:00:14. > :00:18.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline:
:00:19. > :00:21.Peter Robinson receives a standing ovation as he ends his last First
:00:22. > :00:34.It has been somewhat of a surreal experience, almost as if one was
:00:35. > :00:36.dead and listening to the obituary! Pupils at a school
:00:37. > :00:38.in Omagh are sent home The new million pound safety centre
:00:39. > :00:44.which aims to reduce deaths and Never ever drink and drive. Look at
:00:45. > :00:55.me now. I should be like you. Also on the programme,
:00:56. > :00:58.local churches react to a decision by some cinemas not to show
:00:59. > :01:02.an advert about the Lord's Prayer. For the third time in four years,
:01:03. > :01:06.Rory McIlroy is Temperatures may be coming up
:01:07. > :01:13.a bit but it won't be feeling that Sinn Fein joined DUP MLAs
:01:14. > :01:24.in giving a round of applause to mark Peter Robinson's last session
:01:25. > :01:28.of First Minister's Questions. Last week Mr Robinson said he
:01:29. > :01:49.intended to retire as DUP leader Questions to the First Minister. I
:01:50. > :01:52.am not sure if this is your last. He is not retiring quite yet
:01:53. > :01:56.but after 7.5 years at the Stormont dispatch box, this was Peter
:01:57. > :02:09.Robinson's last Question Time. Peter Robinson transcends three
:02:10. > :02:12.generations of my family. My grandfather was a founding memory
:02:13. > :02:15.and I want to thank him for the legacy he has left us and left
:02:16. > :02:19.Northern Ireland, more secure than ever before within the union.
:02:20. > :02:26.It was enough to make even a politician blush.
:02:27. > :02:31.I am grateful for the comments, it has been a surreal experience,
:02:32. > :02:35.almost as if one was dead and listening to the obituary. I hope I
:02:36. > :02:41.am still bray much alive and will remain so for some time to come. I
:02:42. > :02:43.suppose the reference to three generations is another way of
:02:44. > :02:45.saying, Peter, you are very old! From the DUP benches began the round
:02:46. > :02:59.of applause, followed by Sinn Fein, And that's not
:03:00. > :03:08.the only political activity today. Gareth the long-awaited welfare
:03:09. > :03:22.legislation has started its passage You will remember that a major part
:03:23. > :03:27.of a fresh start and passed last week was to allow Westminster to
:03:28. > :03:30.legislate for welfare reform in Northern Ireland and not Stormont
:03:31. > :03:37.where it has proven so controversial and be almost one point bringing the
:03:38. > :03:40.institutions crashing down. Last Wednesday MLA is debated and passed
:03:41. > :03:44.what is known as a legislative consent motion and the next process
:03:45. > :03:48.is happening right now at Westminster where legislation is
:03:49. > :03:52.being debated. The SDLP are very opposed to handing over power is on
:03:53. > :03:59.this matter to Westminster and a short time ago, the MP Mark Gergen
:04:00. > :04:11.said this. Sinn Fein are a party that had supported kangaroo courts
:04:12. > :04:15.in the past. Now, not only are measures being put through on a
:04:16. > :04:18.tangible motion here, but the rights of tabling amendments with a view of
:04:19. > :04:24.them being bordered upon are being suppressed out this programme
:04:25. > :04:28.motion. Even with the opposition of the SDLP, this legislation is
:04:29. > :04:30.expected to pass with the plan then to bring a bill before the House of
:04:31. > :04:32.Lords tomorrow. People from Northern Ireland have
:04:33. > :04:35.been describing the atmosphere in Brussels as the city continues
:04:36. > :04:38.its security lockdown. The Belgian capital is
:04:39. > :04:41.on the highest level of terror Soldiers on the streets,
:04:42. > :04:50.the Metro closed, the main square, Russells went into lockdown as raids
:04:51. > :04:57.were carried out across the city. As detectives continued the hunt
:04:58. > :05:01.for Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in the Paris attacks,
:05:02. > :05:04.police and army presence in the Portadown man Paul Hagan who
:05:05. > :05:09.works in Brussels is wondering We're on the third day
:05:10. > :05:15.of what is supposed to be People such as myself have been
:05:16. > :05:21.advised not to go to work due to We had an announcement
:05:22. > :05:26.from the Belgian police services late last night to say they had
:05:27. > :05:30.conducted a major police operation in the city centre but we have no
:05:31. > :05:33.more news as to when things, During the operation, 16 people
:05:34. > :05:39.were arrested in 22 raids. For a Belgian now living in Belfast
:05:40. > :05:43.for from home, seeing the capital city at
:05:44. > :05:47.the highest terror alert is hard. The last time you would have seen
:05:48. > :05:50.police present, armed police presence
:05:51. > :05:53.in the streets of Brussels, would have been a time when there were
:05:54. > :05:58.a lot of tensions between the two main communities of Belgian, namely
:05:59. > :06:03.the Flemish and the Walloon people. But he believes
:06:04. > :06:06.the situation is not unexpected. I know there have been a lot
:06:07. > :06:10.of problems in Belgium, brewing for many years,
:06:11. > :06:14.many decades and whenever I heard it mentioned that some of the
:06:15. > :06:19.terrorists came from Moelenbeek, Belgium remains
:06:20. > :06:23.in the highest state of terror alert, amid warnings that the threat
:06:24. > :06:30.of attack is serious and imminent. We hear from this County
:06:31. > :06:36.down man who fears that his home Pupils at a school
:06:37. > :06:47.in Omagh were sent home early today when it was discovered there'd been
:06:48. > :06:49.break-in overnight. Drumragh Integrated College was
:06:50. > :06:57.extensively damaged by the thieves. Two men armed with
:06:58. > :07:00.a sledgehammer and a crowbar broke They smashed doors
:07:01. > :07:06.and ransacked offices. The thieves cut through a fence
:07:07. > :07:09.and broke the glass in an external They also cut the telephone line and
:07:10. > :07:17.put the alarm system out of action, The break-in was discovered
:07:18. > :07:23.when staff arrived this morning and the 650 pupils who turned up
:07:24. > :07:36.as normal had to be sent home. Some of those young people would be
:07:37. > :07:40.A-level and GCSE students. You need to come in today and work on
:07:41. > :07:43.controlled assessment. We had a parents evening scheduled for this
:07:44. > :07:49.afternoon for parents to listen to how the children have settled in in
:07:50. > :07:50.the first term here. The selfish inconvenience of all of this is
:07:51. > :07:51.breathtaking. Classrooms full
:07:52. > :07:53.of computer equipment were left untouched and for all the damage
:07:54. > :08:05.caused, little was taken. As far as we know, no pupils work
:08:06. > :08:09.has been touched. The ICT system is in place so we can only assume they
:08:10. > :08:14.were looking for money. They will have taken a certain amount but we
:08:15. > :08:19.don't keep very much money on site. It is verging on being a pointless
:08:20. > :08:21.exercise. Yet it has caused a lot of disruption and inconvenience for a
:08:22. > :08:22.lot of people. Police are now examining CCTV
:08:23. > :08:24.footage and have appealed for anyone who noticed suspicious
:08:25. > :08:37.activity around the school over Work is now underway to reconnect
:08:38. > :08:39.the phone lines and repair all the damage. The school is expected to
:08:40. > :08:43.reopen to pupils tomorrow. A man who died in Portrush at
:08:44. > :08:47.the weekend has been named locally The 47-year-old businessman's
:08:48. > :08:52.was found in Dunluce Road. His death is not being treated
:08:53. > :08:56.as suspicious. The DUP MP Ian Paisley is to make
:08:57. > :09:03.a donation to charity as part of a settlement reached in
:09:04. > :09:05.defamation proceedings brought by The case was settled out
:09:06. > :09:09.of court.The High court has been told that a man
:09:10. > :09:13.facing trial for burglary offences claimed his electronic ankle tag was
:09:14. > :09:16.chewed off by his dog. Jamie Toland, of Slemish Way
:09:17. > :09:28.in Lisburn is accused of removing The danger of not heeding
:09:29. > :09:33.the road safety message was in stark focus today for a group
:09:34. > :09:37.of young people who not only heard from a driver left severely disabled
:09:38. > :09:41.but another who ended up in prison. They gathered
:09:42. > :09:56.at a new safety centre in Belfast The wheels don't turn and it's not
:09:57. > :10:01.going anywhere but this car is an important part of improving road
:10:02. > :10:03.safety among young people. Before this I wouldn't have thought about
:10:04. > :10:10.drinking and driving but now I definitely would not. It is ready
:10:11. > :10:12.dangerous. The simulator is just one feature of the new risk awareness
:10:13. > :10:19.and danger avoidance resource centre. There had been fears that
:10:20. > :10:23.these streets would remain empty. Unfortunately there have been huge
:10:24. > :10:29.cut across the public sector this year and last year. They had a
:10:30. > :10:33.significant effect but fortunately on the back of some sponsors coming
:10:34. > :10:38.through from the private sector, we have been able to guarantee the
:10:39. > :10:44.opening in January and then the future moving into 2016 and 17. The
:10:45. > :10:47.PSNI are one of the project's main funders but after it was built, they
:10:48. > :10:53.warned they could not find all of the money needed to run it. There
:10:54. > :10:57.are now around 50 public, private and community organisations paying
:10:58. > :11:01.the bills. The future is secure in the short to medium term. There is
:11:02. > :11:04.still significant amount of work ahead of us. We think is the
:11:05. > :11:13.facility opens, we are further able to demonstrate facilities that would
:11:14. > :11:16.attract more support. One man who has spent time in prison for driving
:11:17. > :11:22.offences now volunteers at the organisation. A lot of young people
:11:23. > :11:26.need to see it to get the education point across. I don't want to see
:11:27. > :11:30.any other people going down the road I have been down and maybe I can
:11:31. > :11:32.help them to understand the reality of it. At the start of Road safety
:11:33. > :11:33.week, this is the reality David of it. At the start of Road safety
:11:34. > :11:38.talks about. Barry is a paraplegic. of it. At the start of Road safety
:11:39. > :11:43.He drove after drinking eight of it. At the start of Road safety
:11:44. > :11:48.ago and crashed. Never ever drink and drive. Look at me now. I should
:11:49. > :11:56.be like you. Around and drive. Look at me now. I should
:11:57. > :12:01.children and young people and year are expected to use the organisation
:12:02. > :12:03.after it fully opens its doors in January but despite public and
:12:04. > :12:09.private funding, its long-term sustainability is not secure. Its
:12:10. > :12:12.backers argue it is a resource we cannot afford not to have.
:12:13. > :12:23.Coming up on the programme, the new musical set in Londonderry
:12:24. > :12:25.remembering the dance hall days before the Troubles.
:12:26. > :12:28.Some of the local Christian churches have been reacting to the decision
:12:29. > :12:32.by many UK cinemas not to show an advert about the Lord's Prayer
:12:33. > :12:36.Two cinemas here are affected by the decision.
:12:37. > :12:40.DCM which handles advertising for the bigger chains says it
:12:41. > :12:51.doesn't take adverts covering politics or religion
:12:52. > :12:56.Lunchtime Mass at Saint Mary's in central Belfast, the place where
:12:57. > :13:09.you would expect to hear it, in a church, spoken by believers.
:13:10. > :13:13.Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
:13:14. > :13:16.This is the advert Digital Cinema Media doesn't want to show.
:13:17. > :13:19.The church wants to promote prayer for all in a digital age.
:13:20. > :13:23.DCM says it might cause offence to non-Christians.
:13:24. > :13:25.But at the Church of Ireland's Church and
:13:26. > :13:33.Society Commission, bewilderment not unlike that felt across the water.
:13:34. > :13:44.Prayer is part of the vocabulary of these islands.
:13:45. > :13:55.We are used to it, it seems a default thing.
:13:56. > :13:59.For those not interested in praying, there might be offence,
:14:00. > :14:02.but also bewilderment that the church's advert was made
:14:03. > :14:10.for cinemas which already had guidelines about religious content.
:14:11. > :14:18.I do think it's not the right space for this sort of retirement. If I am
:14:19. > :14:22.in the privacy of my own home and an advert like that comes on, I am
:14:23. > :14:28.welcome to turn the TV over but in the cinema, you don't do that. Do
:14:29. > :14:31.you open up the floodgates for all types of religions or political
:14:32. > :14:36.parties to put the things across? At some point, you are going to have a
:14:37. > :14:39.political party or another faith group saying something or doing
:14:40. > :14:48.something that will offend somebody and then murder you go? Whichever
:14:49. > :14:52.film people choose to go and see, there is no doubt the decision not
:14:53. > :14:57.to show the Church of England advert has ignited a public debate. Many
:14:58. > :14:58.people pray, many people don't. It's how they relate to each other in
:14:59. > :15:01.public that has become the issue. A County Down man has told
:15:02. > :15:04.BBC Newsline he fears that his home will be ringed by wind turbines
:15:05. > :15:12.if his local council approves all There's been
:15:13. > :15:16.a rush to get applications passed all over Northern Ireland before the
:15:17. > :15:23.end of a generous subsidy scheme. His family have lived
:15:24. > :15:27.around here since before the war. He has never protested
:15:28. > :15:33.about anything before but now he is in a group objecting to plans
:15:34. > :15:37.for wind turbines near his home. There's already one around 300
:15:38. > :15:40.metres away, now there are applications for two more dbeside it
:15:41. > :15:46.on the site of a former airfield. Noise on
:15:47. > :15:58.a still summer evening is an issue. Just a grinding, gritting noise and
:15:59. > :16:01.you cannot even open the windows at the back of the house. It is
:16:02. > :16:03.pointing in this direction and all you get is a pulse.
:16:04. > :16:06.A wind farm is any development with more than two turbines.
:16:07. > :16:10.Bert is now potentially facing three in the same field behind his house.
:16:11. > :16:13.But because each of the turbines has its own planning
:16:14. > :16:18.application, it is not being viewed as a wind farm by planners.
:16:19. > :16:22.That means the rule that says a wind farm should generally be at
:16:23. > :16:31.least 500 metres from the nearest home will not apply in these cases.
:16:32. > :16:38.I would honestly say you can only take it as a wind farm. More than
:16:39. > :16:42.two constitutes a wind farm and we will have three and the same side.
:16:43. > :16:46.The reason you will see more of these popping up is that the people
:16:47. > :16:51.want to get them up and running before a government subsidy scheme
:16:52. > :16:54.runs out. Yes, we all want to generate more electors do from
:16:55. > :16:56.renewables but it is having them packed and baroque amenities.
:16:57. > :17:00.Around 1,500 individual turbines have been applied for
:17:01. > :17:03.in the last three years and there has been an added rash of them since
:17:04. > :17:06.the proposal to close that generous subsidy scheme was announced.
:17:07. > :17:12.It will cost the best part of ?300,000 to get a second hand one
:17:13. > :17:14.up and connected and the industry says the planning system should
:17:15. > :17:24.There is a robust planning application process in place.
:17:25. > :17:30.Whether it is a single turbine or a large scale wind turbine, the
:17:31. > :17:32.planning system takes into account the impact from noise or any other
:17:33. > :17:34.issue. Bert and
:17:35. > :17:36.his group all continue to fight. In total there are nine proposed
:17:37. > :17:39.turbines in the 1.5 square miles area around Ballyhalbert
:17:40. > :17:44.and they say that is just too many. A new musical set in The Fountain
:17:45. > :17:50.estate in Londonderry is to open It celebrates life in Derry
:17:51. > :18:09.before the troubles began. Final rehearsals have been taking
:18:10. > :18:13.place in the Apprentice Boys Memorial Hall which is hosting the
:18:14. > :18:17.production. It was a popular dance hall venue before the troubles and
:18:18. > :18:28.the musical hopes to recapture that mood. It is about the way that this
:18:29. > :18:30.city was in my memory in the 1960s when this whole was a shared space
:18:31. > :18:39.and the city centre was a shared space, before the troubles. Maybe in
:18:40. > :18:52.the hope that it is becoming bad again. Set in the 1960s, the musical
:18:53. > :18:57.tells the story of a young couple who meet at a bonfire in the
:18:58. > :19:00.Fountain estate. Once a Catholic and the other a Protestant. Those who
:19:01. > :19:04.lived through those days in and around the Fountain estate, there
:19:05. > :19:08.are many memories, a time when money was scarce but humour and romance
:19:09. > :19:15.filled the air, especially when the sailors came to town. He had a
:19:16. > :19:20.tension a note in his hand and he said, please will you ask the
:19:21. > :19:23.orchestra to play a tangle. I looked up at the orchestra and it was
:19:24. > :19:26.Willie Campbell with an accordion and his nephew with a saxophone.
:19:27. > :19:35.Willie Campbell with an accordion That was the orchestra! The men
:19:36. > :19:42.the height of luxury. The big hall, the floor was just made for dancing
:19:43. > :19:45.and and I met my husband here. Monday was a cheap night because it
:19:46. > :19:49.was only a shilling and then Saturday, it was two and six at was
:19:50. > :19:54.quite expensive. We would have done anything to get the money to come
:19:55. > :19:59.and I remember there was a shop called wee Johnny 's and be used to
:20:00. > :20:02.sell comics to get enough money. It has been really good. I am from the
:20:03. > :20:05.Fountain estate and my family grew up there but it has given me an
:20:06. > :20:10.insight into what it was like back in the day. Before the troubles
:20:11. > :20:14.started and is estimated there were around 1,800 people living here in
:20:15. > :20:19.the Fountain estate. In 2015, that has been reduced to around 300
:20:20. > :20:23.people. This is a very proud community with a story to tell. Any
:20:24. > :20:25.memories stretching back generations.
:20:26. > :20:29.Rory McIlroy missed much of this year through injury but has
:20:30. > :20:37.Yes - Rory McIlroy is relishing the prospect of an injury-free 2016
:20:38. > :20:42.after a dramatic victory in the DP World Tour Championship.
:20:43. > :20:46.The win means he's the European number one for the third time
:20:47. > :20:59.Another season and another title in Dubai. But it could have been very
:21:00. > :21:07.different for the best player in Europe. Oh, my goodness! With a 2
:21:08. > :21:10.shot lead on the 17th tee, Rory's approach found the water. All of a
:21:11. > :21:17.sudden, the tournament was in the balance.
:21:18. > :21:26.last and he claimed his fourth win of the season. Putting myself in
:21:27. > :21:31.that position was not what I wanted to do but to be able to get out of
:21:32. > :21:37.that little hole with a public that, it made the difference. It's been a
:21:38. > :21:41.difficult year for the former old liberal one. He missed much of the
:21:42. > :21:43.summer because of an ankle injury. It meant not having played in
:21:44. > :21:48.another events he needed a controversial exemption to compete
:21:49. > :21:54.in the European tour season finale. I am sure there are a few people who
:21:55. > :21:59.did not agree with the outcome but I am grateful to the European tour for
:22:00. > :22:05.allowing me to be here this week. To win here in Dubai in the amount I
:22:06. > :22:08.have, it shows when I have played, I have played well so I am delighted
:22:09. > :22:15.with how I finish the season and I cannot wait to play a full season
:22:16. > :22:18.next year. Ending the season on a hike, his focus will quickly shift
:22:19. > :22:24.to winning the Masters in the spring. Joining him in Augusta will
:22:25. > :22:28.be Graeme McDowell who followed up last week when in Mexico with a
:22:29. > :22:32.third-place finish in Georgia at the weekend. That sees the Portrush man
:22:33. > :22:33.climbing to 53rd in the world rankings.
:22:34. > :22:36.The future for the International Rules Series is a lot brighter
:22:37. > :22:39.after an exciting clash between Ireland and Australia on Saturday.
:22:40. > :22:41.Just under 40,000 spectators saw Ireland hold on
:22:42. > :22:58.A successful one crowning of a very successful series. On the pitch,
:22:59. > :23:02.Australia him fighting back towards the end but Ireland were just too
:23:03. > :23:10.good. Aidan O'Shea hit the net twice. With Ireland and Australia
:23:11. > :23:14.both building the strongest sides this time, the future of the
:23:15. > :23:17.competition looks secure. Australia decided to bring the best players
:23:18. > :23:23.and that is only good for the series. We have seen some great
:23:24. > :23:29.footballers out on the pitch. With the series going forward, long may
:23:30. > :23:33.it continue. It's nice to have two games but credit to the Irish, they
:23:34. > :23:39.were too good and the game was played in good spirits. Spreads
:23:40. > :23:41.between the GAA and ISL have never been so good, meaning a two-game
:23:42. > :23:46.series in the future is a real possible as you. We discussed that
:23:47. > :23:50.this morning and there is an openness on both sides to revert to
:23:51. > :23:55.a two-game series. We will continue discussions over that but certainly
:23:56. > :23:59.the series will continue. Success all around, particularly for Joe
:24:00. > :24:04.Kernan who has now won the highest honours with his club Roma
:24:05. > :24:05.Crossmaglen, his county, Armagh, his problems and now Ireland, a first in
:24:06. > :24:07.the GAA. There were wins for both Crusaders
:24:08. > :24:10.and Cliftonville at the weekend as the two North Belfast sides
:24:11. > :24:24.continue to lead the race Champions Crusaders maintained their
:24:25. > :24:29.5-point lead at the top of the table with a 3-1 win at one point who
:24:30. > :24:31.suffered an 11th straight defeat but Cliftonville kept pace
:24:32. > :24:40.suffered an 11th straight defeat but rivals after a 3-1 victory at their
:24:41. > :24:45.own over Ballinamallard. Coleraine's run lead to this opener
:24:46. > :24:53.in the side's 2-1 win over Carrick Rangers. That lets them to third in
:24:54. > :24:56.the table. It's a bit of a grind, summary has to grab it by the scruff
:24:57. > :25:03.of the neck and do something special. He does that, it's a switch
:25:04. > :25:08.of play. He just goes on a Navy. He gets back on the end of it and the
:25:09. > :25:13.lads are saying he miss hit it but we will take it and it was the
:25:14. > :25:20.catalyst we needed. After that, we found our feet. Linfield suffered a
:25:21. > :25:24.third straight defeat for the first time in almost 13 years as Glenavon
:25:25. > :25:32.won a thriller in Wadi Park. The equaliser was followed by Joel
:25:33. > :25:35.Cooper's close range winner 3-2. At the Oval, Glentoran beaded Jonathan
:25:36. > :25:42.Smith's equaliser for a point in a 1-1 draw to Dungannon. A late Alan
:25:43. > :25:43.Jenkins had led to the same scoreline between Ballymena and
:25:44. > :25:58.Portadown. The weather is next.
:25:59. > :26:01.Were going through a change at the moment. Temperatures have been
:26:02. > :26:06.rising and generally speaking, it's not as cold as we go through the
:26:07. > :26:11.week ahead. It is unsettled we have more in in the forecast and quite
:26:12. > :26:14.blustery winds as well. Today we saw the first signs of that change with
:26:15. > :26:19.a weather front edging in from the North West. A squeeze on the ice bar
:26:20. > :26:23.is therefore a time as well. Breezy in places as well as cloudy and wet
:26:24. > :26:31.but those bells of rain. This is what it looked like in the
:26:32. > :26:35.Portstewart. Extent of low cloud. Through this evening, the rain is
:26:36. > :26:38.easing away eastwards and the breeze will ease as well so we have a
:26:39. > :26:42.quieter slot for a time through the first part of the night. It's not
:26:43. > :26:46.going to be like that all night. Gusty winds picking up through the
:26:47. > :26:51.left and that will bring quite a few showers but not as cold as the last
:26:52. > :26:54.couple of nights. No frost in the forecast tonight with those of 5
:26:55. > :27:00.degrees. Tomorrow, a blustery day coming up but showers will be with
:27:01. > :27:02.us from the world go. 20 of them adding in Ahmad westerly breeze and
:27:03. > :27:11.they could affect almost anywhere really. It's going to be parts of
:27:12. > :27:15.the West and North that could see some heavy and prolonged showers at
:27:16. > :27:22.times. Not so prolonged towards the east and south east and I might just
:27:23. > :27:25.be the odd glimmer of brightness. 9 degrees, slightly above average for
:27:26. > :27:29.the time of year but the gusty wind making it feel colder and we hold
:27:30. > :27:35.onto that gusty wind through tomorrow evening and those showers
:27:36. > :27:39.continue to rattle through as well. Again it looks as if it will be
:27:40. > :27:44.frost free. We start Wednesday with those showers running through on
:27:45. > :27:48.that gusty wind although the showers will ease as the day progresses. You
:27:49. > :27:52.will see some drier weather and highs of around ten or 11 degrees.
:27:53. > :27:58.Still mild and thirsty and away from the West, I think there will be some
:27:59. > :28:01.good dry spells around but look at Friday, another wet and windy spell
:28:02. > :28:05.and once that rain moves on, we have heavy showers in behind again.