:00:00. > :00:00.cooler through the weekend, but the weather is looking pretty good for
:00:00. > :00:38.most will treat the attraction of
:00:39. > :00:42.loyalist lives in south Belfast as a breach of the police.
:00:43. > :00:45.A man says his Peter van have been hijacked six times.
:00:46. > :00:48.The only flight between Northern Ireland and America is suspended for
:00:49. > :00:50.the early part of next year. With the World Cup finally about to
:00:51. > :00:57.start we get a taste of what it is like to be a Brazilian in Belfast.
:00:58. > :01:01.At the first round of the US Open, both Graeme McDowell and Rory
:01:02. > :01:04.McIlroy are in the clubhouse after good opening rounds and are among
:01:05. > :01:08.the early leaders in North Carolina.
:01:09. > :01:13.Rain is on the way for two morrow but it is one day only with dryer,
:01:14. > :01:16.brighter unsettled conditions for the weekend.
:01:17. > :01:19.The issue of flags is one of the most contentious problems facing
:01:20. > :01:40.This evening we can report an apparent change of policy. The
:01:41. > :01:43.police have told Northern Ireland politics programme the view they
:01:44. > :01:45.will treat flags erected in South Belfast as a breach of the police --
:01:46. > :01:49.peace. This is the Ballynafeigh area
:01:50. > :01:53.of south Belfast, once a Unionist stronghold.
:01:54. > :01:55.But the last census showed the majority of people living here
:01:56. > :01:59.But you wouldn't know it from these pictures showing dozens
:02:00. > :02:11.The flags appeared on a section of the former road on a Thursday night
:02:12. > :02:15.during the recent election campaign under the noses of the police who,
:02:16. > :02:16.according to some local representatives, chose to do nothing
:02:17. > :02:17.about it. This Sinn Fein MLA raised
:02:18. > :02:26.the issue with senior police. Police officers did see and did
:02:27. > :02:30.stand-by when people were putting flags and I do not want to see that
:02:31. > :02:35.repeated again. They have brought themselves into disrepute by their
:02:36. > :02:38.behaviour around flags. I have discussed it with a senior
:02:39. > :02:41.leadership team in size and East Belfast and I think we have a better
:02:42. > :02:47.understanding of what needs to happen. The PSNI, in my opinion,
:02:48. > :02:53.will adapt their approach. If someone is putting up a flag without
:02:54. > :02:55.the permission of the local community they are in danger of
:02:56. > :03:00.causing public disorder. The police have told the BBC they've
:03:01. > :03:03.had a rethink following In a statement,
:03:04. > :03:06.they say further enquiries backed the assessment that tensions are
:03:07. > :03:08."particularly heightened as a result of a significant number
:03:09. > :03:10.of flags being erected." As
:03:11. > :03:11.a result police have directed "any future erection of flags" on
:03:12. > :03:14.this part of the Ormeau Road "will be treated as a breach of the
:03:15. > :03:16.peace." "have been spoken to and advised of
:03:17. > :03:20.this." But this DUP representative says
:03:21. > :03:34.the police already have enough to In South Belfast we have experienced
:03:35. > :03:37.a rise in crime over the course of the last year. I believe the Police
:03:38. > :03:41.Service of Northern Ireland has better things to be doing with its
:03:42. > :03:46.time than sending officers of lamp posts to remove flags and if Alex
:03:47. > :03:51.Maskey, who is supposed to represent South Belfast, thinks that is a good
:03:52. > :03:56.use of police time I suggests he asks what people's priorities are.
:03:57. > :03:58.The police say the actual removal of flags is not their
:03:59. > :04:01.responsibility and that they will only act in extreme circumstances,
:04:02. > :04:06.But if any more go up it seems they'll now intervene.
:04:07. > :04:09.And you can see more of Gareth's story on The View tonight at 10.35
:04:10. > :04:26.A 14-year-old girl who was with her father delivering pizzas last night
:04:27. > :04:30.is said to be traumatised following a hijacking in Londonderry. Mast
:04:31. > :04:35.meant that what appeared to be a gun to the Father's head and threatened
:04:36. > :04:41.him. They store the delivery van and burnt it out. The pizza delivery,
:04:42. > :04:42.my's owner has lost six fans in similar circumstances and has been
:04:43. > :04:45.speaking to our north-west reporter. The aftermath
:04:46. > :04:46.of last night's hijacking. This pizza delivery van was taken
:04:47. > :04:49.from its driver and his 14-year-old daughter by three masked
:04:50. > :04:51.men before being brought to the Creggan
:04:52. > :04:53.estate, where it was burnt out. The company owner said
:04:54. > :04:56.the gang left his driver and teenager daughter deeply traumatised
:04:57. > :05:09.shortly after they arrived with When he got out of the van to
:05:10. > :05:14.deliver the Peters three men came out of the shadows, masked men, and
:05:15. > :05:24.took the van of them. He said he would not give them the van. Then
:05:25. > :05:26.they cocked gun at his head and said if you do not we will niqab him. The
:05:27. > :05:28.girl was squealing and crying. Paolos Pizzas employs 65 people at
:05:29. > :05:30.five restaurants and take-aways - It also has a factory
:05:31. > :05:34.in a local industrial estate. Its owner says he's now had six vans
:05:35. > :05:37.hijacked in four years at an estimated cost
:05:38. > :05:51.of ?50,000 to his company. We are running a business and
:05:52. > :05:55.businesses had enough. What they are doing this for, I don't know. Please
:05:56. > :05:59.leave us alone and let us get on with our work and leave our fans and
:06:00. > :06:00.drivers alone. Stop leaving them petrified.
:06:01. > :06:06.Sinn Fein says those behind the attacks must explain their actions.
:06:07. > :06:14.The question has to be post about why. I continue to engage in these
:06:15. > :06:20.activities, which are doing nothing and serving no purpose whatsoever?
:06:21. > :06:23.The company says this is his 25th year in business and despite the
:06:24. > :06:25.setbacks they remain determined to continue and provide jobs and a
:06:26. > :06:28.local service. A controlled explosion has been
:06:29. > :06:30.carried out on a pipe bomb The device, which is pictured here,
:06:31. > :06:34.was found in the Eastway area of the city at
:06:35. > :06:37.about nine o'clock this morning. Homes and businesses were evacuated
:06:38. > :06:40.for several hours and a number of roads were closed while Army
:06:41. > :06:44.bomb experts dealt with the device. It has since been taken away
:06:45. > :06:47.for further examination. A court has been told that
:06:48. > :06:50.a man stabbed a shopkeeper after his dog bit him in the face
:06:51. > :06:58.as he fed it crisps. The attack happened at a tackle
:06:59. > :07:00.shop in east Belfast on Tuesday. 49-year-old Raymond Allardyce was
:07:01. > :07:06.charged with the attempted murder of the owner of this shop on
:07:07. > :07:10.Belfast's Upper Newtownards Road. 66-year-old Denis Wolsey,
:07:11. > :07:14.who was stabbed in the neck and head, is still in hospital and has
:07:15. > :07:17.yet to be interviewed by police. The court was told Allardyce had
:07:18. > :07:20.been feeding crisps to Mr Wolsey's His solicitor said it was accepted
:07:21. > :07:29.that while the accused's anger had been directed at the dog,
:07:30. > :07:32.he had gone back and attacked The court heard that Mr Allardyce
:07:33. > :07:38.had been on a four-day drinking He was released on bail,
:07:39. > :07:43.told to live with his mother, and prohibited from contacting
:07:44. > :07:48.the victim or witnesses. His solicitor said
:07:49. > :07:50.his client apologised for the incident and accepted
:07:51. > :07:54.responsibility for it, adding that the real issue at trial would be
:07:55. > :08:03.the state of his intoxication. The only direct flight
:08:04. > :08:06.between Northern Ireland and the United States is to be suspended
:08:07. > :08:11.in the early part of next year. United Airlines will halt flights to
:08:12. > :08:13.and from New York between January and the beginning of March because
:08:14. > :08:16.it says the route doesn't perform With the details,
:08:17. > :08:33.here's our economics The flight between Belfast and New
:08:34. > :08:36.York is used of one of our most economically important error rates,
:08:37. > :08:42.especially when it comes to attracting investors. -- important
:08:43. > :08:46.airline routes. It has been operating for just under a decade. A
:08:47. > :08:50.couple of years ago it was under threat because of the impact of an
:08:51. > :08:57.air passenger tax imposed by Westminster. Stroman won the right
:08:58. > :09:01.to cut the tax at a cost of about ?2 million a year and that seemed to
:09:02. > :09:04.give some stability. But now United Airlines says the flight does not
:09:05. > :09:08.perform strongly in the first couple of years therefore they are
:09:09. > :09:13.suspending it between 6th January and 12th March. It is taking similar
:09:14. > :09:23.flights -- steps with flights between Dublin, Manchester and Rome.
:09:24. > :09:27.The move should be kept in perspective. They are suspending it
:09:28. > :09:34.for nine weeks in the dead of winter in January and March 2015. It will
:09:35. > :09:39.come back online on 12th March, 2015. That is absolutely definite.
:09:40. > :09:44.The reality is over the course of the last number of years, this route
:09:45. > :09:48.has performed at high load factors. Nonetheless this development is
:09:49. > :09:51.causing anxiety at Stormont and among the business community and
:09:52. > :09:56.with Dublin providing more than 100 weekly flights to the US, the
:09:57. > :10:01.Belfast route will continue to face major competition. And Executive
:10:02. > :10:05.strategy on attracting flights to Northern Ireland is expected to be
:10:06. > :10:06.published in the autumn. This move increases the pressure to come up
:10:07. > :10:10.with something substantial. The flags are out in force
:10:11. > :10:15.for the World Cup, including this Health Trusts across Northern
:10:16. > :10:27.Ireland are being asked to review their admissions policy for older
:10:28. > :10:38.people into residential care homes. Last year you may remember there was
:10:39. > :10:42.a public outcry when it emerged the trust had earmarked homes
:10:43. > :10:46.foreclosure. Since then the health and social board, which has overall
:10:47. > :10:51.responsibility for services, carried out a consultation into the future
:10:52. > :10:56.residential care. The trusts are now being advised to review their
:10:57. > :11:02.admission policy, so the decision moving back to them. What was the
:11:03. > :11:06.point in the consultation? You are right. The decision has been batted
:11:07. > :11:12.back to the health trusts again. This is where it all began 15 months
:11:13. > :11:18.ago. The big difference now is that there has been a major consultation.
:11:19. > :11:20.That was not their 15 months ago. The health trusts, based on what
:11:21. > :11:28.they have learned from the consultation with 1200 people, who
:11:29. > :11:32.told the health board what they wanted from residential care, East
:11:33. > :11:35.trust will go back into their own area and assess the need. What older
:11:36. > :11:43.people want in the need. What older people want in Dunbar in Derry or
:11:44. > :11:47.Dungiven. Their needs will be assessed. The trusts have been asked
:11:48. > :11:50.to review their admissions policy. That is important because if they
:11:51. > :11:55.decide to lift the ban, that means long-term residential care could
:11:56. > :11:58.have a brighter outlook here in Northern Ireland. Those who carried
:11:59. > :12:08.out the consultation are very aware that it is not one size fits all. We
:12:09. > :12:12.weren't working to a number or timescale. Therefore, we are not
:12:13. > :12:18.saying that X number of homes have to close, or will close. It has to
:12:19. > :12:22.be a proper assessment on a localised basis and each individual
:12:23. > :12:28.home has to be considered. Can I just say that the families and the
:12:29. > :12:33.residents felt that was the right approach. What has been the reaction
:12:34. > :12:37.so far? From Twitter alone, people are very confused about what is
:12:38. > :12:41.happening. First of all it was with the trusts, then the board, then
:12:42. > :12:45.back to the trusts. That is confusing to people unless you are
:12:46. > :12:49.completely engrossed in the health care system, as of us are. With
:12:50. > :12:54.regards to the health union, Unison Mac, they say it has been a waste of
:12:55. > :13:01.of time and money and they are actually very cross about what is
:13:02. > :13:06.happening. It has just been asked to review the ban. The health and
:13:07. > :13:08.social airport were charged with the review by the Health Minister some
:13:09. > :13:13.months ago and what we find is that they have passed it onto the trusts.
:13:14. > :13:22.It is a case of passing the buck. The buck. -- passing the buck,
:13:23. > :13:27.according to Unison. It will be able at least before we hear more.
:13:28. > :13:35.Yesterday we heard the prestigious open golf tournament will be held at
:13:36. > :13:41.the Royal Portrush club sometime in 2015. They have been reacting to the
:13:42. > :13:49.News of the biggest tournament in the sport, to their town.
:13:50. > :13:51.Hopefully they will not simply be bringing major trophies but they
:13:52. > :13:58.will be lifting the claret jug here as well stop the news at the open is
:13:59. > :14:01.coming broke five days before the amateur tournament at Portrush and
:14:02. > :14:05.neither have five years to get ready. At last came in 1951 and one
:14:06. > :14:13.member recalls his teacher's encouragement to be part of it. I
:14:14. > :14:18.volunteered as a bag carrier. I was a bag carrier to Harry Bradshaw and
:14:19. > :14:23.he was a lovely man and he gave me 12 golf balls. The flags of many
:14:24. > :14:28.nations already fly here in Portrush for the amateur Championships to be
:14:29. > :14:33.held in the coming days. They are entirely appropriate. Royal Portrush
:14:34. > :14:43.has always attracted international golfers. Holding it here makes
:14:44. > :14:47.perfect sense to them. I like the people here. It will be fun playing
:14:48. > :14:58.here. Hopefully I will have a great experience. The area can expect a
:14:59. > :15:02.substantial boost. So much tourism is a driver for this area. This does
:15:03. > :15:07.not get any bigger. It is the legacy thereafter. We had complaints at the
:15:08. > :15:09.time of the Irish open at local businesses did not benefit
:15:10. > :15:13.immediately but they have benefited since that time. In Portrush itself
:15:14. > :15:17.traders have been wondering about that dividend, given some find the
:15:18. > :15:21.Irish Open a bit of a disappointment. They want to pay the
:15:22. > :15:28.-- play the course of the Irish Open. Can you imagine how many more
:15:29. > :15:33.people want to come when the Open is going to be held? There will be a
:15:34. > :15:37.big legacy afterwards. For now it is not just the golf swing city to be
:15:38. > :16:14.ready by 2019. -- that need to be ready.
:16:15. > :16:18.Armagh and Cavan GAA teams. Armagh has said they will appeal the
:16:19. > :16:21.decision but Cavan will not. We are looking at 15 groups of
:16:22. > :16:26.schools waiting to hear which will get money for a shared campus. This
:16:27. > :16:34.evening education correspondent Maggie Taggart looks at how primary
:16:35. > :16:46.schools are breaking new ground. Will communities buy into the plans?
:16:47. > :16:50.The clue is in a different uniform as Catholic and Protestant children
:16:51. > :16:53.share a technology class. This is one group looking for funding to
:16:54. > :16:59.expand its sharing. The principles of these permits goes are looking
:17:00. > :17:04.forward to sharing and they are only walking distance between the
:17:05. > :17:13.schools. They want two new centres to house the shared activities. One
:17:14. > :17:20.in Holy Trinity for science and to the projects and an other. We look
:17:21. > :17:24.forward to the opportunity to develop those areas. We need
:17:25. > :17:28.specialist equipment and specialist space. In the family said we have
:17:29. > :17:33.provision at present but we have a designated location for that. This
:17:34. > :17:36.is the staff room at Cookstown primary school currently doubling up
:17:37. > :17:40.as a family resource centre but the dream is to have a shared purpose
:17:41. > :17:45.built area which can be used by the whole community. We are talking 30
:17:46. > :17:49.years of working together. Staff and pupils move back and forth between
:17:50. > :17:54.the schools on a regular basis. We use each other's facilities, our
:17:55. > :18:04.skills, which resources and we are basically there help it. Some other
:18:05. > :18:08.partnerships are hoping to share the same buildings while keeping their
:18:09. > :18:11.own identities. Sharing between denominations is a sensitive issue
:18:12. > :18:15.and a university lecturer who has studied campuses in Scotland says it
:18:16. > :18:21.is important to get the community on board. Parental involvement is
:18:22. > :18:25.cruiser and success as we have seen in Scotland. If the schools have
:18:26. > :18:30.consulted with the parents and the local community and they are on
:18:31. > :18:37.board, there is every reason to think it will be successful. Across
:18:38. > :18:42.Northern Ireland 15 projects with different schools are waiting to see
:18:43. > :18:42.if they will be selected. The result will be revealed before the recess
:18:43. > :19:12.at the end of this month. Ireland's worst railway disaster.
:19:13. > :19:18.Today a memorial was unveiled. If you were born and brought up in
:19:19. > :19:21.Armagh, then this famous photograph of the 1889 railway disaster, it is
:19:22. > :19:29.practically burned into your consciousness. Today this railway is
:19:30. > :19:37.long gone. This embankment sits in a brooding silence. The little changed
:19:38. > :19:40.embankment and the equally little changed mall in the city centre are
:19:41. > :19:45.reminders of how from any Armagh people, this disaster still seems
:19:46. > :19:52.very close. Among those gathered today to watch the unveiling of the
:19:53. > :20:00.memorial were several grandchildren of children who had been on this
:20:01. > :20:05.underscrew lighting. My grandfather survived the railway disaster. He
:20:06. > :20:09.was on the train and a lot of his friends were on the train, too. His
:20:10. > :20:16.friend asked him to change seats just before the collision and he
:20:17. > :20:19.did, and his friend was killed. My grandfather left his left leg in the
:20:20. > :20:28.accident and he also lost his younger brother, David, and his
:20:29. > :20:32.sister, mini. The remember your grandfather? He had a wooden leg
:20:33. > :20:40.strapped in leather and I could hear him creaking as the leather squeaked
:20:41. > :20:46.when he was walking. It has taken a long time for this
:20:47. > :20:50.city to direct this memorial. The current Minister of the Methodist
:20:51. > :20:57.Church from where the excursion cent says that is because until now the
:20:58. > :21:00.wound has been simply to roar. For many years it was something people
:21:01. > :21:05.try to forget because it was too painful and they had learned to cope
:21:06. > :21:14.with it by just keeping it hidden away. I think the time is right now
:21:15. > :21:25.for a memorial. That memorial is now in place, ensuring none of the 89
:21:26. > :21:30.victims will ever be forgotten. Remembering Aaron's worst railway
:21:31. > :21:33.disaster. More sports news. The World Cup is about to start in
:21:34. > :21:40.Brazil this evening. ABC Newsline's Mark Simpson has been to my South
:21:41. > :21:43.American software -- you are sizing -- thousands of miles from home but
:21:44. > :21:49.who are still looking to party. They are not in Brazil they are in
:21:50. > :21:54.Northern Ireland. They are in their double-decker bus
:21:55. > :22:01.cafe. They show their support for their home country in their colours
:22:02. > :22:04.and their music. And for these Brazilians, the World Cup is not
:22:05. > :22:12.just about winning. It is about beating Argentina. Argentina versus
:22:13. > :22:28.Brazil is, you know, a fight when it comes to football and we want to see
:22:29. > :22:31.a final. As the first game approaches the
:22:32. > :22:40.fans admit they are nervous. We have to win, that is all. Of course, this
:22:41. > :22:45.isn't the only part of the city for a World Cup fever has broken out.
:22:46. > :23:00.Belfast beamed Belfast, there is no shortage of flags. -- being Belfast.
:23:01. > :23:05.In the heart of West Belfast and England flag. Every house on the
:23:06. > :23:08.street entered a World Cup sweepstake and whatever team they
:23:09. > :23:14.got they had to fly the country's honours. I got the England flag so I
:23:15. > :23:18.had to hang it out anyway. I do not think I would want to go too far. --
:23:19. > :23:22.they will go too far. I do not think they will win. If they get to the
:23:23. > :23:30.final there is a couple of quid in it for me.
:23:31. > :23:33.There is plenty of interest in the World Cup here and according to the
:23:34. > :23:39.bookmakers the team most likely to lift the trophy is... Brazil.
:23:40. > :23:43.CHEERING .
:23:44. > :23:56.They could be right. Today, one of the US open -- is day one of the US
:23:57. > :24:02.Open and our players are top of the leaderboard.
:24:03. > :24:05.With yesterday's breaking news story that the Open Championship is to be
:24:06. > :24:10.staged at Royal Portrush what better way to celebrate that to date with
:24:11. > :24:16.Graeme McDowell taking an early lead in the US open. He won this
:24:17. > :24:21.tournament in 2010 followed by Rory McIlroy in 2011. He is two under
:24:22. > :24:26.par, Rory McIlroy is three shots back at one over. I spoke to him at
:24:27. > :24:30.all a short time ago. I am happy with the display this morning. It
:24:31. > :24:34.knows not my most amazing ball striking round that I ever played.
:24:35. > :24:37.This golf course, you do not have to strike, you just have to hit it in
:24:38. > :24:41.the correct places as often as you possibly can. Then you have got to
:24:42. > :24:48.grind and paste pot as you can and make as many par as you can. To make
:24:49. > :24:54.one bogey was very pleasing. We might have got a little bit of a
:24:55. > :24:57.break with the moisture content and the overcast conditions to keep the
:24:58. > :25:03.moisture in the greens for a while longer. It gave us have a chance to
:25:04. > :25:08.attack. Lovely eagle at the par-5/5. Yes, it was nice and settling. I
:25:09. > :25:15.thought birdies were going to be rare and to have a 12 foot up the
:25:16. > :25:19.hill eagle opportunity was good. It was a settler for me. I played nice
:25:20. > :25:24.golf after that and I am very pleased with that effort. More to
:25:25. > :25:28.come. Obviously there are a big 54 holes coming up. This golf course
:25:29. > :25:32.will get firmer, faster and tougher and we have just got to stay
:25:33. > :25:39.ultraconservative. Obviously it is exactly where you wanted to be? You
:25:40. > :25:42.always want a nice round under your belt to get you up and running. You
:25:43. > :25:46.do not want to have to come out there chasing tomorrow in any shape
:25:47. > :25:50.or form. I prepared well immensely for this event and I am trying to
:25:51. > :25:52.get my head in the right space to know this golf course was not going
:25:53. > :25:58.to give me much and I had to accept that from an early start. I had the
:25:59. > :26:04.ball well. Rory McIlroy, take a look at this.
:26:05. > :26:08.This was his fantastic birdie at the 18th hole. He is just three shots
:26:09. > :26:11.off the lead. Still very much in this tournament. Graeme McDowell
:26:12. > :26:16.Andrey McIlroy looked as if they enjoy playing together today. Darren
:26:17. > :26:19.Clarke has teed off and we will let you know how he gets on tonight. --
:26:20. > :26:28.Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy. Why we have had a lovely couple of
:26:29. > :26:32.days, a little bit of a change tonight. Rain working its way in
:26:33. > :26:39.along the north coast and into the north-west. As we go overnight the
:26:40. > :26:42.rain gets heavier. Because of the cloud, it stays mild with those of
:26:43. > :26:47.12 or 13. Tomorrow looks very different. Tomorrow morning, plenty
:26:48. > :26:52.of rain around. All of the rain starts to work in a breakfast time
:26:53. > :26:56.tomorrow and there could be quite intense showers mixing in. The good
:26:57. > :27:00.news is that as we go through the day it does gradually ease a little
:27:01. > :27:07.bit. We will see more breaks in the showers. The temperatures have taken
:27:08. > :27:10.a hit with highs of 17 or maybe 18 degrees. That is cooler than we have
:27:11. > :27:15.had over the last couple of days. The good news is that once the front
:27:16. > :27:20.moves through the high-pressure system built-in and that is going to
:27:21. > :27:23.give us a good bit more protection from the weather. By the time we
:27:24. > :27:28.have got to the weekend we have drier and brighter conditions ahead.
:27:29. > :27:37.So, let's take a look into the weekend. Saturday looks very
:27:38. > :27:43.different to the -- to Friday. Not very warm at all. The wind has come
:27:44. > :27:48.to the North. Friday is the only wet day in what looks to be some
:27:49. > :27:52.promising weatherhead. I lit summary is at 10:25pm here on
:27:53. > :28:04.BBC One. to BBC Northern Ireland's
:28:05. > :28:09.new monthly magazine, The Gaitherin. 'Over the coming months, we'll be
:28:10. > :28:14.out and about across the country,