30/06/2014 BBC Newsline

Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

With the entertainer Rolf Harris being convicted of 12 counts

of indecent assault, BBC Newsline has been speaking to a Belfast woman

Letitia Fitzpatrick was a reporter for the the BBC news

She has been describing what happened

when she covered an event attended by Rolf Harris in West Belfast.

I was 29 years old and was working as a journalist

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.

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. 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

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

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 had more experience of life, I often wondered

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

There are some major trends in the banking world where people are

trying to take cost out of high-cost locations such as London and

Manhattan 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,

A County Down man who suffered head injuries

in a car crash is to receive up to ?6 million in one of the biggest

The 25-year-old, whose identity has not been

disclosed for legal reasons, was the passenger in a car which went

The driver was jailed for causing grievous bodily injury

A teenager and a young boy have drowned in

A 16-year-old boy died after he got into difficulty while swimming

in a lake at Killykeen Forest Park near Cavan this afternoon.

Meanwhile, a five-year-old boy drowned after swimming in a pond

He had been missing since 9.30 this morning and was found an hour later.

It is the second crowning this month and up and managed by that local

County Council. -- second training. The new Chief Constable took up

his role at the top During a busy round of meetings,

George Hamilton spoke at a seminar on community restorative

justice in west Belfast. This was the first stop on a busy

day of meetings in Northern Ireland for the new Chief Constable. Good to

see you. Lost -- several groups were represented at the forum today. Day

one, engagement one. He is coming year to west Belfast to meet these

restorative justice Crips. It is indication of how much stock police

put into groups like these. I will be working with communities and make

decisions together. Those sorts of decisions are more sustainable and

end up being better decisions. That is a very important signal that this

community-based restorative justice event is important because it is at

the heart of making communities safer. At huge step forward, to have

a Chief Constable visit. Two projects of this nature. It is of

huge significance. We will progress over the next year or so. We have

been on a long journey for the past 15 years. 15 years ago, a Chief

Constable wouldn't have been in the room with us. We have come along

way. He later attended his first meeting as Chief Constable with the

policing board, stressing that keeping people safe was a priority

and officers would meet and deal with the current threat from

dissident republicans. Mark Anscombe has left his position

as coach of the Ulster Rugby team The departure of the New Zealander

comes three weeks after David Humphreys left his job

as director of rugby. The revolving door at Ulster Rugby

continues. Since the end of last season, one of their most

influential players was forced season, one of their most

retire through injury, a World Cup season, one of their most

winner departed, the captain moved back to South Africa, director of

rugby David Humphreys surprisingly moved to Gloucester, and now coach

Mark Anscombe Mr Leat with immediate effect. Speech in -- speaking after

Humphreys' exit, the message from the top was calm. We have a really

strong three-year strategy to move forward and we will recruit to allow

us to deliver the strategy. We will look around the world but also close

to home. We have some cracking coaching talent emerging in the

Ulster system and we will take your time and recruit the absolute best

to fit our ambition. time and recruit the absolute best

assistant coach has been named the interim director of rugby welly new

recruitment process gets underway. But the unsettling departures on and

off the field means holes to head into the new season with a definite

air of uncertainty around Ravenhill. -- means Ulster heads into.

Two of Northern Ireland's most famous sportsmen - the champion

jockey Tony McCoy and the Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers -

received honorary degrees from the University of Ulster today.

The Anfield boss wouldn't speak about his star striker Luis Suarez

making headlines at the World Cup, focusing instead on

the graduation which he described as a proud moment for his family.

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 at boarding school.

-- formative years trying to avoid school.

There are a lot of students in the university who are more worthy of a

Always nice to be honoured and a great morning, very enjoyable.

Now here's Angie Philips with the weather forecast.

After a reasonable weekend, we had warm spells of sunshine again. And

for tomorrow and perhaps Wednesday as well, we will see more of that

sunshine. Still some warmth, too. Towards the second half of the week,

things start to change. The clouds will gather and increasingly

threaten some rain with a bit more of a blaze at times. It is quite

quiet tonight. Dry, clear spells. Temperatures around 9-10. Again,

like last night, there might be the odd spot that it's more down to 5-6

Celsius. Tomorrow, we do it all again, really. Very similar with

warm spells of sunshine. We will see the best of the sunshine in the

morning. Selmer more widespread sunshine during this part of the

day. Went of sunshine in the Republic of Ireland, Wales and

England as well. -- plenty of sunshine. Warm sunshine, high

dividend 22 Celsius in London. A bit more cloud in parts of north-east of

England, been to Scotland, maybe the odd sharp shower. Generally

speaking, dry weather. It will be a bit cool in the North course. We

will see the cloud bubble up in land in the afternoon but warm spells of

soft showing -- sunshine could mean temperature is 22 Celsius.

Wednesday, we could hold onto the dry weather but increasingly cloudy

into the second half of the week. They will be some rain around and

the breeze will be picking up at times as well.

Our Breakfast summaries start at 6.25 in the morning

and a reminder that tomorrow evening's BBC Newsline is at

the later time of 7.35pm because of the coverage of World Cup football.

This is wrong. I'm not going to carry on as if nothing has happened.

If your friend was taken away... # Not giving in... #

I'm afraid there's not much we can do.

..how would you fight to get her back?

This is wrong. I'm not going to carry on as if nothing has happened.