:00:00. > :00:17.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline:
:00:18. > :00:23.200 former residents of a boys home in County Down say they were abused.
:00:24. > :00:29.Traditional musician Francis McPeake is cleared of sex abuse charges.
:00:30. > :00:32.The head of the Civil Service here is set to raise budget
:00:33. > :00:44.Here in Rory McIlroy's hometown, there has been a dispute over a
:00:45. > :00:47.flag. Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell
:00:48. > :00:49.back Darren Clarke to spearhead the There's a little bit of rain
:00:50. > :00:54.for the last day of what has been It could be one
:00:55. > :01:04.of the worst cases of institutional 200 former residents of Rubane House
:01:05. > :01:11.boys home in County Down say they were sexually or physically abused
:01:12. > :01:14.by living there. 55 of them have come forward to
:01:15. > :01:18.the Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry with testimony of
:01:19. > :01:34.their time at the church run home. In the middle of the last century,
:01:35. > :01:39.this house in the country became a home and school two young boys. The
:01:40. > :01:47.enquiry was told the house is now a private family home. From 1950 and
:01:48. > :01:52.1985, 1,000 boys aged 11 upwards were sent here, mainly from north
:01:53. > :02:02.and west Belfast. Was run on behalf of the catholic diocese of Down and
:02:03. > :02:07.Connor. Some boys were abused. The oral evidence over the coming weeks
:02:08. > :02:16.will continue to be extremely harrowing. However, individuals have
:02:17. > :02:22.come forward to the enquiry with the desire, however difficult it may be
:02:23. > :02:26.for them, and wanting the opportunity to publicly explain what
:02:27. > :02:38.happened to them when they were supposed to have been in the care of
:02:39. > :02:51.the diocese of Down and Connor. The notorious paedophile priest Father
:02:52. > :02:55.Brendan Smith also was raised today. Today's submissions heard when the
:02:56. > :03:00.policeman submitted a file to public prosecutors, he only -- also sent
:03:01. > :03:08.them a letter saying the full horror of the abuse was in a power and
:03:09. > :03:12.abuse at King for a children's home. Over the coming weeks, the enquiry
:03:13. > :03:15.will hear the accounts of 55 former residents who claimed they were
:03:16. > :03:20.physically or sexually abused. The enquiry has already established that
:03:21. > :03:26.150 other former residence, previously complained of abuse. The
:03:27. > :03:30.enquiry was told that the order went back to 1958 and they revealed today
:03:31. > :03:35.for the first time that the order was aware of one brother who was in
:03:36. > :03:37.charge of Rubane House who was involved in extensive and grave
:03:38. > :03:46.sexual abuse of boys before, during and after his time at Rubane House.
:03:47. > :03:49.The order of the church did not release him.
:03:50. > :03:54.The folk musician, Francis McPeake, has been cleared of 12 sex offences
:03:55. > :03:59.He is head of one of Ireland's best-known traditional music
:04:00. > :04:01.families and had always denied that he had a
:04:02. > :04:19.This case has had a high profile. Francis McPeake on the left of the
:04:20. > :04:22.picture is 72 and one of Ireland's leading to additional musicians. A
:04:23. > :04:26.woman, now 20, claimed when she was 15, France's has had a sexual
:04:27. > :04:31.relationship with her this afternoon, Francis McPeake was
:04:32. > :04:36.cleared of all charges against him. As the foreman of the jury announced
:04:37. > :04:41.the decisions, Francis McPeake looked at the ceiling, smiled and
:04:42. > :04:44.breeds sighs of relief. The woman who he had been accused of abusing
:04:45. > :04:49.wept and left the courtroom before all the verdicts were delivered. The
:04:50. > :04:53.woman had claimed she and Francis McPeake had first become intimate
:04:54. > :04:57.during a music trip to the Republic in 2009. She did not accuse him of
:04:58. > :05:02.forcing her to do anything but prosecutors claimed he had taken
:05:03. > :05:06.advantage of her. During the trial here which lasted just over a week,
:05:07. > :05:11.the jury heard evidence from the girl herself, several of her friends
:05:12. > :05:14.and family members. Francis McPeake maintained he had done nothing
:05:15. > :05:20.wrong. He said the allegations were false and malicious. Francis McPeake
:05:21. > :05:24.told the court he had travelled the world being music for 16 years and
:05:25. > :05:29.had taught 5,000 people, many of them to run. He said he had offered
:05:30. > :05:31.support and guidance to a troubled teenager who was going through
:05:32. > :05:36.personal problems but he claims nothing sexual or intimate ever
:05:37. > :05:42.happened between them. After he was acquitted, the judge told him he was
:05:43. > :05:46.free to go. France is the peak -- Francis McPeake find the jury and
:05:47. > :05:47.did not want to talk to reporters as he left. The strain of the trial
:05:48. > :05:50.showed. The BBC has learned that the head of
:05:51. > :05:54.the Northern Ireland Civil Service is likely to contact the Treasury
:05:55. > :05:57.later this week to raise his It is understood Dr Malcolm McKibben
:05:58. > :06:03.will say he believes the executive The Deputy First Minister has called
:06:04. > :06:10.for a freeze on millions in fines for the Assembly's
:06:11. > :06:26.in bringing in welfare reform. Stormont has grappled with many
:06:27. > :06:30.problems before but disarming a Star Wars storm trooper on his way into a
:06:31. > :06:36.charity event is not one of them. The slightly forlorn storm trooper
:06:37. > :06:42.was eventually allowed in, minus his bluster. If only all the
:06:43. > :06:43.here could be resolved as easily. Yesterday, Theresa Villiers
:06:44. > :06:47.announced a fresh round Yesterday, Theresa Villiers
:06:48. > :06:51.involving the British and Irish Lions and the five executive
:06:52. > :06:55.parties. In order to get those talks off to a good start, Sinn Fein says
:06:56. > :07:00.the UK Government should freeze nearly ?90 million in fines it is
:07:01. > :07:07.imposing because of Stormont's delay in implementing welfare changes. The
:07:08. > :07:13.upcoming talks need to happen with speed, they need to happen against a
:07:14. > :07:21.backdrop of freedom of threats from any description, and that includes
:07:22. > :07:22.the threat of the imposition of the nearly ?7 million. The Northern
:07:23. > :07:25.Ireland Office says it is not nearly ?7 million. The Northern
:07:26. > :07:29.to expect taxpayers to pay the difference for a more expensive
:07:30. > :07:34.welfare system here. The First Minister welcomes -- reckons it is
:07:35. > :07:38.impractical. This is something that has passed the post. The Prime
:07:39. > :07:41.Minister has told us, the Deputy Prime Minister has told us, the
:07:42. > :07:47.Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has told us. We had at most
:07:48. > :07:52.recently at a Tory party conference that there is no further
:07:53. > :07:57.negotiation. Like last year 's talks chaired by the US diplomat Richard
:07:58. > :08:00.Haass, the latest negotiations are due to conclude around Christmas.
:08:01. > :08:05.Like previously, the politicians will wrestle with the conflict
:08:06. > :08:12.issues of flights, parades and the past but the agenda will include
:08:13. > :08:18.resolving economic problems. A tall order according to one politician
:08:19. > :08:22.who has not received an invite. It seems the Secretary of State is only
:08:23. > :08:25.interested in hearing from the parties of failure and wishes to
:08:26. > :08:31.ignore that in the last election, there were 100,000 people who voted
:08:32. > :08:37.for parties other than the executive parties. Given the failure of the
:08:38. > :08:41.talks last Christmas, the public could be forgiven for having low
:08:42. > :08:45.expectations of this new round of negotiations. The fact the
:08:46. > :08:47.politicians will be grappling with even more difficult issues either
:08:48. > :08:49.provide the conditions for a significant agreement or an even
:08:50. > :09:01.bigger breakdown. Find out how I got trapped into a
:09:02. > :09:04.scientific experiment and it all went terribly well.
:09:05. > :09:09.A partially detonated explosive device found in an Orange Hall last
:09:10. > :09:13.Thursday has only now been removed from outside its front door.
:09:14. > :09:17.A saucepan containing what is thought to be home-made explosive
:09:18. > :09:26.was left at a hall in Carnagh in Keady in County Armagh.
:09:27. > :09:31.The device exploded here last Thursday evening. The bank going
:09:32. > :09:35.around the wooded valley just outside Keady was not until Friday
:09:36. > :09:41.that the remains of the bomb were found. A saucepan, torn by the
:09:42. > :09:45.blast, its lid was found metres away in long grass. The device and
:09:46. > :09:51.chemicals, but the inside, only partially detonated. The damage we
:09:52. > :09:58.have suffered is the third of the community, the heart of our members
:09:59. > :10:04.and some of the folks there, we believe this is all behind us.
:10:05. > :10:09.Today, the area around the blast was cordoned off while army and police
:10:10. > :10:12.investigated the device and searched the surrounding woodlands. For all
:10:13. > :10:16.of Saturday and Sunday, there was no court. The public were free to
:10:17. > :10:20.wander around the site and investigate the scene and the device
:10:21. > :10:25.for themselves. Questions then about balancing the safety of police
:10:26. > :10:28.officers with that of the public. The police have issued a statement
:10:29. > :10:33.saying they face a significant ongoing threat from terrorists which
:10:34. > :10:36.has shown a determined to kill police officers so they do say they
:10:37. > :10:41.worry about police safety but they also worry about the safety of the
:10:42. > :10:47.officers. I can understand the police's response because they did
:10:48. > :10:50.not know whether they were being lured into something else. All the
:10:51. > :10:52.wood land in the neighbourhood all has to be checked out before people
:10:53. > :11:00.can commit. People in the has to be checked out before people
:11:01. > :11:02.they believe the attack was carried out by a dissident republican group
:11:03. > :11:07.but the police say it is too early to draw any conclusions. The code
:11:08. > :11:09.and has now been removed and the roads are repugnant. Device has been
:11:10. > :11:20.It may be the 21st-century but engineering and technology are
:11:21. > :11:24.To change that though, girls as young as 13 are being shown
:11:25. > :11:27.that they too could have careers building roads and bridges.
:11:28. > :11:30.Our education correspondent has been watching potential new recruits as
:11:31. > :11:44.Female role models from the worlds of technology and engineering in the
:11:45. > :11:49.morning with your ten girls designing a new attraction in the W
:11:50. > :11:52.5% in Belfast. At this school there were two girls and 18 boys in the
:11:53. > :11:55.technology class and she was even more in the energy at university.
:11:56. > :12:00.Now she is working for a more in the energy at university.
:12:01. > :12:06.on water supplies. Rachel helps build roads and bridges after a
:12:07. > :12:12.false start in architecture. I started to study architecture but
:12:13. > :12:18.they said, don't worry about how this will stand up, that is the
:12:19. > :12:23.engineer's problem. I decided then to study civil engineering at
:12:24. > :12:27.Queens. Plenty of girls to the Stem subjects of science, technology and
:12:28. > :12:32.engineering and maths but they aim for a guaranteed job like medicine.
:12:33. > :12:36.Only 18% of degree students in engineering and technology are
:12:37. > :12:42.women. W 5 runs a series called fantastic females to change that.
:12:43. > :12:51.When they are looking at science related industries whereas boys tend
:12:52. > :12:55.to be more philosophical and a study subjects they enjoy and are good at.
:12:56. > :12:59.Today's experiments were aimed at showing how projects like climate
:13:00. > :13:03.are designed and built and it has inspired some 13-year-olds as they
:13:04. > :13:07.make crucial subject decisions. I have always liked maths in school
:13:08. > :13:12.and my teacher tensions it a lot. I have thought about it before. I
:13:13. > :13:17.haven't really thought about it before but now it has opened my eyes
:13:18. > :13:19.to it and only enjoy today. The point of this is to show how
:13:20. > :13:23.engineering design can point of this is to show how
:13:24. > :13:28.reality but the reality for me is I was not expecting to climb today and
:13:29. > :13:30.I am not exactly dressed for it but I will have a go even if I am a
:13:31. > :13:39.little big for this! Having two, three or even more
:13:40. > :13:44.turns life right on its head. It might be just a little bit easier
:13:45. > :13:48.if your children are among the 700 multiples under four in
:13:49. > :13:53.the Southern Health Trust's area. It has just appointed the UK's
:13:54. > :14:09.first health visitor dedicated When you have twins, it is
:14:10. > :14:14.beds and high chairs that double up, the workload, financial pressures,
:14:15. > :14:22.just about everything goes off the scale. As it did for first-time mum
:14:23. > :14:25.-- this first-time mum. When any mother finds out she is pregnant
:14:26. > :14:32.with twins, the first few days, you're just in shock. Especially
:14:33. > :14:39.myself, having babies and then going to two BB. For Vicky and anyone else
:14:40. > :14:45.in the southern trust area, help is at hand. Specialist expert help in
:14:46. > :14:49.the shape of this woman. Those challenges are there and parents
:14:50. > :14:55.need that additional advice and support and my role will be in
:14:56. > :15:00.addition to their core health visitation service but this is to
:15:01. > :15:07.offer specific advice with parents with multiple. The post has been
:15:08. > :15:12.created in conjunction with the twins and multiple births
:15:13. > :15:19.Association. It has lots of different challenges so that is why
:15:20. > :15:25.we came up with this idea and hopefully supporting them. With
:15:26. > :15:32.older mothers and IBF being to contribute factors to multiple
:15:33. > :15:59.births, it seems likely that there this trust is leading,
:16:00. > :16:05.Drive into Hollywood and you cannot miss the banner of support for Rory
:16:06. > :16:10.McIlroy as well as the pictures and road signs. After the owner of this
:16:11. > :16:15.house showed his support with a European flag for Rory's Ryder Cup
:16:16. > :16:20.team, the police appeared. There had been a complaint about the flag. The
:16:21. > :16:24.man who owns the house is a big golf fan and a member of Hollywood golf
:16:25. > :16:27.club. He did not want to appear on camera but he told me he was stunned
:16:28. > :16:32.when two police officers arrived here yesterday morning. He says at
:16:33. > :16:38.first, they didn't seem to know what the flag was. He explained it is a
:16:39. > :16:41.European flag for the Ryder Cup. They said the person who complained
:16:42. > :16:47.thought it was some sort of Arabic flag. In a statement, the police
:16:48. > :16:50.said officers received a report from a member of the public that a
:16:51. > :16:57.slightly believed to be offensive had been erected. Police attended
:16:58. > :17:00.and no offence was detected. In Hollywood, news of the Ryder Cup
:17:01. > :17:05.flag incident is the talk of the town. In some ways, you could not
:17:06. > :17:09.make it up! It is depressing in some ways that we would be focused on
:17:10. > :17:13.that. People are entitled to flight would be focused on that. People are
:17:14. > :17:17.entitled to able to sell our success. You may have won the Ryder
:17:18. > :17:19.Cup but the owner of this like says he is now going to take it down to
:17:20. > :17:24.try to keep the peace. The celebrations in Gleneagles no
:17:25. > :17:27.doubt went on long into the night Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell led
:17:28. > :17:35.the European charge in the singles yesterday securing
:17:36. > :17:53.points early in the day as Paul Standing tall, Captain Paul McGinley
:17:54. > :18:01.had plenty to smile about this morning. His opposite number, Tom
:18:02. > :18:07.Watson, packed his bags for home without the Ryder Cup. The night
:18:08. > :18:10.before the trophy was successfully defended with Rory McIlroy and
:18:11. > :18:18.Graeme McDowell playing a crucial role. Both won their matches to set
:18:19. > :18:21.you up on their way. The first two points on the board were from
:18:22. > :18:25.Northern Ireland. Unbelievable and I was so happy to turn my match
:18:26. > :18:32.around. It was incredible seeing him claw back gave me an extra
:18:33. > :18:41.motivation to get my point as well. You were five up! I wanted to get
:18:42. > :18:50.six or seven up. Jamie Donaldson may have hit the winning shot but Rory
:18:51. > :18:56.McIlroy had earlier produced a breathtaking display. The American
:18:57. > :19:02.player he beat left today only full of praise for the world number one.
:19:03. > :19:14.He was ready to go right out of the gate. It is hard to catch up from
:19:15. > :19:21.that. Admiring his masterclass was the man who had delivered the
:19:22. > :19:27.team's motivational speech. He is the greatest player in the world.
:19:28. > :19:33.Four out of the first five, cruise control after that. The enjoy
:19:34. > :19:43.watching him? Absolutely. Among those celebrating the victory by
:19:44. > :19:46.members of Graeme McDowell's family. Unbelievable, the only words I can
:19:47. > :19:56.think. When he is under pressure, he becomes another person but happy
:19:57. > :20:01.days! Are successful Ryder Cup duo reflected on a sensational summer. I
:20:02. > :20:05.am happy to be the number two player in Northern Ireland. Anywhere close
:20:06. > :20:08.to this man is pretty decent! Rory McIlroy said this would be the icing
:20:09. > :20:16.on the cake, this is the icing on the cake for me as well. For Graeme
:20:17. > :20:27.McDowell, it is a very special thing and to win the rider cup as part of
:20:28. > :20:31.the great team. Personally, we have always been there and this week has
:20:32. > :20:36.been great for us. We have really enjoyed it. We're probably stronger
:20:37. > :20:41.than we have ever been after what we have been three for the last couple
:20:42. > :20:46.of years. We will be fine. Europe win an eighth Ryder Cup in the last
:20:47. > :20:50.ten attempts. Attention now turns to the next one in America in two years
:20:51. > :20:51.time with Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke tipped to be the next
:20:52. > :20:54.captain. Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell
:20:55. > :20:57.both say they now want their fellow major winner
:20:58. > :21:00.Darren Clarke as the next European captain for the defence of the Ryder
:21:01. > :21:03.Cup in Minnesota in two years. Stephen Watson put that to
:21:04. > :21:12.Paul McGinley. What I will do now is to gather
:21:13. > :21:19.information over the next few months and top to the guys, the players,
:21:20. > :21:23.and we will take that into the meeting will stop Graeme McDowell
:21:24. > :21:28.has said he would like Darren Clarke and he hopes you and him and put
:21:29. > :21:32.differences aside, one that be a problem? No issues whatsoever. I
:21:33. > :21:35.have known Darren Clarke for a long time, since we have been 15 years of
:21:36. > :21:38.age and there are no issues there. The uncertain coaching situation
:21:39. > :21:40.at Ulster Rugby goes on. Perhaps they could do with it being
:21:41. > :21:43.resolved after a disappointing defeat
:21:44. > :21:58.in Italy against Zebre on Saturday, The game turned on its head ten
:21:59. > :22:01.minutes in. The cameras did not catch what happened here but it
:22:02. > :22:08.clearly showed a punch from Ulsterman.
:22:09. > :22:11.clearly showed a punch from referee had no option but to send
:22:12. > :22:14.him off. Ulster were down to 14 men and the Italians had their tails up.
:22:15. > :22:18.They had a try disallowed early in the second half before they made the
:22:19. > :22:26.breakthrough to put all the pressure and the visitors and favourites. The
:22:27. > :22:32.tight head prop is going to score! Two penalties from Ian Humphreys
:22:33. > :22:48.brought Ulster back into it but they thought they had taken the lead.
:22:49. > :22:53.Only for a Tommy -- Tommy Bowe try to be penalised. The lead was
:22:54. > :22:59.extended and they held on for a famous win. For Ulster, the young
:23:00. > :23:01.the big start to the season comes to a grinding halt.
:23:02. > :23:04.Just one point separates the top five teams at the top
:23:05. > :23:07.Tonight two of those sides, Crusaders and Linfield meet after
:23:08. > :23:24.Linfield returned to winning ways after a 3-1 win over Ballinamallard.
:23:25. > :23:32.The manager was not happy and became against Crusaders will take place
:23:33. > :23:35.tonight. Anderson disgusted -- I am just discussed at having to ask
:23:36. > :23:42.players to play twice. Players coming back from injuries, it is
:23:43. > :23:46.hard on their bodies and for players who play a part time to have to go
:23:47. > :23:56.and play on Monday is ridiculous. Crusaders came from behind twice to
:23:57. > :24:01.defeat Institute. It finished 3-2. Jude Winchester seemed to have
:24:02. > :24:06.sealed a win for Cliftonville after this thumping shot against Palomino.
:24:07. > :24:11.But the home side responded and right at the very end of normal
:24:12. > :24:16.time, Alan Jenkins equalised and finished at. Coleraine trailed
:24:17. > :24:20.Glenavon 1-0 but two goals gave them their first home win of the season.
:24:21. > :24:25.Glentoran against Dungannon seemed destined for a 0 -0 draw but then
:24:26. > :24:28.this wonderful strike gave them three points.
:24:29. > :24:31.There was always a guaranteed Ulster winner in the ladies All Ireland
:24:32. > :24:35.It was Down who emerged as the victors on Saturday,
:24:36. > :24:51.Kilkenny won the replay of the all Ireland hurling championship,
:24:52. > :24:55.beating Tipperary by three points in another tight contest between the
:24:56. > :25:01.two sides. That is a record 35th time Kilkenny have lifted the
:25:02. > :25:05.trophy. The Belfast Giants went top of the league with a for-2 win over
:25:06. > :25:09.Coventry on Saturday. They stay first despite a 6 -1 loss last
:25:10. > :25:31.night. September has been a very dry month
:25:32. > :25:35.we do have some rain in the forecast as September draws a close. Not a
:25:36. > :25:39.lot of it though, it has to be said, and over the next few days, there is
:25:40. > :25:45.still going to be some dry spells around. Come the end of the week,
:25:46. > :25:48.more of a definite change in the week, more of a definite change and
:25:49. > :25:51.it looks as though we will be getting our first wet and windy
:25:52. > :25:56.spell for quite some time. Not much of a breeze today, we had some
:25:57. > :26:00.lovely sunshine. Blue skies over Belfast and the best of the sunshine
:26:01. > :26:07.was earlier on. Through the day, the cloud moved in from the south. We
:26:08. > :26:18.could see one to those showers in the first part of the night but for
:26:19. > :26:22.many of us, a dry end to the day. It is mild and temperatures no lower
:26:23. > :26:27.than 11 or 12 degrees. You can see we have some rain out to the west
:26:28. > :26:31.and this is a weather front is going to move in to bring quite dismal
:26:32. > :26:36.conditions for many parts as we head into tomorrow. Things will improve
:26:37. > :26:44.again later on in the day will stop by to tell and damp and a little bit
:26:45. > :26:51.breezy in places. The rainbow move its weakest words. A lot of this
:26:52. > :26:54.rain will be fairly light. Even so, if you are in the east, there is a
:26:55. > :26:58.chance that the rain could linger into the middle part of the
:26:59. > :27:03.afternoon before things start to improve. Drier and brighter weather
:27:04. > :27:09.will follow from the West and temperatures still fairly decent at
:27:10. > :27:12.18 or 19 degrees. We ended tomorrow on a mainly dry note. Through
:27:13. > :27:15.tomorrow night, and other weather front bit synth and again it will
:27:16. > :27:21.bring mainly like being across many parts. Once the rain moves, and
:27:22. > :27:29.looking much brighter and fresher as we head into Wednesday. Similar on
:27:30. > :27:36.Thursday. Our late news is at 10:25 on BBC
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:27:41. > :27:45.conversation there, if you like. Enjoy the rest your evening.