:00:00. > 3:59:59at the papers over on the BBC News Channel, but now on BBC One it's
:00:00. > :00:00.time former Assistant Chief Constable
:00:00. > :00:10.says it's possible there was a cover-up of child sex abuse in the
:00:11. > :00:14.1970s by the intelligence services Alan McQuillan was speaking
:00:15. > :00:20.as pressure grows for the former Kincora Boys? home in
:00:21. > :00:26.East Belfast to be included in a UK Our political correspondent
:00:27. > :00:41.Martina Purdy reports. In 1980, the systematic sexual abuse
:00:42. > :00:44.of young boys in this hair care home was revealed and three men,
:00:45. > :00:52.including this man, William McGrath, were jailed. He was the housemaster
:00:53. > :00:58.who had also founded a far right loyalist organisations some years
:00:59. > :01:01.earlier. What made the revelations even more shocking were claims that
:01:02. > :01:06.the RUC has been told of the use several years earlier and has failed
:01:07. > :01:10.to act. Looking back, this former senior policeman thinks it is
:01:11. > :01:14.possible that the abuse of children was covered up in exchange for
:01:15. > :01:18.intelligence information. You have to remember the time that
:01:19. > :01:23.this was going on in Belfast. Effectively, law and order had
:01:24. > :01:26.broken down. There was undeclared martial law. The police had
:01:27. > :01:32.collapsed as an organisation and were trying to get back on their
:01:33. > :01:35.feet. The army were in the lead of security operations. There were lots
:01:36. > :01:42.of strange security operations around Belfast at that time. In that
:01:43. > :01:46.atmosphere, with the security forces and the government trying to get
:01:47. > :01:51.control of a massive amount of murder and mayhem, quite frankly,
:01:52. > :01:54.anything was possible. There are growing demands for the
:01:55. > :02:00.Home Office to include Kincora in a national enquiry into child sex
:02:01. > :02:01.Home Office to include Kincora in a The allegations there
:02:02. > :02:07.serious about prominent little figures, not just in Northern
:02:08. > :02:10.Ireland but also in Great Britain, who were
:02:11. > :02:16.Ireland but also in Great Britain, have written to the Secretary of
:02:17. > :02:19.State and tabled questions to the Home Secretary and I'm awaiting a
:02:20. > :02:23.response. Remit every MP at Westminster needs
:02:24. > :02:27.to put pressure on the government to ensure that Northern Ireland is and
:02:28. > :02:32.to put pressure on the government to Kincora in particular is included
:02:33. > :02:33.within that enquiry. This former boys home is already part of a
:02:34. > :02:38.historic enquiry into abuse boys home is already part of a
:02:39. > :02:39.appointed by the Deputy First Minister's office.
:02:40. > :02:42.That enquiry is not considered sufficient to answer the questions
:02:43. > :02:45.about politicians -- that sufficient to answer the questions
:02:46. > :02:47.politicians and journalists have posed for decades
:02:48. > :02:51.A former scout leader, GAA referee and part-time
:02:52. > :02:54.firefighter has been jailed for eleven years for abusing children.
:02:55. > :03:03.Patrick McQuillan from Moyle Avenue in Ballycastle was found guilty
:03:04. > :03:09.The 62 year old carried out the abuse while serving
:03:10. > :03:16.He was also placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life.
:03:17. > :03:19.Fourteen suspected paedophiles have been arrested here as part of a
:03:20. > :03:24.UK-wide operation targeting people accessing child abuse images online.
:03:25. > :03:29.The PSNI say two children were identified as being at risk.
:03:30. > :03:35.More than 650 suspects were arrested across the UK.
:03:36. > :03:38.The family of a young UDR soldier murdered
:03:39. > :03:41.near Castlederg 30 years ago say they've been left heartbroken after
:03:42. > :03:45.tributes marking the anniversary of her death were destroyed.
:03:46. > :03:49.20 year old Heather Kerrigan was killed alongside colleague
:03:50. > :03:52.and friend Norman McKinley when the IRA attacked their foot patrol.
:03:53. > :04:13.A broken poppy, the only visible families of the two soldiers killed
:04:14. > :04:16.in 1984. The tributes were vandalised after a service on Monday
:04:17. > :04:20.night marking the anniversary of their deaths will stop the family of
:04:21. > :04:23.Heather Kerrigan said their grief has been compounded by IRA graffiti
:04:24. > :04:33.Dort close to the scene of her murder. The PSNI had already taken
:04:34. > :04:40.the sign away which said IRA to, UDA none. This cross is all that is
:04:41. > :04:45.left. This is the spot where Heather Kerrigan and Norman McKinley were
:04:46. > :04:48.killed 30 years ago. There were 80 UDR soldiers on patrol that morning,
:04:49. > :04:54.including Heather's brother who was also injured. It's just as if it
:04:55. > :04:59.happened yesterday. It brings the whole thing back. I am very sad and
:05:00. > :05:04.depressed as to what is going on. We were starting to move on but when
:05:05. > :05:09.we see this here, it's going to plunge us back years.
:05:10. > :05:13.While the tributes are now gone, the family have a much loved daughter --
:05:14. > :05:15.the family of a much loved daughter and sister say her memory will
:05:16. > :05:19.always remain. Plans for
:05:20. > :05:21.a republican hunger strike parade in County Fermanagh have been described
:05:22. > :05:23.as highly insensitive by unionists. The parade in Derrylin,
:05:24. > :05:25.scheduled for the 3rd of August, commemorates the 1981 hunger strikes
:05:26. > :05:28.in which 10 republicans died. Unionists say families whose
:05:29. > :05:31.relatives were murdered by the IRA Sinn Fein say unionist sensitivities
:05:32. > :05:48.were considered in deciding where People need to understand the very
:05:49. > :05:51.high esteem in which the hunger strikers Bobby Sands Martin Hurston
:05:52. > :05:54.and the others are held in by our community. They need to respect
:05:55. > :05:58.that. We have had lectures from unionism, we are having lectures
:05:59. > :06:03.from unionism today about tolerance and respect. Well, there needs to be
:06:04. > :06:08.tolerance and respect given to Republicans as well. These people
:06:09. > :06:16.were terrorists and murderers. They were not law-abiding citizens. The
:06:17. > :06:19.way that those people -- I think that's the reality of it. These
:06:20. > :06:20.people are being glorified irrespective of what they did. They
:06:21. > :06:23.were murderers. Now tomorrow sees the start
:06:24. > :06:25.of the Open at Royal Liverpool. Northern Ireland?s three major
:06:26. > :06:27.champions Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell, and Darren Clarke
:06:28. > :06:29.will tee off in the morning. Stephen Watson is there for
:06:30. > :06:39.BBC Newsline. Playing in the world's biggest golf
:06:40. > :06:48.tournament is a serious business. Well, most of the time. Missed!
:06:49. > :06:51.Darren Clarke and three Michael Roy were relaxed during their early
:06:52. > :06:54.morning practice. There was a competitive match taking place
:06:55. > :06:58.between two of Northern Ireland's major champions, with Michael Roy
:06:59. > :07:10.taking the bragging rights on the last hole. Only ?20. It's not the
:07:11. > :07:14.cash, the amount is irrelevant. It's got to do with a youngster with all
:07:15. > :07:21.that money in the bank, getting 20 quid of my hard earned cash. Beating
:07:22. > :07:30.and open champion. He's too young to gloat. It was good. We did this in
:07:31. > :07:44.2011. We did. That worked out well for one of us. It's him this time.
:07:45. > :07:49.Whenever I was first out on tour, I was testing myself and try to better
:07:50. > :07:56.myself. We had a good game, a good bit of fun. Who is the smart money
:07:57. > :08:00.on for The Open? Perhaps, don't bet against another winner from Northern
:08:01. > :08:01.Ireland. All three of our major champions are upbeat about their
:08:02. > :08:06.chances of another major moments. Staff at Belfast Zoo have announced
:08:07. > :08:08.more details about a new arrival The baby was born four months ago
:08:09. > :08:13.but the mother was so protective of it keepers have only just found
:08:14. > :08:15.out it's a girl. Kee-bee-bee - which means little
:08:16. > :08:18.lady in Swahili - is the second Now with the weather forecast
:08:19. > :08:32.here's Cecilia Daly. Good evening. The forecast is set to
:08:33. > :08:37.get warm and humid over the next couple of days. Tonight, by
:08:38. > :08:43.comparison, will be fairly fresh. Lots of dry weather around, maybe
:08:44. > :08:47.one or two showers lingering. There will be some sunshine to start with
:08:48. > :08:52.tomorrow. A lot of fine and warm weather around through Thursday. A
:08:53. > :08:58.pretty good day for heading to the beach. The maybe one or two showers
:08:59. > :09:01.early in the morning but they will be extremely isolated. Otherwise,
:09:02. > :09:05.increasing amounts of sunshine developing as the day goes on. A
:09:06. > :09:08.ridge of high pressure over us tomorrow, so both Britain and the
:09:09. > :09:13.Republic of Ireland will have a lot of fine, warm and sunny weather.
:09:14. > :09:16.Average is reaching the high 20s across London and the south-east.
:09:17. > :09:19.Very high temperatures for part of the Republic of Ireland.
:09:20. > :09:24.Increasingly warm and muddy as the day goes on. Some cool, fresh
:09:25. > :09:29.weather left over at the north-east of Scotland. Later in the day, mist
:09:30. > :09:35.and low cloud may develop across the Irish Sea. Some of that may drift
:09:36. > :09:39.onto parts of the County Down coast. Otherwise, the highest temperatures
:09:40. > :09:44.over Fermanagh and Tyrone, possibly up to 24 degrees. On Friday, the
:09:45. > :09:47.humidity is there with boundary showers in places. Also some sunny
:09:48. > :09:53.gaps and when the sun comes out, temperatures will reach the low 20s.
:09:54. > :09:55.It will be a sticky feel to the day. That boundary weather should move
:09:56. > :09:59.away from us on Friday night, leaving warm and dry conditions.
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