:00:00. > :00:15.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,
:00:16. > :00:19.We've always been family, says Peter Robinson -
:00:20. > :00:30.The shock of seeing a pensioner's killer back on
:00:31. > :00:35.They have this strategic vision of a lemming.
:00:36. > :00:37.The shock of seeing a pensioner's killer back on
:00:38. > :00:40.the street - a victim's family asks, why couldn't we have been warned?
:00:41. > :00:42.Dissident republicans list big changes they want to their
:00:43. > :00:53.Adapting to weather conditions is part and parcel of being a farmer.
:00:54. > :01:03.What is happening in the industry at the moment? I am here to find out.
:01:04. > :01:07.The waiting is almost over for this year's Ryder Cup and Rory McIlroy is
:01:08. > :01:08.named as one of the first pairs in action tomorrow.
:01:09. > :01:11.And a bit more wind and rain for a time tonight,
:01:12. > :01:19.The First Minister Peter Robinson took a swipe
:01:20. > :01:21.at critics within his own party today, describing them as ?lemmings?
:01:22. > :01:28.The comments follow yesterday's chain of events where
:01:29. > :01:34.the former Health Minister Edwin Poots claimed Mr Robinson was going
:01:35. > :01:36.to stand down ahead of the next Assembly elections.
:01:37. > :01:41.Late this afternoon, a series of DUP MPs and MLAs have backed
:01:42. > :01:57.Our political correspondent Gareth Gordon has the latest.
:01:58. > :02:06.This was Peter Robinson, the First Minister, on his way to another job
:02:07. > :02:12.announcement. But today, there was also Peter Robinson, the DUP
:02:13. > :02:17.leader. There are some people so puffed up by their own importance,
:02:18. > :02:22.people have the strategic vision of a lemming, and we have to deal with
:02:23. > :02:26.those people. They won't take us off course, it is very clear where the
:02:27. > :02:33.party's direction is, and the party has choices to make. It can follow
:02:34. > :02:36.people down a road to destruction him a division within the party, and
:02:37. > :02:42.the consequences which will be paid for that, or they can move ahead. Do
:02:43. > :02:44.what we said in her election commitments of taking Northern
:02:45. > :02:49.Ireland forward, that is a clear choice. I can't stop people from
:02:50. > :02:54.making comments, all I can do is continue to raise issues with the
:02:55. > :02:57.party officers. They have indicated their support for the strategy I
:02:58. > :03:06.have outlined and we will see what the people have to say. He wouldn't
:03:07. > :03:12.name names, so who can? Who is he talking about? It could be Edwin
:03:13. > :03:16.Poots who lost his job as Health Minister today and was slapped down
:03:17. > :03:24.after saying Mr Robinson would be gone in as leader within months. Or
:03:25. > :03:30.then it could be the agricultural committee boss who was left behind.
:03:31. > :03:37.Or it could be Paul given. It could be a number of people, trying to
:03:38. > :03:42.whisper behind backs. The party will deal with them. Are you saying there
:03:43. > :03:47.will be disciplinary action? I don't think there is anything I have said
:03:48. > :03:57.which isn't sufficiently clear. What did one of the DUP's newest
:03:58. > :04:03.ministers think? I think they made a mistake. Ignorance is bliss.
:04:04. > :04:19.Colleagues were not so shy in what seems to be a campaign in a twitter
:04:20. > :04:33.support. They were joined by Mr puts -- Mr Poots, and even used similar
:04:34. > :04:38.language to a mandate to lead. They have laid bare internal strife and a
:04:39. > :04:44.party that is often declared to be one big happy family, but he may
:04:45. > :04:50.have pulled a masterstroke by putting down a rebellion quickly.
:04:51. > :04:57.This is him leaving a meeting this afternoon. Were you happy about the
:04:58. > :04:59.tweets he didn't say. Perhaps he thought he set enough.
:05:00. > :05:01.Let's discuss this now with our political editor Mark Devenport,
:05:02. > :05:14.Certainly Peter Robinson has acted in a fairly strong way today, both
:05:15. > :05:18.in his language and earlier this week with moving ahead with his
:05:19. > :05:22.reshuffle, when he targeted people who seem to be critical of him in
:05:23. > :05:27.internal meetings. This tactic of taking to social media, to Twitter,
:05:28. > :05:32.to pledge your loyalty to the leader, it has been subject to some
:05:33. > :05:36.derision from other parties, but it has been an effective demonstration
:05:37. > :05:42.of the white range of support he has got, so as the week comes to a
:05:43. > :05:43.close, he seems to have won this fight. There is always grumbling,
:05:44. > :05:45.but he seems to be on top. The Executive met today with
:05:46. > :05:48.the Finance Minister, saying it urgently needs to take
:05:49. > :06:00.action over spending cuts. No, there was no formal vote taken
:06:01. > :06:05.and no decisions made. I gather that Executive ministers discussed the
:06:06. > :06:10.matter of the two million pounds savings they have to make, but the
:06:11. > :06:16.Justice Minister was quite exasperated when he came out because
:06:17. > :06:21.he felt this matter of dealing with this can no longer be postponed.
:06:22. > :06:28.There was no agreement to where we are going. We have pushed the fact
:06:29. > :06:31.that the Executive needs to live up to the resource abilities that
:06:32. > :06:37.people gave us, but there is no willingness around the table to be
:06:38. > :06:38.realistic about making things better for the people of Northern Ireland.
:06:39. > :06:42.Sinn Fein didn't say anything after the meeting?
:06:43. > :06:48.Not on the way out of the meeting, they left without making any
:06:49. > :06:52.comment, that earlier in the day on the fringes of that job
:06:53. > :06:58.announcement, Martin McGuinness did say that essentially he blames the
:06:59. > :07:04.British Government for putting the Executive in an unreasonable
:07:05. > :07:09.position. He said signing off on the changes to welfare reform was not
:07:10. > :07:11.the way to go, and essentially Sinn Fein is saying they want to
:07:12. > :07:16.negotiate it out with the British Government, but there is real
:07:17. > :07:19.nervousness on the part of civil servants who don't want to sign off
:07:20. > :07:23.on budgets or to assure the treasury that they will meet spending
:07:24. > :07:26.controls when they can see they are on course to crash there is those
:07:27. > :07:34.pending limits. -- spending limits. The leader of the UK Independence
:07:35. > :07:37.Party Nigel Farage has said MPs from Northern Ireland should not vote
:07:38. > :07:40.on matters which concern England. Mr Farage's party conference
:07:41. > :07:41.begins tomorrow. There's been much political debate
:07:42. > :07:43.about the shape of devolution across the UK after the Scottish
:07:44. > :07:45.independence referendum. The UKIP leader has already said
:07:46. > :07:48.Scottish MPs should refrain He told
:07:49. > :07:52.our political reporter Stephen Walker that the same principle
:07:53. > :08:04.should apply to MPs from here. Logically, we are going to have to
:08:05. > :08:08.talk to Northern Ireland and to Wales about that same situation. We
:08:09. > :08:16.cannot go on with a situation where English people now pay tuition fees
:08:17. > :08:20.because the Westminster party, with the majority of Scottish MPs, voted
:08:21. > :08:23.for it. It is not right and not fair. We need a completely new
:08:24. > :08:27.constitutional adamant. I don't believe that can be put together in
:08:28. > :08:33.the course of a few weeks in a private committee room. I want us to
:08:34. > :08:40.have a UK constitutional event to talk it out. You're making a 2-tier
:08:41. > :08:47.Parliament. That is true. We could make a extra layer with 500 extra
:08:48. > :08:51.ministers, but I don't think there's any demand for that. We have a fair
:08:52. > :08:54.deal between England and Scotland. That is where the tension is, that
:08:55. > :08:57.is what needs to be sorted. Everything needs to be on the table.
:08:58. > :09:05.When Maxim people would say that you are not behaving like a unionist. --
:09:06. > :09:11.some people would say. England would break away, and say that it is
:09:12. > :09:13.enough. We need to have devolution that works for everyone.
:09:14. > :09:16.A 21-year-old man has been arrested following the death of a young woman
:09:17. > :09:19.The 19-year-old medical student, who's from the Ards Peninsula,
:09:20. > :09:22.was found unconscious in a flat in Cromore Gardens in the Creggan
:09:23. > :09:30.The police say they are investigating the circumstances.
:09:31. > :09:37.Police are trying to establish her movement and say she took a taxi
:09:38. > :09:39.with friends at one ATM. -- one a M.
:09:40. > :09:41.The family of a pensioner who died after being beaten on
:09:42. > :09:44.a night out have called for reform of victims services here, after one
:09:45. > :09:48.of them they drove past the man who was jailed for the killing.
:09:49. > :09:51.They were unaware he had been let out of prison.
:09:52. > :09:54.At the moment, victims of crime in Northern Ireland have to opt in
:09:55. > :09:57.to the system to be kept informed, even though elsewhere in the UK
:09:58. > :10:08.Jim, seen here at a family wedding, was beaten so badly that he spent
:10:09. > :10:12.ten days in a coma before dying from his injuries. A man pleaded guilty
:10:13. > :10:17.to manslaughter and was jailed for three years, but the devastated by
:10:18. > :10:22.the death, the family didn't realise at the time they would have to fill
:10:23. > :10:26.out a form to be informed about any developments with the attacker. They
:10:27. > :10:31.only recently found out he was allowed out of the jail on a form of
:10:32. > :10:42.the release. My son was on a street in town and was in a van and the man
:10:43. > :10:46.walked past him. We were annoyed that nobody ever thought of
:10:47. > :10:57.contacting us, or let us know, or prepare us. So I can warn my sisters
:10:58. > :11:03.and daughters, my family. How are we going to react if we do see him? If
:11:04. > :11:09.one of us bumped into him in town... I don't know.
:11:10. > :11:18.In England and Wales, people are automatically registered. We have
:11:19. > :11:26.already said that this hampers the board. The board said they
:11:27. > :11:34.understand this, and are committed to working with the victims.
:11:35. > :11:38.The family were already very disappointed with the criminal
:11:39. > :11:44.justice system. The police disciplined seven officers and
:11:45. > :11:49.involved in the initial investigation when they had said he
:11:50. > :11:52.had simply fallen, that he hadn't been attacked. The victims charter
:11:53. > :11:56.that is with the justice committee at the moment should be in place by
:11:57. > :11:58.the end of this Assembly term, but that is too little, too late for
:11:59. > :12:04.Dissident republicans in Maghaberry Prison have asked
:12:05. > :12:06.the prison authorities to implement wide ranging changes they say will
:12:07. > :12:11.31 prisoners aligned to the group referred to as the New IRA
:12:12. > :12:16.want security measures relaxed and improved facilities for visits.
:12:17. > :12:19.The proposed changes are being opposed by the outgoing chairman
:12:20. > :12:23.of the justice committee, the DUP's Paul Givan.
:12:24. > :12:27.Our home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.
:12:28. > :12:29.Tensions and disputes between republican prisoners and the
:12:30. > :12:35.There are currently around 50 dissident republicans being held
:12:36. > :12:39.The majority of them are aligned to the group
:12:40. > :12:44.The group has accused the prison service of breaking
:12:45. > :12:47.the terms of an agreement to relax security - and have sent the
:12:48. > :12:52.authorities a document containing a wide range of proposed changes.
:12:53. > :12:55.The BBC has obtained a copy of the 14 page paper,
:12:56. > :13:00.In a section dealing with security issues,
:13:01. > :13:15.That's angered the DUP's Paul Givan, who raised the issue with
:13:16. > :13:19.Justice Minister David Ford before it was announced that he's
:13:20. > :13:25.being replaced as chairman of the Justice Committee.
:13:26. > :13:31.These proposals that are publicans are after is to remove any presence
:13:32. > :13:36.of security staffer from their landings to avoid them ever being
:13:37. > :13:41.locked up at any point within the facilities. This is a return back to
:13:42. > :13:46.the Amaze and some fear it would be worse that. These are very real
:13:47. > :13:49.concerns that the staff or relating to me and I have already met with
:13:50. > :13:54.the Justice Minister and made it clear to him that there should be
:13:55. > :13:55.these concessions made to Republic terrorists. -- Republican
:13:56. > :13:55.terrorists. The document also calls
:13:56. > :13:58.for an overhaul of arrangements I visited Maghaberry yesterday
:13:59. > :14:13.and spent an hour speaking to a Veteran republican
:14:14. > :14:18.Harry Fitzsimons is on remand with two other prominent
:14:19. > :14:22.dissidents, including Colin Duffy, charged with attempting to murder
:14:23. > :14:27.members of the security forces. He told me the document is not
:14:28. > :14:30.a threat or an ultimatum, but an attempt to reduce
:14:31. > :14:32.tensions and conflict He quoted from a number
:14:33. > :14:36.of inspection reports. Those reports described
:14:37. > :14:38.the controls on movement within the He said that,
:14:39. > :14:44.as far as the prisoners are concerned, the system is not about
:14:45. > :14:49.security but lowering their morale. Sources close to
:14:50. > :14:52.the prison officers association They said those held
:14:53. > :14:57.in the dissident wing are highly dangerous, and that controls
:14:58. > :15:02.on movement are essential. In a statement,
:15:03. > :15:04.the Prison Service said senior staff talk to prisoners on a regular basis
:15:05. > :15:09.to discuss a range of issues. It said a review
:15:10. > :15:13.of the implementation of the agreement reached in August
:15:14. > :15:16.2010, which the prisons say should have resulted in a relaxation
:15:17. > :15:19.in security, is currently being carried out and a report is expected
:15:20. > :15:40.at the end of this month. A look at today's other news to --
:15:41. > :15:46.now. Two men have been arrested over the murder of a man and many years
:15:47. > :15:50.ago. He was found killed in 1999. Police believe he may have been
:15:51. > :15:57.deliberately struck by a car. In the 1980s, Ayman Collins retracted his
:15:58. > :15:58.statement against alleged IRA members.
:15:59. > :16:01.The estimated number of school-age children with some form of autism
:16:02. > :16:04.in Northern Ireland has risen by 67%, according to the latest
:16:05. > :16:07.A report says the number of autistic children has increased to nearly
:16:08. > :16:16.Boys are almost five times more likely to be affected
:16:17. > :16:19.The report says that the highest prevalence rates are
:16:20. > :16:23.among children in both the least and most deprived areas.
:16:24. > :16:27.An IT company is creating 50 jobs with an expansion of its office
:16:28. > :16:36.The positions at Version One will pay average salaries of ?57,000
:16:37. > :16:39.a year - the highest of any jobs ever granted aid by Invest NI.
:16:40. > :16:41.The firm which has offices across Britain and Ireland provides
:16:42. > :16:45.computer support to public and private sector companies.
:16:46. > :16:48.We implement those IT systems for our clients throughout
:16:49. > :16:55.the world, and once they go live, we support them.
:16:56. > :16:58.Most of the jobs here in Belfast will be supporting customers
:16:59. > :17:03.on complex IT systems, making sure they stay up 24/7.
:17:04. > :17:07.A farm business has been found not guilty of animal cruelty in a court
:17:08. > :17:10.case brought by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
:17:11. > :17:14.A USPCA surveillance operation last March recorded a stag being brought
:17:15. > :17:20.from Ballycrune Farm in County Down to a location near Katesbridge.
:17:21. > :17:22.There, it was held for several days before being
:17:23. > :17:27.Now a magistrate has ruled that he could not be satisfied
:17:28. > :17:34.beyond reasonable doubt that the animal had actually suffered.
:17:35. > :17:38.Falling beef, pig and milk prices are having a serious
:17:39. > :17:43.Coupled with EU restrictions, agriculture, one of our most
:17:44. > :17:47.important industries, is trying to work through its difficulties.
:17:48. > :17:51.But Donna went to County Down this afternoon and discovered
:17:52. > :18:07.Farmers are loving that the dry weather we have had recently. Great
:18:08. > :18:15.time for harvesting. With your farmers Union hat on, the state of
:18:16. > :18:18.the Northern Ireland agricultural industry, who is having the most
:18:19. > :18:23.difficulty? If you look at the industry, prices
:18:24. > :18:29.are an issue in all sectors. We have seen prices rise and fall in every
:18:30. > :18:36.sector and the one that has taken the biggest take this year is the
:18:37. > :18:41.beef sector. There are major problems there. We do have issues
:18:42. > :18:46.around the dairy sector as well since the ban of European a product
:18:47. > :18:49.going into Russia, there are issues there as well, but huge pressures
:18:50. > :18:55.coming on from the major retailers on our vegetable and potato sectors.
:18:56. > :19:03.Anything that can be done to help the farmers at the store mid-level
:19:04. > :19:08.-- Stormont level? We're dealing with situation here and sometimes
:19:09. > :19:12.you think what is happening here maybe doesn't have a major impact
:19:13. > :19:19.throughout the world, but I think the local executive certainly have
:19:20. > :19:25.given their backing to the local industry with their strategy report
:19:26. > :19:32.and given the right signals from our retailers would certainly respond.
:19:33. > :19:40.Why stay in such an unpredictable business? Briley, once a farmer,
:19:41. > :19:44.always a farmer. You do have all situations to deal with. The weather
:19:45. > :19:49.is one of the main ones. If you can't cope with the weather, don't
:19:50. > :19:51.be a farmer. The recent dry weather, we have actually had 10% last
:19:52. > :19:57.rainfall than usual. Our weather presenter Geoff Maskell
:19:58. > :20:08.has been looking at the effects What a difference a month can make.
:20:09. > :20:15.The last time I was here, the weather wasn't quite so kind to us.
:20:16. > :20:20.I was here to meet in agricultural student and the rain just kept
:20:21. > :20:26.coming down. That was back in August when it rained two days out of
:20:27. > :20:31.three. One of the wettest summer month on record, with 44% more rain
:20:32. > :20:36.than usual. When you get good weather, things flow much smoother.
:20:37. > :20:42.You find yourself catching up on your jobs and getting ahead. There
:20:43. > :20:47.are a big list of dry weather jobs and a small list of the wet weather
:20:48. > :20:52.jobs, but there is a point where it gets too dry. You are not telling me
:20:53. > :21:00.you want some rain? You always want what you can't have. Never
:21:01. > :21:05.satisfied, but the high street has seen the good weather cause
:21:06. > :21:11.confusion for retailers. We had lovely weather last week and we are
:21:12. > :21:13.hoping for the comeback. The news forecast that it would be nice
:21:14. > :21:21.though I will still wear my summer wardrobe. The jumpers are the first
:21:22. > :21:29.thing to go, although it is mid-September and still quite warm.
:21:30. > :21:33.Although some jumpers are bucking the trend. The dry September means
:21:34. > :21:36.there is certainly more colour around. Everything has lasted far,
:21:37. > :21:41.far longer because we haven't had the bad weather, the rain, the wind
:21:42. > :21:44.and all the usual stuff. It is down to the fact that people have been
:21:45. > :21:48.able to go out into their gardens and look after their plans, all of
:21:49. > :22:01.the bedding plants that would have normally been knocked away with
:22:02. > :22:05.rain, they are still here. There are no concerns about supplies of water
:22:06. > :22:12.even though there is good weather. There are no signs of restrictions
:22:13. > :22:16.anytime soon. The farmer on this land is hoping
:22:17. > :22:21.that the dry spell will continue for at least a fortnight to help with
:22:22. > :22:23.the solving. One thing is for sure, whatever the weather, the business
:22:24. > :22:26.of farming never stands still. Now sport,
:22:27. > :22:28.and the build-up is almost over and Stephen Watson is live at Gleneagles
:22:29. > :22:34.in Scotland. The opening ceremony has just
:22:35. > :22:39.finished and we do now who will play in the first set of matches
:22:40. > :22:41.in the morning. The main event will see world number
:22:42. > :22:44.one Rory McIlroy will partner Spaniard Sergio Garcia for Europe in
:22:45. > :22:59.the final game against American's Phil made comments yesterday about
:23:00. > :23:02.McElroy's relationship with Graham, he had a bit of a slave, so it could
:23:03. > :23:05.be an interesting play. Graeme McDowell will sit out
:23:06. > :23:08.the morning's play. Lining up for Ryder Cup battle with
:23:09. > :23:10.a traditional Scottish welcome for A proud moment
:23:11. > :23:15.for the first ever Irish captain, who enjoyed introducing his two
:23:16. > :23:32.of his team in particular. From an Northern Ireland, Graeme
:23:33. > :23:34.McDowell. Royal McElroy's Rory McIlroy.
:23:35. > :23:37.McIlroy and McDowell won't be a double act on this occasion, as
:23:38. > :23:40.Their determination to win tomorrow's game
:23:41. > :23:42.against their American opponents was obvious after comments by
:23:43. > :23:49.Phil Mickelson about McIlroy?s relationship with McDowell.
:23:50. > :23:54.Sergio and Rory, who formed a real blonde and friendship, and respect
:23:55. > :24:00.each other 's games during the summer period, they are the players
:24:01. > :24:03.and they complement each other. They'd enjoy each other. They'd
:24:04. > :24:04.enjoy each other's company. It was a natural fit.
:24:05. > :24:06.There's a big Irish influence to Paul McGinley's back room team.
:24:07. > :24:08.Multiple major winner Padraig Harrington and former Ryder cup
:24:09. > :24:22.I am not a player, so I have to make sure I take that step back and I am
:24:23. > :24:28.excited about how the week will go. It really is, as much as I have been
:24:29. > :24:33.had many cups before, this is different. When you have the number
:24:34. > :24:37.one player on your team, it is fantastic. But with 12 great
:24:38. > :24:42.players, they are jelling fantastically well and Rory is a
:24:43. > :24:48.special player. We all know that Graham is hard, he is also a special
:24:49. > :24:50.player and you know when the heat comes on, these guys will stand up.
:24:51. > :24:52.And helping get the all-important course ready the players is
:24:53. > :25:11.The back I used to play here in 94, so to be asked back again, it was
:25:12. > :25:17.something else. I jumped at the chance. It doesn't get much bigger
:25:18. > :25:21.than this. The whole place is buzzing and as you can see, the
:25:22. > :25:24.course is great and it will just get better. Up to Rory and Graham to do
:25:25. > :25:26.their stuff. McIlroy tees
:25:27. > :25:28.off the final match tomorrow morning McDowell is expected to be action
:25:29. > :25:45.with Frenchman Victor Dubuisson And McElroy tees off at 8:20am
:25:46. > :25:49.tomorrow. I can hardly wait. I am sure.
:25:50. > :25:58.And now for the weather, will the farmers be happy or sad?
:25:59. > :26:12.Well, more dry weather. This was the scene along the coast this morning,
:26:13. > :26:18.with low cloud here. The cloud did break in some spots, and when it did
:26:19. > :26:23.break, it was quite a warm afternoon. Out a lot of brightness
:26:24. > :26:28.to end the day, but apart from the odd shower, it is mainly dry. We
:26:29. > :26:32.have a change overnight, with a weather front moving in from the
:26:33. > :26:39.west. You can see the white lines, quite a few of them there, that is
:26:40. > :26:42.showing gusty wind. It will bring a narrow band of rain through,
:26:43. > :26:47.probably clearing by the time we get to tomorrow. Him behind, we get some
:26:48. > :26:53.temperature no lower than nine degrees Celsius. Into tomorrow, a
:26:54. > :26:57.much more promising day. It will be brighter. The gusty wind eases a
:26:58. > :27:00.little bit, but it will still be breezy around the coast. A very
:27:01. > :27:07.different start to the day tomorrow I'm not the gloom, we will have
:27:08. > :27:11.sunshine. There may be some patchy clouds throughout the day, but some
:27:12. > :27:16.decent spells of sunshine. All of us will have that westerly breeze,
:27:17. > :27:20.which will make it feel fresher with temperatures between 14 and 16
:27:21. > :27:26.Celsius. Tomorrow evening, a cooler but the brighter evening. It looks
:27:27. > :27:29.like it will be a cool night tomorrow night with temperatures
:27:30. > :27:37.settling at around seven Celsius. Burrell spots could be lower than
:27:38. > :27:44.that. -- rural. It seems to be mainly dry.
:27:45. > :27:46.Enjoy your evening. We will