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The murder of Michael McGibbon - the Secretary of State

describes his widow Joanne as incredibly brave.

If we all stay strong we can store these people. Because we are

stronger and they can beat us. -- cannot.

What do the Good Friday Agreement generation think

of the assembly election - I'm live ahead of a special

Also on the programme: A century of waiting is over as Crusaders land

back to back Irish league titles for the first time in their history.

And after a glorious day it's another chilly one in places tonight

First to that walkout in Derrylin in County Fermanagh.

A company working at a windfarm which was once part of Sean Quinn's

business empire has moved off site after receiving threats.

The firm's managing director has told BBC Newsline

he was not prepared to put his workers in danger.

There has been a long series of sabotage and vandalism

on businesses which were once owned by Mr Quinn.

Here's our south west reporter Julian Fowler.

And the road, away from Derryiln. The company uses a threat if they

were not removed. The company that brought equipment to the side to

carry out maintenance, and managing told the BBC he was not prepared to

put his workers in danger. Security has been stepped up at the wind

farm, once part of Sean Quinn's business empire, following threat to

workers. Part of the dispute is over right of access to the site. But

there's also a power struggle taking place with Sean Quinn seeking to

take control with the businesses once again. Yesterday a sign was

erected threatening executives who now run one part of the former Quinn

group. The police said it was a deplorable acts of intimidation

against members of the local business community. The on both

sides of the border are investigating the incident, part of

a long series of sabotage and vandalism on businesses once owned

by Sean Quinn. Two years ago a construction company pulled out

plans to bicycling roof tiles after a series of attacks and the chairman

receiving death threats on the day his wife died. In the last few weeks

Sean Quinn has said he and his family continue to condemn all

negative activity in the area at the signs supporting him remain. These

latest threats have added to the climate of fear that exists here.

Whilst people are reluctant to speak out there are concerns about the

long-term impact on jobs and investment.

More than 200,000 people here are suffering mental health

But yet only 18,000 of them have come forward to get help.

The figure was revealed today by the Victims Commissioner

She told MPs that an estimated 500,000 people have been

The vast majority of them she said are suffering in silence.

Our Political Correspondent Enda McClafferty has been hearing

from two victims from Londonderry who are struggling to deal

They may have led separate lives but they have travelled along the same

traumatic past. Marie and Sharon are both victims of the troubles and

have now become firm friends after telling their stories in the book.

Marie's husband was shot dead by a loyalist gunmen in 1976 as he worked

in a bar in Eglinton. They had seven children.

I remember the night he was shot, they were screaming, we were losing

ourselves, I thought, God, please tell me.

Sharon was 11 when her 18-year-old brother, Winston, was murdered by

the IRA in 1974, along with his friend, Joseph Slater. They were

tortured for their bodies were dumped on a border road. More than

40 years later Sharon's mother still holds onto the clothes her son was

wearing that day. She has had them in her wardrobe for

42 years. She brings them out, she asked, can you smell it? We tell her

we can. Sharon says they have all suffered

mental health problems and just cannot move on.

We are living our past every day, it is a nightmare. I have said it

before, the person who is in short, murdered, abducted, they are dead.

What about the living? Because it is like living a nightmare.

But Sharon and Marie are by no means alone. The victims commissioner

estimates 500,000 people have been affected by the troubles. 40,000

injured. 3720 families bereaved. But at least 200,000 people still suffer

the mental trauma of what they experienced. And yet only 18,000 of

those have sought help. We know that young people growing up

in those communities most impacted, and those families most impact, are

showing the highest levels of suicide, self harm, and mental

health problems, anywhere in the UK, and parts of Europe.

The victims Commissioner says time is running out for politicians to

reach agreement on how to deal with the past. It will be back on the

agenda after the election. As yet there is no indication as to how our

politicians plan to break the current deadlock. Until then,

victims might Marie and Sharon will have to find their own way to deal

with the past. The Secretary of State has described

the widow of the murder victim Michael McGibbon

as "incredibly brave". In the House of Commons Teresa

Villiers said the circumstances of the father of four's killing

were "deeply tragic Last night at a vigil in Ardoyne

in north Belfast Joanne McGibbon thanked the community

for their support following Community of North Belfast and

beyond gathered in their hundreds to show their support for a widow and

four children left without a father. Heartbroken Joanne thanked them all.

I think the strength of the community will overtake anything

that anyone who wants to destroy it has to do. I think if we all stay

strong we can stop these people, because we are stronger than them,

and they cannot beat us. It is not fair that the family should have to

go through this, they are not judge and jury.

She told the community to unite against those who murdered her

husband. We need to stay strong, stick

together, fight for what is yours. You are all lovely people. Nobody

deserves that. They cannot beat you, we will have to beat them.

Michael McGibbon, dead in his wife's arms after being shot three times in

the legs on Friday night. Speaking in the House of Commons, the

Secretary of State paid tribute to Joanne and condemned the murder.

I believe that Michael McGibbon's widow is an incredibly brave woman.

The circumstances of his death are deeply tragic, heartbreaking, and I

know that the whole house will feel for his whole family at this time.

It is utterly unacceptable that in modern Northern Ireland there are

still people who modern Northern Ireland there are

take the law into their own hands and administer this environment,

brutal treatment. The funeral takes face of Holycross

Church tomorrow. -- takes place at. In just over two weeks time

Northern Ireland goes to the polls Among the voters for the first time

will be people who were born after They're the subject of a special

programme on BBC One this evening. It's being hosted by BBC

Newsline's Tara Mills They're getting ready for the show

at the BBC's Blackstaff studios. Thank you, the finishing touches are

being put to the set for this really unique opportunity for about 200

young people from right across Northern Ireland to have an

opportunity to drill the politicians. What do you think, or

you expecting? I'm expecting the studio to be

electric. We will let the young people at the politicians because

that is what it is about. Let's get a flavour of how we got

here. That is just a taste of a really

interesting film. It is worth tuning in to see it tonight. There's also

worth tuning in to see what it is that makes young people tick.

Big-time. I think we know some of these subjects that will come out

this evening. But we're going to learn stuff from a generation that

this coming through a discount to punch quite hard.

And maybe for the politicians as well to have a look and see what

issues they might need to think about.

I cannot wait for it. I have been to Belfast to talk to

students about what they want to see.

As the election looms these students have a decision to make, not just

who to vote for but if they should vote at all.

So many people have fought for the right to vote I think it is a waste

to not. Most in the class feel it is

significant that they were born in the year the agreement was signed.

It is a lot better than the alternative.

It is better than direct rule, but there's still work to do.

I am pro-Good Friday agreement. I have friends who say it is useless

and has not done anything, it can be improved, yes, but it is so

important to live in relative peace. What policies will win their

support? Tuition fees. People from

working-class backgrounds cannot afford all the fees we have to pay

and they need extra help and I don't feel they get it.

They need to focus more on policies rather than reducing it to

nationalist. There has to be more about education, welfare.

Women's rights. A lot of social issues affect us

nowadays. More people openly talk about mental illness or sexuality.

So we social issues are the ones that are becoming more and more

important and relevant. Only half the electorate voted in

last year's general election with the majority outside the 18-30 age

range. The debate tonight is a unique opportunity to challenge

politicians and ask exactly what they intend to deliver.

That will be interesting. It has been quite a challenge to figure out

what subject areas, but they have chosen.

Big-time. If thinking discussed tonight, this audience will have

driven the discussion. This is not a programme just for young people to

watch. We are going to watch this and we are hearing fresh voices.

Absolutely. We will be across social media as well. These get in touch.

We will also be on Facebook and on snap chat.

South Belfast residents voiced their anger over car parking by city

centre commuters. The number of people claiming

unemployment benefits has risen for two months in a row,

new official figures have shown. That's the first time that's

happened since the end of 2012. Our Economics and Business Editor

John Campbell is here. What do the figures tell you?

That the number of claimants rose by 200 last month, on top of a rise of

200 in February. The first consecutive rise in over three

years. Which suggest the big recovery we have seen in the job

market is running out off steam. If we look at the chart we can get a

look at what has been happening. It was over 50,000 for a long time.

Peak at 65,000 in 2013 and has declined ever since. But the pace of

recovery has definitely been slowing down. That is, again, illustrated in

the figures today. What other chances that the figure

could rise again? These are only small rises, it is

only data from two months so we should not read much into the right

way but there are some factors which suggest unemployment could start to

go up, one thing is that the redundancies we have seen announced

in the last few months do not show up in the figures yet, those people

have not yet left their jobs in many cases and we can expect more

redundancies in the public sector. One that race is we could expect

unemployment to go up again throughout this year. -- on that

basis. The detective who was in charge

of the police investigation into the disappearance

of Arlene Arkinson has contradicted part of a statement about the case

by Sir Hugh Annesley. The then Chief Constable had said

he'd no recollection of a meeting when the go ahead was given

for a search of the home of the Castlederg teenager's

sister, Kathleen. That was in 1996, two years after

her sister was reported missing. This was evidence being given on

what would have been Arlene's 37th birthday. He confirmed that Sir Hugh

Annesley. Gave permission for the search on the basis of a tip-off

from the public. Something that the court was told, he had no memory.

Under cross-examination from the family of Arlene Arkinson he said,

no, you had not taken the decision to search the garden and house

himself. The barrister told the court there was not a single record

of the meeting. Ask about his effort of keeping note Mr Anderson told the

inquest he did not destroy anything to do with any of the cases he was

involved in. He said he kept notes and sheet of paper and handed them

into the incident room. What he did destroy, he said, were journals

dealing with his expenses. The inquest also heard evidence

concerning any UTV insight programme broadcast in 2005. The consultancy

business of Mr Anderson was secretly filmed by the team regarding

documents, Mr Anderson told the inquest the programme is edited to

ensure the full picture was not given on his behalf. He said was a

deliberate attempt to discredit him by train him as corrupt as

incompetent. Referring to the TV team he said we spoke freely,

casually, and unfortunately, I joined in. He said that the

journalist loved him into a false sense of security, which, I fell

for, he said. He added there was nothing controversial about the

documents which he said had been aired in". The inquest continues. --

heard in open court. The problems around city centre

parking in Belfast continue to affect people living

in inner city areas. The Holy Land and Markets areas have

been highlighted before. Now residents in the lower

Ravenhill Road are voicing their anger and frustration at cars

being parked in their streets. The Department of Regional

Development says while it has actively engaged with a number

of communities to develop resident parking schemes,

a lack of consensus between local stakeholders has so far

prevented progress. This large and appeared across the

lower at Ravenhill Road overnight. In the full light of day the message

was Chris Doak -- large banner -- the message was crystal clear. The

lives being made model by city centre workers parking on their

streets. Locals say more and more motorists regularly park on the side

streets. Then they walk across the Albert Bridge into the city centre

to their place of work. It is every day of the week. The

only time we get any peace is Saturday and Sunday. And a Friday

afternoon. It was normally many of Saturday and Sunday. And a Friday

them finish at 1pm, 1:30pm. Then we can get parked at our doors.

A bin lorry came down here and confused to make pick-ups because he

could not turn there were that many cars. There was one car park for

five days outside my own door. -- refused to make pick-ups.

As a resident, what do you do about this problem?

I have been told it is illegal, but I don't care, the is not anything I

can do, because I am disabled, I cannot walk, nine my car at the door

so I can get into it. Belfast City Council say that whilst

the Department of regional development had responsibility, the

council, along with statutory partners, hope to solve the strategy

over the summer, and have already begun work on a new local

development plan, considering they land use issues, including

transportation. The motorist are not breaking any laws by parking in

these inner-city streets. But that does not resolve the issue which

local residents feel they have been left to deal with.

A verse from the bible has been included in a Belfast mural

which supports the UK leaving the European Union in

Will Leitch has been gauging reaction to the use of the biblical

It went up to the -- to simple message. It looks like a

fairly typical mural encouraging the UK exit. And it could be viable.

And I heard a message, you are not partakers of our sins, he receive

not our plague...

It turns out that quote has been used many times for that governments

over the years. The term that we would use is of

text in. If you want to give something

text in. If you want to give authority, find a verse to go with

it. It has been used of Rome, in its original setting, in Revelations, it

has been used by the Roman Catholic Church,

has been used by the Roman Catholic in Dante, it

has been used by the Roman Catholic Catholic Church, it was used by

Pretoria in South Africa, of the German government, between the wars,

and of course in our own province, it has been used quite regularly.

For some Protestants the relationship with the European

project has always been fraught with suspicion.

Remember after the fall of commoners, John Paul II, now a

saint, spent his time going around Europe encouraging countries to join

the European Union, so they would not be

the European Union, so they would not to say that it is an exclusively

Catholic project. -- after the fall of communism. It is in the hope that

people have their Bibles at hand to look up exactly what the quotation

is, because I, for one, perhaps confirming the worst suspicions of

Protestants about Catholics, I had to look up the reference, and I

suspect I would not be in the minority.

With months to go to the referendum, still plenty of time for inspired

debate. Next we go to a film set

not so far, far away. Filming for the latest instalment

in the Star Wars series is expected Some local people have been asked

to sign confidentiality agreements. Others say production crews

are already on location at Malin Our reporter Teresa Craig has

been to investigate. It is one of the biggest franchises

in Hollywood. For months the rumour mill in Donegal has been an

hyperdrive. Filming for Star Wars, episode eight, is to begin since.

And it is all rather hush-hush at the moment. You are not giving much

away. Well, I don't know much about it.

And what I do now, they have as he took quite about. In fact,

confidentiality... It is the increase of trucks and

action here, marking the most northerly point of Ireland, that

could indicate Hollywood has moved in. There have been no sightings yet

of Luke skywalker, Chewbacca, or the millennium Falcon. We have been told

that preparations are already under way just over the hill for filming

in the next few weeks in what some locals are describing is the worst

kept secret in Ireland. It is not the case of maybe, they

are here. Several lorries. We are at the start. The start getting ready

for Star Wars. A number of guest houses and rental

homes have already been booked out and there are hopes the Hollywood

blockbuster could put the area on the map.

This will make a massive difference to the tourists that come to the

north-west. It will be bigger than people can imagine.

It has often been said that Star Wars was one of the greatest psychos

in cinema history. There is anticipation that some of the

intergalactic action is coming to a shore here very soon. -- one of the

greatest sagas. A beautiful part of the world for

movie-making. Crusaders football club

are history makers - they're also the winners of this

year's Danske Bank Premiership title It was expected and now it is

official. Crusaders are winners of back-to-back league titles for the

first time and will be presented with this following the match at

home to Coleraine on Saturday. The 3-1 win last night prompted scenes

of celebration. Crusaders are the champions yet

again. Act to back titles. And this is what it meant to the

players. They hop, skip, and danced, and an unprecedented night, an

unprecedented step of the club. And evidently, one jointly for the

manager. The champagne may officially be on ice until Saturday

but this was Stephen Baxter on court.

We will have a big party on Saturday. Enjoy the moment. Taking

the atmosphere. And listen, this is for all the people here. That is

what this football club is about. A small club, doing well. They secured

the title in some style, defeating Cliftonville 3-1.

the title in some style, defeating He is in behind the defence, is he

going to get another? Yes, he is! Puts the goalkeeper on his backside.

To do it two years in a row is extra special. We deserve it fully from

the players, staff, and the supporters, who have been amazing

all season. It is a job well done. Unbelievable. Emotions are at a

high. Speechless. I have wanted to do this since I was a boy and it is

absolutely fantastic. Now, for three in a row.

In the wake of Celtic announcing that current boss Ronny Deila

would be leaving at the end of the season, Neil Lennon has

confirmed he'd be interested in re-taking the managerial reigns.

The former Northern Ireland captain guided Celtic to three Premiership

titles and two Scottish Cups before he left in 2014 to be

I am not promoting myself for the job, I will leave that to the powers

that be. If I get the opportunity to speak to Celtic, I will.

The world well-publicised difficulties for you in Glasgow, it

did not chew off? I thoroughly enjoyed my four years.

-- it did not put you off? I think I am better off my

experience of both clubs. That has been five and a half years as a

manager now and I know what I am walking into now, if I to the board.

-- if I were to speak to the board. Mark Allen has had a comfortable win

over rookie Mitchell Mann at snooker's World Championship in

Sheffield. The Antrim man who won by ten frames

to three was pleased And Mark will be back

in second round action I put him under pressure and that is

the way it went, but it is the way it goes at the Crucible, I was able

to capitalise. another day out of it, at least one,

but not as warm as today. Up to 17 Celsius. The satellite picture,

virtually cloudless across much of Britain and Ireland. This is what it

looked like across the whole of Northern Ireland today, plenty of

blue sky and sunshine. That is how we ended the day. Lovely sunsets, I

imagine. Overnight, staying dry with clear spells. Not quite as cold as

it was last night but surely nevertheless. -- chilly. Rural

spots, freezing, possibly below, we expect Frost again. Tomorrow,

another dry day, and yes, sunshine. Some mist and fog first thing as was

the case this morning but it will soon clear out of the way and we

will get a lovely, crisp start. A good chance of high cloud at times,

the sunshine may become hazy. It will feel fresh round of the coast.

12 Celsius. As today. But still warm enough. Another chilly night to come

tomorrow night, Friday, a cold day. Maybe one or two showers. Still some

dry and bright weather an offer. The cold weather stays with us into the

weekend. Still dry weather then also.