10/11/2015 BBC Newsline

news at Six. Goodbye from me. On BBC One

A former paratrooper is arrested by detectives investigating

This man with learning difficulties shot dead over 40 years ago -

70 jobs go as an American company closes its Belfast base

Could it be the end of scenes like this as a major supermarket

Getting ready for this Friday's friendly against Latvia.

We've the latest from the Northern Ireland football camp.

After a record-breaking warm night, Barra finds out the effects

of this unseasonable weather and I'll tell you if it's set to last.

A former member of the parachute regiment is being questioned

The 66-year-old is the first person to be arrested

as part of the police investigation into the killings in Londonderry

It's understood he's being questioned about three

of the 13 deaths during the civil rights march that

day. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.

The killings of 13 civilians by members of the Parachute Regiment on

Bloody Sunday in 1972 are among the most controversial of the Troubles.

In June 2010, Prime Minister David Cameron apologised to the families

He accepted the findings of a report by Lord Saville, which said none of

There is no doubt there is nothing equivocal, there are no ambiguities.

What happened on Bloody Sunday was both unjustified and unjustifiable.

Families of those killed and their supporters welcomed his statement.

The police and Public Prosecution Service responded by saying they

would examine the report's contents for evidence of criminal behaviour.

victims' families and told them a police officers met some of the

They also said soldiers suspected of carrying out

We will be interviewing soldiers as part of the investigation. We will

go with the evidence takes us. We want to have all -- all of our

witness interviews first and collect the information we need, and once we

are ready to go we will interview those that are suspect is.

Since then, the families have complained about

Detectives investigating the killings today made

A 66-year-old former member of the Parachute Regiment was

arrested at his home in County Antrim this morning.

He's being questioned at this police station in Belfast city centre.

It's believed the man was referred to as Soldier J

It's understood he's being questioned about the killings

of 17-year-old John Young, 20-year-old Michael McDaid

The former soldier is also alleged to have shot William Nash's father,

Alexander, who was seriously injured while trying to save his son.

They were all shot close to a rubble barricade near Rossville

William Nash's sister today welcomed news of the arrest.

I was absolutely shocked. It was the last thing I expected. I got a call

from the PSNI next week just to let me know that they had actually had

not got the questioning any soldiers, there were delays in their

schedule. We hope this is the final stage of us getting justice and

being able to go to bed at night and sleep in peace.

Last year, relatives of those killed on Bloody Sunday said the police

told them they had identified eight suspects they planned to interview

That means more arrests of former soldiers could follow.

A former soldier will be prosecuted for the attempted murder

of a man with learning difficulties more than 40 years ago.

John Pat Cunningham was shot dead by an army patrol near Benburb in 1974.

Our South East reporter, Gordon Adair, was in court.

June, 1974, John Pat Cunningham was walking home from here, Benburb

Priory rehab voluntary job. He was 27, but he had the mental age of the

child, estimated between six and ten. He also had a fear of men in

uniform. On the way home he encountered an army patrol. Exactly

what happens next will be the subject of a forthcoming trial. What

is widely accepted is that John Pat Cunningham was shot while running

away from that patrol. One of those soldiers was allegedly Dennis

Hutchings, and he found out today that 40 years later he will be

prosecuted over that incident. By September, 1974, the RUC had passed

a file to the Crown Prosecution Service. A decision was taken not to

prosecute any soldier and that decide the matter remained until

2,000 the team when the Director of Public Prosecutions ordered a

reinvestigation of the circumstances surrounding the killing. Today, in a

statement the PPS said that after careful consideration of the

evidence against him, a decision had been taken to prosecute Dennis

Hutchings. Despite John Pat Cunningham having died from his

injuries, Dennis Hutchings is charged with murder but attempted

murder. This is because according to the prosecution to soldiers opened

fire on him that day, both hitting and at 40 years removed it is

impossible to say which of them fired the fatal shot. The second

soldier is dead, otherwise, presumably, he too would be facing a

similar charge today. Dennis Hutchings was not in court, having

been excused. His case will be mentioned again next month.

American health company CVS Caremark is to close its Belfast IT centre

The centre, which opened in 2012, develops software for the firm,

which is one of America's biggest pharmacy chains.

Our Economics and Business Editor, John Campbell, is here.

How much of a surprise is the closure?

Just about 18 months ago the bosses of CVS Caremark were in Belfast said

there was so happy with the operation here they were going to

expand it and tried to grow up to 150 jobs. Today, I complete U-turn,

saying the centre is surplus to requirements. What have they been

saying? They have been emphasising that it is surplus to requirements.

What have they been saying? They have been emphasising that it has

review over their whole business and they find that they can't afford the

Belfast centre any more on their terms. One other thing we should say

is that invest NI offered this company ?2 million to create these

jobs in Belfast. The company only true giant ?500,000 and invest NI

will investigate to see if they can get that money back. 70 people

losing their jobs. Prospects for them? Coming up to Christmas, people

will know they will be out of work. Many of these people will have in

demand skills. Doctor people in the IT sector all the time and they say

they just can't find people with the right skills, and these people do.

Many of these people should be able to find good, new jobs quite

The Stormont talks next and there are contrasting

The Secretary of State has said nothing is certain

as far as a deal is concerned, but both the First and Deputy First

Ministers have expressed the hope that an agreement can still

To try to make sense of it all, our Political Editor, Mark Devenport,

You have been speaking to Theresa Villiers. Has she been trying to

dampen down speculation? To some extent, I think that is correct. We

have had a rash of optimistic predictions, especially from the

Taoiseach, about how imminent deal might be. Theresa Villiers was

emphasising there were still outstanding problems over welfare

and the legacy of the Troubles and she was pretty cautious in her

overall assessment. There are a number of areas where we have closed

the gap, but it is still very difficult to get a solution on

implementation of Welfare Reform. That is absolutely crucial if the

executive will have a sustainable budget. I don't think we have got a

resolution on that. Also, on the legacy bodies, in relation to

national security matters, and onward disclosure of documentation

continues to be sensitive and we are working on those matters, too.

Within minutes of her expressing that few, Peter Robinson and Martin

McGuinness or more at eight. I suppose you have to bear in mind

that even at this late stage there is a tug-of-war between the

governments on the parties about what kind of finance might actually

underpin any deal they eventually come up with. We were storm --

summons up the Stormont Castle, were both at First and Deputy First

Ministers said that it was still feel on. I am still optimistic. I

believe things are going in the right direction. When you are

dealing with an agreement you want to get a wide possible -- widest

possible support for, the fact that the core of that agreement has been

already agreed in dialogue terms between Sinn Fein and the DUP means

we have to then put it into text. We want to do that in a way that can

get the support of the other participating parties because two of

the three parties do want to get an agreement that they can sign up to.

I certainly believe that at the beginning of the week, given what I

think was great work done by some of the parties over the last week the

great progress was made, that the deal was achievable by the end of

this week. I think if both governments supplied the same

urgency to the challenges that remain, the same urgency is that the

parties have applied, then there would have been an agreement by the

end of this week. As for the Ulster unionists, they are still in the top

of sceptical about the shape of the deal? I think so. Very few people

are predicting that the Ulster Unionist will buy into any deal.

They had a terse and robust meeting, as was described, with the Secretary

of State today. Afterwards, Mike Nesbitt is questions about where the

money would come from the fund any agreement. I am sure peace and

prosperity will be promised soon, but that piece of paper will need to

be checked very carefully, especially the finances and the

additional debts that we think they will want to incur, that will

mortgage the future offer children and dump the responsibility of their

financial mismanagement on future generations. That is not a fair

deal. Responding to that, Peter Robinson said that might Nesbitt

didn't know what he was talking about and the Ulster unionists were

in wrecking mood, sitting around like vultures waiting for something

The retailer Asda has decided not to run shopping discounts on what's

The supermarket chain introduced the idea of the one-off November

sale day but after just two years it has changed its policy.

Stopping at nothing to get their hands on a bargain.

This was in Tesco, but it was Asda where the idea of

big November discounts to kick-start to Christmas shopping began.

Here's what happened in one of their London stores.

So now Asda have changed their minds.

These things come in cycles. It is popular at the moment with a lot of

people, especially online. It will take a while for it to fade out.

But shoppers here don't seem too heartbroken.

I think you have to the trouble last year there would be sensible to do

it, but of bad bad press they had. A lot of nonsense for nothing, really.

I would rather buy what I want when I want it. There are so many people,

what is the point forgetting a few bargains? Wouldn't bother me too

much. In Antrim town,

this store relies on its tearoom and service to compete at the most

important time of the year. But,

like lots of retailers trying to compete with Black Friday, they've

brought in an early Christmas shopping discount day of their own,

but there's risks to that. It is a time of year when you have

got the major living. If you do offer discounts, people would hold

onto them and you could lose out badly.

Asda might have been the first to bring in Black Friday, but

The days of early discounting for Christmas are far from over.

A candidate for UKIP in the European Parliament election has

Henry Reilly was expelled from his former party last week,

He's a councillor from Kilkeel who has been critical of UKIP for

Today, he said that joining the TUV felt inevitable.

Nigel Farage was in Belfast and he stated that he wanted to get the

Good Friday Agreement fully back on track. Clearly, the Good Friday

Agreement is not working in the best interests of the people of Northern

Ireland. The TUV have an alternative with unaccountable system similar to

what operates in Scotland or Wales. That is not too much to ask. We are

British citizens, at the end of the day.

Fair prices for farmers is the subject of an inquiry

One of the issues is the difference paid for beef animals

A local farmers' union says it can be up to ?140 less.

Meat plants accept there's a difference, but say prices paid

across the UK are still some of the highest in Europe.

Our agriculture correspondent, Conor Macauley, reports.

Derek Robinson produces beef in County Down. When his animals are

ready for slaughter he phones the factories to get a price. For five

years he has find the best one is not in Northern Ireland. Most of my

cattle" in the Scotland. I have no real desire to do that.

cattle" in the Scotland. I have no prefer to take them a few miles up

the road and killed them in Northern Ireland. Even with transport costs,

he still makes more than they taking them to local plans. It cost Derek

30 points ahead dissent his animals to Scotland for slaughter, but

despite that he reckons he will be around ?100 a head at a rough as a

result of that decision to put the animals on the boat. That kind of

rice difference annoys farmers here. Their union say that it can be up to

?140 depending on the animal. They have the same owners, we put in the

same quality assurance cattle, the meat is packaged in the same way and

goes to the same retailers who we find it unacceptable. This is not

new. It has affected beef producers here since at least the 1960s when

live export to Scotland for slaughter was the norm. That was

covered in a big report two years ago, but the reasons have remained

roughly the same. One of the main ones is a ready supply of cattle

here in the autumn. We have higher seasonal pattern with a spike of

supply in the autumn. That puts downward pressure on price. You

don't have that same problem in Great Britain. Researchers have the

advantage of cheaper southern cattle. For the US view, that is not

good enough, they say they will keep the pressure on the close the

price. Derek acknowledges that what he is doing will not work for

everyone. Movement restrictions on some farms will prevent them from

taking advantage, but, for now, it is working for him.

Thomas Kane is at a West Belfast boxing club where boxers

from Washington DC have come to take on the best local fighters.

Warm winds from the equator health temperatures in Murdoch Volvo lower

than 16 degrees. The warm autumn conditions have

It may be just a few weeks until the start of winter, but some

One chap I was talking to last week find an active nest the size of a

massive bin bags. The season started quite late, we are six weeks behind

the usual timescale, so with this mild weather, insect is right a lot

Most of us enjoy the milder weather, but

for cattle farmers it means possible respiratory problems for their stock

It leaves the error more steel and warm. The cattle get too warm in the

house and they will steam a bit and they will tend to have problems.

The higher temperatures allow us to save a few pounds

For oil suppliers, low demand has been offset by lower prices.

If the prices were up through the roof like they were a few years ago,

people would be holding back. We have seen people ordering 900

litres, but you're going out to their houses than they are only

taking 500. They are just getting it in night in case the bad weather

comes. It is not unusual for Murdoch Bay to record some of the highest

temperatures in Northern Ireland. Last night it was 13 degrees above

normal for the time of year. It is hardly surprising that despite the

wind, rain and grey clouds, at lunchtime we are sitting at 18

degrees, temperatures normally reserved for our summer months, if

you're lucky. We don't normally get that kind of weather in Northern

Ireland! Even in the summer we don't get that kind of weather! I am

enjoying every minute of it! It is set to stay milder than normal in

the near future, but it may not feel that way as it stays unsettled. We

will have the full forecast in a few moments.

It was all smiles among the Northern Ireland football team at a relaxed

Stephen Watson's here with the sport.

Despite a few injuries, manager Michael ONeill has confirmed

that Chris Brunt will miss Friday's international friendly

Paddy McNair, who is with the squad, will also sit out the game

Northern Ireland trained in South Belfast earlier today.

As Mark Sidebottom reports, the mood in the camp was buoyant.

What a difference qualification makes. For a start, training is a

little bit more relaxed. All these children needed was a ticket to the

Euros. They will tell you it is the personal

Euros. They will tell you it is the the attention the detail of the

manager that keeps them smiling. As for the man with the plan, he will

tinker, but not too much before the game on Friday. There is an

opportunity to look at some things, maybe a change in the system. We

don't have that many games before the final so we have to think about

her preparation. I will look at certain things, but it is early in

the wake of the minute and we will see how the boys go between night

and Friday. As shrewd tactician who thinks a lot about the game and the

opposition, both squad and manager have formed a tight bond, but the

boss calls the shots. I don't think it is a case of handing site

unnecessarily, just to give players the chance, they need to earn that

chance. It is getting the balance right between looking at what we

have done well and trying to get some game time into the other

players, as well. It is so much more fun when the job has already been

done. There's a much more tense atmosphere

in the Republic of Ireland squad. Ahead of this Friday's qualification

play-off away to Bosnia, assistant coach Roy Keane has questioned club

managers who rule out injured Keane's comments come as he

and Martin O'Neill await news It is unfortunate over the years,

being involved with club managers and international managers, whatever

the managers have said, club managers, again, we will know more

over the next 24 hours. I am not ruling these lads out. I don't take

too much notice of what the club managers say. There are

international weeks coming up, it is ironic that players always tend to

be ruled out for a ten up to 14 days. It is amazing.

This week, a team of young boxers from the USA have travelled to

Northern Ireland to take on a local selection of fighters.

The Belfast-Beltway Boxing Project is a Washington DC based initiative.

Thomas Kane is live now in West Belfast with some of those involved.

As you can see, the Holy Trinity club is a hyperbaric levity. These

boxers are certainly working hard. For one night only fighters from

across the Atlantic have taken over this West health as Jim. They are

the finest fighters from Washington, DC. They are preparing for her night

of encounters between our best local fighters. Patrick is from the

project. What do your boxers benefit from coming here? I will give you an

example. We have a young kid with us, 12 years old, he probably would

not have had an opportunity to travel the -- to a place like

Northern Ireland and experience the culture and the sporting exchange

that we are doing on Friday. It gives people an opportunity, the

youth that we deal with, to experience something different. What

we have observed is that they are finding out that other people have

the same problems, same concerns that they have and live in a

different country. It makes the world a little bit larger and gives

them a global experience. It benefits them, it benefits the Irish

kids and we tried to give back to the community as well. You have the

opportunity to meet Barry McGuigan. Tell us about some of the fighters

through this programme. One of the fighters we have has actually signed

with Floyd Mayweather. That young man came here two years ago. He is

from Baltimore. Another kid from our so-called rough neighbourhood, he

had the opportunity to travel, his first time on a plane. He came

across and he really enjoyed it. Thank you very much gentlemen.

Whiteknights is on Friday at the Titanic building.

After last night, Morocco is that UK record for the walrus November day

at 18 degrees. We have some very warm air coming in from the site.

This weather front has been bringing spells of rain from the north-west,

wanted moves through the area in behind that will not be quite as

warm. The weather front still having an impact across parts of the South

and East this evening, the odd heavy burst here as well and could be

parts of County Down that hold onto some damp weather through the

night. Elsewhere, behind the band of rain, it is drier, clearer and the

temperatures lower than the word last night, 28 9 degrees, but that

is still above average for the time of year. Into tomorrow we are not

quite as optimistic about tomorrow as it were over the last couple of

days, there are more showers in the forecast, but not a bad start for

many birds. Once we get rid of the brain from the County Down coast in

the morning anyplace is dry and bright. Into the afternoon, one or

two light showers will creep in initially. They will develop more by

mid-afternoon, pushing their way northwards and eastwards. Some are

likely to be heavy and there is the risk of the odd rumble of thunder.

More of the breeze and the temperatures will go back down to 12

degrees. For tomorrow night, the rain clears away and we will still

have a few showers for a time of clear spells in between and it is

quite cold as well the temperatures dropping to four or 5 degrees. In

the Thursday, the deepening area of low pressure has been given a name,

the first named storm of the season I could have dramatic impacts of

the first named storm of the season northern and western Scotland.

windy spell on the way. We are working on a story about a deer that

has been shot in the grounds of the school in Antrim today. More of that

in earlier bulletin. Goodbye.