:00:15. > :00:16.This is BBC Newsline with Tara Mills.
:00:17. > :00:18.The headlines this Wednesday evening:
:00:19. > :00:21.The latest from Westminster with local people and MPs caught up
:00:22. > :00:36.Suddenly, we heard a bang from the side, I believe Newdigate into
:00:37. > :00:37.Parliament. Police describe last night's bomb
:00:38. > :00:46.attack in Strabane as madness. I am lucky that I am not standing
:00:47. > :00:48.here talking about deaths because that is what could have happened.
:00:49. > :00:51.MLAs gather at Stormont to remember the former Sinn Fein deputy first
:00:52. > :00:54.minister Martin McGuinness A former head of the civil service
:00:55. > :00:56.here speaks for the first time about working with
:00:57. > :01:07.He had been appointed a minister and Deputy First Minister but, in my
:01:08. > :01:09.judgment, he became a statesman. Warnings of a risk of infection
:01:10. > :01:22.for those who have had We will bring you the latest from
:01:23. > :01:23.the Northern Ireland and Republic camps against two crucial World Cup
:01:24. > :01:25.qualifiers. And more wet weather tonight,
:01:26. > :01:27.especially in the east but it'll Four people have died in what's been
:01:28. > :01:35.described as a terrorist incident around the Houses of Parliament
:01:36. > :01:43.at Westminster this afternoon. A number of Northern Ireland MPs
:01:44. > :01:46.were also caught up in the security alert which has been described
:01:47. > :01:57.as shocking by those Reports suggest the Saturn and's
:01:58. > :02:01.terrorist incident began when a vehicle was driven across
:02:02. > :02:06.Westminster Bridge, mowing down resident. One women has since died.
:02:07. > :02:13.The vehicle crashed into railings at the houses of parliament and after
:02:14. > :02:21.this a police officer was stabbed and his assailant was shot and
:02:22. > :02:26.killed. MPs were in the houses for a vote at the time.
:02:27. > :02:34.Suddenly, we heard a bang from the side, I believe near the gates into
:02:35. > :02:36.Parliament. I can't be sure whether it was gunshots or a vehicle
:02:37. > :02:42.striking entrance to Parliament, probably the latter, although I know
:02:43. > :02:47.that shots were discharged. At the moment, the very clear advice
:02:48. > :02:53.from the police and the security director is that we should remain
:02:54. > :02:56.under suspension and that the chamber should remain in the
:02:57. > :02:59.lockdown until we receive advice that it is safe to go back to normal
:03:00. > :03:06.procedures. The atmosphere is one of total
:03:07. > :03:17.shock. There was a vote going on so hundreds of MPs were in the chamber.
:03:18. > :03:22.This is unprecedented and our first thoughts are with the security
:03:23. > :03:26.personnel, to make sure they are given every corporation to sort this
:03:27. > :03:33.manner soon possible. The police have been remarkably
:03:34. > :03:37.effective. There is some shock of everybody waiting in line but we
:03:38. > :03:42.will do as we are told. This Polish woman who has lived in
:03:43. > :03:54.Northern Ireland from a year 's was at Westminster for meetings.
:03:55. > :04:02.The police and ambulance arrived and I must praise the emergency
:04:03. > :04:07.services. Within minutes, basically everything was shut down. Very well
:04:08. > :04:10.organised but still quite shocking. Westminster went into lockdown
:04:11. > :04:19.during this incident, which is still continuing. Number ten says the
:04:20. > :04:25.Prime Minister has been taken near where she is monitoring.
:04:26. > :04:31.Describe what security is like there.
:04:32. > :04:35.That whole area is probably the most protected building in the country so
:04:36. > :04:39.that as no surprise that there were plenty of police officers able to do
:04:40. > :04:43.with this very quickly but it does go to show just how vulnerable
:04:44. > :04:46.everyone is to this form of terrorist attack in a crowded place.
:04:47. > :04:52.What are the implications for Westminster and beyond?
:04:53. > :04:58.I think there are a number of issues. This terrorism threat is not
:04:59. > :05:04.going to go away. It is not the same type of terrorist threat that we
:05:05. > :05:07.have seen over previous years with the Troubles. This is different, it
:05:08. > :05:15.is about killing as many innocent people as possible and the police
:05:16. > :05:19.have to react quickly to that. We have seen a situation where an
:05:20. > :05:25.individual has taken it upon himself to use a car which is and a knife
:05:26. > :05:28.which is in his kitchen drawer, which is almost impossible for
:05:29. > :05:33.police to stop. The only thing you can do is react and the way that you
:05:34. > :05:37.react either means that more people die or more people there. If this
:05:38. > :05:41.kind of attack happened and a small number of people die then really the
:05:42. > :05:46.police have done a great job. But it does show the vulnerability
:05:47. > :05:48.of the people whose job it is to protect the public.
:05:49. > :05:57.Absolutely and I know many of the police officers who work in that
:05:58. > :05:59.area and he might have been there. They know that it is a high-risk
:06:00. > :06:03.location. These gates often get attacked by idiots in cars but you
:06:04. > :06:08.don't expect to have someone run at you with a gun or knife. The good
:06:09. > :06:12.thing is that the reaction was swift and this person wasn't able to get
:06:13. > :06:15.access to the building so to some extent the policing worked but we do
:06:16. > :06:21.have to understand that this is London, this is the highest security
:06:22. > :06:24.location. This could have happened anywhere across the United Kingdom.
:06:25. > :06:27.The police say a bomb that exploded in Strabane last night
:06:28. > :06:29.was an attempt to kill officers on patrol.
:06:30. > :06:32.An area at Liskey Road has been closed for follow up searches.
:06:33. > :06:40.Our North-West reporter Keiron Tourish has more.
:06:41. > :06:46.PSNI was carrying out a follow-up operation after last night's attack
:06:47. > :06:57.in Strabane. The police say it was a clear attempt to kill officers who
:06:58. > :07:03.were on patrol in the Liskey Road -- in an area.
:07:04. > :07:07.I am lucky that I'm not reporting on deaths because that could have
:07:08. > :07:12.happened. This could have went anywhere and killed anybody who was
:07:13. > :07:15.out in the street at that time. It was madness. Number of residents
:07:16. > :07:27.were moved out of their homes during the alert.
:07:28. > :07:31.The police arrived on scene about 11:20pm and started knocking on
:07:32. > :07:36.doors and asking people to either leave their homes or move to the
:07:37. > :07:42.back of their homes. It was quite late at night and older people would
:07:43. > :07:45.have been in bed. It does not a nice experience at that time of the
:07:46. > :07:48.evening. Politicians were scathing in their
:07:49. > :07:58.response. He will be joining me in condemning
:07:59. > :08:06.those acts. The people of Strabane were held hostage as result of this
:08:07. > :08:12.dangerous action. If it was an attack then anybody who
:08:13. > :08:18.is responsible for it should catch themselves and realise that the
:08:19. > :08:22.community here are sick of this and they are entitled to the piece that
:08:23. > :08:27.was brought by the Good Friday agreement. This community suffered
:08:28. > :08:37.more than most. The PSNI paid tribute to the local
:08:38. > :08:40.response. They have issued an appeal for information. They want to hear
:08:41. > :08:44.from anyone who noticed any suspicious activity in the area to
:08:45. > :08:47.come forward. Northern Ireland may never see
:08:48. > :08:49.Martin McGuinness's like again. The DUP leader Arlene Foster made
:08:50. > :08:53.the claim as MLAs gathered to remember the former Sinn Fein
:08:54. > :08:56.deputy first minister and IRA Here's our political
:08:57. > :09:01.correspondent Gareth Gordon. Stormont once did unlikely
:09:02. > :09:06.friendships better than it does Martin McGuinness seemed to watch
:09:07. > :09:25.over the people who must Members will have been saddened to
:09:26. > :09:26.learn of the passing of former Deputy First Minister, Mr Martin
:09:27. > :09:27.McGuinness. As it did following the death
:09:28. > :09:30.of his old friend Ian Paisley, the Assembly gathered to pay tribute
:09:31. > :09:33.to the former deputy first minister. Led by the woman who must
:09:34. > :09:45.now fill his shoes. In his last public appeal, he asked
:09:46. > :09:50.people to choose hope over fear, to put a quality of respect at the
:09:51. > :09:53.heart of our institutions. That should be the clarion call for all
:09:54. > :09:55.in this chamber in the weeks, months and years ahead.
:09:56. > :09:57.The woman whose political relationship with Mr McGuinness
:09:58. > :10:02.broke down said his likes would never be seen again.
:10:03. > :10:10.There's been much talk of my personal working relationship with
:10:11. > :10:15.Martin. He never saw to air brush the past and neither did I. And it
:10:16. > :10:22.was precisely because of his past, because of his involvement with the
:10:23. > :10:26.IRA in the 1970s and 1980s, because of his involvement in those circles
:10:27. > :10:30.that he was able to play the part that he played in bringing about a
:10:31. > :10:32.peaceful and democratic means. And because of all of that, I doubt we
:10:33. > :10:34.will ever see his like again. In remembering the past,
:10:35. > :10:43.some looked to the future. Of course we have to remember
:10:44. > :10:48.victims on days like this but the best way to remember victims is for
:10:49. > :10:52.all of us to commit to solving the problems. For all of us to commit to
:10:53. > :10:58.doing the things that victims want us to do. We have that opportunity
:10:59. > :11:02.in the next few days. I do not believe that we would enjoy
:11:03. > :11:05.the relative peace that we do today if it were not for people like
:11:06. > :11:10.Martin McGuinness and others who should the vision and leadership and
:11:11. > :11:11.the courage to move from very entrenched positions in the darkest
:11:12. > :11:12.of times. And to unionists this challenge
:11:13. > :11:27.from one of their own. If Unionism has anything to learn
:11:28. > :11:31.from Martin McGuinness, it is the importance of outreach. He reached
:11:32. > :11:33.far beyond his own on many occasions and sometimes complain that Unionism
:11:34. > :11:34.did not reciprocate. But there is another view
:11:35. > :11:37.and this man put it. Constable Clive Graham was murdered
:11:38. > :11:39.by the IRA 29 years ago. He died in the same city
:11:40. > :11:58.and on the same date He never got the chance to live to
:11:59. > :12:03.66, he never the chance to marry his girlfriend of the time, he never got
:12:04. > :12:14.the chance to see children and grandchildren. Why? Because a man of
:12:15. > :12:18.blood decided he would die. Afterwards, MLAs filed out to sign
:12:19. > :12:20.the book of condolence. Led by the Speaker,
:12:21. > :12:23.and followed by Michelle O'neill and then the DUP
:12:24. > :12:36.leader, Arlene Foster. He was described as a man without
:12:37. > :12:40.him there might not have been an assembly. MLAs queueing to sign the
:12:41. > :12:41.book of condolence for Martin McGuinness do not know if it will
:12:42. > :12:44.come back. The former American President Bill
:12:45. > :12:47.Clinton will be in Londonderry tomorrow for the funeral of
:12:48. > :12:50.Martin McGuinness. Mr Clinton had been
:12:51. > :12:52.in contact with the former Deputy First Minister
:12:53. > :12:54.during his illness. The Irish President Michael D
:12:55. > :12:57.Higgins and Taoiseach Enda Kenny Today the head of the Catholic
:12:58. > :13:04.Church in Ireland paid tribute to Mr McGuinness as our political
:13:05. > :13:06.correspondent Its been a day of quiet reflection
:13:07. > :13:10.outside the McGuinness family They came from near and far
:13:11. > :13:26.to pay their respects. I think he is going to be missed.
:13:27. > :13:35.And he was a lovely person. He was very mild, no matter what he had
:13:36. > :13:42.done. He was great. I've known Martin since 1973. He
:13:43. > :13:46.would have stayed in my house quite a number of times. I've great
:13:47. > :13:52.admiration for Martin. Heartbreak for the family. Still a
:13:53. > :13:59.young man at 66 years of age. It is just a very, very sad day.
:14:00. > :14:00.You said you could -- you felt that you could just say to him, how are
:14:01. > :14:05.you doing? He was just a gentleman. Across the city,
:14:06. > :14:07.others are also remembering. This memorial garden
:14:08. > :14:20.in the loyalists Fountain estate What sprang to my mind when I heard
:14:21. > :14:27.of his death was of a little girl of eight years of age out cleaning when
:14:28. > :14:28.eight bombs went off in that small and sleepy village and I will never
:14:29. > :14:29.forget that. Unionists politicians in the city
:14:30. > :14:32.have also been mindful of those who have suffered at
:14:33. > :14:42.the hands of the IRA. It is a time of sadness for the
:14:43. > :14:47.McGuinness family and all who knew him but it is a time that those
:14:48. > :14:48.victims who are so hurt and angry think they will never get any
:14:49. > :14:52.closure. Among those paying
:14:53. > :14:54.their respects today, the head of the Catholic church
:14:55. > :14:56.in Ireland and he regarded the former deputy first
:14:57. > :15:05.minister as a peace builder. I would like him to have been around
:15:06. > :15:11.for longer because I believe he believed in peace and had a lot more
:15:12. > :15:15.to bring. I only hope it will refocus the minds of our political
:15:16. > :15:21.representatives and everybody in the community to try and build a peace
:15:22. > :15:25.that is just and lasting. Tomorrow, Martin McGuinness will
:15:26. > :15:31.leave his loved Bogside area for the last time at this church where he
:15:32. > :15:36.spent much time. A former head of the civil service
:15:37. > :15:39.has spoken for the first time about working with Martin McGuinness
:15:40. > :15:42.as a Minister at Stormont. Sir Nigel Hamilton admitted
:15:43. > :15:44.there had been some apprehension within the civil service
:15:45. > :15:49.about the former IRA commander but Mr McGuinness won over
:15:50. > :16:05.many of his doubters. When Martin McGuinness first walked
:16:06. > :16:08.into government, Nigel Hamilton was the civil servant there to greet
:16:09. > :16:13.him. There was a mixture of apprehension,
:16:14. > :16:24.of curiosity. At times of disbelief that this man had been appointed as
:16:25. > :16:28.the minister. I nominate Martin McGuinness as
:16:29. > :16:32.minister for education. People will remember that when he
:16:33. > :16:37.was appointed there were lots of protests. There were rumours that he
:16:38. > :16:42.would go to people's schools and make them learn Irish.
:16:43. > :16:48.They might already know it but we don't want to learn it.
:16:49. > :16:52.Back then, the new education minister had a difficult start but
:16:53. > :16:57.as relationship with the civil service began well.
:16:58. > :17:01.People said one of the most important things I did was shake his
:17:02. > :17:04.hand in public but then I had to remind him that I had all the staff
:17:05. > :17:13.looking out the window wondering what I was going to do. I guess that
:17:14. > :17:18.was one of many significant handshakes that he made in his life.
:17:19. > :17:22.This was another significant relationship and once again Nigel
:17:23. > :17:28.Hamilton watched it developed. There he is taking his seat on the right.
:17:29. > :17:34.What you were seeing in public, affectionately known as the chuckle
:17:35. > :17:40.Brothers, mirrored how accurately they got on. They had a respect for
:17:41. > :17:44.one another. That was reality. Given your relationship with them as
:17:45. > :17:51.a minister, how will you remember Martin McGuinness?
:17:52. > :17:57.He was appointed a minister and Deputy First Minister but, in my
:17:58. > :18:01.judgment, he became a statesman. Whatever people's view of Martin
:18:02. > :18:03.McGuinness, at Stormont it is the end of an era.
:18:04. > :18:06.Wreckage of the Irish coastguard helicopter which crashed off
:18:07. > :18:09.the Mayo coast last week has been found.
:18:10. > :18:11.A remote underwater camera has shown the aircraft lying about 60 metres
:18:12. > :18:17.off Blackrock Island, close to the spot where
:18:18. > :18:19.a signal from its black box recorder was located.
:18:20. > :18:22.Captain Dara Fitzpatrick was killed in the crash last Tuesday.
:18:23. > :18:33.The bodies of three other crew are still missing.
:18:34. > :18:35.Around 2000 people in Northern Ireland who have had
:18:36. > :18:37.open-heart surgery have received letters warning them
:18:38. > :18:39.about the risk of infection linked to medical equipment.
:18:40. > :18:41.The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust say they've contacted patients
:18:42. > :18:48.Our Health Correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly reports.
:18:49. > :18:55.This affects anyone who has undergone procedures for congenital
:18:56. > :19:00.heart disease as well as those who have heart valve -- who had heart
:19:01. > :19:08.valves repaired or replaced. All since 2013. It's a possible link
:19:09. > :19:11.between a bacteria and a device used to heat and cool the blood during
:19:12. > :19:18.heart surgery. The risk of infection is very low
:19:19. > :19:24.and indeed the risk of not having cardiac surgery is much higher than
:19:25. > :19:29.the risk of infection. However, we feel it is important for patients to
:19:30. > :19:32.be aware of this risk so they can monitor their health.
:19:33. > :19:36.This is part of a UK wide investigation which also includes
:19:37. > :19:46.children. Well the rest is being described as
:19:47. > :19:50.low, 20 cases have been -- 50 people have died from the condition. At
:19:51. > :20:02.this stage, no one from Northern Ireland is affected. -- 50 people
:20:03. > :20:08.have died. -- 15. If you have a temperature above 30
:20:09. > :20:11.degrees, persistent cough, severe night-time sweats, unexplained
:20:12. > :20:22.weight loss, widespread muscle and joint pain, diarrhoea or vomiting,
:20:23. > :20:27.you should approach your GP. Treatments are available, including
:20:28. > :20:28.antibiotics, but the sooner people are diagnosed, the better the
:20:29. > :20:30.outcome. Five people, including a prison
:20:31. > :20:32.officer, who were arrested in connection with an anti-trafficking
:20:33. > :20:34.operation inside Maghaberry Jail They were detained yesterday
:20:35. > :20:39.in a joint operation by police and the Prison Service investigating
:20:40. > :20:42.the smuggling of prohibited items. The investigation uncovered banned
:20:43. > :20:49.items such as Class A and B drugs, fireworks, mobile phones
:20:50. > :20:54.and ?10,000 in cash. Class A and B drugs include cocaine,
:20:55. > :20:59.heroin, cannabis and amphetamines. Five people were arrested, including
:21:00. > :21:03.a 50-year-old prison officer Four other people were arrested
:21:04. > :21:08.including a 50-year-old woman at the village of Kinallen
:21:09. > :21:11.near Dromara and two other women and a man
:21:12. > :21:16.in Newtownabbey and Belfast. Police are investigating
:21:17. > :21:18.the trafficking of prohibited goods A prison charity says drugs
:21:19. > :21:22.are so widely available that drug-free prisoners can become
:21:23. > :21:36.addicted inside but a sentence With experience of men who went in
:21:37. > :21:42.with a drug addiction and through the support of prison staff and
:21:43. > :21:47.organisations they have made it possible for him to come off drugs,
:21:48. > :21:54.support him and manage his health. For the other side of that coin,
:21:55. > :21:57.there are those that go into prison without the usage of drugs and fear
:21:58. > :21:59.for the family is that they become drug users.
:22:00. > :22:01.The Prison Officers Association says it's frustrating that drugs
:22:02. > :22:09.are getting into jails by many different routes.
:22:10. > :22:12.There's no suggestion that having prisoners high on drugs makes
:22:13. > :22:14.them easier to control, in fact, they say it can
:22:15. > :22:16.make prisoners agitated and more prone to violence.
:22:17. > :22:19.On the other hand, they say there has been a lot of success
:22:20. > :22:21.in combating the influx of drugs, particularly here at Maghaberry.
:22:22. > :22:23.The five people arrested have now been released
:22:24. > :22:28.Northern Ireland and the Republic both have crucial World Cup
:22:29. > :22:33.Mark Sidebottom has this evening's sport from the Northern Ireland team
:22:34. > :22:47.It is home to the Ireland rugby squad and increasingly the preferred
:22:48. > :22:53.choice to the football team. It offers seclusion and first-class
:22:54. > :22:58.facilities. We felt privileged when the Northern Ireland manager talk to
:22:59. > :23:01.us and invited us to his home in Edinburgh.
:23:02. > :23:05.In the five years that Michael O'Neill has been Northern Ireland
:23:06. > :23:09.manager, he has won many awards, and they are all kept at his home in the
:23:10. > :23:15.Scottish capital. I've moved a lot in my career.
:23:16. > :23:19.Myself and my wife have always enjoyed Edinburgh and when we moved
:23:20. > :23:28.away from hence it was always in our minds to come back -- moved away
:23:29. > :23:33.from Hibernian. Poor kids were born here as well and have Scottish
:23:34. > :23:37.accents. They are very sporty. Should they play for Scotland or
:23:38. > :23:43.Northern Ireland? At the minute, they say Scotland but
:23:44. > :23:46.I've told them never to rule out Northern Ireland they get the
:23:47. > :23:54.opportunity. Coming into job I did not know, I
:23:55. > :23:59.had no staff for example, I had to assemble, I remember the first day
:24:00. > :24:03.being shown an office with a desk and a telephone and that was pretty
:24:04. > :24:07.much what I had to work with. Given the experience you know have,
:24:08. > :24:15.if you had to write a letter to your younger self having had that
:24:16. > :24:18.experience, what would it say? I think it would seek to persevere.
:24:19. > :24:25.There were times, certainly in the first two years, where I felt that I
:24:26. > :24:28.was banging my head against a wall a little bit, despite all the work I
:24:29. > :24:34.was doing I was not seeing the results.
:24:35. > :24:44.And persevere he did as the 47-year-old light has country -- led
:24:45. > :24:47.his country to the European Championships.
:24:48. > :24:56.They will not relish coming to Belfast. We have not conceded a goal
:24:57. > :25:00.there recently. I do not think they will underestimate us. We know the
:25:01. > :25:03.significance of what three points will mean.
:25:04. > :25:10.And if they do win, Michael will be another step closer to Russia for
:25:11. > :25:14.the World Cup. Michael O'Neill, family man and
:25:15. > :25:25.football man. Meanwhile, it has been confirmed there will be a one-minute
:25:26. > :25:38.applause in tribute to the Derry City captain, who died recently. We
:25:39. > :25:42.wrap up this evening with skiing and confirmation of a bumper haul for
:25:43. > :25:52.the Northern Ireland team at the special Olympics. Cyril Walker from
:25:53. > :26:01.Armagh got a bronze and 16-year-old Sean also got bronze. There was a
:26:02. > :26:05.silver for this boy. Well done to them all.
:26:06. > :26:18.It has been a split between East and West today. Not bad in the West but
:26:19. > :26:26.very different in the Eastern counties. Grey and wet and quite a
:26:27. > :26:29.north-easterly wind. The reason for this was a low pressure across
:26:30. > :26:35.England and Wales, bringing this weather front into eastern counties.
:26:36. > :26:41.That weather front won't go far through the course of tonight. I
:26:42. > :26:46.think we will see a few splashes of rain in the West but it will be the
:26:47. > :26:54.east bearing the brunt once again. It could be wintry on the hills.
:26:55. > :26:58.Because we've got more cloud across all parts it will not be as cold as
:26:59. > :27:03.last night with temperatures generally around three or 4 degrees.
:27:04. > :27:10.Tomorrow, we will see something a bit more brighter but rather cloudy
:27:11. > :27:16.in the first half. Mainly dry but a few spots of rain first thing. They
:27:17. > :27:20.will clear with quickly and the breeze will ease down into the
:27:21. > :27:24.afternoon. That is when we see brighter skies moving in from the
:27:25. > :27:29.east although it could be late afternoon before they reach the West
:27:30. > :27:37.so it may not be such a good day. A better one in the east. After a cold
:27:38. > :27:40.start on Friday with some frog and Frost, it looks and settled into the
:27:41. > :27:45.weekend -- with fog and Frost.