:00:00. > :00:11.The Ryanair boss has accused the Executive of hampering airport
:00:12. > :00:14.growth in Northern Ireland by not scrapping or cutting
:00:15. > :00:20.Michael O'Leary questioned the wisdom of recent rescue deals
:00:21. > :00:22.for the Belfast/New York route, as well as for
:00:23. > :00:28.Our business correspondent Julian O'Neill has more.
:00:29. > :00:30.The vast majority of Northern Ireland flights
:00:31. > :00:34.are taxed at ?13 - money we pay added
:00:35. > :00:45.A better use of money - he argues - than the recent ?9 million subsidy
:00:46. > :00:49.for United Airlines and its Belfast-New York flight.
:00:50. > :00:53.Subsidising a rich American airline which will stay here for as long
:00:54. > :00:56.as it gets the subsidy and the day the subsidy ends will leave is not
:00:57. > :01:00.a sensible use of scarce resources here in Northern Ireland.
:01:01. > :01:04.The Northern Ireland Executive have got to get rid of it.
:01:05. > :01:07.But the figures do not make it so straightforward.
:01:08. > :01:09.Removing all tax has been estimated at costing the Executive
:01:10. > :01:13.at least ?55 million, as it has to cover the loss
:01:14. > :01:20.The recent rescue packages to United and to City of Derry Airport total
:01:21. > :01:25.?16 million, and not all of it is public money.
:01:26. > :01:28.Total abolition would require more cash.
:01:29. > :01:31.But Mr O'Leary believes at least some intervention is needed
:01:32. > :01:35.to support airport growth and, in the case of Derry,
:01:36. > :01:39.to keep what few Ryanair services which remain there.
:01:40. > :01:42.We are guaranteeing that we will continue the Derry services
:01:43. > :01:46.to Glasgow and Liverpool for summer 2017, but unless there is some
:01:47. > :01:51.movement here on the APD taxes I think it is inevitable over time
:01:52. > :01:55.that the Glasgow and Liverpool services will migrate to Aldergrove.
:01:56. > :01:58.Mr O'Leary was in Northern Ireland to talk about Ryanair schedules out
:01:59. > :02:01.of Belfast International, and said the uncertainty of Brexit
:02:02. > :02:07.For the foreseeable future, expansion will be concentrated
:02:08. > :02:16.The Westminster Government has said it will step in to give financial
:02:17. > :02:21.support to the Londonderry to London air route out of Derry City Airport.
:02:22. > :02:24.It follows Ryanair's decision to end its service
:02:25. > :02:28.The money will be in addition to assistance the Executive
:02:29. > :02:34.The multiple medal-winning Paralympic swimmer Bethany Firth has
:02:35. > :02:38.received a heroes' welcome on her return to Northern Ireland.
:02:39. > :02:41.The County Down woman was Paralympic GB's most successful competitor
:02:42. > :02:48.Normally Hollywood actress Kim Cattrall of Sex And The City
:02:49. > :02:52.fame is the centre of attention when she walks through an airport.
:02:53. > :02:58.This was the superstar everyone was gathered to see.
:02:59. > :03:01.Happy to be home, the biggest welcome for Paralympic golden girl
:03:02. > :03:08.It was hard to know who was happier to see who.
:03:09. > :03:11.I am so overwhelmed and I was very emotional to see everyone
:03:12. > :03:16.I went off social media so I didn't get to see all the support,
:03:17. > :03:19.so I can't wait to go home and look at it.
:03:20. > :03:21.Maybe it was Russell who was happiest to see you?
:03:22. > :03:27.So much, I have been away from home for so long,
:03:28. > :03:32.Now I just get time with him which will be so good.
:03:33. > :03:35.I know when you're out there in Rio you had so many messages of support,
:03:36. > :03:38.what would you like to say to everyone who was in touch
:03:39. > :03:44.It brought a little bit of Northern Ireland to Rio for me.
:03:45. > :03:47.I loved that so much and I couldn't have done it
:03:48. > :03:51.It is hard to believe that Bethany only took up swimming
:03:52. > :03:54.seven years ago as a way of overcoming her fear of water.
:03:55. > :04:06.Mum thought we would have difficulty.
:04:07. > :04:13.She had packed two swimsuits thinking Bethany would hide one
:04:14. > :04:17.of them, but we got her into the pool and she went up like a fish,
:04:18. > :04:22.The magnitude of her success, three gold medals and one silver
:04:23. > :04:29.saw her return as Paralympic GB's most successful competitor.
:04:30. > :04:32.In her four races she had three PBs, and the only one she didn't,
:04:33. > :04:37.she had a tummy upset that day, though she still won it comfortably.
:04:38. > :04:41.It is a hard question to ask at the moment but she has four gold
:04:42. > :04:47.She should be able to go on for at least two more Games
:04:48. > :04:56.She should be more in her prime even in four years' time than now.
:04:57. > :05:02.First, a well-deserved holiday for the local star
:05:03. > :05:11.The Justice Minister has told MLAs that prison officers in Maghaberry
:05:12. > :05:16.were not equipped to deal with a mentally ill inmate
:05:17. > :05:21.Claire Sugden also accepted that the Prisoner Ombudsman
:05:22. > :05:24.report into Sean Lynch's treatment was damning.
:05:25. > :05:27.It found that two prison officers watched as the 23-year-old injured
:05:28. > :05:37.I have had a conversation about it, over more than an hour.
:05:38. > :05:42.I have had a conversation about it, and I think, moving forward, we need
:05:43. > :05:47.to look at staff training. This was an exceptional mental health case,
:05:48. > :05:52.but, to be honest, our officers were not equipped to deal with that
:05:53. > :05:55.exceptional case. Moving forward, we need to look at how better to equip
:05:56. > :05:57.our officers to deal with these cases. Severe lessons have been
:05:58. > :06:00.learned. A man who says he was a former agent
:06:01. > :06:04.within the IRA and Sinn Fein will feature in tonight's Spotlight
:06:05. > :06:06.investigation into the secret The programme will also broadcast
:06:07. > :06:10.new revelations on the so-called Stormontgate affair and murder
:06:11. > :06:13.of Denis Donaldson. You can see more on that
:06:14. > :06:17.here on BBC One, after this news. Footage of two people
:06:18. > :06:22.narrowly avoiding being hit by the Londonderry to Belfast train
:06:23. > :06:26.as it passes through a tunnel has The company say that over the summer
:06:27. > :06:34.there have been more than 300 incidents of pedestrians
:06:35. > :06:36.wandering onto train lines. A lifeguard on duty
:06:37. > :06:42.has seen trespassers. And as the train flies
:06:43. > :06:49.on into the tunnel, this. The two people can be seen running
:06:50. > :06:52.by the tracks. They narrowly escape
:06:53. > :06:55.being hit by the train. It takes almost 17 seconds
:06:56. > :06:58.for the train to stop There were more than 300 incidents
:06:59. > :07:03.of trespassing on the railway lines They include people using the tracks
:07:04. > :07:14.and tunnels as a shortcut, people playing chicken
:07:15. > :07:16.on the tracks and people trying to touch trains
:07:17. > :07:18.as they fly through stations. Translink is warning that doing any
:07:19. > :07:21.of these things could have The message to people
:07:22. > :07:24.is clear and simple - If you play on the railway,
:07:25. > :07:31.there's a chance that you will get hit by a train and you could be
:07:32. > :07:34.injured and killed. Modern trains are faster
:07:35. > :07:38.and quieter, making it harder for people
:07:39. > :07:41.to hear them coming ahead. It also means there's less time
:07:42. > :07:43.for drivers to take action The trains go at 90mph
:07:44. > :07:48.on the network, and their stopping distance could be up to three
:07:49. > :07:51.quarters of a mile. So, really, it's very,
:07:52. > :07:55.very difficult for a driver to be able to see somebody and to be able
:07:56. > :07:58.to stop the train in advance. Translink says the problem
:07:59. > :08:00.of trespassing often increases during the summer, but steps have
:08:01. > :08:05.been taken to try to reduce trespass, and people will be
:08:06. > :08:08.prosecuted where possible. These two people were lucky to get
:08:09. > :08:11.away with just scratches. The company is warning the next ones
:08:12. > :08:20.may not be so lucky. A major office development next
:08:21. > :08:22.to Belfast Central Station has been given the go-ahead
:08:23. > :08:24.by the City Council's The Kilmona Group intends to build
:08:25. > :08:31.around 300,000 square feet of office space,
:08:32. > :08:32.spread across four blocks. Some residents in the nearby Markets
:08:33. > :08:36.area have objected to the scheme, saying it will overshadow
:08:37. > :08:37.their homes and add A former police woman
:08:38. > :08:46.from County Tyrone has denied causing the death of a man
:08:47. > :08:48.by dangerous driving It follows a fatal crash
:08:49. > :08:51.in Omagh last October. 41-year-old Eilish MacSherry
:08:52. > :08:56.leaving court in Dungannon She was a serving off-duty PSNI
:08:57. > :09:02.officer at the time of the fatal Two vehicles were involved
:09:03. > :09:09.in a head-on collision. 49-year-old Paul Mills,
:09:10. > :09:11.a father of two from In the dock today, she was quite
:09:12. > :09:18.emotional and she choked back tears She pleaded not guilty to causing
:09:19. > :09:28.death by dangerous driving dangerous driving on the Clanabogan
:09:29. > :09:31.Road, failing to stop at the scene of an accident,
:09:32. > :09:33.and driving while unfit Her defence barrister told the court
:09:34. > :09:37.that he had no instructions to challenge the primary facts
:09:38. > :09:40.of the case. He said that his principal issue
:09:41. > :09:44.of concern was MacSherry's state of mind on the night
:09:45. > :09:47.of the fatal collision. The case was adjourned for four
:09:48. > :09:54.weeks for medical reports. Three jobs and benefits offices
:09:55. > :09:57.are under threat in Cookstown, The Department of Communities says
:09:58. > :10:02.it's holding a public consultation It also said there are no plans
:10:03. > :10:07.for any redundancies, and where there is a need to reduce
:10:08. > :10:11.staff, they will be offered suitable posts in another
:10:12. > :10:14.part of the department. BBC Northern Ireland drama The Fall
:10:15. > :10:17.is back on our screens later this month, but one of its stars -
:10:18. > :10:21.Jamie Dornan - has been keeping busy His latest film tells the story
:10:22. > :10:28.of Irish troops who find themselves under siege in the Congo
:10:29. > :10:31.in 1961 during a The Holywood actor has been
:10:32. > :10:46.cast as an Irish soldier You're just trying to train up and
:10:47. > :10:53.look good, but you also have to learn it. Leave it behind for the
:10:54. > :10:58.boys, because they were naive to the wall. After two weeks in boot camp,
:10:59. > :11:07.the most valuable part was just bonding with the lads. As of the ten
:11:08. > :11:13.principal cast, most of's were Irish. The Irish guys bonded quicker
:11:14. > :11:14.than the English ones! Football now, and Ballymena United
:11:15. > :11:17.beat Harland and Wolff Welders 3-0 in the first round of
:11:18. > :11:19.the County Antrim Shield. Tony Kane opened the scoring
:11:20. > :11:22.from the penalty spot, before Johnny McMurray
:11:23. > :11:23.grabbed the second And a mistake in the Welders defence
:11:24. > :11:36.let Cathair Friel in for the third. A full list of the rest
:11:37. > :11:38.of tonight's local results can be found on the
:11:39. > :11:42.BBC Sport NI website. It was a lovely sunny day today,
:11:43. > :11:45.how long will it continue? Here's Angie with the weather
:11:46. > :11:56.for the next few days. Good evening. We have some rain
:11:57. > :12:02.heading our way tomorrow afternoon. Before that, mainly dry. Available
:12:03. > :12:07.amounts of clouds, the breeze picking up and cloud breaking.
:12:08. > :12:13.Spells in rural areas dropping into single figures. The weather
:12:14. > :12:16.continues to pick up ahead of a weather front bringing that spell of
:12:17. > :12:22.rain. Not too bad during the morning, though we have that
:12:23. > :12:29.increasing wind. Dry and sunny spells, the best across central and
:12:30. > :12:33.eastern areas. I mainly dry, bright start, and elsewhere across Britain
:12:34. > :12:39.a fair the to begin with, and mist that will gradually lift. A few
:12:40. > :12:46.showers, particularly for Wales, central and western England, some of
:12:47. > :12:49.them could be sharp. The best of the sunshine in Scotland and eastern
:12:50. > :12:58.England. Temperatures getting into the low 20s. Towards the west, this
:12:59. > :13:00.band of wet and windy weather moving eastwards across the remainder of
:13:01. > :13:05.Northern Ireland during the afternoon. Persistent and heavy, not
:13:06. > :13:11.nice and eastern areas in the evening. Brightening up in the west,
:13:12. > :13:16.feeling cooler, temperatures around 14 degrees. A cold night with
:13:17. > :13:21.lighter winds tomorrow all and then the breeze picks up, many parts dry
:13:22. > :13:22.with bright spells. Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am
:13:23. > :13:27.during Breakfast, here on BBC One. You can also keep updated
:13:28. > :13:28.with News Online. 50 years ago,
:13:29. > :13:35.they became superstars in astronomy, They represent the most productive
:13:36. > :13:41.period astronomy has ever had. And now,
:13:42. > :13:45.they're taking an anniversary trip.