:00:00. > :00:00.looks back at his life and career. Rik
:00:00. > :00:09.There's to be a new round of political talks aimed
:00:10. > :00:13.at resolving problems linked to the past, flags and parading.
:00:14. > :00:18.The five main parties will meet for two sessions being organised by the
:00:19. > :00:30.Agreement eluded the former talks chairman Richard Haass at Christmas
:00:31. > :00:37.but now the parties are set to intensify their own efforts in
:00:38. > :00:40.23-day sessions. Agreeing a way forward on the flags, parades and
:00:41. > :00:44.dealing with Northern Ireland's troubled past represents a
:00:45. > :00:53.formidable challenge. Time is short with a marching challenge -- the
:00:54. > :00:56.marching season underway. The Irish and British governments are saying
:00:57. > :01:01.closely engaged and providing support. Sinn Fein say they have
:01:02. > :01:03.already compromised during the Richard Haass negotiations and are
:01:04. > :01:09.now looking for unionists to do the same. Here we are faced in a
:01:10. > :01:13.position as a result of the party leaders meeting last week where we
:01:14. > :01:18.have agreed that there will now be an intensive period of talks in what
:01:19. > :01:24.is clearly a very limited window of opportunity up until the first
:01:25. > :01:31.couple of days of July. But not for the first time, the mood music seems
:01:32. > :01:34.to be discordant. I don't think there is much sign of momentum if
:01:35. > :01:37.you look at the way Sinn Fein have been behaving in the last couple of
:01:38. > :01:41.days. They refused to talk to the Westminster committee about the On
:01:42. > :01:47.the Runs, they have been protesting about a parade in Dungiven where
:01:48. > :01:50.there are no Flieds or bands or music or anything. If there is going
:01:51. > :01:55.to be a new sense of momentum, it has to be realistic. The Ulster
:01:56. > :01:59.Unionist 's will send a delegation but insist they will not engage in
:02:00. > :02:04.negotiations about the legacy of the troubles until I have seen the
:02:05. > :02:05.outcome of the review on the On the Runs. Talks are expected to be held
:02:06. > :02:09.before the end of this month. A community has been expressing its
:02:10. > :02:13.grief after the farm accident that claimed the life of eight-year-old
:02:14. > :02:16.Robert Christie. His father, Bertie, was critically injured after they
:02:17. > :02:18.were overcome by slurry fumes while helping an elderly neighbour
:02:19. > :02:30.on Saturday. The dangers of farming life were
:02:31. > :02:34.once again thrown into focus when the emergency services arrived at
:02:35. > :02:39.this farm on Saturday. They were called after a postman discovered a
:02:40. > :02:43.father and son unconscious. Poisoned by lethal slurry gases. The age old
:02:44. > :02:48.boy was Robert Christie, he had come here with his father, 30, who was
:02:49. > :02:52.helping the elderly farm owner. Slurry was being mixed when they
:02:53. > :02:56.were overcome by the fumes. Robert was airlifted to hospital but he
:02:57. > :03:01.could not be revived. His father remains critical. Totally
:03:02. > :03:09.devastated, heartbreaking news. The whole community is just numb. You
:03:10. > :03:13.feel for the farmers in a rock amenity like this where everybody
:03:14. > :03:20.else knows everybody else. The whole farming community very much our
:03:21. > :03:23.blue. This morning a special assembly to players at this small
:03:24. > :03:28.school where Robert was in the p for class. Staff say a huge hole has
:03:29. > :03:34.been left by the tragic death. Robert was a well loved member of
:03:35. > :03:37.the school family. Very, very gentle natured, he made friends quite
:03:38. > :03:42.easily and would have shared his time with others and he was very
:03:43. > :03:47.popular. His loss is going to have a huge impact on his friends, his
:03:48. > :03:53.classmates, the staff and the wider school family. A funeral service for
:03:54. > :03:56.the age old is due to take place tomorrow. This latest forming a
:03:57. > :04:01.tragedy is a reminder of the dangers of working with slurry. At this time
:04:02. > :04:06.of year, farmers want to get that slurry out onto the land so they
:04:07. > :04:11.have to mix the slurry and this is where the gases come from. The
:04:12. > :04:17.message we want to get out is that once you start mixing slurry, get it
:04:18. > :04:21.out immediately. There have been 24th at our seas on farms here in
:04:22. > :04:26.the last three years but no slurry related deaths since September 2012
:04:27. > :04:29.when Ulster rugby player Nevins Spencer died with his father and
:04:30. > :04:34.brother at their farm near Hillsborough. The Health and Safety
:04:35. > :04:38.Executive is leading the domestication into the weekend's
:04:39. > :04:39.tragic accident. It says it will continue to explore ways to prevent
:04:40. > :04:45.future farm that allergies. The police are treating an assault
:04:46. > :04:49.on a 36-year-old man in West Belfast He was attacked in the Slieve Dubh
:04:50. > :05:11.area, off the Springfield Road Patrick Francis McQuillan from
:05:12. > :05:17.Ballycastle was found guilty of a catalogue of crimes involving six
:05:18. > :05:22.boys between 1985 and 2000. The father of four who is also a skilled
:05:23. > :05:23.master and involved with Saint Johns ambulance will be sentenced next
:05:24. > :05:50.month. Before the court was 30 age old
:05:51. > :05:53.Thomas Mallon from Rathmore Road and charged with membership of a
:05:54. > :06:00.prescribed membership, namely the IRA will stop he is also accused of
:06:01. > :06:04.directing a terrorist organisation. Police believe they intercepted a
:06:05. > :06:07.letter from a prescribed organisation to its prisoners in
:06:08. > :06:13.Maghaberry prison last Thursday and Thomas was the author. It was
:06:14. > :06:16.written on cigarette papers. It was found during a search of a man
:06:17. > :06:21.visiting Maghaberry prison and described in court as the studio.
:06:22. > :06:28.Police say after he left, he was later seen speaking to Thomas near
:06:29. > :06:31.Maghera. These are trying to locate him. The prosecution claimed there
:06:32. > :06:37.was DNA and handwriting evidence ending Thomas to the offences. At
:06:38. > :06:43.one point in the letter, it states, I will not allow any jewel Army
:06:44. > :06:48.operating along with the IRA and us not knowing anything about it. There
:06:49. > :06:55.was also an instruction, tell the POWs not to engage in loose talk. A
:06:56. > :06:58.defence by described the letter as a round and said the charge of
:06:59. > :07:02.directing terrorism did not stand up. He said there were
:07:03. > :07:06.instructions or orders being given. A detective comes to said the police
:07:07. > :07:11.would impose bail on a number of grounds. The detective comes to said
:07:12. > :07:16.the PSNI believed that Thomas was a prominent member of the IRA. If
:07:17. > :07:20.released from custody, he would continue in that role. Thomas was
:07:21. > :07:25.remanded in custody until the 3rd of July. As he was being taken from the
:07:26. > :07:28.court, there was clapping and cheering from family and friends.
:07:29. > :07:32.A man arrested in connection with the murder
:07:33. > :07:34.of his mother in Portstewart last week has been released
:07:35. > :07:37.from police custody and detained under the mental health act.
:07:38. > :07:39.69-year-old Margaret Evans, was a well known businesswoman
:07:40. > :07:49.She was killed at her home on Wednesday.
:07:50. > :07:52.Looking ahead to tomorrow evening's BBC Newsline, we'll have the first
:07:53. > :07:55.of two reports from our Education Correspondent Maggie Taggart on
:07:56. > :08:01.15 different groups have submitted bids for facilities,
:08:02. > :08:03.to be shared between Catholic and Protestant pupils.
:08:04. > :08:06.As they wait for decisions, we look at the range of ideas from
:08:07. > :08:20.I would be very helpful but I think that we should be realistic that
:08:21. > :08:23.there are a lot of good bits in there as well.
:08:24. > :08:25.That's on tomorrow's programme at 6:30 here on BBC One.
:08:26. > :08:41.Many areas seeing dry weather for a time tonight before the next batch
:08:42. > :08:44.of weather coming in from the south. Not especially cold tonight with
:08:45. > :08:48.temperatures at 11 degrees. The scattered showers will be with us as
:08:49. > :08:54.we go into tomorrow and unlike today, tomorrow's thundery showers
:08:55. > :09:02.could affect almost anywhere. Some heavy downpours for the rush hour
:09:03. > :09:06.which could cause problems on the roads. They will continue to come
:09:07. > :09:09.and go throughout the day. The best start to tomorrow will be across
:09:10. > :09:16.England and Wales have plenty of dry, bright and sunny weather. Quite
:09:17. > :09:20.an unsettled day for Scotland with some heavy and Bantry downpours as
:09:21. > :09:24.well. I'd across Ireland tomorrow, along with spells of sunshine, there
:09:25. > :09:29.will be a scattering of showers. Some will be thundery and there may
:09:30. > :09:32.be some hail extent as well. It will not be raining all day, in between
:09:33. > :09:37.the showers, there will be some spells of sunshine. Some of the
:09:38. > :09:42.reinsurers will be slow to move and it could cause problems on the
:09:43. > :09:48.roads. In the sunshine, temperatures reaching 17 degrees. Very unsettled
:09:49. > :09:55.tomorrow but a much better day on Wednesday. Towards the end of the
:09:56. > :10:01.week, more unsettled weather is on the way.
:10:02. > :10:02.That's all from us, good