18/05/2016 BBC Newsline

When you listen to Freedom and you listen to Running,

they're different types of song to what maybe

Last year, British songwriters earnt more than ?500 million collectively

and this week some of the best will be honoured at the songwriting

We have fantastic music education and also we now

have a history of 50 or 60 years of fantastic writers, such

as the Beatles, David Bowie, Kate Bush,

All of these fantastic writers and they act

as role models for the next generation coming up.

Another Brit doing well in America is Bradford girl, Teddy Sinclair.

She posted a song online and caught the attention of the right people.

Now living in New York, she's penned songs for Madonna and,

# Waiting on that sunshine for I think I need that back...#

I feel very lucky to work with Rihanna,

to work with Madonna, Alicia Keys because

the most important feelings or thoughts or opinions I've had,

that I've put into music, are things that

they've also shared enough to believe in it when they

Despite their success, 80% of British songwriters are men.

So creating workshops for female newcomers

Whether or not it's about emotion, heartbreak, politics, you know,

always try and dig a little bit deeper.

Words to inspire the next generation.

# I'm going to keep running because a winner

Jeff Koons is a world renowned artist, so is Damien Hirst.

Together, their work commands the artistic

On Newsnight, an exclusive television interview

about what happens when Damien puts on a show of Jeff's work in London.

That's news night now, 11.00pm in Scotland.

Here, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

Sinn Fein is abandoning its long-standing policy

of paying its staff and elected representatives the average

industrial wage because of changes to the Stormont rules.

It's understood that the party has expressed unhappiness

with the new regulations on pay set by Stormont's Independent

Earlier our Political Editor Mark Devenport told Tara Mills

Sinn Fein has been proud of its equal pay policy under

which its full-time staff and elected representatives have

all got what is described as the average wage,

That has meant that others who earn more than that have paid the extra

Now there is a new regulation set by an independent panel which sets

pay rates for Stormont support staff at a much lower level,

starting in some cases as low as ?16,000 per year.

When this was brought to Sinn Fein workers at an internal meeting,

They were concerned that if there was going to be

a differential between them and MLAs, it would be a huge

They felt the pain was not being meted out equally.

A source I spoke to said that while the party does not like this,

it thinks it is watertight and that the pay cut is so extensive

that it can't possibly subsidise the support staff to make up

In terms of the bigger picture, are we any closer

Today the DUP and Sinn Fein were working on responding

to the Alliance Party demands in relation to taking

This what we heard today from Martin McGuinness,

He predicted we would be in a position to see new ministers

He predicted the pressure would be on the other parties tomorrow.

It is make your mind up time over the next seven days.

I hope the SDLP will decide to come into the administration.

We are involved in discussions with them and I was involved

with discussions with Arlene Foster and others yesterday.

There will be further engagement tomorrow and after

Tomorrow we should hear more after a lunchtime meeting and then

a meeting of the Alliance Party ruling council tomorrow evening.

The government-backed agency Northern Ireland Screen has defended

helping to pay for the controversial ITV series The Secret.

NI Screen contributed more than ?250,000 to the programme,

which tells the story of how Colin Howell and Hazel Stewart

Some relatives of the victims say the series has re-traumatised them.

Millions of viewers are watching it, and it cost millions

And now it's emerged that some of that money came

?300,000 was invested by Northern Ireland Screen,

the agency that promotes the film and TV industry here.

They've been promoting The Secret on social media.

Here's one recent tweet, which begins with the line,

"More great drama for your viewing pleasure."

It's a drama based on the true story of how Colin Howell

and Hazel Stewart killed their spouses - her husband Trevor

Their daughter recently criticised the TV series in a newspaper article

She now lives in England, and last week her local MP raised the issue

at Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons.

Today the MP said she was disappointed to hear public money

ITV and the production company have got big questions to answer

and now potentially the funders of these programmes do as well

in how they treat victims in the development

At the end of each episode of The Secret,

Northern Ireland Screen is included in the credits,

along with Invest NI, which provides much of the funding.

Defending the ?300,000 contribution to the programme, they said...

Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of the murders.

ITV says that while making the series they did their

best to try to minimise the distress caused to the families.

A 24-year-old man's appeared in court this evening charged

with the murder of David Byrne in Dublin in February.

The 34-year-old was shot during a boxing weigh-in

Patrick Hutch of Champions Avenue in the city was remanded in custody

He's the brother of the convicted criminal Gary Hutch,

who was shot dead in Spain last year, the first victim of a feud

BBC Newsline has learned that families who have children

with challenging behavioural problems will have to wait several

years before getting overnight respite care.

They've been told the system is full to capacity.

One family was informed that it would have to be at breaking point

On hearing the parents' stories, the Children's Commissioner says

Our health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly reports.

Micah Jennings is eight years old and has special educational needs.

He's also autistic and his behaviour means he requires

Despite meeting all the criteria for respite care, which means

he could have a night away from home, health professionals say

He's already been on a waiting list for three years.

We have been told by many professionals we meet

all the criteria for him to be getting overnight respite.

Until we are at breaking point and until we have

fallen apart, we won't get overnight respite.

What would it give you and your family?

We could sleep through the night, sit down and have a meal together

On hearing the parents, the Commissioner for

Children here says she felt compelled to intervene.

It's very upsetting and distressing, and regrettably

There are other families on the waiting list.

People working in trusts and in the Health and Social Care

Board are determined to do their best to provide the best

services they can, but their hands are tied.

They need resources and recognition within the system to be able to

deliver on their legal obligations to these children's families.

With ten suitable facilities across NI, in 2014 around 1200

children just like Micah received respite care.

While that information is available, not all of the Health Trusts

could tell the BBC just how many children are waiting for a place.

According to some professionals, those figures should be available

It's a serious issue and I would like to see

the Northern Ireland Executive taking this on board and starting

to make real changes to fund respite places and to ensure that the unmet

need is recorded and used in the commissioning of services.

According to this mum, assessments can take their toll.

It takes a lot to admit that you need help for your child

and to go to that step and be told, well, yes, we know you need

that help but we can't do anything for you,

The Belfast Health Trust says while it can't discuss individual

cases, it remains in contact with both families and

Relatives who lost loved ones during the Troubles gathered

at an event in Belfast Castle tonight to launch the latest phase

of a project which aims to give voice to previously untold stories.

Victims group Wave, which is behind the idea,

says the testimonies fulfil an important role in

My song this evening, it's not to make you sad...

Painful, emotional and often still very raw,

For those taking part in this oral history of the Troubles,

it's an opportunity to share what happened to their loved

one and how it affected them and their families.

Fiona Kelly's father Gerry Dalrymple was shot dead

This is the first time she has spoken about his death publicly.

This story is to keep daddy's memory alive because my father was my hero,

is my hero, he deserves to be remembered by my children, my

extended family and the world at large because there was nobody more

innocent than my father. Poet Michael Longley said events

and projects like these fill the vacuum left

by the political stalemate. It's important that the escape from

science, and from being ignored and even from being forgotten.

All of the interviews can be heard on the website,

Carnlough's Brendan Rodgers is this evening emerging

as the front runner to take over at Celtic football club.

The former Liverpool manager met with club

representatives for several hours in Scotland yesterday.

Earlier today Stephen Watson caught up with Celtic's biggest individual

shareholder, Dermot Desmond, who was playing in the Irish Open

pro-am event, and asked him how many candidates had been interviewed

What are your thoughts on him as a manager and what he did

I think he is a worthy candidate for Celtic.

And staying with football, Carrick Rangers will not face

any IFA sanction over how it implemented manager

There was a meeting this evening over the presence

of the manager on the touchline at a match last month.

The club could have been deducted three points,

which could have forced them out of the Premiership.

Lots of people enjoy pottering about in their gardens,

so should doctors prescribe a bit of weeding for people

Tomorrow's Good Morning Ulster will be exploring the therapeutic

Now, with the weather outlook, here's Cecilia.

The rain managed to stay away today. It still tried to night. It will be

quite clear and as winds eased it could get quite chilly in the

countryside. Rain moves in tomorrow, just about staying clear of us

tonight but it will edge East tomorrow. Not a complete wash-out,

there will be dry weather in the east to begin with the dream will

affect many areas in the rush hour and will become heavier as the

morning words on. A wet morning across much of the Republic, heavy

rain in western Scotland, heavy rain later in the day for Wells and

England for central and eastern parts of England it will be fine and

warm. It will brighten up in the west across the Republic and the

afternoon, some dry weather for a time with them as temperatures

recover, scattered heavy and possibly thundery showers will break

out, so for the TV off of the Irish Open tomorrow in County Kildare,

there will be some rain at times on Thursday and a wet spell on Friday,

hopefully something drier on Saturday. Further north on Friday,