:00:07. > :00:10.The police say part of the M1 is likely to remain closed
:00:11. > :00:15.into the night because of a serious crash earlier this evening.
:00:16. > :00:17.It happened between the junctions for Moira and Lurgan.
:00:18. > :00:20.Motorists who have been delayed by the closure have been advised
:00:21. > :00:34.This is the three vehicle collision that emergency services have been
:00:35. > :00:39.dealing with since around 5:30pm this evening. At this stage, police
:00:40. > :00:44.have not released details of any casualties. It happened on the
:00:45. > :00:48.country bound lane of the M1 between Moira and Lurgan, right in the
:00:49. > :00:53.middle of rush hour. One woman told the BBC she had been caught up in
:00:54. > :00:57.the disruption for several hours. Loads of people en masse have just
:00:58. > :01:03.decided to turn their cars and go the wrong way down the hard shoulder
:01:04. > :01:07.and it is scary and pandemonium. People were getting out of their
:01:08. > :01:11.vehicles, people were getting more and more I vote. People had young
:01:12. > :01:16.children in the car, one couple had a young baby that was screaming.
:01:17. > :01:19.Initially, the police only closed the country bound lane but they have
:01:20. > :01:25.since closed both sides of the motorway. Police are warning people
:01:26. > :01:28.delayed by the closure not to leave their vehicles, attempt U-turns or
:01:29. > :01:30.drive up the hard shoulder, for their own safety.
:01:31. > :01:32.A court's heard that Londonderry man Paul McCauley was the victim
:01:33. > :01:38.The 38-year-old died last June, nine years after being assaulted
:01:39. > :01:44.This afternoon, a 28-year-old man appeared in court in the city this
:01:45. > :01:49.Here's our north-west reporter Keiron Tourish.
:01:50. > :01:51.Before the court was Matthew Brian Gillen
:01:52. > :01:53.from Kennedy Place in the Fountain Estate.
:01:54. > :01:57.He's accused of the murder of Paul McCauley in June last year.
:01:58. > :02:02.He's also charged with causing grievous bodily harm and attempted
:02:03. > :02:06.The accused stood in the dock in a grey sweatshirt
:02:07. > :02:11.and replied "yep" when asked if he understood the charges.
:02:12. > :02:13.A detective said he believed he could connect him
:02:14. > :02:20.he described the attack on the civil servant as sectarian.
:02:21. > :02:23.38-year-old Paul McCauley died in June last year in a care facility
:02:24. > :02:25.with his family at his bedside, nine years after he was attacked
:02:26. > :02:31.He was attending a BBQ in Chapel Road in
:02:32. > :02:38.It was organised for a friend going off to work in the Middle East,
:02:39. > :02:40.and was attended by a mixed group of Catholic, Protestant
:02:41. > :02:44.A number of people came out of bushes and attacked the civil
:02:45. > :02:50.After the assault, they made off in the direction of the loyalist
:02:51. > :02:54.The father of one needed constant care after being subjected
:02:55. > :02:59.Part of his skull was crushed when he was stamped on.
:03:00. > :03:06.One man has been charged with his murder -
:03:07. > :03:09.Piper John McClements from the Fountain Estate.
:03:10. > :03:11.He was previously known as Daryl Proctor and changed his
:03:12. > :03:15.name while serving a 13-year sentence for inflicting grievous
:03:16. > :03:20.bodily harm with intent on Paul McCauley during the attack.
:03:21. > :03:22.A detective constable quoted the International Monitoring
:03:23. > :03:27.Commission and said this was an unsanctioned UDA attack.
:03:28. > :03:30.He said Matthew Brian Gillen was still linked to loyalism
:03:31. > :03:34.paramilitarism, or at least was supportive of them,
:03:35. > :03:39.and that was based on items found in house searches.
:03:40. > :03:43.The officer objected to bail and said he could interfere
:03:44. > :03:46.with witnesses, flee the country or obstruct the course of justice.
:03:47. > :03:49.He also said he was the subject of threats from various
:03:50. > :03:55.A defence lawyer said his client was denying the offence.
:03:56. > :03:58.He said he was a person of good character who'd been in employment
:03:59. > :04:01.for ten years and who had no previous convictions.
:04:02. > :04:03.He said the only evidence against him was audio recordings
:04:04. > :04:07.which were in the hands of the PSNI, and there were no steps he could
:04:08. > :04:13.Matthew Brian Gillen was given bail of ?2,000 and ordered
:04:14. > :04:18.He was also told not to leave the jurisdiction and have no contact
:04:19. > :04:27.directly or indirectly with anyone connected with the case.
:04:28. > :04:31.charged with murdering his girlfriend in Lurgan.
:04:32. > :04:35.and from Knocknagore Road in Gilford,
:04:36. > :04:39.denies killing Laura Marshall at her home last weekend.
:04:40. > :04:44.The sink in the bathroom where Laura's body was found
:04:45. > :05:04.The leak attracted the attention of the landlord
:05:05. > :05:06.and led to the discovery of her body.
:05:07. > :05:07.A horrifying description of the scene
:05:08. > :05:10.was given by a detective Sergeant, but it was the boyfriend,
:05:11. > :05:12.Gary O'Dowd, who appeared in court charged with murder.
:05:13. > :05:14.They also revealed that the couple's three-year relationship
:05:15. > :05:16.had featured what he called a catalogue of incidents
:05:17. > :05:28.Applying for ball, a defence lawyer argued that
:05:29. > :05:32.there was no forensic evidence to connect
:05:33. > :05:35.but CCTV of the flat showed no sign of him
:05:36. > :05:38.coming or going at any point and there was no eyewitness.
:05:39. > :05:40.The detective confirmed that during 25 interviews
:05:41. > :05:42.Gary O'Dowd had consistently denied any involvement
:05:43. > :05:46.Bail was refused and Gary O'Dowd will appear again in court
:05:47. > :06:00.Some news Sherston and the police have just confirmed that a woman has
:06:01. > :06:03.died following that crash on the M1. A judge has ruled that
:06:04. > :06:06.a current inquiry into abuse in Northern Ireland is equipped
:06:07. > :06:08.to fully investigate allegations relating to a former children's
:06:09. > :06:10.home in East Belfast. The Government had said
:06:11. > :06:13.that the now-closed Kincora Boys home should remain under the remit
:06:14. > :06:17.of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry - sitting in Banbridge
:06:18. > :06:22.and not a Westminster inquiry. But campaigners argued
:06:23. > :06:25.that the local inquiry didn't have enough powers to investigate claims
:06:26. > :06:40.against the Intelligence services. Golf and Rory McIlory is currently
:06:41. > :06:44.in joint second place in the Masters tournament in Augusta. He is two
:06:45. > :06:48.shots behind the reigning champion Jordan Spieth.
:06:49. > :06:52.Here is Stephen Watson. It has been a day of patience, control and
:06:53. > :06:57.concentration for Rory McIlory. How pleased are you with the way you
:06:58. > :07:01.performed? I am very pleased. It was around, especially in the
:07:02. > :07:05.conditions, that could have got away from me, especially making a bogey
:07:06. > :07:10.on 11th and dropping back to 2-over for the day at that point, so to
:07:11. > :07:16.play the last six or seven holes in 3-under par is really pleasing and
:07:17. > :07:20.it felt like on the way in, it was playing tough and I am really happy
:07:21. > :07:23.with the day's work and in a great position. It was a day to be
:07:24. > :07:29.mentally tough and resilient was absolutely key. It was, it was one
:07:30. > :07:33.of those days where you couldn't let a bad break it to you, you just
:07:34. > :07:36.needed to focus on the next shot in hand. I feel like I did that very
:07:37. > :07:40.well and have done that very well over the last couple of days. I know
:07:41. > :07:44.conditions will be similar tomorrow so I am going to have to do it
:07:45. > :07:48.again. And you have put yourself right where you want to be going
:07:49. > :07:53.into the weekend. A big performance expected from you, I am sure. You
:07:54. > :07:57.know, it is great to be in this position. It has been a few years
:07:58. > :08:00.since I have been in this position at the Masters, to have a real
:08:01. > :08:05.chance going into the weekend, so I am happy with where I am at. I feel
:08:06. > :08:08.like I have prepared as well as I could and feel like I have gotten to
:08:09. > :08:10.know how this golf course plays with this wind over the next couple of
:08:11. > :08:15.days, so looking forward to playing some good golf at least tomorrow in
:08:16. > :08:21.breezy conditions again and set myself up for a big Sunday. Thanks
:08:22. > :08:22.very much, play well tomorrow, Rory McIlory, right in contention as he
:08:23. > :08:23.goes for the Grand Slam. And in football, Derry City
:08:24. > :08:26.are top of the Premier Division after a 3-0 home win
:08:27. > :08:28.over Shamrock Rovers. Now finally onto the weekend weather
:08:29. > :08:38.forecast with Geoff Maskell. Hello, good evening. Stand-by for
:08:39. > :08:42.what is going to be quite chilly night. Plenty of rain through the
:08:43. > :08:47.day today and as that moves off to the east, we are into a much colder
:08:48. > :08:52.zone of air. It means in some rural areas, we could see temperatures as
:08:53. > :08:55.low as minus four. So a busy night for the road surface with the
:08:56. > :09:00.critters out and had the chance of icy patches on untreated roads. This
:09:01. > :09:04.time of year, the sun gets a reasonably early so any of those icy
:09:05. > :09:07.patches should burn back quite quickly, but despite the chilly
:09:08. > :09:11.start, it is going to be quite a decent morning. Some spells of dry
:09:12. > :09:15.and bright weather through the morning, temperatures up to maybe 7
:09:16. > :09:19.degrees so feeling quite pleasant in the sunshine. This is the front that
:09:20. > :09:23.brought us all the rain today, it has pushed off into the North Sea
:09:24. > :09:27.and behind it, into those cooler temperatures and it means wintry
:09:28. > :09:30.showers over the North Wales coast and increasingly, that is going to
:09:31. > :09:34.be the case over Northern Ireland through the afternoon on Saturday.
:09:35. > :09:37.Any other showers have the potential to be wintry in nature, the chance
:09:38. > :09:42.of a little bit of hail and thunder in the mix as well. As we head into
:09:43. > :09:46.the second half of the weekend, well, we keep that chilly theme, but
:09:47. > :09:50.what you will notice as we go through the day is the breeze starts
:09:51. > :09:54.to pick up. So while the air temperature might be a little bit
:09:55. > :10:00.warmer than Saturday, as that breeze picks up, it won't necessarily feel
:10:01. > :10:03.any warmer. So as we head into the weekend, largely dry, not the worst
:10:04. > :10:07.forecast we have ever had but it is going to be a little bit on the
:10:08. > :10:08.chilly side. And that is it, good night.