:00:00. > :00:10.A number of shots have been fired at police officers in the
:00:11. > :00:15.Two officers were sitting in a stationary car in
:00:16. > :00:18.Rossnareen Avenue when a number of shots were fired at the vehicle.
:00:19. > :00:21.Our reporter Lisa McAlister joins me live now from the scene.
:00:22. > :00:37.Police have branded this mindless and reckless temp two kill police
:00:38. > :00:43.officers. It was at about 6:50pm tonight that the two officers were
:00:44. > :00:47.in a parked car on Rossnareen Avenue when the seven shots at least were
:00:48. > :00:51.fired at the vehicle. It is understood it was hit number of
:00:52. > :00:57.times but neither of the officers inside were injured. They were in
:00:58. > :01:02.area tonight conducting follow-up enquiries at a man was shot here
:01:03. > :01:07.last week. Alex Attwood has hit out at those behind the attack. We need
:01:08. > :01:13.the police on the ground in West Belfast a follow-up on criminal act
:01:14. > :01:17.70. We expect them to do that and we expect them to be given our full
:01:18. > :01:24.support. There is no place in Northern Ireland for people to
:01:25. > :01:29.target police officers. Police are trying to establish if a car find
:01:30. > :01:35.earning in the beach mined area later on this evening, if that is
:01:36. > :01:39.connect did with the attack. Local community representatives are on the
:01:40. > :01:45.ground tonight to open a local community centre if it is needed.
:01:46. > :01:48.The operation will be ongoing for some time.
:01:49. > :01:51.A rally has been held outside the home of a Bangor community
:01:52. > :01:54.worker who was beaten with a hammer in front of his wife and children.
:01:55. > :01:57.About 250 people attended the event outside Aaron McMann's
:01:58. > :02:01.Mr McMann said he was attacked because he had spoken out about UDA
:02:02. > :02:05.flags being put up around a local play park in the area.
:02:06. > :02:07.He also blamed the police and politicians for not doing enough
:02:08. > :02:16.Our reporter Colletta Smith spoke to him earlier today.
:02:17. > :02:19.It was just after 4.00pm yesterday when this door flew open and two
:02:20. > :02:22.masked men came into the workshop where Aaron McMann was working.
:02:23. > :02:33.The first thing he knew was being hit on the head by a hammer.
:02:34. > :02:39.My main concern was the children, trying to keep them safe.
:02:40. > :02:49.Quite a few paramilitary flags were erected.
:02:50. > :02:57.There were many complaints, not only about the flags, but about
:02:58. > :03:06.I received a call very early on from the council, asking me, would I
:03:07. > :03:17.These are the people, 90% said, the flags made them feel fearful,
:03:18. > :03:30.This community and the people in this community, the young people,
:03:31. > :03:39.Would you want to still be so public and active in this campaign?
:03:40. > :03:43.They do not like people who stand up and say it as it is.
:03:44. > :03:49.This community was left high and dry.
:03:50. > :04:02.If I ran for cover, what does that help young people?
:04:03. > :04:15.We will not bow down to the way they want it.
:04:16. > :04:18.We will still go forward on what we need to do, definitely.
:04:19. > :04:21.A couple of weeks ago we had a statement from the joint loyalist
:04:22. > :04:26.paramilitary leadership saying, we are no longer engaged in anti-social
:04:27. > :04:40.This pretty much contradicts the essence of that statement.
:04:41. > :04:43.It is unfortunate that everyone knows what happens, but few are
:04:44. > :04:51.I include our political representatives and I include senior
:04:52. > :04:56.They are happy for communities to fend
:04:57. > :05:03.A 43-year-old man has been arrested in Monaghan as part
:05:04. > :05:06.of ongoing operations targeting dissident republican activity.
:05:07. > :05:09.Gardai say he was detained yesterday in the Scotstown area, but details
:05:10. > :05:15.Construction workers in Australia have observed a minute's silence
:05:16. > :05:18.for the two young Northern Ireland men killed in an accident
:05:19. > :05:21.at the apartment complex where they were working.
:05:22. > :05:24.The families of Joseph McDermott and Gerard Bradley are making
:05:25. > :05:26.arrangements to have their bodies flown home from Perth.
:05:27. > :05:41.The construction site with the two Northern Ireland men lost their
:05:42. > :05:44.lives remained closed today. An investigation has begun into just
:05:45. > :05:50.how a concrete slab fell from a crane killing both men. Friends and
:05:51. > :05:54.colleagues have been paying their respect at the place where police
:05:55. > :05:59.say the men were trapped under a large piece of concrete. Back home,
:06:00. > :06:05.two communities are dealing with the death of their brightest lights. If
:06:06. > :06:10.you met Gerry once, you would always remember. He was always laughing and
:06:11. > :06:16.joking, the life and soul of the party. He will be sadly missed by
:06:17. > :06:19.everybody who knew him. In 28, former colleagues of Joseph
:06:20. > :06:22.McDermott have been paying tribute to a young man who, until recently,
:06:23. > :06:32.work that this St Helens bar manager. Joe was the life and soul
:06:33. > :06:36.of the hotel. He had an infectious smile. He brightened up everybody
:06:37. > :06:41.does Mike Day. While the families are waiting for their bodies to be
:06:42. > :06:46.flown home, their deaths are still being investigated in Perth by
:06:47. > :06:48.police, the company who runs the site and health and safety
:06:49. > :06:52.Four partners at accountancy firm KPMG in Belfast have been arrested
:06:53. > :06:56.HMRC officials visited the global accountancy firm's city
:06:57. > :07:01.centre office on Wednesday and detained the men.
:07:02. > :07:04.They are Jon D'Arcy, Eamonn Donaghy, Arthur O'Brien and Paul Hollway -
:07:05. > :07:06.the firm's most senior staff in Northern Ireland.
:07:07. > :07:08.KPMG said it is cooperating with the investigation
:07:09. > :07:14.and the four men have been placed on "administrative leave".
:07:15. > :07:17.Seven former paratroopers who are facing questioning over the
:07:18. > :07:20.Bloody Sunday shootings want judges to rule that they don't have to be
:07:21. > :07:23.interviewed by the police in Northern Ireland.
:07:24. > :07:25.The ex-soldiers have asked the High Court in London for
:07:26. > :07:30.The court was told they were willing to be interviewed in England
:07:31. > :07:40.Now for a story coming up on tomorrow night's BBC Newsline.
:07:41. > :07:47.It is the 60th anniversary of the historic engineering feat deep
:07:48. > :07:51.underground involving two countries. I will have the story of
:07:52. > :07:55.immigration, a Scottish connection and a unique world record by Irish
:07:56. > :08:02.That's coming up tomorrow night on BBC Newsline at 6.30pm.
:08:03. > :08:25.Spotlight has one an award at an award show tonight.
:08:26. > :08:32.It was a very mild day-to-day, 14 degrees in hell and space. It will
:08:33. > :08:36.be mild tonight with temperatures no lower than 7 degrees, but it will
:08:37. > :08:42.become increasingly windy with patchy rain edging in in places.
:08:43. > :08:48.That is a precursor to Tamara's active weather front that will bring
:08:49. > :08:52.heavy spells of brain. This weather front is also a boundary between the
:08:53. > :08:55.milder than we have at the moment and the colder air that is in
:08:56. > :09:02.behind. It will become markedly cold to the date tomorrow after a mild
:09:03. > :09:06.start. Despite that started will be blustery and we have a band of rain
:09:07. > :09:10.working its way from west to east through the morning. Temperatures
:09:11. > :09:14.will be mild at 11 degrees but that will change. The band of rain and
:09:15. > :09:18.high winds will move across Scotland, the Republic of Ireland
:09:19. > :09:23.and towards Wales and the south-west of England. Ahead of England. The
:09:24. > :09:30.but generally a lot of cloud and scattered showers. It is in behind
:09:31. > :09:32.this front start to see the temperatures falling away. The
:09:33. > :09:37.temperatures continue to continue to fall to the afternoon in Northern
:09:38. > :09:40.Ireland. Skies will write in and there will be some sunshine but it
:09:41. > :09:47.will be cold in the blustery winds. The showers will turn when the reef.
:09:48. > :09:51.Maybe a few icy patches tomorrow night. Less cold to the weekend but
:09:52. > :09:57.Our next BBC Newsline is at 6.25am during Breakfast here on BBC One.
:09:58. > :10:00.You can also keep updated with News Online.