12/11/2015 BBC Newsline

Tonight's top stories: in discharging them.

Six people in Ballymena area are arrested in relation to

The Police Ombudsman says he found no evidence that officers failed to

intervene in the sectarian beating of Coleraine man Kevin McDaid.

Nationalists and Unionists react to the

It's a dignified thing to send the national anthem at the end of the

remembrance service. Yesterday it was a bad for the Assembly, bad for

politics, but for community relations.

We speak to the former Northern Ireland football captain

who's currently without a club but wants to make it to the

Storm Abigail is going to bring strong winds. How long will the

onset of where the last? Find out later in the programme.

Hello and welcome to the programme. Six people have been arrested in the

Ballymena area in connection with child sexual exploitation. A number

of searches were also carried out. Will Leitch reports.

The arrests by detectives from the PSNI's Public Protection Branch took

place during an operation in the Ballymena area this morning.

Five men were arrested, ranging from

teenagers to a men in their twenties, forties and fifties, and

one woman aged 48. The men are suspected of rape and other

offences, the woman of aiding and abetting rape, and false

offences, the woman of aiding and abetting rape,

The detectives were assisted by officers from the Northern Trust's

Public Protection Unit. A number of searches were made, and some items

In a statement from the PSNI Public Protection Branch, a detective

inspector said, the arrests reflect their determination to

apprehend those suspected of coercing, exploiting

She points out that the six suspects

arrested are not all linked to each other, and that,

arrested are not all linked to each other, and that

this is not about organised sexual abuse by a group of people.

is not linked to Operation Jarra - where the PSNI and National Crime

Agency have been working together to target those who use the internet to

Will is in the studio now. There's one more point from the PSNI's

There are always repeated a warning to parents and carers of young

children and that is this. Think about whom the new children or

mixing with and look out for noticeable or unexpected or

unexplained changes in behaviour and evidences of unexplained deaths,

jewellery or expensive mobile phones. After all that if you have

concerns, take action. Contact the police Child protection helplines or

ChildLine. The Police Ombudsman has found no

evidence that officers did not intervene to stop

a sectarian attack in Coleraine Kevin McDaid, who was a Catholic,

was beaten by a Loyalist gang close to his home

on the Heights estate in 2009. Kevin McDaid, a father of four, died

in what was later described in court as an ugly sectarian attack. His

wife was also beaten and neighbour Damien Fleming was seriously

injured. It happened the day Rangers Football Club won the Scottish

Premier League. Local people raised concerns that on the day policing

was not robust, that some officers texted loyalists to encourage

violence and that they then did not But the Police Ombudsman Doctor

Michael But the Police Ombudsman Doctor

Michael Maguire says a detailed

investigation found no evidence to The responsibility for Mr McDaid was

Mac Beth rests with those who carried out the attack. We found no

evidence the police inflamed the incident and looking at the incident

over the course of the day the police did respond appropriately.

Investigators interviewed 120 witnesses, look at CCTV footage and

listen to police radio transmissions from the day. They also recovered

and examined a number of mobile phones.

This was a very serious attack and a Catholic area that was left

defenceless and a police presence on the ground at that moment in time

was inadequate and that is not mentioned in the report at all.

court as nine men were jailed in connection with the attack.

The First and Deputy First Ministers say that a north-south meeting due

to take place in Armagh tomorrow has been postponed to allow the

political talks to reach a conclusion. That phrase has fuelled

speculation that a deal might be announced as early as tomorrow. Our

Political Editor Mark Devenport joins us now from our Stormont

Mark, the Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been predicting since last weekend

that we might have a deal this week. Could he be proved right

I suppose it's possible. It wasn't clear what to read into the decision

to postpone the ministerial Council meeting. It might just have been he

didn't want to face questions about why there has been no deal so far.

This statement from the first and Deputy First Minister 's office say

the talks are at an advanced stage and they would reach a conclusion

and that led people to believe things could conclude as early as

tomorrow. Irish ministers are not at Stormont house right now, they have

left to attend an event related to 30th anniversary of the Anglo Irish

agreement in Dublin. Before he left, Charlie Flanagan had this to say. I

believe it is now possible to have a breakthrough and I am encouraging

all parties round the table to commit themselves to finally

reaching a conclusion on these most important matters. If there is a

deal will just be between the DUP, Sinn Fein and the two governments?

At some point they will to share it with the other parties but primarily

it will be a deal between them. I should point out that Sinn Fein

sources in the past half-hour have said the talks will conclude with

all issues are resolved but that is not the case at this stage. They are

still looking of the disclosure of information from families in the

Troubles. Other parties, such as David Ford of the Alliance are

seeing they want this to run no longer in the early part of next

week. Mike Nesbitt of the Ulster Unionists said he is very concerned

about the finances here at Stormont which he says are getting into the

pariah state. Laptops do go on over the weekend well that pose a problem

for the SDLP. -- parks go on over the weekend. There is a leadership

election, so you would think that would be their main focus of their

detention at the moment. The negotiator told us he and other SDLP

members will be available for discussions over the weekend and

they want to see the documents central to these talks published as

soon as possible. Tomorrow is Friday the 13th. Is that a problematic bait

for a deal? You can imagine it might be a bit problematic selling a

Friday the 13th deal with all the things that go with that, but

tomorrow is also children in need so maybe they will pull out of the

party agreement. -- Pudsey agreement.

A 20-year-old pedestrian has died following a road crash Garvagh.

He was struck by a van on Tirkeeran Road at

One of Northern Ireland's biggest employers is asking

Workers at the Canadian-owned aerospace giant Bombardier have been

told that savings are critical to its survival.

It has five factories in the Greater Belfast area.

This report from our business correspondent Julian O'Neill.

These are worrying times at one of our oldest and most significant

employers. Bombardier's 5000 staff have been told to

accept a two-year freeze in pay and work an extra hour each Friday.

The entire Canadian business is in trouble with the new CSeries project

delayed, over budget and struggling to win orders.

Around 700 jobs, mostly on contract workers, copy and lost at local

Bombardier operations in the workers, copy and lost at local

year or so. What is contained in this pay but it's hardly likely to

soothe anxiety amongst the remaining workforce.

been set out in the bleakest of terms. Workers are told the firm is

in a serious financial crisis. Costs must be reduced by 20%

in Belfast by 2017 and savings are critical to survival.

We nor our senior stewards have been an in the past week and we know the

company has been struggling for some time in terms of finances. This

offer has been put to the workforce and it is up to the workforce if

front for local manufacturing. The Executive though insists the

long-term prospects are much better. But one minister suggests a need for

As we look to a refreshed economic strategy after me there has to be a

clearer focus our own manufacturing, both the challenges and where

Northern Ireland isn't as competitive, but also looking

forward to the future. Back at Bombardier, a ballot on pay

will be held in the coming weeks. been given on job security even if

the deal goes through. The Royal British Legion say the

singing of the national anthem is not compulsory at Remembrance Day

services, in spite of complaints from some unionists that it wasn't

sung at Stormont yesterday. BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson has been

talking to politicians Just when everyone thought the

about the anthem issue. Just when everyone thought the

service of remembrance was over, this happened.

The SDLP say steps must be taken to ensure it doesn't happen again.

Yesterday was bad for politics, community relations and we learned

the lesson we don't try and impose something on the other side. At the

going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.

Looking back at the footage today, this former soldier and politician

says what happened yesterday was highly significant. Can argue

whether or not the national anthem should or shouldn't have been on the

order of service, but if people really look at this, Mitchel

McLaughlin of Sinn Fein that the exaltation. When would be ever

believe that somebody from Sinn Fein with the exhortation. When they

don't start singing the national anthem, Martin McGuinness stood up

and show that respect. Should the national anthem have been on the

official order of service? In a statement today, the Royal British

Legion said,. But the man who started the singing yesterday said

it has been sung before at Stormont and should be sang again. If Sinn

Fein want to attend the event that is up to them but there should be no

change to the format in order to accommodate them? Any regrets about

what you did yesterday? None at all. They may have been divided over the

anthem but there was common ground between all parties when it came to

remembrance. Still to come : The National Trust

says we should think about cutting back sea defences and let nature

take its course along our coastline. A senior medical expert who reviewed

how the health system is run here says the Health and

Social Care Board should be done In his first interview since

Health Minister Simon Hamilton announced his intention to abolish

the board, Sir Liam Donaldson said there also needs to be financial

savings through staff cutbacks. He spoke exclusively to

our reporter David Maxwell. As far as the changes to the

bureaucracy is concerned, I think that is a good thing, but I think

now is the time to move quickly on that. The last thing you want is an

organisation that is dying in a management tomes, running the show

for years. I would expect to see a reduction in unnecessary management

costs because ultimately that same money can be redeployed to

front-line patient care where it is badly needed at the moment.

HMRC is to close its regional tax offices in

Northern Ireland and operate from a single facility in Belfast.

Four offices in Belfast as well as offices in Enniskillen,

Londonderry, Coleraine, Lisburn, Craigavon and Newry will close

The organisation says the closures will be phased in to,

allow staff time to make choices for their future and reduce the

Up to 1600 people are expected to work

Residents in Strathfoyle near Londonderry say they have health

concerns about the impact of a major fire at a nearby waste plant.

Several thousand tonnes of black bin household waste is

still burning more than 24 hours after the fire started.

The operation to deal with the blaze is likely to continue for several

days as it's still too dangerous for firefighters to enter the building.

If Fire and Rescue Service says it is too dangerous to enter the

building as it is structurally unsafe and it will be allowed to

Bonn for some more time before an attempt to extinguish it fully. We

don't want to put firefighters in a building that could collapse at any

time. To really tackle the fire we would have to dig it out properly so

we have to let the rubbish bond down so we can tackle it effectively. It

is understood there were several thousand tonnes of household waste

inside when the fire broke out yesterday morning. A new recycling

company had just taken over the plan after the previous owner had gone

into administration. A spokesman for the company said it is too early to

assess the extent and cost of the fire. Strathfoyle residents,

especially those with young children, are worried about the

impact of the fire. I was quite appalled. I have fought young kids

and we were advised yesterday to close our windows and doors. Why

should we have to suffer for the industrial problems going on? We're

concerned about people's health. There are quite a lot of elderly

people on the estate be the fumes from that. The Fire and Rescue

Service says it will now be carrying out a joint investigation with the

PSNI about the fire. It is likely to be a day or two before the fire is

put out and investigators get inside the building. With that in mind it

is likely to be early next week before the results of that

investigation are known. Now it's been miserable today,

but Abigail, the first big winter storm, is expected to skirt

the north coast and most But bad weather is having

a big impact on our shorelines. The National Trust, which manages

one fifth of our coast, says it's time to start thinking

about abandoning defences in some Our agriculture

and environment correspondent Is one point last winter and new

road is under the sea, not beside it. Rising tides and storms are

putting coastal communities under pressure. If you have land or

property there, you need a long-term plan. It's a mild day by the shores,

but at the National Trust's Mount Stuart estate, and they are

preparing for trickier times. They predict the sea will reach part of

the gardens in 80 years. Even now it is causing a problem. There is a

twin threat, high tide stop ground water escaping to the sea and a

rising sea level is making the water in the garden saltier. Salt will

tell most of these plants. One thing we're doing is propagating all of

the rarest plants here and then planting them farther up the hell so

that no matter what happens here we will still have these plants

preserved. That is how they are adapting to coastal change in the

gardens. But in other places the trust have tried a more radical

approach. This used to be farmland. What they did was bridged the sea

wall at this property and simply allowed the lock to flow in and out

through the gap. It's part of a wider debate about when it's right

to defend our course and when it's right to retreat. In some places we

will be defending it, I'm sure, and in other places we will let the sea

rolled back and relocate. Certainly we should not continue to build in

areas that are liable to flooding and coastal erosion. We should look

long-term. That is the very thing Northern Ireland is not good at.

Before we know how much we are losing the will have to map what we

have got. There is a lot of it to do not that much time to it.

Now sport, and the tale of the footballer

without a club, but a dream of making the Euro 2016 finals.

As his team prepares for tomorrow's friendly against

Latvia, Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill told us this week

there is still a chance for players outside the current squad to make it

Among those hoping to still get a ticket to France and Euro 2016 is

He's currently clubless, but training hard to get back

Back in the team room. A knee injury meant the Sammy Clingan was missing

when Northern Ireland qualified for the finals. Just been going to the

gym. Sorkin said preparing for a game this week, he's peddling his

way back to fitness. It's pretty tough. It's unfortunate that the

timing of it. And just got to try and be strong, it's hard waking up

every day and going into rehab on your own, but I've got a good family

other me who keep me mentally strong and that is really helpful. In

midfield mainstay for almost a decade, the timing of the injury

could not be worse. I went to see the surgeon again and he says it is

likely another 12 weeks. Currently without a club, and training alone

is difficult, but it's a situation the manager is a familiar with.

After Wigan athletic I had a bad injury and Dave Whelan decided I was

surplus to requirements and I was released without a club and it's to

be the best part of two and a half months to find a club so I know the

situation Sammy is in. I just hope he can get back to show us what a

player he is. Michael has been spot on since day one. He gave me the

captain's armband when we played against Holland in the Amsterdam

Arena. He's always there to talk to so we know is how you're doing and

he has treated me very well. Qualification has provided Sammy

Clingan with the target and he is doing everything possible to get

himself a chance of making the squad of 22 players next summer. When

Sammy is fit he is always in my squad. He knows he has got a long

road back but if France can be a target for him then that will

hopefully help. It's definitely an incentive to get fit. I just want to

take it day by day. The goal is there and I just hope I can be a

part of it. The lonely road to recovery will hopefully lead to

France. The Republic of Ireland versus Latvia is live on BBC Two

tomorrow night. The Republic

of Ireland squad have flown to Bosnia for the away leg of their

Euro 2016 play-off tie tomorrow. Captain Robbie Keane has vast

international experience, scoring a record five goals in eight

play-off games down the years. So he is in the perfect position to

judge if the mood in the camp is Just speaking to land in there now,

I get a sense that this week and training players are relaxed and

that's not a bad thing. Sometimes players can get very intense when it

comes to a situation like this but it is important players like

myself, experienced players, try and speak -- try and not speak too much.

In the wake of the most successful ever men's Rugby World Cup, this

weekend sees another step in the development of the women's game.

Ireland and England meet for the first time in an Autumn

international in London, ahead of the 2017 World Cup

Mark Sidebottom reports on the push to promote the women's game.

A masterclass in Belfast backyard with a very appreciative audience.

And then the fans got their time. Big and small, boys and girls. She

is the massive work up here. I'm sure in a couple of years' time we

will reap the benefits in the sport but we, as a squad getting a chance

to come up here and show our skills. Usually be the countdown and

Leinster saw it is nice to come Ulster and spend some time around

the country. I hope we are inspiring more goals to pick up the rugby

ball. You get the feedback and you hear the good stories from different

people around the country wanting to play more rugby. It all increasing

now in terms of playing numbers and hopefully it will continue. Here is

the plan, short and long time. Beat England this weekend, retain the six

Nations in federally and when the World Cup final comes to Belfast in

2017, play in it. We've got some gusty winds heading

our way. The biggest impact for Abigail is in Scotland but as

Abigail pushes north it will still get very windy. Gusts of around 70

mph on the north coast. Not as strong inland but still very windy.

It already has brought some unsettled weather. Thank you for

your photographs, please keep them coming. Through this evening and

overnight we will see a flow of scattered showers. Look at the

temperatures. 2 degrees in towns and cities, called in the countryside. A

bit of a shock to the system as it starts to feel much colder than

recently. It will also stay quite wet and windy. The main focus of the

winds will be the north coast of the change direction to north-westerly

winds. Inland, we may some sleet on higher ground. Seven Celsius during

the day but it will feel colder if you're out and about when you factor

in the showers and winds. If you're travelling, Italy will be windy

across the board. The best of the dry weather will be across England

and Wales. In Scotland and Ireland it will be windy with a scattering

of showers. For Northern Ireland, by the second part of the day, the

winds will be slightly but we will continue to see scattered showers

and they will stay with us overnight into Saturday. In other chilly night

tomorrow night as temperatures fall back to the low single figures.

Recall that in the countryside. We will get read. Abigail but following

an hot week we have the extra licking Kate. She will move in for

the weekend. It will be a little but my older. Kate will stick around and

we have a series of low pressure systems coming in of the Atlantic.

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