30/11/2015 BBC Newsline

Campaigners welcome a landmark High Court ruling

which could pave the way for a relaxation of abortion laws.

It's not polite but just sheer relief that they will get the

medical -- delight. They can move on with their families and have the

right medical treatment that they should have had from the outset.

But where does today's case leave doctors, nurses and women

The Antrim family targeted in a racist attack thank the local

A new law is put forward by the Education Minister to reduce

We look back at the memories of President Clinton's first

historic visit to Northern Ireland - 20 years ago today.

Crossmaglen are crowned Ulster Club Gaelic Football

And tomorrow, as we officially move into the

meteorological season of winter, temperatures are on the rise.

First, to that ruling by the High Court on abortion.

The law preventing certain pregnancies being terminated

breaches human rights. A judicial review has found that

the grounds for a termination should be extended

in Northern Ireland - that it should be allowed in cases of fatal foetal

abnormality or where pregnancies are Currently, abortions are only

permitted here where a pregnancy jeopardises the life of the mother,

or would have a long-term impact The judicial review was taken

by the Human Rights Commission Our reporter David Maxwell was

in the court. Situation of Sarah Ewart brought

Northern Ireland's abortion laws into sharper focus. A scan showed

her child had fatal fatal abnormality. There was a public

consultation on abortion. The Department of Justice proposed that

fatal foetal abnormality -- abnormality was allowed into

situations where abortion should take place. There was a judicial

review saying that the department did not go far enough. It wanted to

include pregnancies that resulted from rape and incest as well. The

judge ruled that the law as it stands breaches the human rights of

women whose babies could not survive outside the womb or that was caused

by rape or a sex crime. For a Labour government like Sarah, is not

delight but sheer relief. They have the right medical treatment that

they need and should have had from the outset. They have recognised

that in the cases of fatal fatal abnormality, they had canvassed the

issue and decided not to. It is not a big step for them now to decide in

the circumstances of this judgment to actually legislate for the

victims of sexual crimes. These women are victims but we cannot make

a victim out of the on-board child. We must provide care and support. --

unborn child. It is still wrong. Some say the Assembly should have

privacy in this matter is still wrong. Some say the Assembly should

have privacy in this Horner said that given the executive is unlikely

to address the matter in the personal future and given that they

are entitled to have their rights protected by the courts, there was

even need to change the law as it stands. This is a considerable step

in the relaxation of the laws. But it will take a further court hearing

in two weeks' time to determine if the legislation is required.

The Department of Justice has now been given six

weeks to decide if it wants to appeal the High Court's decision.

And next month, the Court will sit again to determine

Andy West has been teasing out what today's ruling might mean legally.

While the politicians and legal experts work out what this morning's

ruling means for the law, doctors and midwives are working out what it

My understanding is that because the Department of Justice has six weeks

to appeal that although the judge proposal is to amend the law, women

who find themselves pregnant with a baby with a fatal anomaly at this

point, nothing will have changed. If they are of a mind to have the

pregnancy terminated they will still have to travel to England.

But in theory, women here do now have a right to

demand, by law, an abortion if they're pregnant after a sexual

crime, or if they're carrying a baby with fatal foetal abnormalities.

Some legal experts say this. If a woman was in that unfortunate

position and she went to a local hospital, she may have to bring

proceedings to Tyneside. That could be done in an emergency. Your

interpretation and is that legislation allowed to be brought

down? I think it is likely. There will be discussions as to where the

current legislation can be read in relation to these rights, but I

don't think that is very likely. The Justice Minister, David Ford,

described today's judgement as "lengthy, and complex and would

require careful consideration." However, he said,

"One of the conclusions reached by "the Court appears to align with

my policy proposal to amend "the law to provide for abortion in

cases of fatal foetal abnormality." The Department of Health is yet to

give the response except to say it is waiting for guidance from the

departments of Justice. The Attorney General said... That he was

profoundly disappointed by the decision and is considering grounds

for appeal. The legal affairs expert

Joshua Rozenburg is in London. Next month, the judge will see

if today's ruling can be applied In the interim,

where does that leave a woman who, for example, has been raped,

and who wants a termination? This judgment does not change the

law. Judges in the United Kingdom have no power to overturn

legislation like that in 1961, where the mother's life is in danger. That

woman would still be at life -- risk of life imprisonment and so would

the doctor. It would be very risky indeed to have an abortion in those

circumstances now. If it is decided that the current abortion law is not

compatible with human rights law, do we then need new legislation in the

Assembly and can the court compelled the legislators in the Assembly to

make that? Court cannot compel the Assembly to do anything. It is a

matter for the executive in Northern Ireland to decide weather it wants

to change the law or not. If the judge makes a declaration of income

from -- incompatibility, that opens an opportunity for the Assembly to

put in place a fast-track procedure to change the law but it is up to

the politicians and ultimately the Assembly to decide. The only other

thing that a judge can do next month is to read down the legislation to

interpret the existing legislation. He hinted at that. If he decides to

do that having heard further legal argument, that might help mothers in

the circumstances we are talking about with a fatal foetal

abnormality or if it has been the result of sexual crime. But the

judge suggested was the decision to prosecute a woman in those

circumstances might be an abuse of the law but we might have to just --

he might decide whether to read it down in this way, next month. Thank

you. Two men have been shot

in the legs in west Belfast. The attack happened

at a pigeon club in Iveagh Street Both men are

in a stable condition in hospital. The victims of a racist hate crime

say they've been overwhelmed A mother and her two children were

in the house in Antrim Her husband was in India

attending his father's funeral. Home with his wife after her life,

and the lives of their two young children,

were threatened following an early James Philip was 5000 miles away,

attending the funeral of his father in India, when the

family car was destroyed and the What my wife

and children went through - Their children -

aged ten and eight - are still At night time, nightmares, saying,

"Mummy, Mummy." Since the attack on Friday,

thousands of pounds has been raised by a fund

to replace the burnt out car. The family appreciate

the generosity, but say those costs will be covered

by their insurance policy. Pork from Northern Ireland has been

provisionally approved It's a massive market,

and the exports be worth Our Agriculture and Environment

Correspondent, Conor Macauley, explains what difference that will

make to the local industry. It's taken several years but

Northern Ireland will soon be able to send its sport direct to China.

The country has a huge population and they are a big consumers of pig

meat. -- pork. There will not necessarily be the expansion to meet

the demand because we are sending what people here want it, in

particular of the offal, heads and trotters. Brian and Roger Johnson

run a pig farm in County Tyrone. They send 150 pigs slaughtered every

week. They help manage a pig co-op and knows the industry well. Some

people at the market are very affluent but generally the public

want and they will only be using the by-products. The balance of the

carcass but it won't drive a huge demand for the primal cuts within

that purpose. That means the processors will get more for each

pig because they will soon be able to send the by-products direct to

China. That should mean a better price performance as they share in

the additional value. It is good news for it is sector that does not

get EU subsidies. The pigs on the Johnson farm and appeared in

Cookstown. It is the biggest processor we have, slaughtering

23,000 pigs a week. It already supplies all the big supermarkets.

They Cookstown brand and their own label products. Chinese inspectors

spent several days here assessing the plant. They have invested

?400,000 to meet the specification demand. They have some work to do.

They expect a 10% uplift in turnover. About six containers a

week for Northern Ireland is about nine containers a week, maybe about

12,000 tonnes. Significant volume. Each year. It will also mean that

local plants will be on the same footing as competitors in Britain

and the Republic of Ireland which can already exported to China.

The Education Minister has brought forward a new law to

He hopes it will come into force before

As our Education Correspondent, Robbie Meredith, reports,

the legislation will require schools to do more to tackle a problem that

For these pupils at Castle Gardens Primary

in Newtownards, school is a place of learning, safety and friendship.

We have a number of systems in place in school that we employ to protect

the children. Foremost is the use of the body system in school. DP seven

children, nominated, come and play with the younger children and

highlight any problems or issues that arise so we can get those

problems nipped in the bud. But studies show around a third

of school children in Northern Ireland will have recently

experienced bullying. The new bill tries to tackle that

by providing... It requires schools to record all

bullying incidents And makes Boards of Governors

responsible I find it is a very positive move in

terms of all schools singing from the same hymn sheet. The provision

has been variable I think. An earlier consultation on

the law said there was little legal basis for a school to get involved

in allegations of cyber-bullying Cyber bullying, although growing, it

is not the most common form of bullying in schools here. The most

recent statistics which show that you are four times more likely to be

verbally bullied than cyber bullied. That is not to play down the

importance of cyber bullying but I think it is very important that we

keep things in perspective. While, unfortunately, it's not

a problem which will ever totally be conquered, the new laws should

give us a much more comprehensive picture of the scale of bullying

in our schools, and ultimately The Redemptorist priest was based at

Clonard Monastery in west Belfast. As a Catholic priest, Fr Gerry

Reynolds could have stayed in the background with his congregation in

the cornered monastery in West Belfast. But he was a man of action

as well as prayer. He was instrumental in opening up a

dialogue between opposing sides. Politicians have praised his quiet

diplomacy and said he was forever working to make peace. Sinn Fein

president Gerry Adams described him as a champion of the peace process.

If former Presbyterian Moderator was annoyed -- awarded a peace prize

with him. Although he was born in the south, he adopted the north and

he made cornered his home and he made people of the Falls Road and

the Shankill Road his friends. He felt things. He felt for people who

went through the troubles. It was painful for him to think about the

troubles but also to understand why it was happening. Fr Gerry Reynolds

had been busy with ecumenical and pastoral issues even in the final

few weeks of his life. News of his death came as a shock to

parishioners. He will be well missed. He has done a lot for

Northern Ireland peace. I am very sorry to hear. He was a great man.

He was imperturbable. He was the man who worked at grassroots. He worked

with the travelling community and worked with prisoners and spent

hours listening to the joys and the hopes of the people. He was 82 and

died in hospital this morning after a short illness.

As a result of the peace process, we had the first visit by a serving US

President Northern Ireland 20 years ago today. Mark since and looks

back. And so will everyone who was

at Belfast City Hall. This day that Hillary and I have had

here in Belfast, and in Derry and Londonderry County, will long be

with us as one of the most remarkable days of our lives. When

she came in, we were all very nervous because it is a group of

ordinary woman. She soon put people at ease over a cup of tea. She was

very homely and down to earth. We test -- be under estimated the

impact of the time. It was the final push in the peace process. People

were desperate for change. It was huge and I don't think we realised

that at the time. I hope to date with the news of new peace talks and

the visit to Maggie's by the President that this will usher in a

new era. I had to do that speech. Make it. Just a part of history for

Northern Ireland. 15 minutes of fame! There was music there in the

dairy air. Like a language that we all could understand -- Derry. I

found it very emotional. To sing the town I love so well in the town I

love so well with the president of the United States was one of the

most heart-warming memories of my entire life. In the town I love so

well. There have of course been other presidential visits since, but

it is this first visit which people will remember most. 20 years and it

is gone in a flash. There is a familiar name

on the cup after the By their own high standards,

Crossmaglen Rangers have had a barren couple of years,

but the Armagh side are provincial Crossmaglen won the Ulster Club

title for an amazing 11th time - but it took extra time to seal a

five-point victory over Scotstown. Paul Hearty has been Crossmaglen

number one for almost two decades. But this was his first season

as captain. And his 11th Ulster winners

medal was one of the sweetest. It is pretty mad looking back. It is

all about the next game, what is in front of us. We will set back some

day on a bar stool and look back about what has gone on before.

When Hearty does eventually reflect on this win, he will recall a match

Darren Hughes put the Monaghan champions ahead,

before top scorer Tony Kernan cut through the defence to fire Cross

Scotstown could have won it in the last few seconds

of normal time, but goalkeeper Rory Beggans free was agonisingly short.

In extra time, Crossmaglen seemed to move up a gear.

Substitute Jamie Clarke was the creator.

As Kyle Carragher put them in the driving seat.

Scotstown simply refused to lie down.

Brian McGinnity finding the net to cut the deficit.

But Cross closed the game out to maintain their record of never

We still have things to learn. They took their chances. At this level,

you must take every chance that comes your way.

Next up for Crossmaglen is an All Ireland semi-final

Patrick Nelson says a proposed 36 Marine pound investment...

Sports Minister Caral Ni Chuilin today launched

a consultation document on proposals to upgrade football

The redevelopment of Glentoran's Oval has been proposed for this.

Linfield lost for the fourth game in a row in the Irish Premiership

on Saturday with a 2-0 defeat at Portadown.

That hadn't happened for 18 years - and the pressure continues to mount

When David Healy took over in October, Linfield were joint top of

the league. Now they are for it but the new manager isn't packing.

Sometimes you get what you deserve, sometimes you don't. We didn't get

the rub of the green. I am not one for excuses. We didn't get the goal.

The second goal didn't concern me, we got caught on the counterattack.

Linfield are 12 points behind Crusaders after they beat Ballymena

3-2. Today was getting three points by hook or by crook. We made it

difficult for ourselves but Ballymena pushed us all the way. I

think we showed our experience in the last ten minutes to see the game

out. Call rain extended their unbeaten run to 11 and moved up to

second in the table -- chorion. Glentoran's new manager secured a

first victory as his team defeated Glenn Avent 2-0. This call by Rachel

Furnace on her 50th appearance was one to remember. Tyson Fury caused

one of the biggest upsets to become heavyweight champion of the world.

He trained for a time in Belfast. From the United Kingdom, heavyweight

champion of the world! Tyson Fury rocked boxing dethroning the

champion to claim three world heavyweight belts. It has been quite

a journey from the man born in Lancashire but with Irish roots. We

first met him four years ago supported by relatives. They are

brought up from being a little child, your father says to you, this

is where you are, this is where you come from. His flair for the

theatrical meant some didn't take him seriously. I'm sexy and I know

it! But behind the hype, there was a fighter determined to climb to the

boxing summer. -- summit. You knew, the respected nobody. He had that

self confidence in himself. He wasn't being bombastic. He believed

it to this day. He can improve. What is it going to be like when he is

the finished article? That hard work paid off in Germany in spectacular

style. When you get somebody who talks a lot and backs it up. People

thought I was just hot air in the 24 fights before that, maybe I was

lucky last night, did I flick that as well? If people want to see a

good man who can fight, they can watch me, if they don't, they don't

want to watch boxing. Some might not like him but he is hard to ignore.

Don't want to close my eyes... The nominees for Sports Personality

of the Year will be announced shortly

here on BBC One - find out if Tyson Fury is among them on tonight's

One Show after this programme. We have had a bit of trouble with

names this evening, sorry about that but the weather graphics

names this evening, sorry about that but the weather graphics are clear

to see. You might not necessarily want to see what is coming up. Here

are a couple of pictures. Yesterday's storm rolled in and

brought heavy rain, strong winds and big waves but it didn't put this

picture taker. There was some very cold air overhead and there was some

snow on high ground. Thank you for the pictures. It is currently quite

chilly but dry. Temperatures aren't too far away from freezing so there

is the risk of frost tonight. The next weather system is later on

tonight during the early hours. No snow tonight because temperatures

will rise. Milder tomorrow to start of December. Plenty of rain through

the rush hour and that could mean some localised flooding in places.

Certainly some big puddles. Lots of blue on the map tomorrow, blustery

winds as well. Temperatures in double figures in some places first

thing. The rain is moving away quite quickly so that is good news. When

some people leave the house it may already have started to ease off.

Just dribs and drabs of rain for the rest of the day particularly in the

West. Temperatures will be well up at around 13 Celsius. The next

change comes along as it gradually gets colder through the middle of

the week with some frost especially on Thursday morning. Sunshine and

dry weather and the next weather system at the end of the week could

bring some wintry weather for next weekend. For Wednesday the milder

air still with us, just about, some early rain but brightening up with

some sunshine. Cold on Wednesday night with some frost but a dry day

for many of us on Thursday. That was BBC Newsline. Thank you for

watching. Goodbye.