23/09/2016

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:00:00. > :00:12.A deal has tonight been agreed to resolve the long-running Twadell

:00:13. > :00:16.An earlier attempt to end the row over a contentious Orange Order

:00:17. > :00:19.march in the area collapsed at the start of the summer.

:00:20. > :00:26.BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson has the latest from north Belfast.

:00:27. > :00:34.The Twadell protest camp is still in place here in north Belfast tonight,

:00:35. > :00:39.but maybe not for much longer. It could be gone within days. Things

:00:40. > :00:45.moved very quickly tonight. At 10pm a statement was released by the

:00:46. > :00:50.Reverend Harold Good and Jim Ruddy. They said a local agreement mass

:00:51. > :00:53.been reached to bring an end to the difficulties surrounding parades and

:00:54. > :00:57.protests in the Twadell area. Which is where I'm standing now. Here is

:00:58. > :01:02.perhaps the most significant part of the statement. It says, "The

:01:03. > :01:06.agreement has the full support of the three Orange Lodges and the

:01:07. > :01:10.Crumlin, Ardoyne residents association." So significant events

:01:11. > :01:12.here in north Belfast tonight. They say the full details of this

:01:13. > :01:17.agreement will be announced tomorrow. My understanding is that

:01:18. > :01:22.it would involve a parade taking place by the Orange scp order, that

:01:23. > :01:29.disputed parade that's been disputed for the past three years, taking

:01:30. > :01:33.place on Saturday, 1st October up past Ardoyne shops and it would

:01:34. > :01:37.involve the removal of this Twadell protest camp. We have seen deals

:01:38. > :01:42.fall apart before. So there is that note of caution, but at this stage,

:01:43. > :01:44.I said to one of the protesters earlier, I said deal or no deal and

:01:45. > :01:48.they said deal. Ian Paisley's son Kyle has called

:01:49. > :01:52.off a meeting with a man his father accused of being behind

:01:53. > :01:54.the Kingmills massacre in which the IRA killed ten

:01:55. > :01:57.Protestant workmen in 1976. The late DUP leader used

:01:58. > :01:59.parliamentary privilege to name Eugene Reavey in the House

:02:00. > :02:02.of Commons 17 years ago. Eugene Reavey lost three brothers

:02:03. > :02:10.at the hands of Loyalist gunmen in an attack on their home

:02:11. > :02:13.in County Armagh in 1976. The following day,

:02:14. > :02:14.ten Protestant workmen We were on our way to

:02:15. > :02:21.Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry to pick up the corpses of two of my brothers

:02:22. > :02:28.and we ran into the Kingsmills massacre just shy of

:02:29. > :02:31.a mile from our home. The one thing that I do remember

:02:32. > :02:35.was the smell of death and I never smelt anything like it in my life

:02:36. > :02:41.and it never left me that. For Eugene Reavey, coming

:02:42. > :02:44.across the scene of the Kingsmills massacre just after his own brothers

:02:45. > :02:47.were shot was traumatic enough and it was something that

:02:48. > :02:50.would return to haunt him According to this dossier,

:02:51. > :02:58.Eugene Reavey... 23 years later the late DUP leader

:02:59. > :03:01.Ian Paisley used parliamentary privilege to accuse him of being one

:03:02. > :03:06.of those behind the massacre. It was the awfullest blow that ever

:03:07. > :03:11.I got in all my life to be accused of one of the worst murders,

:03:12. > :03:14.one of the worst atrocities My brothers and some of the boys

:03:15. > :03:21.that were shot at Kings Mills, In fact, they were playing pool 48

:03:22. > :03:27.hours before both sets The then Chief Constable,

:03:28. > :03:34.Sir Ronnie Flanagan, said Mr Reavey was never a suspect

:03:35. > :03:37.but Ian Paisley didn't Recently Mr Reavey wrote

:03:38. > :03:45.to the Reverend Kyle Paisley In his reply, Kyle Paisley said

:03:46. > :03:48.he would welcome the Earlier this month, he confirmed

:03:49. > :03:52.to me that the meeting was planned to go ahead

:03:53. > :03:54.at sometime in the future. But when details of the proposed

:03:55. > :03:57.meeting were made public this Mr Reavey

:03:58. > :04:27.gave his reaction this afternoon. I've had to live with this slur

:04:28. > :04:30.for over 20 years. I've never asked Kyle Paisley

:04:31. > :04:32.for an apology on behalf I wanted the meeting

:04:33. > :04:41.in the spirit of reconciliation. 40 years, the controversy has now

:04:42. > :04:44.spilled over into There is more on a BBC Radio Ulster

:04:45. > :04:53.documentary called If Truth Be Told on BBC Radio Ulster this

:04:54. > :04:59.Sunday at 12.30pm. Goods belonging to the former

:05:00. > :05:02.Ulster Unionist MP Ken Maginnis are to be seized and sold to cover

:05:03. > :05:05.a fine and court costs A judge made the ruling

:05:06. > :05:11.after the politician, who is now a peer, was convicted

:05:12. > :05:14.of boarding a train in London Lord Maginnis was originally

:05:15. > :05:21.convicted of boarding a train without a valid ticket in London

:05:22. > :05:25.in March 2014. The court there ordered him

:05:26. > :05:27.to pay costs and a fine He claims that when he was

:05:28. > :05:37.originally summonsed in London he turned up on two

:05:38. > :05:39.separate occasions only He says he didn't turn up on a third

:05:40. > :05:45.occasion and it was then that it Since then, he has refused to pay

:05:46. > :05:49.the fine which has led to the case eventually being moved

:05:50. > :05:54.here to his hometown of Dungannon. This morning, Lord Maginnis

:05:55. > :05:58.represented himself and sat He told the court, "I've been

:05:59. > :06:02.rubbished over an 80p mistake. I resent that old age

:06:03. > :06:06.is treated this way." The district judge said this

:06:07. > :06:08.was an unhappy situation and explained to Lord Maginnis

:06:09. > :06:11.that he could take advantage of a repayment scheme

:06:12. > :06:13.through which he could dispose The peer however

:06:14. > :06:19.refused this option. The judge then issued a warrant

:06:20. > :06:23.for the seizure of goods These will have to be sold

:06:24. > :06:27.until they reach the value The family of murdered Sinn Fein

:06:28. > :06:37.official Denis Donaldson say they do not believe the Provisional

:06:38. > :06:40.IRA killed him, or that his shooting The allegations were made in a BBC

:06:41. > :06:48.Spotlight programme on Tuesday. A lawyer representing the family

:06:49. > :06:50.spoke to our home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney

:06:51. > :06:52.after a meeting in Belfast The one theme that has come out

:06:53. > :07:06.of today's meetings is the theory that was being advanced by BBC

:07:07. > :07:08.Spotlight earlier this week that this was carried out

:07:09. > :07:11.by the provisional IRA or authorised by Gerry Adams, I think

:07:12. > :07:13.it's absolute nonsense. Spotlight did allege that

:07:14. > :07:15.Denis Donaldson may have been killed by the provisional IRA and that

:07:16. > :07:18.killing may have been sanctioned What is the family's

:07:19. > :07:21.reaction to those claims? It does not marry in any way

:07:22. > :07:26.with lines of inquiry that have been progressed by the Guards

:07:27. > :07:33.or by the ombudsman. In a statement this afternoon,

:07:34. > :07:36.BBC Spotlight said the programme dealt with matters of great public

:07:37. > :07:39.interest and the BBC Ulster have gone top of the pro 12

:07:40. > :07:52.table after a tough win over the Glasgow Warriors

:07:53. > :07:55.in Scotstown tonight. An eventful first-half saw

:07:56. > :07:57.tries from Darren Cave, four players injured,

:07:58. > :07:58.two Ulster tries disallowed And a penalty try from Paddy Jackson

:07:59. > :08:02.gave Ulster a half-time lead. Glasgow fought back

:08:03. > :08:06.in the second-half to take a two point lead, but Paddy Jackson

:08:07. > :08:08.squeezed over the line The final score,

:08:09. > :08:24.Glasgow 17, Ulster 22. OK, the weather forecast is next.

:08:25. > :08:28.Good evening. We are about to get a blast of some

:08:29. > :08:32.rather autumnal weather. Today we have had a weather front sitting out

:08:33. > :08:36.to the west of us bringing rain in across the north and the west, but

:08:37. > :08:39.tonight, that front will begin its slow progress to the east. It means

:08:40. > :08:44.it will be quite a stormy night and it sets us up for an unpleasant day

:08:45. > :08:48.on Saturday. Wet and windy is the story of the day as that front

:08:49. > :08:53.inches ever so slowly to the east. It means that just about everywhere

:08:54. > :08:57.will see some persistent and heavy rain for a time. We will start to

:08:58. > :09:00.see some clearance in the west through the afternoon. But it is

:09:01. > :09:03.really going to take until after dark for the rain to finally move

:09:04. > :09:07.out and clear out from the East Coast. If we take the wider view,

:09:08. > :09:12.you can see what's going on. The scale of this front. In front of it,

:09:13. > :09:15.some warm temperatures and some decent dry weather for the South

:09:16. > :09:18.East of England and parts of Wales, but Scotland, West Wales, south-west

:09:19. > :09:23.England and of course, throughout Ireland, we are really going to see

:09:24. > :09:29.that rain on Saturday. Behind it, we are into some cooler air. So showers

:09:30. > :09:34.overnight. Once we get into Sunday, you will feel that fresher feel.

:09:35. > :09:38.Between the showers, there will be decent spells of brightness, the

:09:39. > :09:41.temperatures not responding and we are really feeling the effects of

:09:42. > :09:45.that cooler air. I'd love to tell you some better news for the start

:09:46. > :09:50.of next week, but there is a lot of Weatherheading in our direction. The

:09:51. > :09:54.remains of a couple of topical storms coming through during the

:09:55. > :10:00.middle part of next week. So make the most of Sunday. We're back

:10:01. > :10:01.tomorrow evening at 5.30pm. Until then, thanks for watching. Take