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Newsnight is coming up over on BBC Two. | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
A six-year-boy has died following a collision earlier today | :00:08. | :00:10. | |
The child was struck by a car on the Scrabo Road this afternoon. | :00:11. | :00:14. | |
Martin Cassidy reports from the scene. | :00:15. | :00:29. | |
Scrabo Road is a suburban area outside Newtownards. Children were | :00:30. | :00:37. | |
making their way home. It was here that the six-year-old boy was hit at | :00:38. | :00:42. | |
the car. One bystander said that the boy was carrying his schoolbag. The | :00:43. | :00:48. | |
Ambulance Service received a culture shortly after 3:15 p.m.. The boy was | :00:49. | :00:53. | |
taken to the Ulster Hospital. A number of local people witnessed the | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
aftermath of the accident. My husband just came home there at | :00:58. | :01:02. | |
3:15pm and told us that the little boy was lying on the Scrabo Road, | :01:03. | :01:07. | |
not dying. His wee schoolbag and all. My eight-year-old boy is an | :01:08. | :01:15. | |
awful state. Horrendous. This evening police are concerned that | :01:16. | :01:20. | |
the boy -- confirmed that the boy died after the collision. He has not | :01:21. | :01:24. | |
been named yet. Police say they would like to talk to anybody who | :01:25. | :01:32. | |
witnessed the collision and he has not yet talked to them. The area is | :01:33. | :01:34. | |
cordoned off still. Detectives have been given more time | :01:35. | :01:36. | |
to interview a man and a woman about the death of Greenisland | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
pensioner Eddie Girvan. The 67-year-old was found stabbed | :01:40. | :01:41. | |
to death at his home Kevin Sharkey has spent | :01:42. | :01:43. | |
the day in the village. In the shadow of Knockagh monument | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
today, memories of a friend and former golfing colleague | :01:48. | :01:49. | |
who spent part of his life It's not far from Eddie Girvan's | :01:50. | :01:52. | |
home, where his life ended in murder I have known his father, his mother, | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
his brother and sister. It is a complete | :01:57. | :02:05. | |
shock to the society. Outside the pensioner's | :02:06. | :02:11. | |
home today, police. Inside and out of view, | :02:12. | :02:13. | |
investigators looking for more Eddie Girvan was last seen alive | :02:14. | :02:15. | |
at this off-licence just behind me, that was at 2:30pm | :02:16. | :02:24. | |
on Sunday afternoon. Police are trying to figure out | :02:25. | :02:31. | |
what happened between them He was found at his home, his hands | :02:32. | :02:33. | |
were tied and he was stabbed While the police investigation | :02:34. | :02:41. | |
continues, the community is remembering a good-hearted | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
neighbour and diligent worker. He was a plumber by profession. The | :02:45. | :02:55. | |
chap he trained with thought very highly of him. Anything he did, he | :02:56. | :03:01. | |
was very conscientious and helpful. More so in doing things for people | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
outside of what was required. He would have turned up and helped that | :03:06. | :03:08. | |
somebody had a problem. That was the nature of the guide. -- Guy. | :03:09. | :03:12. | |
On the golf course too, more memories of the man | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
Eddie became a member of golfing Society. We went away on trips. We | :03:17. | :03:28. | |
went to Scotland and we played Turnberry. Eddie turned up on the | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
first tee wearing his sports jacket, shirt and tie. We all had a bit of a | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
laugh, but he just continued playing and we enjoyed his company. | :03:40. | :03:40. | |
As the police try to bring justice to this case, | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
locals at the golf club are remembering their former | :03:45. | :03:46. | |
colleague Eddie Girvan and what one member described to me | :03:47. | :03:49. | |
Four Seasons Health Care is to close its care | :03:50. | :03:53. | |
In December, it emerged that a prospective buyer was interested | :03:54. | :03:58. | |
in buying the home, however a spokesperson said the sale had not | :03:59. | :04:01. | |
progressed and they had reluctantly decided to close the home. | :04:02. | :04:03. | |
The sale of three other homes in Antrim, Ballynahinch and Armagh | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
The police have received more than 60 reports of cyber-related | :04:07. | :04:15. | |
People who responded to requests for indecent images and videos | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
were threatened by online criminals who said they would make the images | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
When it comes to cyber crime, most people think it will never happen to | :04:24. | :04:40. | |
me. But the police have been surprised by just how many men and | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
women have been caught out. We have seen the young female but runs up | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
the elderly adult men. Teenagers to people in their 60s. This really | :04:51. | :04:56. | |
will target anyone who uses the Internet. It is a crime that only | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
requires an Internet connection. It is no respect of age, class, gender. | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
The police are investigating 62 different cases. Some people have | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
been targeted by blackmailers while on pornography sites, but mainstream | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
websites are also being used. An approaches made to somebody using | :05:16. | :05:20. | |
social media. Click on the link or accept a friend request and suddenly | :05:21. | :05:24. | |
they are in a relationship with the person. They will lull the person | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
into a false sense of security then they will hear our request for some | :05:29. | :05:33. | |
kind of sexual imagery. The victim provides that the crime gang. The | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
crime gang warfare make an approach and say I am not who I said I was | :05:38. | :05:43. | |
and you need to pay me a certain amount of money. If you don't, I | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
will circulate it. For example, particularly on the social media | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
platform user, I will send it to your friends and family and they | :05:54. | :05:56. | |
know who they are because you let me into your world, maybe one of your | :05:57. | :05:59. | |
friends and in your other friends are. If someone has sent images they | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
regret or even paid money, what is your advice? We will not be shocked | :06:06. | :06:08. | |
by what you tell us and we will treat you like the victim of crime. | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
There are means and methods that can be adopted to try to remove some of | :06:14. | :06:18. | |
that. We can assist you in other ways and protect you. The crime | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
gangs involved are often on the other side of the world in places | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
like the Philippines and the Ivory Coast. Catching criminals is not | :06:28. | :06:29. | |
easy on the World Wide Web. The value of the pound has been | :06:30. | :06:34. | |
weakening against the euro over That comes after a period | :06:35. | :06:37. | |
of strength which meant your money went further on cross-border | :06:38. | :06:40. | |
shopping or Spanish holidays. Our Economics and Business Editor, | :06:41. | :06:42. | |
John Campbell, has been finding out if the pound will continue to weaken | :06:43. | :06:45. | |
and just what impact will it have. Newry is a city well used to | :06:46. | :06:51. | |
the impact of currency fluctuations. When the pound is strong | :06:52. | :06:54. | |
against the euro, it makes sense for shoppers to head south | :06:55. | :06:56. | |
where their money will go further. The pound was exceptionally | :06:57. | :07:03. | |
strong last year. Historically, Newry has had to deal | :07:04. | :07:06. | |
with the vagaries of the rates As far as last year, | :07:07. | :07:09. | |
it all came down to perception and the press were saying, | :07:10. | :07:19. | |
"Look how strong the pound is, how weak the euro is", | :07:20. | :07:22. | |
so people began to travel Hospitality was probably hit | :07:23. | :07:24. | |
hardest, with wedding parties in particular spying | :07:25. | :07:32. | |
a bargain across the border. People do come and ask | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
you what the exchange rate is, but what I stress to them | :07:37. | :07:42. | |
is that the exchange rate is not certain and in a few years' time | :07:43. | :07:46. | |
it might have changed But now the tide could be turning, | :07:47. | :07:49. | |
with various economic factors So, a weaker pound could bring some | :07:50. | :07:56. | |
relief to border retailers, but for consumers it is a pain, | :07:57. | :08:02. | |
particularly when it If the pound continues to weaken it | :08:03. | :08:05. | |
will make it relatively more But for businesses trying | :08:06. | :08:14. | |
to sell their business abroad, About half of all our | :08:15. | :08:22. | |
exports go to Euroland. This time last year it cost | :08:23. | :08:36. | |
about 77p to buy a euro. Today, it costs about | :08:37. | :08:44. | |
77p to buy a euro. But in between times, | :08:45. | :08:46. | |
euros became as cheap as 70p. So there will always currency | :08:47. | :08:49. | |
fluctuations and its hard to say if the pound is in for a prolonged | :08:50. | :08:52. | |
period of weakness. Ulster's Rory Best will captain | :08:53. | :09:01. | |
the Ireland rugby team for the Six Nations Championship, | :09:02. | :09:03. | |
which begins next month. He's described it as | :09:04. | :09:05. | |
an "unbelievable honour", From the early days of the great | :09:06. | :09:07. | |
Jack Kyle, to the days of colour Willie Anderson faced down | :09:08. | :09:15. | |
the haka in the 80's and, in more recent times, | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
it's been Brian O'Driscoll and Paul But now it's Rory Best - | :09:21. | :09:22. | |
a lifetime ambition achieved When you look back, whenever | :09:23. | :09:27. | |
I was younger and watching my dad play for Banbridge, all I wanted | :09:28. | :09:36. | |
to do was play for Banbridge. Then you start to watch Ulster | :09:37. | :09:39. | |
and Ireland games and you imagine what it would be | :09:40. | :09:42. | |
like to play for them. To be Ulster captain | :09:43. | :09:44. | |
and Ireland captain, It is a huge honour and something | :09:45. | :09:46. | |
I am unbelievably privileged The man who made the decision | :09:47. | :09:59. | |
is Ireland coach Joe Schmidt. So, how did Best find | :10:00. | :10:02. | |
out he was to join some There was probably a lot of smiling | :10:03. | :10:05. | |
and nodding from my end, He phoned me and said, | :10:06. | :10:10. | |
"We would love you to be captain. You are the one we | :10:11. | :10:14. | |
would like to do it." Talking is an important part | :10:15. | :10:19. | |
of any sporting captain, but Best would rather | :10:20. | :10:21. | |
lead by a different way. Words are good at the right time, | :10:22. | :10:23. | |
but it is all about actions and that is what you have | :10:24. | :10:27. | |
got to try to produce. I don't think it is that much more | :10:28. | :10:31. | |
pressure than playing international rugby anyway because you have to be | :10:32. | :10:34. | |
at the top of your game. Ireland kick after six and | :10:35. | :10:49. | |
excellence campaign against Wales next month. That will be on Sunday, | :10:50. | :10:55. | |
seven to February in Dublin. Ireland take on Wales. | :10:56. | :10:57. | |
Earlier this evening on BBC Newsline, we were examining | :10:58. | :11:01. | |
the political state of play between the nationalist parties. | :11:02. | :11:03. | |
Tomorrow, our political correspondent Chris Page will have | :11:04. | :11:05. | |
With Arlene Foster and Mike Nesbitt leading their parties | :11:06. | :11:08. | |
into an Assembly election for the first time, he'll be looking | :11:09. | :11:10. | |
Also on BBC Newsline tomorrow evening we go on board HMS Caroline | :11:11. | :11:16. | |
in Belfast to see the refurbishment work being carried out with nearly | :11:17. | :11:19. | |
?11 million of Heritage Lottery funding. | :11:20. | :11:21. | |
The ship, which was built in 1914, is being turned into a museum | :11:22. | :11:24. | |
and visitor attraction, but will it be ready for the grand | :11:25. | :11:26. | |
Now here's Geoff Maskell with the weather forecast. | :11:27. | :11:38. | |
Well, if today held out the prospect of some springlike weather around | :11:39. | :11:42. | |
the corner, tomorrow, I'm afraid, it is back to business as usual. | :11:43. | :11:45. | |
Because we have had such clear skies through this evening, | :11:46. | :11:47. | |
it means that we have already had the coldest part of the night. | :11:48. | :11:50. | |
Over the next few hours the skies will cloud over and that rain | :11:51. | :11:54. | |
As we head into tomorrow, it means that there is a chance | :11:55. | :12:00. | |
of some mist and hill fog forming and Thursday's weather | :12:01. | :12:02. | |
will have a grey and dank feel to it. | :12:03. | :12:07. | |
Eventually, that rain will clear out to the east and it means | :12:08. | :12:10. | |
across the water, where the rain is moving through a bit later | :12:11. | :12:14. | |
on in the day and the ground is a bit colder, there is the risk | :12:15. | :12:18. | |
of ice forming across parts of northern England. | :12:19. | :12:20. | |
Some sleet and snow possible over the hills of Scotland. | :12:21. | :12:24. | |
You can see the difference in the temperatures, though. | :12:25. | :12:26. | |
Colder in front of that rain, much more mild behind it. | :12:27. | :12:29. | |
We hold on to the cloud cover across Northern Ireland. | :12:30. | :12:31. | |
Temperatures drop into double figures through the afternoon | :12:32. | :12:33. | |
As we go overnight on Thursday and on into Friday, well, | :12:34. | :12:39. | |
The night-time temperatures actually staying pretty similar | :12:40. | :12:44. | |
The good news is that that is largely out of the way | :12:45. | :12:50. | |
by the time most of us will be driving to work tomorrow. | :12:51. | :12:53. | |
Friday is going to be a day of sunshine and showers. | :12:54. | :12:56. | |
Reasonably breezy too, but we keep that mild air as we go | :12:57. | :12:59. | |
through the day and really it is getting a good bit more mild | :13:00. | :13:02. | |
Our next BBC Newsline is at 6.25am during Breakfast here on BBC One. | :13:03. | :13:14. | |
You can also keep updated with News Online. | :13:15. | :13:17. |