:00:00. > :00:21.as Rolf Harris is found guilty, we hear from the Belfast woman
:00:22. > :00:36.He grabbed my face in his hands like that, and he pulled my face towards
:00:37. > :00:40.him and he forced his tongue into my mouth.
:00:41. > :00:43.Almost 500 jobs are created by a Newry-based financial firm.
:00:44. > :00:45.With talks looming, business leaders hope for a once
:00:46. > :00:50.and for all solution to the problems of flags, parades and the past.
:00:51. > :01:01.A special report on how perceptions of loyalist bands can be changed.
:01:02. > :01:05.I am really angry that people say we are thugs. We are not.
:01:06. > :01:07.First, the director of rugby David Humphreys leaves.
:01:08. > :01:10.The breaking news this evening is that coach Mark Anscombe
:01:11. > :01:21.A great start to the week but how long can it last?
:01:22. > :01:24.The conviction of the children's entertainer,
:01:25. > :01:28.Rolf Harris, on 12 counts of indecent assault has come as a
:01:29. > :01:32.particular relief to a Belfast woman who was a victim of his behaviour.
:01:33. > :01:37.Letitia Fitzpatrick was a reporter for this programme's predecessor,
:01:38. > :01:42.Inside Ulster, in 1991 and she was sent to cover an event attended
:01:43. > :01:53.She has been describing what happened to her.
:01:54. > :02:00.I was 29 years old and was working as a journalist for BBC Northern
:02:01. > :02:03.Ireland. I was sent to the Shankill Road to interview Rolf Harris who
:02:04. > :02:09.was doing an art class with local children in the leisure centre
:02:10. > :02:15.there. Rolf Harris is a singer, songwriter, TV personality and funny
:02:16. > :02:22.man. After it was over, I was just chatting off-camera to him. As I
:02:23. > :02:28.said goodbye, he grabbed my face in his hands like that. He pulled my
:02:29. > :02:35.face towards him and he forced his tongue into my mouth. I was really
:02:36. > :02:42.shocked. He pulled away, walked away and it all happened in a matter of
:02:43. > :02:47.seconds. It came right out of the blue, there had been no flirtatious
:02:48. > :02:54.talk from him will stop I thought he was perverted, it was disgusting. I
:02:55. > :03:00.didn't think of it as a criminal, sexual assault. I just thought it
:03:01. > :03:03.was something horrible, the sort of thing that does happen to women
:03:04. > :03:10.occasionally. I did tell my husband and I told my sister, but I didn't
:03:11. > :03:16.tell anybody in authority in the BBC because I did not think it was
:03:17. > :03:19.anything to do with them. It was such an unpleasant experience but I
:03:20. > :03:24.just wanted to forget about it and move on and not think about it
:03:25. > :03:29.again. Every time I would see him on television, I would remember that
:03:30. > :03:36.and as I grew older and has more experience of life, I often wondered
:03:37. > :03:42.if it had happened to others. It was too slick. It was shocking and very
:03:43. > :03:45.unpleasant and I hated the thought that anybody would have gone through
:03:46. > :03:48.that, especially if they were under age.
:03:49. > :03:51.One of Northern Ireland's most successful home-grown technology
:03:52. > :03:55.First Derivatives is adding almost 500 staff to
:03:56. > :04:03.It is based in Newry and has offices in New York, Shanghai and Sydney.
:04:04. > :04:06.It is estimated the new jobs will be worth around
:04:07. > :04:22.From offices in Newry, first Derivatives staff work with some of
:04:23. > :04:27.the biggest banks and wealthiest investment funds. About ten years
:04:28. > :04:33.ago, this firm was turning over ?2 million a year. Now the founder sees
:04:34. > :04:39.an opportunity for even bigger growth at his clients continue to
:04:40. > :04:42.outsource technology needs. There are some major trends in the banking
:04:43. > :04:47.world where people are trying to take the cost out of high cost
:04:48. > :04:52.locations and put that cost elsewhere. Typically that has been
:04:53. > :04:55.done by outsourcing to places like India and the Philippines but that
:04:56. > :05:00.does not work for everyone. Sometimes the banks and hedge funds
:05:01. > :05:04.want people close to their headquarters so Newry is close to
:05:05. > :05:08.London, in the same time zone and we speak the same baggage. The First
:05:09. > :05:12.Minister was on hand to welcome these jobs. It is not just the
:05:13. > :05:17.number that is important, they also pay very well by local standards.
:05:18. > :05:22.This is exactly the type of firm which ministers want to see more of.
:05:23. > :05:26.Export focused, high-tech and hungry for growth. It has been a bumper
:05:27. > :05:29.year for job creation, one of the reasons being, the economy has
:05:30. > :05:35.improved here and elsewhere but also, very soon, from tomorrow, the
:05:36. > :05:40.rules of how much grant aid invest NI can give to such firms will be
:05:41. > :05:43.changing, it will become much stricter and so many firms have been
:05:44. > :05:47.rushing to get their jobs announcements across the line. That
:05:48. > :05:47.means in future, the picture might not
:05:48. > :05:54.Tomorrow we will have a report on how those changes to
:05:55. > :05:58.the grant system will affect invest NI's ability to support new jobs.
:05:59. > :06:03.A pipe bomb has been found on the windowsill of a house in Ballymoney.
:06:04. > :06:06.A controlled explosion was carried out on the device which
:06:07. > :06:11.It was discovered at a house on Ballymena Road near the town
:06:12. > :06:14.centre, causing the evacuation of a number of houses and disruption
:06:15. > :06:18.They have been allowed to return to their homes
:06:19. > :06:24.The new Chief Constable says he will be putting community involvement
:06:25. > :06:27.at the centre of policing under his leadership.
:06:28. > :06:31.George Hamilton has been visiting restorative justice groups in West
:06:32. > :06:46.This was the first stop on a busy day of meetings around Northern
:06:47. > :06:50.Ireland for the new Chief Constable. Restorative justice groups think in
:06:51. > :06:55.loyalist and republican communities were represented at today's forum
:06:56. > :06:59.with George Hamilton. To quote the new Chief Constable, day one,
:07:00. > :07:03.engagement one, and he chose to come to West Belfast to meet these
:07:04. > :07:06.restorative justice groups. An indication of how much stock the
:07:07. > :07:11.police now put in programmes like this. I want my leadership to be
:07:12. > :07:16.marked by working with communities, through engagement and meeting
:07:17. > :07:20.decisions together because those sorts of decisions are more
:07:21. > :07:24.sustainable and they end up being better decisions. That sends an
:07:25. > :07:27.important signal that I have been here because I believe in
:07:28. > :07:33.restorative justice because the practitioners, through
:07:34. > :07:38.alternatives, or at the heart of making committee 's favour. It is a
:07:39. > :07:45.huge step forward to have a Chief Constable desert on his first day to
:07:46. > :07:49.this project. It is of huge significance and I can see the old
:07:50. > :07:54.workings of that as we progress. We have been on a long journey for the
:07:55. > :07:58.last 15 years. 15 years ago, a Chief Constable would not have been
:07:59. > :08:02.allowed in the room with us, so we have come a long way. He later
:08:03. > :08:06.attended his first meeting with the police ordered, stressing that
:08:07. > :08:09.keeping people safe was a priority and his officers would meet with and
:08:10. > :08:14.dealing with the current threat from dissident hurricanes.
:08:15. > :08:16.Business leaders are calling on politicians to resolve contentious
:08:17. > :08:19.issues once and for all to create a better climate for investors. With
:08:20. > :08:22.interparty negotiations on flags, parades and the past resuming on
:08:23. > :08:25.on Wednesday, the First and Deputy First Ministers have acknowledged
:08:26. > :08:29.the public may feel sceptical about the prospects for success. From
:08:30. > :08:36.Stormont, I'm joined by our political editor, Mark Devenport.
:08:37. > :08:45.The business community urging for success but it seems that the first
:08:46. > :08:49.and deputy first ministers are pretty downbeat, what is your
:08:50. > :08:56.reading of the prospect for success? The businessmen really urging the
:08:57. > :08:59.negotiators and politicians trying to downplay expectations. We had a
:09:00. > :09:06.joint statement from three of the leading local business
:09:07. > :09:12.organisations, saying a resolution to these difficult issues is the
:09:13. > :09:16.missing element which will be critical in noting a vibrant
:09:17. > :09:21.economy. They say it is important for investment and jobs. On the
:09:22. > :09:24.other hand, the First Minister and Debbie First Minister attended that
:09:25. > :09:28.jobs announcement we heard earlier on the programme in Newry but they
:09:29. > :09:35.were asked about the talks and they seemed technology that there is a
:09:36. > :09:38.general sense of scepticism amongst the public about the chances of
:09:39. > :09:44.these talks achieving a breakthrough. These are important
:09:45. > :09:47.issues that have been with us for a long time. There is no certainty of
:09:48. > :09:51.success in these matters but they had to be addressed and dealt with.
:09:52. > :09:57.Ultimately, there has to be a resolution. That requires people to
:09:58. > :10:01.be prepared to move. What I had seen by way of the attitude the parties
:10:02. > :10:04.have taken going to the Parades Commission recently does not
:10:05. > :10:10.indicate there is a lot of movement in terms of the grading issue. Given
:10:11. > :10:13.some of the utterances we have heard in recent times about what is
:10:14. > :10:18.happening between Unionist delegations and the Parades
:10:19. > :10:21.Commission, I am very concerned about the frame of mind of some of
:10:22. > :10:26.the participants in the talks. What is important is our frame of mind
:10:27. > :10:32.and we approach on this with a determined effort to try and get a
:10:33. > :10:36.resolution. The talks start on Wednesday but neither of those two
:10:37. > :10:40.men will be there? That is one tree is aspect of these negotiations, we
:10:41. > :10:43.expect the different parties to send their negotiating teams to Stormont
:10:44. > :10:48.for the first of a three-day session this week and yet that they will be
:10:49. > :10:51.busy in London because Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness have
:10:52. > :10:55.a joint meeting together with David Cameron to discuss the economic pact
:10:56. > :10:59.they have with the London government which was an element behind their
:11:00. > :11:03.decision to move forward on other aspects of community relations and a
:11:04. > :11:08.separately, Sinn Fein have their first meeting in for years with
:11:09. > :11:12.David Cameron. Gerry Adams will join Martin McGuinness for that meeting.
:11:13. > :11:14.Whilst supposedly the main event is here, to a larger extent, the eyes
:11:15. > :11:18.will be on Downing Street. The main part
:11:19. > :11:21.of the marching season begins Research shows the number of parades
:11:22. > :11:27.has doubled in the last eight years. The other third range
:11:28. > :11:41.from Republican parades to charity There are now more loyalist
:11:42. > :11:46.marching bands than ever before While some argue loyalist culture
:11:47. > :11:54.is being eroded, the facts appear Tara Mills has been to meet members
:11:55. > :12:16.of the Upper Falls Protestant boys Almost every Monday night of the
:12:17. > :12:21.year, you will find members of this band practising in the heart of the
:12:22. > :12:28.Suffolk estate. Time dedicated to music, culture and friendship. This
:12:29. > :12:35.man has been a member since the band began back in 1983. If bands are
:12:36. > :12:41.working through a predominantly nationalist area, I agree that we
:12:42. > :12:46.should not be there, shoving our culture down peoples throats but
:12:47. > :12:53.this is a mainly nationalist area and we had a period that sheer with
:12:54. > :12:56.?47 added. No trouble, not one piece of trouble. There has never been
:12:57. > :13:00.trouble at a period but there is no way in and out of here without going
:13:01. > :13:05.through a nationalist area. People on both sides have worked hard to
:13:06. > :13:10.maintain good committee relations given its location on an interface.
:13:11. > :13:15.They have had regular talks in the hope that marchers passed off
:13:16. > :13:19.peacefully. For orange parade, bands do not take any part in negotiations
:13:20. > :13:28.for walks. On the 12th of July, we are employed by the orange order to
:13:29. > :13:33.walk. They make a decision, they decide who does not. Culture is one
:13:34. > :13:39.motivation members go before joining the band but it is not the only
:13:40. > :13:42.reason. I just love the whole social aspect, getting out with friends.
:13:43. > :13:48.Some people join football teams, I joined a band. It is the atmosphere,
:13:49. > :13:54.the people who keep you going. Without the crowds, it is not worth
:13:55. > :14:02.it. I think it was just walking down the road and knowing you are playing
:14:03. > :14:07.a good chin will stop knowing that the people on the road are being
:14:08. > :14:13.entertained. They're well aware that not everyone sees them in that way.
:14:14. > :14:16.There are laws because I enjoy it and that is the main thing. I'm not
:14:17. > :14:23.going to force anybody to enjoy something but I will enjoy what I do
:14:24. > :14:27.in the band. With my band and parades than ever before, questions
:14:28. > :14:31.have been raised about by loyalists in the culture is being eroded.
:14:32. > :14:36.Research also shows bands have benefited from almost ?1 million
:14:37. > :14:40.instrument funding for instruments and tuition. The academic who
:14:41. > :14:44.carried out the study says there is a gap between perception and reality
:14:45. > :14:49.when it comes to loyalist culture. The troubles are over but what we
:14:50. > :14:52.have now is the War of the narrative. There is a strong
:14:53. > :14:57.nationalist rhetoric about onwards and upwards but we are winning.
:14:58. > :15:01.There is a strong, mentoring narrative within unionism that says,
:15:02. > :15:06.we are losing, that all our culture is being taken from us. There is a
:15:07. > :15:13.campaign to take British culture out of Northern Ireland. But in fact,
:15:14. > :15:17.Unionist culture, as you see it in marchers or marching bands or in
:15:18. > :15:25.Ulster Scots, it has never been stronger. Marching bands are often
:15:26. > :15:29.associated with loyalist paramilitaries, and image these
:15:30. > :15:34.members pay is unfair. I have been in this band for 31 years and nobody
:15:35. > :15:40.here has ever been arrested. Nobody has ever been jailed while with the
:15:41. > :15:46.band. I am really angry that people say we are thugs or loyalist
:15:47. > :15:50.paramilitaries. We are not. Members have made attempts to change the
:15:51. > :15:53.negative image of marchers, including visiting local Catholic
:15:54. > :15:58.schools. Those moods appear to be having a measure of success in this
:15:59. > :15:58.area of Belfast. Something that cannot be said about other parts the
:15:59. > :16:01.city. Up to 250,000 people have visited
:16:02. > :16:04.the banks of the Foyle in Londonderry in the past week
:16:05. > :16:07.for the Clipper Maritime Festival. The celebrations ended yesterday
:16:08. > :16:11.when the yachts taking part in the round the world race set sail
:16:12. > :16:30.for the Netherlands. Our teams enjoyed it, there were
:16:31. > :16:33.cheers and music. It was just a wonderful event and I think a great
:16:34. > :16:34.finale to what has been if and has to quit.
:16:35. > :16:37.First David Humphreys left as director of rugby, now the Ulster
:16:38. > :16:40.rugby coach, Mark Anscombe, has headed for the exit, leaving with
:16:41. > :16:46.immediate effect. Mark Sidebottom is at Ravenhill for us.
:16:47. > :16:51.The shock announcement was made this evening in a short e-mail by
:16:52. > :16:59.Coach Mark Anscombe is to leave with immediate effect
:17:00. > :17:20.Once David Humphreys moved on, he was always going to be vulnerable
:17:21. > :17:29.and he has proved to be. The assistant coach for Ireland comes in
:17:30. > :17:35.on a 12 month contract. He will have a hands-on role.
:17:36. > :17:39.The revolving door at Ulster rugby continues. Since the end of last
:17:40. > :17:44.season, one of their most influential players was forced to
:17:45. > :17:49.retire through injury. A World Cup winner departed, their captain moved
:17:50. > :17:53.back to South Africa, director of rugby David surprisingly Humphreys
:17:54. > :17:56.moved to Gloucester, and now the coach Mark Anscombe is to leave with
:17:57. > :18:03.immediate effect. Speaking after David Humphreys exit, the message
:18:04. > :18:09.from the top was of calm. We will make haste slowly. We will consider
:18:10. > :18:13.what we want, we have a strong three-year strategy to move forward
:18:14. > :18:16.and we will recruit to allow us to deliver that strategy. We will look
:18:17. > :18:21.around the world but also close to home. We have some cracking coaching
:18:22. > :18:28.talent emerging through the Ulster system and we will take our time and
:18:29. > :18:33.take the best fit with our ambition. Ireland assistant coach has been
:18:34. > :18:37.named as interim director of rugby while a new recruitment process gets
:18:38. > :18:41.underway. The unsettling succession of departures on and off the field
:18:42. > :18:44.beans Ulster head into the new season with a definite air of
:18:45. > :18:52.uncertainty around Ravenhill. Monaghan and Armagh will replay
:18:53. > :18:55.their Ulster championship semi-final this weekend, following a thrilling
:18:56. > :18:58.draw in their first encounter. The winners will take on Donegal
:18:59. > :19:01.in the provincial final. The losers face Tyrone
:19:02. > :19:18.in the standout fixture One of the youngest members of this
:19:19. > :19:25.iMac squad. He needs to find it. He has nailed it! They are level. The
:19:26. > :19:28.referee has blown the whistle! The substitute showed nerves of steel to
:19:29. > :19:32.forge what had looked to be an unlikely replay. Three points down
:19:33. > :19:36.with two minutes of normal time remaining, Imad did not panic
:19:37. > :19:41.against the provincial champions. When a free was awarded for this
:19:42. > :19:48.target, the young player stepped up to level it. Tyrone produced an
:19:49. > :19:53.exceptional second-half performance. This girl just seconds after the
:19:54. > :20:01.interval proved to be the launch pad as the home side ran out 17 point
:20:02. > :20:11.winner is. Down were equally impressive. Cabin just about
:20:12. > :20:17.squeezed through as they edged out Westmead by one point. But there was
:20:18. > :20:33.heartbreak for Antrim's coders who led against.
:20:34. > :20:36.Two of Northern Ireland's most famous sporting sons,
:20:37. > :20:41.champion jockey AP McCoy and Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers
:20:42. > :20:52.received honorary degrees from the University of Ulster today.
:20:53. > :20:54.Rodgers' visit coincides with Liverpool's Luis Suarez making
:20:55. > :20:59.The Carnlough man wouldn't to us speak about that,
:21:00. > :21:06.saying the day should be about the graduation ceremony.
:21:07. > :21:15.Both my parents passed away in the last few years and it would have
:21:16. > :21:22.been a proud day for them, so I brought my brothers with me today.
:21:23. > :21:29.For us all, to arrive at this point in my life, and I love my job and
:21:30. > :21:36.work, but this is a real honour to be here. Earlier today, an honorary
:21:37. > :21:41.degree from the University of Ulster for a man who said he spent many
:21:42. > :21:46.years a boarding school, this must be special? There are a lot of
:21:47. > :21:50.students in the university who are worthy of a degree than I was, that
:21:51. > :21:58.is for sure! It was very special. Always nice to be honoured and a
:21:59. > :22:07.great morning, very enjoyable. Congratulations to both men and his
:22:08. > :22:09.little boy he recently went through heart surgery is doing well.
:22:10. > :22:32.We had some one whether today. We will still see some sunshine over
:22:33. > :22:35.the next day or two, some one the sunshine as well but it will start
:22:36. > :22:39.to change from the middle part of the week onwards. Cloud from weather
:22:40. > :22:45.fronts will bring an increased threat of some rain. Quite breezy at
:22:46. > :22:53.times as well. Today, we started out with plenty of sunshine. Still some
:22:54. > :22:58.cloud around this evening. Generally, it is melting away so for
:22:59. > :23:05.many of us, a bright and sunny end to the day. It stays dry and clear
:23:06. > :23:08.for many of us overnight. Temperatures generally around nine
:23:09. > :23:14.or 10 degrees at the lowest. There could be one or two spots in the
:23:15. > :23:19.countryside that the little lower. Tomorrow, it looks as though we will
:23:20. > :23:22.be doing it all over again. Some principles of sunshine to come. The
:23:23. > :23:28.best of the sunshine will probably be in the morning. We will see a
:23:29. > :23:31.change in the afternoon but the best of the sunshine through the
:23:32. > :23:46.afternoon will be around parts of the coast. It could feel fresh but
:23:47. > :23:51.still not bad at 1617 degrees. We could see up to 22 degrees in places
:23:52. > :23:57.once again. White today, come the evening, the daytime cloud starts to
:23:58. > :24:02.melt away to give a final end to the day. Quite milder tomorrow night
:24:03. > :24:07.with most places seen temperatures of double figures. Wednesday starts
:24:08. > :24:10.bright but the breeze will pick up. Cloud likely to increase and may be
:24:11. > :24:14.threatening some rain in the north-west later in the day. That is
:24:15. > :24:18.the first sign of a change coming into the latter part of the week.
:24:19. > :24:24.Our latest news is at 10:25. You can keep in contact with us via Facebook
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:24:35. > :24:36.We don't have to prove who used a knife any more.
:24:37. > :24:40.He's only gone and stabbed someone, hasn't he?
:24:41. > :24:45.If you were there, you'll all get done for murder.