:00:15. > :00:18.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline:
:00:19. > :00:21.The Belfast Pastor who called Islam "satanic" publicly apologises and is
:00:22. > :00:29.The son of a murdered RUC Officer backs the Police Ombudsman in his
:00:30. > :00:42.I heard past has been toxic. That is my
:00:43. > :00:45.experience of dealing with the police to get the murder
:00:46. > :00:48.get the murder investigated.
:00:49. > :00:51.The deadly drugs that are being sold here for as little as two pounds.
:00:52. > :00:54.A local D Day veteran remembers comrades who lost their lives
:00:55. > :00:59.on the beaches of Normandy seventy years ago today.
:01:00. > :01:09.We have a warning of heavy rain overnight tonight.
:01:10. > :01:16.It's a weekend of sunshine and some very heavy showers.
:01:17. > :01:20.For weeks James McConnell has been at the centre of controversy
:01:21. > :01:32.Today the Belfast pastor who called Islam "heathen" and "satanic"
:01:33. > :01:37.His solicitor said Pastor McConnell had gone to the station voluntarily
:01:38. > :01:57.Pasta McConnell and his team emerged after two hours of questioning. He
:01:58. > :02:03.attended voluntarily, there was no question of an arrest and we wanted
:02:04. > :02:08.to make sure that any equivocation was removed from the situation he
:02:09. > :02:12.finds himself in at a welcome the opportunity to attend.
:02:13. > :02:17.He says it was a stressful morning and the apology was read by a
:02:18. > :02:20.solicitor. I wish to emphasise I had no intention of causing any offence
:02:21. > :02:27.or insulting any member of the Muslim community or to arouse fear
:02:28. > :02:32.or stir up hatred towards any member of the Muslim community. I wish to
:02:33. > :02:39.apologise publicly for any distress I may have unwittingly caused on my
:02:40. > :02:46.part. If Lance is he then. Islam is Satanic. If Lamb is a doctrine
:02:47. > :02:52.spawned in hell. These remarks delivered in a set and a sermon
:02:53. > :02:56.other source of the problems. It caused an international controversy
:02:57. > :03:02.which engulfed the first minister who first supported him but later
:03:03. > :03:07.apologised for remarks he made. Why was McConnell apologising? I am
:03:08. > :03:14.saying sorry to those who may have been harmed because that was never
:03:15. > :03:22.my intention. My intention was to preach against the Islamic doctrine
:03:23. > :03:28.and that has been blown out of all proportion. McConnell, are you
:03:29. > :03:32.genuinely sorry? At that point, she was ushered off leaving more
:03:33. > :03:40.questions than answers. One other thing, your assistant has resigned,
:03:41. > :03:47.what do you say? No more comments. Sorry, boys. A long morning. The man
:03:48. > :03:51.has a health condition. The legal teams stressed he wasn't arrested,
:03:52. > :03:53.this police investigation is still continuing, the outcome
:03:54. > :03:55.outcome is far from certain.
:03:56. > :03:59.The son of a murdered RUC officer has accused the PSNI of deliberately
:04:00. > :04:02.blocking efforts by the Police Ombudsman to investigate claims that
:04:03. > :04:08.the killers were protected because an IRA informer was involved.
:04:09. > :04:10.Gavin Larmour is backing Michael Maguire's legal action aimed
:04:11. > :04:13.at forcing the Chief Constable to give him access to information
:04:14. > :04:26.Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.
:04:27. > :04:33.John was off duty and working in his brothers ice cream shop when the
:04:34. > :04:39.killer struck in October 1988. No one has ever been charged with the
:04:40. > :04:42.murder. His son, Gavin, was 13 at the time. Years later, she
:04:43. > :04:47.complained to the police ombudsman about the investigation into the
:04:48. > :04:51.murder. He claims no one was charged because at least one IRA informer
:04:52. > :04:56.was involved. Yesterday, he attended a public meeting of the Policing
:04:57. > :05:02.Board to hear the police explain its reasons for not giving information
:05:03. > :05:11.he requested. It included his father's murder. The shock -- the
:05:12. > :05:16.shop is no longer there but Gavin Larmour's search for answers
:05:17. > :05:22.continues. He was far from satisfied with what he heard. Matt Baggott
:05:23. > :05:26.said dealing with the past has been debilitating and toxic. That is my
:05:27. > :05:35.experience of dealing with the police to get my father's murder
:05:36. > :05:39.investigated. It is nearly 26 years since he was murdered. It is for
:05:40. > :05:45.life sentence. I am still having to chase to get any resolution, truth
:05:46. > :05:51.and justice. They seem to be actively blocking the investigation
:05:52. > :05:58.and prosecution of those responsible. The only reason I
:05:59. > :06:02.believe is to protect informants. The police say any reluctance to
:06:03. > :06:10.hand over information has nothing to do with sensitivity or desire to
:06:11. > :06:14.protect informants. They say it is based on legal advice that they
:06:15. > :06:22.could be making -- breaking the law by making the information available.
:06:23. > :06:27.That argument has been rejected by Michael McGuire and one of his
:06:28. > :06:33.predecessors in the role of police ombudsman. The law is clear, there
:06:34. > :06:37.is no room for any negotiation or anything. The law says the chief
:06:38. > :06:43.constable shopper by the ombudsman with such information as the police
:06:44. > :06:47.ombudsman requires. The summaries and the police have stopped
:06:48. > :06:50.providing information. It is very simple. The police say they hope
:06:51. > :06:54.they can come to an agreement with the ombudsman to avoid the issue to
:06:55. > :06:57.be settled into court -- settled in court.
:06:58. > :07:08.providing information. It is very simple.
:07:09. > :07:11.The role Northern Ireland played in the D-Day landings has been
:07:12. > :07:13.commemorated at an event in Co Fermanagh.
:07:14. > :07:16.Crom Castle was used as a base by US troops as they prepared
:07:17. > :07:21.Today the Stars and Stripes flew once again above the castle,
:07:22. > :07:25.More than 200 people came to remember those who passed through
:07:26. > :07:28.the county on their way to the front line.
:07:29. > :07:32.Amongst the guests were second world war
:07:33. > :07:35.veterans, local school children, and also the son of a GI who'd travelled
:07:36. > :07:38.from America to find out more about his father's wartime experience.
:07:39. > :07:51.My father came here May 20, 1942, we have photos of him in front of the
:07:52. > :08:01.castle. I know he was stationed in northern France at one time, I know
:08:02. > :08:04.not the specifics of the battles. He had campaigns in northern France. I
:08:05. > :08:14.don't know which ones. One of the British war veterans,
:08:15. > :08:17.living in Dundonald near Belfast, has attended the commemorations
:08:18. > :08:21.in France today at the age of 94. John Leishman was an infantry man
:08:22. > :08:24.in the 51st Highland division - part of the support team
:08:25. > :08:26.for front line soldiers. Before he left for Normandy this
:08:27. > :08:30.week I spoke to him about And there's more on D-Day
:08:31. > :09:06.and memories of the war in Normandy Some of the lads said... The whole
:09:07. > :09:17.place was alive with landing craft. It was black. The whole scene was
:09:18. > :09:21.covered. There must have been thousands and thousands of boys
:09:22. > :09:31.landing. We never realised Normandy which have been... It is not nice to
:09:32. > :09:36.say that it was hell. What do you mean by hell? Explain that. To see
:09:37. > :09:43.the wounded soldiers lying mean by hell? Explain that. To see
:09:44. > :09:49.beach and to see what happened and you are getting shelled by the
:09:50. > :09:56.Germans. I was shaking like a leaf on a tree. I was trembling very much
:09:57. > :10:05.and I was just hoping that I wouldn't get caught like some of the
:10:06. > :10:12.rest of the boys had been caught. I was scared out of my wits. I was
:10:13. > :10:16.scared of something happening and I couldn't get back to Florence. That
:10:17. > :10:25.was always my worry. The horrors that you saw, the death and the
:10:26. > :10:29.wounded man around you, very few young men nowadays would experience
:10:30. > :10:40.such a thing. Oh, yes. Some horrible sights, yes. To see young fellows
:10:41. > :10:45.lying bleeding and the medics could not get to some of them. The medics
:10:46. > :10:53.had a terrible job. It still comes into my head. We were on the beach,
:10:54. > :10:58.they were chasing a Spitfire and it started to smoke and we thought it
:10:59. > :11:06.would try to land on the tarmac road. As soon as it touched the
:11:07. > :11:25.tarmac it exploded. That Pilate must have suffered a terrible... So near
:11:26. > :11:29.and yet didn't make it. We weren't fighting the Germans as a nation,
:11:30. > :11:36.really, we were fighting the Nazis and that was the regime. It wasn't
:11:37. > :11:41.the German people, really. They would just like ourselves. Only
:11:42. > :11:49.human beings. And some of them were only young lads. And they had to
:11:50. > :11:54.join the Army, they had no choice. Did it change you much? Do you think
:11:55. > :12:02.you would have been a different man had you not been in the war? I do
:12:03. > :12:08.not think I would be any different. I am not a great man, even now. I am
:12:09. > :12:15.just a wee lad. When I go to the cemeteries and see the crosses, 16,
:12:16. > :12:22.17, 18, young lads, their life was just starting. I thank the Lord that
:12:23. > :12:29.I could have been one of them. They are the heroes. There is more on
:12:30. > :12:35.Normandy and D-Day on the website. You're watching BBC Newsline
:12:36. > :12:38.and still ahead on the programme. An exhibition on the Artworks
:12:39. > :12:41.of the Troubles is proving to be Potentially lethal drugs are being
:12:42. > :12:49.sold for as little two pounds - less than a pint of beer - according
:12:50. > :12:53.to a doctor in Londonderry. His warning follows the revelation
:12:54. > :12:55.yesterday that the deaths of 20 people across Northern Ireland
:12:56. > :12:59.were linked to the same drug. The police have renewed
:13:00. > :13:15.their appeal for anyone with BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson reports.
:13:16. > :13:20.A night out which ends in hospital treatment or worse, because of
:13:21. > :13:24.drugs. It is a familiar story and this doctor, Simon O'Hagan, is
:13:25. > :13:28.hearing it all too often. Apparently some of these drugs are
:13:29. > :13:32.available for as cheaply as ?2. When you compare that to the cost of a
:13:33. > :13:37.pint, some people are tempted by the whole thing off, for a couple of
:13:38. > :13:41.pounds I can take this thing and apparently have the best night of my
:13:42. > :13:45.life. You may have the best night going, but at the same time you may
:13:46. > :13:49.potentially dive from it or be risking severe psychological
:13:50. > :13:53.problems. My message about all of them is, please, avoid all of this
:13:54. > :13:56.stuff. Do not take the chance, do not play Russian roulette with your
:13:57. > :14:00.life. The deaths of 20 people have been
:14:01. > :14:05.linked to a new unregulated drug which appeared last year. It has
:14:06. > :14:11.been described as a serial killer, and is still on the loose.
:14:12. > :14:16.The police investigation is focusing on organised crime gangs, and
:14:17. > :14:19.already they have detected a number of different supply chains. For
:14:20. > :14:24.those involved in combating drug use, that is the key. The best way
:14:25. > :14:28.to prevent any more deaths is to cut off the supply at source.
:14:29. > :14:32.But the reality is there are still plenty of drugs out there.
:14:33. > :14:36.You do not know what is in them. You get them last week from one source,
:14:37. > :14:39.get them again and it may not be the same thing.
:14:40. > :14:43.Drugs are illegal because they are bad, do not take them.
:14:44. > :14:48.There are some signs the message is getting through, especially in the
:14:49. > :14:53.wake of the recent spate of deaths after deaths -- as a result of the
:14:54. > :14:55.-- drugs like these. We have had intervals coming in for
:14:56. > :15:02.support. Only nitty dealt with 3000 people
:15:03. > :15:05.last year through it. Taking drugs on a night out is the
:15:06. > :15:15.aim, but everyone knows it is a lot easier said than done.
:15:16. > :15:17.A 72-year-old musician accused of having sexual relations with
:15:18. > :15:21.an under age girl has spent a second day in the witness box
:15:22. > :15:28.Francis McPeake denies 12 charges. Martin Cassidy reports.
:15:29. > :15:34.Francis McPeake denies having sex or inappropriately touching the
:15:35. > :15:40.schoolgirl. The young woman, now 20, claims the
:15:41. > :15:44.relationship began in 2009 and took place at school, and trips to music
:15:45. > :15:51.events and in his car. The musician was asked about taking
:15:52. > :15:55.the girl and her friend to Bangor in 2010. This was after her family
:15:56. > :16:00.warned her not to seek -- want him not to seek her again. He told the
:16:01. > :16:04.court it was the girl who insisted on getting into his car.
:16:05. > :16:07.He said he stopped at a supermarket where the girls went into a toilet
:16:08. > :16:12.to change out of their school uniforms. Francis McPeake was
:16:13. > :16:15.questioned at length about his relationship with the girl and a
:16:16. > :16:22.confrontation with her family. Francis McPeake claimed, following
:16:23. > :16:25.treatment for cancer, his sex life was nonexistent, but the prosecution
:16:26. > :16:29.pointed to medical records that showed he had been prescribed Viagra
:16:30. > :16:34.and a doctor noted his libido was strong and his sex life was
:16:35. > :16:35.satisfactory. The veteran musician denies all 12
:16:36. > :16:42.charges. The case continues. A 65-year-old man
:16:43. > :16:45.from Belfast has drowned in Malta. He apparently got into difficulty
:16:46. > :16:47.while swimming yesterday. He was airlifted to hospital having
:16:48. > :16:51.been pulled from the water by other The boyfriend
:16:52. > :16:56.of an Irish woman found dead The body of the 48-year-old woman,
:16:57. > :17:04.who it's thought was from Northern Ireland,
:17:05. > :17:06.was discovered in a flat in Athens. Her remains had been there
:17:07. > :17:08.for 20 days. It's understood she had been living
:17:09. > :17:14.in the Greek capital for some time. A plane had to make
:17:15. > :17:16.an emergency landing at It had just taken off for the Isle
:17:17. > :17:22.of Man when it turned back to land Its five passengers were able to
:17:23. > :17:26.get off safely and the runway The Police in Londonderry have
:17:27. > :17:33.insisted that people were not frightened off from attending
:17:34. > :17:35.a recruitment event at a hotel The hotel owner told BBC Newsline he
:17:36. > :17:40.had been greatly heartened by the reaction
:17:41. > :17:42.from the vast majority of people Here's our North-West reporter,
:17:43. > :17:52.Keiron Tourish. Security was fairly low-key at the
:17:53. > :17:56.Everglades Hotel Security was fairly low-key at the
:17:57. > :18:00.recruitment event got underway. Security was fairly low-key at the
:18:01. > :18:05.The police said there had been a good attendance, despite the fact
:18:06. > :18:08.The police said there had been a the hotel after a similar event.
:18:09. > :18:10.They have been well attended and we have had
:18:11. > :18:13.They have been well attended and we across the community. I am courage
:18:14. > :18:16.we have had a lot of local people from the city attend the sessions
:18:17. > :18:21.this morning. The Hotel owner said he had no doubt
:18:22. > :18:23.the PSNI event would go ahead. We take bookings for everyone.
:18:24. > :18:28.We take them from of all sorts, charities of all
:18:29. > :18:31.sorts. We take beginnings and we do the
:18:32. > :18:38.best we possibly can to please the booking and all that it requires.
:18:39. > :18:41.Not for one second would we turn around and say, you cannot have
:18:42. > :18:43.that. The PSNI say they have held three
:18:44. > :18:47.recruitment drives The PSNI say they have held three
:18:48. > :18:50.and one in Strabane, and one are planned.
:18:51. > :18:55.-- two in the city. An exhibition on the Artworks of the
:18:56. > :18:59.Troubles is doing a brisk trade and has inspired a conference exploring
:19:00. > :19:01.the impact of creative works. As our arts correspondent
:19:02. > :19:03.Maggie Taggart reports, the Ulster Museum exhibition has
:19:04. > :19:18.inspired deep feelings. The bombing of a bar in Belfast in
:19:19. > :19:25.1972. These doors are from the women's
:19:26. > :19:27.prison in Armagh and the salt around the base represents the tears shed
:19:28. > :19:33.by the women. The museum is delighted that a
:19:34. > :19:34.massive 18,000 visitors have been moved by this show.
:19:35. > :19:40.Normally with a three-month exhibition we would have made the
:19:41. > :19:46.100 or 150 responses. At the moment we are having around 90 per week in
:19:47. > :19:55.the art of the Troubles. People are really taking time to write what
:19:56. > :20:00.they feel about the exhibition, particular artworks they have had an
:20:01. > :20:10.emotional response to. Face picked out in accordion buttons
:20:11. > :20:14.as it a plaintive moan. From then lets to a burnt door, the
:20:15. > :20:17.images Arthur Miller to anyone who lived through the Troubles.
:20:18. > :20:20.Artists have been going a step further and finding out the effect
:20:21. > :20:22.of other sources of art on the people who live here.
:20:23. > :20:35.We're looking at literature, theatre, comedy, murals, and
:20:36. > :20:37.explores them. Amin three concept art culture, conflict and
:20:38. > :20:42.commemoration. Some of the things have been major in here already and
:20:43. > :20:45.have been tackled and we're going to explore that further.
:20:46. > :20:48.The exploit -- exhibition runs until the beginning of September and there
:20:49. > :21:00.are a series of talks by artist and BBC archive film linked to it.
:21:01. > :21:04.The Isle of Man TT Festival has come to an end with yet another win for
:21:05. > :21:08.It's been a another record breaking week on
:21:09. > :21:14.He won today's senior race at the TT - his fourth victory in seven days.
:21:15. > :21:17.It's a repeat of his his feat last year and an
:21:18. > :21:20.eleventh career win, elevating him to fifth in the all-time standings.
:21:21. > :21:23.But it was a bittersweet victory as his brother William crashed
:21:24. > :21:25.in the race, sustaining a suspected broken leg.
:21:26. > :21:41.As long as he is all right, that is my main concern at the moment.
:21:42. > :21:44.I have spoken to William 's girlfriend and he is conscious, he
:21:45. > :21:51.is awake. He is all right, just a suspected
:21:52. > :21:57.broken leg, but he will be all, which is the main for me.
:21:58. > :22:00.People thought I was mad, when I left Honda.
:22:01. > :22:06.BMW is fantastic it has done wonders for me, the team looks after me
:22:07. > :22:10.well. There is the one the team... Even my own team have been fantastic
:22:11. > :22:13.and to have the bike improving is good for me.
:22:14. > :22:18.As I said, the big bike was not the way I wanted it today, it was a bit
:22:19. > :22:21.of a handful, but I made it work for me and got the bike home.
:22:22. > :22:23.This weekend in the Ulster Gaelic Football Championship
:22:24. > :22:25.Armagh and Cavan go head in the penultimate quarter final.
:22:26. > :22:28.Having dominated the Under-21 provincial competitions in recent
:22:29. > :22:31.years, Cavan are hoping to translate that success to senior level.
:22:32. > :22:49.Their young players are certainly getting used to celebrating.
:22:50. > :22:55.Those three consecutive all but asked Michael Ulster 21 titles
:22:56. > :23:05.suggest they are one of the up and coming forces in the game. -- those
:23:06. > :23:12.three consecutive Ulster 21 titles. The Championship is all about...
:23:13. > :23:18.It will not be easy to play Armagh. We will probably not get as easy a
:23:19. > :23:22.run as we did last year. We were probably a bit of a surprise last
:23:23. > :23:29.year for them. If Cavan 's said is built on youth,
:23:30. > :23:34.Armagh's backbone is experience and it includes the county's only
:23:35. > :23:41.Ireland -- all Ireland winning captain, Kieran McGinlay.
:23:42. > :23:49.It is what he takes to the table, you know, as players we are
:23:50. > :23:56.delighted to have that. -- Kieran McKeever.
:23:57. > :23:59.The challenge for Armagh is to bring that training positivity to the heat
:24:00. > :24:03.of Championship battle against Cavan's Young guns.
:24:04. > :24:04.Ireland's rugby team are in action tomorrow
:24:05. > :24:08.for the first time since winning the Six Nations championship in March.
:24:09. > :24:10.Joe Schmidt's side to face Argentina includes seven Ulster players.
:24:11. > :24:13.South African-born flanker Robbie Diack is the only new cap
:24:14. > :24:25.Celtic have appointed the successor of Neil Lennon as manager to the
:24:26. > :24:31.club. Ronny Deila has taken over running
:24:32. > :24:33.of the club on a 12 month rolling contract.
:24:34. > :24:38.My philosophy, first of all, is that I wanted to play offensive football.
:24:39. > :24:42.I watched how the game under control with ball, possession, and create
:24:43. > :24:45.chances. Especially at the home games, we will give the fans
:24:46. > :24:50.entertainment for their football. Finally Ireland's Olympic
:24:51. > :24:52.champion boxer Katie Taylor is She will box
:24:53. > :24:57.for a record sixth lightweight gold medal at the European Championships
:24:58. > :25:04.tomorrow in Bucharest. Let's take a look at the weather
:25:05. > :25:08.forecast now for the weekend, a lot of wedding was happening in this
:25:09. > :25:13.month of June. Jeff is here with the latest.
:25:14. > :25:16.Well, despite a reasonable day today commit all goes downhill little bit
:25:17. > :25:21.overnight. We have a warning for heavy rain in place a cross Armagh
:25:22. > :25:24.and County Down through the early hours of tomorrow morning. This
:25:25. > :25:29.evening there are a few showers around, gradually dying out through
:25:30. > :25:33.the evening, but it is this band of heavy rain that comes through in the
:25:34. > :25:37.early hours we will have to watch out for. Because of all the cloud
:25:38. > :25:41.coverage committed quite a mild night overnight, but as we go into
:25:42. > :25:46.tomorrow morning, the heavy rain could have a little bit of hail and
:25:47. > :25:52.thunder in the mix. We could see up to an inch of rain in an hour during
:25:53. > :25:56.the heaviest downpours. On Saturday morning it is all being driven by
:25:57. > :26:03.this low-pressure system to the west of Ireland. It will send in rain in
:26:04. > :26:09.our direction. On Saturday morning that could have real intensity to it
:26:10. > :26:12.as the band tracks slowly north. It is not wall-to-wall rain through the
:26:13. > :26:17.weekend, they will be some breaks come in the afternoon I think there
:26:18. > :26:20.will be drier spells, and the temperatures up to
:26:21. > :26:22.will be drier spells, and the even 18 through the day on Saturday.
:26:23. > :26:22.will be drier spells, and the even 18 through the day As we get
:26:23. > :26:26.into the afternoon can even even 18 through the day As we get
:26:27. > :26:28.temperatures could set off even 18 through the day As we get
:26:29. > :26:32.and they could have intensity to them as we go through
:26:33. > :26:32.and they could have intensity to Saturday. The good news is that
:26:33. > :26:37.Sunday is Saturday. The good news is that
:26:38. > :26:43.warm, as well. We are Saturday. The good news is that
:26:44. > :26:43.This is the picture for Sunday, still
:26:44. > :26:47.This is the picture for Sunday, chance of brighter skies and drier
:26:48. > :26:51.weather. chance of brighter skies and drier
:26:52. > :26:59.off more showers through great deal of intensity to them.
:27:00. > :27:03.That mix of sunshine and showers is one that continues into the early
:27:04. > :27:08.part of next week, as well. Monday is a very similar set up, and to
:27:09. > :27:16.cruise around 17 or 18 Celsius as we go through Monday. -- temperatures
:27:17. > :27:19.around. Into the early part of next week, it is not until the middle
:27:20. > :27:23.part of the week we started to get high-pressure becoming more firmly
:27:24. > :27:26.established. If you are getting married this weekend, sorry!
:27:27. > :27:32.They will have to keep their umbra ice umbrellas -- thereon Bell is
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:27:45. > :27:47.weekend, thank you for.