:00:00. > :00:17.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline...
:00:18. > :00:20.One of Northern Ireland's best known car dealerships is at the centre of
:00:21. > :00:25.Cancer patients welcome the Health Minister's wish to reinstate
:00:26. > :00:35.prescription charges to pay for cancer drugs.
:00:36. > :00:40.it could extend my life up to three years but because I cannot get it
:00:41. > :00:41.here I cannot have the choice. A former pupil bullied
:00:42. > :00:44.at this school is awarded ?10,000 Two men described in court
:00:45. > :00:47.as foot soldiers of the UDA are Graeme McDowell is among
:00:48. > :00:54.the leaders at the Irish Open. And as we approach the longest day
:00:55. > :00:57.of the year, it looks like we've This evening we can reveal that
:00:58. > :01:09.a police investigation into the awarding of contracts for police
:01:10. > :01:12.vehicles is looking at whether there was a conspiracy to ensure that
:01:13. > :01:16.multi million pound contracts were awarded to one of Northern Ireland's
:01:17. > :01:22.largest car dealerships. It's understood seven men,
:01:23. > :01:24.including the former Assistant Chief Constable Duncan McCausland
:01:25. > :01:29.and a serving officer, have been questioned about possible bribes
:01:30. > :01:32.received in return for fixing two This afternoon, a former PSNI
:01:33. > :01:41.officer who's now Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, was suspended
:01:42. > :01:47.as a result of the investigation. Mark Gilmour has not been arrested
:01:48. > :01:51.and is not being questioned Our Home Affairs Correspondent
:01:52. > :02:09.Vincent Kearney has this exclusive Donnelly Brothers is one of Northern
:02:10. > :02:14.Ireland's best-known car dealerships. One of its owners,
:02:15. > :02:17.Terence Donnelly, was one of those questioned by detectives
:02:18. > :02:21.investigating the awarding of PSNI vehicle contracts. He was one of
:02:22. > :02:26.seven men the PSNI said were arrested on suspicion of a range of
:02:27. > :02:28.offences including bribery, misconduct in public office and
:02:29. > :02:32.procuring misconduct in public office. His company has been a
:02:33. > :02:35.long-standing supplier of vehicles to the police and was recently
:02:36. > :02:40.awarded a multi-million pound contract for the maintenance of the
:02:41. > :02:45.PSNI fleet of cars. In a statement to the BBC, Mr Donnelly said he
:02:46. > :02:59.strenuously denied any wrongdoing on his part in relation to the PSNI
:03:00. > :03:01.investigation into the awarding of PSNI vehicle contracts. The
:03:02. > :03:03.statement added that he has Corp rooted fully with the investigation
:03:04. > :03:05.and expects to be completely exonerated. Others arrested include
:03:06. > :03:08.a serving officer and a member of the transport department. Files on
:03:09. > :03:11.both men have been sent to the Public Prosecution Service. In line
:03:12. > :03:16.with PSNI policy they have been suspended from their jobs while the
:03:17. > :03:22.investigation continues. The BBC understands police understand made
:03:23. > :03:26.to ensure and other ultimate impact contract to armour more than 50
:03:27. > :03:33.police cars was awarded to Donnellys. Duncan McCausland, former
:03:34. > :03:38.Chief Constable, has also been questioned. Since retiring he has
:03:39. > :03:42.worked as a security visor to Donnellys. He was released from
:03:43. > :03:46.police custody last night pending a file being sent to the Public
:03:47. > :03:51.Prosecution Service. I have been clear that I strenuously deny any of
:03:52. > :03:55.the allegations put to me. Obviously, I can't talk about the
:03:56. > :04:00.investigation because that would be improper. That is what I am going to
:04:01. > :04:06.go out of my way to ensure, and prove my innocence. This afternoon,
:04:07. > :04:10.the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire police force was suspended
:04:11. > :04:15.as a result of the investigation. Mark Gilmour was formerly a PSNI
:04:16. > :04:17.officer. He is not part of the criminal investigation. It is
:04:18. > :04:24.understood that it has been claimed that while serving here, -- you may
:04:25. > :04:30.have received a heavily discounted or free card from Donnelly brothers.
:04:31. > :04:36.This morning I suspended Mark Gilmour. The reason from -- for the
:04:37. > :04:40.suspension is as a result of information from the PSNI arising
:04:41. > :04:46.from an investigation announced by them earlier this week. I would like
:04:47. > :04:49.to stress that the suspension of a Chief Constable is a necessity in
:04:50. > :04:55.the public interest until the full facts are established. Seven men
:04:56. > :04:59.arrested as part of this investigation have now been released
:05:00. > :05:03.pending files being sent to the Public Prosecution Service. The BBC
:05:04. > :05:07.understands that due to the complexity of the investigation it
:05:08. > :05:10.could be months before the review of the files is completed and decisions
:05:11. > :05:11.made about whether or not to bring charges.
:05:12. > :05:14.The Health Minister says a proposal to reinstate prescription charges
:05:15. > :05:19.A fee with a maximum payment of ?25 a year per person is proposed.
:05:20. > :05:22.The SDLP is arguing that the public shouldn't have to pay
:05:23. > :05:34.Our Health Correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly reports.
:05:35. > :05:41.Since being diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2009, this woman has been
:05:42. > :05:45.on a crusade to raise awareness of the condition. Most recently she has
:05:46. > :05:51.been campaigning for access to specialist cancer drugs. Extremely
:05:52. > :05:55.expensive, they are currently available to cancer patients in
:05:56. > :05:58.England and Scotland but not Northern Ireland. If the Cancer
:05:59. > :06:02.Drugs Fund was available here I would be able to get the drug
:06:03. > :06:07.available to women in England. If I lived in England I would get it and
:06:08. > :06:11.it would extend my life by ten months to three years. Last night on
:06:12. > :06:22.Twitter, that battle stepped up a gear when Una and the Health
:06:23. > :06:30.Minister N-Gage in a debate. Una suggested the money was already
:06:31. > :06:36.there. The Health Minister suggested reinstating prescription charges
:06:37. > :06:40.would help with the bill. The SDLP insist the money is already
:06:41. > :06:43.available via a national scheme work pharmaceutical, knees pay into a
:06:44. > :06:47.fund designed for the Wii search and of element of specialist drugs. --
:06:48. > :06:51.pharmaceutical companies. He knows he has money coming to him from
:06:52. > :06:56.pharmaceutical companies, 9 million over the last two years, a projected
:06:57. > :07:01.12 million next year. He has the money, get on with it. Where are
:07:02. > :07:08.used suggesting the money has gone? The Minister has questions to
:07:09. > :07:11.answer. I hope it has not got into a big black hole. The deal is that the
:07:12. > :07:16.money should be used for innovative drugs. This week, a new campaign
:07:17. > :07:20.called on people to pledge their support for equal access to cancer
:07:21. > :07:24.drugs. While we are debating this today, while it is being bandied
:07:25. > :07:28.about by the political parties, nine cancer patients are going to die,
:07:29. > :07:34.today and tomorrow, and every other day this year. Enjoying the
:07:35. > :07:39.sunshine, this cancer survivor also told me patients should not have to
:07:40. > :07:43.wait. Definitely not. Definitely not. They haven't got the time on
:07:44. > :07:49.their hands. I have survived and I am very, very thank for that I have
:07:50. > :07:55.survived and hopefully there will be drugs available. In a statement
:07:56. > :07:59.Edwin Poots said, the PPR scheme is designed to constrain the cost of
:08:00. > :07:59.medicines across the UK and was never intended to fund specialist
:08:00. > :08:02.drugs. A school that's been told to pay
:08:03. > :08:05.?10,000 to a pupil who was bullied, says it is reviewing
:08:06. > :08:09.its pastoral care policy. As
:08:10. > :08:10.our education correspondent Maggie Taggart reports, the case involving
:08:11. > :08:13.Abbey Grammar in Newry could have The pupil who sued the Abbey Grammar
:08:14. > :08:19.had suffered abuse He finally left in 2009
:08:20. > :08:24.after what was described The pupil, Ryan Collins,
:08:25. > :08:31.is now 19 and took the case after he showed signs of adult psychiatric
:08:32. > :08:33.damage when he came across Awarding him ?10,000,
:08:34. > :08:38.the judge said he had no doubt Ryan was a very embittered young man who
:08:39. > :08:41.had been subject to a lot Judge Brian walker said
:08:42. > :08:46.the school is excellent But he said the events overwhelmed
:08:47. > :08:51.the principal and staff. The Newry Reporter newspaper
:08:52. > :09:06.has been following the case. Ryan struck a chord with everyone in
:09:07. > :09:12.the court when he said that he no longer wished to live. His father
:09:13. > :09:16.reiterated that sentence by saying that the victim came home one day,
:09:17. > :09:18.climbed under his blanket, and said that he did not want to live any
:09:19. > :09:19.more. While the judge said the school had
:09:20. > :09:21.taken adequate action, he said if it had been tacked better
:09:22. > :09:32.and more quickly some of This is the old school building
:09:33. > :09:37.where the brilliant took place. The principle does not want to be
:09:38. > :09:40.interviewed for but he says in the school they are reviewing their
:09:41. > :09:44.pastoral care policy to see if it's more effective. The school has
:09:45. > :09:45.apologised to Ryan and wishes him well in the future.
:09:46. > :09:47.A teachers' union says schools all have bullying policies,
:09:48. > :09:51.but implementing them is the important thing.
:09:52. > :09:58.It is an interesting decision and will have ramifications for schools.
:09:59. > :10:00.It is something of a precedent so I think it has to be read and taken
:10:01. > :10:01.seriously. Governing bodies will be looking
:10:02. > :10:04.at their own procedures to make sure they are doing all they can to
:10:05. > :10:20.tackle the problem Still to come...
:10:21. > :10:21.The music city festival being held in Derry and the tourists getting
:10:22. > :10:24.into the groove. Two men, described in court
:10:25. > :10:27.as foot soldiers of the UDA, have been remanded in custody
:10:28. > :10:30.charged with attempted murder. The charges follow violence in Larne
:10:31. > :10:32.in March Our north-east reporter
:10:33. > :10:38.David Maxwell was The police described it as a
:10:39. > :10:45."rampage." A gang of up to 100 - many masked - caused damage to
:10:46. > :10:49.homes, cars and people. The local MP said it was a "co-ordinated show of
:10:50. > :11:05.strength" following the tensions in The area and the arrests of some
:11:06. > :11:08.members of the UDA. Three houses were badly damaged including this
:11:09. > :11:12.one. It was attacked for the second time in as many months. The man who
:11:13. > :11:18.lived here with his partner and children were so badly beaten he was
:11:19. > :11:22.left unconscious. Today, two men from Greenisland appeared in court
:11:23. > :11:25.accused of attempting to murder him. Steven Blackwood, of my yard
:11:26. > :11:31.gardens, and Stephen Mettleton from Rossmore Green. The men are also
:11:32. > :11:34.charged with intimidating the man's family, causing criminal damage, and
:11:35. > :11:38.rioting. They spoke only to confirm their names and to say they
:11:39. > :11:43.understood the charges against them including attempted murder. A police
:11:44. > :11:47.officer told the court the men were foot soldiers of the South East
:11:48. > :11:51.Antrim UDA and he told them the DNA profiles had been found on gloves
:11:52. > :11:55.and a balaclava discovered in a bin after the attacks. A defence lawyer
:11:56. > :11:58.for the men said his clients strenuously denied any connection
:11:59. > :12:03.with the UDA. A detective constable told the court that to date, 29
:12:04. > :12:12.people had been arrested in connection with the disorder. Four
:12:13. > :12:14.had been charged and 1000 exhibits amassed in the ongoing
:12:15. > :12:16.investigation. An application for bail was refused on the grounds of
:12:17. > :12:17.possible reoffending and the intimidation of witnesses. The men
:12:18. > :12:22.are due in court on 17th July. The bereaved partners of dozens
:12:23. > :12:25.of RUC officers are to have 25 years ago a decision was taken
:12:26. > :12:29.to withdraw the pensions if the As Kevin Sharkey reports there has
:12:30. > :12:35.been a lengthy campaign to have A memorial to RUC officers
:12:36. > :12:42.killed during the Troubles. For the widows or widowers left
:12:43. > :12:50.behind, a pension for life. But, new rules introduced in 1989
:12:51. > :12:54.changed things, and any recipient And for some widows or widowers,
:12:55. > :13:05.this was a serious problem. If they were considering getting
:13:06. > :13:10.married again, they had to take into account the reality that
:13:11. > :13:12.their pension would go. I've been told
:13:13. > :13:14.of one case where a widow with two children was planning to remarrry,
:13:15. > :13:17.but when the rules changed, she had to cancel her wedding because she
:13:18. > :13:20.couldn't afford to get married Earlier today,
:13:21. > :13:24.I spoke to a number of widows whose They didn't want to comment
:13:25. > :13:27.at this stage. But the Chairman of
:13:28. > :13:38.their husbands served in the RUC. -- the chairman of the
:13:39. > :13:44.representative group announced a breakthrough. We want to say that we
:13:45. > :13:50.recognise that it is a recognition of the service and sacrifice police
:13:51. > :13:54.officers made down the years. For most police officers there with a
:13:55. > :13:57.widow or a widower and all of those who lost their lives as a result of
:13:58. > :14:03.terrorism or those who died in service, they are going to benefit.
:14:04. > :14:06.The Policing Board administers the scheme and says the change covers
:14:07. > :14:12.people whose wife or husband or civil partner died in the conflict
:14:13. > :14:15.accidentally, on duty, or in any other circumstances. It also applies
:14:16. > :14:17.to pensions linked to police officers who retired before their
:14:18. > :14:37.deaths, according to the Policing Board. Pensions from before 1989
:14:38. > :14:40.will be reinstated in July. Still to come... At the Irish Open, Graeme
:14:41. > :14:45.McDowell is well placed at the midway stage in the competition.
:14:46. > :14:47.There'll be plenty of music in the Londonderry air tomorrow
:14:48. > :14:50.as the city hosts a daylong celebration of performances.
:14:51. > :14:53.Music City 2014 will host everything from Jazz to classical,
:14:54. > :14:57.For the early birds, the first performance starts at
:14:58. > :15:02.the crack of dawn and then the BBC presents a major concert with the
:15:03. > :15:16.Here's our North-West reporter, Keiron Tourish.
:15:17. > :15:19.It was one of the highlights of UK City of Culture year
:15:20. > :15:21.and tomorrow, there'll be sights and sounds everywhere to celebrate
:15:22. > :15:33.Tourists today got a taste of what's to come.
:15:34. > :15:42.We are here as tourists for three days and it is so exciting to see
:15:43. > :15:45.Music City. We are really happy. I am so happy to bring them over here
:15:46. > :15:52.to see what has happened in the peace process. It is amazing.
:15:53. > :15:55.It'll be another early start this year again as the dawn chorus will
:15:56. > :16:08.be heard at the ancient fort at Grianan in Donegal tomorrow morning.
:16:09. > :16:11.And throughout the day, there'll be music on every street
:16:12. > :16:20.corner - from jazz to classical and singer songwriters.
:16:21. > :16:26.There are so many tourists and locals coming in. It is a real
:16:27. > :16:36.confidence boost and it makes you feel special. It is so good. 45,000
:16:37. > :16:38.people came out for the day and it is good and be one of the main
:16:39. > :16:40.legacy projects of the 2013 year. The Legenderry Maritime Festival
:16:41. > :17:02.begins tomorrow with food fun and The Clipper round the world yacht
:17:03. > :17:06.race arriving here on Monday. It was amazing two years ago. The party is
:17:07. > :17:10.starting already. The home boats are doing well and have been reading for
:17:11. > :17:19.some time. It is getting tiring. But I think we are going to hang onto
:17:20. > :17:23.it. More than 100,000 people attended
:17:24. > :17:26.the maritime festival in 2012 and it generated lots of money for the
:17:27. > :17:32.local economy. It is hoped two years on we will have a significant
:17:33. > :17:38.impact. -- it will have. In a few minutes... A tribute to a
:17:39. > :17:44.cameraman who took risks to bring us the news. Before that, sport with
:17:45. > :17:49.Stephen Watson at the Irish Open. There was disappointment for Rory
:17:50. > :17:53.McIlroy here as he missed the halfway cut and had some early for
:17:54. > :17:57.the second year in a row. Three of Aaron's other major champions are
:17:58. > :18:03.battling for the Irish Open honours including Graeme McDowell, who is
:18:04. > :18:05.two shots off the lead. And to other Northern Ireland golfers were
:18:06. > :18:09.pushing hard. Graeme McDowell has been trying to work out how to win
:18:10. > :18:14.this tournament since the start of his professional career 12 years
:18:15. > :18:20.ago. Today for the first time, he put himself in position to do just
:18:21. > :18:30.that. He found his rhythm and his range very quickly. He returned an
:18:31. > :18:36.impressive near flawless round of five under par. This is a big week
:18:37. > :18:40.and there is pressure and expectation but I feel like coming
:18:41. > :18:44.off last week at the US open, that pressure and expectation is lower
:18:45. > :18:48.than normal. Perhaps it is a reason I am more comfortable in general. I
:18:49. > :18:57.am looking forward to coming into the weekend in contention and
:18:58. > :19:03.enjoying these crowds. It has been a difficult season for Gareth Maben
:19:04. > :19:08.but spending time with his family has been his priority. Golfing is
:19:09. > :19:14.not as important as it used to be. You can sometimes lose a little bit
:19:15. > :19:21.of will. I have lots of things going on in my life so it has been
:19:22. > :19:27.frustrating. Rory McIlroy was despondent after missing the cut by
:19:28. > :19:31.one shot. I look back on every Irish Open and say I enjoyed it. Do I say
:19:32. > :19:38.that I have played my potential? Definitely not. Not even close.
:19:39. > :19:42.Michael Hoey could not improve on yesterday's score and is seven shots
:19:43. > :19:49.off the lead. Darren Clarke is a shot further back. And at the
:19:50. > :19:52.women's US open at Pinehurst, Northern Ireland's Stefanie Meadow
:19:53. > :19:58.has impressed on her professional debut. The 22-year-old from
:19:59. > :20:01.Jordanstown finished one over par when she completed her weather
:20:02. > :20:05.delayed first round today, meaning she was eighth on the leaderboard
:20:06. > :20:09.and she has remained steady in contention during her second round.
:20:10. > :20:13.We will update score on the bulletin later tonight.
:20:14. > :20:19.This Sunday sees Donegal take on Antrim in the Ulster Championship
:20:20. > :20:23.semifinal. Donegal are chasing a fourth consecutive appearance in the
:20:24. > :20:25.provincial decider. Antrim have only made it to two finals in the past
:20:26. > :20:28.four decades. Back towards the end
:20:29. > :20:30.of the noughties, Antrim football went on a roll the like of which
:20:31. > :20:33.its fans hadn?t seen since 1970. The journey to
:20:34. > :20:35.the Ulster football final began in Ballybofey at Donegal?s expense and
:20:36. > :20:40.under the watch of Liam Bradley, who?s back and has brought his
:20:41. > :20:56.all-star son along for the ride. It is interesting to watch them at
:20:57. > :21:05.work. It is you Nick in Ireland and let's hope it pays off. Has the self
:21:06. > :21:11.belief permeated to the players? I hope it does, if it does, all the
:21:12. > :21:11.better. Donegal are an entirely different
:21:12. > :21:15.prospect than Fermanagh. Were the Bradley boys to steer
:21:16. > :21:18.Antrim to a win, it would be Lets hope for a winning again for
:21:19. > :21:33.one of Northern Ireland's golfers. Before we go to the weather
:21:34. > :21:35.forecast, something a little unusual for BBC Newsline which we
:21:36. > :21:38.thought you might like to see. A look back at the career of a BBC
:21:39. > :21:42.news cameramen - one of the longest Peter Cooper has been filming
:21:43. > :21:48.for us for 46 years - Today, as he retires,
:21:49. > :21:51.Mark Simpson looks at just a sample of the many pictures he has
:21:52. > :21:56.captured, in good times and in bad. Not everyone wants to be filmed,
:21:57. > :21:59.but Peter Cooper filmed everyone. For more than four decades,
:22:00. > :22:03.on all sides of the divide, in every town and city, from every
:22:04. > :22:22.angle, at all hours of the day. Throughout the piece process where
:22:23. > :22:27.the politicians went, he went as well. If you watch a history
:22:28. > :22:31.programme from the 70s to the 2000s, the chances are the pictures
:22:32. > :22:36.you see will have been taken by Peter Cooper. Not just because he
:22:37. > :22:40.was there, but because he was a genius at what he did.
:22:41. > :22:42.He filmed the attack at Milltown cemetery by loyalist Michael Stone.
:22:43. > :22:45.And then 18 years later, when Stone attacked Stormont again,
:22:46. > :22:53.the BBC cameraman who caught it on film was...
:22:54. > :22:58.He started at the BBC as a trainee in 1968, and since has covered
:22:59. > :23:01.every type of news story, whether a royal visit or a political crisis.
:23:02. > :23:04.He?s kept the focus away from himself throughout what's been
:23:05. > :23:11.a remarkably long and distinguished career.
:23:12. > :23:18.46 years must be an amazing record but for somebody like Peter Cooper,
:23:19. > :23:21.a front-line witness to history, on behalf of the audience to bring
:23:22. > :23:24.pictures of Northern Ireland through the darkest of times, through the
:23:25. > :23:25.peace process to the present day to the widest possible audience, what
:23:26. > :23:29.an amazing achievement. As for the thoughts
:23:30. > :23:31.of the man himself on filming the past 46 years of
:23:32. > :23:34.history, well, he films interviews, Peter Cooper the
:23:35. > :23:47.highly-admired camera-shy cameraman. Peter, we wish you have and
:23:48. > :24:00.happiness in your retirement. The summer solstice starts tonight
:24:01. > :24:03.and as we go through the night it will be nice and dry. This was the
:24:04. > :24:07.picture through the day. Cloud around but it broke up nicely. This
:24:08. > :24:11.evening we have fine amounts of sunshine in eastern counties before
:24:12. > :24:14.we go to nightfall. Through the night, temperatures in some areas
:24:15. > :24:19.will fall into the single figures especially in the countryside, as we
:24:20. > :24:24.had clear skies. It will feel cold out and about. In towns and cities
:24:25. > :24:26.it should stay at about ten or 11 degrees. If you are planning on
:24:27. > :24:32.going to any summer solstice events in the morning, you will want to
:24:33. > :24:37.wrap up warm, but at least there is no rain in the forecast. Tomorrow,
:24:38. > :24:40.dry and bright, much like today. A fair amount of cloud at times coming
:24:41. > :24:45.and going. Bright weather developing, too, and some sunshine.
:24:46. > :24:50.Towards the north coast it will stay quite cool with the onshore breezes.
:24:51. > :24:55.Further inland and West, temperatures of 19 or maybe 20
:24:56. > :24:59.degrees. Not bad if you are out and about during the day. A fine into
:25:00. > :25:03.the day as well. Bright weather around with good spells of sunshine.
:25:04. > :25:06.More cloud building tomorrow night. Not quite as Chile, most places
:25:07. > :25:12.staying in double figures. That brings us to Sunday. The fine
:25:13. > :25:16.weather continues. Plenty of outdoor activity whether to enjoy and more
:25:17. > :25:21.cloud around on Saturday but it will still be dry. Writer weather coming
:25:22. > :25:26.through and some sunshine. Where we get the sunshine, temperatures about
:25:27. > :25:30.20 degrees. It will be the north coast that feels a little bit
:25:31. > :25:34.cooler. For the likes of Portrush or Ballycastle it will seem like 14 or
:25:35. > :25:39.15 degrees because of the onshore wind. Away from the wind it will be
:25:40. > :25:43.quite nice. Next week, the high pressure remains for Monday.
:25:44. > :25:47.Settled, dry and bright again. It is not until choose date that things
:25:48. > :25:54.begin to breakdown a bit with a little bit of rain.
:25:55. > :25:56.-- not until Tuesday. The next summary is at 10:25pm here on BBC
:25:57. > :25:58.One. Thank you for watching.