12/02/2016 BBC Newsline

Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

First to a significant development relating to the death

of Arlene Arkinson, the schoolgirl murdered over 20 years ago.

The government is trying to stop top secret documents linked to the case

becoming public at the inquest into her death.

The 15-year-old from County Tyrone was reported missing

after she attended a disco in County Donegal in 1994.

She was last seen with the convicted child killer Robert Howard,

Howard was acquitted of her murder but always remained

A short time ago I asked our home affairs correspondent,

Vincent Kearney, how unusual it was for the government

Vincent Kearney, how unusual it was for the Government

to try to stop information on this murder case being made public.

This story is about what are called Public Interest Immunity

certificates, normally granted in cases with concerns

about national security, to protect methods police

used to gather intelligence or informers, so they have been used

in court cases during the Troubles but as far as I know they have never

been used in a case like this, they killing of a schoolgirl,

been used in a case like this, the killing of a schoolgirl,

but a Northern Ireland office minister has

signed off on one of these certificates to be issued

in relation to document link to the death of Arlene Arc and son.

-- Arlene Parkinson. -- Arlene Arkinson.

She was last seen in the company of child

killer Robert Howard, who died in prison last year.

Do we know why this application has been made

We have no idea and it appears neither do the lawyers for Arlene's

We don't know what this means, and neither do the Parkinson family.

What possible national security issues could be at stake in the

murder of schoolgirl. The hearing is due to be heard next week, the

coroner will make the decision whether these documents will be

released. He will hear arguments for both sides on Tuesday. We may not

know the full details of this case even then, because most of this

hearing will be heard behind closed doors, in secret. And even when the

coroner makes his decision, he won't be able to say too much in public

about why he reaches the decision. The number of women being treated

for breast cancer has dramatically increased over the last 20 years -

figures from the Northern Ireland Our correspondent has been speaking

to a women with a lesser known aggressive kind of breast cancer.

Next week 37-year-old Lynette McHendry is facing

She's in the unusual position of having invasive or regular cancer

in one breast while inflammatory cancer in the other.

The latter went undetected for over a month -

That's because this cancer isn't normally detected by a lump.

I definitely think there needs to be more awareness.

In the medical profession, people need to be advised that this

The symptoms I had was a pain in my breast,

I had a breast that was maybe twice the normal size.

I also had red, near the end whenever I was being diagnosed,

it goes very red and inflamed and the skin can go dimply,

so those are the symptoms and there is no lump.

Her call for greater awareness of the disease is timely.

New figures reveal an overall 53% increase in the number of breast

Those who collate the data warn that figure is set to rise further

and that the health service should prepare itself.

I think the services need to gear themselves up because we have done

some work looking at past trends and we see that in total the cancer

number is expected to increase by about two-thirds again,

While her cancer has spread to other organs, she is concerned that

inflammatory cancer can react quickly and without warning. She

will remain up to Mystic and continue with her campaign to

educate others. BBC Newsline. The Lord Chief Justice says

remaining legacy inquests can be dealt with within 5 years if he gets

the necessary funding. Sir Declan Morgan was speaking

after meeting families of some More than 50 stalled cases

were reviewed last month The Lord Chief Justice has proposed

setting up a special unit to deal with troubles-related inquests

as he says the existing coroners We will need to establish a new,

dedicated legacy inquest unit as a matter of urgency. My ambition is to

start listing cases from September onwards, but this will be predicated

on the availability of resources. If we wish to make meaningful progress

on this long-standing issue, and if we do, then it will provide a single

-- signal of hope to also visors that the remaining issues involved

with dealing in the past can finally be resolved.

In rugby, a win tonight over Glasgow Warriors has moved Ulster

Glasgow led 5 -3 at the break, through a Lee Jones

try, Ruan Pienaar replying with a penalty.

In the second half, Callum Black scored his first try for Ulster

after 53 minutes, a conversion and a penalty from Paddy Jackson

Glasgow managed a losing bonus point with a last gasp try to bring

Now because the League Cup final between Cliftonville and Ards

place tomorrow, there were four games in the Danskebank Irish

Thomas Niblock has the best of the action.

The defending champions didn't expect Ardent take the lake, Bradley

making it 1-0. Jordan Owen's header across the line and that's the way

it finished. Portadown where here at Shamrock Park. The calendar --

McAllister giving the home side the lead, before Chris Casement found

this to score the winner. It finished 2-1. Two sendings off

between Ballymena and co-Rhian in this game. And with the second, this

slid in and it finished 2-0. One more game to nights, this goal from

Stephen Murray helping the team at the bottom of the table to a 3-0

win. Now, here's Angie with

the weekend weather. Whatever you rock to this weekend,

be prepared for a cold one. Less than shown in the last couple of

days as that cloud brings showery rain. Becoming more widespread. Snow

on the hilltops. Rain and sleet at times at lower levels. Those showers

will start peter out. Depending on breaks in the cloud, we could see

Tim rigidity freezing in certain spots. Icy patches could linger into

tomorrow morning. With the show was starting to ease away, there's more

in the way of dry weather as we head through the rest of the weekend.

Variable, often large amounts of cloud, and we still have that cold

wind. By tomorrow morning, it's going to feel bitter. Especially on

the coast where it is more exposed. Apart from the odd shower, but

mainly dry. It does look wetter towards the south west of Ireland,

and into South Wales, some snow over the Welsh mountains and wintry

showers along with brisk winds. Central southern Scotland, the areas

have a risk of snow and some icy conditions. Warnings are in place,

there will be travel disruption. Best sunshine is for the northern

half of Scotland. Maybe one or two bright intervals for Northern

Ireland, but still more clout than sunshine, with highs of around five

Celsius. Risk of ice tomorrow, a mainly dry day but we still have

Our next BBC Newsline is at 7.05pm, tomorrow evening.

Voters will go to the polls to election at Stormont. We will also

be covering the public's general election. We'll be in France for all

the excitement and drama of Euro 2016.