30/06/2014 BBC Newsline

as Rolf Harris is found guilty, we hear from the Belfast woman

He grabbed my face in his hands like that, and he pulled my face towards

him and he forced his tongue into my mouth.

Almost 500 jobs are created by a Newry-based financial firm.

With talks looming, business leaders hope for a once

and for all solution to the problems of flags, parades and the past.

A special report on how perceptions of loyalist bands can be changed.

I am really angry that people say we are thugs. We are not.

First, the director of rugby David Humphreys leaves.

The breaking news this evening is that coach Mark Anscombe

A great start to the week but how long can it last?

The conviction of the children's entertainer,

Rolf Harris, on 12 counts of indecent assault has come as a

particular relief to a Belfast woman who was a victim of his behaviour.

Letitia Fitzpatrick was a reporter for this programme's predecessor,

Inside Ulster, in 1991 and she was sent to cover an event attended

She has been describing what happened to her.

I was 29 years old and was working as a journalist for BBC Northern

Ireland. I was sent to the Shankill Road to interview Rolf Harris who

was doing an art class with local children in the leisure centre

there. Rolf Harris is a singer, songwriter, TV personality and funny

man. After it was over, I was just chatting off-camera to him. As I

said goodbye, he grabbed my face in his hands like that. He pulled my

face towards him and he forced his tongue into my mouth. I was really

shocked. He pulled away, walked away and it all happened in a matter of

seconds. It came right out of the blue, there had been no flirtatious

talk from him will stop I thought he was perverted, it was disgusting. I

didn't think of it as a criminal, sexual assault. I just thought it

was something horrible, the sort of thing that does happen to women

occasionally. I did tell my husband and I told my sister, but I didn't

tell anybody in authority in the BBC because I did not think it was

anything to do with them. It was such an unpleasant experience but I

just wanted to forget about it and move on and not think about it

again. Every time I would see him on television, I would remember that

and as I grew older and has more experience of life, I often wondered

if it had happened to others. It was too slick. It was shocking and very

unpleasant and I hated the thought that anybody would have gone through

that, especially if they were under age.

One of Northern Ireland's most successful home-grown technology

First Derivatives is adding almost 500 staff to

It is based in Newry and has offices in New York, Shanghai and Sydney.

It is estimated the new jobs will be worth around

From offices in Newry, first Derivatives staff work with some of

the biggest banks and wealthiest investment funds. About ten years

ago, this firm was turning over ?2 million a year. Now the founder sees

an opportunity for even bigger growth at his clients continue to

outsource technology needs. There are some major trends in the banking

world where people are trying to take the cost out of high cost

locations and put that cost elsewhere. Typically that has been

done by outsourcing to places like India and the Philippines but that

does not work for everyone. Sometimes the banks and hedge funds

want people close to their headquarters so Newry is close to

London, in the same time zone and we speak the same baggage. The First

Minister was on hand to welcome these jobs. It is not just the

number that is important, they also pay very well by local standards.

This is exactly the type of firm which ministers want to see more of.

Export focused, high-tech and hungry for growth. It has been a bumper

year for job creation, one of the reasons being, the economy has

improved here and elsewhere but also, very soon, from tomorrow, the

rules of how much grant aid invest NI can give to such firms will be

changing, it will become much stricter and so many firms have been

rushing to get their jobs announcements across the line. That

means in future, the picture might not

Tomorrow we will have a report on how those changes to

the grant system will affect invest NI's ability to support new jobs.

A pipe bomb has been found on the windowsill of a house in Ballymoney.

A controlled explosion was carried out on the device which

It was discovered at a house on Ballymena Road near the town

centre, causing the evacuation of a number of houses and disruption

They have been allowed to return to their homes

The new Chief Constable says he will be putting community involvement

at the centre of policing under his leadership.

George Hamilton has been visiting restorative justice groups in West

This was the first stop on a busy day of meetings around Northern

Ireland for the new Chief Constable. Restorative justice groups think in

loyalist and republican communities were represented at today's forum

with George Hamilton. To quote the new Chief Constable, day one,

engagement one, and he chose to come to West Belfast to meet these

restorative justice groups. An indication of how much stock the

police now put in programmes like this. I want my leadership to be

marked by working with communities, through engagement and meeting

decisions together because those sorts of decisions are more

sustainable and they end up being better decisions. That sends an

important signal that I have been here because I believe in

restorative justice because the practitioners, through

alternatives, or at the heart of making committee 's favour. It is a

huge step forward to have a Chief Constable desert on his first day to

this project. It is of huge significance and I can see the old

workings of that as we progress. We have been on a long journey for the

last 15 years. 15 years ago, a Chief Constable would not have been

allowed in the room with us, so we have come a long way. He later

attended his first meeting with the police ordered, stressing that

keeping people safe was a priority and his officers would meet with and

dealing with the current threat from dissident hurricanes.

Business leaders are calling on politicians to resolve contentious

issues once and for all to create a better climate for investors. With

interparty negotiations on flags, parades and the past resuming on

on Wednesday, the First and Deputy First Ministers have acknowledged

the public may feel sceptical about the prospects for success. From

Stormont, I'm joined by our political editor, Mark Devenport.

The business community urging for success but it seems that the first

and deputy first ministers are pretty downbeat, what is your

reading of the prospect for success? The businessmen really urging the

negotiators and politicians trying to downplay expectations. We had a

joint statement from three of the leading local business

organisations, saying a resolution to these difficult issues is the

missing element which will be critical in noting a vibrant

economy. They say it is important for investment and jobs. On the

other hand, the First Minister and Debbie First Minister attended that

jobs announcement we heard earlier on the programme in Newry but they

were asked about the talks and they seemed technology that there is a

general sense of scepticism amongst the public about the chances of

these talks achieving a breakthrough. These are important

issues that have been with us for a long time. There is no certainty of

success in these matters but they had to be addressed and dealt with.

Ultimately, there has to be a resolution. That requires people to

be prepared to move. What I had seen by way of the attitude the parties

have taken going to the Parades Commission recently does not

indicate there is a lot of movement in terms of the grading issue. Given

some of the utterances we have heard in recent times about what is

happening between Unionist delegations and the Parades

Commission, I am very concerned about the frame of mind of some of

the participants in the talks. What is important is our frame of mind

and we approach on this with a determined effort to try and get a

resolution. The talks start on Wednesday but neither of those two

men will be there? That is one tree is aspect of these negotiations, we

expect the different parties to send their negotiating teams to Stormont

for the first of a three-day session this week and yet that they will be

busy in London because Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness have

a joint meeting together with David Cameron to discuss the economic pact

they have with the London government which was an element behind their

decision to move forward on other aspects of community relations and a

separately, Sinn Fein have their first meeting in for years with

David Cameron. Gerry Adams will join Martin McGuinness for that meeting.

Whilst supposedly the main event is here, to a larger extent, the eyes

will be on Downing Street. The main part

of the marching season begins Research shows the number of parades

has doubled in the last eight years. The other third range

from Republican parades to charity There are now more loyalist

marching bands than ever before While some argue loyalist culture

is being eroded, the facts appear Tara Mills has been to meet members

of the Upper Falls Protestant boys Almost every Monday night of the

year, you will find members of this band practising in the heart of the

Suffolk estate. Time dedicated to music, culture and friendship. This

man has been a member since the band began back in 1983. If bands are

working through a predominantly nationalist area, I agree that we

should not be there, shoving our culture down peoples throats but

this is a mainly nationalist area and we had a period that sheer with

?47 added. No trouble, not one piece of trouble. There has never been

trouble at a period but there is no way in and out of here without going

through a nationalist area. People on both sides have worked hard to

maintain good committee relations given its location on an interface.

They have had regular talks in the hope that marchers passed off

peacefully. For orange parade, bands do not take any part in negotiations

for walks. On the 12th of July, we are employed by the orange order to

walk. They make a decision, they decide who does not. Culture is one

motivation members go before joining the band but it is not the only

reason. I just love the whole social aspect, getting out with friends.

Some people join football teams, I joined a band. It is the atmosphere,

the people who keep you going. Without the crowds, it is not worth

it. I think it was just walking down the road and knowing you are playing

a good chin will stop knowing that the people on the road are being

entertained. They're well aware that not everyone sees them in that way.

There are laws because I enjoy it and that is the main thing. I'm not

going to force anybody to enjoy something but I will enjoy what I do

in the band. With my band and parades than ever before, questions

have been raised about by loyalists in the culture is being eroded.

Research also shows bands have benefited from almost ?1 million

instrument funding for instruments and tuition. The academic who

carried out the study says there is a gap between perception and reality

when it comes to loyalist culture. The troubles are over but what we

have now is the War of the narrative. There is a strong

nationalist rhetoric about onwards and upwards but we are winning.

There is a strong, mentoring narrative within unionism that says,

we are losing, that all our culture is being taken from us. There is a

campaign to take British culture out of Northern Ireland. But in fact,

Unionist culture, as you see it in marchers or marching bands or in

Ulster Scots, it has never been stronger. Marching bands are often

associated with loyalist paramilitaries, and image these

members pay is unfair. I have been in this band for 31 years and nobody

here has ever been arrested. Nobody has ever been jailed while with the

band. I am really angry that people say we are thugs or loyalist

paramilitaries. We are not. Members have made attempts to change the

negative image of marchers, including visiting local Catholic

schools. Those moods appear to be having a measure of success in this

area of Belfast. Something that cannot be said about other parts the

city. Up to 250,000 people have visited

the banks of the Foyle in Londonderry in the past week

for the Clipper Maritime Festival. The celebrations ended yesterday

when the yachts taking part in the round the world race set sail

for the Netherlands. Our teams enjoyed it, there were

cheers and music. It was just a wonderful event and I think a great

finale to what has been if and has to quit.

First David Humphreys left as director of rugby, now the Ulster

rugby coach, Mark Anscombe, has headed for the exit, leaving with

immediate effect. Mark Sidebottom is at Ravenhill for us.

The shock announcement was made this evening in a short e-mail by

Coach Mark Anscombe is to leave with immediate effect

Once David Humphreys moved on, he was always going to be vulnerable

and he has proved to be. The assistant coach for Ireland comes in

on a 12 month contract. He will have a hands-on role.

The revolving door at Ulster rugby continues. Since the end of last

season, one of their most influential players was forced to

retire through injury. A World Cup winner departed, their captain moved

back to South Africa, director of rugby David surprisingly Humphreys

moved to Gloucester, and now the coach Mark Anscombe is to leave with

immediate effect. Speaking after David Humphreys exit, the message

from the top was of calm. We will make haste slowly. We will consider

what we want, we have a strong three-year strategy to move forward

and we will recruit to allow us to deliver that strategy. We will look

around the world but also close to home. We have some cracking coaching

talent emerging through the Ulster system and we will take our time and

take the best fit with our ambition. Ireland assistant coach has been

named as interim director of rugby while a new recruitment process gets

underway. The unsettling succession of departures on and off the field

beans Ulster head into the new season with a definite air of

uncertainty around Ravenhill. Monaghan and Armagh will replay

their Ulster championship semi-final this weekend, following a thrilling

draw in their first encounter. The winners will take on Donegal

in the provincial final. The losers face Tyrone

in the standout fixture One of the youngest members of this

iMac squad. He needs to find it. He has nailed it! They are level. The

referee has blown the whistle! The substitute showed nerves of steel to

forge what had looked to be an unlikely replay. Three points down

with two minutes of normal time remaining, Imad did not panic

against the provincial champions. When a free was awarded for this

target, the young player stepped up to level it. Tyrone produced an

exceptional second-half performance. This girl just seconds after the

interval proved to be the launch pad as the home side ran out 17 point

winner is. Down were equally impressive. Cabin just about

squeezed through as they edged out Westmead by one point. But there was

heartbreak for Antrim's coders who led against.

Two of Northern Ireland's most famous sporting sons,

champion jockey AP McCoy and Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers

received honorary degrees from the University of Ulster today.

Rodgers' visit coincides with Liverpool's Luis Suarez making

The Carnlough man wouldn't to us speak about that,

saying the day should be about the graduation ceremony.

Both my parents passed away in the last few years and it would have

been a proud day for them, so I brought my brothers with me today.

For us all, to arrive at this point in my life, and I love my job and

work, but this is a real honour to be here. Earlier today, an honorary

degree from the University of Ulster for a man who said he spent many

years a boarding school, this must be special? There are a lot of

students in the university who are worthy of a degree than I was, that

is for sure! It was very special. Always nice to be honoured and a

great morning, very enjoyable. Congratulations to both men and his

little boy he recently went through heart surgery is doing well.

We had some one whether today. We will still see some sunshine over

the next day or two, some one the sunshine as well but it will start

to change from the middle part of the week onwards. Cloud from weather

fronts will bring an increased threat of some rain. Quite breezy at

times as well. Today, we started out with plenty of sunshine. Still some

cloud around this evening. Generally, it is melting away so for

many of us, a bright and sunny end to the day. It stays dry and clear

for many of us overnight. Temperatures generally around nine

or 10 degrees at the lowest. There could be one or two spots in the

countryside that the little lower. Tomorrow, it looks as though we will

be doing it all over again. Some principles of sunshine to come. The

best of the sunshine will probably be in the morning. We will see a

change in the afternoon but the best of the sunshine through the

afternoon will be around parts of the coast. It could feel fresh but

still not bad at 1617 degrees. We could see up to 22 degrees in places

once again. White today, come the evening, the daytime cloud starts to

melt away to give a final end to the day. Quite milder tomorrow night

with most places seen temperatures of double figures. Wednesday starts

bright but the breeze will pick up. Cloud likely to increase and may be

threatening some rain in the north-west later in the day. That is

the first sign of a change coming into the latter part of the week.

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We don't have to prove who used a knife any more.

He's only gone and stabbed someone, hasn't he?

If you were there, you'll all get done for murder.