23/08/2014 BBC Newsline


23/08/2014

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Good evening and welcome to BBC Newsline.

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Two men from County Londonderry have appeared in court in Essex,

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charged in connection with the death of an Afghan Sikh whose body was

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Timothy Murphy from Elmgrove in Londonderry, and Stephen McLaughlin

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of Rose Park in Limavady appeared before Chelmsford Magistrates Court.

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The man who died was among 35 Afghan men discovered inside the shipping

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container in Essex last week. His friends and family survived after

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heard banging and screaming coming from the container. Those inside

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ranged in age from one to 72. Two lorry drivers from Northern Ireland

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were later arrested. The 34-year-old and a 33-year-old. Today, they

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appeared in court in Essex accused of conspiring with each other to

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clandestinely comfort a 35 Afghan nationals by sea into an English

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port, and in so doing facilitating nationals by sea into an English

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breach of immigration laws. The men appeared at separate hearings. They

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have been remanded in custody and are due to appear in court again in

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November. Three prominent loyalists have been

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charged with the attempted murder of former UDA leader Andre Shoukri and

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of John Boreland who was shot in the right thigh after getting out of a

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car in north Belfast on Wednesday. Today's court appearance followed a

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shooting in north Belfast on Wednesday evening. The shooting is

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believed to be connected to an ongoing feud between loyalists in

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the area. A former UDA leader was one of two men who came under

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attack. The man pictured here was shot in the leg has she got out of

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the car. The men arrested in connection with the incident include

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prominent loyalists in the north of the city. " were a 47-year-old man,

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a 46-year-old man and a 31-year-old man. All three are charged with the

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attempted murder of the man on the 20th of August, and of being in

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possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. There was no

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application for bail and the three men were remanded in custody to

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appear again by video link on the 18th of September.

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A man's been left seriously injured in a suspected sectarian attack

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A gang of masked men broke into a house at Ballygomartin Drive

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and attacked him with iron bars and a hatchet.

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They assaulted the 22-year-old man, who is a

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Catholic, in front of his girlfriend and their 11-week-old baby.

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This morning before it was painted over there was sectarian graffiti

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on the side of the house claiming to be from the UDA.

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The couple had been in the home less than five weeks.

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A red car parked outside was also damaged in the incident.

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The police say that a car which crashed in Enniskillen had

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failed to stop for officers shortly before it hit a roundabout.

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Six people were in the Ford Focus which was travelling

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along the Corner-grade Road just before two o'clock this morning.

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Five people aged between 22 and 42 were taken to hospital.

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A 23-year-old man who suffered serious head injuries is

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An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of a number

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The outspoken MP George Galloway has arrived in Belfast for a speaking

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Unionists called for it to be cancelled

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in the wake of recent anti-Israeli remarks by Mr Galloway, and

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But Mr Galloway says he's not concerned.

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It wouldn't be Belfast on a Saturday if there was no protest. I come in

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peace. I support the Good Friday agreement. I have no quarrel with

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anyone here, in Belfast. I insist on my right to speak.

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The body of former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds is lying

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in repose in Dublin in advance of his funeral on Monday.

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This afternoon members of the public have been arriving

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at the Mansion House to pay their respects and file past his coffin.

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His remains will stay there before removal to the Church of the Sacred

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Mr Reynolds died on Thursday at the age of 81.

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Now, let's take a look at the weather for the rest

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Hello, good evening. It is a bank holiday weekend and of course, it

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usually means we will see some rain. If anything, today's showers have

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been fading away. It will be a fairly decent evening. Any residual

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showers in the North will fade away. A dry night with clear spells. It

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will be quite a chilly night with many areas dropping to four or 5

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degrees and one or two rural spots could get close to freezing. There

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is even the risk of an odd pocket of frost. Into tomorrow and he changes

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on the way. Rain will edge its way in later on but not a bad start. A

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cold one but a fair amount of dry and bright weather and some

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sunshine. I think we will see a fair amount of dry and bright weather

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across many parts of Scotland, England and Wales, especially to the

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first part of the day. Temperatures in the south-east getting up to the

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low 20s. Clyde starts to gather in western areas as we head into the

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afternoon. If you cast your eyes across the Republic of Ireland, we

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have wet and windy weather moving in here. Some of that is going to be

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moving in towards Northern Ireland for tomorrow afternoon. The breeze

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will pick up a little bit. Most of the rain is likely to be across

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southern areas. It will move north through tomorrow night. In debug

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holiday Monday, we still have that breeze which will make it feel quite

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cool. The best of the dry weather by this stage will be likely to be

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towards the north and west. Through the middle part of next week, things

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are looking a bit drier. want to put a small flat spot on

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that tire, it can tear the surface if you

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