30/07/2014 BBC Newsline

marketplace in Gaza. That is all from the BBC News

and a crowded marketplace in Gaza. That is it

Dissident republicans shoot at a police patrol car in Londonderry.

We are lucky we are not dealing with injuries because to fire shots

enabled top area is a mindless and reckless act. -- in a built-up area.

We investigate why hate crime is on the rise in Northern Ireland.

With a decision on children's heart services pending, one parent says

Life in the slow lane - plans to reduce the speed limit

The remarkable story of the family buried at Milltown Cemetery. The

father was in the British Army, the sun in the IRA. I'm in Portamagee in

County Kerry where they are filming for the new Star Wars film.

Our boxers take Northern Ireland's overall medal tally

We'll hear from today's winners in the ring.

And this time last week was the start of our mini heatwave.

We'll not be breaking any temperature records over

A completely reckless act - that's how the police are describing

a gun attack on one of their patrols in Londonderry.

Two shots were fired at the driver's side

The attack happened in the Bogside in the early hours

of yesterday morning, but details have only just emerged.

Dissident republicans are being blamed.

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

The police say the three officers targeted were in a four-by-four

vehicle and on a routine patrol when two shots were fired at them.

The shots hit the driver's window as they were passing this junction

The officers suspected something had struck the silver-coloured vehicle,

similiar to this one which was filmed

during a recent security alert, and immediately returned to base.

To fire shots in any built-up area is a mindless and reckless act,

regardless of anyone using a gun in a built up area is in the lap of the

gods and if they missed, we could have had a passing vehicle or a

pedestrian or a house head, and I would condemn them mindless actions

of those behind this attack. Politicians were scathing

in their condemnation. The people who carried out this

attack have no regard for their community, or for

the future we are trying to build. They have no place in today's

society. The people of Londonderry are tied on this incident and

putting anyone's life at risk, and especially those who are out to

protect communities to be attacked is disgusting. The police suspect is

that Republicans are behind this at attack but say they will not be

deflected from providing the type of service they say the committee

deserves. A 32-year-old woman's been charged

with terrorism offences for allegedly trying to identify

people currently under the The offences are said to have taken

place while the woman worked for the The woman is accused

of collecting information likely to be useful to terrorists,

and misconduct in public office. She was arrested in Belfast

on Monday and is to appear Community workers got together

in East Belfast today to assess the impact of Monday night's spate

of racist attacks in the area. The police are investigating eight

incidents of hate crime, where homes and cars were damaged and racist

graffiti painted on walls in the streets off Bloomfield Avenue.

Ciara Riddell reports. The patch-up job on

the Slovakian family car As those affected were recovering

today, community workers here were doing

their best to offer reassurance. The families were obviously

frightened after what happened. They do not all want to move on, they had

been living here for a while and are happy here so we would support them

to stay on. In the nearby Skainos centre,

a racism conference and a chance to The talk of who was responsible, but

also how to move forward positively. Let's make sure everyone knows that

within the systems we have in Northern Ireland, the Housing

Executive, health and education, they are fair and are not being

usurped by ethnic minorities or anyone, everyone is playing by the

same rules. The police said today this was clearly orchestrated. Were

paramilitaries from the loyalist community involved? Absolutely not,

I have been speaking to young people in the last four weeks and

categorically not. The police say they're doing

everything they can to catch whoever is responsible, but this problem

isn't confined to East Belfast. Racist incidents right across

Northern Ireland are on the rise. If we look at the figures from 2013,

they show that from April to July But when we compare that with

the same period this year, there've been 337 cases according to

the police figures. That means year

on year there's been an increase If you weren't living in East

Belfast as a young male, you can look out and know this was once a

mighty community. For some people do simple explanation is that it is to

do with immigration, it is a wrong answer but it is the one that

motivates people. Whatever the reason,

those who work closely with immigrants say attacks like these

are frightening and unsettling. For many of us, this is our home and

we want to live and work here and raise our families, so there is no

option of going somewhere else. We need politicians to stand behind --

beside the victims. There was talk in the community of ways to deal

with hate crime, but as talk went on publicly, behind closed doors the

families were still coming to terms with their trauma.

Meanwhile, an overnight attack on a Catholic church in Dungannon

Graffiti was daubed on the door and the sandstone wall at the front

of the Church of St Patrick on Killyman Road in the town.

The BBC has learned there's been a further delay into the review

of children's heart services in Belfast.

The report was expected at the start of this month, but health officials

A County Down mother, whose daughter is having to travel

to Birmingham for heart surgery, says she's angry and frustrated that

Our health Correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly reports.

Only this morning, Joanne Black received word that her daughter's

heart surgery will take based in Birmingham next week. They were due

to fly it a few days ago but the operation was cancelled at the last

minute. The day we were to travel, we find out at 9am there was no bed

available and surgery would be cancelled for the next day. We then

were given a new date, which is next Wednesday. Meyer, who is now six,

was born with a congenital heart defect. So far all surgery has taken

place in Belfast. Her family hoped this would continue that with the

outcome of children's heart services still unresolved they are left with

no option but to travel to England. It is frustrating, upsetting and

leaves you wondering what can I do? We have seen her slowly go downhill.

She is very blue, she gets breathless, she feels the cold more

than other children, their quality of life would be poor compared to

children of her own age. So what is happening? In January the Health

Minister appointed an international team of experts led by a Boston

specialist to explore how Northern Ireland can deliver a dual network

cardiac service between Dublin and Belfast. In May Edwin Poots and

thence a reprieve for the local children service. It emerged an

interim plan would be in place for surgeons from our Lady 's Hospital

in Dublin to travel to Belfast to prevent children having to go to

England. Despite those good intentions, in the past year seven

children from Northern Ireland have travelled to Dublin for cardiac

surgery, grabbed the number of children travelling to England was

96. We have been supporting in the region of ten families a week to

have to travel for England for a surgery, financially and

emotionally, and it has been very busy for the charity. The minister

says he understands parents want a prompt decision but the outcome of

the review is now expected in the near future. And we will keep across

that story for you. The new

Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan says he wants to

see a resumption of all-party talks Mr Flanagan met the Secretary

of State for the first time He said that while trouble had been

avoided on the Twelfth of July, the issues around parading still

need to be resolved. I am concerned that the level of

tension in July was such, albeit a relieved, that the major parades

passed off without major incident and I would like to acknowledge the

contribution of political leaders across-the-board in that regard but

I believe it is imperative that the all-party talks at leader level be

reconvened at the earliest opportunity.

Now, in rush hour it's hard to move through Belfast city centre

at anything more than a crawl, but now there's a proposal to slash

The Department responsible for roads has published plans

for a reduction in the limit around the city centre from 30mph to 20.

Watching the cars fly by. Look at this car here. That car there would

be doing just over 30 mph. That one is quite speedy. He is getting speed

up so we are trying to create a calmer city centre. The benefits are

to create a more pleasant place to shop and live and socialise, with

very little disadvantage to motorists. I am just standing

watching the traffic go by. It has stopped, no one is doing any speed,

and they are planning to set a 20 mph speed limit through Belfast city

centre. Do you think you could handle that? Through the city

centre, it is a built-up area and I would not say no to it. You don't

get a chance to go fast around the city centre, there are so many

traffic lights, coming up me straight to

traffic lights, coming up me Street, you have nine sets of

traffic lights. -- Howard Street. The committee voted against bus lane

enforcement but could this be limit be in Fort? At the minute there is

nothing going on with police, it is hard to police anything in Belfast.

You are ladies who like to lunch. Now and again. Would you like to see

the speed limit brought down to 20? Perhaps in certain areas near

schools. Not in general. What about the city centre? I don't think so.

There are plenty of pedestrian crossings. They have had their say.

It is now up to you. You have 22 days to decide if you want that 20

mph speed limit. It's been discovered that Milltown

Cemetery in Belfast contains the graves of a highly unusual

father and son - one was a British Patrick and Joe McKelvey both died

shortly after the First World War. But they are not buried together.

They're 30 graves apart. It's a story which goes against the

grain of Irish history. Patrick McKelvey was a

grain of Irish history. Patrick British Army. He was buried in

Milltown cemetery just after the First World War, a short distance

from the republican plot, where his son was buried at just five years

later. Job McKelvey was in the IRA. The family connection was discovered

by the former Sinn Fein Lord Mayor, Tom Hartley, during research for a

book on the cemetery. For me it is a lesson I keep finding again and

again, that is the complex nature of our island story. There is no one

who says this is the story of Ireland. It tells me that we have a

complex and layered history, so we must be the only cemetery in

All-Ireland where a father is buried in a British war grave and the sun

is buried in the republican plot. Exactly what Patrick McKelvey did in

the army is not clear, but it is known his son was very active in the

IRA. In 1922, Joe was a republican leader who entered the forecourts,

in Dublin at the beginning of the iris Civil War. He was captured

there and imprisoned in Mountjoy. He was later executed and although he

was not buried beside his father, that is not the whole story. Joe was

an only child and I think he was close to his family and you can see

that when you see he was at his father's bedside when he died.

Milltown cemetery opened almost 150 years ago, in 1869. Since then more

than 150,000 people have been buried here, including many father and son

pairings, but none quite like Patrick and Joe McElderry from West

Belfast. -- Joe McElderry. -- McKelvey.

Now to a galaxy far, far away - or Skellig Michael island,

Scenes for the new Stars Wars movie are

There's excitement from tourists there, but also fears

Our reporter Andy West is in the nearby fishing village

of Portamagee in Kerry and has just sent this report.

Straining to get a glimpse of a film set far, far away, but an Irish Navy

ship patrolling Skellig Michael is making sure no one can get closer.

In 1977I was six years old, so I had the pyjamas and a lunchbox and

everything Star Wars so it is a big thing. It is misty today, although

it looks good, but I see something like a warship there. I cannot see

anything. It is the one on the right. Down at the harbour in

Portamagee on the mainland, the crew have been shifting mysterious boxes

and gadgets onto boats to be taken to the set. Security is tight. I'm

from the BBC, we want a sneaky peak at the film. Can I get on one of the

boats? No, no chance. Word in Portamagee is that Mark Hamill, the

original Luke skywalker, was smuggled on yesterday. Everything

was kept tight-lipped but the cat is out of the bag, and it is good for

South Kerry. No one knew about it until it came around, so we are in

joint more tourism around. Not everyone is excited about Star Wars

touching down on Skellig Michael. Conservationists say the filming

poses a risk to the island's Potton population, who are in the middle of

the mating season, but the Irish Film Board say they timed the

filming of the Saints specifically not to disrupt any puff and remarks.

According to a local trader, this scene they are shooting is one

minute long. We will have to wait far longer to find out what is

really going on over there. The film is not out until next year. Last

night the timing of the scene. Northern Ireland's boxers are

on course for their best ever performance

at the Commonwealth Games. We'll be getting the latest

from Glasgow in a moment. But first, some

of the team have already returned Lisa Kearney was the first member

of Team NI to be placed, picking up a bronze in the judo,

and she's with me now. First of all, let's get a look at

the middle. You must be very pleased -- at the medal. To pick up the

first medal 14 Northern Ireland pretty special and to get the team

of two start is a good start. There have been a lot of ups and

downs in my career and I had an unfortunate amount of injuries, so

to overcome those and get a championship medal, and judo's first

medal since Lisa Bradley 12 years ago was pretty special. When it

comes to the sport, how did you get into it, what appealed about judo? I

joined because my friends in school joined, when I was eight. My coach

runs judo schools and clubs in schools across Northern Ireland, so

I joined because my friends did and I loved it. When were you aware you

had a special talent and you would go on to great things? As a junior

athlete, alongside my studying I was training seriously and doing well on

the junior world circuit, and around that time I knew this was what I

wanted to do with my life, and when I left school ID sided then I wanted

to move to Edinburgh and train full-time. -- I decided. What is the

atmosphere like? Is there a good banter in team Nite? There is a good

atmosphere, it is buzzing and everyone is really excited. Lisa,

thank you for coming in. Now we head to Glasgow,

where Northern Ireland's boxing team Cannot stop winning medals. Thank

you. Our boxers have now secured

at least six bronze medals. That equals Northern Ireland?s

biggest haul back in 1986. They will now go on to try

and win gold. Our success

in the ring now takes the overall And there are three more fighters

in the ring tonight with a shot at a medal,

including captain Paddy Barnes. Introducing, in the red corner,

for the boxing team. Introducing, in the red corner,

Michael Conlan. Another day in the boxing ring and more are guaranteed

medals for Northern Ireland. Michael Conlan made boxing for a

Commonwealth medal look easy. The 22-year-old and weight showed a

masterclass in defence to plot his way past his Ugandan opponent. That

was just nice and handy and he was awkward but he was not doing

anything to win, so I am happy with the win. The winner by unanimous

decision... Michael Conlan's when laid down a marker for Northern

Irish boxers this afternoon, but Michaela Walsh rose to the

challenge. She is staying out of trouble, comes forward with a

beautiful combination of shots. They created Commonwealth history for

Northern Ireland. It confirmed her as a medallist and the first one

there has ever been in the 20 year history of the Commonwealth Games. I

believe I can go all the way, they aim for performance every time, I

form to the best of my ability and I could hear my coaches. If the

21-year-old progresses to the final, she could face Olympic champion

Michael Adams. She is the golden girl, but I want to be the new old

girl. I am in there for one colour and one colour only. And

girl. I am in there for one colour one, it was finally Alanna

Audley-Murphy's time to shine in the ring, and the Belfast lightweight

had to dig deep to create history of her own by securing Northern

Ireland's 50th Commonwealth medal. Representing Northern Ireland,

Alanna Audley-Murphy! I've been boxing a long time, back

Alanna Audley-Murphy! I've been a little girl and I just need to

keep up the good work a little girl and I just need to

well. I have the first one over so I will settle into the competition

nicely and looking Ford to Friday. Last night, Joe Fitzpatrick kept the

semifinal going after defeating bronze medallist from Delhi. Sean

Duffy put on a display and was a ward unanimous victory, and Sean

McGlinchey made it a hat tricks ward unanimous victory, and Sean

winds in the ring -- of winds in the ring as the boxing team flexed its

muscles. Paddy Barnes is in the ring at 7pm.

The fight will be live on BBC, Conor Coyle. We will have a special

report on our late bulletin. Elsewhere, lawn bowls has produced

one silver at these games already. Martin McHugh has booked a spot in

tomorrow's quarterfinals, as have On the track at Hampden Park,

20-year-old Leon Reid qualified for tomorrow's semifinals

of the men's 200 metres. But the performance

of the morning was by Katie Kirk, who was second in her heat to reach

the semifinals of the 800 metres. And in the men's wrestling,

Hugh McCloskey, in red here, He had a shot at bronze,

but sadly was beaten And in the netball, Northern Ireland

faced host Scotland in a bid I can tell you, they have just one

37-32, excellent win for them. -- they have just one. -- they have

one. Away from the games, and some of

the world's best young footballers are on the North Coast of Northern

Ireland for the Milk Cup tournament. It's a chance

for local teams to take on some The under 17 is from our map might

have expected the worst from Ballymoney, but they held their own

on a night when Manchester United were a little off the boil. But when

they did fire, they did so in style. And after another miscue, the red

made it too. As our map tired, they conceded late on, but it was a brave

performance and an experience to remember. The lads were picked from

about 60 players, united were picked from all over the world, so we are

happy. Our map take on another English giant this afternoon in

Coleraine. Two defeats, but a special two days for Armagh. We will

have more from the Milk Cup and the Commonwealth Games live from Glasgow

tonight. Thank you, Stephen, it sounds like it will get better and

better in Glasgow, something we cannot say about the weather. No, it

is looking mixed and unsettled in the next few days. This is how it

looked in Craigavon and are go, heavy showers too much of the

Southeast and I suspect tomorrow a lot of us will be running for cover

because there will be heavy downpours around. That mix of clear

spells and showers tonight, from tomorrow a club of heavy showers

will move in from the west and most of us can expect at least one sharp

downpour. The showers will quickly become widespread with thunder and

lightning through the morning, you can see where the heaviest showers

are but they are not on for the whole day and there will be an

improvement from the north west in the second half of the afternoon.

Drier and brighter skies developed in the mid-afternoon, not as breezy

today so when the sun eventually pops out temperatures will reach 20

degrees, and you can see the last of that intent area of thundery showers

leaving parts of County Down for Armagh in the middle of the

afternoon. Not a bad end to the day tomorrow. On Friday there will again

be a mix of sunshine and showers, we have another weather picture

tonight, this fantastic parent captured in Dundrum. Friday this mix

of sunshine and showers again still some sharp ones around and then on

Friday this area of low pressure could bring some heavy rain and

strong winds through Friday night and into Saturday before it all

moves away on Sunday. It looks like the best dry weather on Saturday

will be in the west, improving everywhere on Sunday. Join me for

our late summary at 10:25pm.