:00:17. > :00:19.The headlines on BBC Newsline this Thursday evening.
:00:20. > :00:22.The Stormont parties are getting more time to reach a deal,
:00:23. > :00:24.as the talks deadline is to be extended beyond
:00:25. > :00:37.The SDLP leader rules out any election pacts with Sinn Fein.
:00:38. > :00:43.We are not interested in sick kiddie impacts. We do not involve ourselves
:00:44. > :00:46.with that. They had one, then another, then
:00:47. > :01:01.another. She was visibly shaken. Concerns over a proposed tidal
:01:02. > :01:04.energy scheme on the Antrim coast. The pictures that show the extent
:01:05. > :01:06.of the vandalism on the as Ulsterbus celebrates
:01:07. > :01:12.its 50th birthday. And just as you thought
:01:13. > :01:15.it was time to pack away the There is a blast of cold weather
:01:16. > :01:20.coming our way early next week. I will have more later
:01:21. > :01:29.in the programme. Politicians at Stormont are to be
:01:30. > :01:32.given more time to reach a deal to restore a power-sharing
:01:33. > :01:35.Executive. The Secretary of State had set
:01:36. > :01:38.early May as the deadline But the BBC understands that will be
:01:39. > :01:45.pushed back until the end of June. Our Political Correspondent Enda
:01:46. > :02:05.McClafferty has more. This has come as no real surprise,
:02:06. > :02:07.because the feeling was it was unrealistic to expect anything to be
:02:08. > :02:16.decided before the Westminster election. We understand that the
:02:17. > :02:26.provisions have no been alone for, to enable the parties to set up a
:02:27. > :02:31.executive in the three weeks following the Westminster election.
:02:32. > :02:37.They will have to find their way to try and resolve the differences. No
:02:38. > :02:41.great surprise that the state has been taken. A draft bill will be
:02:42. > :02:53.published tomorrow. Most people seem to agree that this
:02:54. > :03:02.is the correct decision. It gives everyone a little more breathing
:03:03. > :03:08.space. They also have the other thing undermined that they have two
:03:09. > :03:14.focus on the party political side of the election. But people are saying
:03:15. > :03:24.that this should not be used either as an excuse for the parties not to
:03:25. > :03:30.have come any settlement. It has simply stretched the amount of time
:03:31. > :03:36.given for us to stretch to form a new executive.
:03:37. > :03:38.Will the current talks process be parked until after
:03:39. > :03:51.No decision has been taken on that. We know that room table discussions
:03:52. > :04:02.are due to be done once again on Monday. But we expect that this will
:04:03. > :04:06.be put off until after the Westminster election. A decision
:04:07. > :04:16.that will probably come before the end of this month. But Sinn Fein
:04:17. > :04:22.believe the case - a crisis that we know all facing is because of the
:04:23. > :04:28.decision of the Prime Minister to call the general election. There is
:04:29. > :04:30.a wader belief amongst the nationalist community is that the
:04:31. > :04:40.British commenting or quantity power-sharing executive working
:04:41. > :04:45.here. We do not want that because they are working towards leaving the
:04:46. > :04:46.European Union and the know that most people in Northern Ireland did
:04:47. > :04:49.not vote for that. I will come back to you
:04:50. > :04:51.again shortly, Enda. But we can hear from the SDLP
:04:52. > :04:53.leader, Colm Eastwood. This afternoon, I asked him
:04:54. > :04:56.about the purpose of his meeting yesterday with Sinn Fein's Michelle
:04:57. > :05:04.O'Neill. The meeting was officially scheduled
:05:05. > :05:10.one. Obviously, the issue of the election came up. But we're not
:05:11. > :05:22.going to form any sort of panicked. We do not form sectarian practice.
:05:23. > :05:38.-- pacts. But we want to put across the message very strongly that, for
:05:39. > :05:41.all the United Kingdom is looking to leave the European Union, the people
:05:42. > :05:50.in Northern Ireland voted against that and we want to send that
:05:51. > :05:54.message loud and clear. You talk about an alliance but how would that
:05:55. > :06:06.actually work? How would that work without an electoral pact? I want
:06:07. > :06:10.people to think this over. I am disappointed that Naomi has already
:06:11. > :06:19.rejected the chance of the conversation. I was hoping we could
:06:20. > :06:29.talk about this. It is an empty Brexit headcount? I have said that
:06:30. > :06:35.again. We will not do an electoral pact with one party to keep another
:06:36. > :06:41.party owed from another part of the community. Other parties may wish to
:06:42. > :06:49.do that, we do not want to do that. This election is all about Brexit
:06:50. > :06:56.and we need the Prime Minister to know exactly how the people of
:06:57. > :06:59.Northern Ireland feel. We can talk about the election. How vulnerable
:07:00. > :07:11.are some of these constituencies that you currently hold? We have
:07:12. > :07:16.fantastic, hard-working MPs. The good of the two Westminster and
:07:17. > :07:25.faked the case for Northern Ireland. The argue against Brexit. The do all
:07:26. > :07:35.of that on our behalf. Of course, the only party representing the 56%
:07:36. > :07:40.of people who voted against Brexit. Much pleasure are you under to
:07:41. > :07:46.secure these seats again? Ever leader of our party is always under
:07:47. > :07:53.pressure secure seats. We are used to having these eight battles. I
:07:54. > :07:57.have been involved in many of the campaigns myself running or how hard
:07:58. > :08:04.we will faked. There is talk of restoring power-sharing. The
:08:05. > :08:07.Unionists are seeing the talks are dead in the water. How do you view
:08:08. > :08:16.them, with the background of the general election? I have talked very
:08:17. > :08:26.clearly that what I think of the Prime Minister calling an election
:08:27. > :08:29.in the middle of the talks process. We understand that the British
:08:30. > :08:37.government do not care about Northern Ireland. That has been made
:08:38. > :08:42.clear in the last couple of days. The onus is on all of us that we
:08:43. > :08:51.have the power sharing executive here. We are committed to doing
:08:52. > :08:56.that. Doesn't look likely that any sort of deal will be secured any
:08:57. > :08:57.time soon? I think the Prime Minister has made them very
:08:58. > :09:02.difficult. And how would you sum
:09:03. > :09:16.up today, Enda? It is pretty clear from that
:09:17. > :09:20.interview is that the real challenge for any sort of alliance to be
:09:21. > :09:30.formed between the parties get into the nitty-gritty. But the focus will
:09:31. > :09:38.move to the election campaign. Then beyond that, we are looking at this
:09:39. > :09:43.period afterwards. Who knows, we may even have a new Secretary of State
:09:44. > :09:51.for Northern Ireland. The Prime Minister may even, if she wins, DC
:09:52. > :09:54.to reshuffle the Cabinet. The Shadow Secretary of State, the Labour Party
:09:55. > :10:01.representative, is not going to run in the election. The foundation has
:10:02. > :10:09.confirmed that he is stepping away from politics for personal and
:10:10. > :10:18.family reasons. He took up the position last year. He held the
:10:19. > :10:24.portfolio here, but he had the same job in Scotland, as well. After
:10:25. > :10:36.doing both of these jobs, say by same long overdue arrest. --A rest.
:10:37. > :10:41.A five-year-old girl whose home was targeted in a gun attack is said
:10:42. > :10:45.A cousin who was with her told this programme that the child stopped
:10:46. > :10:48.Martin Cassidy reports from west Belfast.
:10:49. > :10:51.About 10pm last night, shots were fired at a terraced house
:10:52. > :10:53.here in the Crescent and there were two people
:10:54. > :10:56.in the house at the time - one a young woman and also
:10:57. > :11:12.They have done fine. I just thought someone had put the fest and banged
:11:13. > :11:20.on the window. But then there was another one, then another one. I
:11:21. > :11:29.just stood in the room and my cousin was terrified. Only escaped injury,
:11:30. > :11:41.the little girl was traumatised by the attack. They were beating on the
:11:42. > :11:51.heart of the five-year-old. She had stopped breathing. She was shaking.
:11:52. > :12:03.The attack has been condemned by Sinn Fein.
:12:04. > :12:06.It is clear the attackers who fired through the windows of the house
:12:07. > :12:09.did not care who the target was, there was a young woman
:12:10. > :12:12.with a five-year-old and we're grateful none of them were harmed.
:12:13. > :12:16.People in this area and the family are asking why this attack
:12:17. > :12:18.happened, because no-one has explained to them why it occurred
:12:19. > :12:21.How has the young woman and child responded?
:12:22. > :12:27.The young women, I didn't speak to the child, she is being cared
:12:28. > :12:29.for, but the young women is concerned for herself and her
:12:30. > :12:31.family circle, because she is unaware why this happened.
:12:32. > :12:34.Four bullet holes through the window of the living room,
:12:35. > :12:36.right beside the city. If anybody had been sitting
:12:37. > :12:38.there, they would have been injured or killed.
:12:39. > :12:40.The people who carried out this attack must come
:12:41. > :12:53.Guus Hiddink police enquiries are continuing.
:12:54. > :12:57.The survey that says most 15-year-olds in Northern Ireland
:12:58. > :13:06.People living near a picturesque bay in County Antrim are opposing plans
:13:07. > :13:08.to land power cables from an proposed tidal
:13:09. > :13:12.The company says Murlough Bay is just one option and there will be
:13:13. > :13:14.planning conditions attached to any approval.
:13:15. > :13:15.Here is our Agriculture and Environment Correspondent,
:13:16. > :13:40.it is one of the most picturesque places along the coastline. A
:13:41. > :13:51.designated place of scientific interest. The final design for the
:13:52. > :14:00.tidal energy scheme has not been put forward, but I believe to include
:14:01. > :14:08.certain elements which would stick above the sea. Given that this is
:14:09. > :14:15.such a breathtaking part of the countryside, there are reservations
:14:16. > :14:27.about how the power cables gate onto the land and get hooked up into the
:14:28. > :14:32.good. And that is with the problems start. Patrick is worried about the
:14:33. > :14:38.cables coming ashore here and a new power station having to be built on
:14:39. > :14:43.the cliffs. It would be deeply intrusive. It would create a massive
:14:44. > :14:51.scar on the landscape. It would also take many years to achieve. If that
:14:52. > :14:57.is the really thinking about this proposal, there are certain to be a
:14:58. > :15:05.lot of objections. It is one of two options. The other would be a much
:15:06. > :15:11.longer and more expensive undersea cable going elsewhere. If this gets
:15:12. > :15:17.ahead, there will be a range of conditions we would comply with. We
:15:18. > :15:19.hope we work with the various residence and licensing authorities
:15:20. > :15:26.with regard to that. The energy company has always -- only apply for
:15:27. > :15:32.permission for what it wants to build at sea. A plan for a
:15:33. > :15:35.substation is expected to be submitted in the coming months.
:15:36. > :15:37.We have heard about teenage moods and angst.
:15:38. > :15:39.But most 15-year-olds in Northern Ireland are said to
:15:40. > :15:42.That is the key finding of a large-scale international study
:15:43. > :15:44.of students' well-being by the Organisation for Economic
:15:45. > :15:55.Our education correspondent Robbie Meredith has more.
:15:56. > :15:57.There are 700 teenagers preparing for their GCSEs
:15:58. > :16:00.at the Easter School run by the West Belfast
:16:01. > :16:04.They're obviously hard-working, but are they happy?
:16:05. > :16:08.The OECD asked half a million pupils in 70 countries
:16:09. > :16:10.to score how satisfied with their lives they were.
:16:11. > :16:13.From a zero, which meant they were very unhappy,
:16:14. > :16:19.to a ten, which meant they were very happy indeed.
:16:20. > :16:21.The average life satisfaction score in Northern Ireland
:16:22. > :16:23.was 7.24 out of ten, around the European average
:16:24. > :16:28.but higher than England, Scotland and Wales.
:16:29. > :16:34.But what about young people in West Belfast?
:16:35. > :16:55.I am working hard and I have support.
:16:56. > :17:06.School was going good. I play a lot of sport. Have good relationships
:17:07. > :17:13.with my friends. My teachers are always behind me. When you test
:17:14. > :17:14.yourself and get the results you want, that also gives you
:17:15. > :17:17.motivation. The study also found
:17:18. > :17:18.pupils performed best when they talked regularly
:17:19. > :17:20.with their parents about school. He says you should go and get
:17:21. > :17:36.help with your GCSEs. School can only help the children
:17:37. > :17:42.for so long of a day and then they go home. The strategy at school is
:17:43. > :17:43.one we hope will be carried through to the home. That is what we are
:17:44. > :17:45.attempting to do. It wasn't all plain sailing,
:17:46. > :17:48.there are still worries about exams and bullying remains a problem
:17:49. > :17:51.but what this study suggests is that contrary to some of the stereotypes,
:17:52. > :17:53.the majority of our teenagers are happy, ambitious
:17:54. > :17:59.and highly motivated. Yesterday on the programme,
:18:00. > :18:02.we revealed that more than a third of the Belfast Bikes
:18:03. > :18:04.are out of action because Since then, photos have emerged
:18:05. > :18:07.of some of the bikes dumped Such crime has cast doubt
:18:08. > :18:28.on the development of the scheme. It is not good news for something
:18:29. > :18:35.which is proved very popular in the city over the past couple of years.
:18:36. > :18:41.But it is images of these which will upset the people learnt the City
:18:42. > :18:50.Council. We do not know how many of them are clear. More than one third
:18:51. > :18:53.are no off the streets. That is 210 breaks either stolen or vandalised
:18:54. > :19:03.in Belfast over the past couple of years. Dublin bakes launched in
:19:04. > :19:13.2009. The council leader seat damages sought rear of a similar do
:19:14. > :19:17.not have statistics for it. The future expansion of the service
:19:18. > :19:24.appeal will be in doubt of this sort of vandalism or theft continues. The
:19:25. > :19:34.police are appealing for any information to stop bicycles ending
:19:35. > :19:40.up like this. Still to come, the new piece of public created by
:19:41. > :19:47.schoolchildren in dedicated to two of the island 's most famous poets.
:19:48. > :19:50.A courthouse, once a stage for judges, lawyers and criminals,
:19:51. > :19:52.could soon be home to performances in the world of theatre,
:19:53. > :19:55.A plan to transform Bangor courthouse has been submitted
:19:56. > :19:59.If successful the group behind it hopes to have the building up
:20:00. > :20:09.and running by 2020. Dan Stanton reports.
:20:10. > :20:18.This is how many people will remember the building. It operated
:20:19. > :20:25.here for decades. Today, it is crumbling. It is empty and unused
:20:26. > :20:30.since been taken out of service. The last person charged with a serious
:20:31. > :20:37.offence was taken through the store in 2013. If the application is
:20:38. > :20:44.successful, these structures will disappear. What would remain as the
:20:45. > :20:48.holding cells. The organisation behind the bid want to use for a
:20:49. > :20:57.variety of events. We want to restore the building back to the
:20:58. > :21:02.former glories. Within it, we could have a lot of different pop-up arts
:21:03. > :21:11.events we want to restore the listed building but also keep a permanent
:21:12. > :21:15.performance venue. Artists working in the nearby points at the seafront
:21:16. > :21:22.are hoping they will be able to operate in some of the pop-ups if
:21:23. > :21:30.the project is successful. As an absolutely amazing building. It
:21:31. > :21:39.lends itself so will to do an arts base and multipurpose base. I am an
:21:40. > :21:48.artist here, I have been here over the years, as for the redevelopment
:21:49. > :21:54.of the area, it would be nice to get a space somewhere else which was
:21:55. > :21:58.still based in the town. They will know if they have secured funding
:21:59. > :22:02.for the next development of the fees in a couple of months' time. If
:22:03. > :22:06.successful, the building could be completed by the end of 2020.
:22:07. > :22:08.From a possible future place for the arts
:22:09. > :22:10.to a new piece of public artwork that has been
:22:11. > :22:14.It is dedicated to the poets John Hewitt and Seamus Heaney
:22:15. > :22:16.and was created by school children who have been learning
:22:17. > :22:27.Our North-East reporter Sara Girvin reports.
:22:28. > :22:44.Reflecting on his own school days, John Hewitt once wrote. No, his
:22:45. > :22:50.life's work and that of Seamus Heaney our being celebrated in the
:22:51. > :22:59.classroom. Children from floor schools unveiled the artwork. The
:23:00. > :23:02.family of Seamus Heaney said he would have been absolutely
:23:03. > :23:10.delighted. I just wish he could of been here. He would've been
:23:11. > :23:17.overwhelmed. Many of the artists involved for learning about the
:23:18. > :23:25.poets for the first time. I cannot rate very well, but the poetry was
:23:26. > :23:35.fun to read. It was fun because we got to Colin a lot of pictures
:23:36. > :23:41.instead of doing work! Poetry is a map of the face and everybody is
:23:42. > :23:46.different. The man behind the project was a friend of Seamus
:23:47. > :23:54.Heaney and says he would've approved. He a great poet and a man
:23:55. > :24:00.of letters, but he was a shy and humble person. He had great ability
:24:01. > :24:13.and talent which will last for generations. These artworks support
:24:14. > :24:17.that. The work of these poets has already cemented the legacy, but it
:24:18. > :24:19.is this art installation will inspire the next to come.
:24:20. > :24:21.Ulsterbus is celebrating its 50th birthday this week.
:24:22. > :24:24.Over the decades of the Troubles, the company lost some
:24:25. > :24:26.of its staff, amid hijackings, bombings and firebombings.
:24:27. > :24:28.Of course, the modern fleet of buses is completely different.
:24:29. > :24:43.The drove onto this in 50 years ago. The changes in the buses have
:24:44. > :24:51.reflected the change of society. Like ticket collectors. We do the
:24:52. > :24:58.same job as the men, so we should get equal pay. And then Becky Scott
:24:59. > :25:16.became a bus driver. There have been cases of a driver
:25:17. > :25:22.stopping and people getting off the bus coming onto once. But more than
:25:23. > :25:33.1500 vehicles were destroyed during the course of the troubles,
:25:34. > :25:37.hijacked, set on fire and stolen. It could not have happened with the
:25:38. > :25:44.cooperation and goodwill of the stuff. They were willing to serve
:25:45. > :25:53.the public. When buses were on the road, it represented normality.
:25:54. > :26:00.Norman remember walking on a bus and walking off holding a suspect
:26:01. > :26:09.package. W Kelly suspect packages offer boss of the need arises? Up
:26:10. > :26:20.until midnight, it is my problem. After that, it is someone else's.
:26:21. > :26:27.This week, back in 1967, Ulsterbus was brand-new. Some of the he called
:26:28. > :26:30.the kid back to the 1940s. Passengers are having the chance to
:26:31. > :26:32.relive these days by having a look around some of these classic
:26:33. > :26:42.vehicles. The next fight for the Belfast boxer
:26:43. > :26:45.Michael Conlan will be in Chicago and he's confirmed that his second
:26:46. > :26:48.professional bout will The name of his opponent
:26:49. > :26:51.has yet to be released, although he is likely to be a step
:26:52. > :26:55.up in class from Tim Ibarra who Conlan comfortably defeated
:26:56. > :26:57.in his pro debut in New York It has been a mixed day
:26:58. > :27:25.on the weather front. Mostly dry, but quite cloudy so far.
:27:26. > :27:30.But it is going to get much more cold. Temperatures are going to fall
:27:31. > :27:38.significantly. Next week, we're looking at a drop in temperatures
:27:39. > :27:44.for quite a few days. Overnight in Ream pitching in from the West
:27:45. > :27:50.during the course of the night. Most places being up in double figures.
:27:51. > :27:59.Tomorrow, a decent start. Patches of green. Many places, particularly in
:28:00. > :28:05.the East will dry out from the mid-morning. But another area coming
:28:06. > :28:18.down from the North, bringing with it some more rain. Temperatures
:28:19. > :28:22.slightly down on today. 12-15dC. Down Seen the best chance of
:28:23. > :28:30.sunshine tomorrow. Becoming damp later in the afternoon. Tomorrow is
:28:31. > :28:39.the perfect is the for the mortar bake racing. Saturday looking as if
:28:40. > :28:44.it will be reasonably dry. A few showers around in the West
:28:45. > :28:51.throughout Saturday. Temperatures just getting up in two double
:28:52. > :28:56.figures. Recently, high pressure has dominated the weather. That is
:28:57. > :29:02.moving away and this low-pressure will become this controlling feature
:29:03. > :29:09.into the start of next week. It will bring a big drop in temperature. Any
:29:10. > :29:14.showers that come along could contain some rain and sleet and it
:29:15. > :29:31.could even be some snow on the high ground. Significantly colder next
:29:32. > :29:45.week. But it will bring some clear sky. Good news for stargazers. A
:29:46. > :29:49.remainder of the main headlines. The Stormont parties are getting
:29:50. > :29:51.more time to reach a deal, as the talks deadline
:29:52. > :29:54.is to be extended beyond You can also keep in contact with us
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