:00:00. > :00:12.you very much. That's all from us so it's goodbye
:00:13. > :00:14.This is BBC Newsline with Tara Mills.
:00:15. > :00:16.Our headlines this Wednesday evening:
:00:17. > :00:19.A official Stormont report into the conduct of Iris Robinson has
:00:20. > :00:25.The Queen and Prince Phillip conclude their three-day visit to
:00:26. > :00:29.An attack on a teenager in Londonderry is being treated
:00:30. > :00:41.We hear from the apartment owners who have been told they could lose
:00:42. > :00:51.their homes if they don't pay for repairing this wall.
:00:52. > :00:54.I don't have the savings to pay ?7,000.
:00:55. > :00:57.After a grey and wet day, an improvement is on the way.
:00:58. > :01:02.I'll have the weather details shortly.
:01:03. > :01:04.An official Stormont report into allegations made about the
:01:05. > :01:07.conduct of Peter Robinson and his wife, Iris, by the BBC's Spotlight
:01:08. > :01:10.programme has been complete for more than seven months.
:01:11. > :01:13.But its publication has been delayed by a legal challenge from
:01:14. > :01:21.A reference to the legal challenge is contained in an annual report
:01:22. > :01:23.from the Assembly's standards watchdog, which was released today.
:01:24. > :01:32.Here's our Political Editor, Mark Devenport.
:01:33. > :01:39.It was business as normal for Peter Robinson. The BBC Spotlight
:01:40. > :01:45.programme of January 2010 was one of the most explosive Expose is ever
:01:46. > :01:49.broadcast in Northern Ireland. It = Iris Robinson had helped her teenage
:01:50. > :01:57.lover to set up a business. The programme alleged that is Robinson
:01:58. > :02:01.obtained ?50,000 from two property developers to let him set up by cafe
:02:02. > :02:08.Inside Out fast. Within two days of the broadcast the standards watchdog
:02:09. > :02:12.at the Assembly decided to look into the matter. For under happier is on
:02:13. > :02:16.that report has not seen the light of day. Today, in his annuals
:02:17. > :02:20.report, the standards Commissioner explained his delay. My
:02:21. > :02:26.investigation was finished last year but publication of the report has
:02:27. > :02:34.been delayed because of legal issues. How quickly would you hope
:02:35. > :02:39.to resolve that? I am always hopeful that it will be resolved quickly,
:02:40. > :02:45.but I defend the right of anyone to challenge anything they think is
:02:46. > :02:51.inappropriate. Iris Robinson's solicitor told the BBC that he has a
:02:52. > :02:55.range of concerns about documentation included with the
:02:56. > :03:00.draft report. Those concerns include the relevancy of the material, Iris
:03:01. > :03:06.Robinson's privacy and the impact any publication might have on her
:03:07. > :03:10.health and recovery. The MLAs on the standards committee are unlike the
:03:11. > :03:14.two considered the report until the autumn. It will be up to them to
:03:15. > :03:15.decide when the report should be published and what action, if any,
:03:16. > :03:20.should be recommended. A man in his 70s has died
:03:21. > :03:23.following a crash involving three The victim, who was a pedestrian,
:03:24. > :03:26.died at the scene. The Killard Road remains closed
:03:27. > :03:28.at Ballyhornan Village. Meanwhile, a 50-year-old man has
:03:29. > :03:31.been arrested after a crash in which 69-year-old Phelim Brady was killed
:03:32. > :03:37.when a tractor collided with a lorry The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh
:03:38. > :03:46.have now left Northern Ireland Their official engagements ended
:03:47. > :03:50.at Coleraine, where they met members They started at Hillsborough Castle,
:03:51. > :03:56.where they met experts from the BBC Antiques Roadshow programme, who
:03:57. > :03:59.will be recording a programme at the Will Leitch now reports
:04:00. > :04:17.on the last day of the Royal visit. Starting today, only to find a trio
:04:18. > :04:26.of antiques experts have been rummaging in your attic! Including
:04:27. > :04:35.this cup, which had belonged to her ant. The public get to bring their
:04:36. > :04:41.heirlooms tomorrow. Call rain was waiting -- Coleraine was waiting,
:04:42. > :04:44.heirlooms tomorrow. Call rain was ladies from the women's institute
:04:45. > :04:47.got into the dresses of their grandmothers. The royal couple
:04:48. > :04:52.arrived to a rousing welcome. grandmothers. The royal couple
:04:53. > :04:57.a day for remembering, the start of a four-year project begun by the
:04:58. > :05:02.Royal British Legion to remember the great War. The exhibition and the
:05:03. > :05:05.veterans reminding everyone great War. The exhibition and the
:05:06. > :05:15.that men from all over Ireland for together. One has to accept that the
:05:16. > :05:24.accent on commemoration lies in Northern Ireland. I presume
:05:25. > :05:27.accent on commemoration lies in was only one Irish division, but
:05:28. > :05:36.people are beginning to recognise it was an All-Ireland affair. The
:05:37. > :05:39.Coleraine branch, along with the council, started this just before
:05:40. > :05:44.Christmas. We were going to do this day anyway, but the Queen took an
:05:45. > :05:53.interest and wanted to be part of it. Outside, a moment of
:05:54. > :06:04.remembrance. The inscription, in memory of the glorious dead,
:06:05. > :06:10.Elizabeth and Philip. Afterwards, excitement from those
:06:11. > :06:15.meeting the Queen. It has just been wonderful, the chance of a lifetime.
:06:16. > :06:22.We were overwhelmed at one stage. We thought it was lovely. Things are
:06:23. > :06:26.slowly getting back to normal here after the last Royal engagement of
:06:27. > :06:32.the 21st visit of the Queen to Northern Ireland. Yes it has been
:06:33. > :06:36.Coleraine's day, but also the day for the Royal British Legion.
:06:37. > :06:38.Unlike previous visits here by the Queen, her full itinerary
:06:39. > :06:44.It was a sign of how the security situation here
:06:45. > :06:48.As BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson reports, it even meant the Queen was
:06:49. > :07:04.It is not often the public get this close to the Queen in Belfast. This
:07:05. > :07:10.teenager just couldn't resist a selfie. Looking again at the footage
:07:11. > :07:13.shows it was not his first attempt. Look at the bottom right of the
:07:14. > :07:20.screen and you will see how it all began. And watch how, before taking
:07:21. > :07:25.the selfie, he remembers to smile. The photograph is in all of the
:07:26. > :07:30.newspapers. It is not just a symbol of modern culture, but an example of
:07:31. > :07:34.just how relaxed the visit was. It wasn't like this in Belfast during
:07:35. > :07:40.the height of the Troubles. One retired civil servant has raised the
:07:41. > :07:45.organisers. It was quite a bold decision to have a wide-ranging
:07:46. > :07:53.itinerary. The Queen undoubtedly was exposed to the general public in a
:07:54. > :07:57.way that she has not been. She is not bad exposed in other areas, as
:07:58. > :08:01.well. I thought it was remarkably free and easy. It was the sheer
:08:02. > :08:08.normality of the thing that was so nice. This was a Sample of
:08:09. > :08:13.normality, an example of the life that we all live. Visits by the
:08:14. > :08:17.Queen have always posed a security challenge, even in the 1960s the
:08:18. > :08:21.royal motorcade was hit in the centre of Belfast. After that, her
:08:22. > :08:28.movements were always surrounded in secrecy. As a police officer, you
:08:29. > :08:33.would not have known who the visitor was at the event you were policing.
:08:34. > :08:37.You would torture job at corner and to the bird traffic. You would not
:08:38. > :08:42.have known who was until the last minute. The Queen is closely
:08:43. > :08:47.protected, it is just more subtle. The openness of her visit this week
:08:48. > :08:51.were signs of changing times. It was all summed up in one moment.
:08:52. > :08:53.The police in Londonderry say they're treating
:08:54. > :08:56.an attack on an 18-year-old man near the loyalist Fountain estate at the
:08:57. > :08:59.The Catholic teenager, who'd been standing chatting to
:09:00. > :09:02.his former girlfriend, who's a Protestant, says he was set
:09:03. > :09:14.Our North West reporter, Keiron Tourish, has this report.
:09:15. > :09:22.Law Neil Robertson is now back in his work as a trainee butcher. The
:09:23. > :09:25.18-year-old said he has been left deeply traumatised after what his
:09:26. > :09:30.family described as a vicious attack last weekend. He had gone into the
:09:31. > :09:34.Fountain Estate with an ex-girlfriend and was standing
:09:35. > :09:40.chatting to her when he says he was targeted by a gang of up to a dozen
:09:41. > :09:45.young men early on Sunday morning. I could hear them is shouting insults
:09:46. > :09:49.and just kicking me and kicking me. They must have been drinking or
:09:50. > :09:55.something. They were just playing into me. I think they would have
:09:56. > :10:01.stamped on me as I hadn't just held on to them. One guy was just holding
:10:02. > :10:05.my threat. He said he called friends for help and they contacted his
:10:06. > :10:14.father. When he arrived he thought the worst was about to unfold. I
:10:15. > :10:18.could see a whole crowd. There was a big guy standing there whether
:10:19. > :10:29.breeze block, about two crushes skull. His family is concerned as
:10:30. > :10:33.they said he has to return to hospital on a CD scan on a blood
:10:34. > :10:37.clot on the back of his head. He could have been lying in a coma
:10:38. > :10:42.today, or dead. There are going to throw a breeze block on his head.
:10:43. > :10:47.The police have confirmed that they are treating the attack as a
:10:48. > :10:50.sectarian hate crime. They have issued an appeal for information.
:10:51. > :10:54.They want to hear from anyone who may have witnessed it one who can
:10:55. > :10:56.help identify those responsible. The police are investigating
:10:57. > :10:58.the possibility that three attacks on ATMs
:10:59. > :11:00.in the past month could all have The latest incident happened in the
:11:01. > :11:05.Armagh village of Keady last night, from where our district reporter
:11:06. > :11:22.Gordon Adair sent this report. For the third time in a month, a
:11:23. > :11:29.cashrich even is left as a tangle of metal and plastic. This attack bore
:11:30. > :11:32.striking resemblance is to the two previous attacks. The thieves were
:11:33. > :11:38.well organised and struck at two a.m.. Gas and an explosive device
:11:39. > :11:41.reduced to boot the machine apart and the timing of the operation
:11:42. > :11:47.would appear to be more than coincidence. On this occasion they
:11:48. > :11:52.got away with quite a substantial amount of cash. This machine was
:11:53. > :11:56.revealed yesterday. That seems to be a re-occurrence in all those
:11:57. > :12:02.incidents. I would appeal for anyone who knows anything, no matter that
:12:03. > :12:05.that of information might be, to come forward. The people responsible
:12:06. > :12:15.need to be caught. The camp continue. A number of arrests have
:12:16. > :12:25.been made over the two previous attacks and men have appeared in
:12:26. > :12:31.court. Still to come: A call for better
:12:32. > :12:35.protection for older people to stop this type of abuse.
:12:36. > :12:37.A group of apartment owners in West Belfast have been threatened
:12:38. > :12:40.with losing their homes unless they pay ?7,000 each towards
:12:41. > :12:43.They have been told they're partially liable for
:12:44. > :12:46.an overall repair bill running into hundreds of thousands of pounds.
:12:47. > :12:57.Our investigations reporter Kevin Magee has the story.
:12:58. > :13:05.When a retaining wall separating this development at Larkspur Rise
:13:06. > :13:06.from a neighbouring development collapsed, few living here could
:13:07. > :13:12.imagine the impact it would collapsed, few living here could
:13:13. > :13:18.them. Each owner has been billed for ?7,000 towards the overall ?200,000
:13:19. > :13:24.cost of repairing it. Some have not paid and have received solicitors
:13:25. > :13:27.letters threatening that repossession of their homes will
:13:28. > :13:33.begin feeding pay up within a fortnight. I am not working at the
:13:34. > :13:41.minute. I don't have savings to pay ?7,000. They are not willing to look
:13:42. > :13:42.at that. Not every homeowner in the development has been asked to pay.
:13:43. > :13:46.If you development has been asked to pay.
:13:47. > :13:49.like these, you are exempt, but if you bought one of the apartments
:13:50. > :13:55.like these, you are exempt, but if like these, by now he would have
:13:56. > :13:59.received the bill of ?7,000. That is because the 31 apartment owners are
:14:00. > :14:06.part of a company that maintains the site. It is run by a an agent called
:14:07. > :14:15.Gateway M I. Gateway proposed that ?7,000 charge. We brought the
:14:16. > :14:19.correspondence to a leading lawyer who specialises in housing. What
:14:20. > :14:25.seems to me to be missing from the paperwork that I have read is
:14:26. > :14:33.evidence that they have exhausted all other remedies before going down
:14:34. > :14:37.a heavy legal route. That to be explored some attention should be
:14:38. > :14:43.paid to the concerns of those who have received letters and you can't
:14:44. > :14:47.pay and are now understandably alarmed that the roof over their
:14:48. > :14:54.heads might be lost. What do you intend to do? There is nothing I can
:14:55. > :15:01.do. Will I be summoned to court? Will somebody come out and say that
:15:02. > :15:04.my home has been repossessed? The agents Gateway Nite declined to be
:15:05. > :15:07.interviewed. In a statement they said that the one needs to be
:15:08. > :15:11.replaced and the apartment owners are responsible for the communal
:15:12. > :15:14.grounds, including the wall. The city council was concerned about the
:15:15. > :15:18.Princess measures like fencing have removed the danger and it has
:15:19. > :15:24.withdrawn a summons, leaving some residents to ask if ?200,000 of
:15:25. > :15:28.repairs is really necessary. Older people must be better
:15:29. > :15:30.protected from abuse. That's the call
:15:31. > :15:32.from the Commissioner of Older People, who says,
:15:33. > :15:35.as it stands, the law falls short We've spoken to two families who say
:15:36. > :15:39.their loved ones were abused, and then let down a second time
:15:40. > :15:42.by the legal system. Our Health Correspondent
:15:43. > :15:54.Marie-Louise Connolly reports. Patricia Young was a carer, employed
:15:55. > :16:00.to look after Mrs McCluskey, and old and vulnerable lady. A secret camera
:16:01. > :16:06.installed by the family of Mrs McCluskey confirmed their worst
:16:07. > :16:10.fears, that the carer was eating her mother's food. As there is no law to
:16:11. > :16:15.cover this type of dubious, according to her family, their
:16:16. > :16:19.mother was also let down by the legal system. We could not
:16:20. > :16:22.understand what the police were trying to explain to us, that there
:16:23. > :16:27.was no law there to protect. We thought when someone gets to their
:16:28. > :16:33.older years, it would be there. Now there are plans to change that.
:16:34. > :16:37.Attacks on the elderly are on the increase, whether physical,
:16:38. > :16:41.emotional, sexual or financial, a review of cases show that many are
:16:42. > :16:46.being let down by the system. While criminal or civil law offers some
:16:47. > :16:49.detection, enhancing it would give health professionals the power to
:16:50. > :16:56.intervene sooner. The legislation and proposing would place a duty on
:16:57. > :17:00.people to report suspicions of abuse. It would place a duty on the
:17:01. > :17:05.organisation is to investigate allegations of abuse and require
:17:06. > :17:11.them to co-op one another to make sure the allegations are properly
:17:12. > :17:24.investigated. This woman's sister has learning difficulties. What I
:17:25. > :17:31.want to see is the law changed. At the time all we heard was there was
:17:32. > :17:35.no law in the land to protect the elderly. When the dementia sets in
:17:36. > :17:38.and they have learning difficulties, it is horrific for
:17:39. > :17:45.them because they can't explain that they are afraid because they
:17:46. > :17:50.threatened. Today's call for an adult safeguarding bill is just the
:17:51. > :17:52.first stage in a lengthy process, however it's implementation would
:17:53. > :17:53.bring Northern Ireland into line with
:17:54. > :18:00.An Irishman suspected of stabbing three people in Germany
:18:01. > :18:03.has died after he was knocked down on a motorway outside Cologne.
:18:04. > :18:05.It's alleged Enda McLaughlin, from Carndonagh in County Donegal,
:18:06. > :18:07.had stabbed a taxi driver and two other people.
:18:08. > :18:10.It's understood that the man was knocked down in
:18:11. > :18:24.the early hours of Monday morning as he was being chased by the police.
:18:25. > :18:32.The Parades Commission has issued a revised ruling on a contentious
:18:33. > :18:33.parade in June for Tuesday. It is prohibiting a parades on the lower
:18:34. > :18:39.Garvaghy Road outside Victoria Terrace.
:18:40. > :18:43.An appeal for help that appears to have been written by a Chinese
:18:44. > :18:45.prisoner has been discovered in a pair of shorts bought
:18:46. > :18:49.The note claims that prisoners are forced to make clothing
:18:50. > :18:52.Primark says inspections of the supplier found no prison or
:18:53. > :18:55.The clothing was bought by a woman from Belcoo in County Fermanagh.
:18:56. > :19:06.She's been speaking to our reporter Julian Fowler.
:19:07. > :19:14.Karen Bob the shorts from Primark several years ago but had never worn
:19:15. > :19:21.them. It was only last week that she discovered the side the pocket. I
:19:22. > :19:27.didn't know what to think. I called up my partner to show him. It was
:19:28. > :19:32.attached to what appears to be a prison ID card. The note says the
:19:33. > :19:37.job of the prisoner is to produce fashion) export and says they work
:19:38. > :19:44.15 hours day and the food they get wouldn't be fit for dogs or pigs. A
:19:45. > :19:48.spokesperson for Primark says that since 2,000 and 99 inspections of
:19:49. > :19:52.the supplier had been carried out. We said that no prison or other
:19:53. > :19:57.forced labour of any kind was found during these inspections. The
:19:58. > :20:01.trousers cost them more than ?10 but it has made Karen think about who
:20:02. > :20:07.could have made them. I have never even thought about where my clothes
:20:08. > :20:14.came from. That they had been made that we, by people working 15 times
:20:15. > :20:18.macrolide day, treated like dogs. It is not nice. Primark says they have
:20:19. > :20:22.a code of contact to ensure the well-being of all workers in its
:20:23. > :20:23.supply chain and has begun an investigation.
:20:24. > :20:26.Brendan Rogers faces a difficult few days as he decides
:20:27. > :20:28.what to do with Liverpool's star striker, Luis Suarez.
:20:29. > :20:30.If last night's alleged biting incident during Uruguay's World Cup
:20:31. > :20:33.game is confirmed, it'll be the third time Suarez has
:20:34. > :20:36.The incident has provoked a mixed reaction from fans in Northern
:20:37. > :20:50.Ireland on what Rogers should do with Liverpool's number seven.
:20:51. > :20:56.Luis Suarez is no controversy. The alleged bite on
:20:57. > :21:00.Giorgio Chiellini may have been missed by the referee, but it
:21:01. > :21:03.certainly copy a pension of fancy. This afternoon at this school there
:21:04. > :21:20.was only one thing that This afternoon at this school there
:21:21. > :21:25.to have good attitude and good sportsmanship. He should go. He is
:21:26. > :21:31.giving a bad example to young players. He has only done it once
:21:32. > :21:36.for a Liverpool, so you should give them one more chance. This close
:21:37. > :21:39.friend of Brendan Rodgers believes that the Ballymena man will
:21:40. > :21:44.persevere with the striker if he is not banned entirely. With Luis
:21:45. > :21:48.Suarez in that team, Liverpool are a lot stronger. Renton Rogers would
:21:49. > :21:48.believe that he has the managerial wisdom to
:21:49. > :21:58.believe that he has the managerial comes home. The disciplinary
:21:59. > :22:06.committee at FIFA does have the power to punish an incident not seen
:22:07. > :22:16.by the referee. He could face up ban of up to 24 matches or two years. I
:22:17. > :22:20.think the worst thing we have come across in our league is maybe a
:22:21. > :22:25.spitting incident, but thankfully there hasn't been an off a lot.
:22:26. > :22:30.Thankfully, we don't have to deal with that. You wouldn't want to
:22:31. > :22:35.think what the repercussions would be for a player over here in our
:22:36. > :22:36.league. It seems this time Luis Suarez may have bitten off more than
:22:37. > :22:39.he can chew. Four primary school children
:22:40. > :22:41.from Larne went to Coventry yesterday and beat the best
:22:42. > :22:44.in the UK to pick up a prestigious Today,
:22:45. > :22:47.it was back to class for the quartet Mark Sidebottom has
:22:48. > :23:01.been to meet them. Welcome to our good leader
:23:02. > :23:05.principal's office in Northern Ireland for the moment. Here she is
:23:06. > :23:11.with the team that has made her particularly proud. Not just the
:23:12. > :23:15.best in Northern Ireland, but England, Scotland, Wales, you have
:23:16. > :23:21.beaten the lots. I am exceptionally bright. We were at the Jaguar
:23:22. > :23:27.primary School challenge in Coventry yesterday and the boys one the
:23:28. > :23:30.overall prize for the best bit display and portfolio. It was an
:23:31. > :23:35.opportunity to put that theory into practice. Scott Alexander, the team
:23:36. > :23:41.principal, you came back as winners. Can you believe it? No, it was
:23:42. > :23:46.great. I loved it. The team has been a great help and I can't believe we
:23:47. > :23:52.actually won something. You were a resource manager, responsible for
:23:53. > :23:55.all these T-shirts and this display. How difficult was a the get
:23:56. > :24:03.the whole thing together? It was difficult to get it all together.
:24:04. > :24:13.But, you did it. Yes. Can you believe it? No! This particular car,
:24:14. > :24:21.what did you model adorn? The variety race car. You have a
:24:22. > :24:27.manufacturing engineer completing the quartet. What does the
:24:28. > :24:32.manufacturing engineer do? I had to get plasticine and make the model.
:24:33. > :24:38.We sent it off and a lump of balsa wood came back. We have the sand
:24:39. > :24:45.that, then it was sent off to get sprayed. Congratulations to you.
:24:46. > :24:49.As the Northern Ireland that all the chairmen meets in Belfast to discuss
:24:50. > :24:54.radical new proposals, which could change the landscape in the all here
:24:55. > :24:58.and we will bring you the latest on that on good morning Ulster. Where
:24:59. > :25:05.can I get a quick look back to Belfast?
:25:06. > :25:18.We did have quite a bit of rain around today. The bad news is there
:25:19. > :25:24.is more to come, the good news is that it is gradually improving the.
:25:25. > :25:29.We have had a lot of rain coming and going. It will last into early
:25:30. > :25:34.tomorrow morning. On the upside, it will not be a cold night. Pitchers
:25:35. > :25:41.for some of us will stay up at around 14 degrees, so quite muggy.
:25:42. > :25:47.Some of the wet weather will stay with us into tomorrow morning. There
:25:48. > :25:54.will be some look like, mist and fog, and coastal areas. It will be
:25:55. > :25:59.drier and brighter as we go into tomorrow afternoon. To begin with,
:26:00. > :26:04.quite a bit of rain around at first, gradually nudging away from the
:26:05. > :26:10.south-east. Many places will become dry and bright. It will feel quite
:26:11. > :26:17.fresh because of the southeasterly will breeze. Temperatures were put
:26:18. > :26:23.up to 19 or 20 degrees. Where we hold the cloud your conditions, 16
:26:24. > :26:27.or 17 degrees, which is normal for the time of year. There will be 12
:26:28. > :26:31.spots of light rain and drizzle into tomorrow evening, in many areas
:26:32. > :26:43.finishing tomorrow with some evening sunshine. It does not look like a
:26:44. > :26:47.great day for the Antiques road show, it will start Demba Ba that
:26:48. > :26:56.will improve. Into tomorrow evening and overnight, we hold onto the
:26:57. > :27:02.warmer conditions. For the time being, Friday will be a game of two
:27:03. > :27:15.haves. The southern counties, we are expecting to see some rain through
:27:16. > :27:27.the day. It will not be completely dry at the weekend, but it is not a
:27:28. > :27:32.bad outlet at all. There is still time for a quick look
:27:33. > :27:33.in the attic for anything you might want to bring to the Antiques road
:27:34. > :27:35.show tomorrow! Our late summary is
:27:36. > :27:38.at the later time of 11.25pm You can keep in contact with
:27:39. > :27:55.us via Facebook and twitter. BBC Northern Ireland's biggest
:27:56. > :27:59.classical music party of the year.