:00:00. > :00:00.Inevitable, I suppose. That's all from the News at Six. Goodbye from
:00:00. > :00:16.This is BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor.
:00:17. > :00:32.Another day of history and symbolism, as the Queen visits
:00:33. > :00:42.He was set to head up the Tourist Board, now the former police chief
:00:43. > :00:45.at the centre of an investigation He was set to head up the Tourist
:00:46. > :00:48.Board, now the former police chief we've news on a possible go-ahead
:00:49. > :00:51.for the police college near It's been planned for a decade - we've
:00:52. > :00:58.news on a possible go-ahead for the police college near Cookstown.
:00:59. > :01:05.There is a more unsettled field to the weather over the next few days.
:01:06. > :01:11.I will have the latest later in the programme.
:01:12. > :01:13.On her 21st visit to Northern Ireland,
:01:14. > :01:16.the Queen today went to a film set, a market and Belfast City Hall.
:01:17. > :01:19.But it was the pictures from the Crumlin Road Gaol in
:01:20. > :01:23.Belfast with all its history that will likely prove most memorable.
:01:24. > :01:26.We'll have a report from the former prison in just a moment.
:01:27. > :01:33.As we speak the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are here
:01:34. > :01:35.at Hillsborough, the traditional Royal residence, where they've
:01:36. > :01:43.It's the end of a busy public day for the Royal couple.
:01:44. > :01:48.Our Political Editor, Mark Devenport,
:01:49. > :01:54.It was a broad message of encouragement from the Queen,
:01:55. > :01:58.without becoming embroiled in any of the nitty-gritty of politics here.
:01:59. > :02:01.As she pointed out in her speech, it's a long time since she was last
:02:02. > :02:20.It is nearly half a century since the Queen visited Al Fire City Hall.
:02:21. > :02:26.Since then, the landmark building has been riven with division. Today,
:02:27. > :02:31.the Queen stressed that societies can only flourish if they are built
:02:32. > :02:36.on trust, respect and justice. I know there are many challenges ahead
:02:37. > :02:45.and peacemaking is not always an easy task, but you have come this
:02:46. > :02:52.far by turning the impossible into the possible. As you face the
:02:53. > :02:57.future, and difficulties that may appear insurmountable, always
:02:58. > :03:01.remember that the thoughts and prayers of millions, including my
:03:02. > :03:05.own, are with you. The Queen told her audience, which included all
:03:06. > :03:12.additions from across the spec, about the kind of Belfast Jewitt
:03:13. > :03:17.like to see in 50 years. The world yearns for examples of positive
:03:18. > :03:23.transformation and of people overcoming differences. I hope and
:03:24. > :03:30.believe that Belfast will continue to be one such living example. I
:03:31. > :03:35.want to thank you, all of you, from every part of this city for the hard
:03:36. > :03:42.work and dedication which you and your families have given to help
:03:43. > :03:52.reshape the city of Belfast and the lives of all the people who live
:03:53. > :03:59.here. Whilst the Queen left here for another engagement, many of her
:04:00. > :04:02.guests (political leaders meeting at Stormont. There were no formal
:04:03. > :04:06.announcements from that meeting, but we understand their preparations may
:04:07. > :04:10.be a fit but those intents of talks we have been promised, possibly
:04:11. > :04:14.getting underway on Wednesday of next week for three days, then
:04:15. > :04:24.another three days the following week. That would take is right up to
:04:25. > :04:29.the 11th of July and the height of the marching season. It'll be an
:04:30. > :04:31.unusual atmosphere for the politicians who will be trying to
:04:32. > :04:40.come up with compromises within. Let's go back to Hillsborough
:04:41. > :04:42.Castle, where the guests from It has been a jam-packed day by
:04:43. > :04:54.anyone's standards. Let's look back at the day
:04:55. > :04:57.in more detail now. Crumlin Road Gaol's recently been
:04:58. > :05:09.refurbished as a visitor attraction. This evening at Crumlin Road Gaol,
:05:10. > :05:14.visit strong in symbolism, with the new lease of life for the prison as
:05:15. > :05:17.a tourist attraction, similar hopes for North Belfast in Northern
:05:18. > :05:22.Ireland. When they arrived they were very impressed with the outside of
:05:23. > :05:31.the jail. It is a very impressive building. She met a number of the
:05:32. > :05:35.committee organisations who have been helping us over the years in
:05:36. > :05:41.terms of support for the regeneration. The first time she has
:05:42. > :05:47.ever been in prison, although some of the rest of us can say that, I
:05:48. > :05:51.think it was a remarkable experience for her. Her Majesty was well aware
:05:52. > :05:56.that the Deputy First Minister had also been detained here at
:05:57. > :06:02.pleasure, but use discretion. She didn't even ask about that. She was
:06:03. > :06:10.recrimination free! I think that she really enjoyed the visit and she
:06:11. > :06:18.really enjoyed being talked about... . The way the cells are
:06:19. > :06:23.configured, it is to show what prison life was like over the
:06:24. > :06:29.various decades since the jail was first built, so from the very early
:06:30. > :06:34.days to when it was last used up until 1996. I didn't expect to be
:06:35. > :06:40.that tiny. On TV she looks quite tall. I love her so much, what a
:06:41. > :06:45.great legacy she has provided and that was a great honour to meet her
:06:46. > :06:50.today. So swift was the visit, that some people didn't get the chance to
:06:51. > :06:58.give flowers. I didn't get the chance to hand over my flowers. It
:06:59. > :07:01.was nice to see her, anyway. This engagement has been the first in a
:07:02. > :07:13.busy day for the Queen and the Duke.
:07:14. > :07:16.It was at St George's Market where the public got closest to the
:07:17. > :07:19.They spent just over half-an-hour at the market visiting local craft
:07:20. > :07:23.The Queen even made a purchase, much to the delight of one stallholder.
:07:24. > :07:25.Before that, they went to the Titanic Quarter to visit
:07:26. > :07:31.the set of the popular American TV series The Game of Thrones.
:07:32. > :07:39.This seat of power in the fictional Game of Thrones. He bettered to
:07:40. > :07:45.visit the set than a real-life monarch? The Queen was not tempted
:07:46. > :07:51.to sit on the iron through, forged from a thousand enemies towards.
:07:52. > :07:58.Instead, she got to meet Crewe and others working in the studios. Next
:07:59. > :08:03.it was Saint Georges market, were crowds got the chance to get up
:08:04. > :08:11.close and personal. It is an amazing for our Lady of over 80. I'm so
:08:12. > :08:16.delighted they came today. I love the Royal family. They are great for
:08:17. > :08:25.Northern Ireland and the UK. Even if I could just to glimpse of her. I
:08:26. > :08:34.could see the lemon hats! There was no shortage of food graphs. It was
:08:35. > :08:38.worth the wait! She was gorgeous. Both she and the prince met local
:08:39. > :08:44.craftspeople. It was really surreal. It happened so quickly. She was
:08:45. > :08:50.intrigued with my drawing style. She was particularly interested in
:08:51. > :09:03.Georgian doors printed on linen. There was a purchase! To tea towels!
:09:04. > :09:09.I think I will be framing them. She asked me about my product and how
:09:10. > :09:15.many days a week I spent making it. She commented on my colours. That
:09:16. > :09:20.was really it. It was really exciting. I'm thrilled. A successful
:09:21. > :09:24.visit for all those involved. She said she was very impressed with the
:09:25. > :09:30.market and the atmosphere and the buzz that has created but it felt
:09:31. > :09:36.very cosmopolitan. Three-year-old Jack Morgan took centre stage when
:09:37. > :09:44.he presented the Queen with a gift. There was another present for a
:09:45. > :09:51.special member of the Royal family. Baby George got one of these.
:09:52. > :10:01.Hopefully, we will see him in the T-shirt. We will be keeping a close
:10:02. > :10:05.eye for that picture. So, his granny came to Belfast and you got him a
:10:06. > :10:05.T-shirt! The Royal Visit continues tomorrow,
:10:06. > :10:07.when the couple will see the preparation for the
:10:08. > :10:10.Antiques Roadshow, and then it's on to Coleraine, where they will attend
:10:11. > :10:16.a Royal British Legion event. You are watching BBC Newsline
:10:17. > :10:18.and still ahead on the programme: The teachers who were looking
:10:19. > :10:21.forward to their last day of school, only to be told they'll be back
:10:22. > :10:30.next term. BBC Newsline has learned that the
:10:31. > :10:33.former Assistant Chief Constable Duncan McCausland was expected to
:10:34. > :10:36.become the new Chairman of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, but
:10:37. > :10:39.he has asked for a leave of absence about the awarding of police vehicle
:10:40. > :10:48.contracts. He says he will be fully exonerated. The former officer has
:10:49. > :10:50.also decided to temporarily step aside from other public bodies. Our
:10:51. > :11:13.political reporter Stephen Walker For many years, Duncan McCausland
:11:14. > :11:18.was one of the most high-profile senior officers. He retired three
:11:19. > :11:21.years ago. He has joined a series of public bodies and leaving the force,
:11:22. > :11:30.including the Northern Ireland tourist board, and the me is long
:11:31. > :11:35.cash organisation. Last week he was investigated by detectives over
:11:36. > :11:40.contracts for the police fleet of vehicles. Afterwards, she made this
:11:41. > :11:45.comment. Obviously I will have to consider many positions that are
:11:46. > :11:51.currently holds as to ensure that they are protected in relation to
:11:52. > :11:55.what may be forthcoming in the next few weeks and months. Duncan
:11:56. > :12:00.McCausland has been a member of the tourist board since 2012. He applied
:12:01. > :12:06.for the position of chairman and after a rigorous selection process
:12:07. > :12:14.was successful. He received a letter from Arlene Foster who said she was
:12:15. > :12:17.minded to appoint him. His opponent was due to be made public next month
:12:18. > :12:20.but we can reveal those plans are now on hold. Duncan McCausland has
:12:21. > :12:44.now sent the letter to the Northern Ireland tourist board. He wrote:
:12:45. > :12:52.Mr McCausland has sent a similar letter to other bodies that he sits
:12:53. > :12:55.on. Tonight a spokeswoman for the Department of enterprise, trade and
:12:56. > :13:01.investment said Duncan McCausland had voluntarily stepped down from
:13:02. > :13:04.the tourist board until the outcome of the ongoing police
:13:05. > :13:08.investigation. She made no further comment.
:13:09. > :13:11.A team in charge of a plan to build a new training college
:13:12. > :13:14.for the Police, Fire and Prison Services will next week recommend
:13:15. > :13:18.There's been a lot of speculation that the plan for Desertcreat, near
:13:19. > :13:20.Cookstown, first proposed ten years ago, would be scrapped because of
:13:21. > :13:23.escalating costs, but BBC Newsline understands the board is set to
:13:24. > :13:36.Our Home Affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.
:13:37. > :13:41.This was the grand plan, what was billed as one of the best police
:13:42. > :13:46.training colleges anywhere in the world. It was later changed also
:13:47. > :13:50.includes the fire and prison services. A huge complex of
:13:51. > :13:56.accommodation for more than 300 people, 40 classrooms and
:13:57. > :14:00.purpose-built villagers to train police officers and firemen in a
:14:01. > :14:05.variety of real-life situations. Instead, not a sword has been turned
:14:06. > :14:09.on the site at Desertcreat. The plan was put on hold in April when it was
:14:10. > :14:15.decided that the preferred bidder selected could not do so for the
:14:16. > :14:18.specified budget of ?114 million. A board in charge of the project has
:14:19. > :14:22.spent the last two months reevaluating the plan. There has
:14:23. > :14:27.been much speculation that the board with the clear the project dead and
:14:28. > :14:30.recommend refurbishing existing training facilities or building a
:14:31. > :14:35.much smaller college at a new location. We understand that is not
:14:36. > :14:39.the case and that no other potential locations have been considered. It
:14:40. > :14:42.is understood the board will tell the Justice committee next week it
:14:43. > :14:48.released that the Desertcreat project should continue. Escalating
:14:49. > :14:54.construction cost is mean the estimated bill for building the
:14:55. > :14:59.college would be almost ?140 million. That is ?26 million within
:15:00. > :15:02.allocated, so the board is revising the plan making changes to the
:15:03. > :15:06.overall design, the number of buildings and construction materials
:15:07. > :15:10.used. Sources say more work is needed but they've believe the
:15:11. > :15:12.project can be delivered close to the original budget.
:15:13. > :15:15.Yesterday, we looked at the Irish government inquiry into how society
:15:16. > :15:17.dealt with infant deaths at mother and baby homes, especially
:15:18. > :15:23.This evening, we focus on how infant deaths on this side of the border.
:15:24. > :15:25.At a council cemetery in County Down,
:15:26. > :15:28.the bodies of babies were buried in unmarked graves right up to 1992.
:15:29. > :15:31.Our reporter Kevin Sharkey has spoken to a mother who waited
:15:32. > :15:40.for years to find out what happened her child.
:15:41. > :15:49.The baby was born and they took her away. I never saw her after that.
:15:50. > :15:53.Never saw her again. It was 1970 and a baby girl was Margaret's
:15:54. > :15:59.first-born and only child. The baby died just after birth at the local
:16:00. > :16:07.hospital injured in Ards. If took three decades to that her baby was
:16:08. > :16:10.buried here in an unmarked grave. It was devastating for me. I carried
:16:11. > :16:17.the baby for nine months spanning every new set must or anything. For
:16:18. > :16:25.the baby to die at that particular time, I just could not believe it.
:16:26. > :16:32.Many is a time I went into that graveyard and I saw that plots, but
:16:33. > :16:38.I never knew what it was. Never knew that that is where my daughter was
:16:39. > :16:42.buried. After Margaret find her baby's burial ground, the council
:16:43. > :16:47.erected a small memorial, but even today the unions, no markings and
:16:48. > :16:50.nothing to say that the bees are buried here. There are hundreds of
:16:51. > :16:58.babies buried here in unmarked graves, stillbirths, babies who were
:16:59. > :17:06.days old or even sometimes older. Burials started here in the 1800s
:17:07. > :17:10.and continued up to 1992. Safely secured at the local council
:17:11. > :17:13.officers, records of the children buried in the common ground. Those
:17:14. > :17:21.born dead, those who live a short time, babies with health problems or
:17:22. > :17:24.tragic circumstances. While these details are recorded in files,
:17:25. > :17:27.Margaret Little believes that the names of babies like a room should
:17:28. > :17:32.now be recorded where they are buried. I think maybe if there was
:17:33. > :17:38.some sort of lack with the names on it, the way he would have in a war
:17:39. > :17:47.memorial type of thing, it would be nice for the people who are left.
:17:48. > :17:53.Some destitute adults were also buried here and the borough council
:17:54. > :17:54.said that while Villa had at Common ground like so many cemeteries
:17:55. > :18:03.across the country. The Parades Commission is to review
:18:04. > :18:06.its decision on a contentious march Orangemen had been granted
:18:07. > :18:09.permission to walk along Victoria The Parades Commission ruling has
:18:10. > :18:14.said this part of the route is Nationalists, including the
:18:15. > :18:17.Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition, have objected to the march,
:18:18. > :18:19.describing it as provocative. Unionists claim that
:18:20. > :18:40.Victoria Terrace is not part The Democratic of that area is
:18:41. > :18:46.mixed. There are areas of Victoria Terrace, just off Cassells Terrace,
:18:47. > :18:51.that are still full of Unionist families and to live there in peace.
:18:52. > :18:55.Even in the worst years, the barriers were much further back.
:18:56. > :18:59.There are people living on both sides of the large and their help
:19:00. > :19:01.and safety is put at risk eye this parade and any controversy that may
:19:02. > :19:04.surround it. As schools prepare to close for the
:19:05. > :19:06.summer holidays, 120 staff including teachers have been rejected for
:19:07. > :19:09.redundancy deals. Our education correspondent Maggie Taggart is
:19:10. > :19:10.here. Yes, with only days to go to the end
:19:11. > :19:17.of term, at this late stage, principals are having to wrestle
:19:18. > :19:19.with budget deficits and timetable It's all because of a shortage
:19:20. > :19:33.of money and last-minute decisions School sent the Department of
:19:34. > :19:37.education and list of teachers who had volunteered for redundancy. They
:19:38. > :19:41.expected a decision by the end of April, but it only arrived
:19:42. > :19:46.yesterday. Schools are winding down and next year's timetables are set,
:19:47. > :19:52.so the last-minute news is disruptive. Schools had applied for
:19:53. > :19:55.167 redundancies. 46 of them were approved, 20 year teachers met the
:19:56. > :19:59.criteria but will reject it because of a cash shortfall, and the
:20:00. > :20:06.majority of applications, 93, were reject did. Banker Grammar applied
:20:07. > :20:11.for to voluntary redundancies to try to save money, but despite taking
:20:12. > :20:15.all of the boxes, they were refused. The repercussions are
:20:16. > :20:21.serious. We had been looking to ensure that we were not managing
:20:22. > :20:24.-actually bad situation and had hoped that these two redundancies
:20:25. > :20:29.would assist with that. The fact that neither have been granted means
:20:30. > :20:33.that we are in a difficult financial situation and we will be having a
:20:34. > :20:38.deficit of ?45,000 next year. The minister answered witticism in the
:20:39. > :20:43.Assembly today saying he has only been able to fund redundancies in
:20:44. > :20:47.closing or amalgamating schools because of a difficult financial
:20:48. > :20:51.situation. Teachers unions don't lobby for redundancies, but their
:20:52. > :21:00.members are disappointed that they cannot start a new life. I am
:21:01. > :21:05.flabbergasted by the timing. There has been engagement throughout the
:21:06. > :21:08.year over these redundancies. We were given no indication that there
:21:09. > :21:14.was a problem with the funding of redundancies at any time during the
:21:15. > :21:17.course of these discussions. We have this on us on Monday morning.
:21:18. > :21:19.So, the unions describe themselves as shocked and flabbergasted.
:21:20. > :21:22.I should say the Minister is now stressing everything's not yet
:21:23. > :21:24.signed and sealed and he is still negotiating to find
:21:25. > :21:28.the extra money to pay at least that 28 who ticked all the boxes.
:21:29. > :21:35.The message seems to be watch this space.
:21:36. > :21:41.There is more money for school buildings? Yes, the annual
:21:42. > :21:45.announcement about who will get a new school came out today. 15
:21:46. > :21:52.schools will get ?170 million between them. The minister is not
:21:53. > :21:58.being very flash with his cash and he is prioritising schools with
:21:59. > :22:02.social problems. Even if your school is one of the 15 schools that has
:22:03. > :22:09.been did, two years after the previous announcements, only one of
:22:10. > :22:11.40 schools has been built so far. The list of schools is on our
:22:12. > :22:12.website. A shake-up of apprenticeship schemes
:22:13. > :22:15.has been announced by the Minister A review has found that current
:22:16. > :22:19.schemes are suffering from low take-up rates and there's
:22:20. > :22:22.a focus on low skilled jobs. With the details, our Economics
:22:23. > :22:38.and Business Editor, John Campbell. These are young chefs are an example
:22:39. > :22:40.of apprenticeships working well. The owner of this restaurant is
:22:41. > :22:45.expanding this scheme. He is planning to take on it more
:22:46. > :22:51.apprentices in September. It is the way to go. It is the way I was
:22:52. > :22:56.trained. For me, it is the quality of what you're trying to do, a buddy
:22:57. > :23:03.system. We are trying to get these kids did think your way, to pick up
:23:04. > :23:09.your skills. But those in the scheme, it means hands-on training
:23:10. > :23:13.with one-to-one support. I have experienced so many different
:23:14. > :23:19.things. I have done weddings, hen parties, I have learnt a lot of new
:23:20. > :23:22.things. On the whole, apprenticeships need a shake-up. I
:23:23. > :23:26.reviewed at Stormont discovered there was a lack of information
:23:27. > :23:29.about what was available and that employers didn't have a very active
:23:30. > :23:36.role and that apprenticeships were targeted at law school jobs. There
:23:37. > :23:41.will now be an applications Portal, a bit like the one used by students
:23:42. > :23:45.applying for university. There will be a greater focus on higher skilled
:23:46. > :23:49.jobs such as engineering. For smaller businesses there will be
:23:50. > :23:58.financial sentence -- financial incentives to take part. We looked
:23:59. > :24:01.at the schemes in different countries and have tried to learn
:24:02. > :24:05.those lessons and put them into place. There are some cultural
:24:06. > :24:10.differences, but we have tried to take what we can from that. There is
:24:11. > :24:16.a paradox in labour market. Many young people can a job, get many
:24:17. > :24:19.employers said they can't find young people with the right skills.
:24:20. > :24:23.Improved apprenticeships should go some way to tackling that.
:24:24. > :24:30.The weather is next with Cecilia Daly.
:24:31. > :24:37.Recently we have been so used to dry weather. There have been bits and
:24:38. > :24:47.pieces of rain around today. I think we will find we will need the
:24:48. > :24:52.umbrellas and coats. You can see the cloud that has been sitting on top
:24:53. > :24:58.of us throughout the day. It has been misty on the north coast. It
:24:59. > :25:03.has been thinner over the site, there could be some brightness this
:25:04. > :25:06.evening. A warm night to come. It looked as if the cloud will thicken
:25:07. > :25:11.up towards morning to bring more in the way of damp, drizzly weather.
:25:12. > :25:16.Tomorrow it is likely to be grey and misty in a lot of places to start
:25:17. > :25:20.with. There will be low cloud and missed over the hills and along
:25:21. > :25:28.parts of the north coast. There will also be some rain and drizzle on and
:25:29. > :25:30.off throughout the morning. It will not move away particularly quickly.
:25:31. > :25:39.Although it will not be raining all the time, we will not be too far
:25:40. > :25:44.away from damp weather. As a result of the thick cloud, temperatures
:25:45. > :25:53.will not be that high, generally around 70 degrees. It will feel
:25:54. > :25:58.heavy and muggy. It will be damp at times, too. Tomorrow night, one area
:25:59. > :26:04.of rain and drizzle moves away, and another area of rain moves up from
:26:05. > :26:08.the south. This is an area of low pressure. It will move towards us
:26:09. > :26:13.over the next couple of days and it doesn't go anywhere particularly
:26:14. > :26:18.quickly. Until it moves away, we will not the dry weather back. On
:26:19. > :26:25.Thursday, more rain for a time, particularly in the morning. On
:26:26. > :26:29.Friday, the further north you are at the dryer and brighter it will be
:26:30. > :26:33.with some heavy showers likely to break out over southern counties.
:26:34. > :26:38.There will be heavy showers around for Saturday, but hopefully someday
:26:39. > :26:45.will become drier with more sunshine around.
:26:46. > :26:52.In a symbolic visit, the Queen has toured the refurbished Crumlin Road
:26:53. > :26:56.Gaol in North Belfast, accompanied by the first and Deputy First
:26:57. > :27:01.Minister is. She also met members of the public at the historic Saint
:27:02. > :27:04.Georges market. The royal couple have more engagements on the final
:27:05. > :27:08.day of their three-day visit tomorrow.
:27:09. > :27:11.We could not resist showing you this, what do you do if you find
:27:12. > :27:18.yourself next to the Queen during her visit to Saint Georges market?
:27:19. > :27:23.One young mild you exactly what -- knew exactly what to do, when he got
:27:24. > :27:27.up close and personal. It was just the moment to secure a selfie.
:27:28. > :27:32.Something I am sure he will never forget. One for the family album.
:27:33. > :27:34.Our late summary is at the later time of 11.40pm,
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