:00:14. > :00:19.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline...
:00:20. > :00:23.Principals say plans to cut the education budget by ?50 million
:00:24. > :00:31.will result in teachers losing their jobs.
:00:32. > :00:41.It would mean of ?160,000 which would equate to staff redundancies.
:00:42. > :00:44.After talks fail, there is now little chance of an anti-Brexit
:00:45. > :00:47.The Fermanagh village left without a GP where people
:00:48. > :00:49.have the option of online consultations at a price.
:00:50. > :00:54.A health trust says it was given special permission by Stormont
:00:55. > :00:58.I win free interest with pain the bravest is the minute I might have
:00:59. > :01:13.to go. The special football team from
:01:14. > :01:24.Londonderry who have just played their first competitive match. And
:01:25. > :01:28.the Arctic air moves away from us over the next 24 hours, so lest cold
:01:29. > :01:34.weather is on the way, but that'll also mean less sunshine.
:01:35. > :01:36.Politicians have been accused of holding children
:01:37. > :01:39.to ransom with plans to cut the education budget.
:01:40. > :01:43.The details were revealed yesterday by the Secretary of State, who said
:01:44. > :01:47.he intends imposing a budget if the Stormont parties do not reach
:01:48. > :01:50.an agreement on forming a new power-sharing executive.
:01:51. > :01:55.Education would take the biggest hit, with a cut of 2.5% -
:01:56. > :02:01.Our education correspondent Robbie Meredith has been getting
:02:02. > :02:10.reaction from some school principals.
:02:11. > :02:16.There is set to be no taking away then adding in many schools. The
:02:17. > :02:21.education budget is the second largest behind health. A cut above
:02:22. > :02:30.two and a half percent would mean a cat reduction that reduction. If
:02:31. > :02:37.that money goes to schools less of it will mean changes in the
:02:38. > :02:42.classroom. It will mean ?160,000 less for my school which will equate
:02:43. > :02:47.to teaching staff redundancies. I will not be able to offer the
:02:48. > :02:51.curriculum that the current the offer. But my biggest content would
:02:52. > :03:05.be the impact on the education of young in my school. -- biggest
:03:06. > :03:14.concern. Now he might have to save even more money. We have been
:03:15. > :03:17.looking at cutting 60 hours of support. We might have to increase
:03:18. > :03:24.that cut further sub will be cutting to staff. News of the cut came when
:03:25. > :03:31.the Secretary of State but there is also anger towards Stormont. The
:03:32. > :03:36.angle was said to reflect the political priorities and education
:03:37. > :03:43.is getting a cut of 2.5%. If our young people and education is not a
:03:44. > :03:52.political priority. Saying there is no money no longer makes sense to
:03:53. > :03:57.us. Not .5 only in wasted 0.5 billion wasted on a R H I scandal?
:03:58. > :04:04.And you're telling me I have to lose teachers? When this becomes a
:04:05. > :04:06.reality, losing assistant and teachers will be the only way that
:04:07. > :04:12.many are able to cope with this cut. Stormont's finances have been
:04:13. > :04:14.operating under emergency procedures because the last Executive failed
:04:15. > :04:16.to produce a budget. The Secretary of State said
:04:17. > :04:19.he published his plan to give clarity to the officials
:04:20. > :04:21.running government departments. Sinn Fein say any cuts
:04:22. > :04:32.are ultimately due to But the DUP has accused Sinn Fein
:04:33. > :04:36.of dodging hard decisions. Here's our economics and business
:04:37. > :04:46.editor John Campbell. Our public services have taped a
:04:47. > :04:55.series of tight budgets. And that is set to continue. And the separate
:04:56. > :04:58.bat Secretary of State's and it would get more money but not enough
:04:59. > :05:07.to make a major impact. It would mean cuts for education, justice and
:05:08. > :05:14.economic. It said to reflect the priorities of local party. There was
:05:15. > :05:18.not UK Government numbers but rather at reflecting the advice at the head
:05:19. > :05:21.of the Northern Ireland civil service after his assessment of the
:05:22. > :05:25.position which takes account of the priorities of the political parties
:05:26. > :05:29.prior to the dissolution of the assembly. The Sinn Fein leader
:05:30. > :05:34.acknowledges there are tough budget decision to come, but says that the
:05:35. > :05:40.blame lives at Westminster. Let us remember that the Tory cat did not
:05:41. > :05:47.happen because the -- Tory cat did not happen. They can into thousands
:05:48. > :05:52.and tens they came into power. Let's be assured that they will be
:05:53. > :05:58.difficult but isn't come because the Tories have set their mind against
:05:59. > :06:11.attacking public services. The DUP leader said the DUP -- the failure
:06:12. > :06:13.to set a budget is Betty Sinn Fein. Iran having stability so that we can
:06:14. > :06:19.create more jobs in Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein has decided that
:06:20. > :06:23.it would rather stick to what seems to be a growing political wish list,
:06:24. > :06:27.instead of dealing with the real issues that matter to the people of
:06:28. > :06:31.Northern Ireland. But even if Sinn Fein and the DUP do a deal, would go
:06:32. > :06:37.budget be much different from the Secretary of State has proposed?
:06:38. > :06:42.It's very likely that any devolved assembly would do anything
:06:43. > :06:56.dissimilar. There's one reason for that is because the sending... Mr
:06:57. > :07:02.broken showers budget contains ?50 million which hasn't yet been
:07:03. > :07:07.allocated -- Mr Burkinshaw. That could be used to release the impact
:07:08. > :07:11.on education. But whoever sets the budget they won't have much more
:07:12. > :07:13.room for remover. Stormont's finances will remain tight for the
:07:14. > :07:19.next few years. There's been much talk of pacts
:07:20. > :07:21.since the general election Yesterday, it seemed the DUP-Ulster
:07:22. > :07:25.Unionist one had run into problems. Today, it's the anti-Brexit pact,
:07:26. > :07:28.with the Green Party saying it now won't go into one with Sinn Fein
:07:29. > :07:30.and the SDLP. Our political correspondent
:07:31. > :07:32.Stephen Walker is at Stormont. There was hope from the anti-Brexit
:07:33. > :07:34.campaign that all kinds of parties would come
:07:35. > :07:44.together but what happened Well Island agreement is made clear
:07:45. > :07:51.that they could not join this pact for a variety of reasons for this.
:07:52. > :07:57.For example they wanted the SDLP MP Alistair MacDonald to step back in
:07:58. > :08:01.south Belfast. They also said they were a whole series of issues
:08:02. > :08:03.including abortion and the issue of whether candidates would take
:08:04. > :08:14.proceeds at Westminster. Here is the Green party leader. The principle of
:08:15. > :08:19.talking about Brexit is about the government of next four years. We
:08:20. > :08:23.have a clear progressive vision for Northern Ireland and we don't feel
:08:24. > :08:30.the party is quite met that vision. What has been the reaction customer
:08:31. > :08:34.well both SDLP and Sinn Fein say that they are very disappointed.
:08:35. > :08:37.They would have liked this alliance of anti-black parties to come
:08:38. > :08:52.together. The SDLP said they could not just do it -- and anti-black
:08:53. > :08:58.parties to come together. -- anti-Brexit parties to come
:08:59. > :09:02.together. Our fundamental position is we should fight Brexit where ever
:09:03. > :09:07.we can. That includes Westminster, that is part of the reason that it
:09:08. > :09:15.is very difficult to deal with Sinn Fein. Tonight for the general
:09:16. > :09:22.election campaign, both the against Brexit's pact pack have their own
:09:23. > :09:24.difficulties. As well as the unionist pack.
:09:25. > :09:26.You're watching BBC Newsline and still to come...
:09:27. > :09:37.This evening we return to Roslea in County Fermanagh -
:09:38. > :09:40.a village which is now without a doctor for the first time
:09:41. > :09:44.That's because no-one applied to take over the GP practice.
:09:45. > :09:46.Our health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly has been
:09:47. > :09:49.there to find out about a new, alternative doctor's
:09:50. > :09:59.facility - but patients will have to pay for it.
:10:00. > :10:06.What is happening here in Roslea is typical of what is unfolding in lots
:10:07. > :10:11.of rural areas across Northern Ireland. No doctor wants to come to
:10:12. > :10:16.work in a single GP run practice. Perhaps because it is too expensive,
:10:17. > :10:25.too much responsibility, even to lonely. So why GPs are looking after
:10:26. > :10:28.themselves that matter while GPs are looking after themselves, the
:10:29. > :10:35.question is who is looking after the people in these rural areas? It's
:10:36. > :10:41.been a fortnight since this GP practice" people living here are
:10:42. > :10:47.expected to travel 35 miles round trip to the nearest GP. The local
:10:48. > :10:49.pharmacy in the heart of the village of offering an alternative service
:10:50. > :10:54.which links people up via the Internet with a doctor working out
:10:55. > :11:02.of a private practice in bow fast. -- Belfast. I've had a nauseated
:11:03. > :11:11.stomach and saw aside for the last three weeks... White macro there is
:11:12. > :11:18.a charge for this today staff and the public were pulling it to the
:11:19. > :11:24.test. If I have to do it, I have to do it. It out only option. Do you
:11:25. > :11:37.think a lot of people can afford to pay for this? No, definitely not.
:11:38. > :11:43.This goes against the ethos of the NHS. According to the pharmacist who
:11:44. > :11:48.won't benefit from the payment, it's what they have been forced to. It's
:11:49. > :11:58.just a stopgap, it's not an ideal solution. It allows people to have
:11:59. > :12:04.some option to come in here. This only hope they can come in here so
:12:05. > :12:07.city of we can help them. While some people might see this as a positive
:12:08. > :12:12.opportunity, others may take a more cynical view and see it as creeping
:12:13. > :12:19.privatisation of the health service. Just miles from here over the
:12:20. > :12:23.border, people have no other choice but to pay 50 euros to see their GP.
:12:24. > :12:28.While the side of the border has not quite reached this stage, people in
:12:29. > :12:30.Roslea are experiencing what it might feel like to have to pay for
:12:31. > :12:32.their health care. The Southern Health Trust says it
:12:33. > :12:34.got special permission from Stormont to offer a much higher than normal
:12:35. > :12:37.salary to attract senior staff but it failed to
:12:38. > :12:42.attract new recruits. Last night, more than 800 people
:12:43. > :12:45.went along to a meeting to protest against plans to limit
:12:46. > :13:02.the opening hours of A city centre hotel in Newry. The
:13:03. > :13:06.high turnout is a measure of the opposition to losing the overnight
:13:07. > :13:17.AMD service. One of those who have lobbied the hospital -- AMD service.
:13:18. > :13:24.With loss beds in surgical, coronary care and also maternity beds. All of
:13:25. > :13:27.this has resulted in consultants being asked to stand over and
:13:28. > :13:32.emergency department that does not have the capability to deal with
:13:33. > :13:35.what their being asked to do. They are not prepared to work any more
:13:36. > :13:39.and they see the writing on the wall and they are not prepared to take a
:13:40. > :13:44.long-term posted hospital that is being continually downgraded. The
:13:45. > :13:47.trust says there is no shortage of money and they have searched home
:13:48. > :13:52.and abroad to get the senior staff at they need. We got special
:13:53. > :14:00.permission to offer the job here at a very elevated salary, far in
:14:01. > :14:05.excess of any other post in Northern Ireland and I'm aware of. Despite
:14:06. > :14:12.that we were unable to fill the job. The trust says that more and more a
:14:13. > :14:16.and the doctors are being drained. The fear among some is at the same
:14:17. > :14:19.will happen to Daisy Hill Hospital as happened in Belfast City Hospital
:14:20. > :14:24.accident and emergency several years ago. It too could not certainly
:14:25. > :14:29.start its emergency department which led to its close. What's happening
:14:30. > :14:43.is that people are going to have to go all the way up to Craigavon. .
:14:44. > :14:45.White two it serves as clear tee the trust says it is doing its best to
:14:46. > :14:56.keep the Department open. A riding school for children
:14:57. > :14:58.with disabilities says its work is being put at risk by the actions
:14:59. > :15:02.of those who attacked its horses Eight of the animals
:15:03. > :15:05.from the Fort Centre near Maghera were injured and badly spooked
:15:06. > :15:08.after they were corralled into Some rides had to be cancelled
:15:09. > :15:23.following the incident. For a link, contact the sources
:15:24. > :15:37.means a lot. He is a local people which caters -- people. Every week
:15:38. > :15:43.his school sends pupils to the Fort Centre. It has been here for 40
:15:44. > :15:49.years. It's a wonderful experience for the kids, they all benefit. It's
:15:50. > :15:57.a great sensory experience, the touch of the smell -- the touch and
:15:58. > :16:03.the smell of the horses. It all very very beneficial for all of them. At
:16:04. > :16:10.the weekend, the work was jeopardised. The centre believes a
:16:11. > :16:15.group of youths released the horses and subjected them to abuse. They
:16:16. > :16:21.seem to corral the horses out into the lane and they split the horses.
:16:22. > :16:25.They seem to have tried to get on them and write them. You can see
:16:26. > :16:35.from some of them that there are markings and scrapes. The horses and
:16:36. > :16:40.ponies are slowly recovery. -- recovering its a second time in a
:16:41. > :16:51.year that this is happen. Macro every body knows with the centre 's
:16:52. > :16:55.deep used for. Of a curtailed, the programme is able to continue but
:16:56. > :16:57.those running it are left wondering why anybody would want to put at
:16:58. > :17:08.risk this life enhancing work. Some news in brief,
:17:09. > :17:10.and a 69-year-old woman has died after a crash involving a car
:17:11. > :17:13.and a lorry in Strabane. Margaret McLaughlin who lived
:17:14. > :17:15.locally was a front seat Her husband, who was driving, is in
:17:16. > :17:19.a stable condition in hospital. The police are looking
:17:20. > :17:21.for witnesses to the incident A 20-year-old man was
:17:22. > :17:28.arrested at the scene. Bail was refused for 34-year-old
:17:29. > :17:36.Stephen Paul Lynch A former state pathologist has told
:17:37. > :17:46.Belfast Coroner's Court that a man shot dead by soldiers in 1971 had no
:17:47. > :17:49.injuries to suggest he was holding an explosive
:17:50. > :17:56.device when he was killed. At the time, four soldiers made
:17:57. > :17:59.similar statements that the man they'd shot at was blown
:18:00. > :18:14.into the air by a blast. Belfast, 1971. Burning vehicles,
:18:15. > :18:20.petrol bombs, stonethrowing and the army out in force. In February of
:18:21. > :18:24.that year, Bernard Watt was shot dead after coming across a riot near
:18:25. > :18:33.Berkeley Street in the Ardoyne. He had been on a night out with his
:18:34. > :18:36.friend. -- Butler Street. Statements from soldiers were read out in
:18:37. > :18:46.court. One claimed he had shot at a man who was holding a bomb. The
:18:47. > :18:51.another can describe the man is being blown six feet in the air.
:18:52. > :18:55.Referring to the four soldiers statements in the original
:18:56. > :19:17.postmortem examination's findings, FSO Jack Green had this to say.
:19:18. > :19:24.Dr Jack Crane went on to say that he was surprised that no forensic
:19:25. > :19:31.testing for explosives or volatile substances had been carried out an
:19:32. > :19:37.Bernard Watt's. He said that in view of the allegations made by the
:19:38. > :19:39.soldiers, he would have expected test to be carried out. The inquest
:19:40. > :20:02.concludes tomorrow. from Oxford Bulls from Londonderry
:20:03. > :20:10.became a recent Internet sensation. Our Northwest reporter was there to
:20:11. > :20:18.see how they got on. There was a warm welcome for the visitors. They
:20:19. > :20:24.took on the local team in their first ever competitor again. I think
:20:25. > :20:27.it sends out a very important need message that just because the
:20:28. > :20:33.children have Down's syndrome that they can do and are able to do
:20:34. > :20:36.things that people think they can. In the community, there was the
:20:37. > :20:44.huddle to share tactics. The excitement was building. We have
:20:45. > :20:49.kids with autism and if you are the things and there's not enough
:20:50. > :20:53.support to them. It was a visit from Republic of Ireland international
:20:54. > :20:59.James Maclean that paid the wake of his game. -- paved the way for this
:21:00. > :21:07.game. His session with the bones raised awareness when it was posted
:21:08. > :21:13.on the Internet. The response was phenomenal, we could delegate every
:21:14. > :21:18.day for two years. Adam Morrison hissed at the big night was in some
:21:19. > :21:30.late practice. How much are you looking for it to the game? 100
:21:31. > :21:35.goals this season. 100 goals, amazing excavation at it proved to
:21:36. > :21:42.be a thrilling game with great performances from all the children.
:21:43. > :21:45.The result? Everyone was declared a winner. Parents and supporters said
:21:46. > :21:48.that the night will live long in the memory for all involved. Already the
:21:49. > :21:54.Oxford Bulls have had many offers for challenge matches, the length
:21:55. > :21:58.and breadth of Ireland. And there are tentative talks of premiership
:21:59. > :22:02.games too. So it looks like Adam in all his friends will have to get
:22:03. > :22:14.plenty of practising in the coming weeks. I hope these cats were
:22:15. > :22:18.watching that. -- the top cats were watching
:22:19. > :22:27.that Tommy Breslin insisted he will not be in charge of Cliftonville for
:22:28. > :22:36.more than the next month. He returns for the crunch match with Lingfield.
:22:37. > :22:41.Breslin will also lead the North Belfast side in the European
:22:42. > :22:46.play-offs and is speaking to our reporter. It will be a big game. My
:22:47. > :22:51.job is to try and lift the club, the fans, the players and to try and get
:22:52. > :23:03.a liberal of life and a bit of momentum. When we asked? Late Sunday
:23:04. > :23:08.night, I had reservations, I slept on it and it's one of those, you
:23:09. > :23:12.know I'm dammed if I do, I'm dandified own. -- I'm dandified
:23:13. > :23:20.don't. And Derry City are in action again
:23:21. > :23:22.tonight playing their rearranged fixture at home to Limerick -
:23:23. > :23:25.we will have the full-time score Roberto Duran, one of boxings
:23:26. > :23:31.all time greats paid a first ever The four-weight world champion who's
:23:32. > :23:39.in Belfast on a promotional tour made a surprise visit
:23:40. > :23:41.to Glengormley Amateur boxing club where he put some budding fighters
:23:42. > :23:56.through their paces. in the ring he went by the name of
:23:57. > :24:01.hands of Stone. Family and private streets of Panama, Roberto Duran
:24:02. > :24:05.went on to conquer the world at four different weights over five decades.
:24:06. > :24:12.Now in his mid-60s, the hands of Stone have softened a little, but
:24:13. > :24:20.the Latinos vote heroes -- the letting folk hero's legend remains.
:24:21. > :24:31.Roberto, welcome to Belfast. What is it like to be here for the first
:24:32. > :24:36.time? He is very happy, very happy to be here. He wasn't expecting to
:24:37. > :24:40.have many fancier, to be honest and now that he has come to the gym, he
:24:41. > :24:45.feels like he is home with friends. Many say that you were the greatest
:24:46. > :24:52.of all time. What is the secret to being the greatest? Three things are
:24:53. > :24:57.very important in life and boxing. Hunger, desire, and they need to
:24:58. > :25:01.become a champion. It's really exciting to see him coming along and
:25:02. > :25:06.it can to do good for the club and all. These included eating?
:25:07. > :25:23.Of his 119 fights, he won 70 by knockouts. Glengormley had never
:25:24. > :25:45.seen is like before, boxing might never see it again.
:25:46. > :25:58.I was trying to see some of you weather pictures but the one behind
:25:59. > :26:11.you beach then on. That's from this morning. We all experienced that
:26:12. > :26:16.bitterly cold winter day. This is how the Glen Shane parcel of this
:26:17. > :26:20.morning. There was sunshine around and there will still be a coating of
:26:21. > :26:25.snow in some of the hills and there are still a few wintry showers,
:26:26. > :26:29.particularly in the West. In a lot of places it's a fine, sunny
:26:30. > :26:34.evening, though still very cold in that win. The wind will drop
:26:35. > :26:38.overnight and so will the showers so a lot of places will have a cold,
:26:39. > :26:45.clear night. Gardeners, there could be a frost in some places. If you're
:26:46. > :26:52.up early, there could be a frost on your car windscreen. The sun will be
:26:53. > :26:54.up very early, about six o'clock or earlier. Stilton showers working
:26:55. > :27:02.over Donegal in in and the north-west tomorrow -- still some
:27:03. > :27:08.showers. The wind will ease a little bit as the day goes on and would not
:27:09. > :27:12.be quite as bitter. So a giant morning, some sunshine around. More
:27:13. > :27:16.cloudy in the afternoon, still some brightness and could be some dry,
:27:17. > :27:21.sunny weather in the east with a few spots of rain across the West.
:27:22. > :27:24.Temperatures slightly up on today. Tomorrow night with a few spots of
:27:25. > :27:30.rain and cloud it will not be as cold. Things gradually turning a bit
:27:31. > :27:35.milder but also much cloudier. Thursday will be a cloudy breezy day
:27:36. > :27:39.with spots of rain. But good news for Friday and Saturday, but we will
:27:40. > :27:44.see temperatures into double figures and we should also have some
:27:45. > :27:45.sunshine. Our late summary is at 10:30pm, goodbye.