:00:17. > :00:22.Tonight's top stories: Dealing with the past -
:00:23. > :00:25.the Secretary of State accuses some of promoting a harmful version
:00:26. > :00:39.The DUP deny blocking abortion change because of party politics.
:00:40. > :00:44.I have a special report, about the Republic policy affecting the
:00:45. > :00:47.campaign. Could cannabis oil, an illegal drug,
:00:48. > :00:49.be helping to prolong the life Belfast traders say
:00:50. > :00:52.chronic traffic congestion Ireland's rugby team head to France
:00:53. > :00:57.with two big names returning for the Six Nations
:00:58. > :01:00.showdown in Paris. And after another cold night,
:01:01. > :01:03.tomorrow may not be quite as bright and cheery as it's been over
:01:04. > :01:12.the last couple of days. The Secretary of State Theresa
:01:13. > :01:19.Villiers says it's not true to say misconduct by the security forces
:01:20. > :01:23.during the Troubles was rife. At an event about the past held
:01:24. > :01:26.in Belfast today she praised the role of police
:01:27. > :01:30.officers and soldiers - but accepted that some had
:01:31. > :01:32.acted outside the law. Here is our Political
:01:33. > :01:43.Correspondent Stephen Walker. Finding a way to deal with the
:01:44. > :01:50.legacy of the Troubles is complicated. The Secretary of State
:01:51. > :02:01.has it when it comes to the past, some people had been promoting the
:02:02. > :02:08.narrative. We have acknowledged, as certain isolated cases, the state
:02:09. > :02:17.was at fault, but I think it would be entirely wrong, to say that the
:02:18. > :02:23.cover-up was endemic, the majority acted with professionalism. So has
:02:24. > :02:29.too much focus been put on the state killings? The state is in place to
:02:30. > :02:39.uphold the law, and if it breaks that, that is something different.
:02:40. > :02:43.At the heart of the legacy, what information should be disclosed. The
:02:44. > :02:51.Secretary of State thinks it has to be handled carefully. Techniques, in
:02:52. > :02:56.use, during that period, that new bodies are going to be investigating
:02:57. > :03:10.but it is still secret to this day. Edward assessed -- it would assist
:03:11. > :03:16.terrorists. So are worries about security genuine? Whatever the
:03:17. > :03:21.intelligence methods, being used, it is hardly the same approach, the
:03:22. > :03:27.counterterrorism taken today. Dealing with Islamic State, so it
:03:28. > :03:33.seems to be something of a diversion. ?150 million has been set
:03:34. > :03:44.aside. That is going to include and investigations unit. But something
:03:45. > :03:50.even that does not go far enough. To the general public, that can seem
:03:51. > :03:54.like a vast amount of money, but 45 million is going to have to look at
:03:55. > :04:01.the state, 1.5 million for each of the cases. Once the mathematics has
:04:02. > :04:18.been done, 5 million life. How can that possibly examine 3000 murders?
:04:19. > :04:27.If money is the issue, is it time to stop investigating? That is a
:04:28. > :04:33.political question, it was put on the table, and the response, I think
:04:34. > :04:39.it is a debate was having, but fundamentally, having to do with the
:04:40. > :04:44.past, is for the politicians. Even though a political consensus has not
:04:45. > :04:50.been achieved, and we're about to enter an assembly election campaign,
:04:51. > :04:54.Theresa Villiers ended the speech with optimism. She said, Common
:04:55. > :05:18.ground, and Adele on the past is achievable. -- a deal.
:05:19. > :05:23.This had resulted in delays, to over 900 cases,
:05:24. > :05:26.The DUP has denied using delaying cases, tactics over decisions
:05:27. > :05:29.about abortion in the cases of fatal foetal abnormality.
:05:30. > :05:32.The Health Minister Simon Hamilton told BBC Newsline the issue is too
:05:33. > :05:36.important to be bound up in party politics.
:05:37. > :05:39.Last night MLAs rejected an attempt to allow terminations in such cases
:05:40. > :05:42.through an amendment to the Justice Bill.
:05:43. > :05:56.Here's our political correspondent Gareth Gordon.
:05:57. > :06:05.this is Sarah. Her plight began a debate. She wanted them to allow a
:06:06. > :06:10.free vote, the Justice Bill could change the law, to allow abortions
:06:11. > :06:27.in such cases. But the DUP decided to vote against the proposals,
:06:28. > :06:36.ensuring it failed. 40 aye, 52 no. The DUP plans to set up a working
:06:37. > :06:48.group, for six months. What about the women, pregnant, as a result of
:06:49. > :06:57.rape? DUP going to tell them, a commission in six months? Bleak
:06:58. > :07:05.house. Day after day... For a decision. It never comes. But there
:07:06. > :07:15.was Minister denied crimes, his party has been stolen. -- stalling.
:07:16. > :07:22.This is too important, to be bound by party politics, but the comments
:07:23. > :07:27.of some today, it has probably taking them that is disappointing.
:07:28. > :07:32.The next act is going to be played at the Court of Appeal, but the
:07:33. > :07:35.ruling does not apply with the European Convention on Human Rights,
:07:36. > :07:39.it is going to be challenged. We think once it is finished going
:07:40. > :07:50.through the courts, it will have to come back to the assembly, assuming
:07:51. > :07:54.that the judgment is upheld. The alliance MIA Said he will bring
:07:55. > :07:55.forward a bill, and the eldest opportunity. This issue is not going
:07:56. > :07:56.away. Still to come on BBC Newsline,
:07:57. > :07:59.pioneering science in Belfast that A number of journalists have been
:08:00. > :08:13.told they're under threat from criminal gangs in Dublin
:08:14. > :08:15.following two recent killings. Our Dublin correspondent
:08:16. > :08:28.Shane Harrison joins us. Breaking story. Independent news
:08:29. > :08:35.media has issued a statement, telling us they are going to be
:08:36. > :08:49.protecting a number of reporters from crime gangs. It takes an
:08:50. > :08:56.interest, in the train scene, and Dublin, a number of staff present at
:08:57. > :09:03.the Regency. That death was soon followed. The editor in chief, has
:09:04. > :09:07.described this as an outrageous threat, not going to be detailed, it
:09:08. > :09:13.is a breaking story, and political reaction. The Sinn Fein leader Gerry
:09:14. > :09:18.Adams has condemned this development.
:09:19. > :09:21.Meanwhile the Republic's election is now just over two weeks away.
:09:22. > :09:22.Fianna Fail, who lost spectacularly in 2011,
:09:23. > :09:28.launched its manifesto today promising to cut some taxes
:09:29. > :09:38.Our Economics and Business editor has been having a look at how
:09:39. > :09:39.recovery, that's largely centred on Dublin, is playing
:09:40. > :09:53." At the builders are back. Across the city centre, office blocks
:09:54. > :10:02.springing up. Consumers, beginning to spend. Companies hiring. When the
:10:03. > :10:07.coalition to control, unemployment was almost 15%. The government was
:10:08. > :10:17.spending more than it was taking on, and the economy was really growing.
:10:18. > :10:32.Today, unemployment is below 9%. This is probably the fastest growing
:10:33. > :10:36.economy and you look. -- in Europe. At the peak of the boom, this man
:10:37. > :10:43.employed 160 people. But then the business went into liquidation. Now
:10:44. > :10:49.working on projects. He thinks that are going caution and the finance
:10:50. > :10:55.minister deserve credit. Amazing job. He has got on with it. You're
:10:56. > :11:00.not going to see him and pomposity. I think he has managed the economy
:11:01. > :11:14.well. People forget what 2011 was like. Nobody knew what was going to
:11:15. > :11:18.happen. The path has not been easy. Feel good factors still hard to
:11:19. > :11:23.find. Many young people have been leaving, to look for work. Also the
:11:24. > :11:33.perception that the recovery has only been filled by those working
:11:34. > :11:44.for global firms. Is that the case? Not good in the west. Dublin
:11:45. > :11:49.experiencing growth. But generally, other regions are experiencing that.
:11:50. > :11:59.People in the city, feeling the worst of the housing crisis. Not
:12:00. > :12:10.enough homes built. And more homeless people. This day centre
:12:11. > :12:21.feeds hundreds. Not much sign of undercover life. -- a recovery. The
:12:22. > :12:27.government has done nothing, for housing. The major coalition party,
:12:28. > :12:41.pushing the message that only they can keep this going. Rivals say they
:12:42. > :12:46.can produce a fairer recovery. There is a recovery under way. That should
:12:47. > :12:55.give an advantage to the outgoing coalition. But so many people have
:12:56. > :12:56.been scarred, the do not want to vote for establishment parties. That
:12:57. > :12:58.makes the outcome uncertain. Coming up on the programme,
:12:59. > :13:01.can anything be done to ease the traffic congestion that blights
:13:02. > :13:10.so much of our road network? A man with a terminal brain tumour
:13:11. > :13:13.says he believes cannabis oil has Even though it is illegal 38 year
:13:14. > :13:19.old Kieran McCrory says he's A new campaign is underway today
:13:20. > :13:23.for medical cannabis to be legalised Around 28,000 people
:13:24. > :13:29.here are using it for medical reasons - but critics maintain
:13:30. > :13:45.there is no evidence This man celebrated her birthday he
:13:46. > :13:52.was not sure that he would say. The dotty durable, diagnosed with
:13:53. > :13:58.alacrity, 2014, he was given at most, five years, having soldierly,
:13:59. > :14:10.but cannabis has helped him come back. I am confident about the
:14:11. > :14:16.future. The term... He's fighting cancer... I have something. Not
:14:17. > :14:26.tablets. I have something. Not tablets. I want to stay alive. It is
:14:27. > :14:30.illegal, to use cannabis for medical reasons, the government has called
:14:31. > :14:36.it harmful, Cancer research said no evidence it can treat the disease.
:14:37. > :14:50.Class B drug. You're breaking the law. Is that a worry? I understand
:14:51. > :15:02.that. But what would anybody do? I've seen him back. I lost him. He's
:15:03. > :15:14.back. That is what we want. His daughter. Myself. Family. Is that a
:15:15. > :15:19.crime? A crime it's a crime! His long-term prognosis remains
:15:20. > :15:22.unchanged, his focus is on looking forward to future birthdays.
:15:23. > :15:25.A short time ago I spoke to Dr Emma Smith and asked her
:15:26. > :15:33.if there's any evidence that cannabis oil works?
:15:34. > :15:42.The evidence that we have, it is far from convincing. That does not mean
:15:43. > :15:48.it is interesting, but the research we have today, it has been carried
:15:49. > :15:55.out, cells, grown in laboratories, or on mice. Little evidence it could
:15:56. > :16:03.be a benefit. So what research carried out, should we not have
:16:04. > :16:12.more? One clinical trial, in Spain. It was people, with advanced
:16:13. > :16:21.tumours, out of the ten, eight showed response. But sadly, after a
:16:22. > :16:33.year, all had died. But they are actually funding the clinical trials
:16:34. > :16:39.kingdom, one is forming a man made version, looking at advanced
:16:40. > :16:46.tumours. Your advice, not to use it? The advice, do not rescue by buying
:16:47. > :16:53.things of the internet, unregulated. If you would like to look into the
:16:54. > :17:06.clinical trial, do that by all means, but you do not know what you
:17:07. > :17:11.are getting. It could be olive oil. Even dangerous chemicals. Solvents
:17:12. > :17:27.used to extract chemicals. These could do harm. What explanation, for
:17:28. > :17:34.cases like this? I'm glad to hear he's doing well. But he also had
:17:35. > :17:35.soldierly and radiotherapy. That could have played a role.
:17:36. > :17:38.The lives of many children could be saved by a local breakthrough
:17:39. > :17:42.Researchers at the Royal Victoria Hospital say they've developed
:17:43. > :17:44.technology which can tell doctors if a child has the condition
:17:45. > :17:46.in minutes allowing them to start treatment.
:17:47. > :17:48.Tragically one in ten children diagnosed with the infection die.
:17:49. > :18:12.These scientists, on the front line, fighting infections, including
:18:13. > :18:17.meningitis, most often found in children under five. It can be
:18:18. > :18:26.fatal. Up to 40 confirmed cases, in Northern Ireland, it is not always
:18:27. > :18:29.easy to diagnose. The early signs, not specific, so when we have
:18:30. > :18:39.children with temperature, we can send them onto really. -- home too
:18:40. > :18:46.early. Have admitted to hospital, get injections, life disrupted. All
:18:47. > :18:52.that could change. It wants to get the two, to diagnose bacterial
:18:53. > :19:02.meningitis, but because of technology, it can't be done on the
:19:03. > :19:09.bedside. Trying to develop something, something that could give
:19:10. > :19:17.reassurance. It has taken about ten years, to put that into reality. But
:19:18. > :19:21.we can get a result, with an 20 minutes. Technologically, major
:19:22. > :19:29.step. It is hoped it could be done at the GP surgery. The silver cross
:19:30. > :19:34.may often be hidden from view, but they are saving lives in the lab.
:19:35. > :19:37.Now to a story that many motorists travelling around Belfast recently
:19:38. > :19:39.will be familiar with - delays and traffic jams.
:19:40. > :19:42.Over the past few month motorists have endured some very long delays
:19:43. > :19:52.during morning and evening peak periods.
:19:53. > :19:54.In many cases, relatively minor accidents in one part of the city
:19:55. > :19:56.have caused congestion across Belfast.
:19:57. > :19:59.Traders say the problem is damaging small businesses and some believe it
:20:00. > :20:01.could be linked to the new bus lanes.
:20:02. > :20:21.Waiting for the lights. On a good day, that's all. On a bad, a crash.
:20:22. > :20:32.Delays can last hours. Blocking one lane... That is something that has
:20:33. > :20:36.been repeated regularly. Gridlock. The concern, if you do not have the
:20:37. > :20:49.proper public alternative transport, damaging business. The problem began
:20:50. > :20:54.here. 7am. A crash. The accident was not serious. But it caused
:20:55. > :21:05.disruption across the city. Lasting hours. Up to 10:30, people trying to
:21:06. > :21:15.get a bus into town... Told it was delayed.
:21:16. > :21:25.If there are now more delays... What is the problem? The bus lanes are
:21:26. > :21:32.supposed to be part of the problem. When you are squeezing, almost every
:21:33. > :21:43.vehicle, through a small number of roads, 90,000 plus, it only takes a
:21:44. > :21:46.single accident. Perhaps what we need, making sure they can be
:21:47. > :21:52.cleared as quickly and safety as possible. That is something drivers
:21:53. > :21:59.would welcome, if it means less of this, more of this. Tell us what you
:22:00. > :22:01.think. Ireland's rugby team welcomes back
:22:02. > :22:04.two big names for this weekends match in the Six
:22:05. > :22:05.Nations Championship. Ireland have not lost
:22:06. > :22:09.to France in six years - but on Saturday Joe Schmidt's side
:22:10. > :22:12.will look to win back-to-back Six Nations matches in Paris
:22:13. > :22:15.for the first time since 1927. Returning to the Ireland team
:22:16. > :22:18.which was named today There are a couple of enforced
:22:19. > :22:26.changes with Keith Earls and Simon Zebo failing fitness
:22:27. > :22:29.tests, but one lynchpin in the side has made it into
:22:30. > :22:44.the starting fifteen. For a moment, at the end of Sunday's
:22:45. > :22:58.game, it looked bad. But Sexton is fit. We did video work. Meetings.
:22:59. > :23:04.More than usual. Not ideal. Six day turnaround. It is visually after
:23:05. > :23:19.playing one of the most physical teams. Sore bodies. But we have
:23:20. > :23:28.recovered. No excuses. For the coach, the French will pose a
:23:29. > :23:34.different threat. We were not giving up the line break, we are going to
:23:35. > :23:44.have to work even harder against the French. Play in behind the tackle.
:23:45. > :23:51.That is a threat. But Ireland have game changers, O'Brien, Kearney,
:23:52. > :24:11.giving the French plenty to ponder. Ulster rugby have confirmed
:24:12. > :24:13.the signing of South African international Marcell
:24:14. > :24:23.Coetzee for next season. and will join Ulster
:24:24. > :24:27.on a three-year contract. He will move to Belfast in
:24:28. > :24:30.the summer, following the conclusion of the Super Rugby season,
:24:31. > :24:32.during which he will represent Meanwhile the Ulster team
:24:33. > :24:35.for tomorrow's match away to Glasgow has been named,
:24:36. > :24:37.with Stuart Olding starting at fullback having fully recovered
:24:38. > :24:39.from this head injury sustained Prop Callum Black is set
:24:40. > :24:43.to earn his 100th cap for the Province while Chris Henry
:24:44. > :24:46.is included among the replacements. Full details on the BBC
:24:47. > :24:48.Sport NI website. Great Britain have just
:24:49. > :24:50.played their first group game of the Winter Olympic qualifying
:24:51. > :24:52.tournament against the Netherlands. Colin Shields of the Belfast
:24:53. > :24:54.Giants scored this fine goal to put GB five-four up midway
:24:55. > :24:57.through the final period. The Dutch equalised soon
:24:58. > :24:59.after before the winner came from Mark Richardson
:25:00. > :25:00.with five minutes remaining. Carrick Rangers Gareth McKeown
:25:01. > :25:04.is suspended for rest of season and fined ?1000 for a breach
:25:05. > :25:07.of IFA betting rules, His club are in action
:25:08. > :25:10.tonight versus Dungannon - we'll have the result
:25:11. > :25:34.on the later bulletin. Thank you. The weather. Not any more
:25:35. > :25:45.sun? Not as much. We have been fortunate. But having said that,
:25:46. > :25:56.getting off to a slow start. Fog lingered. Ducks and geese against
:25:57. > :26:05.the skies! The fog did go, nice sunset scenes. Breaks in the cloud.
:26:06. > :26:17.Temperatures continuing to fall. Lowest in the West. Some frost. Mist
:26:18. > :26:30.and fog. Generally speaking, more cloud. Threatening showers. Wintry
:26:31. > :26:45.flavour. Especially on the hills. Light dusting. Tomorrow, mainly dry
:26:46. > :26:56.theme. More cloud. But having said that, some brightness. Showers.
:26:57. > :27:14.Continuing to feed East, and that will be pushing westwards. Mainly
:27:15. > :27:27.dry, chilly. Highs, five, six. Tomorrow night, more cloud. Going to
:27:28. > :27:32.stay chilly. Low pressure. For us, more cloud. Showers. Increasingly
:27:33. > :27:35.windy. Our late summary
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