:00:00. > :00:14.Islamic State has been jailed for killing a local
:00:15. > :00:19.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline...
:00:20. > :00:25.Arlene Arkinson's sister speaks of her pain as a search begins
:00:26. > :00:34.I don't want to get my hopes built up. I fear at the same time that
:00:35. > :00:39.it's not her. It's a knock-back. The family of a man who died
:00:40. > :00:54.in a so called one punch attack say We are in Heaney country where there
:00:55. > :00:58.is a last ditch effort to stop this landscape as the diggers roll in.
:00:59. > :01:03.we'll be live from Belfast Cathedral Quarter as events get underway.
:01:04. > :01:06.There seems to be an invasion of these long legged creatures -
:01:07. > :01:13.The final bell sounds on Paddy Barnes amateur career
:01:14. > :01:16.as the double Olympic medallist confirms he's going professional.
:01:17. > :01:30.I'll have the full forecast just before 7pm.
:01:31. > :01:34.A specialist forensic team has spent the day at the site of the latest
:01:35. > :01:37.search for the missing teenager Arlene Arkinson in County Tyrone.
:01:38. > :01:41.The 15-year-old was reported missing in 1994.
:01:42. > :01:44.She was last seen in the company of the convicted paedophile
:01:45. > :01:48.and child killer Robert Howard who died in prison last year.
:01:49. > :01:51.Our northwest reporter Keiron Tourish is at the scene
:01:52. > :02:00.of the search at Killen, near Castlederg.
:02:01. > :02:07.As you can imagine it was a very emotional day for the family of
:02:08. > :02:10.Arlene Arkinson. They visited the scene here a short time ago as those
:02:11. > :02:20.searches continued. An agonising and all too familiar
:02:21. > :02:24.sight for the family of Arlene Arkinson. Waiting in hope of some
:02:25. > :02:29.news of the recovery of the teenager's body. It has been 22
:02:30. > :02:34.years since the 15-year-old went missing in August 19 94. Each day
:02:35. > :02:40.begins with the determination to find her and bring closure to this
:02:41. > :02:48.Craddick case. -- tragic case. I just hope it is her for our family's
:02:49. > :02:54.sake. 22 years is a long time. We will never give up hope. Never. A
:02:55. > :02:59.specialist search team was brought in from England today to set a rural
:03:00. > :03:03.location near the village of Killen just outside Castlederg. Police
:03:04. > :03:09.sealed off a wooded area after a farmer alerted them. He noticed
:03:10. > :03:14.disturbed earth. A mound of clay and stones behind a derelict house. It
:03:15. > :03:19.looked to me like a grave. That's what it looked to me like. I don't
:03:20. > :03:26.know if it is a grave or not at your not going to go onto it with a
:03:27. > :03:34.tractor because it is all covered around with trees. But it is a mound
:03:35. > :03:37.of earth with stones on it? A mound of earth and stones on it. Or
:03:38. > :03:45.somebody has interfered with the ground. It hasn't been done with a
:03:46. > :03:49.machine. It has been done by hand. The area is a mile from the house
:03:50. > :03:53.where Arlene Arkinson was last seen alive 22 years ago. It is also close
:03:54. > :03:57.to the road where the 15 year was spotted with the man suspected of
:03:58. > :04:02.killing her, and Vic did Child rapist and killer Robert Howard who
:04:03. > :04:12.died in prison last year # Convicted. He was acquitted of the
:04:13. > :04:17.murder of Arlene Arkinson but the jury were not told of his previous
:04:18. > :04:21.convictions. The people here have the thoughts of her family in
:04:22. > :04:26.thought. Tragic. A long time for them to be suffering. I hope she can
:04:27. > :04:31.be found and laid to rest for the family's sake after all this time. I
:04:32. > :04:41.just want it all to be over and done with. We want her soul to rest. Just
:04:42. > :04:46.tried to get on and rest. This has been a long time.
:04:47. > :04:51.The family say these latest developments came completely out of
:04:52. > :04:54.the blue and they are trying as best as they can to deal with them. They
:04:55. > :04:58.say they have been greatly heartened why the community here and in
:04:59. > :05:01.Castlederg and further afield. The family of a teenager killed
:05:02. > :05:05.in a so called one punch attack say they don't think they'll
:05:06. > :05:09.ever get justice. Jason McGovern had been on a night
:05:10. > :05:12.out in Omagh four years ago. He suffered a fractured skull
:05:13. > :05:16.which led to bleeding on the brain. Today, a County Tyrone man
:05:17. > :05:21.who was sent for trial four times accused of the 19-year-old's
:05:22. > :05:25.manslaughter was given a fourth month suspended sentence
:05:26. > :05:28.for his part in an attack on Mr McGovern's friend
:05:29. > :05:32.on the night he died. In a moment we will hear
:05:33. > :05:35.from Jason McGovern's brother but first Lisa McAlister
:05:36. > :05:41.was in court. Mark Donnelly from Greencastle left
:05:42. > :05:45.Laganside courts a free man today with a four-month prison sentence
:05:46. > :05:49.suspended for a year for fighting and making an affray in Omagh town
:05:50. > :05:53.centre in the early hours Liam Williams suffered a fractured
:05:54. > :05:59.jaw in an initial fracas outside the terrace bar with Mark Donnelly
:06:00. > :06:02.and four of his friends. They also received suspended
:06:03. > :06:06.sentences as did his girlfriend, who admitted providing him
:06:07. > :06:08.with a false alibi, claiming It was a second confrontation around
:06:09. > :06:15.five minutes later in the car park of this pub but Jason McGovern
:06:16. > :06:18.sustained the injury He suffered a fractured skull,
:06:19. > :06:24.which led to bleeding on the brain. Donnelly, who is now 24,
:06:25. > :06:27.faced two trials for manslaughter. He always maintained
:06:28. > :06:31.that he was innocent and was wrongly identified as being the man
:06:32. > :06:35.who threw the punch which led Each time the jury was unable
:06:36. > :06:38.to reach a verdict. Another trial had to be aborted
:06:39. > :06:42.for legal reasons, while in June a jury was directed to find not
:06:43. > :06:45.guilty when a prosecution lawyer said they were offering no evidence
:06:46. > :06:50.on the manslaughter charge. Sentencing him, the judge accepted
:06:51. > :06:54.he had shown genuine remorse and regretted his
:06:55. > :07:00.involvement in event. Today's hearing marks the end
:07:01. > :07:05.of legal proceedings connect to two events in Omagh on New Year's Eve
:07:06. > :07:08.in 2012 with no one being held Jason McGovern was the youngest
:07:09. > :07:21.of three boys and the main carer for his mother who suffers
:07:22. > :07:25.from multiple sclerosis. His brother Niall has been telling
:07:26. > :07:27.Lisa McAllister how he learned of the awful news that his brother
:07:28. > :07:42.had died on a night out. I remember that morning it was New
:07:43. > :07:46.Year's Eve morning. We had travelled to Galway and it was a long journey.
:07:47. > :07:54.We had only just arrived and settled in the house and the phone rang and
:07:55. > :08:01.it was dad who broke the news to me. It's unexplainable. The feeling that
:08:02. > :08:10.comes over you. I've never felt anything like that before. Even now
:08:11. > :08:16.looking back it is still hard to take in and hard to believe, the
:08:17. > :08:25.type of person Jason was, that something like that could happen to
:08:26. > :08:34.him. You are getting married. Yes, I'm getting married next year.
:08:35. > :08:43.You're planning a day without Jason. He is not going to be there. Ack
:08:44. > :08:49.when it all happened, Jonathan get married and P was planning his
:08:50. > :08:55.wedding in the circumstances that we are and the trial was right before
:08:56. > :09:03.their wedding and they were building up to the wedding worrying about the
:09:04. > :09:05.trial and if it overran. You don't want to think about that. It is
:09:06. > :09:20.supposed to be the happiest day of your life. That Christmas John and I
:09:21. > :09:27.asked dad if I -- Jonathan had asked him if he would be his best man and
:09:28. > :09:32.that was just before he was killed. Jason should be sitting here beside
:09:33. > :09:39.me. There is somebody outside their Heaney is exactly what happened that
:09:40. > :09:46.night. Do you have any faith that they will ever come forward or tell
:09:47. > :09:50.the truth? I think if that person was going to tell the truth they
:09:51. > :09:53.would have done it by now. I don't think they will ever. That is some
:09:54. > :10:01.think they will have to live with. That is on their head. It is just
:10:02. > :10:07.having someone take responsibility is what would mean a lot to us. I
:10:08. > :10:12.don't think we will ever get that sense of justice. I think that is
:10:13. > :10:18.what makes it even harder. We have lost Jason but nobody has taken
:10:19. > :10:30.responsibility and that is hard to deal with.
:10:31. > :10:37.A pedestrian was seriously injured on Dock Street in Belfast this
:10:38. > :10:42.afternoon by a lorry. There are no further details at the moment.
:10:43. > :10:44.You're watching BBC Newsline, still to come on the programme...
:10:45. > :10:47.The unused equestrian centre - taxpayers have been footing the bill
:10:48. > :10:57.for it but now there are hopes a new tenant can be found.
:10:58. > :10:59.The major A6 road project looks like a done deal.
:11:00. > :11:03.But artists and environmentalists are fighting a last ditch
:11:04. > :11:09.battle to stop it running through the landscape which inspired
:11:10. > :11:13.Work is due to start on dualling the road in a few weeks.
:11:14. > :11:16.On Sunday artists will hold a protest poetry reading
:11:17. > :11:18.in the Lyric Theatre, and there's the prospect
:11:19. > :11:22.Here's our Agriculture and Environment Correspondent
:11:23. > :11:28.After ten years of talking, they're breaking ground
:11:29. > :11:34.A decade ago there was a row over this road.
:11:35. > :11:37.It ran close to important habitat for overwintering swans.
:11:38. > :11:40.It cut through a landscape immortalised by the Nobel laureate
:11:41. > :11:52.I don't think of it as the Irish landscape. I figure that as a place
:11:53. > :11:54.that I know. It is ordinarily and I can lay my hand on it and know it
:11:55. > :11:58.and the words come alive. The upgrade will see a dual
:11:59. > :12:00.carriageway from Randalstown to Around Toome, a route to the south
:12:01. > :12:05.of the existing road was explored. In the end an option to the north
:12:06. > :12:18.was chosen that skirts This is the site of the Heaney home
:12:19. > :12:25.place and the new road comes close to it. It is about 50 metres away
:12:26. > :12:29.down this road, close to where that big sign is. There will also be a
:12:30. > :12:35.flyover here to carry this country road over the dual carriageway. The
:12:36. > :12:36.road will be within 100 meters of garden.
:12:37. > :12:42.of the contested route, once criticised by Heaney himself.
:12:43. > :12:50.When he wrote his earliest poems looking across here he said it was
:12:51. > :12:52.his favourite view in the whole world.
:12:53. > :12:56.It is gridlocked at times and virtually impossible to cross
:12:57. > :13:05.The 160 million euro upgrade will make it quicker and safer
:13:06. > :13:08.The ?160 million upgrade will make it quicker and safer but opposition
:13:09. > :13:10.to the chosen route has again galvanised
:13:11. > :13:12.environmentalists and artists who say even at this late stage,
:13:13. > :13:15.the Heaney landscape should be left intact.
:13:16. > :13:21.Do you have two choose a place that has been dignified by our greatest
:13:22. > :13:25.poet? I'll be content that people will come here to watch the
:13:26. > :13:33.locations for game of thrones? Is that where we are placing our
:13:34. > :13:35.imaginative level? Work is due to start in weeks and the authorities
:13:36. > :13:42.believe they have got this one right. In that area you are through
:13:43. > :13:44.Heaney country and environmentally delicate areas so the project we
:13:45. > :13:46.have designed is very fitting. Ultimately the courts
:13:47. > :13:48.may decide on that. The Necarne Estate in
:13:49. > :13:56.Irvinestown once hosted But for the last four years
:13:57. > :14:01.the equestrian facility leased by the Department of Agriculture has
:14:02. > :14:04.been lying empty at The local council, which owns it,
:14:05. > :14:10.is hoping a new tenant will come forward with ideas
:14:11. > :14:14.to put it to good use. Our south west reporter
:14:15. > :14:16.Julian Fowler has been These were the good times -
:14:17. > :14:22.when three-day eventing at Necarne The 230 acre estate was bought
:14:23. > :14:29.by Fermanagh council in the 1980s. It spent ?4 million creating
:14:30. > :14:33.world-class equestrian facilities including arenas,
:14:34. > :14:40.stabling and accommodation. The Department for Agriculture
:14:41. > :14:43.leases the property but four years ago it moved its equine courses
:14:44. > :14:45.to its college campus Since then, it has been largely
:14:46. > :14:49.unused, but it has cost taxpayers Now this place is only used by local
:14:50. > :14:57.walkers and runners, the big question for the council
:14:58. > :15:01.is what to do with it. The council tried to sell or lease
:15:02. > :15:04.Necarne three years ago, but it was withdrawn
:15:05. > :15:07.from the market. Local people hope its future use
:15:08. > :15:24.will benefit the community. From a health and fitness point of
:15:25. > :15:25.view is unfortunately it is a great facility but that hasn't been used
:15:26. > :15:26.for very much at all. Despite spending millions
:15:27. > :15:33.on these facilities, the council says it doesn't have
:15:34. > :15:43.to be for an equestrian use. It would be fantastic if it could
:15:44. > :15:49.provide employment, perhaps if it provided tourism or education.
:15:50. > :15:50.Perhaps an economic driver, take the company headquarters. There are lots
:15:51. > :15:51.of opportunities. The council is also responsible
:15:52. > :15:54.for the care of the listed castle and there are concerns
:15:55. > :16:03.that its condition is getting worse. When I come down here I say a prayer
:16:04. > :16:06.when I am walking here and I say please do not let the council that
:16:07. > :16:09.this falls down on our watch. The Council says it will cost
:16:10. > :16:11.significant sums to restore the castle but it will be removing
:16:12. > :16:14.vegetation to try and ensure And it hopes a buyer will be found
:16:15. > :16:19.to secure the future of this It's the biggest night of the year
:16:20. > :16:29.for the arts - Culture Night. Concerts, dance shows,
:16:30. > :16:32.theatre, talks and tours - they're happening in towns
:16:33. > :16:34.and cities across Ireland north Some of the main events
:16:35. > :16:38.in Belfast are about to start in the Cathedral Quarter and
:16:39. > :16:54.Catherine Morrison is there for us. Yes, Dana. It is already busy here.
:16:55. > :16:59.We have a wrestling ring behind us, a Roller Derby in front of us, it
:17:00. > :17:05.could only be Culture Night. Things kicked off earlier with a massive
:17:06. > :17:13.three VB 5000 lunch along Donegal Street. That is still going on. It
:17:14. > :17:21.is proving very popular. -- feed the 5000 lunch. What does the evening
:17:22. > :17:24.have in store for us? Mayhem, I guess! That is the whole thing about
:17:25. > :17:30.Culture Night. You never know what is going to be around the corner. We
:17:31. > :17:34.try and keep everything fresh, new and show everybody coming to Belfast
:17:35. > :17:39.just how much the creative community had to offer. This is going to be
:17:40. > :17:44.your biggest Culture Night to date. You are affecting 80,000 people. It
:17:45. > :17:48.has been growing by 15,000 for the last couple of years, every year,
:17:49. > :17:53.and we have prepared for that. That is what we are expecting this
:17:54. > :17:57.evening. It is a mammoth task. The funding we have is going down every
:17:58. > :18:01.year so this is the sort of thing under threat if we don't protect our
:18:02. > :18:05.arts funding. All the organisations that take part in the event are
:18:06. > :18:09.equally affected so already people are asking me where the carnival are
:18:10. > :18:13.this year and they can't take part because they don't have enough money
:18:14. > :18:19.to take part in Culture Night this year. Let us enjoy this year's
:18:20. > :18:22.Culture Night. There will be something for everyone on every
:18:23. > :18:25.street corner from musical performances to theatre and it is
:18:26. > :18:33.all happening this evening. It goes on until 10pm. I hope they are
:18:34. > :18:35.having a play there and it isn't serious!
:18:36. > :18:39.Geoff Maskell will be here shortly to tell us if the rain will hold off
:18:40. > :18:41.for all of those Culture Night events and talking about
:18:42. > :18:44.the weather, particular weather conditions over the past year have
:18:45. > :18:46.brought an explosion of a regular Autumn visitor the crane
:18:47. > :18:49.Will Leitch has been find out why they're
:18:50. > :19:02.This is just one of 60 species of daddy longlegs in Ireland. This year
:19:03. > :19:06.there has been an explosion of them and it has been noticed at this
:19:07. > :19:09.laboratory in Belfast. They are trying to find out how to do the
:19:10. > :19:16.number of these insects that attack words. It is because it was a
:19:17. > :19:23.relatively mild and wet winter. -- attack grasses and woodland. They
:19:24. > :19:27.are coming into the summer we have had a relatively mild and wet summer
:19:28. > :19:36.so we haven't had the hot weather that would kill these laugh I --
:19:37. > :19:41.grabs. Not everything that we think is a daddy longlegs might be one.
:19:42. > :19:45.Here are three of them. You might be seeing a big spider or something
:19:46. > :19:48.harmless. These can be a bigger threat to farming but they posed no
:19:49. > :19:54.threat to people. Tell that to people with real phobias of daddy
:19:55. > :19:58.longlegs, making this time of year a challenge. It is such an irrational
:19:59. > :20:03.fear because they are tiny. Their bodies are so tiny but they have
:20:04. > :20:07.long legs and they tickle and it makes me shudder to think of them
:20:08. > :20:13.coming at me. At this time of year there are so many of them. The way
:20:14. > :20:18.they move, the noises they make and it is hard to kill them. They are
:20:19. > :20:22.slow but the way they move is zigzagging so it is really hard to
:20:23. > :20:26.catch them. Because of daddy longlegs will disappear as the
:20:27. > :20:27.weather gets cooler. Make no mistake, they will be back next
:20:28. > :20:31.year. Did you hear that, no threat to
:20:32. > :20:36.people but they are not very nice! The final Bell has sounded on Paddy
:20:37. > :20:38.Barnes amateur boxing career. He's been speaking to
:20:39. > :20:41.Mark Sidebottom who joins me Mark, It won't prompt an exodus Donna
:20:42. > :20:46.but a Michael Conlon announcement is imminent - he's talking shop
:20:47. > :20:51.with several suitors. Both fighters were left pretty
:20:52. > :20:54.disillusioned post in Beijing London struggled
:20:55. > :21:00.to make the weight in Brazil. Confirmation that he's to turn
:21:01. > :21:11.professional came earlier today. Having struggled to make the weight
:21:12. > :21:14.in his final amateur fight in Rio, he was always going to consider his
:21:15. > :21:23.options. His mind is now made up will stop I was talking to people
:21:24. > :21:30.and they gave me a good offer and I am going to turn professional after
:21:31. > :21:34.a long amateur career. He is yet to disclose what he will do but he is
:21:35. > :21:39.due to side with a well-known promoter in England next week. I am
:21:40. > :21:48.going to start as a flyweight and move up. Hopefully see what happens.
:21:49. > :21:54.At 29, arguably the twilight of your career. Have you missed the boat?
:21:55. > :21:59.No. I am not worried. Paddy Barnes hopes to make his professional debut
:22:00. > :22:01.in Belfast before next August. The finest player in
:22:02. > :22:03.Pro-12 rugby bar none. That's Scarlets coach Wayne Pivac's
:22:04. > :22:06.assessment of Charles Piutau. Theyre in Belfast this
:22:07. > :22:09.evening to take on Ulster. All black Piutau unruffled
:22:10. > :22:22.by his star billing. I was coached a lot by Wayne and he
:22:23. > :22:26.helped me a lot in my stages of my career. I am excited to catch up
:22:27. > :22:34.with him after the game. How happy are you with the start to the
:22:35. > :22:39.campaign? As a team we were a little bit disappointed in that not getting
:22:40. > :22:41.five points but any win in this competition is crucial and we will
:22:42. > :22:42.take that. The game live on BBC Two
:22:43. > :22:45.the iPlayer from 7pm. The biggest day in the GAA's
:22:46. > :22:47.football calendar beckons. Dublin and Mayo take centre stage
:22:48. > :22:49.in Sunday's All-Ireland Final, and one of the finest teams
:22:50. > :22:52.to come out of Ulster That's Downs granite men
:22:53. > :22:57.who beat meath in a cracker A generation ago, supporters were
:22:58. > :23:05.allowed onto the Croke Park pitch. Health and safety wasn't perhaps
:23:06. > :23:09.quite what it is now, certainly for And when Ulster teams reached
:23:10. > :23:14.the all Ireland stages, for the previous 23 years
:23:15. > :23:17.they were sent back up the Down won the All Ireland
:23:18. > :23:42.and 25 years later it's I'm really looking forward to it.
:23:43. > :23:47.Most of all looking forward to meeting all of my former team-mates.
:23:48. > :23:55.I remember on the corner of the pitch a ball of silence and a
:23:56. > :24:01.massive red and black mass of flags. Great memories but once the lads
:24:02. > :24:06.started the crowd erupted. The pitch invasion afterwards. What are the
:24:07. > :24:18.thoughts going through your mind? Massive byes. Excitement. When you
:24:19. > :24:25.start out as a child playing football it would be a dream. You
:24:26. > :24:27.look to fulfil the dream and it was magical.
:24:28. > :24:37.Back then, Greg Blaney was one of the finest to play the game.
:24:38. > :24:39.25 years later and with a large room, Greg
:24:40. > :24:45.Played seven lost none - can anyone halt Crusaders?
:24:46. > :24:46.Tomorrow it's managerless Glentoran's turn to
:24:47. > :24:58.They are under pressure and you always worry about that. They can
:24:59. > :25:03.come out all guns blazing. Especially when there is a new
:25:04. > :25:07.manager. We look forward to the challenge. It is a big challenge for
:25:08. > :25:14.us down there. We have drawn and want a view in the last years but we
:25:15. > :25:16.will give it our best shot. Kick-off at 8pm this evening.
:25:17. > :25:18.Finally, disappointment for Ballymena teenager Katie Morrow.
:25:19. > :25:20.The GB womens paralympic wheelchair basketball team has missed out
:25:21. > :25:28.on a bronze medal in Rio losing heavily to the Netherlands.
:25:29. > :25:46.Good evening. It is a weekend with a lot going on. We have an all Ireland
:25:47. > :25:49.final in Dublin, a half marathon in Belfast, Culture Night,
:25:50. > :25:54.conversations at Mount Stuart. It all kicks off with the rugby which
:25:55. > :25:58.gets underway very soon. You need a ticket for that but you don't need a
:25:59. > :26:02.ticket for Culture Night, it is free but what you do need is decent
:26:03. > :26:06.weather. Do you know what? I think we will oblige. There have been a
:26:07. > :26:09.fresh appeal to our weather today as we go through this evening and
:26:10. > :26:14.overnight underneath those clearing skies, the temperatures in rural
:26:15. > :26:18.spots could go down to five or six Celsius. That sets us up for a
:26:19. > :26:22.decent September day will stop a little on the courtside to begin
:26:23. > :26:26.with but as we go through the day it is going to be dry, bright and love
:26:27. > :26:31.the sunshine gets to work, the temperatures will rise nicely with
:26:32. > :26:35.daytime highs of 16 or 17 Celsius. Very much what we would expect for
:26:36. > :26:39.this time of year. As we go through the afternoon we will see more in
:26:40. > :26:44.the way of cloud bubbling up but that shouldn't ruin the party. It is
:26:45. > :26:48.a perfectly dry and usable table stop on Saturday it is dry and
:26:49. > :26:52.bright but the same can't be said for Sunday because on Saturday we
:26:53. > :26:55.have had some protection from an area of high pressure. On Saturday
:26:56. > :27:00.night that starts to fade away, opening the door for this next
:27:01. > :27:07.weather front to work its way. That is the remains of a tropical storm.
:27:08. > :27:11.It is going to be a wet and quite a windy day on Sunday. This is the
:27:12. > :27:15.picture you're going to be waking up to on Sunday morning. That front
:27:16. > :27:19.moving slowly across ringing 20 millimetres of rain to all parts. It
:27:20. > :27:25.will last a couple of hours. Drier conditions behind it. Monday is
:27:26. > :27:29.actually looking like quite a decent start to the working week.
:27:30. > :27:33.Temperatures in the mid teens. It is only the runners to be disappointed
:27:34. > :27:37.with this forecast, looking wet on Sunday but what ever you are doing
:27:38. > :27:40.with your weekend, I hope you have a written good one.
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