:00:00. > :00:09.The First Minister and DUP leader Peter Robinson has
:00:10. > :00:12.announced a surprise reshuffle of the party's Stormont ministers.
:00:13. > :00:14.The Health Minister Edwin Poots, who has been under pressure
:00:15. > :00:17.from months, has been replaced by Jim Wells and Mervyn Storey will
:00:18. > :00:23.replace Nelson McCausland as Social Development Minister.
:00:24. > :00:31.Now you see them, is soon you will not. This afternoon, Edwin Poots and
:00:32. > :00:35.Nelson McCausland were on their feet in the assembly before taking the
:00:36. > :00:42.Long walk to Peter Robinson's office. Edwin Poots is replaced by
:00:43. > :00:49.Jim Wells as health minister. Nelson McCausland, by Reverend story. He
:00:50. > :00:53.impressed his chair of the Stormont education committee but must now
:00:54. > :01:00.deal with the toxic issue of welfare reform. I am under no illusion about
:01:01. > :01:07.the enormity of this challenge and I believe if people want to see
:01:08. > :01:11.improvement, there was to be agreement on this issue so we can
:01:12. > :01:15.move forward to be prosperous in a way that we have been to date. As
:01:16. > :01:20.Health Minister, Jim Wells has the hardest job of all and one that many
:01:21. > :01:25.believe he had been overlooked for. Did you think your chance had gone?
:01:26. > :01:30.I am not going to comment on that. I knew that Edwin would do a first
:01:31. > :01:33.rate job. I supported entirely and he has led the bedrock for dealing
:01:34. > :01:38.with health in difficult circumstances. Mild he replaces was
:01:39. > :01:43.controversial. Edwin Poots was accused of allowing his Christian
:01:44. > :01:46.views to cloud his judgement and was Quetta sized by the Lord Chief
:01:47. > :01:50.Justice for claiming he would not get a fair hearing in court over his
:01:51. > :01:55.band of gay men giving blood and recently claimed he would face the
:01:56. > :02:00.sack rather than make cuts. I have no intention of making these cuts so
:02:01. > :02:06.it goes back to the executive, that they need to add a step up to the
:02:07. > :02:09.plate. We potentially break the budget and they find another
:02:10. > :02:14.minister to do it or executive takes the decision that is going to
:02:15. > :02:19.implement these cuts. Nelson McCausland was equally
:02:20. > :02:22.controversial, found guilty by an assembly committee of deliberately
:02:23. > :02:26.misleading them over allegations in this BBC Spotlight programme of
:02:27. > :02:30.political interference in the running of the Housing Executive.
:02:31. > :02:36.But that is in the past and what now for the future leadership of Peter
:02:37. > :02:42.Robinson? I will continue to be here for as long as the party want me to
:02:43. > :02:47.be here. How long will it be? How can I tell how long I will live. I
:02:48. > :02:50.am here, eating three meals a day and happy in the job I am doing. I
:02:51. > :02:53.believe we are taking the right decisions for Northern Ireland but
:02:54. > :02:58.there are very difficult decisions that we have to take in relation to
:02:59. > :03:02.the future of the assembly, the future of devolution and our
:03:03. > :03:08.relationships within the UK, the spending that is available to us and
:03:09. > :03:12.I believe with my experience that I can to the party through those
:03:13. > :03:16.difficult times. Peter Robinson will help this puts an end to speculation
:03:17. > :03:23.about his own future either inside or outside the party and an early
:03:24. > :03:24.election may be coming, no time for uncertainty about where the DUP is
:03:25. > :03:29.going and he is taking it there. There will be more reaction to that
:03:30. > :03:31.surprise reshuffle on Stormont Today A nationalist residents group in
:03:32. > :03:36.North Belfast says it is angered by reports that the Secretary of State
:03:37. > :03:39.Theresa Villiers plans to establish a panel of enquiry to examine
:03:40. > :03:42.the Ardoyne parades dispute. The panel has been requested by the
:03:43. > :03:55.DUP after part of 12 July parade was We seem to have the British
:03:56. > :04:00.Secretary of State willing to set up a process that could potentially
:04:01. > :04:06.overrule at Parades Commission decision. We have seen here over a
:04:07. > :04:10.year now of harassment led by the UVF against the residents of this
:04:11. > :04:12.area and we would be loath to see anything that would reward such
:04:13. > :04:17.activity through a panel of enquiry.
:04:18. > :04:19.In a statement tonight, a spokesperson for the NIO said
:04:20. > :04:22.the Secretary of State expected to conclude discussions with
:04:23. > :04:24.a wide range of interested parties on the issue soon.
:04:25. > :04:26.No decisions will be taken until those meetings have concluded.
:04:27. > :04:30.A rapist was jailed today for 18 years and told he would not be
:04:31. > :04:34.Darius Porcikas, with an address at Upper Edward Street in Newry,
:04:35. > :04:38.was one of the two men charged with a range of offences from an
:04:39. > :04:44.incident two years ago when a woman was repeatedly raped and abused.
:04:45. > :04:58.It was here in 2011 when the ordeal began. Her then boyfriend had been
:04:59. > :05:01.involved with Darius. The three smashed her door in and said about
:05:02. > :05:04.her boyfriend with a cricket bat will stop they beat him unconscious
:05:05. > :05:09.before turning their attention to her. She was brutally beaten but
:05:10. > :05:13.this was only to be the start of her ordeal. Over the next 12 hours, she
:05:14. > :05:17.was subjected to rape, violence and deliberate humiliation, the details
:05:18. > :05:21.of which are too horrifying to be broadcast. The trial here at
:05:22. > :05:26.Craigavon lasted three weeks and it took the jury just over two hours to
:05:27. > :05:30.find Darius guilty of a total of 12 offences. During the trial, they
:05:31. > :05:35.heard how he had committed the shocking crimes and then had gone on
:05:36. > :05:40.the run. After a series of appeals to the public, Darius was eventually
:05:41. > :05:45.found living here in this wooded area a matter of yards from the
:05:46. > :05:52.college in Craigavon. He had built a temporary shelter and incredibly,
:05:53. > :05:56.had lived here for up to one month with his pregnant girlfriend. I am
:05:57. > :06:02.really pleased the court as reflected in the sentencing, the
:06:03. > :06:05.severity of this. I hope this sends a message out that we will not
:06:06. > :06:10.tolerate this in our society. Duelling Darius for 18 years, the
:06:11. > :06:13.judge he said he would not even be considered for release until it was
:06:14. > :06:19.felt safe to do so. His co-accused was found guilty of a single charge
:06:20. > :06:24.of assault on the woman's boyfriend. There was a third mild present that
:06:25. > :06:28.morning. He has never been named in court but it is believed he is back
:06:29. > :06:30.in Lithuania. The hunt for him will continue.
:06:31. > :06:34.At golf's Ryder Cup, Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell are
:06:35. > :06:37.not paired together this week but in an interview for BBC Newsline,
:06:38. > :06:40.McDowell stressed once again that there aren't any problems
:06:41. > :06:55.It is hello to a fourth consecutive Ryder Cup for Graeme McDowell. A
:06:56. > :06:59.player who excels when he steps into the world's golfing glare. His
:07:00. > :07:05.relationship with Rory McIlroy is the focus for many this week. The
:07:06. > :07:08.issue is his legal at all with his former management company which
:07:09. > :07:14.still represents grey metal. But he is adamant that all is well on and
:07:15. > :07:17.off the course. Our personal issues have been well documented the last
:07:18. > :07:22.couple of years. We both have come through that and out the other side,
:07:23. > :07:26.better friends than ever were. From the golfing point of view, the
:07:27. > :07:30.dynamic has changed from the Big Brother role that I had maybe in
:07:31. > :07:35.2010. Now he is the number one player in the world. We certainly
:07:36. > :07:40.won't play every match together like we have in the past and that will
:07:41. > :07:43.not be because of personal reasons but because the captain believes we
:07:44. > :07:53.are better used elsewhere in the team. Four years ago, Graeme
:07:54. > :07:59.McDowell was the hero. He once a repeat performance in Scotland. This
:08:00. > :08:03.is where I want to be, you want to be wearing a sweater, I want to be
:08:04. > :08:07.here in Scotland. This is going to be a tough week, it will be close
:08:08. > :08:11.and we have got to knuckle down and play hard. As he dries to help the
:08:12. > :08:13.European team when the Ryder Cup for the eighth time in the last ten
:08:14. > :08:29.attempts. Last night, the autumn equinox
:08:30. > :08:34.brought autumn rain which is good news for the gardens. More rain is
:08:35. > :08:38.living through this evening. It clears away and behind it, not
:08:39. > :08:41.completely dry. Some of the showers could be quite heavy before they
:08:42. > :08:47.start to ease away towards the end of the night. It, it turns drier and
:08:48. > :08:50.clearer. Cool in one or two spots but most places holding between
:08:51. > :08:55.eight and 12 degrees. Tomorrow we are looking at a better day. Drier
:08:56. > :09:01.and brighter and they could still be one to light showers around first
:09:02. > :09:04.thing in the morning. But they will fade away as we go through the
:09:05. > :09:12.morning. The sun of 30 come through. It is a fairly trite day -- bright
:09:13. > :09:16.day coming up. For the rest of England and Wales, the risk of a
:09:17. > :09:20.view heavy showers running through. It could be quite torrential in 12
:09:21. > :09:29.places but not all parts will get them. Still some drier and brighter
:09:30. > :09:33.spells in between. It is a fresh feeling afternoon for us as well.
:09:34. > :09:38.Mainly dry and bright with decent spells of sunshine but temperatures
:09:39. > :09:42.ranging from 14 in the north coast to 16 in parts of the South. Through
:09:43. > :09:46.tomorrow night and into Thursday, the temperatures are creeping back
:09:47. > :09:50.up, it will feel and muggy and warm out quite a lot of cloud and drizzly
:09:51. > :09:53.rain around. Friday looks a little bit drier and brighter again.