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tonight. Their arch -- there are plans for children as young as four

to be taught about healthy relationships

The latest on the RHI controversy - a court rules firms that are getting

for the old Sirocco works in Belfast.

warns while the election is unstoppable, what he calls

the headlong rush into destruction is not.

about how Northern Ireland's only air ambulance will operate.

Also on the programme: An Irish language act has been a divisive

election issue, but what would it really mean?

Rory McIlroy makes his comeback from injury and finds controversy with

his decision to play golf with Donald Trump. Some distinctly winter

showers are around. I will have the full forecast just before seven

o'clock. A court has ruled

that the Department for the Economy can publish

the names of firms But it can't yet release details

of individuals in the scheme. The judge said it appeared

the economic wellbeing of Northern Ireland was being damaged

by excessive payments. Tonight the department said it

would publish as soon Here's our Agriculture

and Environment Correspondent, The courts have been wrestling with

the issue of naming those receiving nondomestic subsidy since

mid-January. Today the judge made his judgment. It means the

Department for the economy can publish details of companies getting

the money, but anyone who applied under their own name has one more

shot at anonymity. They will have to be given the chance to explain why

they should not be named under data protection legislation. Each case

will be assessed on its merits. Justice Dini said those in receipt

of the subsidy did not have what amounted to a legally binding

contract. He also said there was a clear case for publication of

details, which he said could help address some abuses in the scheme.

The court heard a reference to one well-known company which had up to

seven boilers and earned up to ?300,000 in subsidies since July

2000 15. The Justice said there may well be legitimate reasons for that

and similar installations, but they can be explained to the upcoming

public enquiry. He said eyebrows might be raised by some of the

publications but that was not a good reason not to publish. The court was

our three temporary postponement but the department said the Minister for

the economy would only have the power to publish while he was still

a minister and that would run out either today or tomorrow. This

afternoon the court heard the boiler owners were not looking for an

extension of the temporary injunction, effectively lifting the

final obstacle to publication of names by Guinea companies. Tonight

the department said it would publish as soon as practical and after

details had been checked. New plans have been announced

for the regeneration A consortium led by the St Francis

Group which is based in England, It covers 16 acres

along the River Lagan between Bridge End and

the Albertbridge Road. The fresh proposal includes offices

and houses as well as a hotel. Our economics and business editor

John Campbell reports. The Sirocco is an urban wasteland.

Little more than scrubby grass and graffiti covered walls. It was once

a major industrial area, making fans and compressors. The factory was

torn down at the turn of the century and little has happened here since

then. The new owner is a consortium led by the Warwickshire -based St

Francis group. It proposes a scheme including an office development and

over 800 homes. It would also feature a new footbridge towards the

Waterfront Hall. The designer said they should effectively expand the

city centre. It is an extension to the existing fabric of the city. It

is about place making, as well. We do a lot of work like this across

the world. It can become a fantastic asset for the city. But we have been

here before. A former owner had ambitious plans for a supermarket

and office blocks, but the property crash intervened. This building was

a marketing suite and is all there is to show for that previous

regeneration attempt. This is a prime waterfront site. The city

centre is just across the river behind me. It seems hardly

believable so little has happened here in 20 years. Now there is a

real chance of this site will be brought back into productive use.

The owners say it will be a gradual process. It could take up to another

20 years to fully build up this site.

After a fractious five-week election campaign, tomorrow is polling day

We'll look back at the campaign in a moment, but first here's BBC

Newsline's Mark Simpson with a quick look ahead to the election

This is what it is all about. Winning a seat in the chamber. This

time it is going to be harder than ever because the number of seats had

been cut. This is what happened last time. In total, 108 members were

elected. There was not much room in the chamber but that will change.

Only 90 seats are now up for grabs. No longer six seats per

constituency, only five. It will be interesting to see what impact it

has. It is over to the voters. The polls are open from seven o'clock in

the morning until ten o'clock tomorrow night. But counting does

not begin until Friday morning. If you intend to vote tomorrow they

will be a bit of rain around but the temperature is not bad at 7 degrees.

At this stage, looking ahead to the election, these are the only numbers

we can safely predict. On the final day of campaigning

the former First Minister Peter Robinson has urged the politicians

to be careful not to close off sensible options they could take

once the talks get We're joined now by Our Political

Editor Mark Devenport. It is a fairly unusual intervention

from Peter Robinson. He said he had avoided giving a running commentary

on political events but now he is concerned about the continued

existence of the Stormont institution which has outweighed his

plans for a quiet retirement. You get the sense of an elder statesman

looking down, calling politicians to step back, take a breath and make

sure there is space for an agreement to be reached when the process is

over. He is looking forward to a high unionist turnout and said he

believes the argument that the people should have their say is

bogus and there should be an enquiry and cost-cutting measures in

relation to the RHI scheme. He said he cannot help feeling that while

Martin McGuinness had been in good health, the breakdown would have

been avoided and instead he argues more belligerent areas in Sinn Fein

have seized the opportunity. Gerry Adams has also been campaigning

today. Yes, in the West. He was posing with candidates on the river

stroll, some making jokes that there were crocodiles, does not seem

likely at any time of the year. But in a blog he wrote, a regular

weekly, he rejects the notion that there is one element of Sinn Fein

and Martin McGuinness would have done things differently. He said he

resigned because he was making a stand in favour of good governance.

He said in the last election the DUP said if you do not vote for their

Martin McGuinness would become the first Minister, Gerry Adams said

shock, horror, he was the bogeyman in that election but with him

obviously ill and the new, new to the job, I, Gerry Adams, will make

the perfect bogeyman for this one. David Kennedy has had cause to

complain. -- Danny Kennedy. He complained fake leaflets are being

put out in his name with an Ulster Unionists letter heading tacking the

DUP in County Armagh and strongly criticising his opponent, William

Owen. You might think, what is the problem, this is an opponent, why

should he be concerned? But Danny Kennedy in contrast to his leader

about giving his number two boat to the SDLP, Danny Kennedy said he

thought his supporters should transfer their boats in a prounion

way towards Erwin. He feels there is foul play with somebody trying to

jam open a crack between the unionist in County Armagh. What

about the Unionists? I am sure they are out and about on the street as

we speak. The SDLP's Claire Hanna is pushing the line the party has

pushed that it is a choice between direct rule and devolution. He said

the SDLP is willing to join a coalition with the Ulster Unionist

Party, the Green party and the Alliance. It would be a way to save

devolution, they argue. Naomi Long was getting some praise on social

media for her performance in the leader debate last night. Some said

she was the only politician talking sense so far. Her Twitter party

says, she does get quite cross at times and Naomi Long said, I prefer

to call it passionate. Mark, thank you.

Northern Ireland's Air Ambulance will be doctor-led, the health

And it will be airborne in three months.

Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK not to have an operational

air ambulance service yet. But that will change. The new service will

take off from the maze site near Lisburn within three months and

operate seven days a week in daylight hours. Despite initial

concerns when it takes to the skies it will have a doctor on board. The

quicker you can get the specialist treatment to the patient, the

better. To have a doctor led service is better. We will provide one of

the best services in Europe. There is another helicopter in Enniskillen

to provide cover when the primary is not available. There is an estimated

cost around ?2 million per year, around half raised by charity. It

might have taken years to set up but when it is airborne it will reach

medical emergency throughout Northern Ireland in about 30

minutes. -- medical emergency areas. A 21-year-old has been

stabbed a number of times The attack took place

in Queen Street in the early The victim managed to walk

to a nearby shop where He was treated in hospital

for non-life-threatening injuries. Plenty to come before seven o'clock,

including the growing popularity of basketball in County Tyrone, thanks

to new residents. A GP says a lack of decisive

decision-making within the health service is delaying a vital

physiotherapy service being rolled A pilot project operating

in the South Eastern health trust means patients can refer themselves

to a therapist without having Despite proving to save time

and money those involved say they fear patients

elsewhere won't benefit. Our Health Correspondent

Marie-Louise Connolly reports. Following a car accident Philip

Irvine needed a lot of physiotherapy. He says being able to

refer himself to a physiotherapist within the health service helped get

him back on his feet a lot faster. It was quick and fast. I had

ownership of it. I was able to go into the system, I was able to put

in my details and was able to say exactly how I felt. How I felt my

symptoms were. I gave that detail to the physiotherapy department. Direct

access physiotherapy is only available for those in the South

Eastern health trust, by filling in a form or going online, patients can

make direct contact with the service, cutting out the GP, saving

everybody time. While the scheme has proved it saves money, according to

people involved in the project rolling it out elsewhere appears to

have been put on hold. We have a scheme which is working very well.

We know it reduces GP workload. More patients had to go and see the

physiotherapist. We know it works. I do not understand why we cannot roll

it out across Northern Ireland. I think it is probably down to lack of

decisive decision-making. The concept of direct referral is not

new. It has been rolled out across Scotland and much of England and

where. While it is down in Northern Ireland, elsewhere it is on the

rise. The figures show over 33,000 people are waiting to be assessed by

a physiotherapist. And according to the Department of Health targets,

nobody should have to wait any more than 13 weeks to start treatment.

Despite some of those involved sensing the entire process is being

stalled, in a statement a spokesperson from the health and

social care board said they support the roll-out of direct access

physiotherapy and are committed to reducing waiting lists, a key

requirements to the effective introduction of the service. Despite

those words, many are still sceptical and they blame the current

political impasse for important decisions not being made. There does

seem to be a failing in the current political system in Stormont with

the situation we have at the moment. People do not seem to be able to

take decisions. This is a simple example. It was not going to solve

universal health problems but it was a step forward for many people, a

simple one. Physiotherapists have lobbied for direct access to

patients in the health service in 2010. By all accounts their campaign

is not over yet. Tributes have been paid

to the former SDLP MLA and councillor PJ Bradley,

who has died following Mr Bradley, who was from Burren

outside Warrenpoint, was an assembly member

for South Down from 1998 to 2011, and served as a councillor

for 24 years. His daughter Sinead is an SDLP

candidate for the same constituency Mr Bradley has been described

as a gentleman politician who worked He was driven by the need to serve

people, to represent and deliver for people. And I suppose in many ways

that is what a true public servant in the local community, whether it

is a counsellor, a member or an MP, you do that because you want to

improve and better your community. Whether there should be an Irish

language act has been Nationalists and other parties want

one, many unionists don't. But what do Irish speakers feel

about a language act Our Education Correspondent Robbie

Meredith has been finding out. The same sums, but in Irish. For

these people... One of only two Irish speaking schools in Ireland

and the only one outside Belfast. My mother and father speaks Irish and

we all speak Irish together. Here we do every subject and it is no

different from a normal school. The School opened, controversially, in

2015, with only 16 pupils. Since then that number has travelled and

it is expected to rise again this year. The Irish language has opened

in the mountains and their is, maybe the seat was lying dormant for a

while and the Irish medium of education and community sector has

enabled that seat to grow again. At the school and some other areas the

language is already obvious but what differences in practice might a

language act make? It could be used in court, at assembly debates, in

policing and other state functions. And a commissioner would be put in

place to make sure the use of the language is facilitated. Those

proposals and others were detailed in this government document back in

2015. But how much it might cost to implement the act has not been

estimated. Another class, this time in South Belfast. Lifelong learning

students here come from different backgrounds and do not see why a

language act should be controversial. It is not something

we have the opportunity to learn at school but I have always had an

interest in language in general. It would not necessarily force people

to use Irish. And it would potentially not politicise the

language to some degree. Enshrining it to protect the language, the

Welsh has got theirs. A fluent Irish speaker is a Protestant and

Unionist. A very important move for me would be the appointment of an

Irish language Commissioner, or indeed a languages Commissioner for

Northern Ireland, who could take a look at the overarching question

surrounding Irish... At one time Protestants ensured the language

survived, according to some observers. I think the Irish

language should be taken out of the political arena because in Northern

Ireland it is a sectarian arena. The Presbyterian Church has done more to

preserve and protect the Irish language that the Catholic Church

ever did. In the 17th century the Presbyterian Church translated the

Bible into Irish but the Catholic Church never managed that until

1981. The Irish speakers I have spoken with did not want the

language to be apolitical football but when it comes to a language act,

the challenge is still to get all the politicians in harmony.

Coming up on the programme, following a recent fall, the

Paralympics ski champion Kelly Gallagher tells us about her

determination to get back on the ski slopes.

People from Ireland and Britain have taken their favourite

sports around the world - rugby, GAA and cricket clubs can now

But Northern Ireland's growing international community has meant

a boom in other sports here - perhaps none more

Our reporter Rick Faragher has been to County Tyrone to meet the club

from Cooktown which has four teams - and all the players are Lithuanian.

The wolves. One of the fastest-growing sport teams in

County Tyrone. They play their home games in Cookstown but their actions

might not be what you expect. It is the main game in our country. So we

started to gather at everybody. It is hard now to get local people.

Behind me the first team are playing their second team. They also have

another 16 team, and under 12 team and 15 players in total and every

player is from Lithuania. We come here and have a good atmosphere. We

have music and dances... The club is not exclusive. This week E a C Wars

will come their local players but the presence in this games is not

limited to those on the courts. The under 12 or under 16, the support,

even the family for the away matches, here it is amazing. It is

just a religion. If you go back home, there were so many supporters

outside. We have six Lithuanian teams and national teams in the

league which represent 30% of the membership, 20% approximately of the

mail manager. We know they bring a lot to the game, with the families.

It has changed. People are migrating to work here and we knew there would

be basketball players coming. We hoped we would get them involved in

the local game and thankfully they did and they have created these

teams. We are surprised at how many. But they just keep coming. The club

says it plans to keep growing and attract players from outside the

Baltic states. Rory McIlroy has found himself

fielding more questions about "that" round of golf with the president

of the United States. As he continue recovering from a rib

injury he played 18 holes with US President Donald Trump recently, in

Florida. He returns to competitive action

at the World Golf Championship in Mexico tomorrow after

a seven-week absence. At the pre-tournament media

conference, the world number three. He's preparing for the first

major of the season, the Masters in five weeks and has

responded to his critics. If it had been president Obama, I

have played golf with President Clinton and spent time with

President Bush. I have been around with quite a few presidents before.

Putting it to one side, I wanted to have an experience that I might not

ever get. I might respect the guy or not respect the guy. I do not care.

If somebody has the chance to play in that scenario and just sort of

experience the whole thing, it is not as if we were speaking foreign

policy out there. We were talking about golf and the grass on the

greens. He was happy to talk about golf than anything else has to do

these days. I was a bit taken aback by what I received. But I understand

why. I get the divisive rhetoric and everything that was said. I was just

doing what I felt was respectful. The president of the United States

calls you up and wants to play golf with you, I was not going to say no.

It is what it is. I am not American. I cannot change the political system

there and what is going to happen. I cannot vote. I could not really do

anything other than respect the offer. -- respect the office. Just

go play and take it from there. Ireland international Paddy Jackson

has signed a two year extension The new deal will keep

the 25-year-old at the Kingpspan Stadium until at least

the summer of 2019. It is believed Jackson turned down

offers from other clubs with Northampton and Bristol

understood to have made advances. Jackson made his

Ulster debut in 2011. Paralympic champion Kelly Gallagher

has spoken of her determination to get back on the slopes

following a nasty spill during a training camp

in Italy last month. The visually impaired skier,

who won gold at the Sochi games three years ago,

suffered a dislocated elbow But as Nigel Ringland

reports, Kelly is now well These were the pictures of Kelly

Gallagher being transported down the mountain after a horrible crash.

There was no television coverage of the accident itself, but the

Paralympic champion vividly remembers the moment it happened.

You have the feeling you are flying through the air and you think, oh,

no, here it comes. I felt it and instantly I felt something was wrong

with my harm. My guide got to me first. I asked him to get my

engagement ring of my hand in case they cut it. I have my priorities!

Before they gave me morphine hide told them nobody should tell my

mother. I did not want anybody to tell her about me. She has suffered

through various injuries since the Olympics and has also tried to form

a working relationship with a new guide, Gary Smith, as they prepare

for the games next year in Korea. It has taken me a bit longer to put my

trust in myself. I lost a lot of confidence after Sochi with chopping

and changing and not knowing what I was up to. Me and Gary are working

together on our relationship and me coming back with confidence from

injury, we will see what the snow is like and have a really good look and

I just put my trust in him because he is the guy with eyes. He can

guide me down. It is good he is still able to work on our campaign,

even though I am not able to do very much at the moment. Recovery is the

top priority but she still hopes to be on top of the podium in 12

months. Let's hope so. Banbridge Academy have won the girls

Ulster Schools Hockey Cup after beating Wallace High School

4-0 in this afternoon's final. Katie McKee was the hat-trick hero

for Banbridge, this superb solo effort was the pick of her goals

as she led her school to victory in the competition for the first

time in over a century. Banbridge will now go

on to represent Ulster in the All Ireland Schools

Championship, which will take place We will have full highlights on that

game on the BBC sport website and you can see the action from the

rugby semifinals, Ambridge have had to wait 111 years to win that trophy

so I think they deserve to celebrate.

Now the weather. The 1st of March is the first day of spring in the

meteorological calendar and we certainly had a springlike feel to

the weather. Plenty of pictures coming in, this is capturing the

nice sunny intervals over Newtown woods this morning. By the evening a

very different feel. A different note in the weather because of a

weather front which has slowly been moving north across Ireland through

the day and bringing rain and a little bit of hills no for a time.

Wet snow this evening and in the first part of the night. Were these

guys are the cloudy is, just above freezing and clear skies, just below

freezing. I think you are going to need a woolly coat. It will be a

cold start to the day tomorrow. Some showers around going through the

morning but also a couple of bright spells, at least in the first half

of the day. Going through into the afternoon and early evening the

skies are clouding over and gradually rain working its way in.

The values are not far off today, a high of seven or 8 degrees I think

tomorrow but given the extra wind-chill factor I think it will

feel cooler, especially with less sunshine. Overnight the rain

gradually moving north and milder air behind it. Going through Friday

this low-pressure will be delivering quite a bit of rain in parts of

England for a time. We will not see very much of that. What we do see

will be confined on the east coast and further west, cloudy but mostly

dry going through the day on Friday. Feeling cooler in the north-easterly

wind, hey cool direction for it to be coming from. It is not until

Saturday we start to see significant rain from that area of low pressure.

It will be confined in the main on the East Coast of County Antrim and

County Down. In the evening everybody is going to see a little

bit in the way of sunshine and showers. Only on Saturday morning

are we going to see some more persistent rain. So all in all it is

not a wash-out, is it? I will be back with a late programme at half

past ten. From everybody on BBC Newsline, have a