:00:00. > :00:14.Following the attempted murder of one of its officers,
:00:15. > :00:18.the prison service has asked an updated security assessment
:00:19. > :00:20.The prison officer was seriously injured in a bomb explosion in east
:00:21. > :00:25.The dissident republican organisation that describes itself
:00:26. > :00:31.as the IRA has told the BBC it was responsible.
:00:32. > :00:34.The Police believe the discovery of a small arms dump near Larne
:00:35. > :00:38.at the weekend may have disrupted plans for further attacks.
:00:39. > :00:45.Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.
:00:46. > :00:47.The 52-year-old prison officer targeted in last week's attack
:00:48. > :00:50.is said to be making a good recovery after surgery
:00:51. > :00:56.It is understood a bomb planted under his van partially exploded
:00:57. > :00:58.after being dislodged when he drove over a speed
:00:59. > :01:08.In a statement to the BBC, the group said the attack
:01:09. > :01:11.of an ongoing dispute between dissidents and the prison
:01:12. > :01:13.authorities about their treatment in Maghaberry prison near Lisburn.
:01:14. > :01:16.It said the officer was targeted because he was responsible
:01:17. > :01:18.for training prison officers who work in Roe House,
:01:19. > :01:23.a wing housing dissident Republicans at Maghaberry.
:01:24. > :01:24.The same dissident organisation shot dead
:01:25. > :01:27.prison officer David Black as he drove to work at the prison
:01:28. > :01:35.At the time it was said he was killed because of the dispute
:01:36. > :01:40.The statement said the prison officer who was attacked last week
:01:41. > :01:42.was one of a number on a list of potential targets.
:01:43. > :01:49.The prison service has now asked the police and updated assessment
:01:50. > :01:51.on the level of threat against its staff.
:01:52. > :01:53.The Assembly opened business today with
:01:54. > :01:55.words of support to the officer and condemnation for those
:01:56. > :02:03.There can be no justification whatsoever for this despicable act
:02:04. > :02:07.of these people who want to take us back to the days of the past.
:02:08. > :02:14.This attack on an individual is part of
:02:15. > :02:19.the ongoing campaign by Republican terrorists in Roe prison to get
:02:20. > :02:22.greater control, greater movement and to have the Maghaberry prison
:02:23. > :02:25.return to the way it was during the Maze.
:02:26. > :02:29.They have no support within the community.
:02:30. > :02:32.We have to send them a message that that is no place for this
:02:33. > :02:36.The police last week expressed deep concern that dissident
:02:37. > :02:39.Republicans will attempt to escalate the activities to mark the centenary
:02:40. > :02:43.When I say I am deeply concerned, I believe there are people
:02:44. > :02:48.within dissident Republicans
:02:49. > :02:51.groups who want to mark this centenary
:02:52. > :02:54.by killing police officers,
:02:55. > :02:56.prison officers or soldiers. Police believe the discovery
:02:57. > :03:06.of a small arms dump near Larne may have disrupted
:03:07. > :03:08.dissident Republicans The PSNI today
:03:09. > :03:10.released images of They included component parts
:03:11. > :03:13.that could have been used to make under car
:03:14. > :03:15.booby-trapped bombs. Three men and a woman arrested
:03:16. > :03:20.yesterday by detectives investigating the attack
:03:21. > :03:26.are still being questioned. The police say they believe
:03:27. > :03:29.an attack on a house in Londonderry A device, thought to be a pipe bomb,
:03:30. > :03:33.was found at the property The police say it isn't linked
:03:34. > :03:37.to recent attacks in other parts The Arlene Arkinson inquest has been
:03:38. > :03:57.told that the child cooler -- child killer Robert Howard
:03:58. > :04:00.was haunted by the face of a girl Howard who died in prison last year
:04:01. > :04:05.was always the main suspect Today's information came
:04:06. > :04:08.from a detective who spoke Arlene Arkinson's body was never
:04:09. > :04:12.found, a jury cleared Robert They had not known he
:04:13. > :04:15.already had a record But one police officer
:04:16. > :04:18.has told the inquest that after investigating
:04:19. > :04:20.Arlene's disappearance, he encountered Howard
:04:21. > :04:22.again a few years later. Trevor Stephenson told
:04:23. > :04:24.the court he had met Robert Howard in 1999
:04:25. > :04:28.in Deptford on another case. He says Howard told
:04:29. > :04:37.him the Castlederg years were a very dark time for him,
:04:38. > :04:40.that he was a coward, scared of what happened to him
:04:41. > :04:43.if he ever told what had done. Mr Stevenson told the court more
:04:44. > :04:46.of what Robert Howard Who was Howard talking about?
:04:47. > :05:04.A barrister asked. I believe it was Arlene
:05:05. > :05:06.the officer said. If you haunt someone,
:05:07. > :05:09.you need to be dead and he added that Robert Howard was one
:05:10. > :05:11.of the most evil men Stevenson said he kept
:05:12. > :05:20.the conversation going, he hoped Howard would reveal
:05:21. > :05:22.the location of the body Howard said the body would not have
:05:23. > :05:34.lasted all those years in water. He agreed in court
:05:35. > :05:36.that he could have Later a retired Detective Inspector
:05:37. > :05:48.explained how a complaint to the police ombudsman
:05:49. > :05:49.that officers had tried to induce Howard to cooperate
:05:50. > :05:52.by offering an easier prison regime Two men have been in court charged
:05:53. > :06:04.with the theft of a fire engine The pair face dozens
:06:05. > :06:07.of charges between them. That is what the residents
:06:08. > :06:17.of the Glenarm Road awoke to in the early hours
:06:18. > :06:19.of Saturday morning. A stolen fire engine
:06:20. > :06:22.smashed eight cars in its path before coming to rest
:06:23. > :06:25.on the front garden of a house, There was a long continuous, crash,
:06:26. > :06:32.bang, culminating in a final big I jumped out of bed
:06:33. > :06:40.and looked out the window. There was a fire engine
:06:41. > :06:47.in my front garden. in custody at Coleraine magistrates
:06:48. > :06:52.Court over this theft. Robert Duffin, 66,
:06:53. > :06:56.and from Green Link in Larne, Faced five charges
:06:57. > :06:59.linked to the incident. 19-year-old Ross Clarke
:07:00. > :07:01.from Fairway in the town They include burglary,
:07:02. > :07:06.aggravated vehicle taking, causing damage
:07:07. > :07:10.and various motoring offences. The pair will appear in court
:07:11. > :07:13.in Ballymena on Thursday when it is expected
:07:14. > :07:18.they will apply for bail. The trail of destruction
:07:19. > :07:20.began here at Larne fire The damage caused to this building
:07:21. > :07:26.during the theft was so severe Today's structural engineers
:07:27. > :07:32.are assessing repairs but the fire and rescue service
:07:33. > :07:35.have no idea how much it will cost to fix
:07:36. > :07:38.or when the station will be The stolen fire engine
:07:39. > :07:42.is also being examined to establish whether it can be
:07:43. > :07:48.repaired or needs to be written off. The fire service said the appliance
:07:49. > :07:50.has been replaced and the crew are working out of
:07:51. > :07:52.the building at Larne From our point of view,
:07:53. > :07:58.of service delivery, we have moved
:07:59. > :08:00.into We are still out there protecting
:08:01. > :08:09.the out of their homes as
:08:10. > :08:15.the clean-up work continues. But the consequences
:08:16. > :08:17.of what happened here on Saturday ?30 million has been allocated
:08:18. > :08:25.to try to tackle hospital In November 40 million was announced
:08:26. > :08:44.to tackle the problem. Currently about 400,000
:08:45. > :08:46.people are in a queue. Critics have said that knee jerk
:08:47. > :08:49.cash injections are no way Our Health Correspondent
:08:50. > :08:51.Marie-Louise Connolly reports. For some this is how it feels
:08:52. > :08:54.being on a waiting list. Eugene Kennedy has been
:08:55. > :08:56.waiting two years for surgery on his shoulders and 12
:08:57. > :08:59.months for a knee operation. He has written to the
:09:00. > :09:01.health minister about November's announcement of money
:09:02. > :09:03.being allocated to waiting lists. We have not felt the benefit
:09:04. > :09:06.of ?40 million, it has not It needs somebody to run
:09:07. > :09:20.this like a business. Stop this wasting, wasting,
:09:21. > :09:23.fix the damn thing once and for all. Somebody have the guts
:09:24. > :09:25.to sort this thing out. The BBC understands that while most
:09:26. > :09:33.of the ?40 million is being spent on patients, less than two
:09:34. > :09:35.thirds has actually gone We are already seeing it in part
:09:36. > :09:46.on Initial figures show there has
:09:47. > :09:49.been a decrease in those waiting longer than
:09:50. > :09:51.the target times. Despite spending ?80
:09:52. > :10:06.million in 2014, 12 months For those on the front line,
:10:07. > :10:11.the solution requires leadership including less
:10:12. > :10:18.political interference. An operational chief can be
:10:19. > :10:21.questioned or be sacked. There are too many people
:10:22. > :10:24.sticking their some regard them as knee jerk
:10:25. > :10:31.reactions which failed to offer We have eroded the value
:10:32. > :10:43.of the NHS over the years. Now is the time for
:10:44. > :10:51.a careful delivery. Considering some of the reaction,
:10:52. > :10:58.the health minister may well feel he is dammed
:10:59. > :11:01.if he does and dammed if he doesn't. Most of the critics
:11:02. > :11:03.are arguing for a But instead of having up
:11:04. > :11:09.to three years to spend this money David Jeffrey is the new manager
:11:10. > :11:16.of Ballymena United. The former Linfield boss has been
:11:17. > :11:19.given a three year contract and takes charge for the first time
:11:20. > :11:22.in Saturday's league game A look ahead to tomorrow's
:11:23. > :11:27.Good Morning Ulster programme. It will hear from a woman
:11:28. > :11:30.who says her father's funeral was made all the more upsetting
:11:31. > :11:33.because of the state of his burial plot at Roselawn
:11:34. > :11:34.Cemetery in Belfast. That's on air tomorrow
:11:35. > :11:55.on BBC Radio Ulster Now for the weather. Good evening.
:11:56. > :12:01.Last night conditions were perfect for the aurora borealis. It was a
:12:02. > :12:05.magnificent display. Tonight not so good, rain moving in from the West
:12:06. > :12:12.so that is a lot of cloud and snow on high ground. Most places will dry
:12:13. > :12:20.up by tomorrow. Not too cold wintry tomorrow morning. Some bright
:12:21. > :12:26.spells. Dry weather for a while. Lots of snow showers moving across
:12:27. > :12:31.Scotland in north-west England. Quite icy. Sunshine for East Anglia
:12:32. > :12:36.and the South of England but cloudy weather and patchy rain will arrive
:12:37. > :12:40.later in the day. There will also be early sunshine across the Republic
:12:41. > :12:45.before cloudy skies move in, bringing showers in the West.
:12:46. > :12:50.Showers on and off tomorrow afternoon. Cold in the breeze and by
:12:51. > :12:55.the end of the day longer spells of reading. Wet on Tuesday night. Some
:12:56. > :13:01.of their heavy rain could turn to snow over high ground. Not expected
:13:02. > :13:06.to be disruptive, most places will be dry by the end of the night. Cold
:13:07. > :13:11.to begin with on Wednesday although A dry day. More rain on Thursday.
:13:12. > :13:15.Things should warm up towards the end of the week. Temperatures in
:13:16. > :13:22.double figures. On Wednesday, cold and bright. A cold gusty wind. By
:13:23. > :13:23.the end of the week 11 degrees is lately.
:13:24. > :13:27.Our next BBC Newsline is at 6.25am during Breakfast here on BBC One.
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