25/04/2016 BBC Newsline

You're watching BBC Newsline, tonight's top stories: 200 jobs hang

in the balance as another big high street chain struggles for survival.

It's sad because it's like all the other department stores, it's a pity

to see it closing down. The UDR widows campaigning

to get their pensions back. It really does make me very angry. I

feel as if they have walked on my husband 's grave.

A dramatisation of a notorious double murder on the north coast -

we ask is it too soon to see it on our screens?

It was inevitable that once the book was written, it was only a matter of

time before a TV series or even a film.

Mark Allen loses at the Crucible and is out of the World Snooker

And brace yourself it's set to feel even colder thanks to Arctic air.

I'll have your forecast later in the programme.

First tonight the news that BHS is going into administration -

Once a stalwart of the high street, the chain has struggled

to find its place in the internet age.

BHS has four local stores in Belfast, Holywood,

They'll continue to trade for now as the administrator

This afternoon, and unwelcome addition to window displays, the

official notice it had gone into administration.

BHS has been around since the 1920s and has been in Northern Ireland

Its central Belfast shop was bombed more than onece during

Do you think these bombing attacks will put BHS of? Certainly not.

In recent years, it has struggled to move with the times.

The business has suffered from a lack of investment and an uncertain

It sells many clothes and homewares but

competitors like Marks Spencer's or Debenhams do the same things

There is much more choice on the high street and at the same price

point. There is so much work to offer, the likes of Ikea have

definitely affected BHS into sales. I pop in because there is an offer

in the window but generally, I wouldn't go there. It's not a

high-street brand, not somewhere I would go to shop. It's sad, like all

the other department stores, it's just a pity to see it closing down.

Last year the entire debt laden business

was bought by a group of

Realistically, they needed to spend tens of

millions more to revitalise the chain.

But they have not been able to come up with the money.

The company also has a huge pension deficit, the cost of that is now

This is the biggest retail failure since

the Woolworths chain went under in 2008.

It was another business which

was unable to deal with the competitors.

The high street has actually seen something of a

revival in the last year or so as low fuel

prices mean consumers have

more money to spend in the shops but the failure

of BHS is a reminder of

just how intense the competition remains especially as online

The widow of a murdered UDR soldier has accused the Ministry of Defence

of jumping on her husband's grave over its refusal to

Eileen Johnston lost her widows pension when she remarried in 1985 -

eight years after her husband David Graham was murdered

Every day, if I smelt his perspiration, I felt he was with me.

It is a cherished possession which brings back painful memories for

Eileen and her daughter. The UDR beret her husband David once war. He

was murdered by the IRA in 1977 while working in this and yard in

call Ireland. He was shot and died ten days later in hospital. Eileen

was better to bring up their three children. She received a widow 's

pension but eight years later, her pension was stopped when she

remarried. I was in the procedure of getting over the murder of my

husband and it is just a total shock. There is no other words I

could use for it. I thought I had enough in my life without this big

shock on top of that. 39 years after losing her first husband, she is

still fighting with the Ministry of Defence to get her pension back. In

a statement, the MoD said pensions for widows who were remarried will

stay suspended until a current volition ship declines.

That is shocking. Shocking for an organisation such as the MoD to say

something so demoralising. Are they saying, go and end your relationship

just to get your pension back? They should never have lost the pension

in the first kiss. The rules have now changed, from last year, all

Army widows will keep their pensions even if they remarried but here's

the problem, only those who marry after 2005 will qualify. That is

because the MoD says to go back beyond that year would cost the

public purse on hundred million pounds. I would like to do more

where that is coming from but at the end of the day, a life, there should

never be a cost put on any body 's life. It really does beat me very

angry. I feel as if they have walked on my husband 's brave. Eileen is

not alone, at least 30 other UDR widows who have remarried and lost

their pensions. Hard to believe, 39 years. Their case has been taken up

by the victims commissioner. She told a committee of MPs that the

matter needs to be looked at. Those who do remarry, they are still

widows, that has not changed. I think it is a matter of equality and

basic humanity. It is one I believe should be addressed. The families

said they are pleased their case is finally reaching Westminster and

Eileen says she is now hopeful of getting her pension back.

Two men in their 40s have been arrested in connection

with the murder of a man who went missing seven years ago.

36-year-old Mark Gourley was last seen in the Burney's Lane area

The Public Prosecution Service and the PSNI have launched a legal

bid to get access to all interviews and notes by a former IRA member

who was one of the main researchers for a Troubles history project

Anthony McIntyre conducted a series of interviews with former IRA

members, on the understanding that the contents would not be made

Boston College has been issued with a subpoena instructing it

Still to come on BBC Newsline: the battle lines are drawn

in the fight for Assembly seats in West Belfast.

Paint has been thrown at an Orange Hall in North Belfast.

It happened at the Clifton Street hall between Saturday

night and the early hours of Sunday morning.

Around ?100,000 of heritage lottery funding was recently

The police are treating it as a hate attack.

To the latest in our profiles looking at key constituencies

In political terms, West Belfast is Sinn Fein's

That's how many seats it currently holds there but this time it's

facing fierce competition, as our political correspondent

Politics is everywhere in west Belfast. The news is spreading.

Going by the legions of tourists. The party which dominates is Sinn

Fein. Incredibly, Sinn Fein and five of the constituencies six seats,

something never achieved for by any other party in any other

constituency and yet Sinn Fein has managed it here at the last two

assembly elections. Sinn Fein once a hat-trick but there is competition.

I am from people for profit. There is a focus on Jerry Carroll for a

reason, he got almost 7,000 votes in the General Election and rivals

concede he is by and for Stormont. We offer politics which is about

people power, standing up to these cutbacks which will devastate

communities and especially devastated west Buckfast with

benefit cuts, job cuts, cuts across the public sector so our message is

whether you are from the Falls Road or the shack Neville Road, our tub

of politics brings people together and makes the argument that

corporations should pay working-class committees. Who's

please might he take? This man once Sinn Fein's seat last time but he is

conceding nothing. This is one of our strongest areas right across

Ireland. The fact that we hold five seats in the constituency is

testimony to the level of support that exists here. Being realistic,

that the defeat will always be on a knife edge, even on a good day, we

might possibly lose it, it depends on vote management and getting our

borders out on the day. The other seat in jeopardy belongs to this

Stormont better. The SDLP is just running a single candidate now and

even that carries no guarantees. The pressure for the SDLP is to get our

vote out, to ensure there is a strong SDLP boys for this

constituency in the assembly and critically, in the negotiations that

will define the life of the next five years of the assembly which

start in the middle of May where the SDLP and not independence will be in

the room for the people of West Belfast and for the protection of

public services. DUP so badly wants to take back the seat is last one

here 13 years ago. The party launched its manifesto in the

constituency. Franck Ribery to be a member of the Ulster Democratic

party, it is hoped they will tap into the Loyalist working class vote

in the way the DUP has not always managed. The goal of the party to

win West Belfast. The monitor when what rightly longs to Unionists. I

think Sinn Fein have had a stronghold in West Belfast but 30

years and it is clear they have not delivered so I am a candidate for

the Unionists and I want to win back West Belfast. So that is the battle

for West Belfast. One goal and very different expectations.

And you can find a list of all the candidates

in West Belfast on the BBCNI news website along with analysis

The UKIP leader Nigel Farage has admitted it would be a political

failure if his party does not win a number of seats in next

Nigel Farage was speaking in Belfast on a day long visit

His party had one MLA in the last Assembly and are standing in 13

If you don't get seats, is that a failure? Yes. There we are, party

leader, Nick on the line. I am very confident. If you come back with one

or none, you will see this as a failure? We're optimistic here as we

are in Wales and Scotland and London. We are a UK wide political

party with growing levels of support. We will do it and will put

pressure on instrument and have some people are elected who will have a

major role in Northern Ireland in the referendum campaign.

Coming up on BBC Newsline a cup-winning weekend of sport -

A television drama will be aired later this week telling

the story of how Colin Howell and Hazel Stewart murdered

Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan were killed as part of an elaborate

plot to cover up Howell and Stewart's affair.

Both are now serving long jail sentences.

So is it right to turn the horrific murders into a TV series?

James Nesbitt plays the double killer Colin Howell.

Colin Howell was the dentist who killed his own wife and the husband

of the woman he was having an affair with. Throughout it all, he lied.

The church and my family or my life. I give you my work, nothing improper

has happened with Hazel. How would it work? Genevieve O'Reilly says

Hazel Stewart who was also convicted of the murders. They may live, she

is now in jail. Five years ago, Colin Howell and Hazel Stuart

Prebble % to prison for a double murder. It all happened on the north

coast and that is where the drama was filmed. It is based on the book

about the case button by Derek Anderson. Says the actors involved

found a story harrowing. I know Jimmy has a reputation for liking to

party but I can assure you, I have never known anybody who puts so much

effort into a job as he has done. What do you say to people round here

who might think, this is too soon and it is not appropriate to turn a

double murder into a TV series? Well, I can see where people are

coming from and yes I can empathise in some ways but this happened 25

years ago. In this very area. It is difficult, yes, for the families. It

will be painful for the families to watch, no doubt, but this happened

and it was inevitable that once the book was written, it was only a

matter of time before they would do a TV series or a film. James Nesbitt

has described what happened as a deeply sad, sordid and horrible

tale. The PSNI are investigating

a complaint that malicious texts have been sent

to Sport NI employees. BBC Newsline understands that

a complaint was made to the police after two directors received such

texts on their work mobile phones. Sport NI, the leading public body

for the development of sport in Northern Ireland,

today confirmed that "unwanted and inappropriate text messages"

have been received by some staff - and that they are taking

the matter "very seriously", reporting it to the PSNI

for investigation. Now with disappointing

news from the Snooker in Sheffield this afternoon,

here's Gavin Andrews. Mark Allen is out of

the World Championships The Antrim man lost to qualifier

Kyren Wilson, and so misses out Starting this afternoon's

session 11-5 behind, Allen won four straight frames

to close the gap on his opponent Tyrone won the Division Two final

of the National Football League, beating Cavan at Croke Park

yesterday. The occasion also saw the GAA

commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising It was a Sunday on which some 80,000

people came to bear witness to a marriage of culture and sport. As

for the football, Tyrone and cabin had the pleasure of the opening

dance. Then O'Neill's footwork flawless. This was the closest

cavern would come to finding the net. On the day, Tyrone came close

to a Croke Park collectors item. This goal, nearly but not quite.

They did however collect the silverware. It is always tough to

win titles and trophies and Cavan have been on an upward curve since

the first two games where they lost them and I think they deserve a lot

of credit to be able to come to the final and get promotion. I would not

like to have been in the promotion, having the point after two games.

They got there on merit and they were up for the task. I thought it

was a really good game. The Gibson Cup was handed

over to league champions Crusaders on Saturday,

but much of the drama came But we begin with those scenes

of celebration at Seaview. There was a party atmosphere

on the Shore Road as players and supporters savoured a special

moment for the Everyone wanted Crusaders beaten

this year because we were the best team in the league. Unfortunately

they were wrong. The best team in Northern Ireland, simple as that.

in Europe will be Glenavon after

this Kevin Braniff strike secured third place.

But the race to beat the drop will go right to the wire.

Carrick Rangers are still bottom even after

their 3-1 win against Dungannon Swifts.

Warrenpoint defeated Portadown 2-0 at home to keep their survival hopes

Ballinamallard battled back from a 1-0 deficit to earn a

valuable three points thanks to Emmett Friars' diving

header and Stephen O'Flynn's last-minute penalty.

Eugene Laverty secured another seven points in the MotoGP

The Toomebridge rider finished ninth in the fourth round of this year's

It means he now lies ninth in the overall standings and has

scored points in every round to date.

Meanwhile, Dan Kneen won the feature race at the Tandragee 100.

The Isle of Man rider repeated his victory

We'll have a full report on all the action on tomorrow

Paralympics gold medallist Bethany Firth has made

the qualifying times in two events at the Rio Games.

The Seaforde swimmer has been in action at the British trials

in Glasgow, and she still has two more races to qualify in this week.

I just take every race as it comes and focus on that race. I then

forget about it and keep moving on to the next. I have been training so

hard. I'm determined to come back and be part of the team.

Finally, the Dungiven middleweight Eamonn O'Kane has announced his

His career included a Commonwealth Games gold medal

in 2010 and he won the IBF inter-continental title

The weather is next. Get the double tog duvet back out.

We are dragging in Arctic air and it is keeping feeling quite chilly.

This was the scene in Donaghadee earlier on today, some big waves. We

will continue to see some of those across the North coast in the coming

days. This evening there is some sunshine as there but we also had

some strong northerly winds coming in and it'll turn quite chilly

across the board. Temperatures down close to freezing. If you have the

showers, we could see some sleet and snow especially the Baha'i ground.

Tomorrow we get to quite a chilly start and it will stay feeling cold.

It will feel even colder than today and it will be some showers. The

showers first thing will be across western counties where we could see

a wintry mix. The showers keep coming and going throughout the day

but many areas will be dry by lunchtime with some sunshine

developing. In the north coast, five or 6 degrees. Factor in the wind

chill factor and it will feel much colder. Inland temperatures

struggling to get 8 degrees. Across Britain and Ireland with those

chilly winds, it will cold almost everywhere with a scattering of

showers and sunshine across Britain. Across our land by the middle of the

day, they will be plenty of dry weather and some sunshine. If you

are owing to risk putting the wishing out, keep an eye on the sky.

As we get into tomorrow evening, finds to the clear sky, it will be a

very chilly night. Temperatures likely to fall below freezing in

many places which will allow for frosty conditions. A touch of sleet

or snow as well. Wednesday its self is going to be quite chilly as a

result, six 7 degrees, so well below average for the of year. Some of the

wet weather will fall as sleet and snow. A look ahead towards thirsty,

we could see some hefty showers and some feel is possible as we hold

onto the cold conditions. Just in time for the weekend, it looks as if

the cold air will move out of the way, allowing Atlantic air to come

in so temperatures should rise to where they should be this time of

year this weekend. Our late summary is at 10.30pm.You

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