital after a heifer bolted while it was being exhibited at the
:02:41. > :02:43.Balmoral Show. It struck one of its handlers and a member of the public
:02:44. > :02:47.yesterday afternoon. The extent of their injuries isn't known. In a
:02:48. > :02:51.statement the RUAS which runs the Show said best practice was being
:02:52. > :02:53.employed at the time and a review of the incident has begun.
:02:54. > :02:57.Three Londonderry men have been sentenced to a total of 30 years in
:02:58. > :03:00.prison for having a mortar. It was discovered by police when their car
:03:01. > :03:06.was stopped in the Creggan area of the city almost two years ago. Julie
:03:07. > :03:16.McCullough reports. The court heard the device found in the car the men
:03:17. > :03:20.were travelling in wasn't -- was an explosive projectile, capable of
:03:21. > :03:33.killing or causing serious injury to those inside. Jason Lee, Damian
:03:34. > :03:38.Harkin and Neil Christopher Hegarty all admitted transporting the bomb.
:03:39. > :03:41.They also admitted to having an item likely to be of use in an act of
:03:42. > :03:49.terrorism which was a walkie-talkie radio. When they were stopped, they
:03:50. > :03:56.were wearing dark clothing and two of them had a pair of gloves over
:03:57. > :04:02.latex gloves. The bomb was found in a foot well along with a detonator.
:04:03. > :04:07.Each of the men were sentenced to ten years in prison, five of which
:04:08. > :04:11.will be spent in custody, the rest on supervised license.
:04:12. > :04:15.An elderly woman needed hospital treatment after being pushed over by
:04:16. > :04:17.two men who stole her handbag. The incident happened yesterday
:04:18. > :04:21.afternoon in Edgecumbe Gardens in East Belfast. The woman who's in her
:04:22. > :04:27.80s has a suspected broken elbow and pelvis. One of the men is described
:04:28. > :04:30.as being in his early 40s with dark hair and the police are appealing
:04:31. > :04:33.for witnesses. A nine-year-old boy who lives here
:04:34. > :04:38.with his mother should be returned to Lithuania where he was born, the
:04:39. > :04:41.Supreme Court in London has ruled. The child lived there with his
:04:42. > :04:45.grandparents for seven years while his mother worked here. The court
:04:46. > :04:48.has ruled his removal from Lithuania was unlawful and that he should be
:04:49. > :04:53.returned to his grandparents immediately.
:04:54. > :04:56.Coming up after this bulletin our political programme The View will be
:04:57. > :05:01.looking at how our politicians will ever sign off on a budget. That's
:05:02. > :05:06.here on BBC One. Invest NI says it had the best year
:05:07. > :05:11.in its history in 2013 when it promoted almost 11,000 new jobs.
:05:12. > :05:16.That's an improvement of 49% on the previous year. Almost 6,000 of the
:05:17. > :05:20.jobs are to be created by local firms. Invest NI's Chief Executive
:05:21. > :05:40.says he is confident that most of the jobs will be created in the next
:05:41. > :05:43.five years. I can tell that there will be some changes but I am
:05:44. > :05:50.confident the majority of the jobs will be created and we can analyse
:05:51. > :05:53.that and report on it. It's been a thrilling opening night of racing at
:05:54. > :06:02.the North West 200. Stephen Watson joins me now live from Portstewart.
:06:03. > :06:08.After last year's wash-out, descended showing here on the North
:06:09. > :06:11.West 200. Thousands of people flocked to see a breathtaking
:06:12. > :06:18.night's racing and what an evening it was for our home-grown talent.
:06:19. > :06:25.Alistair Seeley Twenty20 races. There was a very first Northwest 200
:06:26. > :06:34.successful Lee Johnson to complete a remarkable hat-trick.
:06:35. > :06:42.Two winds tonight for Alistair Seeley. It was a magical night. He
:06:43. > :06:45.found himself in 15th place after getting caught up with Lee Johnson
:06:46. > :06:52.on the first corner of the first race but he weaved his way through
:06:53. > :06:57.the race to take the lap. After a strong challenge from Guy Martin, he
:06:58. > :07:06.held on to record his first victory of the evening. I picked them off
:07:07. > :07:15.one by one. I caught the leading bunch. It was a good race. Testament
:07:16. > :07:18.to the team and the boys around me. He made up for his super sport
:07:19. > :07:25.mishap. He appeared He made up for his super sport
:07:26. > :07:28.victory secured as he led by more than four microseconds. Johnson
:07:29. > :07:36.moved into the lead to capture his win. I had to pay the boys back with
:07:37. > :07:42.a bit of a win. I have always complained about not enjoying riding
:07:43. > :07:50.it but I have worked hard. It is working a treat. He held off Michael
:07:51. > :07:56.Rutter and Michael Dunlop in a thrilling race to edge closer to
:07:57. > :08:08.Robert Dunlop's whim of 15 Northwest 200 winds. Robert Seeley is that
:08:09. > :08:13.biggest winner. He will be a big favourite to secure even more
:08:14. > :08:18.victories on Saturday. You can see highlights at 10:35pm on BBC One.
:08:19. > :08:31.Let's see if the sun is going to continue to shine.
:08:32. > :08:42.It has been the warmest day of the year so far. There is another fine
:08:43. > :08:49.day on the cards tomorrow. It will stay dry tonight. The low cloud will
:08:50. > :08:54.disappear quickly tomorrow morning and we can once again expect
:08:55. > :08:58.temperatures to get close to 20 Celsius. Lots of sunshine developing
:08:59. > :09:04.quickly tomorrow morning and it will warm up quite quickly. It is pretty
:09:05. > :09:08.much a fine picture across many parts of Britain and Ireland. There
:09:09. > :09:14.is some fog here hugging the coast of Wales and south-west England. A
:09:15. > :09:24.weather front will bring some rain to the north-west Scotland. That
:09:25. > :09:29.area will emerge slowly southwards tomorrow. Temperatures should get
:09:30. > :09:32.close to 21 Celsius. That weather front in the north-west will
:09:33. > :09:40.gradually come south during Saturday but for much of the day, many parts
:09:41. > :09:47.of Belfast as obese -- and the south-east will stay dry. There
:09:48. > :09:52.could be a future was for the big race on Saturday. For the rest of
:09:53. > :09:56.the weekend, we have rain for a time but it should dry up. It will feel
:09:57. > :10:00.fresher by the end of the weekend. We are back in the morning at
:10:01. > :10:02.6:30am. Thanks for watching. Good night.