24/07/2014 BBC Newsline

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A man who was shot in both legs in Londonderry was "shot by

The attack was carried out in a playpark in the mainly loyalist

The police have described it as horrific and barbaric

Here's our North-West reporter, Keiron Tourish.

The horror of the playpark shooting. Specialist cleaning equipment from

the deer we had to be brought in to remove blood from this mistake in

Waterside. Most of the footage graphic to be broadcast. -- is too

graphic to be broadcast. A local man who was 32 years

of age was shot in both legs just a few feet

from this playground around 11:30pm And it is understood he was made his

way to his home and was taken to hospital.

The DUP say there is speculation that the victim may have been told

in advance to turn up to be shot in this punishment-style attack.

The party says there can be no justification for it.

I think it's disgusting this happened here in a playpark.

This area has been relatively quiet over the last year, as has a lot

of loyalist areas, and I am really surprised and shocked that this has

happened, but to happen in a playpark, where you have children

The police say they have interviewed about them in hospital, where he has

undergone emergency surgery. The police say they have interviewed

about them in hospital, Detectives are keeping an open mind as to the

cause of the attack. It's a horrific attack,

a beautiful warm evening in Lincoln Courts last night,

this man was shot in each leg. Thankfully he is in hospital getting

medical treatment, but it was Police have issued an appeal

for information. They want to hear

from anyone who noticed any suspicious activity or witnessed

the shooting to get in touch. DUP Minister Nelson McCausland has

rejected a report which found he deliberately misled

a Stormont committee. The report by the Social Development

committee concluded the Minister had misled members over

meetings he had attended. Its investigation followed a

BBC Spotlight programme that examined allegations surrounding

public housing contracts. Here's our political

correspondent Gareth Gordon. The inquiry was launched after this

BBC Spotlight programme alleged political interference in the

running of the Housing Executive. It considered a meeting Nelson

McCausland held in April 2012 to discuss double glazing contracts. He

claimed it was with a trade body called the Glass and Glazing

Federation, but it was with a company called Turkington Holdings,

which has in the past backs the DUP. In the light of evidence to date,

and the discovery exercise in my department, I acknowledged I

inadvertently misinform the committee in this letter. Let me

assure you this was not in any way deliberate. This staff from

Turkington Holdings were at the staff -- were at the meeting but I

believed they were putting forward the interests of the Federation. But

the committee found that attempts the Minister made to remove

references to Turkington Holdings from the record were not

unintentional. This is the only place on these islands where a

minister can face these charges and remain in place. It is a serious

conclusion the committee has reached and there are questions that need to

be addressed by those remain -- by those named in this report. This DUP

committee member claims the inquiry is a witchhunt. I do not believe he

has done anything wrong other than hold meetings with a company which

is the result of those meetings, he saved millions of pounds for the

public purse, which means there is more money for other things like

housing, that is not a minister neglecting his duty but a minister

doing his duty. This month Mr McCausland wrote the committee

claiming the report was flawed and weak in its analysis and statement

of the facts, and which therefore it should not be published in its

current form. Nelson McCausland was not giving any interview today. This

inquiry is far from over. It begins again in September and will also be

debated in the Assembly. The committee intends to double the

number of evidence sessions in the autumn from one to two a week.

The Finance Minister has circulated a paper which proposes millions of

pounds in cuts across departments, except health and education.

The BBC understands the paper follows intense discussions

between the First and Deputy First Minister about how to deal with

quarterly spending plans, and tens of millions in financial pressures.

Sinn Fein says no deal has yet been agreed.

The party also said it had not changed its position that Treasury

fines over welfare reform are separate

Our political correspondent Martina Purdy has the details.

This is a budget paper and it takes unspent funds from the last quarter

and their racks them to areas where it is needed, so the will be some

good news for departments like the Department of Health, but the

downside is that there are huge spending commitments that they do

not have the money for, tens of millions of pounds, and the Finance

Minister has a headache around welfare reform penalties. They are

about ?87 million. Sinn Fein say they have not agreed to welfare cuts

and have not agreed these penalties should be part of this round. Other

parties say it is acknowledged that the welfare issue will have to be

dealt with in the next round, so there is still hope this paper will

go forward to an executive meeting early next week.

It's been another day of sunshine across Northern Ireland.

With temperatures hitting 27 degrees, it was the warmest day

BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson has been to the north coast to see how people

It's not Spain, it's not Portugal. It's not Brazil, its Northern

Ireland. The visitors who came here expecting rain rather than sunshine

couldn't quite believe it. It's lovely, really nice. Is it like this

all the time here? This is the first time I have been here in ten years

were it has been sunny. The weather is not normally like this, in

Cyprus. It is cooler here. This is Port Stewart. There are more people

around, they come out earlier in the morning and stay out later and it

helps ice cream sales a lot, especially takeaway ice creams, so

it is good for everyone. I love it but it is a bit too hot when you're

working but I am going on holiday on Saturday so I can sunbathe them. It

was so hot, no wonder so many people came to Portrush to try to cool

down. The water is pretty warm! It came to Portrush to try to cool

is not often you can say that about the north coast. When the weather is

so good, it is only right you make a song and dance about it, and here I

group from Britain's Got Talent performed. It was a spectacular day

all over Northern Ireland. Tomorrow could be even hotter. Let's hope

that is the case. The Northern Ireland Executive is

coming under pressure to make up a shortfall

in funding to turn Armagh's historic The jail's conversion

will cost ?25 million. But its owner, Armagh Council, is

fearful the project could be lost. The private development partner may

withdraw his ?11 million because Stormont departments will

not pledge more financial help. The reality is, there have been

question marks over the business case in the last year and if the

business case stacks up, I do not see white e-book cannot support

that, but until we see a buyable business case, because questions

have been asked by each department, so let see that and we will take it

from there. And the excitement has been at fever

pitch in Glasgow for the opening The world champion cyclist

Martyn Irvine was the flag bearer With a total of 116 athletes

from here competing in 14 different sports,

it's the biggest team from here ever The action all begins tomorrow,

and Northern Ireland has a lot of competitors to look out for

on day one. Could we get among the medals

and get off to a winning start in Glasgow?

Nial Foster looks ahead now. Done. Ray. Me. This team hope to

scale the heights tomorrow as they start Northern Ireland's quest for

silverware in Glasgow at the lawn bowls centre just hours after the

opening ceremony initials. In the Strathclyde country Park,

Londonderry to athlete Aileen Reid will find out if the long hours in

the C and road will pave the way for a medal. I know I can perform well

when I am at my best, so it is just about pressure from outside to do

well, I just do the best I can do. Sticking with the water, the charge

for glory is in the pool as the swimming gets under way and for the

first time Northern Ireland will be presented in netball. The ladies

face Malawi. Now, let's find out what the weather has in store for

us. It has been a scorcher of a day, the hottest day of the year so far,

and this will continue until the other week. It will freshen up over

the weekend and that will mean cooler nights. Tonight the heat is

not going anywhere, warm and muggy, dry for much of the night but a

little cloud bringing spots of rain towards the end of the night. There

may be Mr Unionists along parts of the east coast tomorrow but we are

expecting a good deal of hot and sunny weather. To begin with, one or

two genres in the west, otherwise increasing sunshine from the east of

the day goes on. Any mistiness across the Irish Sea Kosher does

appear that it will stay misty and foggy in parts of north-east

Scotland. There will also be showers in parts of Mayo, Sligo, Donegal,

and a few over south-west England but most places will have fine

weather, temperatures in the mid to high 20s. Temperatures in Northern

Ireland easily reached 24 degrees, hats in the north-west, and that may

spark off one or two thundery showers towards the end of the day.

For Friday, not much change, cooler towards the east coast, but

otherwise lots of sunshine, very warm and the risk of one or two

showers late in the day. On Saturday, a change of wind direction

so it will turn fresher. There will be showers around but still