:00:00. > :00:00.Newsnight is starting on BBC TWO, but now on BBC One, it's time
:00:07. > :00:11.Three people from Northern Ireland and one from
:00:12. > :00:14.the Republic have been injured in a plane crash in the United States.
:00:15. > :00:17.The group were on an aircraft which came down in a public park
:00:18. > :00:24.This report from Michael Fitzpatrick.
:00:25. > :00:31.The light aircraft with four people from the Ulster flying club on board
:00:32. > :00:35.crashed landed in this park in the city of St Petersburg after the
:00:36. > :00:39.pilot reported engine failure. The group, who are on a trip to the US,
:00:40. > :00:44.were on their final approach to the city's airfield on Monday morning
:00:45. > :00:49.when the plane lost power. I saw the plane coming in low with the engine.
:00:50. > :00:54.We did not hear motor. And he clipped that tree over there and the
:00:55. > :00:58.winged sheared off. One of the guys was already out of the plague and he
:00:59. > :01:03.was helping the other two out, so we got the other two, there was a young
:01:04. > :01:07.girl, we got her out. The other guy got him out. They seemed all right,
:01:08. > :01:12.little cut out. They were standing, the pilot was knocked out. At the
:01:13. > :01:18.controls was Grant Jordan from Banga. He and his co-pilot Al Ryan,
:01:19. > :01:26.both in their 50s, are in serious but stable condition in hospital.
:01:27. > :01:29.Also board was a 15-year-old -- 58-year-old and a 17-year-old girl.
:01:30. > :01:40.Yesterday, other members of the club turned up at the scene to -- collect
:01:41. > :01:44.the belongings of the people. The pilot's why Susan Clarke is
:01:45. > :01:48.preparing to fly to the US to be at her husband's side.
:01:49. > :01:51.The police say they're treating the death of a 31 year old man
:01:52. > :01:53.in west Belfast at the weekend as suspicious.
:01:54. > :01:56.His body was found at a flat in St Mary's Gardens on Saturday.
:01:57. > :01:58.A post-mortem examination has been carried out
:01:59. > :02:05.The social development minister has dismissed the prospect of Northern
:02:06. > :02:10.The Rank Group, which already runs casinos in Britain, has presented
:02:11. > :02:21.Here's our business correspondent, Julian O'Neill.
:02:22. > :02:28.Any idea of the local casino is a long shot. A spin of the wheel with
:02:29. > :02:32.a good chance losing. The Rank Group has released an image of a venue in
:02:33. > :02:38.wants to open in Belfast. Plans like this are already a reality in
:02:39. > :02:41.Britain where Rank Group owns 55 casinos. Now it has briefed the
:02:42. > :02:45.Council on where it would like to come next. The proposal was scuffed
:02:46. > :02:49.last night at a meeting of the theremin committee but one
:02:50. > :02:58.counsellor told me afterwards he detected no enthusiasts -- no
:02:59. > :03:01.enthusiasm for the idea. The North foreshore could be on the short list
:03:02. > :03:06.if Rank Group is ever able to overcome political opposition. There
:03:07. > :03:11.is no casino in Northern Ireland and where there is an absence is always
:03:12. > :03:15.quite difficult to persuade able to change their minds. Particularly
:03:16. > :03:20.because there is a lack of familiarity of what we are talking
:03:21. > :03:24.about. A review of gambling laws was undertaken recently and Stormont
:03:25. > :03:28.found no real desire to make a scene is legal in Northern Ireland. There
:03:29. > :03:33.will be no U-turn in legislation due at the assembly next year, with the
:03:34. > :03:41.Minister responsible surprised by Dacron's tactics. They have not said
:03:42. > :03:46.anything to the Department. One week consulted across the province, there
:03:47. > :03:55.is no appetite for it and I am not minded to go forward in that regard.
:03:56. > :03:58.This holds up the prospect of 200 jobs, say Rank Group, but the odds
:03:59. > :04:00.are long on being able to cash in any time soon.
:04:01. > :04:03.A mother of four who was shot dead at the laundrette where she worked
:04:04. > :04:06.was warned, just weeks beforehand by police, that her ex partner had
:04:07. > :04:12.51 year old Marion Millican died after she was shot in the chest
:04:13. > :04:18.Today Fred McClenaghan from Broad Street in Magherafelt went
:04:19. > :04:34.A prosecution lawyer told the jury that Mrs Milliken had ended her
:04:35. > :04:37.relationship with Fred McClenaghan three months earlier and it had been
:04:38. > :04:41.peppered with episodes of violence. He claimed the 52-year-old with
:04:42. > :04:45.angry, armed himself with a shot gun, went to her place of work and
:04:46. > :04:49.deliberately shot and killed her. The court heard he told police at
:04:50. > :04:53.the time it was an accident and that he had planned to shoot himself dead
:04:54. > :04:58.in front of her. It was also claimed that Fred McClenaghan spoke to a
:04:59. > :05:03.counsellor and told her that he wanted to kill his ex-con friend and
:05:04. > :05:06.then take his own life. That information was -- ex-girlfriend and
:05:07. > :05:11.then take his own life. That information was passed to police who
:05:12. > :05:16.told Marion Millican. Yesterday he pleaded guilty to manslaughter but
:05:17. > :05:16.the prosecution did not accept that and
:05:17. > :05:20.Police say they found drugs with a street value of
:05:21. > :05:23.about ?60,000 when they stopped a car in Londonderry this afternoon.
:05:24. > :05:27.A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of having cannabis
:05:28. > :05:34.The incident happened in the Ballymagroarty area of the city.
:05:35. > :05:37.Tomorrow morning the people of Scotland will finally get the chance
:05:38. > :05:42.The ties between this part of the world and Scotland are
:05:43. > :05:46.of course historic and none more so than in north Antrim.
:05:47. > :05:49.BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson has been to Ballycastle,
:05:50. > :06:04.These waters separate Scotland and Northern Ireland, but they also
:06:05. > :06:11.connect them. Chris runs boat trips from Ballycastle. He sees the Scots
:06:12. > :06:15.as friends not rivals. We are only 13 miles away from the mother of
:06:16. > :06:22.Kintyre, from Scotland, so we have very strong links in Antrim and
:06:23. > :06:25.Argyll, going back 1500 years. So we look on them as our cousins and we
:06:26. > :06:30.do not want to lose them and that is why I am telling them to vote for
:06:31. > :06:37.no, stay in the UK and stay with us. A brotherhood of man, we are all in
:06:38. > :06:41.Europe. Even closer than Ballycastle is this island, Mary lives than she
:06:42. > :06:46.is originally from Scotland and does not want her homeland to break away.
:06:47. > :06:52.Because I believe in unity. Unity of the United Kingdom. One of the
:06:53. > :06:57.greatest nations that have arisen worldwide and is the envy of the
:06:58. > :07:01.world. But what do other people round here think about Scotland. The
:07:02. > :07:07.decision? I think they should vote yes, in order to move away from the
:07:08. > :07:13.Westminster political establishment. I would favour the yes vote. I hope
:07:14. > :07:21.Scotland provide a need for people here for lush -- rational
:07:22. > :07:26.discourse, politics ideas, two it is Scottish Nationalists have done.
:07:27. > :07:35.What do the people think Scots will say on independence? I think it will
:07:36. > :07:40.be unknown. Yes. No. I think it will be close but it will be yes. We will
:07:41. > :07:44.find out who is right and wrong very soon. Talking to people along the
:07:45. > :07:48.coastline today it is clear, even if Scotland decides to write to leave
:07:49. > :07:53.the UK, the relationship between here and there will remain strong,
:07:54. > :07:56.remaining good neighbours and good friends.
:07:57. > :07:58.On last night's programme we reported on proceedings at the
:07:59. > :08:01.High Court in Scotland involving charges against four men accused
:08:02. > :08:04.of attempting to murder two former UDA leaders.
:08:05. > :08:07.One of those leaders was named as Sam McCrory.
:08:08. > :08:11.We would like to make it clear that it is not this man, whose name is
:08:12. > :08:15.also Sam McCrory and who is a member of the Protestant Coalition.
:08:16. > :08:18.The Mr McCrory on your screen is not connected to
:08:19. > :08:25.A quick word now about a story you can hear
:08:26. > :08:27.on tomorrow's Good Morning Ulster programme, and a County Armagh
:08:28. > :08:31.mother's search for the truth after her 21 year old son died following
:08:32. > :08:36.what should have been a routine operation in Craigavon hospital.
:08:37. > :08:39.That's on Good Morning Ulster, starting at 6.30am on
:08:40. > :08:56.That evening. Today was a repeat performance as yesterday,
:08:57. > :09:00.brightening up in the afternoon after a dull and grey start. Tonight
:09:01. > :09:05.will be a repeat performance of last night, after some clear skies to
:09:06. > :09:13.begin with, Cloud closes in to bring Misty and 30 conditions and one or
:09:14. > :09:16.two fog patches. Another dry day tomorrow, perhaps not as sunny as it
:09:17. > :09:21.was this afternoon but it will eventually brighten up after what is
:09:22. > :09:25.going to be a slow start with grey conditions, low cloud, mist and fog.
:09:26. > :09:33.That will lift and break before that. A and for the start across
:09:34. > :09:39.parts of the Republic and Scotland and England. -- a dull and foggy
:09:40. > :09:45.start. Perhaps some sea fog and showers in the northern parts.
:09:46. > :09:48.Sunshine in England Wales and the Republic of Ireland in the
:09:49. > :09:59.afternoon, the bitch is doing nicely in the South.
:10:00. > :10:13.-- temperature is doing nicely in the South. One or two showers here.
:10:14. > :10:18.Friday and the start of Saturday, also the risk of a few showers.
:10:19. > :10:22.There will be decent temperatures, it will turn brighter and cooler