:00:00. > :00:08.The Secretary of State Theresa Villiers says Northern Ireland
:00:09. > :00:11.cannot maintain any kind of special status within the European Union
:00:12. > :00:16.The idea was floated again today by the Deputy First
:00:17. > :00:21.For the first time since the exit result, executive ministers met
:00:22. > :00:24.at Stormont to discuss the implications.
:00:25. > :00:27.Here's our political correspondent Gareth Gordon.
:00:28. > :00:32.Opposite sides of the argument but having
:00:33. > :00:35.to plot a joint path, the
:00:36. > :00:38.Deputy First Ministers visited a children's animation company whose
:00:39. > :00:45.owner did not get the referendum result he wanted.
:00:46. > :00:50.We trade with Europe to sell our shares.
:00:51. > :00:53.We have to presell a lot to European countries.
:00:54. > :00:56.It's important those trades are protected.
:00:57. > :01:02.This is one of his big success stories.
:01:03. > :01:04.That is make-believe but could be perfect
:01:05. > :01:08.for a post-Brexit world and some claim political
:01:09. > :01:10.direction is lacking. But not the First Minister.
:01:11. > :01:13.There is a lot of fear because it's been
:01:14. > :01:17.What we need to do is stand back and say that what we are
:01:18. > :01:19.doing is representing all of the people of
:01:20. > :01:22.Northern Ireland in the negotiations that are to come.
:01:23. > :01:23.Her executive partner hasn't given up on
:01:24. > :01:28.The number one priority, given the nature of the
:01:29. > :01:32.decision that was taken last week, is to ensure we maintain our
:01:33. > :01:37.relationship with Europe and that Europe sees and that we see our
:01:38. > :01:53.not possible. of state, says that's
:01:54. > :01:55.The EU rules are clear, membership of the EU
:01:56. > :01:59.It's not possible within the EU rules to have part of the country
:02:00. > :02:02.This decision has been made, the people of
:02:03. > :02:04.the UK voted to leave the European Union.
:02:05. > :02:07.That decision is going to be respected and that is
:02:08. > :02:09.what the Government will take forward.
:02:10. > :02:12.Around the executive table for the first time since the
:02:13. > :02:14.referendum, ministers met for 45 minutes to consider its implications
:02:15. > :02:17.before attending a meeting with the Secretary of State and the Irish
:02:18. > :02:26.It's important that we agree and that we can assist
:02:27. > :02:29.to ensure that ultimately nothing happens in the context of these
:02:30. > :02:31.negotiations that will adversely impact on the economies, north and
:02:32. > :02:37.south, or of society, north and south.
:02:38. > :02:39.It's going to test the negotiation skills of the best
:02:40. > :02:43.brains here in London, Dublin and Brussels but all the signs
:02:44. > :02:45.are that it could be some time yet before
:02:46. > :02:53.anything even resembling a plan emerges.
:02:54. > :02:56.A man's been shot in both legs in what police have described
:02:57. > :03:01.a paramilitary style shooting in Carrickfergus.
:03:02. > :03:04.The man is in a stable condition in hospital following the attack
:03:05. > :03:07.in Dunluskin Gardens at tea time this evening.
:03:08. > :03:10.A retired RUC detective has said when he started looking at abuse
:03:11. > :03:13.claims at Kincora Boys Home, the then Chief Constable Sir Jack
:03:14. > :03:18.Hermon told him to leave "no stone unturned."
:03:19. > :03:20.However, George Caskey says that one interview with a senior intelligence
:03:21. > :03:25.Will Leitch reports from the Historical
:03:26. > :03:36.George Caskey discussing RUC investigations in the late 1980s.
:03:37. > :03:38.He was the man who lead the investigation after a newspaper
:03:39. > :03:41.article in January 1980 gave the lead on Kincora.
:03:42. > :03:43.Today, he came here to answer questions about
:03:44. > :03:46.that time at the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry.
:03:47. > :03:51.George Caskey retired from the RUC with 39 years service.
:03:52. > :03:53.A widely respected investigator, he was put on the
:03:54. > :03:59.He says the Chief Constable Jack Hermon told him
:04:00. > :04:14.There have been claims the RUC could have investigated the abuse years
:04:15. > :04:19.Once he was in charge, George Caskey said he could
:04:20. > :04:23.interview he felt anyone he ought to interview.
:04:24. > :04:47.His attempt to interview Ian Cameron, the Assistant Secretary
:04:48. > :04:50.Political about reports on Kincora his army intelligence staff had
:04:51. > :04:53.That request was discussed and debated by senior
:04:54. > :05:01.figures in the military intelligence and legal astonishment.
:05:02. > :05:04.figures in the military intelligence and legal establishment.
:05:05. > :05:09.In the end, George Caskey saw three men jailed
:05:10. > :05:12.for Kincora but didn't find a vice ring for signs of prominent
:05:13. > :05:13.establishment figures in the home to abuse boys.
:05:14. > :05:15.There have been many allegations of cover-ups and
:05:16. > :05:17.intelligence service collusion in the abuse at Kincora.
:05:18. > :05:19.George Caskey and his team investigated
:05:20. > :05:32.He feels that view is borne out by the
:05:33. > :05:39.The government says further terrorist attacks in Turkey
:05:40. > :05:41.are likely and western tourists could be targeted.
:05:42. > :05:43.41 people were killed in a gun and bomb attack
:05:44. > :05:47.People planning to visit the country are warned to be vigilant.
:05:48. > :05:52.The attack happened in Ataturk - Europe's third busiest airport.
:05:53. > :05:54.Travellers fled in fear as the shooting started
:05:55. > :06:00.The three gunmen then blew themselves up.
:06:01. > :06:02.Unrest in the region had already had an impact
:06:03. > :06:07.With the busiest period for summer holidays getting underway,
:06:08. > :06:12.travel agents are now trying to reassure tourists.
:06:13. > :06:14.You can never gave a cast iron guarantee to anyone.
:06:15. > :06:17.We can try and reassure them that things are normal
:06:18. > :06:20.in all the tourist resorts in Turkey at the moment and hopefully that's
:06:21. > :06:25.All countries have tightened security
:06:26. > :06:28.and very much tightened security to try and prevent this sort of thing
:06:29. > :06:34.The Foreign and Commonwealth Office says travellers are advised
:06:35. > :06:37.to follow the advice of the local authorities and the Foreign
:06:38. > :06:41.It says the country is generally safe but you should be alert
:06:42. > :06:43.to your surroundings and remain vigilant in crowded places
:06:44. > :06:48.The Honorary Consul for Turkey here says the terrorists cannot
:06:49. > :07:01.It is an absolute outrage targeting one of the busiest
:07:02. > :07:09.I would hope that it doesn't deter our
:07:10. > :07:12.That is the objective of these terrorists
:07:13. > :07:14.so we must make sure that doesn't succeed.
:07:15. > :07:17.The attack has been condemned around the world, with Wednesday
:07:18. > :07:19.declared a national day of mourning in Turkey.
:07:20. > :07:21.The Education Minister has decided a controversial scheme to replace
:07:22. > :07:24.older teaching staff with newly qualified teachers can begin.
:07:25. > :07:26.Only teachers who have graduated since 2012 will be
:07:27. > :07:31.This is a win-win situation but disappoint for some people.
:07:32. > :07:34.It will help provide jobs for newly qualified teachers, it will allow
:07:35. > :07:37.some teachers at the opposite end to be able to retire with the package.
:07:38. > :07:46.It will mean schools that can reinvigorate the workforce and
:07:47. > :07:47.actually financially benefit schools.
:07:48. > :07:49.I graduated in 2011 and feel I've been
:07:50. > :07:53.left out because I am trying my best to try and obtain a permanent job
:07:54. > :07:55.and I find it's disappointing for the Northern Ireland Government to
:07:56. > :08:03.This Friday will be the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme,
:08:04. > :08:05.one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War.
:08:06. > :08:09.Among the many dead were 3,500 soldiers from across Ireland.
:08:10. > :08:13.2,000 of them were in the 36th Ulster Division.
:08:14. > :08:16.Our reporter Mervyn Jess has been to those battlefields in France
:08:17. > :08:18.and met some County Down teenagers keen to learn
:08:19. > :08:24.what it was like for those in the trenches.
:08:25. > :08:26.Another day, another tour of the Ulster Tower and trenches
:08:27. > :08:35.This area of the Somme is the epicentre of memorials
:08:36. > :08:48.You see this skyline here, you're looking at the German front line.
:08:49. > :08:50.If you start here, take a sweep right
:08:51. > :08:53.round, right round, right roung, that is the German front line.
:08:54. > :08:56.The centenary of the Somme is on Friday but the number of people
:08:57. > :08:58.visiting this area and the Ulster Tower has increased markedly
:08:59. > :09:05.in the weeks leading up to it. Many of them are young people.
:09:06. > :09:10.All that was found here was dead and wounded Germans
:09:11. > :09:21.One of them visiting is from County Down.
:09:22. > :09:23.That is the thing people forget they think
:09:24. > :09:26.of World War I, it was one huge battle and massive slaughter.
:09:27. > :09:28.They have been learning about the impact
:09:29. > :09:33.at what happened at the Somme, including the loss of the three
:09:34. > :09:34.Donaldson brothers from Cumber who fell
:09:35. > :09:36.side-by-side on the first day of the
:09:37. > :09:40.Are there any of you who have relatives or friends of relatives
:09:41. > :09:41.who died at the Battle of
:09:42. > :09:50.Are you bringing a little cross? What you have in mind?
:09:51. > :09:57.Seeing first-hand had a big impact on these pupils.
:09:58. > :10:03.You can get a real insight of what it is
:10:04. > :10:06.like and what it would have been like for the men fighting in
:10:07. > :10:10.When you see those trenches, what do you think?
:10:11. > :10:16.I don't know how men stayed there for so long and
:10:17. > :10:18.especially with injured and dead bodies around them.
:10:19. > :10:22.Looking at it now, it's so beautiful and you think about how
:10:23. > :10:25.much destruction was here, it's surreal.
:10:26. > :10:38.To come and see it is more emotional.
:10:39. > :10:44.This is reality. It's not on TV or films.
:10:45. > :10:48.Nothing prepares you for the experience.
:10:49. > :10:53.Moving from textbook to reality is
:10:54. > :10:55.transformative not just as a teacher in terms
:10:56. > :10:57.of what you gain from it but what the pupils gain
:10:58. > :11:01.But it's that silence that develops amongst everybody that really
:11:02. > :11:03.get you into a reflective space and overwhelmed, really.
:11:04. > :11:05.This was a history lesson on death and
:11:06. > :11:07.destruction, brought to life for these young
:11:08. > :11:14.people on the killing fields of France.
:11:15. > :11:17.And we will have a special programme live from Thiepval in France
:11:18. > :11:19.at a commemorative service at the Ulster Tower marking
:11:20. > :11:22.the 100th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme .
:11:23. > :11:26.That's at 1.15pm on Friday here on BBC One.
:11:27. > :11:28.And on Sunday we'll have another special programme to mark
:11:29. > :11:32.William Crawley will be looking back on her many visits to
:11:33. > :11:33.Northern Ireland over the last six decades.
:11:34. > :11:41.That's at 5.15pm this Sunday on BBC One.
:11:42. > :11:57.Now finally onto the weather forecast with Geoff Maskell.
:11:58. > :12:03.There was always the chance of a shower popping up and overnight
:12:04. > :12:08.tonight they will continue. Temperatures hovering around double
:12:09. > :12:12.figures. As we get into the start of Thursday, not a bad morning. Quite
:12:13. > :12:22.dry to begin with but it isn't going to last. We start of bright, it
:12:23. > :12:25.doesn't take long for these guys to cloud over in the west and then the
:12:26. > :12:29.rain begins to move on. It is generally a much drier day tomorrow
:12:30. > :12:33.than has been today but you start to see these showers feeding in the
:12:34. > :12:36.first across the west coast of Scotland and then across Ireland as
:12:37. > :12:39.well and as we get into the afternoon, those showers will become
:12:40. > :12:45.heavier and much more persistent. That will hold to be temperatures
:12:46. > :12:49.back a little bit. The south-westerly, westerly breeze is
:12:50. > :12:53.starting to pick up. It is an unsettled few days of weatherhead.
:12:54. > :12:57.This area of low pressure in the north of Scotland and these are
:12:58. > :13:02.friends driving in and the tightly packed isobars are a sign of the
:13:03. > :13:06.breeze picking up. That will be the case on Friday where we've got the
:13:07. > :13:10.showers coming in from the Atlantic forming into bands and becoming
:13:11. > :13:14.heavy at times. Being driven in by that westerly breeze. A lot cooler
:13:15. > :13:18.than what we expect that this time of year. It is improving just a
:13:19. > :13:21.little bit by the time we get to the weekend with the hope for something
:13:22. > :13:23.a bit brighter for the start of next week.
:13:24. > :13:28.Our next BBC Newsline is at 6.25 in the morning during Breakfast