:00:14. > :00:20.The police say they have prevented several murder attempts
:00:21. > :00:27.by dissident republicans in one week.
:00:28. > :00:34.This is not and will not be the campaign on the past and it will not
:00:35. > :00:35.return to the scale of the past but it will be dangerous.
:00:36. > :00:38.A woman tells the Arlene Arkinson inquest that she was assaulted
:00:39. > :00:41.A close friend of the late Ulster Unionist leader
:00:42. > :00:43.Lord Molyneaux speaks of their relationship.
:00:44. > :00:45.There's outrage at the treatment endured by staff and patients in
:00:46. > :00:59.He started to roar at her and she said, I am a member of the medical
:01:00. > :00:59.profession, please don't talk to me like that.
:01:00. > :01:04.Seven schools come together to discuss the Easter Rising
:01:05. > :01:07.The end of the road before the journey really began -
:01:08. > :01:09.Ireland exit cricket's World Twenty20.
:01:10. > :01:12.And we've a mild weekend coming up with plenty of dry weather too.
:01:13. > :01:23.The police say they've prevented a number of attempted murders
:01:24. > :01:27.by dissident republicans since an attack on a prison officer
:01:28. > :01:33.Assistant Chief Constable Will Kerr has said dissident groups have
:01:34. > :01:38.several hundred active members and has expressed concern
:01:39. > :01:44.He has appealed to members of the public to help
:01:45. > :01:46.counter the threat, as our Home Affairs Correspondent
:01:47. > :01:53.This day last week, a prison officer escaped an attempt to kill him
:01:54. > :01:59.In a statement to the BBC saying it carried out the attack,
:02:00. > :02:04.the dissident republican group calling itself the IRA said further
:02:05. > :02:09.The police today they said they foiled other planned attacks
:02:10. > :02:21.The police won't reveal precise detail but they say they prevented a
:02:22. > :02:24.number of attempted murders by dissident triple publicans --
:02:25. > :02:26.republicans since last week's attack.
:02:27. > :02:28.During the past year, dissident republicans have launched
:02:29. > :02:30.attacks using assault rifles, homemade mortars and under-car
:02:31. > :02:34.The PSNI officer who leads efforts to combat dissident activity today
:02:35. > :02:36.said he's deeply concerned about their increasing capabilities
:02:37. > :02:50.Several hundred people who are active dissident republicans who are
:02:51. > :02:53.involved in the various groupings whatever they call themselves, they
:02:54. > :02:58.are significantly fewer people than that and most of them have terrorist
:02:59. > :03:02.experienced who have involvement in running these organisations but
:03:03. > :03:03.there are several hundred of these at the moment...
:03:04. > :03:06.The police and MI5 devote huge resources to undercover covert
:03:07. > :03:08.activities to monitor and gather intelligence about dissident groups.
:03:09. > :03:11.The PSNI says that work disrupts three or four planned attacks
:03:12. > :03:18.Last week the police issued a stark warning about the intentions
:03:19. > :03:20.of dissident republicans in the run up to the centenary
:03:21. > :03:33.We have seen an upsurge over the last number of weeks and we
:03:34. > :03:39.anticipate that might continue. They are a bit like a playground bully.
:03:40. > :03:42.Everyone else in the school has moved on and these people just don't
:03:43. > :03:47.understand what is going on around them. The only thing they know is
:03:48. > :03:48.violence. That didn't work in the past and it won't work now and it
:03:49. > :03:49.won't be the future. The police have appealed to members
:03:50. > :03:58.of the public to help them We know communities have more
:03:59. > :04:01.information about these groupings, who they are, what they do, what
:04:02. > :04:07.their plans are. The best way they can do this is for the communities
:04:08. > :04:12.to stop viewing the passing of information to police services as a
:04:13. > :04:15.dirty word, informing or touting and seeing it as a civic duty.
:04:16. > :04:17.The police rarely talk about intelligence matters
:04:18. > :04:18.or discuss the capabilities of dissident republican groups.
:04:19. > :04:22.The fact that they've done so today, and that this is the second serious
:04:23. > :04:24.warning by a senior officer within a week, clearly underlines
:04:25. > :04:26.the level of concern they have about what might happen
:04:27. > :04:32.The inquest into the death of Arlene Arkinson has heard
:04:33. > :04:35.a chilling account of an assault on a teenager by the child killer
:04:36. > :04:41.The victim kept the assault secret for several years, before
:04:42. > :04:47.But she did warn the Castlederg teenager Arlene Arkinson not
:04:48. > :04:56.It's now clear that when 15-year-old Arlene Arkinson went missing
:04:57. > :05:00.in 1994, the main suspect Robert Howard had already carried
:05:01. > :05:03.out many assaults on young women and children.
:05:04. > :05:06.Now the inquest into Arlene's death has heard of an assault
:05:07. > :05:11.The woman can't be named for legal reasons.
:05:12. > :05:13.She was just 14 years old around 1993.
:05:14. > :05:16.She didn't like Howard - he'd had a habit of staring at her,
:05:17. > :05:24.The court heard she sometimes went to Howard's flat with friends.
:05:25. > :05:27.But on one occasion she went there with Donna Quinn.
:05:28. > :05:29.Many believed her mum was Howard's girlfriend.
:05:30. > :05:31.The flat was dark, the curtains drawn, and they began
:05:32. > :05:35.The witness described what happened next -
:05:36. > :05:40.Howard followed her to a room, assaulted her, and attempted
:05:41. > :05:49."I thought we were playing an innocent game of hide
:05:50. > :05:55."I knew that Bob Howard was going to have sex with me
:05:56. > :05:57."against my will and I was so lucky to get away."
:05:58. > :06:00.A shout for help to Donna Quinn hadn't helped -
:06:01. > :06:02.but the teenager managed to strike Howard with her knee and escape
:06:03. > :06:09.She told the court she was surprised to find Donna there.
:06:10. > :06:11.She also explained how she immediately left the flat
:06:12. > :06:14.and did her best to avoid contact with Robert Howard
:06:15. > :06:20.The next year she heard Arlene refer to meeting Howard and tried
:06:21. > :06:24.to warn her off him without saying why.
:06:25. > :06:27.The woman explained how for years she hadn't told anyone what had
:06:28. > :06:29.happened, until she spoke to detectives about it almost
:06:30. > :06:41."That incident was a living nightmare.
:06:42. > :06:44."When it came into my head, I had to shut it out."
:06:45. > :06:47.It was around a year after this incident that Arlene went missing
:06:48. > :06:48.after a night out with Howard and others.
:06:49. > :06:55.From Tyrone to China, the farmers getting ready to export
:06:56. > :07:07.A man who describes himself as the close companion of the late
:07:08. > :07:09.Ulster Unionist leader Lord Molyneaux has spoken
:07:10. > :07:20.On the anniversary of his death, Christopher Luke, who is openly gay,
:07:21. > :07:24.has told BBC Radio Ulster that the men had a very loving
:07:25. > :07:27.relationship and that he loved the politician as a brother.
:07:28. > :07:32.Our Political Correspondent Chris Page reports.
:07:33. > :07:35.An MP for almost 30 years, the leader of unionism for a decade
:07:36. > :07:39.and a half - James Molyneaux was one of the most important politicians
:07:40. > :07:48.in Northern Ireland's recent history.
:07:49. > :07:53.Before going into politics he was in the RAF during World War II.
:07:54. > :07:56.This week was the anniversary of his death.
:07:57. > :07:59.Christopher Luke says he was Lord Molyneaux's close companion.
:08:00. > :08:14."Your love for me was wonderful - more wonderful than that of women."
:08:15. > :08:16.This morning, the Irish News reproduced the memorial notice
:08:17. > :08:19.Mr Luke has spoken to BBC Radio Ulster's
:08:20. > :08:22.He says he feels the politician's legacy has been forgotten
:08:23. > :08:35.His Parliamentary achievement in terms of what he achieved for
:08:36. > :08:40.Northern Ireland, they have been airbrushed from history. I am paying
:08:41. > :08:46.tribute to him this week, I just hope that his legacy will be
:08:47. > :08:47.remembered and revered by everybody as much as me.
:08:48. > :08:50.A year on, Mr Luke still finds the loss of Mr Molyneaux very
:08:51. > :09:03.I had a very loving relationship with him. They loved him as a
:09:04. > :09:13.brother. He will always have a place in my heart. Was it a romantic
:09:14. > :09:20.relationship? There was love between us, but there are different forms of
:09:21. > :09:21.love. I wish people would stop putting two and two together and
:09:22. > :09:23.coming up with five. James Molyneaux was the Ulster
:09:24. > :09:25.Unionist leader during some of Northern Ireland's
:09:26. > :09:26.most difficult years. What Christopher Luke has said helps
:09:27. > :09:30.to shine a light on a man who had a very public role,
:09:31. > :09:37.but was a very private person. The Belfast businessman
:09:38. > :09:39.Gareth Graham has settled his high profile legal action with Cerberus
:09:40. > :09:41.and withdrawn his criticism Cerberus bought Mr Graham's property
:09:42. > :09:45.loans as part of a billion pound deal with Nama and put some of his
:09:46. > :09:49.companies into administration. Mr Graham has been challenging
:09:50. > :09:52.its right to do that. With the details, here's our
:09:53. > :10:05.Economics and Business Editor, Gareth Graham has had a bitter
:10:06. > :10:08.public dispute with Cerberus. He has challenged the firm in the High
:10:09. > :10:14.Court and given evidence at Stormont where he was highly critical of how
:10:15. > :10:19.it does business. My experience is that Cerberus's approach in reality
:10:20. > :10:24.is that they are ruthless, unjust and unreasonable. Which is at odds
:10:25. > :10:30.with the assertion that Cerberus's involvement in Northern Ireland
:10:31. > :10:34.would be good for the economy. Now he says the legal proceedings have
:10:35. > :10:39.been resolved to the full satisfaction of all parties. That
:10:40. > :10:43.follows a mediation process. This will allow him to reclaim control of
:10:44. > :10:48.his properties like this Belfast office block and return his focus to
:10:49. > :10:53.his business. In an unusual move he has placed an ad in some of today's
:10:54. > :10:57.papers which effectively retract his political comments. It says he
:10:58. > :11:00.regrets any inadvertent harm which has been caused to the Cerberus
:11:01. > :11:06.brand as a result of the litigation. He adds that as certain matters have
:11:07. > :11:10.become clear, it is now no longer possible to maintain his allegations
:11:11. > :11:15.were complaints about Cerberus and he says he is content Cerberus is
:11:16. > :11:20.not and was not involved in any illegal conduct. He is also agreed
:11:21. > :11:24.to meet the firm's legal costs which are likely to be substantial. This
:11:25. > :11:30.settlement allows Mr Graham to move on with his business and his life.
:11:31. > :11:34.It also distances Cerberus from the allegations made around the conduct
:11:35. > :11:38.of the now my deal. And in reality this particular case had little to
:11:39. > :11:44.do with the central issue of who was due to benefit from that deal and
:11:45. > :11:45.why. That issue is still being investigated by the National Crime
:11:46. > :11:52.Agency. A woman says she's appalled
:11:53. > :11:55.at the outrageous behaviour that staff at Altnagelvin
:11:56. > :11:57.hospital have to put up with which she witnessed
:11:58. > :11:59.herself this week. A man is said to have verbally
:12:00. > :12:02.abused a nurse and urinated in a waiting area while sick people
:12:03. > :12:06.including children sat nearby. The Foyle MP Mark Durkan says it's
:12:07. > :12:09.simply unacceptable and should Here's our North-West
:12:10. > :12:24.Reporter Keiron Tourish. This woman says she will never
:12:25. > :12:28.forget the distressing scenes she witnessed at Altnagelvin hospital
:12:29. > :12:32.earlier this week. Her daughter with an Accident and Emergency waiting to
:12:33. > :12:36.be examined by a doctor. The area was crowded with people including
:12:37. > :12:40.several children. It was then around tea-time that a man started abusing
:12:41. > :12:45.a member of staff. He was roaring and he was roaring at her. She said,
:12:46. > :12:49.I am a member of the medical profession, please don't talk to me
:12:50. > :12:54.like that, I don't need to listen to that. He burst out the side door
:12:55. > :13:00.which took him back out into casualty and he pulled out his zip
:13:01. > :13:05.and started urinating everywhere. Splashing on the cherries and people
:13:06. > :13:13.and everybody was aghast -- -- on the chairs. What do you do? Somebody
:13:14. > :13:18.inform the police officers and they went and got him and put him down on
:13:19. > :13:24.the ground and took him out but it was awful. Mayhem over there at the
:13:25. > :13:29.minute, I don't know why. The Foyle MP said it was unacceptable
:13:30. > :13:32.especially where staff are providing such high quality of care. It
:13:33. > :13:37.demonstrates that we owe them an awful lot. They deal with not just
:13:38. > :13:42.all the stresses and issues that people bring to their door but also
:13:43. > :13:45.a huge pressures of their own, so it demonstrates that we owe them not
:13:46. > :13:52.just the thought and the recognition when something like this happens,
:13:53. > :13:56.but much better support in terms of budgets and other measures. The
:13:57. > :14:00.police have confirmed that a 26-year-old man was arrested at
:14:01. > :14:05.Altnagelvin hospital on suspicion of indecent behaviour and disorderly
:14:06. > :14:07.behaviour and with resisting police officers. He is due to appear in
:14:08. > :14:11.court later this month. In just a few weeks,
:14:12. > :14:14.a number of large-scale events will take place to mark
:14:15. > :14:16.the centenary of the 1916 Easter But there's been controversy over
:14:17. > :14:20.how it's remembered in schools here. Well today in East Belfast,
:14:21. > :14:22.seven schools came together to discuss the Rising and the Somme,
:14:23. > :14:27.which both shaped politics and commemorations over the next 100
:14:28. > :14:36.years..Lisa McAlister went along. All of the students here were born
:14:37. > :14:41.after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement but today they gathered at
:14:42. > :14:46.a college in East Belfast to remember and discuss events which
:14:47. > :14:51.happened 100 years ago, the focus, and the Easter rising and the Somme.
:14:52. > :14:55.Although from various religious and political backgrounds there was
:14:56. > :14:58.consensus when it came to respecting different interpretations of
:14:59. > :15:01.history. I think it is a good idea that we all come together today and
:15:02. > :15:06.there is mutual respect between different sides. Learning about the
:15:07. > :15:09.past can help with the future. I think it is critical in Northern
:15:10. > :15:13.Ireland wants to step forward, we must look at the past on both sides
:15:14. > :15:17.so that we can come together in the present. Local churches in the area
:15:18. > :15:23.helped to organise this event and the hope is others will follow the
:15:24. > :15:27.example set by the teenagers. There is a comfort in sitting down and
:15:28. > :15:34.discussing the difficult issues and different interpretations. They are
:15:35. > :15:38.showing a maturity here that we certainly can learn from. Meanwhile
:15:39. > :15:44.DUP MLA Nelson McCausland has criticised the 1916 Easter rising is
:15:45. > :15:48.being commemorated in some Belfast schools. There are productions being
:15:49. > :15:56.put on that I think affirm the ideology of 1916 and the republican
:15:57. > :16:03.narrative of 1916. Two young impressionable, vulnerable people,
:16:04. > :16:09.asserting, affirming, validating what is really a lethal Legacy...
:16:10. > :16:13.One of the plays criticised by Nelson McCausland was 1916 which was
:16:14. > :16:19.performed by A-level pupils from an Irish line with school in West
:16:20. > :16:24.Belfast. It is very important that they play was accurate. The reason
:16:25. > :16:26.for the controversy, I just don't understand it. I don't get it by
:16:27. > :16:37.somebody who hasn't even seen the play. The export of local park to
:16:38. > :16:42.China was announced with a fanfare back in November. Trade that is said
:16:43. > :16:46.to be worth ?10 billion a year but almost four months and there is no
:16:47. > :16:48.sign of the deal being closed. That is at a time where pig producers are
:16:49. > :16:50.under big pressure. Our Agriculture and Environment
:16:51. > :17:01.Correspondent Conor Macauley This man runs a pig farm in County
:17:02. > :17:04.Tyrone. For two here's what he has been paid has just about covered the
:17:05. > :17:09.cost of producing these animals. Then in October instead of the
:17:10. > :17:12.traditional price increase driven by Christmas demand there was a slump.
:17:13. > :17:22.It is costing him and others big money. Each pig he sells he is
:17:23. > :17:29.losing cash. We would sell 420 finishers a week and that is losing
:17:30. > :17:33.?10 per pig. When we expect sales to improve in the happier we have lost
:17:34. > :17:37.?80,000. A couple of different trees and influence the price of the pigs,
:17:38. > :17:43.one of them is currency exchange rate, which makes imports cheaper
:17:44. > :17:47.and depresses the price. Another is foreign policy and events far away
:17:48. > :17:53.from this County Tyrone farm. When the Russians went into Ukraine, the
:17:54. > :17:59.EU imposed sanctions. The Russians retaliated by banning EU food. That
:18:00. > :18:04.meant a club of European pig meat with no real market. More supply and
:18:05. > :18:08.less demand that the price. The only potential bright spot for local
:18:09. > :18:12.producers was the opportunity to export to China. Provisional
:18:13. > :18:16.approval came in November but almost four months on, final approval and
:18:17. > :18:22.they start of those exports remains elusive. Our expectations haven't
:18:23. > :18:28.been met at all, because we have had too many. Is. Extreme frustration
:18:29. > :18:33.within the farming industry above the red tape. Processing plants here
:18:34. > :18:37.had some work to finish before final approval. When it was done and the
:18:38. > :18:41.evidence sent to the Chinese in January. The fact that that
:18:42. > :18:47.coincided with the Chinese New Year probably helped slow things down. We
:18:48. > :18:49.have an Executive office in Beijing so we are working with contacts
:18:50. > :18:54.there and the consulate in Belfast, Executive level and with colleagues
:18:55. > :19:00.in Defra. We are just waiting for the Chinese government to give the
:19:01. > :19:06.go-ahead. You hopes the price he gets to pick up in the summer when
:19:07. > :19:09.demand picks up, by that time he will be tens of thousand pounds down
:19:10. > :19:10.and he will need every penny to make up his losses.
:19:11. > :19:12.More misery for Ireland's cricketers at the World Twenty20 series
:19:13. > :19:23.Down and out in Dharamsala, Donna - two days ago it was humiliation
:19:24. > :19:25.against Oman, today a combination of the weather and Bangladesh saw
:19:26. > :19:27.Ireland prematurely dumped out of the World Twenty20.
:19:28. > :19:41.That may have been the perfect start for Ireland... In a game already
:19:42. > :19:45.reduced to 12 overs Ireland needed to get off to a good start but
:19:46. > :19:50.dropped catches and misfield allow the Bangladesh opening pair to
:19:51. > :19:55.ponder some poor bowling. Has it got enough legs on it? I would say it
:19:56. > :20:00.has. That is another big hit. And even when Ireland had the chance to
:20:01. > :20:04.slow them down, they failed to take it, wicketkeeper Nyla Bryant missing
:20:05. > :20:12.the easiest of stumpings. Tamim Iqbal was the next wicket to fall,
:20:13. > :20:17.with Bangladesh 94-2 off just eight overs. But his dismissal was the
:20:18. > :20:19.final act. As the rain came, Ireland were left to watch their World
:20:20. > :20:22.Twenty20 hopes get washed away. He's had to defend his selection
:20:23. > :20:24.policy, he's admitted Bar a paltry point picked up
:20:25. > :20:29.against Wales, it's been a pretty But surely the back-to-back
:20:30. > :20:52.Six Nations champions couldn't lose A trawl through the archives brings
:20:53. > :21:01.us back to January 19 97. -- 19 97. Today that drew me in's Italy's only
:21:02. > :21:07.win on Irish soil. -- that remains. Italy have beaten Ireland by 22
:21:08. > :21:11.points to 15. We only have to flick back three seasons to find Ireland
:21:12. > :21:16.being overrun in Rome. Maybe that's why the coach has opted for a
:21:17. > :21:19.minimal tinkering. There is probably a bit of turmoil. A bit of
:21:20. > :21:23.frustration and disappointment. We want to be in the mix, no one had
:21:24. > :21:30.ever put three back-to-back full stop this squad we had, we felt we
:21:31. > :21:34.had an outside chance. That chance has long since gone and yet, when a
:21:35. > :21:39.largely meaningless match, Ireland field a starting 15 with over 600
:21:40. > :21:42.caps between them. If the coach can be accused of caution and
:21:43. > :21:48.conservatism he can also point to new caps. We are just focusing on
:21:49. > :21:52.our performance. We know if we can perform really well, hopefully a
:21:53. > :21:56.result and a win but Italy are obviously a really good team. They
:21:57. > :21:59.have improved and been improving a lot, we saw against Scotland the
:22:00. > :22:04.amount of possession and territory they had, they will be a tough task.
:22:05. > :22:09.Although bottom of the table, the Italians have raised into Dublin
:22:10. > :22:10.planning an ambush. Don't be fooled by this casual work out. Tomorrow
:22:11. > :22:13.will be bruising. Now, with Northern Ireland's Euro
:22:14. > :22:16.2016 opener in France just 12 weeks away, here's Mark Simpson
:22:17. > :22:19.with a look ahead to some special reports on BBC Newsline
:22:20. > :22:27.next Monday and Tuesday. I've been taking a closer look at
:22:28. > :22:31.the cities where Northern Ireland are going to play during the Euro is
:22:32. > :22:40.this summer, not just Paris... But also leave. Right in the heart of
:22:41. > :22:43.France. And finally to niche in the south of France, where Northern
:22:44. > :22:47.Ireland play their first match in just three months' time. What will
:22:48. > :22:54.it be like for the fans in France this summer? I have been road
:22:55. > :22:56.testing the Euros. I sometimes get his mail, if only I could get
:22:57. > :23:04.Now let's get a look at the weather forecast.
:23:05. > :23:07.It is looking better today. A disappointment today, not just for
:23:08. > :23:11.the cricketers but it will dry up this weekend. If you have a couple
:23:12. > :23:14.of days off next week the weather is looking pretty nice indeed with some
:23:15. > :23:18.lovely stunning skies. Lots of sunshine. Good news with a budding
:23:19. > :23:25.photographers out there. Lots of cloud today. The rain is edging away
:23:26. > :23:29.at the moment. Some dry weather around just now. As the night goes
:23:30. > :23:32.on the cloud will thicken up from time to time bringing some rain and
:23:33. > :23:38.drizzle from the West. It will stay mild tonight. No lower than seven or
:23:39. > :23:44.eight Celsius. Mist and low cloud around to begin with on Saturday but
:23:45. > :23:48.it isn't on the day, it will improve. Early risers, not too nice.
:23:49. > :23:52.Rain and drizzle around which will gradually edge away from the
:23:53. > :24:00.south-west. Mid to late morning most places drying up. Generally a dry
:24:01. > :24:07.picture around midday. Lots of cloud. Temperature is around ten or
:24:08. > :24:10.11 Celsius. Lunchtime tomorrow, 1:30pm, the big match down in Dublin
:24:11. > :24:14.and it looks like it will be dry and mild. Cloudy but temperatures around
:24:15. > :24:19.13 Celsius. If you can't be there you can listen to it on BBC Radio
:24:20. > :24:23.Ulster. Up north tomorrow afternoon temperatures around 11 or 12. Most
:24:24. > :24:31.places dry. Possibly some practice in the east and any dumped his
:24:32. > :24:35.further west. The night is mild and then more chance of sunshine and
:24:36. > :24:40.light winds. Temperatures in sunny spots could hit 13 or 14. Maybe one
:24:41. > :24:44.or two showers around and the threat of some list and look cloud
:24:45. > :24:48.troubling parts of the County Down coast, especially the end of the
:24:49. > :24:52.day. High pressure building for next week. Hopefully it will hold for the
:24:53. > :24:59.Bank Holiday and Saint Patrick's Day with some lovely sunshine to come. I
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:25:07. > :25:07.have a great weekend.