:00:07. > :00:10.The First Minister Peter Robinson is facing criticism
:00:11. > :00:13.after he defended the north Belfast Pastor who made controversial
:00:14. > :00:19.A spokesman for the local Muslim community said Mr Robinson's remarks
:00:20. > :00:42.The pastor delivering his controversial sermon ten days ago.
:00:43. > :00:46.Peter Robinson has attended the church in the past and says he will
:00:47. > :00:51.do so again. The First Minister defended the remarks of the pastor
:00:52. > :00:55.on Islam and said that the pastor had not an ounce of hatred in his
:00:56. > :01:02.bones. When you are preaching a sermon, you are not defining a legal
:01:03. > :01:05.document where you enter all the conditions and qualifications, you
:01:06. > :01:11.are taking a broad stroke at issues, and therefore you have to ask, what
:01:12. > :01:16.do you not trust that those who follow Islam are doing? I would not
:01:17. > :01:21.trust them in terms of those who have been involved in terrorist
:01:22. > :01:29.activities, I don't trust them if they are fully devoted to Sharia
:01:30. > :01:32.law, and would not trust them for spiritual guidance. What I'd trust
:01:33. > :01:40.them to go down to the shops for me? Of course I would. I would trust
:01:41. > :01:44.them with day to day activities. The comments provoked a strongly worded
:01:45. > :01:48.response from the quality commission. When the First Minister
:01:49. > :01:53.entered into the debate, we expected him to say that what the pastor said
:01:54. > :01:57.about Muslims not being able to be trusted, that should have been
:01:58. > :02:02.challenged, and when he did not, we were disappointed. His partner in
:02:03. > :02:06.government, the deputy First Minister, called on Peter Robinson
:02:07. > :02:11.to show leadership by promoting equality, tolerance and mutual
:02:12. > :02:14.respect for all. Peter Robinson responded on Twitter, saying he
:02:15. > :02:19.would not take lessons in tolerance from what he called a self-confessed
:02:20. > :02:23.leader of a bloody terrorist organisation. Rather ironically, the
:02:24. > :02:28.two men have officially welcomed the Turkish ambassador to Britain, who
:02:29. > :02:33.was opening a new consulate in Belfast today. A diplomat from the
:02:34. > :02:36.country with an overwhelmingly Muslim population. Muslims here feel
:02:37. > :02:42.badly let down by their First Minister. An unfortunate comment. He
:02:43. > :02:46.is supposed to represent all the people of Northern Ireland, and we
:02:47. > :02:51.feel as a Muslim community part of this country, so he is representing
:02:52. > :03:00.us, and his comment definitely is not helpful. It really hurt and many
:03:01. > :03:05.people have taken offence. The sermon continues to reverberate.
:03:06. > :03:06.Tonight, the pastor arrived at the BBC studios in Belfast to take part
:03:07. > :03:11.in a television programme. And there will be more
:03:12. > :03:14.on that story on Good Morning Ulster tomorrow when the former
:03:15. > :03:16.Pakistani High Commissioner to The union that represents police
:03:17. > :03:29.officers here has criticised the response of the PSNI's command team
:03:30. > :03:32.to loyalist violence last summer. The Police Federation that
:03:33. > :03:34.more should have been done Our Home Affairs Correspondent
:03:35. > :03:44.Vincent Kearney reports. Police officers spent much of last
:03:45. > :03:47.summer in the front line and in the firing line. The union that
:03:48. > :03:54.represents today that their commanders should have done more to
:03:55. > :04:00.protect them. 120 officers have been injured on duty. As a result, many
:04:01. > :04:07.of the flag protests orchestrated... That is a shocking
:04:08. > :04:12.statistic. Almost a quarter of a front-line officers injured. The
:04:13. > :04:15.Police Federation has launched a formal complaint, claiming that
:04:16. > :04:21.operational commanders failed in their duty of care to officers
:04:22. > :04:24.assigned him to deal with violent street disorder. Those in command
:04:25. > :04:28.who did their need to understand that the safety of officers is being
:04:29. > :04:35.jeopardized while those same officers struggled to prevent
:04:36. > :04:37.anarchy on our streets. He said that water bullets should have been
:04:38. > :04:43.deployed sooner to the tech officers, but the Chief Constable
:04:44. > :04:48.said that that could not have -- that could have made the situation
:04:49. > :04:51.worse, and he said that police commanders did not do enough to
:04:52. > :04:55.protect those in the front line. I am determined that we will do
:04:56. > :04:59.everything we can for the safety of our colleagues. We have a strong
:05:00. > :05:04.track record of doing that. We will make sure we explore every
:05:05. > :05:07.possibility and eye will welcome the Health and Safety Executive here,
:05:08. > :05:13.because when Officer injured is one too many. Matt Baggett will soon
:05:14. > :05:20.step down as Chief Constable. Terry Spence today spoke of the challenges
:05:21. > :05:25.of replacing him. The task any Chief Constable will face is nothing short
:05:26. > :05:28.of monumental. He or she will have to do mistreat streetwise awareness,
:05:29. > :05:33.be able to resist undue political pressure, fight all corners of
:05:34. > :05:39.resources, and to be able to make tough calls when it comes to tackle
:05:40. > :05:45.-- tackling disorder. The successor will be chosen tomorrow, and three
:05:46. > :05:49.candidates will be interviewed. He Chief Constable is regarded as one
:05:50. > :05:52.of the most difficult jobs in UK policing. The identity of the next
:05:53. > :05:54.person to hold up that position is expected to be known tomorrow
:05:55. > :05:59.evening. A man has been stabbed in
:06:00. > :06:01.East Belfast. The police say that he was attacked
:06:02. > :06:04.around half past three this He has been taken to hospital
:06:05. > :06:09.for treatment to his injuries. More than 100 jobs are to go
:06:10. > :06:13.at Northern Ireland Electricity. Consultations are underway with
:06:14. > :06:15.staff about voluntary redundancies. The company says it needs to cut
:06:16. > :06:19.costs after it was prevented A Stormont Minister
:06:20. > :06:27.in the mid 1960s believed that nuns in Londonderry were saving the state
:06:28. > :06:29.money by caring for children The Historical Institutional Abuse
:06:30. > :06:34.Inquiry was today shown letters between the government of the time
:06:35. > :06:37.and the Sisters of Nazareth. Kevin Sharkey reports
:06:38. > :06:48.from Banbridge. These are the final days of the
:06:49. > :06:55.public hearings at the two homes run by the nuns, and this morning, the
:06:56. > :06:58.inquiry was presented with historical correspondence between
:06:59. > :07:02.the Sisters of Nazareth and state bodies. The letters that with an
:07:03. > :07:06.application for a grant in the 1960s to carry out building improvements.
:07:07. > :07:09.They revealed that the government was seeking details before approving
:07:10. > :07:17.funding. Central to the application at the time was the home affairs
:07:18. > :07:24.minister. In his memo, written in 1964, he said, it could be safely
:07:25. > :07:28.assumed that at voluntary homes where there is available, quite a
:07:29. > :07:32.large number of children would have to be accommodated by the welfare
:07:33. > :07:36.authorities at a much greater expense. He also said that the
:07:37. > :07:42.standards felt well greater -- well below what his department expected.
:07:43. > :07:46.The inquiry is now hearing closing statements at the end of the public
:07:47. > :07:52.hearings into the two former homes. This inquiry is dealing with events
:07:53. > :07:58.in 1922. Today, the health and social... It was the 1980s before
:07:59. > :08:03.sex abuse was identified in signposted. It was 1988 before
:08:04. > :08:07.guidelines were published to residential homes. The Council for
:08:08. > :08:12.the board also said that any attempt during that period to admit children
:08:13. > :08:14.into state care would have been regarded as significant state
:08:15. > :08:15.interference into the private lives of the families and arrangements
:08:16. > :08:27.And now for a look ahead at the weather, here's Geoff Maskell.
:08:28. > :08:34.We have a change in the weather overnight tonight. Rain is starting
:08:35. > :08:37.to move its way in from the East Coast and we have some cloud
:08:38. > :08:42.thickening things up overnight. That means it is going to be a reasonably
:08:43. > :08:49.mild night. Tomorrow, a very different feel. Cloudy and drizzly
:08:50. > :08:53.picture as we go through the day. The worst of the rain will clear out
:08:54. > :08:58.of the way through the morning, but the result persists as we go through
:08:59. > :09:02.the day, and that will have an impact on the temperatures. What is
:09:03. > :09:06.driving that is this low pressure system as it sinks down through the
:09:07. > :09:09.rest of the UK. We will get the weather Tron and that will have an
:09:10. > :09:11.impact on the temperatures. What is driving that is this low pressure
:09:12. > :09:16.system as it sinks down through the rest of the UK. We will get the
:09:17. > :09:21.weather run -- rain across Wales. It could be warmer for London in the
:09:22. > :09:25.South East. As we go into Thursday afternoon, it is a drizzly, murky
:09:26. > :09:29.kind of afternoon. There will be a few brighter spells in there by the
:09:30. > :09:35.time you get to Friday. Friday is going to be a much better day. Still
:09:36. > :09:39.not a lot of sunshine around, but certainly a better day. By the time
:09:40. > :09:44.we cast our eyes to the weekend, I think that today is going to be the
:09:45. > :09:46.pick of the weekend. Not a lot in the way of brightness, but
:09:47. > :09:49.certainly, the temperatures are on the up, so picking up once we head
:09:50. > :09:53.towards this weekend. You can keep up to date with
:09:54. > :09:59.News Online and follow this