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:00:08. > :00:09.A man has died following a shooting in Dublin tonight.
:00:10. > :00:12.He was shot in a pub in the Ballyboch area,
:00:13. > :00:14.near Croke Park in the north of the city.
:00:15. > :00:18.There's been a spate of murders in Dublin recently in a feud
:00:19. > :00:24.between gangs involved in the drugs trade.
:00:25. > :00:27.The victim was known to Gardai as a dissident republican.
:00:28. > :00:30.200 employees of British Home Stores in Northern Ireland are waiting
:00:31. > :00:33.to hear what's going to happen to their jobs after the company went
:00:34. > :00:38.BHS has four stores here, in Belfast, Holywood,
:00:39. > :00:43.They'll continue to trade for now as the administrator
:00:44. > :00:48.Our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell reports.
:00:49. > :00:52.This afternoon, an unwelcome addition to window displays,
:00:53. > :00:57.the official notice it had gone into administration.
:00:58. > :01:00.BHS has been around since the 1920s and has been
:01:01. > :01:09.Its central Belfast shop was bombed more than once during the Troubles.
:01:10. > :01:13.Do you think these bombing attacks will put BHS off?
:01:14. > :01:20.In recent years, it has struggled to move with the times.
:01:21. > :01:23.The business has suffered from a lack of investment
:01:24. > :01:29.It sells many clothes and homewares but competitors like Marks
:01:30. > :01:35.Spencer's or Debenhams do the same things better.
:01:36. > :01:37.There is much more choice on the high street and at
:01:38. > :01:45.There is so much more to offer, the likes of Ikea have definitely
:01:46. > :01:55.Some shoppers told us the store simply isn't relevant enough.
:01:56. > :02:00.I pop in because there is an offer in the window but, generally,
:02:01. > :02:08.It's not a high-street brand, not somewhere I would go to shop.
:02:09. > :02:14.It's sad, like all the other department stores, it's just a pity
:02:15. > :02:21.Last year the entire debt-laden business was bought by a group
:02:22. > :02:28.Realistically, they needed to spend tens of millions more
:02:29. > :02:33.But they have not been able to come up with the money.
:02:34. > :02:36.The company also has a huge pension deficit,
:02:37. > :02:41.the cost of that is now likely to fall on taxpayers.
:02:42. > :02:43.This is the biggest retail failure since the Woolworths
:02:44. > :02:49.It was another business which was unable to deal
:02:50. > :02:55.The high street has actually seen something of a revival in the last
:02:56. > :03:01.year or so as low fuel prices mean consumers have more money to spend
:03:02. > :03:05.in the shops but the failure of BHS is a reminder of just how intense
:03:06. > :03:09.the competition remains, especially online shopping,
:03:10. > :03:17.An 89-year-old man has died following a road
:03:18. > :03:22.He was a passenger in a car which crashed on the Drumcor Road,
:03:23. > :03:26.He was taken to hospital but died later.
:03:27. > :03:29.No other vehicle was involved in the accident.
:03:30. > :03:32.A woman in her 90s has been struck on the head with a stick
:03:33. > :03:35.and had her handbag stolen in East Belfast.
:03:36. > :03:38.The incident happened this afternoon at Aston Gardens,
:03:39. > :03:41.just off the Upper Newtowanards Road.
:03:42. > :03:45.The attacker was described as being in his 60s, of thin build,
:03:46. > :03:49.around 5'6" tall with a flat cap and rain jacket.
:03:50. > :03:52.The woman has been taken to hospital for treatment.
:03:53. > :04:01.Neighbours say it's usually a quiet area.
:04:02. > :04:13.Very independent community. Very pleasant. See her on a daily basis
:04:14. > :04:14.shops. An awful shock. An independent woman, it will not come
:04:15. > :04:15.back. Ards Football Club say one
:04:16. > :04:17.of their players is in hospital with a fractured skull
:04:18. > :04:20.after an assault in the city They say Gary Warwick
:04:21. > :04:23.was making his way home when he was attacked in the early
:04:24. > :04:25.hours of Sunday morning. Manager Niall Currie says the club
:04:26. > :04:31.is sickened by the attack. The widow of a murdered UDR soldier
:04:32. > :04:34.has accused the Ministry of Defence of jumping on her husband's grave
:04:35. > :04:39.over its stopping of her pension. Eileen Johnston lost her widows
:04:40. > :04:43.pension when she remarried in 1985, eight years after her
:04:44. > :04:46.husband David Graham At least 30 other UDR
:04:47. > :04:52.widows are also affected. Our reporter Enda McClafferty has
:04:53. > :04:54.been talking to Mrs. Every day, if I smelt his
:04:55. > :05:07.perspiration, I felt he was with me. It is a cherished possession
:05:08. > :05:11.which brings back painful memories The UDR beret her
:05:12. > :05:23.husband David once war. The UDR beret her husband
:05:24. > :05:24.David once wore. He was murdered by the IRA in 1977
:05:25. > :05:28.while working here in Coalisland. He was shot and died ten
:05:29. > :05:30.days later in hospital. Eileen had to bring up
:05:31. > :05:32.their three children. She received a widow's pension but,
:05:33. > :05:35.eight years later, her pension I was in the procedure of getting
:05:36. > :05:42.over the murder of my husband There are no other words
:05:43. > :05:50.I could use for it. I thought I had enough in my life
:05:51. > :05:54.without this big shock 39 years after losing her first
:05:55. > :05:58.husband, she is still fighting with the Ministry of Defence
:05:59. > :06:02.to get her pension back. In a statement, the MoD
:06:03. > :06:05.said pensions for widows who were remarried will stay
:06:06. > :06:09.suspended until their current Shocking for an organisation
:06:10. > :06:25.such as the MoD to say Are they saying, go and end
:06:26. > :06:34.your relationship just They should never have lost
:06:35. > :06:39.the pension in the first instance. The rules have now changed from last
:06:40. > :06:43.year, all army widows will keep their pensions
:06:44. > :06:47.even if they remarried but here's the problem, only those who married
:06:48. > :06:53.after 2005 will qualify. That is because the MoD says to go
:06:54. > :06:57.back beyond that year would cost I would like to know more but,
:06:58. > :07:11.at the end of the day, a life, there should never be a cost
:07:12. > :07:13.put on anybody's life. I feel as if they have walked
:07:14. > :07:17.on my husband's grave. Eileen is not alone,
:07:18. > :07:20.at least 30 other UDR widows who have remarried have
:07:21. > :07:22.lost their pensions. Their case has been taken up
:07:23. > :07:29.by the victims commissioner. She told a committee
:07:30. > :07:33.of MPs that the matter Those who do remarry,
:07:34. > :07:39.they are still widows, I think it is a matter
:07:40. > :07:46.of equality and basic humanity. It is one I believe
:07:47. > :07:50.should be addressed. The families said they are pleased
:07:51. > :07:53.their case is finally reaching Westminster and Eileen says
:07:54. > :07:56.she is now hopeful of Paint has been thrown
:07:57. > :08:05.at an Orange Hall on Clifton It happened sometime
:08:06. > :08:08.between Saturday night The police are treating
:08:09. > :08:14.the attack as a hate crime. An inquest into the serial
:08:15. > :08:17.fraudster Julia Holmes, who was originally from Castlederg,
:08:18. > :08:20.and her partner Thomas Ruttle has found they died by carbon
:08:21. > :08:26.monoxide poisoning. Suicide notes were found
:08:27. > :08:28.in the house where their bodies were discovered in County Limerick
:08:29. > :08:32.almost a year ago. The 63 year old, who had
:08:33. > :08:35.numerous aliases, was born Cecilia Julie McKitterick
:08:36. > :08:38.in County Tyrone. She had been deported
:08:39. > :08:40.from the United States A television drama will be shown
:08:41. > :08:46.later this week telling the story of how Colin Howell
:08:47. > :08:50.and Hazel Stewart murdered Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan
:08:51. > :08:56.were killed as part of an elaborate plot to cover up Howell
:08:57. > :09:00.and Stewart's affair. Both are now serving
:09:01. > :09:02.long jail sentences. James Nesbitt plays the double
:09:03. > :09:21.killer Colin Howell. Colin Howell was the dentist
:09:22. > :09:23.who killed his own wife and the husband of the woman
:09:24. > :09:27.he was having an affair with. I give you my work, nothing improper
:09:28. > :09:39.has happened with Hazel. Genevieve O'Reilly plays
:09:40. > :09:46.Hazel Stewart, who was also Five years ago, Colin Howell
:09:47. > :09:58.and Hazel Stewart were sent It all happened on the north coast
:09:59. > :10:02.and that is where It is based on the book
:10:03. > :10:06.about the case by Derek Anderson. The actors involved found
:10:07. > :10:09.the story harrowing. I know Jimmy has a reputation
:10:10. > :10:15.for liking to party but I can assure you I have never known anybody
:10:16. > :10:18.who puts so much effort What do you say to people
:10:19. > :10:24.round here who might think this is too soon and it is not
:10:25. > :10:28.appropriate to turn a double murder Well, I can see where people
:10:29. > :10:33.are coming from and, yes, I can empathise in some ways
:10:34. > :10:40.but this happened 25 years ago. It is difficult, yes,
:10:41. > :10:49.for the families. It will be painful for the families
:10:50. > :10:53.to watch, no doubt, but this happened and it was inevitable that,
:10:54. > :10:56.once the book was written, it was only a matter of time before
:10:57. > :11:04.they would do a TV series or a film. James Nesbitt has described
:11:05. > :11:07.what happened as a deeply sad, Tomorrow is the 30th anniversary
:11:08. > :11:17.of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, when one of four nuclear reactors
:11:18. > :11:21.at a power station there exploded. Our reporter Shane Harrison has
:11:22. > :11:24.been speaking to a woman from Northern Ireland
:11:25. > :11:36.who was in Ukraine at the time We were in our room and another girl
:11:37. > :11:41.who was with those came to the door and rushed in and said there has
:11:42. > :11:46.been a nuclear explosion," window. When we got back, we were given a
:11:47. > :11:47.health check. We were told we were fine but we should get a health
:11:48. > :11:49.check in five or ten years. That story featuring
:11:50. > :11:50.on Good Morning Ulster on Radio Ulster and on BBC
:11:51. > :11:52.Newsline tomorrow night. The weather outlook
:11:53. > :12:03.now with Barra Best. It is going to be a chilly night
:12:04. > :12:08.with temperatures across the board falling to freezing. One to
:12:09. > :12:14.countryside areas below by about -2 or three. You be chilly. Scattered
:12:15. > :12:19.showers will bring sleet and snow for the higher ground. It will be a
:12:20. > :12:22.chilly start to Tuesday and through the day it will stay feeling
:12:23. > :12:27.bitterly cold when you factor in the wind from the North. They will bring
:12:28. > :12:34.scattered showers. Especially for Western counties where some will be
:12:35. > :12:39.falling as wintry mix. Some spells of sunshine towards the North close,
:12:40. > :12:45.the wind will feel raw outdoors. Across Britain and Ireland it will
:12:46. > :12:48.feel cold for the time of year. Snow was well for parts of Scotland down
:12:49. > :12:51.through eastern areas of England. Further west it a day of sunny
:12:52. > :13:00.spells and scattered showers and motocross Ireland a fair amount of
:13:01. > :13:03.scattered showers and wins so temperatures will be nine or ten.
:13:04. > :13:09.Feeling colder. For Northern Ireland we will have highs of seven or 8
:13:10. > :13:12.degrees. Well below average for the time of year. At least those places
:13:13. > :13:16.will be a drive by the end of the day with the evening sunshine.
:13:17. > :13:23.Tomorrow night will be chilly with frosty conditions in the Wednesday
:13:24. > :13:27.and Wednesday and the temperatures struggling, six to 9 degrees. Cloud
:13:28. > :13:28.and wet weather. We may see wintry showers on Thursday as well.
:13:29. > :13:32.Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25 in the morning during Breakfast
:13:33. > :13:36.You can also keep updated with News Online.