:00:08. > :00:12.Hello and welcome to BBC Newsline. The Deputy Leader of NI21, John
:00:13. > :00:15.McCallister, says the public rift in the party is because he instigated
:00:16. > :00:18.an external investigation into rumours relating to the party
:00:19. > :00:21.leader, Basil McCrea. Last night Mr McAllister described NI21's decision
:00:22. > :00:30.to drop its unionist designation as crazy and dysfunctional. In an
:00:31. > :00:33.exclusive interview for The View, Mr McCallister apologised to NI21's
:00:34. > :00:45.supporters for the current turmoil within the leadership. Two
:00:46. > :00:53.candidates and all of those who worked hard to develop this. But the
:00:54. > :00:57.promise I would is we are going to sort these issues and we are going
:00:58. > :01:05.to resolve this. We are going to address them and we're going to get
:01:06. > :01:11.holding the party and what it but I am truly sorry to the voters and the
:01:12. > :01:16.people who feel that we have let them down. And we have missed an
:01:17. > :01:18.opportunity, which is true, particularly the candidates who have
:01:19. > :01:25.walked the streets for three weeks and have been so bitterly
:01:26. > :01:28.disappointed. Meanwhile, NI21's leader, Basil McCrea, has told The
:01:29. > :01:32.View he's confident he has done nothing wrong and will respond if
:01:33. > :01:34.anyone brings any complaints to his attention. In another twist, the
:01:35. > :01:37.NI21 European candidate, Tina McKenzie, has tonight resigned from
:01:38. > :01:40.the party's executive. And you can see more on this developing story on
:01:41. > :01:56.The View immediately after this bulletin. A man who attacked a Newry
:01:57. > :01:59.student with an iron bar in Chicago four years ago is being sentenced
:02:00. > :02:01.there this evening. Heriberto Viramontes was found guilty of
:02:02. > :02:08.attacking Natasha McShane from Silverbridge, leaving her with
:02:09. > :02:20.permanent brain damage. He was sentenced Peter Coulter reports. The
:02:21. > :02:25.attack left Natasha McShane brain-damaged and in this footage,
:02:26. > :02:28.Heriberto Viramontes can be seen using her credit card moments
:02:29. > :02:32.afterwards and in October last year, it was found guilty of the attempted
:02:33. > :02:36.murder of girls. He was led into court this morning in a red jumpsuit
:02:37. > :02:39.and had to listen to impact statements from the family of
:02:40. > :02:45.Heriberto Viramontes. The group Natasha McShane. Speaking in court,
:02:46. > :02:49.her friend said it was a cowardly, evil beating and she told the judge
:02:50. > :02:52.she still has seizures and could not drive or read a bike. She said,
:02:53. > :02:58.Heriberto Viramontes tried to murder my friend. My life, my dreams were
:02:59. > :03:09.altered by this man. The attackers made headlines around the world but
:03:10. > :03:12.the biggest impact has her that her daughter 's she said she still
:03:13. > :03:20.requires 24-hour care and has a team of ten people to which he words
:03:21. > :03:31.together and has been able to take a few steps without a wheelchair. She
:03:32. > :03:36.said, she is alive he may not be a monster but Chicago is Students and
:03:37. > :03:39.staff at Belfast Metropolitan College have described scenes of
:03:40. > :03:43.chaos at the Millfield campus today when a student was stabbed. The
:03:44. > :03:48.26-year-old man is in a serious but stable condition in hospital. The
:03:49. > :03:51.alleged attacker was also taken to hospital with minor injuries but has
:03:52. > :03:55.now been arrested. Andy West's report contains some graphic
:03:56. > :03:58.eyewitness accounts. Witnesses describe a scene of pandemonium as
:03:59. > :04:02.the attacker ran from the toilets in this building on the college campus
:04:03. > :04:13.covered in blood and holding a knife. I ran into the toilet with
:04:14. > :04:24.two boys from class and I could just see a guy lying on the ground with
:04:25. > :04:27.blood everywhere. And then we heard screaming and an older teacher or
:04:28. > :04:31.pupil was standing in the cubicle beside us and he was shouting, give
:04:32. > :04:35.me the knife. I heard the door opening and I just seen the guy
:04:36. > :04:39.lying on the ground with what looked like blood coming from his neck. I
:04:40. > :04:46.could not see the knife. It seemed to be a Stanley knife or a penknife.
:04:47. > :04:52.These students watched in horror as one of their teachers was grabbed by
:04:53. > :04:56.the attacker in the car park. They grabbed her and she thought he was
:04:57. > :05:02.going to attack so she started to shout for help. She was in shock,
:05:03. > :05:14.she could not talk. I heard her saying it was not her blood. She was
:05:15. > :05:17.not injured? No. The 21-year-old alleged attacker was taken to the
:05:18. > :05:20.Mater Hospital before being arrested by police. The 26-year-old victim
:05:21. > :05:30.was rushed to the Royal Victoria Hospital and we understand he is in
:05:31. > :05:33.a serious but stable condition. Detectives in the Serious Crime
:05:34. > :05:36.Branch are taking steps to obtain all the material from the Boston
:05:37. > :05:39.College oral history of the Troubles. Some of the testimony
:05:40. > :05:42.gathered for the US project was used earlier this month to question the
:05:43. > :05:46.Sinn Fein leader, Gerry Adams. The PSNI already gained access to some
:05:47. > :05:49.of the tapes following a lengthy legal battle. More than 40 former
:05:50. > :05:54.republican and loyalist gunmen and bombers active during the Troubles
:05:55. > :05:57.gave interviews to the college. The PSNI says it has a duty to fully
:05:58. > :06:00.investigate all serious crime, including murder. The college says
:06:01. > :06:06.it has not received any requests regarding the matter. Polls have
:06:07. > :06:11.closed in the European and local council elections. Counting begins
:06:12. > :06:15.in the morning for the 11 new super-councils and the final results
:06:16. > :06:19.for the 462 seats are expected to be revealed on Saturday. It's going to
:06:20. > :06:28.take a bit longer before we know who won the three European seats.
:06:29. > :06:32.Martina Purdy has this report. The polls opened at seven o'clock in the
:06:33. > :06:37.morning amid little expectation that turnout would exceed the mid-50s. It
:06:38. > :06:43.is expected that Martina Anderson would top the poll in the given the
:06:44. > :06:47.plethora of unionist candidates. Standing for the largest unionist
:06:48. > :06:52.party, Diane Dodds is expected to be re-elected. Voting for the first
:06:53. > :06:58.time as the Ulster Unionist leader, Mike Nesbitt cast his vote in both
:06:59. > :07:01.polls, his party's European candidate is hoping to be
:07:02. > :07:07.re-elected, having served since 1989 but fortunes could depend on how
:07:08. > :07:11.well this former DUP MEP and the TV leader has polled. The SCOP and
:07:12. > :07:16.Alliance are among ten parties vying for the three seats. Belfast City
:07:17. > :07:20.Hall is among the current centres for the council elections and we
:07:21. > :07:24.should know my late afternoon tomorrow those first results. It
:07:25. > :07:32.will be Monday before we will know who triumphs in the European polls.
:07:33. > :07:35.Rory McIlroy has carded a four under par 68 in his opening round at the
:07:36. > :07:39.PGA Championship at Wentworth. Rory bogeyed the 17th before picking up a
:07:40. > :07:42.shot on the last. He scored two eagles, which included this
:07:43. > :07:49.world-class shot on the par four seventh. Time for the weather
:07:50. > :07:58.forecast with Geoff Maskell. A time you have got two different eagles on
:07:59. > :08:05.the but the most part and I dry to just and I try to play at the best I
:08:06. > :08:09.could. And move onto and it added up to
:08:10. > :08:28.after some torrential downpours and the odd lightning strike overnight,
:08:29. > :08:43.any of those removing as the temperature drops to tomorrow plenty
:08:44. > :08:48.and some nothing in terms of the intensity a decent covering of cloud
:08:49. > :08:59.and across the East coast but what is driving the weather is this that
:09:00. > :09:10.is working its way that means and so there will be and that band of rain
:09:11. > :09:15.across Wales and the central a much drier day than we have seen today,
:09:16. > :09:23.the and the temperatures will really be noticed, topping at around ten or
:09:24. > :09:32.11 degrees as warming up by the time we get always a risk of similar for
:09:33. > :09:39.Sunday and just casting our ice towards the Bank Holiday what we may
:09:40. > :09:42.not escape without a little bit of drizzly That's it for now. You can
:09:43. > :09:44.keep up-to-date online and follow this programme on Facebook and
:09:45. > :10:02.Twitter. From BBC Newsline - goodnight.
:10:03. > :10:06.Throughout history, Armagh has always been a spiritual sanctuary.