:00:08. > :00:14.An attempt to change organ donation laws here to an opt-out system has
:00:15. > :00:17.been blocked by DUP and Sinn Fein members
:00:18. > :00:22.The proposal by an Ulster Unionist MLA had meant that those who didn't
:00:23. > :00:25.want to donate organs would need to register their wishes.
:00:26. > :00:38.It is an emotive issue, whether or not you give your consent to lead
:00:39. > :00:43.others left after you die. The Ulster Unionist MLA Joanna Dobson
:00:44. > :00:49.has proposed that consent should be given like it is in Wales unless you
:00:50. > :01:05.have deliberately offered out. But this afternoon that was voted down.
:01:06. > :01:12.All those in favour... Against... In essence, the two big parties, the
:01:13. > :01:16.DUP and Sinn Fein, joined together to vote against the bill. I am not
:01:17. > :01:21.disappointed for me but for the army of volunteers who are waiting for an
:01:22. > :01:25.organ donor. I thought this would finally deliver a good story to save
:01:26. > :01:30.lives. I think they have looked at the
:01:31. > :01:33.experts and examined the evidence and then have come to the same
:01:34. > :01:38.conclusion that I did three years ago that it is unnecessary and
:01:39. > :01:42.counter-productive. We need to listen to the commissions who are
:01:43. > :01:48.working in organ donation and when they say they do not want the bill,
:01:49. > :01:51.we should listen. What you think should happen in
:01:52. > :01:55.Northern Ireland compared to the rest of the UK?
:01:56. > :01:59.Things are working well in Northern Ireland so why should we work to
:02:00. > :02:06.prevent that increase happening? Especially when we have got an
:02:07. > :02:11.experiment working in Wales. So nothing changes. If you want to
:02:12. > :02:16.give your organs, you have to sign a form, otherwise your organs may not
:02:17. > :02:18.be given. The Chief Constable says the PSNI
:02:19. > :02:20.are struggling to deal with a "tsunami" of requests
:02:21. > :02:22.from the courts on Troubles cases and that it's threatening to grind
:02:23. > :02:28.the organisation to a halt. George Hamilton was speaking
:02:29. > :02:31.following criticism that the police are taking too long to hand over
:02:32. > :02:34.files to the Coroner's Court. Row after row, file after file -
:02:35. > :02:37.these contain the stories They're just a fraction of the
:02:38. > :02:42.10 million documents stored Any one of them could
:02:43. > :02:46.contain vital evidence that might secure justice
:02:47. > :02:49.for a bereaved family. But the system is sagging under
:02:50. > :02:52.the sheer volume of material. And that's putting
:02:53. > :02:54.the Chief Constable of taking too long to hand over
:02:55. > :03:04.Troubles-related documents Last night, at an event
:03:05. > :03:08.at Queen's University, When you get a tsunami of requests
:03:09. > :03:15.coming in from the courts through judicial reviews,
:03:16. > :03:18.and every single one of those is a compelling case
:03:19. > :03:24.and it has legal weight behind it and judicial authority for us to do
:03:25. > :03:28.this, the whole organisation And that is the mess
:03:29. > :03:35.we are in around this. I have never pretended
:03:36. > :03:39.it is any different. The requests are coming
:03:40. > :03:41.from the courts, including the ongoing
:03:42. > :03:44.review of 56 legacy cases Last week, he criticised the police
:03:45. > :03:50.for being too slow to hand over classified documents
:03:51. > :03:53.relating to the deaths. Lawyers for victims' families
:03:54. > :03:56.have accused the police of dragging their heels over
:03:57. > :04:00.the disclosure of files. For one group of victims,
:04:01. > :04:05.it has been a frustrating process. For families like ourselves
:04:06. > :04:14.it is a roller-coaster of emotions. Families go in expecting
:04:15. > :04:17.something and they an allegation that the RUC had
:04:18. > :04:32.advanced warning of the Shankill bombing, the Chief
:04:33. > :04:36.Constable was definitive. As I sit here tonight,
:04:37. > :04:40.I am 100% convinced that the police service at the time had no knowledge
:04:41. > :04:45.of the Shankill bombing that could have prevented
:04:46. > :04:48.it from happening. That statement will be tested,
:04:49. > :04:53.investigated and found to be right or otherwise by
:04:54. > :04:55.the police ombudsman. inquests has put the issue of how
:04:56. > :04:59.to deal with the past The police have made it
:05:00. > :05:04.clear they don't believe Politicians can't agree
:05:05. > :05:08.on the way forward. Victims groups say they feel
:05:09. > :05:12.abandoned and betrayed. They all agree on one thing -
:05:13. > :05:15.that the legacy of the Troubles has The DVD rental chain Xtravision
:05:16. > :05:27.has gone out of business. All 83 shops across
:05:28. > :05:29.Ireland have closed. The company had 11 outlets
:05:30. > :05:30.in Northern Ireland, The company operated a further 71
:05:31. > :05:35.stores in the Republic of Ireland The Dublin-based holding company
:05:36. > :05:39.of the chain, was placed In a statement, they blamed
:05:40. > :05:43.the massive decline Now, they may be our first port
:05:44. > :05:55.of call after a burglary, but even the police can
:05:56. > :05:57.fall victim to thieves. Freedom of Information figures
:05:58. > :06:00.obtained by the BBC show that thousands of pounds' worth
:06:01. > :06:02.of equipment and personal belongings have been stolen from
:06:03. > :06:05.police stations and vehicles You might have thought that the best
:06:06. > :06:12.place to keep goods safe from thieves would be
:06:13. > :06:15.with the police. But expensive racing bikes, cash,
:06:16. > :06:18.drugs and even police uniforms are among an eclectic list of items
:06:19. > :06:21.stolen from PSNI stations and vehicles over
:06:22. > :06:25.the past four years. The biggest single theft
:06:26. > :06:29.was here in Antrim in November 2012 where more than 30 pieces
:06:30. > :06:32.of PSNI kit were stolen. Ironically, police were responding
:06:33. > :06:36.a report of theft when two kit bags The bags contained items of uniform
:06:37. > :06:42.such as high visibility jackets and police issue boots,
:06:43. > :06:48.fixed penalty notice books, evidence bags, name badges
:06:49. > :06:50.and business cards. A few months later, workmen
:06:51. > :06:53.in the area discovered the kit bags which had been discarded by thieves
:06:54. > :06:56.and handed them back to police. Among the more unusual items stolen
:06:57. > :07:00.between 2011 and 2015 were six cigars worth
:07:01. > :07:05.?150 from Strand Road, a heat gun and battery
:07:06. > :07:10.charger in Coleraine, copper piping from Portstewart,
:07:11. > :07:13.cannabis and a pair of Nike Air Max trainers worth ?110
:07:14. > :07:15.from Musgrave Street, ?73 of white hand towels
:07:16. > :07:21.from Lisburn and an ?80 spanner Police said not all
:07:22. > :07:25.stolen property belonged In a statement they said the number
:07:26. > :07:31.of thefts was relatively small, and added that all such incidents
:07:32. > :07:34.are fully investigated. While this may be the case,
:07:35. > :07:39.it seems that even the people tasked to catch thieves are not immune
:07:40. > :07:42.to falling victims themselves. A Co Down farmer is attempting
:07:43. > :07:47.to bring back a bird that hasn't been seen in the fields
:07:48. > :07:49.of Northern Ireland The grey partridge was once common,
:07:50. > :07:53.but changes in farming and its own tendency to stick up
:07:54. > :07:56.for itself in a fight saw its numbers dwindle
:07:57. > :07:59.until it was declared extinct here. Our Agriculture
:08:00. > :08:02.and Environment Correspondent, 40 years ago, it was
:08:03. > :08:08.a common sight and sound. But changes to farming hit habitat
:08:09. > :08:13.and food availabiliity until the native grey partridge
:08:14. > :08:17.disappeared from our fields. Now one man is trying
:08:18. > :08:21.to bring them back. Cereal farmer David Sandford has
:08:22. > :08:26.210 acres near Strangford Lough. He's begun rearing and releasing
:08:27. > :08:31.grey partridge, a bird he remembers You heard them in the morning,
:08:32. > :08:42.and they would always be The great thing
:08:43. > :08:48.about them is they are great parents and that has
:08:49. > :08:50.probably been their demise. When foxes come, they would stand up
:08:51. > :08:53.to foxes to protect their babies. As well as predators
:08:54. > :08:55.and dimishing food and cover, the birds also have
:08:56. > :08:59.to cope with climate. A wet summer can
:09:00. > :09:06.have a big impact on any chicks. The hens will lay in April
:09:07. > :09:11.and in June the chicks will hatch. By autumn the young birds will be
:09:12. > :09:16.released on the farm. helps the birds survive and thrive
:09:17. > :09:24.and there's a grant to balance David is a committed
:09:25. > :09:30.conservationist, here helping to train other farmers
:09:31. > :09:33.and environmentalists who're taking part in our first survey of farm
:09:34. > :09:39.birds - part of a wider UK project. And while conservation is easier
:09:40. > :09:43.on cereal farms because you don't have to fence off the habitat
:09:44. > :09:49.areas from animals, beef, sheep and dairy farms can
:09:50. > :09:51.also play their part. There are still things
:09:52. > :09:57.that people can do. Little rough areas, anywhere you can
:09:58. > :09:59.get seed bearing habitat in, In one small corner
:10:00. > :10:06.of County Down at least, But don't go looking for them
:10:07. > :10:11.in pear trees as the song suggests, they're really not very
:10:12. > :10:14.good at flying. The IFA has been inundated with
:10:15. > :10:22.over 50,000 ticket applications Today came confirmation that
:10:23. > :10:27.an extra 4,000 tickets have been made available to
:10:28. > :10:30.travelling Northern Ireland fans. The initial allocation of 25,000 has
:10:31. > :10:33.been increased to just over 29,000 for the games against Poland,
:10:34. > :10:36.Ukraine and Germany. There'll now be an extra 800 tickets
:10:37. > :10:40.to see Michael O'Neill's men in the game against
:10:41. > :10:43.Poland on June 12th. An additional 1,700 fans will be
:10:44. > :10:47.able to attend the Ukraine game with the total for the Germany game
:10:48. > :10:50.on June 21st Supporters will find out
:10:51. > :10:55.by the end of February whether their applications
:10:56. > :11:08.have been successful. is our main concern is to ensure
:11:09. > :11:13.that as many people who regularly attend Northern Ireland matches are
:11:14. > :11:18.able to act get a ticket. This greatly increases chances of
:11:19. > :11:23.achieving that. Particularly for the game in Lyon on the allocation has
:11:24. > :11:28.gone up to around 12,000. Anyone looking for a ticket for that game
:11:29. > :11:28.stands a good chance of being successful.
:11:29. > :11:31.Tomorrow, the Good Morning Ulster programme hears from migrants
:11:32. > :11:34.Using archive from the period, they will also be speaking
:11:35. > :11:37.to people who have moved here in more recent times.
:11:38. > :11:39.That's tomorrow on BBC Radio Ulster starting at 6:30am.
:11:40. > :11:44.Let's have the weather now with Angie.
:11:45. > :11:51.Temperatures continue to fluctuate but they have been dropping this
:11:52. > :11:57.afternoon and this evening so it is a cold start to the night. She was
:11:58. > :12:00.turning into sleet and snow on the hills and temperatures getting close
:12:01. > :12:07.to freezing elsewhere. Some isolated showers but the bubbly not all
:12:08. > :12:10.night. Temperatures should creep up a couple of degrees overnight and
:12:11. > :12:15.those showers should turn back to rain. Tomorrow looks like a showery
:12:16. > :12:20.day and windy as well. That wind will strengthen through the course
:12:21. > :12:24.of the day. Not long before those servers start together and we also
:12:25. > :12:28.get them moving and across the Republic of Ireland, parts of Wales,
:12:29. > :12:31.north-west England and into Scotland. Very blustery here and
:12:32. > :12:36.those turning to snow across the Scottish mountains as the showers
:12:37. > :12:40.turn into longer spells of rain. Dreier and brighter for Easter in
:12:41. > :12:50.areas. Looking out West, across Ireland, those showers turn into
:12:51. > :12:57.longer spells of rain. Milder tomorrow. But with the wind it will
:12:58. > :13:02.feel cold. The winds get up to gale-force tomorrow night although
:13:03. > :13:10.it is technically mild, it will feel colder. And early warning is in
:13:11. > :13:13.place as they could be disruption. On Friday, it starts mild before
:13:14. > :13:15.colder air comes on in the second half of the day. Some wintry showers
:13:16. > :13:18.into Saturday. Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am
:13:19. > :13:22.during Breakfast here on BBC One. You can also keep updated
:13:23. > :13:24.with News Online. The Government thought it was
:13:25. > :13:44.the right thing to do. They're going to make me
:13:45. > :13:47.the Demon of Peckham.