:00:08. > :00:13.The DUP says it has asked the Health Minister to set up
:00:14. > :00:19.a working group to look at the issue of fatal foetal abnormality.
:00:20. > :00:22.Tomorrow Assembly Members will vote on whether to make abortions
:00:23. > :00:37.At the moment it is only permitted if a woman's life is at risk there
:00:38. > :00:39.is a risk to her mental and physical health.
:00:40. > :00:46.Our political correspondent Gareth Gordon is in our newsroom.
:00:47. > :00:54.Why his the party acted upon it now? Tomorrow there will be a vote in a
:00:55. > :00:59.series of proposed amendments to the Justice Bill one of which if past
:01:00. > :01:03.would make abortion illegal. In the case of women like Sarah Ewing who
:01:04. > :01:08.were told that the foetus they were carrying had fatal foetal
:01:09. > :01:11.abnormality, it is a highly sensitive issue, politically, the
:01:12. > :01:16.big question has been what the largest party with side to do. But
:01:17. > :01:22.they bring a petition of concern? It would effectively block the move.
:01:23. > :01:26.All would they allow a free vote for each MLA? In the end they did
:01:27. > :01:32.neither. They have said they will vote on Maas against the move. So it
:01:33. > :01:38.probably means that it is beaten. -- en masse.
:01:39. > :01:42.They want a working group set up to look at the whole issue in the
:01:43. > :01:45.round. Why? They say it cannot be dealt with in
:01:46. > :01:50.haste without appropriate scrutiny and the Justice is not the way to
:01:51. > :01:55.deal with it. A law made in haste is often bad law. They know they cannot
:01:56. > :02:01.leave it there. So they have asked Simon Hamilton to set up a working
:02:02. > :02:04.group, including clinicians, people with legal background, and the idea
:02:05. > :02:09.is to come up with recommendations as to how the issue can be dealt
:02:10. > :02:14.with. Including, if necessary, draft legislation. The working group has
:02:15. > :02:18.been given six months to report. It must be set at this moment that
:02:19. > :02:22.would be that comes up with, finding a way forward, which the majority of
:02:23. > :02:23.people can agree with, will be very difficult.
:02:24. > :02:26.The First Minister has spoken of the difficulties she has
:02:27. > :02:28.experienced with the Deputy First Minister because of his graveside
:02:29. > :02:31.oration at the funeral of the man who, she believes,
:02:32. > :02:37.But Arlene Foster has said she will work with Martin McGuinness
:02:38. > :02:41.because as she puts it "the past is the past".
:02:42. > :02:43.Mrs Foster was interviewed for tonight's BBC
:02:44. > :02:56.It is quite difficult. If you talk to Martin McGuinness now he will
:02:57. > :02:59.say, and I heard him say just recently, that unionist Art not the
:03:00. > :03:06.enemy, the enemy is poverty, unemployment. And that is fine. But
:03:07. > :03:11.it does not take away from the fact that he thought it appropriate to
:03:12. > :03:14.speak at the funeral. Of a man who had been responsible for murdering
:03:15. > :03:18.many people in County Fermanagh. And you can see Spotlight
:03:19. > :03:21.here on BBC 1 after this news. Extra tickets have been allocated
:03:22. > :03:23.to Northern Ireland fans for the football team's first
:03:24. > :03:25.European Championship game Fans who were on a priority list had
:03:26. > :03:30.complained to the Irish Football Association that they had not
:03:31. > :03:46.received tickets for The supporters were dancing in the
:03:47. > :03:50.streets when the Northern Ireland qualified for their first major
:03:51. > :03:55.championship in 30 years. In the wake of the victory over Greece at
:03:56. > :03:58.Windsor Park all that was in the minds of the supporters was
:03:59. > :04:03.travelling to France and getting tickets for the matches. The
:04:04. > :04:07.football Association but a loyalty points system in place to favour
:04:08. > :04:11.those who had been to the most qualifying games in the run-up the
:04:12. > :04:14.finals. But when Uefa announced ticket allocations this morning it
:04:15. > :04:17.was clear something had gone badly wrong.
:04:18. > :04:23.The issue is about how the scheme has been implemented, or not. That
:04:24. > :04:27.is something that Uefa must answer. Because they are the people who are
:04:28. > :04:30.responsible for allocating tickets and they should have implemented the
:04:31. > :04:35.scheme properly. Good luck to anybody who has got a
:04:36. > :04:42.ticket but for the rest of us fans, go to be home and away matches, is
:04:43. > :04:45.soul destroying. More than 29,000 tickets were
:04:46. > :04:51.allocated for Northern Ireland's three games. Carl McClane is a local
:04:52. > :04:57.councillor as well as a football supporter. He had not registered for
:04:58. > :05:01.any loyalty point but got all of the tickets he applied for.
:05:02. > :05:04.I salute the delighted to be going but it is unfair to the people who
:05:05. > :05:11.have shown a more loyal to the me over the last 20 years and have been
:05:12. > :05:15.let down today. By lunchtime the IFA had been
:05:16. > :05:18.inundated with calls from angry supporters who missed out. By early
:05:19. > :05:23.this evening News came through that Uefa were making more tickets
:05:24. > :05:26.available for the Poland game, which may go some way to dampening the
:05:27. > :05:31.anger of those supporters who lost out.
:05:32. > :05:35.Have almost 1000 extra tickets on top of what we had this morning,
:05:36. > :05:38.they will go to those people who currently are disappointed, but are
:05:39. > :05:46.our top priority people, in our priority scheme. They must certainly
:05:47. > :05:49.deserve to get kits. Some joy for those disappointed fans
:05:50. > :05:53.but even with extra tickets for the Poland game there will still be some
:05:54. > :05:54.20,000 Northern Ireland supporters who will not get a seat at the
:05:55. > :05:57.matches in France. A new permanent armed police unit
:05:58. > :06:00.for Dublin is being set up by the Gardai following the second
:06:01. > :06:02.fatal shooting in the city The latest victim
:06:03. > :06:05.was killed last night. It's thought in retaliation
:06:06. > :06:08.for the killing of a man at a city Our Dublin correspondent
:06:09. > :06:29.Shane Harrison reports. The remains of Edward Hutch leave
:06:30. > :06:33.the scene of the murder. Locals say there is a sense of foreboding and
:06:34. > :06:39.fright. It is sad that two men have lost
:06:40. > :06:51.their lives in the last three days. This area is actually numb, there is
:06:52. > :06:55.a dark cloud hanging over it. He was a hard-working guy, a taxi driver,
:06:56. > :07:02.late 50s, very quite individual, he went about his business and to my
:07:03. > :07:08.knowledge was not a player in serious crime.
:07:09. > :07:12.Any believe he was an easy target murdered because of his surname. A
:07:13. > :07:19.gang shot him dead in the hallway of his apartment because he was the
:07:20. > :07:23.uncle of Gary, murdered in Spain five months ago, and the brother of
:07:24. > :07:30.Cherry, a one-time notorious criminal. With authorities promising
:07:31. > :07:33.more money in a fight against cruel gangs and paramilitaries, the
:07:34. > :07:38.commissioner tonight was not categoric about who was responsible.
:07:39. > :07:44.It is early stages and important we keep an open mind and follow all
:07:45. > :07:49.avenues of enquiry. There is painstaking work going on. All
:07:50. > :07:53.claims of responsibility, any lines of enquiry, will be followed
:07:54. > :07:57.through. We have had claim and counterclaim.
:07:58. > :08:00.It is still under investigation and like all other lines of
:08:01. > :08:06.investigation have to be taken very seriously and will be pursued as a
:08:07. > :08:12.line of investigation. Gardai Have been criticised for the
:08:13. > :08:15.lack of intelligence regarding last Friday's attack, and the fears of
:08:16. > :08:19.retaliation growing, and appeals for calm, parts of Dublin remain on
:08:20. > :08:21.edge. The Ulster Unionist Tom Elliott
:08:22. > :08:24.is to contact the Lord Chief Justice over the way comments he made
:08:25. > :08:26.about a benefits cheat The MP for Fermanagh
:08:27. > :08:30.and South Tyrone says he provided a statement about an Enniskillen man
:08:31. > :08:32.who was convicted yesterday But Mr Elliott insists he did not
:08:33. > :08:36.make a character reference. Here is our Political
:08:37. > :08:51.Correspondent Stephen Walker. Clive Millar, a former soldier from
:08:52. > :08:56.Enniskillen claimed housing benefit whilst owning properties in Spain.
:08:57. > :09:01.He got income support despite having more than ?280,000 in his bank
:09:02. > :09:06.account, and was overpaid almost ?40,000 in benefits between
:09:07. > :09:11.2002-2010. Yesterday he was given a suspended jail sentence. The court
:09:12. > :09:15.heard that his legal team had a reference from an esteemed source
:09:16. > :09:20.which spoke glowingly of his work in the voluntary sector. Ulster
:09:21. > :09:25.Unionist Party Peak, Tom Elliott, is not sure if he is the esteemed
:09:26. > :09:32.source referred to, but he said he did provide a statement, but insists
:09:33. > :09:36.it was not a character reference. He confirmed that I knew him. It was
:09:37. > :09:40.what I was asked, if I knew him. I knew him in the context of coming to
:09:41. > :09:49.me with constituency issues and being a member of not specify which
:09:50. > :09:54.-- a member of organisations, I did not specify any organisations, and
:09:55. > :09:56.took the step of writing to the judge to let him know it was not a
:09:57. > :10:01.character reference in case it would be used as such, I wrote to the
:10:02. > :10:05.judge to inform him of that. Tom Elliott now intends to take the
:10:06. > :10:08.matter further. I will take it up with the Lord
:10:09. > :10:12.Chief Justice and try to address the issues in the community, but
:10:13. > :10:17.certainly I will have concerns is that simple acknowledgement, or
:10:18. > :10:20.answering the question, to confirm that any the person, was taken as a
:10:21. > :10:27.reference. Clive Millar admitted four charges
:10:28. > :10:30.of failing to declare a change of circumstances to the Social Security
:10:31. > :10:35.agency. Two charges of money-laundering were left on the
:10:36. > :10:37.books. The judge sentenced the 47-year-old to 12 months imprisoned,
:10:38. > :10:39.suspended for two years. Sinn Fein are to meet next week
:10:40. > :10:42.to select a fourth candidate in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone
:10:43. > :10:44.constituency for May's Assembly A team of three men including
:10:45. > :10:48.the sitting MLA in the area Phil Flanagan was
:10:49. > :10:50.selected last month. That resulted in the former MP and
:10:51. > :10:52.Stormont Minister Michelle Gildernew Next week's meeting gives her
:10:53. > :10:59.the opportunity to be selected The former Ireland and Lions rugby
:11:00. > :11:06.captain Paul O'Connell has announced his retirement
:11:07. > :11:10.from the game. He has been recovering
:11:11. > :11:12.from a serious injury suffered at the World Cup last year and it's
:11:13. > :11:15.now forced him to retire The current Ireland captain is one
:11:16. > :11:30.of O'Connell's biggest admirers. I suppose the biggest thing for me
:11:31. > :11:34.is that he probably is one of the players in world rugby that I have
:11:35. > :11:41.the most admiration for, in terms of what he has done. As much as
:11:42. > :11:43.anything, how he went about it. He really is, I suppose, what rugby is
:11:44. > :11:54.all about. It is quite chilly with temperatures
:11:55. > :12:01.below freezing in a few places. That will allow Frost to develop. Pockets
:12:02. > :12:09.of fog by morning. Quite windy on the Antrim coast. Inland, wins not
:12:10. > :12:12.quite as strong. You will want to defrost your car windscreens
:12:13. > :12:18.tomorrow morning, otherwise, not a bad day. Amounts of sunshine. There
:12:19. > :12:24.will be scattered showers to begin with. Sleet and snow over high
:12:25. > :12:28.ground. But it is not a bad picture given recent weather. Plenty of dry,
:12:29. > :12:32.sunny weather, scattered showers here and there. They didn't breezy
:12:33. > :12:36.with temperatures on average reaching the high single figures.
:12:37. > :12:40.Northern Ireland, we can expect highs of seven Celsius, 20 of dry
:12:41. > :12:46.and sunny weather through the afternoon. The clear sky tomorrow
:12:47. > :12:49.evening allows for a very chilly night with temperatures falling into
:12:50. > :12:58.minus figures in the countryside, a chilly start. Overall, another good
:12:59. > :13:02.day. Cloud coming from time to time. Plenty of sunshine also.
:13:03. > :13:06.Temperatures again between five and six Celsius for most of us. Friday,
:13:07. > :13:10.it looks as though it will be largely dry and settled but another
:13:11. > :13:11.system is approaching from the Atlantic which may change things. We
:13:12. > :13:28.will keep you up today. Good night. We are back at 6:25 a.m.. You can
:13:29. > :13:32.keep up on Facebook and Twitter. Good night.
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