:00:00. > :00:19.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline:
:00:20. > :00:22.new searches for one of the Disappeared are to begin
:00:23. > :00:34.15 years have passed and a lot of different emotions within the family
:00:35. > :00:46.have happened so hopefully this time we will be successful.
:00:47. > :00:49.A senior forensic scientist says young people here are dying horrible
:00:50. > :00:56.If Scotland goes independent, what price will businesses here have
:00:57. > :01:00.He went to school here but tonight Van Morrison says
:01:01. > :01:16.Ulster's rugby season is beginning, we look ahead to the match tonight.
:01:17. > :01:20.Cloudy on Sunday and the chance of rain on Monday.
:01:21. > :01:26.A real mixed bag for the holiday weekend.
:01:27. > :01:30.New information has led to fresh efforts to find the body of one
:01:31. > :01:36.A specialist forensic team is preparing to examine part
:01:37. > :01:40.of a bog in County Meath for the remains of Brendan Megraw.
:01:41. > :01:43.It will be the fourth attempt in four years but investigators
:01:44. > :01:53.hope this new information they are acting on will prove accurate.
:01:54. > :02:02.Brendan Megraw was 23 and a newlywed when he was abducted near his home
:02:03. > :02:10.and killed in 1978 by the IRA. His wife was pregnant with their first
:02:11. > :02:14.child. Years of silence followed. Finally in 1999 the IRA admitted the
:02:15. > :02:19.murder and named an area in County Meath where they claimed to have
:02:20. > :02:23.buried Brendan. Since then, three separate searches have taken place
:02:24. > :02:27.there will stop the first one lasting more than one month. Nothing
:02:28. > :02:33.was found. Recently, in 2010, another search ended, again in
:02:34. > :02:39.disappointment. It has left family wary of getting too optimistic. You
:02:40. > :02:44.don't want to get ahead of yourself, hopeful that it will get
:02:45. > :02:49.worked out but we have had three diggs before and especially the
:02:50. > :03:01.first one which lasted a long time, maybe four or five weeks. It is
:03:02. > :03:04.mixed emotions. The Independent commission for the location of the
:03:05. > :03:10.Thames remains says the information they had received involves an area
:03:11. > :03:13.adjacent to land already searched. It is a terrible time for the
:03:14. > :03:18.families and even more disturbing when we undertake these searches and
:03:19. > :03:22.draw a blank. I don't want to raise hopes unnecessarily but we would
:03:23. > :03:26.like to think that what we have is significant and that it will lead to
:03:27. > :03:31.a successful outcome on this occasion. 16 people were kidnapped
:03:32. > :03:37.and killed in secret by republican paramilitaries, the last in 1985.
:03:38. > :03:42.Nine bodies have been recovered so far. Seven families are still
:03:43. > :03:48.waiting. You go on with your faith and that keeps you going and also,
:03:49. > :03:53.the families within the grip, that is very important. Even the ones
:03:54. > :03:58.whose bodies have been found, they continue to give support and that is
:03:59. > :04:02.an important part of it. Forensic archaeologists are due to begin a
:04:03. > :04:06.survey of the land within days using ground penetrating radar. If they
:04:07. > :04:11.find anything beneath the surface, only then will a dig begin.
:04:12. > :04:14.A third man has been arrested in connection with a shooting in
:04:15. > :04:20.Two other men, both arrested yesterday, remain in police custody.
:04:21. > :04:22.The shooting happened at Wallasey Park.
:04:23. > :04:26.A 44-year-old was shot in the right thigh after he got out of a car.
:04:27. > :04:28.It is believed to be connected to an ongoing feud
:04:29. > :04:32.The three men in police custody were arrested
:04:33. > :04:39.Young people are dying horrible deaths from taking multiple drugs,
:04:40. > :04:42.according to a senior member of the forensic service here.
:04:43. > :04:45.20 people have died in the last year from drugs known
:04:46. > :04:51.Many more have died from taking a cocktail of other substances.
:04:52. > :04:53.One forensics scientist says it is time
:04:54. > :04:57.for an anti-drugs campaign along the lines of road safety adverts.
:04:58. > :05:09.Tara Mills has been to the forensics laboratory in Carrickfergus.
:05:10. > :05:15.State-of-the-art equipment detecting drugs which have killed more than
:05:16. > :05:19.100 people here in the last year. 20 of those are connected to drugs
:05:20. > :05:23.known as speckled cherries which contained the compound 44 D Mark,
:05:24. > :05:28.any substance that has only killed people here and in Hungary. These
:05:29. > :05:36.drugs are not manufactured in any clinical fashion. We would refer to
:05:37. > :05:43.them being made in garages. There is no testing for analysis so nobody
:05:44. > :05:49.knows what the effects are. This is what we would, branded products. It
:05:50. > :05:54.is this lady is job to record what substances are detected in the
:05:55. > :05:59.report carried out after a death. So call your highs have presented the
:06:00. > :06:02.biggest challenges. We don't know what is in these compounds and that
:06:03. > :06:05.is what people have to remember. They may have taken one before and
:06:06. > :06:10.they might think they will get the desired effect but if you take it
:06:11. > :06:14.again, it might not be the same. The packaging, the components are not
:06:15. > :06:20.consistent. Therefore they are not safe. You will see on the
:06:21. > :06:29.ingredients, the ingredients means nothing. That is quite cynical, an
:06:30. > :06:35.energy drink? Some will say, not fit for human consumption. All this is
:06:36. > :06:41.available on the street and on the Internet but it is not presented in
:06:42. > :06:44.this manner, people will get it in a plastic bag so we need to
:06:45. > :06:51.this manner, people will get it in a whether it is cannabis or something
:06:52. > :06:58.else. You are always having to step -- stay one step ahead. Convulsions,
:06:59. > :07:01.else. You are always having to step induced by these drugs, leading to
:07:02. > :07:05.calls for more public warnings. We have had some horrific deaths are
:07:06. > :07:09.people have killed themselves after taking these drugs because they have
:07:10. > :07:12.had such a horrible effect. Generally, we need to be more
:07:13. > :07:15.had such a horrible effect. stark. I know we have a good
:07:16. > :07:19.drink-driving campaign, maybe there needs to be more of that sort of
:07:20. > :07:23.attack in terms of the needs to be more of that sort of
:07:24. > :07:28.perception of drugs. Police have made 11 arrests so far in this
:07:29. > :07:30.investigation. The police say work is continuing to identify the supply
:07:31. > :07:36.A Donegal man who died after recently returning from Africa
:07:37. > :07:43.Health authorities today confirmed that tests on the body of
:07:44. > :07:48.The engineer, who was in his 40s, had worked in Sierra Leone
:07:49. > :07:52.He died after suffering Ebola like symptoms.
:07:53. > :07:55.It is thought his family first heard about a possible link to
:07:56. > :08:08.The grief. I think anger is not where
:08:09. > :08:11.they are at. It certainly did not help their story under situation.
:08:12. > :08:19.Their grief is what they are trying to deal with and it is the community
:08:20. > :08:25.who are trying to do our best just to help them get through this time.
:08:26. > :08:28.Two men in their 20s have been arrested after a man was shot in
:08:29. > :08:33.The 28-year-old victim was taken to hospital after the shooting
:08:34. > :08:37.which happened in the Ballycolman Estate at about 7:00.
:08:38. > :08:40.A security alert on the Falls Road in west Belfast has ended.
:08:41. > :08:43.The police say nothing suspicious was found.
:08:44. > :08:46.The alert began yesterday afternoon after a stolen car was involved
:08:47. > :08:49.in a crash that left a woman and a child needing hospital treatment.
:08:50. > :08:52.The car had been stolen in the Whiterock Road area earlier
:08:53. > :08:57.The Falls Road has been reopened to traffic.
:08:58. > :09:00.The funeral has taken place in Enniskillen of the former Stormont
:09:01. > :09:06.Among the mourners at the cathedral were the UUP leader
:09:07. > :09:10.Mike Nesbitt and the former First Minister David Trimble.
:09:11. > :09:13.Stormont Minister Arlene Foster and the area's MP Michelle
:09:14. > :09:25.the Irish war hero who won the VC but who went on to join the IRA
:09:26. > :09:36.It is now less than a month until Scottish voters decide
:09:37. > :09:39.whether they want to become an independent country.
:09:40. > :09:43.Much of the debate has focused on the economy, particularly on
:09:44. > :09:48.What about the economic implications of a Yes
:09:49. > :10:06.At Belfast docks, our economic links with Scotland are obvious. Every
:10:07. > :10:09.day, tonnes of freight makes the trip between Belfast and Karen Ryan.
:10:10. > :10:16.An independent Scotland could make trade little trickier. What currency
:10:17. > :10:21.will be used? Will be exchange rate implications? What about the impact
:10:22. > :10:25.of different taxation and regulatory systems? Many companies here are
:10:26. > :10:31.well used to trading across borders on a daily basis. This Newry
:10:32. > :10:34.businessman is relaxed about the practical implications of Scottish
:10:35. > :10:38.independence. He says people will just get on with it. Right across
:10:39. > :10:45.the European markets there are different borders and different
:10:46. > :10:48.markets. If you're used to trading in that market, nothing should
:10:49. > :10:52.really change. You just adapt. It is in the public finances that Scottish
:10:53. > :11:00.independence could make the biggest difference here. If we do well -- do
:11:01. > :11:08.well for each part of the UK. Last year it allocated ?8,500 per head
:11:09. > :11:12.for England. Four wheels, it was just over ?9,700. Scotland got more
:11:13. > :11:18.than ?10,000 per head but we got almost ?11,000. If Scotland leaves
:11:19. > :11:22.the union, that system would have to be reformed or stop some think that
:11:23. > :11:29.Stormont and the Welsh illustration could do better but can you see a
:11:30. > :11:36.scenario when the House of Commons would allow that to happen? Chances
:11:37. > :11:38.are he would get a worse deal. An independent Scotland will have a
:11:39. > :11:44.huge dependence on oil and gas but to bring in new businesses, its
:11:45. > :11:47.government will also move quickly to cut corporation tax. That could give
:11:48. > :11:53.them an advantage when it comes to attracting investment. Put all the
:11:54. > :12:01.economic uncertainties scare investors over to the side of the
:12:02. > :12:09.Irish Sea? With investors be tempted to come to Scotland instead of
:12:10. > :12:15.Northern Ireland or we might get more investment if they are scared.
:12:16. > :12:19.Is the situation where there are more questions than answers. If
:12:20. > :12:21.Scotland tours put its own course, those questions will not be fully
:12:22. > :12:25.answered for years. Part of a busy commuter route
:12:26. > :12:28.into and out of Belfast has been closed to traffic
:12:29. > :12:31.after the road started to sag. Roads Service workers dug up
:12:32. > :12:35.the city bound lane of Castlereagh Street this morning to try to find
:12:36. > :12:39.out what is causing it to collapse. Northern Ireland Water officials are
:12:40. > :12:53.checking their pipes under There seems to be a void under the
:12:54. > :13:02.road and at this stage we don't know what the cause is. At this stage,
:13:03. > :13:07.the city bound in is closed but we hope to work over the weekend and
:13:08. > :13:11.have the road entirely opened for traffic next week.
:13:12. > :13:14.Still to come, why it is back to school for Van the man and his
:13:15. > :13:23.Belfast tonight. As events continue to mark
:13:24. > :13:27.the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, more tales
:13:28. > :13:30.of heroism are emerging about Tonight we tell the story of the
:13:31. > :13:37.Irish war hero who won the Victoria Cross for outstanding acts of
:13:38. > :13:56.bravery but who later joined the IRA It was just as absurd new rules that
:13:57. > :14:00.Martin Dunne was born and grew up. He enlisted in the British Army when
:14:01. > :14:04.he was 15 and saw service in India before joining the Munster Fusiliers
:14:05. > :14:11.in 1914 and fighting on the Western front. He was involved in all the
:14:12. > :14:17.major battles, he was gassed, bombed and wounded. He won the military
:14:18. > :14:20.medal and The Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award
:14:21. > :14:24.for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British
:14:25. > :14:32.and Commonwealth forces for two notable acts of bravery. He saved a
:14:33. > :14:35.tank crew. He rescued them from the Germans attacking it. He also
:14:36. > :14:45.attacked a barn which had a machine gun post in it. He was captured and
:14:46. > :14:47.later released. The county Wexford man received his medal from the
:14:48. > :14:52.Royal family but when the war was over, after demobilisation, he
:14:53. > :15:02.returned to Ireland in 1919 and joined the IRA in the Irish War of
:15:03. > :15:05.Independence. He got a job in the local barracks there are so he was
:15:06. > :15:10.able to get intelligence about transport and patrols leaving the
:15:11. > :15:16.barracks to the local IRA. When the troops came in 1922, he took the
:15:17. > :15:20.side of Michael Collins and joined the ranks of the new free State
:15:21. > :15:25.Army. He served in the British Army, the IRA and the Irish free
:15:26. > :15:29.State Army, is buried in the British literary cemetery near Dublin's
:15:30. > :15:34.Phoenix Park. His headstone was directed by former soldiers in the
:15:35. > :15:39.Munster Fusiliers. Normally for a Victoria Cross holder, their
:15:40. > :15:43.regimental emblem is removed from the stone and replaced with a
:15:44. > :15:44.Victoria Cross but his is an exception. Perhaps reflecting his
:15:45. > :15:50.changing loyalties. No matter how long it has been
:15:51. > :15:54.expected, the closure of the school After years of warnings,
:15:55. > :16:00.Orangefield High in East Belfast closed in June but it is not going
:16:01. > :16:04.without a bit of a fuss. Our education and arts correspondent
:16:05. > :16:22.Maggie Taggart is there The final Orangefield High students
:16:23. > :16:25.got their results yesterday but the school is closing with a bang.
:16:26. > :16:30.Tonight and tomorrow night, Van Morrison, a former pupil, will give
:16:31. > :16:37.concerts and another man is another former pupil, Eric Bell. The fact
:16:38. > :16:41.that so many people is here, this school must have had a lot of
:16:42. > :16:47.creativity? There were a lot of opportunities for creativity at the
:16:48. > :16:53.school. Especially after the school finished, because they had so many
:16:54. > :16:57.clubs that you could join after-school. There were camera
:16:58. > :17:08.clubs and reporter clubs, weightlifting club 's. Not so much
:17:09. > :17:14.attention to exams? Exactly! You are a co-founder of thin Lizzy as well?
:17:15. > :17:21.I started playing guitar about a year before I left Orangefield High.
:17:22. > :17:28.It was the first time I set foot on a stage in my life. You also get a
:17:29. > :17:35.chance to meet Van Morrison again. A former principal here, he ended on a
:17:36. > :17:41.high your students? We had fantastic results, the best in years, in both
:17:42. > :17:45.GCSEs and else. That will enable them to go out into the wider world
:17:46. > :17:53.and make a name for themselves. I am looking forward to meeting past
:17:54. > :17:57.pupils tonight. What a coup to get Van Morrison here as well? Who would
:17:58. > :18:05.have thought that star would have been in our little assembly Hall!
:18:06. > :18:11.What else is still to come? Van Morrison is just three out of 40
:18:12. > :18:15.events in East Belfast as part of the East side arts Festival. We have
:18:16. > :18:21.married Jones, Dan Gordon, Brian Keegan. You can find out more when
:18:22. > :18:27.you look at the website. For those who have not got the tickets, staff
:18:28. > :18:32.and ex-pupils are getting precedents but we have some archives along with
:18:33. > :19:01.a Van Morrison song about Orangefield High.
:19:02. > :19:04.It's the start of the Ulster rugby season tonight.
:19:05. > :19:10.Heading to Ravenhill shortly with my guest tonight, former Ulster player,
:19:11. > :19:14.Bryn Cunningham. Ulster kick off this year with a friendly against
:19:15. > :19:17.Exeter. The start of the all important Pro 12 is still a couple
:19:18. > :19:20.of weeks away. New season, new coach, new name for the ground, new
:19:21. > :19:37.A lot of changes, probably the most we have seen. I think there is
:19:38. > :19:41.optimism. The Irish players really respect the new coach so we will see
:19:42. > :19:47.a different style of play and also, on a lot of new players coming in
:19:48. > :19:51.which should be quite exciting. When we look at some of the big
:19:52. > :19:54.characters who have left Ulster Rugby, the coach, Mark Anscombe, the
:19:55. > :20:01.director of rugby, David Humphreys, Johann Miller, Stephen Ferris, the
:20:02. > :20:05.list goes on and on. How difficult is it to replace players and
:20:06. > :20:09.managers like that? It can be difficult but with the players, they
:20:10. > :20:15.just turn in everyday, they clock in, they have a job to do and to be
:20:16. > :20:19.honest, it will not affect them as much as people may think. They will
:20:20. > :20:22.get on with the job and are excited about what is in place at the
:20:23. > :20:26.moment. Some of those players have left or retired and is not play a
:20:27. > :20:30.huge amount last season. Because of that, new players coming in should
:20:31. > :20:36.add something more to the squad. One fresh face we will see tonight is
:20:37. > :20:45.John Andrew who will play alongside his brother. A big night for them?
:20:46. > :20:49.Yes, I know from my own experience of playing with my brother, it is
:20:50. > :20:52.very special. I am sure when they run out on the pitch together at
:20:53. > :20:57.Ravenhill, it will be something special. You can see his brother
:20:58. > :21:07.going over there for a try in the schools cup for Ballymena. We have
:21:08. > :21:10.seen a lot of brothers in the past, and number of recent years who have
:21:11. > :21:16.played together and it is a special moment for them. Who are a couple of
:21:17. > :21:23.these big names and faces we should be looking out for? Jacob Stockdale,
:21:24. > :21:26.just out of school from Wallace high school. I saw him in the semifinal
:21:27. > :21:30.against Melody and he was outstanding. Sometimes you just know
:21:31. > :21:34.when a player will be very special. There are other players out there
:21:35. > :21:40.that we will see who will be putting in big performances this season.
:21:41. > :21:43.Rory McIlroy is back in action for the first time since winning
:21:44. > :21:48.He is nine shots off the lead at the Barclays, the opening event of the
:21:49. > :21:54.Rory McIlroy who appeared on late-night US television with
:21:55. > :21:57.Tiger Woods earlier this week in New York, blamed his first-round
:21:58. > :22:16.It is more to do with just not putting the adequate time into my
:22:17. > :22:20.game over the past week. That has been it so I am going to grab
:22:21. > :22:23.something to eat here and then go to the range this afternoon and work on
:22:24. > :22:25.a few things and just catch up on some practice that I probably missed
:22:26. > :22:36.out on the past week. He is now two over for the
:22:37. > :22:38.challenge. Graeme McDowell is in a tie for seventh on four
:22:39. > :22:41.underpowered. In the World Rally Championship Kris
:22:42. > :22:44.Meeke from Dungannon finished on the podium in Finland a couple
:22:45. > :22:47.of weeks ago and he's producing another excellent performance
:22:48. > :22:50.in the latest round in Germany. Meeke is currently in second
:22:51. > :22:53.place at the end of day one. There were six stages in all today -
:22:54. > :22:56.he's currently 37 seconds Meeke is in search
:22:57. > :23:02.of his first ever victory. Ballymena United are
:23:03. > :23:05.the early unbeaten pacesetters Manager Glenn Ferguson is
:23:06. > :23:10.in his third full season in charge. Last season
:23:11. > :23:14.his team just missed out on winning some silverware and the pain
:23:15. > :23:33.of an Irish Cup final still hurts. It is a side that will live long in
:23:34. > :23:42.the memory for all the wrong reasons for Ballymena United amateur Glenn
:23:43. > :23:49.Ferguson. -- manager Glenn Ferguson. It was so disappointing but we have
:23:50. > :23:53.worked hard in preseason, changed the shape of the team. The season
:23:54. > :24:03.started pretty well with two wins and a draw. Hopefully there will be
:24:04. > :24:11.consistency this year and then we will pick up more points. Next up
:24:12. > :24:20.for the team is apposite to County Tyrone. They are confident, they are
:24:21. > :24:24.unbeaten and last week they had a great result against Glenavon. It
:24:25. > :24:28.will be a big test for us and hopefully there will be a few goals.
:24:29. > :24:33.will be a big test for us and He will be trying to plot his way
:24:34. > :24:36.past a former team-mate tomorrow. It is great, Ballymena coming the way
:24:37. > :24:39.they are playing. We is great, Ballymena coming the way
:24:40. > :24:47.have been enjoyable for the first -- have been enjoyable for the first --
:24:48. > :24:47.different. With goes like this already this season, it could be one
:24:48. > :24:54.not to mix -- not to miss. Jeremy McWilliams is making
:24:55. > :24:58.a return to the British Grand Prix The Glengormley rider,
:24:59. > :25:04.a former Grand Prix winner in 2001, will compete in the Moto2 class
:25:05. > :25:07.at Silverstone. He has not raced at this level
:25:08. > :25:30.since 2007 but has continued to ride There is life in the old dog yet, he
:25:31. > :25:32.will probably kill me for giving his age away!
:25:33. > :25:49.The temperatures today were quite chilly and as we go through this
:25:50. > :25:52.evening and into tonight, we have a little bit more cloud cover so that
:25:53. > :25:59.will hold the overnight temperatures at around seven or 8 degrees. The
:26:00. > :26:03.odd shower as we go through to the wee small hours of tomorrow.
:26:04. > :26:07.Saturday is not looking to be too bad a day. It will be rather similar
:26:08. > :26:10.to today, bright and cool with just the odd rain shower here and there
:26:11. > :26:16.but in that battle of sunshine and showers, the sunshine is definitely
:26:17. > :26:19.winning out. It is not going to be terribly warm as we go through the
:26:20. > :26:22.day. It will feel reasonably pleasant in the sunshine, the
:26:23. > :26:35.temperatures really struggling to get up much about 14 or 15 degrees.
:26:36. > :26:39.As we go into the bank holiday weekend itself, things to start to
:26:40. > :26:43.go downhill a little bit and by the time we get a Sunday, it is a chilly
:26:44. > :26:47.start with the good deal more cloud arriving and then the rain of myths
:26:48. > :26:52.in. On Monday, it could be quite wet and breezy. We have some protection
:26:53. > :26:55.from this ridge of high pressure through the early part of the bank
:26:56. > :27:00.holiday weekend before the front arrives. That is what is going to
:27:01. > :27:04.come and spoil the party just a little bit by the time we get into
:27:05. > :27:09.Sunday and Monday. Sunday 's start of chilly, it will be cold
:27:10. > :27:15.overnight, maybe the chance of a frost. Then the cloud comes in and
:27:16. > :27:19.the rain follows behind it. Top temperatures, 14 degrees on Sunday.
:27:20. > :27:25.After that on Monday, we've got the best of any conditions will be along
:27:26. > :27:30.the north coast. Elsewhere, widespread rain but the temperatures
:27:31. > :27:33.are starting to creep upwards. Looking at the graphics for the next
:27:34. > :27:37.few days, it is a bank holiday and it is raining!
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