:00:00. > :00:09.The Justice Minister has backed calls for an inquiry
:00:10. > :00:12.into controversial undercover police units from Scotland Yard
:00:13. > :00:17.It's been revealed that the Metropolitan Police has
:00:18. > :00:20.contacted the family of at least one Troubles murder victim to say
:00:21. > :00:22.an undercover officer infiltrated a protest about the killing.
:00:23. > :00:27.Claire Sugden says the units activities could have
:00:28. > :00:28.implications for police investigations here.
:00:29. > :00:38.Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.
:00:39. > :00:41.Mark Kennedy is one of the former undercover officers
:00:42. > :00:44.He was one of a number who infiltrated environmental
:00:45. > :00:53.pressure groups by tricking women into sexual relationships.
:00:54. > :00:55.The Metropolitan Police has apologised for their activities.
:00:56. > :00:57.We have accepted those relationships should not have happened and we have
:00:58. > :01:00.been through a process and agreed settlement with the woman and part
:01:01. > :01:03.of that settlement was a desire on our part to be very
:01:04. > :01:15.Prime Minister Theresa May visited Northern Ireland last month.
:01:16. > :01:18.But there are no plans for a judge leading a public
:01:19. > :01:21.inquiry into the activities of the undercover units to do so.
:01:22. > :01:24.In her previous role as Minister for the Home Office, Theresa May
:01:25. > :01:26.set up the inquiry - and limited its scope
:01:27. > :01:32.That's despite the fact that Mark Kennedy, seen here on the left,
:01:33. > :01:35.and a number of the other undercover officers worked in Northern Ireland,
:01:36. > :01:43.and did so without the knowledge of the RUC or PSNI.
:01:44. > :01:45.Stormont Justice Minister Claire Sugden has now added her voice
:01:46. > :01:47.to calls for the inquiry to be extended.
:01:48. > :01:50.In a letter sent in June when Theresa May was
:01:51. > :01:52.still at the Home Office, she said the PSNI has examined
:01:53. > :01:54.thousands of Scotland Yard documents after being told
:01:55. > :01:56.there may be material relevant to Northern Ireland.
:01:57. > :01:59.The letter said the Metropolitan Police has contacted the family
:02:00. > :02:01.of at least one murder victim here to inform them that
:02:02. > :02:05.their officers were present at protest activity relating
:02:06. > :02:11.to the murder, and that it plans to contact another family
:02:12. > :02:14.Claire Sugden said it's possible that operations conducted
:02:15. > :02:21.by the undercover units - or any material they gathered -
:02:22. > :02:26.could have implications for police investigations and inquests
:02:27. > :02:29.Because of those potential implications, she said
:02:30. > :02:32.it was imperative for the inquiry to follow the evidence trail
:02:33. > :02:38.While in Northern Ireland, Mark Kennedy is known to have
:02:39. > :02:40.attended meetings of environmental activists at the Menagerie bar
:02:41. > :02:42.on Belfast's University Street, and the City Church
:02:43. > :02:46.Activists and campaigners here who claim they may have been
:02:47. > :02:50.spied on by the undercover units also want the terms of reference
:02:51. > :02:56.Lawyers acting for a number of them have written to Theresa May,
:02:57. > :03:01.claiming a failure to do so would be a breach of their human rights.
:03:02. > :03:04.The lawyers said it wouldn't be rational for the government
:03:05. > :03:07.to conclude that there was a need for a judge led inquiry into these
:03:08. > :03:10.allegations in England and Wales, but no need for an inquiry
:03:11. > :03:15.into the same allegations, involving the same undercover officers,
:03:16. > :03:24.A man has died after he was injured in a car crash in Claudy yesterday.
:03:25. > :03:27.The 60-year-old was a passenger in a car that was involved
:03:28. > :03:30.in a collision with a van on the Foreglen Road.
:03:31. > :03:36.The man's name hasn't yet been released.
:03:37. > :03:40.A man and woman have been arrested in connection with the murder
:03:41. > :03:44.Michael McGibbon died after being shot several times
:03:45. > :03:49.in the leg in Butler Place not far from his home.
:03:50. > :03:51.Dissident Republicans were blamed for the murder.
:03:52. > :03:53.A group of Chinese tourists has come under attack by stone
:03:54. > :03:58.The family of eight had flown into Northern Ireland this morning
:03:59. > :04:01.and were on a private tour when the coach they were in was hit.
:04:02. > :04:04.No one was injured but the tourists were extremely frightened.
:04:05. > :04:12.This was their first time in Northern Ireland.
:04:13. > :04:20.I was driving up the bottle of both the Falls Road and the bus was
:04:21. > :04:25.attacked by stones or bricks and it smashed the windows. I had Chinese
:04:26. > :04:30.tourists on the bus, doing a city tour of Belfast. They were so
:04:31. > :04:34.shocked and terrified at the time that they wanted to go back to the
:04:35. > :04:35.hotel and didn't... They were pretty scared and shut up.
:04:36. > :04:40.A major fish kill in a County Londonderry river
:04:41. > :04:42.is believed to have been caused by silage effluent.
:04:43. > :04:44.Several thousand fish have died since the pollution spill
:04:45. > :04:49.Here's our northwest reporter Keiron Tourish.
:04:50. > :04:51.Amateur photographer Lucan Newland was back on this stretch
:04:52. > :04:55.of the River Faughan today, collecting yet more dead fish.
:04:56. > :04:58.He came across a large amount of different kinds of fish
:04:59. > :05:03.He was horrified and recorded what he witnessed.
:05:04. > :05:10.I was walking here with a friend yesterday and he stumbled
:05:11. > :05:14.upon a fish and I looked at it myself, and I noticed another one
:05:15. > :05:19.and another one and as we went along the river it escalated quickly,
:05:20. > :05:30.we started to realise a considerable amount of damage was done.
:05:31. > :05:39.We saw 20 or 30 dead fish in the spot, then we started to see
:05:40. > :05:42.big salmon floating side-by-side, and the whole place
:05:43. > :05:47.The Loughs Agency says a range of fish have been
:05:48. > :05:49.killed or left distressed, including salmon, sea trout
:05:50. > :05:51.and eel - virtually everything that lives here.
:05:52. > :05:53.The Northern Ireland Environment Agency said the pollution
:05:54. > :05:57.Were talking several thousand dead fish
:05:58. > :06:02.At the moment we are following a definite line of inquiry but we
:06:03. > :06:05.No one from NI Water was available for interview but in a
:06:06. > :06:08.statement that organisation said the water here was of the highest
:06:09. > :06:12.NI Water said it shut down a water treatment works in Eglinton
:06:13. > :06:18.as a precaution and will continue to monitor the Faughan.
:06:19. > :06:21.The police are investigating an attack on an orange hall in Crumlin.
:06:22. > :06:25.It's believed sectarian graffiti was spray painted onto the building
:06:26. > :06:27.on the Antrim Road sometime between midnight and early this
:06:28. > :06:33.The police say the target of a bomb found in Lisburn at the weekend
:06:34. > :06:37.was most likely a person, rather than a location.
:06:38. > :06:41.It's believed the device may have fallen from a vehicle in the city
:06:42. > :06:45.A controlled explosion was carried out in Market Place
:06:46. > :06:50.A 22-year-old Portadown man has been charged with sexually grooming
:06:51. > :06:55.Christopher Davison, from Granville Gardens,
:06:56. > :06:59.faces two charges of sexual communication with a child -
:07:00. > :07:02.and two of meeting a child after sexual grooming.
:07:03. > :07:06.He was released on bail and ordered not to contact anyone connected
:07:07. > :07:11.with the Irish Football Association or anyone under 18 via social media.
:07:12. > :07:18.He is also to stay out of Banbridge.
:07:19. > :07:21.The chair of the Assembly's Health Committee has said she would not be
:07:22. > :07:24.against the introduction of a drug that can prevent HIV.
:07:25. > :07:26.The DUP's Paula Bradley made her comments after a court told
:07:27. > :07:29.the Health Service in England that it can fund provision
:07:30. > :07:35.A local man who is HIV positive says it's all about prevention.
:07:36. > :07:39.Our health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly reports.
:07:40. > :07:43.Greg Owen was diagnosed with HIV in 2015.
:07:44. > :07:48.Since then, he's been campaigning for the drug PREP to be
:07:49. > :07:52.made available on the National Health Service.
:07:53. > :07:58.A UK trial has shown that the pill provides more than 80% protection
:07:59. > :08:00.against HIV, so it's only those who don't already carry
:08:01. > :08:05.In Belfast they had 800 people living with HIV but 200 who don't
:08:06. > :08:08.If you blitz this with education and prevention and
:08:09. > :08:12.treatment, you will not have an HIV situation here, when we look
:08:13. > :08:21.Yesterday's High Court decision in London, which ruled that NHS
:08:22. > :08:23.England should fund the drug, could mean an annual bill of around
:08:24. > :08:33.Attending the opening of this new charity shop,
:08:34. > :08:35.the DUP's health spokesperson, perhaps in a surprise
:08:36. > :08:41.move, said her party backed funding the drug.
:08:42. > :08:45.It may be is seen as not our party's stance when it comes to gay men but
:08:46. > :08:48.I know as someone who has chaired the sexual health committee in the
:08:49. > :08:52.Assembly that it is something I have had an interest in, and I know 41%
:08:53. > :08:55.of our population who have an HIV diagnosis are heterosexual.
:08:56. > :08:59.That reaction got this one from Greg.
:09:00. > :09:03.I came back to Belfast bracing myself and when I heard that, I was
:09:04. > :09:10.Over 800 men and women here have been diagnosed with HIV.
:09:11. > :09:18.Northern Ireland has the highest proportion of new HIV diagnoses each
:09:19. > :09:21.year of anywhere else in the UK, and that is a concern, a quarter of
:09:22. > :09:24.people living with HIV do not have a diagnosis yet.
:09:25. > :09:32.This HIV drug ruling presents a modern dilemma for the public
:09:33. > :09:36.But with an appeal likely, its availability is hardly imminent.
:09:37. > :09:40.The Olympic Games get underway this Friday -
:09:41. > :09:42.and some of the first Northern Ireland athletes in action
:09:43. > :09:47.Former medal winners Alan Campbell and brothers Richard and Peter
:09:48. > :10:06.Last-minute preparations that one of the Olympic's most spectacular
:10:07. > :10:12.venues, even on an overcast day. I came out in the evening. Not even he
:10:13. > :10:16.has seen anything like it before. The last few Olympics were man-made
:10:17. > :10:23.lakes, this is a naturally occurring late in the middle of Rio and one of
:10:24. > :10:27.the most iconic venues. This is just up to my right, we couldn't ask for
:10:28. > :10:33.a better location, better place, better venue. The bit of wind, which
:10:34. > :10:38.might make it trickier, but nothing that we shouldn't be a will to cope
:10:39. > :10:43.with. In London four years ago, our three rovers produced three medals,
:10:44. > :10:46.two silver and a bronze. They are hoping to go even better this time
:10:47. > :10:56.and become Northern Ireland's first gold medal Olympic winner since
:10:57. > :11:00.1968. We started rowing at 15 or 16 years old, it's all those years
:11:01. > :11:04.though the outcome of the mental stability, the technical prowess
:11:05. > :11:09.that we have. It all comes together on this track and the finish line
:11:10. > :11:14.just behind us, to cross first would be an amazing feeling to beat
:11:15. > :11:18.Olympic champion. Representing Northern Ireland, it would make it
:11:19. > :11:25.even more special. Great day for the Chambers family. It is a great
:11:26. > :11:30.achievement, I was thinking about it the other day, going to the Olympics
:11:31. > :11:34.just by itself is pretty incredible. To come away with something using an
:11:35. > :11:38.better. And a gold medal would be the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.
:11:39. > :11:46.Now let's get the weather forecast with Angie.
:11:47. > :11:52.Hello, Kitty evening. Temperature wise, not all that bad, near
:11:53. > :11:59.average, but a terminal weather-wise with heavy showers and those gusty
:12:00. > :12:03.winds. Winds will easy little bit, stays quite breezy. Further showers
:12:04. > :12:06.coming in, some quite heavy before they start to ease later on in the
:12:07. > :12:13.night. Not too chilly tonight, those of 12 or 13 Celsius. Into tomorrow,
:12:14. > :12:18.a better day. It looks like a drier day for many of us, brighter as
:12:19. > :12:22.well. In the morning, still crazy, some showers scattered around before
:12:23. > :12:26.the ease in the afternoon. Across the rest of the country, not as
:12:27. > :12:31.windy as today, but still breezy enough. That Greece will continue to
:12:32. > :12:37.bring showers across Scotland, feeling quite fresh. Heavy downpours
:12:38. > :12:40.across the Republic of Ireland, northern and central parts of
:12:41. > :12:43.England and Wales, but not all parts will get them. Sunshine in between
:12:44. > :12:49.and not too many of the showers for the far south where it will feel
:12:50. > :12:53.that bit warmer with highs of 22 or 23 Celsius. Coming back to Northern
:12:54. > :12:56.Ireland, the showers have all but gone in the afternoon, mainly dry,
:12:57. > :13:02.and we have a fair amount of sunshine. A bit fresh on the north
:13:03. > :13:06.coast, an onshore breeze, around 16 Celsius. In this shelter of the
:13:07. > :13:12.South, feeling pleasant in the sunshine, 19 Celsius. Showers coming
:13:13. > :13:16.in later on the day on Friday, temperatures rising for the weekend,
:13:17. > :13:17.often cloudy, but some dry and bright spells as well.
:13:18. > :13:21.Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25 in the morning
:13:22. > :13:25.You can also keep updated with News Online.