:00:00. > :00:00.Putin? Join me now on BBC Two, 11pm in Scotland.
:00:07. > :00:10.A 29-year-old woman has been charged with
:00:11. > :00:12.the murder of Eddie Girvan.
:00:13. > :00:19.Two men in their 20s who were also arrested in connection
:00:20. > :00:22.with the Greenisland pensioner's killing were released
:00:23. > :00:32.The woman is due to appear in court in Belfast tomorrow.
:00:33. > :00:38.Two teenagers have died in a crash in County Armagh.
:00:39. > :00:42.The boys, who were both 17, were in a car which left
:00:43. > :00:42.the road this morning between Newtownhamilton
:00:43. > :00:46.A third student who was with them was injured.
:00:47. > :00:48.They were on their way to their engineering course,
:00:49. > :00:56.It was competition time today and the chance to show off hard-won
:00:57. > :00:59.skills and an opportunity to celebrate, but for two
:01:00. > :01:03.of the teenage competitors the day was not
:01:04. > :01:07.to bring celebration but almost unbearable tragedy.
:01:08. > :01:11.The two students were to participate in that skills
:01:12. > :01:15.They were studying fabrication and welding and it is
:01:16. > :01:20.We are deeply saddened by the news that broke this morning
:01:21. > :01:24.and our severe condolences go out to both families and indeed
:01:25. > :01:27.to the third student who thankfully survived the accident.
:01:28. > :01:30.Just what happened will now be the subject of an exhaustive police
:01:31. > :01:34.investigation but it is almost a carbon copy of a crash
:01:35. > :01:44.which claimed the lives of two other college students last year.
:01:45. > :01:47.Back last September we lost two other students from our Greenbank
:01:48. > :02:02.It is a repeat of the tragedy that struck us then.
:02:03. > :02:10.He says counselling will now be offered to the boys'
:02:11. > :02:13.fellow students while the college will speak to the PSNI and look
:02:14. > :02:16.again to see if there's anything they can do to protect the young
:02:17. > :02:19.This is unforgiving country for any vehicle that leaves the road.
:02:20. > :02:22.The fact third student apparently walked away seems like something
:02:23. > :02:24.of a medical on this shocking tragedy and this afternoon
:02:25. > :02:32.has condition was described as stable.
:02:33. > :02:37.Tributes have been paid to the little boy knocked down
:02:38. > :02:43.The accident happened on Scrabo Road, as children
:02:44. > :02:56.He is survived by his mother cleared and his little sister.
:02:57. > :03:00.He died at a busy time on his street just as children from the nearby
:03:01. > :03:01.model school were leaving to go home.
:03:02. > :03:03.The accident happened close to his home.
:03:04. > :03:06.He had been trying to cross over to see goodbye to his grandmother.
:03:07. > :03:13.The police have been appealing for witnesses to what happened.
:03:14. > :03:14.Further house-to-house enquiries have been
:03:15. > :03:17.carried out by officers throughout the day.
:03:18. > :03:19.Joshua had been off school with a slight temperature
:03:20. > :03:23.but usually attended primary school in the town.
:03:24. > :03:26.Today his headmaster said he was a beautiful,
:03:27. > :03:28.kind little boy who was very popular with his
:03:29. > :03:44.He was a source and wellspring of joy in the context of his class.
:03:45. > :03:46.I was asking many of the children today about
:03:47. > :03:50.their memories of Joshua and everyone said he was happy,
:03:51. > :03:54.fun, enjoyed chasing people around the playground,
:03:55. > :03:58.a bit of a rascal in the best sense, so in his six years he certainly had
:03:59. > :04:03.a major concentration of very good qualities which have undoubtedly
:04:04. > :04:14.The residents Association has sent sympathy to the family and added it
:04:15. > :04:16.has been arguing for traffic calming measures for
:04:17. > :04:24.A security alert in east Belfast has ended.
:04:25. > :04:30.from their homes on Medway Street, after a suspicious object was found.
:04:31. > :04:33.The street was closed for a time which led to disruption
:04:34. > :04:35.for motorists leaving Belfast on the Newtownards Road.
:04:36. > :04:38.The Bangor railway line was also affected.
:04:39. > :04:43.Passengers faced long delays to their journey.
:04:44. > :04:46.The Unite union says that 65 jobs are to go at Camden Glass
:04:47. > :04:50.because it is closing its Benburb plant.
:04:51. > :04:58.The Camden group, which makes PVC doors, windows and conservatories,
:04:59. > :05:01.received ?1.6 million from Invest NI nearly five years ago for creating
:05:02. > :05:13.No one from the firm was available for comment.
:05:14. > :05:15.Detectives investigating the murder of a 31-year-old man in
:05:16. > :05:16.north Belfast two weeks ago have revisited
:05:17. > :05:20.Conor McKee was found dead at his Glenpark Street home
:05:21. > :05:27.Police want anyone who may have seen Conor in the Oldpark area between 6
:05:28. > :05:33.and 6.15 on that evening to contact them.
:05:34. > :05:37.The family of a man shot dead by a soldier in County Tyrone nearly
:05:38. > :05:39.30 years ago has welcomed a review of a decision not
:05:40. > :05:43.Aidan McAnespie, a 23-year-old Catholic,
:05:44. > :05:47.was shot as he walked through a border checkpoint in 1988.
:05:48. > :05:52.Here's our home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney:
:05:53. > :05:59.This army checkpoint was the scene of one of the most controversial
:06:00. > :06:02.Aidan McAnespie was shot dead as he what
:06:03. > :06:09.He was hit by one of the bullets fired from an army machine gun.
:06:10. > :06:14.His family claim he was deliberately targeted after sustained harassment.
:06:15. > :06:17.The soldier who fired the shots claimed his fingers had been wet
:06:18. > :06:25.He was initially charged with manslaughter.
:06:26. > :06:31.He was later medically discharged from the Army.
:06:32. > :06:36.Eight years ago the report by the historical enquiries team
:06:37. > :06:37.questioned the soldier's account of what
:06:38. > :06:40.It described his explanation as the least likely
:06:41. > :06:46.The public prosecution service has now told the family it is reviewing
:06:47. > :06:53.the decision not to prosecute the soldier.
:06:54. > :06:56.We welcome that decision and fuel the original decision was wrong.
:06:57. > :07:01.They left a lot of evidence that could
:07:02. > :07:07.All we can do is just be hopeful that
:07:08. > :07:11.something is going to come out of this.
:07:12. > :07:14.We are more hopeful now than 20 years ago.
:07:15. > :07:18.That confidence is shared by the family lawyers.
:07:19. > :07:21.We are very confident that the families will get
:07:22. > :07:25.the correct decision that they have been campaigning for for many years.
:07:26. > :07:30.The evidence we have submitted simply makes it indisputable that
:07:31. > :07:34.Aidan McAnespie was killed deliberately.
:07:35. > :07:36.One year after the report challenged the soldier's
:07:37. > :07:41.version of events the government apologised to the family describing
:07:42. > :07:45.the shooting as a matter of deep regret.
:07:46. > :07:51.The family would like to make it a point to the British Army
:07:52. > :08:00.Nearly 30 years after the shooting, Aidan
:08:01. > :08:03.McAnespie's family say they hope to have decision from the PPS
:08:04. > :08:12.The Glennane gang was a notorious loyalist group thought to have
:08:13. > :08:13.killed 120 people during the troubles.
:08:14. > :08:17.But a senior judge warned today that the coroner's court may not be
:08:18. > :08:20.the place to deal with such a complex case.
:08:21. > :08:23.The gang was claimed to have recruited members not only
:08:24. > :08:26.from the UVF but also the RUC and UDR.
:08:27. > :08:29.40 years on and an inquest review hearing into the deaths of two
:08:30. > :08:32.of their victims was told it may be up to the government to decide
:08:33. > :08:43.The family of Betty McDonald want the truth established.
:08:44. > :08:50.It should be a matter of time and it should be happening as a part of the
:08:51. > :08:55.process. It is important not just for everyone else but everybody else
:08:56. > :09:03.in the Glennane gang that it does come out. We have to get the RUC to
:09:04. > :09:06.talk but they are hiding. They did not act on the night my wife was
:09:07. > :09:07.murdered. The main parties at Stormont
:09:08. > :09:10.and the British Ambassador in Dublin are to be invited to
:09:11. > :09:12.the Irish Government's official ceremony to mark the centenary
:09:13. > :09:14.of the Easter Rising. The DUP have already said they'll
:09:15. > :09:30.not be attending the event, The Irish government has already
:09:31. > :09:35.started remembering the 1916 rising with this ceremony on New Year's
:09:36. > :09:40.Day. The next major event is the official commemoration in March and
:09:41. > :09:44.all the party leaders at Stormont Committee to be invited. We will
:09:45. > :09:47.have the normal invitations and it will go to the leaders of the
:09:48. > :09:52.different parties here in Northern Ireland. The invitation will be
:09:53. > :09:56.issued there. As far as heads of state are concerned, there was no
:09:57. > :09:59.plans to invite heads of state but there will be the usual
:10:00. > :10:07.representation in terms of ambassadors and all of that. She got
:10:08. > :10:14.her own invitation today to address a Presbyterian conference in Belfast
:10:15. > :10:18.which explored the legacy of this rising. She is at Presbyterian from
:10:19. > :10:24.Monaghan and said she wanted the 1916 events to be inclusive but the
:10:25. > :10:28.new DUP leader, Arlene Foster, has already said she would be at the
:10:29. > :10:33.main commemoration. Is the Minister disappointed? I am pleased that
:10:34. > :10:37.Arlene has said she will come to some event at some stage and perhaps
:10:38. > :10:43.something like we have had today, like a conference around 1916. There
:10:44. > :10:47.are different events happening right across the year and I am sure there
:10:48. > :10:52.will be something that she will be able to attend. Here's one idea the
:10:53. > :10:58.new First Minister might consider. There is a special event that is the
:10:59. > :11:02.unveiling of a wall in which everyone who died, not just those
:11:03. > :11:07.who were involved in the uprising, but members of the British Armed
:11:08. > :11:11.Forces, civilians, everyone is involved and remembered and they are
:11:12. > :11:20.listed in the better colour order. That is significant and there will
:11:21. > :11:25.be special commemorative representatives. 2016 is turning
:11:26. > :11:28.into a year and not just of commemorations but invitations.
:11:29. > :11:30.A look ahead to something on tomorrow night's BBC Newsline,
:11:31. > :11:32.and our Agriculture and Environment Correspondent Conor Macauley has
:11:33. > :11:35.been on the trail of a majestic bird of prey.
:11:36. > :11:37.The Red Kite was reintroduced to Co Down a couple
:11:38. > :11:40.of years back and is slowly making a return.
:11:41. > :11:42.Conor spent the evening with volunteers who monitor
:11:43. > :11:46.the population to make sure the birds, which will soon be mating
:11:47. > :11:50.and nesting, are thriving in the hills around the Mournes.
:11:51. > :11:56.That's on BBC Newsline tomorrow night at 6.30.
:11:57. > :12:12.We have some heavy rain on the way tonight. The Met office has issued a
:12:13. > :12:15.severe weather warning for parts of County Down and Armagh. The rain is
:12:16. > :12:20.in force from midnight until eight o'clock tomorrow morning. That rain
:12:21. > :12:24.will be out of the way by the time we get to breakfast time and Friday
:12:25. > :12:28.is looking like a decent day with a mixture of sunshine and showers. The
:12:29. > :12:33.rain clearing a stand behind it we are into some more milder air and
:12:34. > :12:36.some brighter conditions. You can see the band of rain that we have
:12:37. > :12:41.seen through the night brushing off into the North Sea during the day.
:12:42. > :12:47.Behind it, warmer air means double digit temperatures. The breeze is
:12:48. > :12:50.quite strong pushing some showers in for western Scotland and Northern
:12:51. > :12:53.Ireland through the afternoon. We keep some clear skies and
:12:54. > :13:00.temperatures will be cooler than they were tonight. With that breeze,
:13:01. > :13:04.there is no risk of any frost developing overnight. As we head
:13:05. > :13:08.into Saturday, it will be another decent day and a mix of sunshine and
:13:09. > :13:13.showers. The breeze will be a feature as we go through the day.
:13:14. > :13:17.Write to begin with but the next band of rain is on its way, working
:13:18. > :13:25.its way in from the south-west. Temperatures are holding up and buy
:13:26. > :13:28.some days, we will see highs of 13 Celsius which is different to last
:13:29. > :13:30.weekend when we had snow on the ground. That is it from us. Good
:13:31. > :13:38.night. Patrick Kielty travels
:13:39. > :13:42.one of America's most iconic roads...