:00:00. > :00:00.Joe Wilson reports. That's all from
:00:00. > :00:13.The Police Ombudsman is taking the Chief Constable to court
:00:14. > :00:16.and has accused him of obstructing investigations into allegations
:00:17. > :00:22.Michael Maguire is taking the unprecedented legal action to
:00:23. > :00:26.try to force Matt Baggott to hand over sensitive intelligence
:00:27. > :00:29.material, including details about police informers.
:00:30. > :00:33.The killings include those carried out by the UVF in Loughinisland
:00:34. > :00:37.and the IRA murder of a police officer in Newry.
:00:38. > :00:38.Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney
:00:39. > :00:53.Six men, all Catholics, murdered in a bar as they watched a World Cup
:00:54. > :00:58.game. It remains one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles. Today it
:00:59. > :01:04.is at the centre of claims that police haven't told everything they
:01:05. > :01:08.know about it and other kills. The claims from the police ombudsman. He
:01:09. > :01:15.has put pressure on the police to disclose everything that is know
:01:16. > :01:20.about the killings. One suggestion is that the RUC didn't conduct a
:01:21. > :01:24.full investigation, because they were protecting an informer and
:01:25. > :01:29.because there was collusion between some officers and the killers. As in
:01:30. > :01:35.many of the cases, no one has been convicted. A report by a previous
:01:36. > :01:39.ombudsman concluded the RUC failed to properly investigate what
:01:40. > :01:43.happened here. But said there was insufficient evidence of collusion.
:01:44. > :01:51.Those findings were quashed after a legal challenge by relatives of
:01:52. > :01:54.those killed. Now there is a fresh investigation and the Chief
:01:55. > :01:58.Constable is accused of obstructing him by refusing to hand over
:01:59. > :02:03.intelligence material the ombudsman said is essential for him to do his
:02:04. > :02:08.job. The ombudsman saids the Chief Constable is making it impossible
:02:09. > :02:11.for his office to investigate serious allegations of criminal
:02:12. > :02:17.activity and misconduct by police officers. We are talking about
:02:18. > :02:24.complex investigations into over 60 murders, where there have been
:02:25. > :02:29.allegations of police criminality and misconduct, the fact they may
:02:30. > :02:35.have been protecting individualed involved and appsing those questions
:02:36. > :02:38.requires -- answering those questions requires access to
:02:39. > :02:49.material. I need access that to come to a view to meet the allegations.
:02:50. > :02:54.He - He has launched a legal action. The police ombudsman office does not
:02:55. > :02:57.do investigations by negotiation. This is fundamental to the
:02:58. > :03:03.independence of the office and the requirement for me to undertake a
:03:04. > :03:08.clear and independent investigation. We cannot have a situation where
:03:09. > :03:14.those sungt to investigation will determine what information is given
:03:15. > :03:19.to the investigators. The Chief Constable is accused of blocking
:03:20. > :03:26.including incidents where police officers have been killed. There has
:03:27. > :03:33.been claims that Special Branch had been claims that Special Branch had
:03:34. > :03:38.advance warning about one attack. Other kafss are more recent and --
:03:39. > :03:43.advance warning about one attack. cased are more recent and involve
:03:44. > :03:50.the PSNI. In a statement the PSNI said it had responded appropriaty to
:03:51. > :04:00.each -- appropriately to each request.
:04:01. > :04:03.A Sinn Fein councillor Tommy Casey was murdered by UVF gunmen
:04:04. > :04:07.His family say they want to see his killers brought to justice.
:04:08. > :04:16.Obviously somebody does know something, somebody is hiding
:04:17. > :04:22.something. And RUC now PSNI, somebody in their ranks know
:04:23. > :04:23.could be one of reasons why they're could be one of reasons why they're
:04:24. > :04:44.the end and gets what he needs. Peter Robinson and members
:04:45. > :04:48.of the Muslim community said they wanted to draw a line under
:04:49. > :04:51.the controversy and move on. Our political correspondent,
:04:52. > :04:55.Martina Purdy reports. The First Minister and junior
:04:56. > :04:58.minister were greeted by one of the leading Muslims in Northern Ireland.
:04:59. > :05:03.There were smiles, despite the leading Muslims in Northern Ireland.
:05:04. > :05:08.controversy over this visit and even flowers, a symbol of friendship. In
:05:09. > :05:14.the Sen term it was standing room only and outside the media gathered.
:05:15. > :05:19.Was Peter Robinson going to apologise over remarks he made about
:05:20. > :05:25.Muslims? I know many of you have, as the press often do, centre on an
:05:26. > :05:29.issue of an apology. I apologise to these gentlemen if anything I said
:05:30. > :05:34.had caused them hurt and I can see that in many cases it has. I
:05:35. > :05:40.apologise to them, you say in private. I say I apologise to them
:05:41. > :05:44.face to face personally, man-to-man, the way it should be done. And I
:05:45. > :05:50.told people inside that a lot of people seem to think that sorry is a
:05:51. > :05:56.difficult word to use. I have to say that whether it is because of my
:05:57. > :05:59.background or my mischievous childhood, I have been used to
:06:00. > :06:03.saying it. I don't find it a difficult word to use and I made it
:06:04. > :06:06.very clear to the people present tonight that I apologise for any
:06:07. > :06:10.offence that I might have caused and I made it very clear to them that
:06:11. > :06:15.the last thing that I would have on my mind would be to cause any one
:06:16. > :06:20.hurt or difference tress or to insult them. And I make that
:06:21. > :06:27.publicly clear in the clearest possible terms. We are very
:06:28. > :06:32.satisfied that he came here and I think it will go a long way to build
:06:33. > :06:36.relations. That is what is important. We need to work to build
:06:37. > :06:45.community relations and to work together to bring racial equality
:06:46. > :06:47.policy and we need to look at what ethnic minorities are doing for
:06:48. > :06:54.Northern Ireland. The First Minister will be hoping tonight's apology
:06:55. > :07:03.will end this controversy, but his critics might not be so quick to let
:07:04. > :07:07.it go. The SDLP leader said he wanted the standards committee to
:07:08. > :07:12.investigate whether he the code of conduct had been breeched.
:07:13. > :07:15.The Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has welcomed
:07:16. > :07:18.Mr Robinson's public apology, saying it was the right thing to do.
:07:19. > :07:21.He urged Pastor McConnell to now publicly withdraw his comments.
:07:22. > :07:23.Two men died in road accidents this afternoon.
:07:24. > :07:24.A 36-year-old motorcyclist was killed
:07:25. > :07:28.when his bike was in collision with a car in the Deerpark Road area
:07:29. > :07:32.And in Newry, 68-year-old Wilfred Vaughan Chambers died following a
:07:33. > :07:36.It's understood he was on a mobility scooter
:07:37. > :07:41.A second racer has died in as many days at the Isle of Man TT races.
:07:42. > :07:44.Karl Harris, who was 34 and from Sheffield, was killed
:07:45. > :07:46.on the mountain course during the Superstock race.
:07:47. > :07:48.He was a three-time British Supersport Champion.
:07:49. > :07:51.Stephen Ferris has been forced to retire from rugby
:07:52. > :07:55.The 28-year-old played over 150 times for Ulster and Ireland,
:07:56. > :08:13.It has all happened sud ply. - Sudeley. It wasn't long I was here
:08:14. > :08:19.thinking I would play for three or four years. It is tough to take, but
:08:20. > :08:23.I have loved every minute. Paddy Wallace said for any young guy
:08:24. > :08:28.coming through, don't underestimate the journey you will go on. The
:08:29. > :08:42.journey I have been on is one I will remember.
:08:43. > :08:44.Now just before the weather forecast have a
:08:45. > :08:47.look at these video pictures sent to us by the Met Office of a tornado
:08:48. > :08:53.Now with the weather forecast, here's Barra Best.
:08:54. > :09:02.We will have some showers tonight. It will be a cooler night. Some of
:09:03. > :09:05.the wet weather will stay with us tomorrow. Giving us a damp start.
:09:06. > :09:15.But it will be a mixture of sunshine and showers. That wet weather around
:09:16. > :09:22.the coast. A much better start in the west. The bulk of the better
:09:23. > :09:27.weather tomorrow will be across Ireland with plenty of dry spells
:09:28. > :09:32.and even here some scattered showers. Most of wet weather will be
:09:33. > :09:38.confined to Britain. A lot of rain and cloud and that will hold back
:09:39. > :09:42.the temperatures to between the mid to low teens. For Northern Ireland
:09:43. > :09:45.in the afternoon, there will be one or two showers. They will be few and
:09:46. > :09:51.far between. For others there will be plenty of dry and bright weather
:09:52. > :09:58.too. To the coast feeling cool with temperatures of 12 degrees. Not much
:09:59. > :10:04.better further south. The temperatures well below average. For
:10:05. > :10:08.Thursday, we expect a better day. It may start damp, but brightening up
:10:09. > :10:13.in the afternoon. Temperatures recovering a little. A look ahead to
:10:14. > :10:17.the weekend, although temperatures will rise, there will always be a
:10:18. > :10:19.threat of some wet weather. This a it from BBC Newsline. Have a good
:10:20. > :10:21.night.