:00:28. > :00:31.North West 200 days in hospital. A fisherman is rescued after his
:00:32. > :00:35.cries for help or hurt on land half a mile away.
:00:36. > :00:41.A woman tells an abuse enquiry that nuns were better to her than her her
:00:42. > :00:45.own mother. Police opened a helpline for victims
:00:46. > :00:48.of racism. Work started today on Belfast Rapid
:00:49. > :00:54.Transit system, but how rapid is it going to be?
:00:55. > :01:01.Halts of lantern -- hopes of lightning and we may get more
:01:02. > :01:09.tomorrow. First, the news of a death of a road
:01:10. > :01:11.in the north-west 200 on Saturday. Simon Andrews was from
:01:12. > :01:19.Worcestershire. He crossed during the Superstock race. His death was
:01:20. > :01:22.confirmed in the past hour. Simon Andrews had only recently
:01:23. > :01:32.returned to top-class competition following an injury sustained in
:01:33. > :01:48.another motorcycling event. His BMW machine is pictured at the start of
:01:49. > :02:01.the Superstock race on Saturday. The 31-year-old from Worcestershire
:02:02. > :02:02.crashed on the approach to Metropole corner on lap four of the race.
:02:03. > :02:03.After medical care at the track-side he was airlifted to the intensive
:02:04. > :02:04.care unit at the Royal Victoria Hospital, where he died today with
:02:05. > :02:05.his parents, girlfriend and best friend by his side. His father said
:02:06. > :02:07.Simon was fully aware of the dangers involved but loved the challenges of
:02:08. > :02:14.road racing. The event director said, Simon was a superb rider and a
:02:15. > :02:21.character in other tributes are coming in from the world of
:02:22. > :02:25.motorcycle racing. Within the last few minutes, Stephen
:02:26. > :02:31.Watson has been speaking to the father of Simon Andrews. We are
:02:32. > :02:34.devastated. Our hearts are broken, they are shattered. Simon loved his
:02:35. > :02:39.racing and love the north-west and love racing over here. He would not
:02:40. > :02:46.have changed anything. He would have still wanted to come here. He loved
:02:47. > :03:00.the people, he loved the atmosphere. He loved every single moment and he
:03:01. > :03:11.lived his life to the max. He just enjoyed life. Your reaction to
:03:12. > :03:24.Simon's death? First of all commiserations to the family circle
:03:25. > :03:42.for what has happened to Simon. A great competitor, I thoroughly
:03:43. > :03:46.enjoyed working with him. He just loved coming back again. He was a
:03:47. > :03:53.great character, full of enthusiasm, very helpful to us. From
:03:54. > :03:57.our point of view it is sad what has happened. Motorcycle racing is a
:03:58. > :04:00.dangerous sport and all of the riders understand the risks
:04:01. > :04:07.involved. Unfortunately, the risks can be fatal. You never expect to
:04:08. > :04:16.lose your son. You can't stop a grown man doing what he loves. It
:04:17. > :04:27.seems to be in the blood. It is an adrenaline rush. They love being on
:04:28. > :04:29.fast motorcycles. But they know the risks. We paid the price. Simon is
:04:30. > :04:32.no longer here. You have got to pick up the pieces. He loved his racing.
:04:33. > :04:37.Do we know what happened? It is too early to say. And investigation is
:04:38. > :04:39.ongoing. Details will be released in due course. It is best until that is
:04:40. > :04:40.completed -- we wait until that is completed. Can you explain what
:04:41. > :04:42.safety measures you have been trying to put into place? We have been
:04:43. > :04:44.working on safety over the years. We will continue to do that. That is
:04:45. > :04:45.uppermost in our mind. That is what we do. Safety is the priority. We
:04:46. > :04:49.will certainly look and see what happened at that particular
:04:50. > :04:50.location. Now is not the time to look at where we are. We need to
:04:51. > :04:54.move forward and see what we are going to do in the future. Mervyn
:04:55. > :05:03.Whyte and the parents of Simon Andrews speaking to Stephen Watson.
:05:04. > :05:10.Another racer, Frank Patrick Orla, is still critically injured. During
:05:11. > :05:13.a Superbike event in the Czech Republic yesterday, Michael Pearson
:05:14. > :05:16.from Ballygowan was involved in a crash. He is said to be seriously
:05:17. > :05:30.injured in hospital with internal bleeding and a back injury. The
:05:31. > :05:33.County Donegal man who went to the rescue of a fisherman said he was in
:05:34. > :05:39.the right place at the right time. He was in fact half
:05:40. > :05:42.a mile away tending sheep when he And it was only
:05:43. > :05:46.when he drove to the shoreline that The fisherman,
:05:47. > :05:50.who was wearing a life-jacket, had ended up in the water in Tullagh
:05:51. > :05:53.Bay off the Inishowen Peninsula. Our north west reporter Keiron
:05:54. > :06:06.Tourish has been speaking to some of This was a remarkable turn of
:06:07. > :06:11.events. A local fisherman was out tending his lobster pots when he got
:06:12. > :06:15.into difficulty. This story could quite easily have turned to tragedy
:06:16. > :06:22.but for the heroics of one local family. What happened? We were
:06:23. > :06:26.working with sheep and we thought we could hear somebody shouting for
:06:27. > :06:30.help. We could not make it out. It was really faint. My mum told me to
:06:31. > :06:35.come down and have a look. I came down and was looking about and could
:06:36. > :06:39.not see anything. I asked if people heard anything. Just like that, I
:06:40. > :06:44.thought I heard it again. I looked out and scanned across the water and
:06:45. > :06:49.I could see a black dot in the distance and I could see the arm
:06:50. > :06:53.waving and I knew there was someone in trouble. I had no phone. I said
:06:54. > :06:58.to my mum, there is somebody out there in trouble and we need to call
:06:59. > :07:04.the Coastguard. And that is where you came into play. What happened? I
:07:05. > :07:09.rang the Coastguard at melon head. They talked me through everything.
:07:10. > :07:14.They said, had he a flotation device or a boat? I could see nothing but I
:07:15. > :07:20.said he had a red thing around his neck which I thought was a flotation
:07:21. > :07:26.device. They dispatched two helicopters and a lifeboat from
:07:27. > :07:34.Sligo and sent out a Mayday to all vessels in the area. There was a
:07:35. > :07:36.boat out on a fishing trip and they responded straightaway. I stood up
:07:37. > :07:41.on the quad and guided the boat to where the man was in the water. Wren
:07:42. > :07:46.we landed about four minutes after they recovered him from the water.
:07:47. > :07:51.Two of our crew boarded their vessel and started treating him for first
:07:52. > :07:56.aid. They were treating him with oxygen for hypothermia. We continued
:07:57. > :08:02.with the first aid and a helicopter came on scene. The paramedic came
:08:03. > :08:07.down onto our deck. We had already transferred the casualty to our
:08:08. > :08:12.abode. It could have went to my it went in our favour and everyone's
:08:13. > :08:18.favour. -- it could have went two ways. Everyone was happy with the
:08:19. > :08:24.outcome. A dramatic operation and footage we have seen to date. It was
:08:25. > :08:28.but at the time you did not think of dramatics at all. You were glad to
:08:29. > :08:32.see the man in the water was safe. Thank God it had a happy outcome.
:08:33. > :08:40.There is a wife, a husband, former children still have a father. That
:08:41. > :08:45.is all we wanted. The man was airlifted to Altnagelvin Hospital.
:08:46. > :08:49.Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry that life with
:08:50. > :08:52.the nuns was better than her life at home with her mother.
:08:53. > :08:55.The woman was a resident at Nazareth House in Londonderry.
:08:56. > :08:58.The inquiry is examining claims of abuse at 13 church and state-run
:08:59. > :09:01.homes and training centres in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 1995.
:09:02. > :09:11.The woman told the inquiry how a nun at the home
:09:12. > :09:26.-- the woman's evidence came -- memories about high she was taunted
:09:27. > :09:33.by a non-about being fat. And another said she was locked in a
:09:34. > :09:38.room overnight. But she said her experiences changed and she said she
:09:39. > :09:42.went on to enjoy years of compassion and care at the home. The pensioner,
:09:43. > :09:45.who was composed giving her evidence, said originally she had no
:09:46. > :09:49.intention of taking part in the enquiry but she said she then read a
:09:50. > :09:54.newspaper report with what she described as, all the vile things
:09:55. > :09:58.being said about nuns. She said she thought, no, I am not having any of
:09:59. > :10:05.that, and decided to come forward to give evidence. During that evidence
:10:06. > :10:08.to date the woman said how a new none of the home became like a
:10:09. > :10:11.mother. They enjoyed music lessons and day trips to the Republic and
:10:12. > :10:14.saw a young Elvis Presley in America. She said there was
:10:15. > :10:17.disciplined but claimed it was no different to what they would expect
:10:18. > :10:22.at home. When she got married she gave one of her children name of the
:10:23. > :10:25.nod. She explained that after she left Nazareth House as a teenager,
:10:26. > :10:29.she went to live with her mother. She said she did not have any happy
:10:30. > :10:34.memories of home and added, I am glad I was brought up by the nuns.
:10:35. > :10:37.She also said that even after she married, she continued to return to
:10:38. > :10:42.Nazareth House most weekends with the children. The enquiry announced
:10:43. > :10:46.today that it is to make a second trip to Australia next month to hear
:10:47. > :10:51.from some former residents who have transferred to institutions there in
:10:52. > :10:55.the middle of the last century. -- who had transferred.
:10:56. > :10:57.The police have set up a dedicated phone line
:10:58. > :11:01.In recent weeks there's been an upsurge in attacks
:11:02. > :11:07.Boarded up windows and broken glass -
:11:08. > :11:09.the images from a spate of racist attacks.
:11:10. > :11:18.On Friday, one victim, who's from Jamaica, summed up her worries.
:11:19. > :11:21.It's happening all over Belfast in Northern Ireland. Where do I go to
:11:22. > :11:24.feel safe? It's that sense of fear that
:11:25. > :11:27.the police are hoping to address. They're introducing a dedicated
:11:28. > :11:36.phone line for people to report and We are trying to encourage as many
:11:37. > :11:39.victims as possible to feel comfortable and confident to contact
:11:40. > :11:40.the police and tell us of these incidents and we can deal with them
:11:41. > :11:41.effectively. The new service can be contacted
:11:42. > :11:42.through The police will be able to translate
:11:43. > :11:47.calls into almost 50 languages. A group
:11:48. > :11:56.which works with migrants gave me I think anything that increases
:11:57. > :12:00.access for people who have been victimised or who have witnessed
:12:01. > :12:05.hate crime to the police and to reporting mechanisms is always a
:12:06. > :12:09.good thing. I think we can't lose concentration on the fact that this
:12:10. > :12:13.has been an ongoing issue for many years and it really needs to be an
:12:14. > :12:17.issue that is left out in a strategic and joined up way and that
:12:18. > :12:22.we can't rely on a helpline to solve the problem or solve the issue.
:12:23. > :12:24.And the police are emphasising that they
:12:25. > :12:36.This is an issue a new Northern Ireland to have to get to get to
:12:37. > :12:39.grips with. The recent attacks have had prominence in the media but the
:12:40. > :12:43.police believe racist hate crime is underreported. They hope the
:12:44. > :12:46.dedicated phone line will encourage more people to pass on information
:12:47. > :12:47.and help them to get a fuller picture of what is
:12:48. > :12:56.Work has begun on what's called the Belfast Rapid Transit system,
:12:57. > :12:59.with new buses and park and ride facilities aimed at speeding up
:13:00. > :13:03.Initially the scheme will link the city centre
:13:04. > :13:05.with west and east Belfast and the Titanic Quarter.
:13:06. > :13:08.?20 million is to be spent on new rapid buses.
:13:09. > :13:21.There was nothing rabid about the traffic in Belfast this afternoon.
:13:22. > :13:25.Coming soon, three new bus routes aimed at keeping public transport
:13:26. > :13:30.moving. Work started to day in Dundonald for one of the roots, a
:13:31. > :13:35.park and ride being built just in time for the start of the new rapid
:13:36. > :13:40.bus route. It will run through the heart of East Belfast into the city
:13:41. > :13:43.centre. Another rapid route will go through West Belfast into the middle
:13:44. > :13:49.of the city and the third will be from Titanic Quarter. Work is
:13:50. > :13:55.expected to be completed by the autumn of 2017. So, does it mean
:13:56. > :13:59.more and more bus lanes? Most of the priority bus lanes in the city
:14:00. > :14:04.centre are already in place. Now people understand how they operate
:14:05. > :14:07.and when they are in operation. There will be structural
:14:08. > :14:12.improvements made along the very streets of Belfast. They are largely
:14:13. > :14:17.structural changes which will enhance opportunities for these
:14:18. > :14:21.priority bosses to run smoothly. ?20 million is being spent on new
:14:22. > :14:27.buses. No exact design has been chosen but they could look like
:14:28. > :14:31.this... Reaction amongst travellers in Belfast this evening was mostly
:14:32. > :14:36.positive. It is about time they do something to improve the routes and
:14:37. > :14:42.quicken them up. It is great. It is a good idea. Belfast is a small city
:14:43. > :14:50.and you can get around on a bicycle and reduce the outgoing. On your
:14:51. > :14:54.bike! Good news for East and West Belfast, but what about North and
:14:55. > :15:00.South? The Antrim Road, the Lisburn Road, when are they going to get a
:15:01. > :15:03.rapid transit system? Plans are being considered, but it seems
:15:04. > :15:04.people in those parts of the city are just going to have to wait for a
:15:05. > :15:10.while. You may have noticed our
:15:11. > :15:13.BBC Newsline studio looks a little different today with
:15:14. > :15:15.a much larger desk. and this is where the election
:15:16. > :15:19.programme will be based. to select the three MEPs
:15:20. > :15:23.for the European Parliament and 462 men and women who will sit
:15:24. > :15:26.in the new councils. The vote will is part
:15:27. > :15:29.of the biggest shake-up The 26 current councils are set to
:15:30. > :15:34.disappear and be eventually replaced by 11 new super councils,
:15:35. > :15:36.as they're being described. Our political correspondent
:15:37. > :15:52.Martina Purdy's been examining When the Troubles broke out, our
:15:53. > :15:58.councillors lost most of their responsibilities. They stayed in
:15:59. > :16:02.charge of parks, playgrounds and Ben collections and cemeteries. With
:16:03. > :16:07.peace and power-sharing, politicians decided they could handle more. They
:16:08. > :16:11.decided the old councils were outdated. The concept of the super
:16:12. > :16:17.council was born. Fewer councils with much more power. It might sound
:16:18. > :16:21.like child play, but actually it has been pretty complicated, with
:16:22. > :16:26.politicians puzzling over the issues for more than a decade, including
:16:27. > :16:31.what the new council should look like and how many there should be.
:16:32. > :16:38.This week's polls spell the end of the 26 district councils, though
:16:39. > :16:41.they will remain in place until next April while the super councils get
:16:42. > :16:45.ready to take over. It is a transitional year. New councils
:16:46. > :16:52.exist, new shadow councils exist. They will over -- overlap in many
:16:53. > :16:57.cases. In the end we will be down to 11 councils. There will be also a
:16:58. > :17:06.number of councillors? A number of councillors. There were 500 elected
:17:07. > :17:11.in 2011. We have a lot of councillors around. At the end of
:17:12. > :17:17.the day a lot of councils will go down to -- councillors will be in
:17:18. > :17:22.the 11 councils. There will be in charge of parks, cemeteries and
:17:23. > :17:26.waste collection. But they will have new powers as well. They will run
:17:27. > :17:30.local planning. In theory, they will cut out some of the red tape.
:17:31. > :17:35.Councils will get some new housing powers, and will be able to issue
:17:36. > :17:43.demolition notices if a property is deemed unfit for purpose. They will
:17:44. > :17:46.decide on off-street parking schemes. They were looked after
:17:47. > :17:52.community element and urban regeneration in their areas. By
:17:53. > :17:56.overseeing small-scale tourist initiatives and new business
:17:57. > :18:01.start-ups, councils will have an even greater say in economic
:18:02. > :18:07.development. All in all, your local council is set to have an even
:18:08. > :18:09.greater say in your everyday life. From central government departments
:18:10. > :18:13.would turn up to local authorities. They really only have the power to
:18:14. > :18:21.consult with those, or the opportunity to consult with them.
:18:22. > :18:27.Often they have ignored their views. Part of this reorganisation is about
:18:28. > :18:31.devolving power to the local level. There is a lot to do. New councils
:18:32. > :18:32.have to set rates, possibly a thorny issue where high and low spending
:18:33. > :18:39.councils emerge. They'll have to agree how to take
:18:40. > :18:42.decisions, say, through committees. Or adopt a more executive
:18:43. > :18:44.style local government. And they'll have to
:18:45. > :18:46.approve business plans. They will even decide where to meet
:18:47. > :18:49.which could leave some relatively new headquarters looking
:18:50. > :18:51.a bit empty. They'll also have to decide branding
:18:52. > :18:54.and symbols and perhaps flags, perhaps the most contentious of all,
:18:55. > :18:57.with the potential to threaten the One of the most famous American
:18:58. > :19:08.generals of the Second World War is Dwight Eisenhower visited
:19:09. > :19:11.the area ahead He inspected 2,000 soldiers
:19:12. > :19:15.in the grounds of Portora Royal School and today the playing fields
:19:16. > :19:32.were renamed in his honour. Getting ready for the invasion of
:19:33. > :19:37.the Normandy beaches. 300,000 Americans were based in Northern
:19:38. > :19:42.Ireland in World War II. On 18th May, 1944, the supreme Allied
:19:43. > :19:47.Commander General Eisenhower visited Enniskillen to see how the battle
:19:48. > :19:50.lines were going. In 1944, this part of any skill and was the
:19:51. > :19:58.headquarters of the US infantry based in Fermanagh. The playing
:19:59. > :20:01.fields of this school, the scene of battles on the rugby field. 70 years
:20:02. > :20:07.ago these young men were determined the outcome of the Second World
:20:08. > :20:11.War. General Eisenhower told them he had never seen a division which
:20:12. > :20:17.looked more ready and fit for its first battle. Before the end of the
:20:18. > :20:23.war, 1300 of them would be killed or wounded in action. One man whose
:20:24. > :20:26.father was part of the Allied invasion helped to organise the
:20:27. > :20:32.effects to commemorate their sacrifice. He was a 19 new world
:20:33. > :20:43.farmer. I never find out until he had passed away that he had three
:20:44. > :20:47.gallantry citations. Another Ennis kill a man who took part in D-day
:20:48. > :21:05.joined the ceremony to rename the playing fields after General
:21:06. > :21:12.Eisenhower. We dropped our glider in the right place and we were in bed
:21:13. > :21:19.at six o'clock in the morning. At the time, the visit was shrouded in
:21:20. > :21:22.secrecy. After 70 years, the role played by the troops based in
:21:23. > :21:22.Fermanagh is taking its place in the history books.
:21:23. > :21:40.Nothing could separate the Gaelic football is of town -- the Gaelic
:21:41. > :21:43.football teams of Down and to Rome. Down clawed back a deficit to take
:21:44. > :21:55.the lead against a room only for injury time points to force a
:21:56. > :22:02.replay. He has got it. What a kick. Tyrone
:22:03. > :22:07.and Down will have to do it all over again. This penalty was a pivotal
:22:08. > :22:13.score in the first half. In the second 35 minutes, the game came to
:22:14. > :22:18.life. Tyrone's goalkeeper got a black card for this challenge. And
:22:19. > :22:24.there was no mistake from the resulting kick. But it looked like
:22:25. > :22:30.Tyrone had booked their face in the quarterfinals when they found the
:22:31. > :22:44.net. But OK hit back instantly. -- Donal O Hare. Down reduce their
:22:45. > :22:48.deficit further and seized control. This straightforward freeze should
:22:49. > :22:56.have put them three points ahead, but that came back to haunt them as
:22:57. > :23:00.the two injury time frees meant the site would go head-to-head once
:23:01. > :23:05.again. Aaron's 30 man rugby squad to tour
:23:06. > :23:14.Argentina in June has nine Ulster players including two uncapped.
:23:15. > :23:20.Ulster's Pro12 battle came to an end on Saturday at the hands of
:23:21. > :23:25.Leinster. Mark Anscombe was disappointed but philosophical about
:23:26. > :23:29.Leinster's late rally. They won, and that is what they have
:23:30. > :23:33.a habit of doing. We don't against them. That is what we have to take
:23:34. > :23:38.on board. We have talked about it and we have looked at it. Over the
:23:39. > :23:58.years they have been the team progressing. It is about making good
:23:59. > :24:02.decisions. Congratulations to Tommy Wright, the
:24:03. > :24:06.former Northern Ireland goalkeeper, who managed St Johnstone to their
:24:07. > :24:10.triumph on Saturday over Dundee United. It was their first major
:24:11. > :24:15.trophy in 130 years. The weather is next.
:24:16. > :24:20.It has got very exciting out there this evening. We have had
:24:21. > :24:24.thunderstorms rolling in. You can just about see the lightning
:24:25. > :24:32.shooting across the skies of banker, said into us. Please keep your
:24:33. > :24:35.photographs coming into us. Staying quite wet with some heavy and
:24:36. > :24:38.thundery downpours along the east coast. Generally as we go through
:24:39. > :24:43.this evening, turning dryer and camera for most. A lot of cloud
:24:44. > :24:48.around tonight. Temperatures falling to 11 or 12 degrees. The cloud. With
:24:49. > :24:53.us as we go into tomorrow. No pressure remains in control. There
:24:54. > :24:56.will be wet weather at times. -- low pressure remains in control. We will
:24:57. > :24:59.see spells of rain coming in tomorrow. Some of those bills will
:25:00. > :25:06.be quite heavy and like this evening, thunder and lightning. A
:25:07. > :25:10.milder day with temperatures of 16 or 17 degrees. Where we get brighter
:25:11. > :25:14.weather or the odd glimmer of sunshine it will feel a bit warmer.
:25:15. > :25:18.Prepare yourself for heavy downpours. As we go into tomorrow
:25:19. > :25:25.evening we will continue to see shoppers coming in. Like tonight, we
:25:26. > :25:28.may see some thunder and lightning. Quite an active weather system as we
:25:29. > :25:32.go into tonight and tomorrow and into tomorrow evening. There is good
:25:33. > :25:35.news as we go into Wednesday. It looks as though things will calm
:25:36. > :25:39.down a little bit for eastern areas. We are looking more in the way of
:25:40. > :25:47.dryer and brighter weather. The West getting more wet weather. Into the
:25:48. > :25:51.west of the week, feeling cool but unsettled. Prepare yourself for wet
:25:52. > :25:56.weather. Our late summary is at 10:25pm here
:25:57. > :25:58.on BBC One. Thank you for watching. Goodbye.