:00:10. > :00:16.A man has died following an incident in Belfast City Centre this morning.
:00:17. > :00:18.The Police Ombudsman's office is investigating what happened.
:00:19. > :00:21.Police were called to Great Victoria Street shortly
:00:22. > :00:23.before 5am this morning, after a report that a man
:00:24. > :00:30.Witnesses said the man was dressed only in his underwear and had been
:00:31. > :00:33.He had had an altercation with a number of taxi drivers,
:00:34. > :00:36.During the arrest police used CS spray.
:00:37. > :00:40.A defibrillator was left at the scene beside
:00:41. > :00:44.The man was taken to hospital where his condition
:00:45. > :00:48.Tonight it's been confirmed he has died.
:00:49. > :00:51.The Police Ombusdman's Office says it will be conducting an independent
:00:52. > :01:00.investigation into the circumstances surrounding the arrest.
:01:01. > :01:06.We have obtained a number of witness statements but I would like to make
:01:07. > :01:10.an appeal for any witnesses that were in the vicinity of the grand
:01:11. > :01:18.Opera house this morning at 5am. If they witnessed anyone or anything of
:01:19. > :01:19.relevance if they could contact the ombudsman's office, that would be
:01:20. > :01:19.useful. City-bound lanes of the street,
:01:20. > :01:22.which had been shut A 14-year-old Northern Ireland girl
:01:23. > :01:25.is suing Facebook after a naked photograph of her was posted
:01:26. > :01:27.on the site. It's believed to be the first case
:01:28. > :01:40.of its kind in the world. Lawyers for the girl to be High
:01:41. > :01:45.Court that the picture was published repeatedly online as a form of
:01:46. > :01:51.revenge. The girl is seizing -- suing Facebook and the man who
:01:52. > :01:54.posted the photo. She is seeking damages for alleged misuse of
:01:55. > :02:01.private information, negligence and pitching that a protection laws. The
:02:02. > :02:07.picture was posted several times over a period of 15 months. A
:02:08. > :02:13.barrister for the girl argued blocking the republication should be
:02:14. > :02:17.a red line for the company. Facebook said they always took down offensive
:02:18. > :02:25.material and they had done this several times. He applied for the
:02:26. > :02:28.case to be dismissed. The judge reserved his decision on that.
:02:29. > :02:31.A 35-year-old South Belfast woman has been jailed for seven and a half
:02:32. > :02:33.months after admitting fracturing three of her four-week-old
:02:34. > :02:36.The court heard that the attack happened in August 2014
:02:37. > :02:40.The woman can't be named for legal reasons.
:02:41. > :02:43.The judge said that she had breached her trust as a mother
:02:44. > :02:46.and that if she has any more children it was likely they too
:02:47. > :02:54.The First Minister Arlene Foster has rejected a call by Martin McGuinness
:02:55. > :02:59.She says the National Crime Agency is the appropriate organisation
:03:00. > :03:01.to investigate revelations made on this week's BBC
:03:02. > :03:08.It broadcast recordings of Belfast businessman Frank Cushanan
:03:09. > :03:10.accepting ?40,000 in cash from a property developer.
:03:11. > :03:20.Tuesday night's Spotlight programme investigated
:03:21. > :03:34.The committee's job was to advise on Nama's ?1 million portfolio here.
:03:35. > :03:40.An experienced businessman and former banker, he was praised
:03:41. > :03:44.by DUP ministers during Stormont committee meetings last year.
:03:45. > :03:47.Spotlight obtained a recording of Frank Cushnahan doing his own
:03:48. > :03:59.cash deal with developer John Miskelly.
:04:00. > :04:03.In return for his ?40,000, John Miskelly was hoping
:04:04. > :04:06.Frank Cushnahan could help him with the deal to refinance his
:04:07. > :04:10.loans, get out of NAMA and retake control of his properties.
:04:11. > :04:15.This would represent a serious conflict of interest.
:04:16. > :04:23.Frank Cushnahan has consistently denied any wrongdoing.
:04:24. > :04:32.In a statement, John Miskelly said...
:04:33. > :04:35.Today, there was a call for the affair be investigated
:04:36. > :04:45.What we need is obviously the police investigations whether it be
:04:46. > :04:50.the American ones or not, investigated as soon as possible
:04:51. > :04:53.so we can have all the information about what was actually
:04:54. > :04:56.going on and I think we need an all Ireland investigation.
:04:57. > :05:02.The First Minister has rejected the call for an all Ireland enquiry.
:05:03. > :05:06.The National Crime Agency will continue with their
:05:07. > :05:08.investigation and once that investigation is over,
:05:09. > :05:11.then we can look to see if there are any other consequential
:05:12. > :05:13.investigations that will have to take place.
:05:14. > :05:15.We have always been very clear that the National Crime Agency
:05:16. > :05:17.is the appropriate and professional organisation to deal
:05:18. > :05:28.This is a story that has many strands to it.
:05:29. > :05:33.This is being investigated by political committees in Dublin
:05:34. > :05:35.and Belfast and a number of law enforcement agencies.
:05:36. > :05:37.NAMA may no longer have a in Northern Ireland,
:05:38. > :05:42.what remains is a long list of unanswered questions.
:05:43. > :05:48.A new survey carried out for the BBC's political programme
:05:49. > :05:52.The View has found that more than half of people here
:05:53. > :05:56.do not want the Government to call a border poll.
:05:57. > :05:59.Sinn Fein called for a vote on the matter after a majority
:06:00. > :06:01.of people here backed remaining in the EU in June's referendum.
:06:02. > :06:04.Our Political Editor Mark Devenport has more.
:06:05. > :06:12.Between the mid-August and early September,
:06:13. > :06:14.pollsters interviewed more than 1000 people face-to-face at locations
:06:15. > :06:20.Their questions for the BBC were designed to shed some light
:06:21. > :06:24.In the immediate aftermath of June's referendum, Sinn Fein
:06:25. > :06:26.called for a border poll to decide Northern Ireland's constitutional
:06:27. > :06:30.Only one third of those interviewed agreed with them whilst more
:06:31. > :06:38.A further 15% didn't know whether they wanted one not.
:06:39. > :06:42.Predictably, enthusiasm for a border poll is greater amongst
:06:43. > :06:48.people with a Catholic background than those
:06:49. > :06:57.More than half of the Catholics interviewed backed holding a border
:06:58. > :07:00.poll whilst more than seven out of ten of the Protestants interviewed
:07:01. > :07:04.Not surprisingly, because you live to the border, the more
:07:05. > :07:06.likely you seem to be in favour of a referendum.
:07:07. > :07:12.This shows the highest level of support with 47% in favour
:07:13. > :07:19.of holding a border poll whilst Greater Belfast appears
:07:20. > :07:22.to be the most sceptical, with 68% against the idea.
:07:23. > :07:24.Having established whether people want a border poll, they then went
:07:25. > :07:29.How would you vote and has the UK's decision to leave the European Union
:07:30. > :07:35.We will have the answers to those questions on it tonight's
:07:36. > :07:42.And The View is on just after this news.
:07:43. > :07:46.A woman who was sexually abused, as a child, by her foster father has
:07:47. > :07:50.waived her right to anonymity to urge other victims
:07:51. > :07:55.Jackie O'Connor, who's now 36, was first abused when she was five.
:07:56. > :07:59.Her foster father Brian Gregory from Main Street in Conlig
:08:00. > :08:02.was jailed for four years last month after pleading guilty to several
:08:03. > :08:09.I went to meet Jackie this afternoon at her home in Bangor.
:08:10. > :08:13.A secret kept for almost 30 years has finally been revealed.
:08:14. > :08:16.Abused from the age of five until she was 11, Jackie O'Connor
:08:17. > :08:24.Her abuser admitted the charges and was jailed for four years.
:08:25. > :08:27.Jackie has two small children and it was their birth that finally
:08:28. > :08:30.gave her the courage to go to the police.
:08:31. > :08:33.I want my children to know that they can always come to me
:08:34. > :08:35.and tell me anything, they will never be any
:08:36. > :08:44.When they are old enough, they will be told.
:08:45. > :08:47.She says the four-year sentence has given her release and the strength
:08:48. > :08:52.It impacted on my entire life until I went to the police.
:08:53. > :08:55.It's only now that I feel I can be the person
:08:56. > :09:03.How does she feel now about the only father she had ever known?
:09:04. > :09:23.He ruined a father-daughter relationship.
:09:24. > :09:28.Although advised against going public, she says she wants to tell
:09:29. > :09:32.other people who have been abused to have the confidence to come forward.
:09:33. > :09:37.I think it's really sad to know there are so many out
:09:38. > :09:40.there and they feel they don't have support or feel
:09:41. > :09:46.To go forward and go to the police to report this.
:09:47. > :09:51.There is so much support out there, there's a whole big network
:09:52. > :10:02.How do you feel about life and I'm looking forward?
:10:03. > :10:16.I have a life, it's a weight there has been lifted off me.
:10:17. > :10:17.Jackie O'Connor speaking to me earlier.
:10:18. > :10:20.Portrush is to receive a regeneration fund of ?500,000
:10:21. > :10:21.before it hosts golf's Open Championship in 2019.
:10:22. > :10:24.The money will be split equally between public realm improvements
:10:25. > :10:27.in the town centre and re-developing the train station.
:10:28. > :10:29.The announcement was made in Portstewart by the Communities
:10:30. > :10:43.You will attract tens of millions of pounds into the local economy
:10:44. > :10:47.through the Open Championship in 2019 and the Irish Open in
:10:48. > :10:50.Portstewart next year, but that continues to drive investment here
:10:51. > :10:53.in Portrush and that is something that is sustainable and you will
:10:54. > :10:58.have long-term economic benefits from having the Open Championship in
:10:59. > :10:59.2019. It is important we give them a really good experience and then they
:11:00. > :11:01.want to come back here to Portrush. BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback
:11:02. > :11:03.programme celebrated 30 years A party was thrown in its honour
:11:04. > :11:08.here at the BBC in Belfast. Invited guests included listeners
:11:09. > :11:11.who've tuned in from the start as well as politicians and those
:11:12. > :11:13.who worked on it down the years. Those involved in its early days
:11:14. > :11:28.remembered it fondly. Talkback, the problem -- programme
:11:29. > :11:34.that gets people talking and not only on their but of error, which
:11:35. > :11:35.generated lots of interest in public affairs in Northern Ireland and we
:11:36. > :11:36.are the better for it. To the Paralympics now
:11:37. > :11:39.and Bethany Firth will go for gold She won her heat this afternoon
:11:40. > :11:42.in spectacular fashion in the 100 metres backstroke
:11:43. > :11:49.by breaking her own world record. We have got a few lumpy
:11:50. > :11:55.showers around through this They will gradually fizzle out
:11:56. > :12:01.as we head towards dawn on Friday. Certainly the temperatures,
:12:02. > :12:03.while still mild, aren't going to be nearly as muggy as they have
:12:04. > :12:06.been on recent nights. Tomorrow, do not be fooled
:12:07. > :12:10.by the dry start to the day. As we go through Friday,
:12:11. > :12:12.this area of low pressure and the associated fronts
:12:13. > :12:15.are going to bring some heavy rain and some really strong
:12:16. > :12:17.winds across Ireland. It means that Britain and Ireland
:12:18. > :12:20.are going to have two Still dry and bright and very warm
:12:21. > :12:24.across the south-east of England. It starts off dry and bright,
:12:25. > :12:29.but it won't take long for skies to cloud over,
:12:30. > :12:31.the rain to start to move in and most particularly the wind
:12:32. > :12:34.really going to pick up Through the middle part of Friday,
:12:35. > :12:40.very wet and very windy indeed. We could see some pretty significant
:12:41. > :12:43.gusts along the North Channel The good news is that the rain
:12:44. > :12:50.will eventually clear out of the way and it sets us up for a drier
:12:51. > :12:53.start to the weekend. Saturday is actually
:12:54. > :12:54.not looking too bad. The odd shower popping
:12:55. > :12:58.up here and there. Those temperatures firmly
:12:59. > :13:00.in the mid teens. Good news if you are heading
:13:01. > :13:06.to the Proms concert on the Titanic Slipway in Belfast
:13:07. > :13:08.on Saturday evening. Sunday, well, there is a little bit
:13:09. > :13:13.more of a question mark about that. We will be filling in the details
:13:14. > :13:17.as we head towards the weekend. Saturday is certainly the day
:13:18. > :13:21.to crack on with the outside jobs. Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am
:13:22. > :13:26.in the morning during Breakfast