19/08/2014

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:00:10. > :00:12.A man from Limavady is being questioned

:00:13. > :00:14.over the suspected manslaughter of an illegal immigrant found

:00:15. > :00:19.The 34-year-old was stopped and arrested as he drove along the main

:00:20. > :00:35.It was just after midday that the police stopped a vehicle here on

:00:36. > :00:42.this busy dual carriageway near Banbridge. A 34-year-old man from

:00:43. > :00:44.Limavady was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and conspiracy to

:00:45. > :00:50.facilitate the of manslaughter and conspiracy to

:00:51. > :00:54.people into the UK. The PSNI operation is linked to last

:00:55. > :00:59.Saturday's discovery that 35 men women and children from Afghanistan

:01:00. > :01:03.have been in container at Tilbury Docks in Essex. It had been shipped

:01:04. > :01:06.over from Belgium. One others been trafficked, a 40-year-old Sikh

:01:07. > :01:10.over from Belgium. One others been died before he was rescued. The

:01:11. > :01:13.surviving victims, including a one-year-old child, have all been

:01:14. > :01:17.released into the care of Home Office officials after undergoing

:01:18. > :01:24.medical checks. Meanwhile, the suspect is being held while his home

:01:25. > :01:27.in Limavady is being searched. Detectives from SX are flown to

:01:28. > :01:29.Northern Ireland to take the man to England for further questioning

:01:30. > :01:32.about the human trafficking operation. -- Essex.

:01:33. > :01:35.In a separate case, two men have been in court charged with a series

:01:36. > :01:39.The men - both originally from Romania - were arrested during

:01:40. > :01:41.a police investigation into labour exploitation in County Armagh.

:01:42. > :01:49.Eunan McConville was in Lisburn Magistrates' Court.

:01:50. > :01:59.The two accused include a 31-year-old with an address in

:02:00. > :02:05.Hanover Street in Portadown and a 23-year-old from Charles Street,

:02:06. > :02:09.also in Portadown. Altogether, they face more than 50 charges. Each

:02:10. > :02:17.faces 12 charges of trafficking people, 12 charges of forced labour,

:02:18. > :02:20.and each faces one charge of being an unlicensed gang master. One of

:02:21. > :02:24.faces a further charge of money-laundering. It's understood

:02:25. > :02:29.the charges relate to police searchers -- researchers into

:02:30. > :02:33.bullies County Armagh. These 20 potential victims of human were

:02:34. > :02:37.rescued. The victims were all remaining, and include men and women

:02:38. > :02:42.between the ages of 20 and 48. The court hearing was held up

:02:43. > :02:45.temporarily because of an issue over a Romanian translator. During the

:02:46. > :02:49.brief proceedings, a detective constable told the court he believed

:02:50. > :02:52.he could connect both men to the charges. The policeman also

:02:53. > :02:58.confident to the court that the police investigation was still

:02:59. > :03:02.ongoing. A lawyer for one defendant asked the detective constable of his

:03:03. > :03:06.client had given the police of the lines of enquiry which could point

:03:07. > :03:09.away from his guilt. The police officer told the court that the

:03:10. > :03:16.defendant in question had made certain allegations to the police.

:03:17. > :03:19.At one point, the defendant rose to tell the court, through the

:03:20. > :03:23.translator, that he and his co-accused denied all the charges

:03:24. > :03:27.that were being put before them. Both men were remanded in custody

:03:28. > :03:29.and will appear later in the month via video link.

:03:30. > :03:33.And the issue of human trafficking, and, in particular, forced labour,

:03:34. > :03:35.will be discussed on Good Morning Ulster tomorrow morning.

:03:36. > :03:43.A judge is due to rule tomorrow on whether the Real IRA leader Michael

:03:44. > :03:47.McKevitt should be released early from a 20-year prison sentence.

:03:48. > :03:51.In 2003, McKevitt became the first person in Ireland to be convicted on

:03:52. > :03:55.a charge of directing terrorism, and of being a member of the Real IRA.

:03:56. > :03:59.His lawyers told the High Court in Dublin that he is entitled to

:04:00. > :04:04.early release for good behaviour in Portlaoise jail.

:04:05. > :04:06.The application was opposed by lawyers for the Irish Minister

:04:07. > :04:12.The Bank of Scotland has been strongly criticised by a High Court

:04:13. > :04:15.judge for wrongly double-billing customers here who had fallen

:04:16. > :04:20.The bank is a major lender through the Halifax brand.

:04:21. > :04:24.Borrowers had arrears added to their total mortgage loan.

:04:25. > :04:27.The judge said it was wrong for the bank to then still pursue

:04:28. > :04:32.The judgement has been welcomed by the Housing Rights Service,

:04:33. > :04:46.Well the Bank of Scotland are a leading lender in Northern Ireland.

:04:47. > :04:51.They actually over a quarter of all actions that went before the courts.

:04:52. > :04:56.Therefore, it it has impacted on number of borrowers. The court has

:04:57. > :05:00.described it as unconscionable and in their review, it has been unfair

:05:01. > :05:05.in the sense that it has made borrowers much more likely to lose

:05:06. > :05:06.their home unnecessarily. Nationalist

:05:07. > :05:07.and Unionist politicians have been paying tribute to the former

:05:08. > :05:09.Environment Minister Sam Foster, An Ulster Unionist, Mr Foster held

:05:10. > :05:15.senior positions both at Stormont He also served as a major

:05:16. > :05:19.in the Ulster Defence Regiment. In 1987 he was on the scene

:05:20. > :05:33.of the IRA's Enniskillen Remembrance He helped take survivors out of the

:05:34. > :05:38.rubble and I have to say, I think it had a huge influence, a huge impact

:05:39. > :05:41.upon him. I think it drove him towards finding a peaceful

:05:42. > :05:44.resolution to Northern Ireland, particularly for the people of

:05:45. > :05:45.Northern Ireland he did genuinely want that. I think I was borne out

:05:46. > :05:47.in the years ahead. Now, a mining company searching

:05:48. > :05:49.for gold in the hills of County The Canadian firm,

:05:50. > :05:53.Dalradian Resources, controls the mineral rights to

:05:54. > :05:56.a gold deposit near the village of Gordin, where it hopes to open

:05:57. > :05:59.Northern Ireland's first underground Here's our south-west

:06:00. > :06:15.reporter Julian Fowler. People have panned for gold here for

:06:16. > :06:19.centuries. They had a dream of finding a fortune. For the last four

:06:20. > :06:25.years, resource-macro has been collecting rock samples but it has

:06:26. > :06:32.discovered the gold deposit seven times bigger than was originally

:06:33. > :06:37.thought. Read macro -- this is for's gold. But hidden inside is the

:06:38. > :06:42.highest gold quarter deposit to be found anywhere in the world. we have

:06:43. > :06:45.shown that it is in the top ten of undeveloped gold deposit in the

:06:46. > :06:50.world. It has been independently verified. We have not found the

:06:51. > :06:54.depth yet, we have drilled down 1.2 kilometres and have still not found

:06:55. > :07:01.at the bottom. What we have shown in our economic studies is that a

:07:02. > :07:05.ounces the year is just the tip of the iceberg. Resource-macro has

:07:06. > :07:12.already investigated that are invested 35mm pounds and a potential

:07:13. > :07:24.rewards are huge. At current gold prices, dull radian could make ?43

:07:25. > :07:29.million a year. -- resource-macro. They hope to employ 300 people. With

:07:30. > :07:33.the support of Invest NI, it is recruiting staff and training local

:07:34. > :07:36.workers. I have been very pleased to hear about the ongoing work with the

:07:37. > :07:42.Southwest College to develop courses in relation to underground mining

:07:43. > :07:46.and a linkup has been made with colleges in Canada, too. So we are

:07:47. > :07:51.internationalising mining and bringing expertise here to Northern

:07:52. > :07:55.Ireland. It is new, but will help the economy. The company plans to

:07:56. > :08:00.use explosives to extract the gold - rich rock. Over the next year and a

:08:01. > :08:01.half, it will have to complete environmental impact assessments

:08:02. > :08:15.Northern Ireland have announced a new four-year contract to host

:08:16. > :08:18.Ulster Rugby's matches live on television and radio and online. The

:08:19. > :08:20.agreement, with the Celtic league, is part of a multi-broadcaster deal

:08:21. > :08:21.which will start this coming season. Now for a look at the weather,

:08:22. > :08:36.here's Barra Best. Speed macro towns and cities should

:08:37. > :08:40.manage to stay about seven or 8 degrees, but in the countryside,

:08:41. > :08:44.temperatures will dip to four or five. So put on the heating tonight.

:08:45. > :08:48.Tomorrow is almost like a mirror image of today. There will be one or

:08:49. > :08:53.two showers around, but also plenty of dry, bright weather and some

:08:54. > :08:57.decent spells of sunshine. In fact, the showers will be so well spaced

:08:58. > :09:01.that not everyone will get one. Especially towards the south-east of

:09:02. > :09:05.a County Down, many places they nicely dry. Elsewhere, not a bad day

:09:06. > :09:09.across much of the UK and Ireland, a fair amount of cloud on in Scotland

:09:10. > :09:13.and one of two showers here. Breezy along the east Coast. Fairly dry and

:09:14. > :09:17.bright across much of England and Wales and a similar picture across

:09:18. > :09:20.Ireland. One or two showers continuing into the afternoon. And

:09:21. > :09:22.for us all tomorrow, two bridges below average for the time of year.

:09:23. > :09:27.Tomorrow afternoon, there will be below average for the time of year.

:09:28. > :09:33.the odd isolated shower, one of two could be Heather but should clear

:09:34. > :09:38.quickly. -- be heavy. Not that much better further south. It won't be as

:09:39. > :09:42.cold tomorrow night, temperatures should stay in double figures, but

:09:43. > :09:44.it will be fairly unsettled on Thursday, probably the most

:09:45. > :09:49.unsettled day of the week. Some spots of rain and scattered showers,

:09:50. > :09:51.hopefully clearing by evening time, temperatures of 14 or 15 degrees.

:09:52. > :09:54.Once we get rid of the showers, it Once we get rid of the showers,

:09:55. > :09:56.improves on Friday and Saturday, lots of dry weather, but the odd

:09:57. > :09:57.shower is in the forecast. You can keep up to date with

:09:58. > :10:00.News Online and follow this The stars of the summer

:10:01. > :10:14.are back on UK soil