20/02/2017 BBC Newsline

He's not long back from America. He dedicated his life to coaching.

A High Court challenge begins against plans for the new A6 dual

The county Antrim GP retiring after over 50 years but there's

no one no one to take over his practice.

We've got the Six Nations silverware in the studio and reflect on trophy

But the weather this week is getting colder.

First, to that death of a man in an incident involving two

Ryan Phillips was 27 and from the Lisburn area.

The police are investigating what led to the crash yesterday

evening on a pathway near Sprucefield.

Our reporter, Kevin Sharkey, has been to the scene.

The scene of the crash on the lichen topaz, Ryan Phillips who died, was

riding one of the scramblers. An 18-year-old youth was riding the

other end was injured. The tragedy happened just next to an off-road

track at local format. The police are trying to find out what caused

the crash. This is a narrow country lane. It runs from the park and ride

facility. The name is popular with walkers and cyclists and is used as

farm access. The exact circumstances of what happened last night were

still being investigated but it was dark at the time and there would

have been a lot of noise from passing traffic on a motorway, which

is just on the other side of these bushes. Neighbours arrived at the

scene of the crash as police were beginning their investigations. It

is heartbreaking. Young fellas at such a young age and this tragedy

has happened. The police were on scene and the lien was closed off.

Families were arriving and people were grief stricken and it was a

terrible scene. Last summer, police launched an awareness campaign about

the use of scramblers in public places following the death of

Valerie Armstrong, a mother of three struck by a scrambler in west

Belfast. Also last year, Daniel Sherwood died in a motorbike

accident. And, in any old boy was hit by a scrambler in Newtownabbey.

Following the tragedy last night, the police have issued an appeal for

information from anyone who was close to the scene of the crash.

A Belfast community is in mourning following the death

Police have started a murder inquiry into the death of Conan Anderson.

The youth soccer coach died almost a fortnight

after being injured during a night out in the city centre.

This is the junior soccer club in the short Strand area where Conan

Anderson dedicated his time. The 22-year-old coached young people and

was involved in cross community work. He was injured in an incident

in this street close to city Hall after a night out two weeks ago. He

made it home in the early hours of the morning but his family became

concerned about as he lay in his bedroom later day. He had his

blanket wrapped around him. He was moving about and he was still

snoring. I thought nothing of it, we let him sleep it off and we left and

about half seven that might my mum phoned me and said he was acting

very strange, so I rushed back over and when I saw his face, he was

Peel. I had to rain an ambulance right away. Conan spent two weeks in

hospital but died on Saturday. His friend said the whole community is

in shock. Conan was a fantastic young lad. He offered so much to his

community. He dedicated his life to coaching. The kids will not forget.

Especially kids at that young age, the look up the game as a role

model. 80 days after Conan was injured, 27-year-old man was

arrested in North Belfast on suspicion of grievous bodily harm

but was released on bail. Detectives are treating his death as murder and

have appealed for witnesses. A mother and son have been injured

in a shooting in Coleraine. A masked man entered their home

in James Street just He shot a man in his 20s in the leg

before shooting a woman The police say neither of their

injuries are life threatening. You're watching BBC Newsline,

still to come before seven. The moment St Mary's College

in Belfast won the Sigerson Cup for Winning the Assembly election

would give Sinn Fein a 'hugely significant worldwide propaganda

boost,' the DUP leader Launching the party's manifesto

she said such a result would be a disaster for unionism

and for Northern Ireland and stopping Sinn Fein

was the platform on which the DUP Here's our political

correspondent, Gareth Gordon. This hotel will for ever be

associated with the failed talks process led by the US diplomat

Richard Haas. Just over three years later, the DUP were back to launch

their manifesto for an election which will be followed by yet more

talks. The DUP say they are fighting this election in the worst possible

circumstances but its main message is clear and it is one we have heard

before, stop Sinn Fein. The party leader said she was suffering. I

have been struck down with the cold, slash man flu forced it is bad. She

was able to list ten reasons to give the people on doorsteps about what

it would matter if Sinn Fein winds the election. It would give Gerry

Adams and Sinn Fein a hugely significant worldwide propaganda

boost just months after nationalism APPLAUSE

Worst election since 1993 and would undermine unionist confidence which

has been rebuilt after so many years of decline and, finally, it would

give Sinn Fein the right to nominate a First Minister.

Our job, your job, is to make sure that that does not happen. Then she

turned to the Ulster Unionists. Colleagues, it is inexplicable, sad

and shameful that Mike Nesbitt would urge people to transfer to the SDLP

ahead of the Unionists. When her speech was over, the media was not

allowed to ask questions. The 8-page document is not really a manifesto

at all, but an addendum to reflect developments since the last document

in May. It lists the main priorities of the DUP from then, prioritising

spending on health service, creating more jobs and increasing income,

protecting family budgets, raising standards in education for everyone

and investing in infrastructure. The DUP claims it was into the election

neck and neck with Sinn Fein. Its goal is to be informed by Thursday.

An environmentalist has said they root of a new dual carriageway near

a protected wetland is the most expensive and destructive option

that could have been chosen. Chris Murphy has gone to court

to stop work on a section Our agriculture and environment

correspondent, Conor Macauley, Chris Murphy, helped by his wife

Doris, represented himself in court. He is not opposing the duelling on

the A6, just the route chosen for it. He says it is too close to an

important protected wetland north of Toomebridge. The A6 is a key

transport corridor. At rush hour it is choked with traffic. It needs

upgrading, but not along this route say environmentalists. He said this

was one of the most important wetlands in this island whose

importance as a home for migratory birds could not be overstated. The

stripping of the said was like cutting the corner of a Rembrandt.

At the heart of this case is a claim that the environmental survey

underpinning the decision to push ahead with the road were a decade

out of date. This Murphy said the Department for infrastructure

officials had been told they were not compliant with rooms and EU laws

which protect this place, but they plan on recklessly. A new assessment

to have been carried out, one that was up-to-date and gifted

information on the impact of the project and populations of swans

these feeds. He said picking the line closest to the lock through a

landscape celebrated by Seamus Heaney, was the most expensive and

most destructive option, both culturally environmentally. The

Department will get it say tomorrow. The Labour Party has begun

a consultation process to consider whether they should stand candidates

in Northern Ireland. The party is to talk to a series

of groups including the Northern Ireland Constituency Labour Party,

affiliated trade unions, the Irish Labour Party,

the Co-operative Party and the SDLP A 78-year-old County Antrim GP

is finally getting to retire after working as a doctor

in the same village for 50 years. Dr Benny Glover began his practice

in Glenarm in 1966. While he has seen some changes

in his time he says in order to save the health service it must

be taken out of politician's hands. As no GP can be found to take it

over, his practice is to close. Our health correspondent,

Marie-Louise Connolly, reports. This is the view from Doctor Benny

Glover's practice in Glenarm, County Antrim. He has lived and worked as a

GP for more than 50 years. Life was simpler then. People take more

responsibility for their own health. People appreciated the health

service because, prior to 1948, we paid for everything. Join me around

his village, his patients or his neighbours and have been sold since

he arrived with his bride back in 1966. After the morning you have

about 14 or 15 patients to see. He didn't have the mobile phone. No.

Yellow jacket, how are you? Sorry to hear you are leaving us. We will

miss you. Is the rest of it? It is the continuity of known people. Over

five decades, this one-man practice has seen some changes, including

dispensing its own medication and acquiring two part-time

receptionists and practice nurses. At 78, he has no hesitation in this

candid observation. The only way they can be improvement is taking it

out of the hands of politicians and something set up, like the BBC,

where you get government funding for the government for not telling you

what to do. So, until it is taken out of the hands of politicians, it

is only going to be a patch of job. One of the needs of patients are

mostly the same, the health service is having to adapt to changing

times. Nobody applied to take over the Glenarm practice, which means

the 2000 patients will be divided among other practices in the area.

You are coming to close up shop very soon. Does it seem a natural end? I

am ready for it. I am ready for it. Once I decided to go, it felt like a

weight off my shoulders, because you are always conscious that you were

the doctor. Doctor Glover is not looking forward to dispensing lots

of free time to spend with his wife and ten grandchildren was the one no

longer officially in post, according to locals, he will always remain the

village doctor. The Museum of Free Derry has

re-opened to the public after It traces the history

of the city during some of the most turbulent times,

including Bloody Sunday in 1972. Here's our North-West

reporter, Keiron Tourish. The Museum of Free Derry is in the

bogside, a poignant setting as two of the 14 who died on Bloody Sunday

lost their lives only yards away, three others were wounded. The

building cost almost two and a half million pounds and toasty multimedia

exhibition of the history of that period, including the defence of

January 30 1972. It is very personal. When icy the artefacts,

icy the artefacts attached to my own brother, Peter China could stem the

flow of blood. This is about telling the truth, telling the correct story

about what happened. One of the features of the museum is above in

specialist panels you can hear the sounds Bloody Sunday. Can we help

the people of Belfast? Everything from protesters, rioters, the

gunshots which were fired and the Army communications. Visitors were

impressed by a museum which contain some 20,000 artefacts. I think it is

great to come to somewhere like this that still has so many primary

sources and so many pieces of evidence to bring together the story

for you. It is lovely to see. It is personal history to people and

people will feel that when they walk around. I am from the rain, but you

get a sense and you get a personal feeling when you are walking around

it. The same management say the story is subjective but says it is

the experience of local people during a traumatic time in the

history of the city. This trophy will be handed to the

winners of the six Nations championship next week. This week it

is on a tour of the four Irish provinces for fans to get a close

up. Former Ireland international

Alan Quinlan is with us and he's brought the silverware Ireland

are trying to recapture this season. Ireland meet France this weekend

and one of the big decisions coach Joe Schmidt will have to make

is whether to start Ulster's Paddy Jackson,

who's played the first two games, instead of a now fit

again Jonathan Sexton. Give us the impartial view, or

should he do? Paddy Jackson, going back to South Africa, he took on

major responsibility, they performed well and he crossed the line as

regards an international player, which he is. The debate is, you have

got Jonathan Sexton, it was a disappointing start, but the

performance in Italy was ruthless. You are done if you do, than if you

don't against the Italians. It is a tricky one, because Johnny is a

unique player who can come back from being out for a while and performing

at a higher level. He did that in November against the all Blacks. It

is a difficult one. It is hard on Taddy, but if Jackson is fit and

proves his fitness, it is a good chance for Joe Schmidt. It might be

worth sticking with Paddy, let him play, he has had confidence. He has

played seven of the last nine games for Ireland. Sexton hasn't played a

lot. If Jonny Sexton breaks down again it is a big risk. Children

simpler and will have watched him closely. If he proves his fitness he

might go with them. I would leave that for a couple of weeks and try

to get him back in fronts. Do you think Ireland can win the six

Nations again this time around? They can. We are on week this week and it

is amazing. You'd be so many fans and people who are excited and the

expectation is back. It was dampened against Scotland but going back to

November it was fantastic. Everyone is excited about a possible English

showdown in the last match. Turning to bolster briefly, a cracking win

against Glasgow with a fantastic tries scored. It helped get their

season back on track. Can they make the top four? I do. It has been a

difficult season, especially in Europe. I know from my days in

Munster, there is expectation to perform and win trophies and get big

days and there have been many big days, but they want to start winning

again and this try, what a loss he will be. It was an incredible score.

They can. There is enough quality and talent to get back on track.

Thank you for coming intimate. It was a night to remember for

Ballymena United. The brave men had to battle for their silverware. It

was the flying Scotsman who scored the opener just before half-time.

Alan Jenkins has broken the deadlock. Sending the United fans

into raptures. A trade mark Tony Kane free kick almost doubled their

advantage, then Carrick had their appeal for a penalty kick turned

down. This was before they wonder strike at the other end. What they

don't. I knew it was going to be extremely difficult, extremely

tough. My players stood up to the task and I don't think anyone can

deny they deserved it. It is absolutely brilliant. I am delighted

for the board, delighted for the players, but I am overjoyed for the

supporters. They have been tremendous. It could be a sign of

things to come under David Jeffrey. There was also silverware to

celebrate for St Mary's University. The Belfast college won Gaelic

footballs intervarsity competition, the Sigerson Cup for the first time

in 28 years. Thomas Kane has been talking

to the St Mary's manager. A classic story of a team coming

from nowhere and ticking of the biggest team in the competition in

the final and conferred by hard work. It is romantic. Over all,

about 890 students in the college and we have about 200 male students.

If you have a pair of boots you put them on and you play football. We

don't discriminate. Nobody gets turned away. We have players who are

intercounty players, they are pushing hard to establish themselves

and we have lads coming from Junior clubs. No scholarships, the

bursaries. If they want a power of shorts they go and buy them.

Everybody is the same and when players come back to us, they all

put on the Djuricic and they are on the same. How big an achievement is

it for the University? This is as good as you are ever going to get in

terms of going against all odds, a team from Saint Moris Qipco and when

the Sigerson Cup. In 1999 when they it was an team. You have put a lot

of work in, how pleasing was it? Pleased and a great relief. At the

start of this year we sat down in the Green room downstairs here as a

team and talk about the target of getting to the weekend and I knew if

we got to the weekend we would be hard to beat. Great pictures, he

enjoyed it. Northern Ireland's Mark Downey has

won gold and silver medals at the Track Cycling World Cup

in Columbia over the weekend. Downey, from Dromore, County Down,

won gold in the Points race on Friday night and is now top

of the rankings in the event. He then went on to win a second

medal as he took the silver with partner Felix English

in the Madison last night. The Belfast Giants' title charge

took a massive dent at the weekend with back to back home defeats

to the Cardiff Devils. In the first game, the Giants raced

into a three-nil lead, with new signing Jerome LeDuc

scoring twice on his debut. But the Devils made a remarkable

comeback in the final And in the second game on Saturday,

Cardiff won by a score of 3-2, they now lead the Giants at the top

of the table by seven points. Rory McIlroy remains on course

to play in next week's WGC And as he recovers from a rib

injury, it was revealed that he had played a round with

President Donald Trump He did of Florida sunshine would be

nice. We had some lovely bright spells today.

Not Florida temperatures but a balmy afternoon. We got up to 14 and a

half degrees. By the end of this week that will feel like a very

pleasant but distant memory because while you start of on a mild note,

by Thursday or Friday temperatures will be cold enough that we might

see a little bit of Hillsborough for a while. Nothing like that overnight

tonight. They were different brain cloud and some rain to the southern

half of Northern Ireland. Clear skies on the north coast and it will

be cold overnight there. Everywhere will start on a drying out tomorrow

before the rain arrives. While you are looking out the window tomorrow

morning, do not be fooled by the bright spells, it will not take long

for the rain to push in as we go through the middle of the day. That

rain could be heavy and persistent. It is accompanied by a

south-westerly breeze. That means the temperatures are relatively

similar to today. Highs of 11 or 12 degrees. A completely different

feeling day. Through the evening and overnight, choose and Wednesday, but

found some That's it. The next local news is at 6.30pm here on BBC One.

From all of us in the lunchtime team - goodbye. Sink South and we

introduce colder there. It means that Wednesday will be a day of

sunshine and showers. Some bright spells but look what happens to

temperatures. We have been used to double figures over the last days.

Whence they come Celsius is as good as it gets. This area of cold air in

blue becomes the dominant feature across the British Islands as we get

to the end of this week. A very different theme. Couple that with

this area of low pressure that is coming through in the early hours of

Thursday morning, but could introduce strong north-westerly

winds and potentially some snow. A very different, called in to this

week. Double-figure temperatures tomorrow and could by Friday.

Our late summary is at half past ten.

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