:00:00. > 3:59:59and his family for a year and is with them as the verdict comes
:00:00. > :00:07.through. Join me on 200 shops here are involved in
:00:08. > :00:13.a price row with the multinational SuperValu, Mace and Centra stores
:00:14. > :00:19.are no longer getting products from the company after they hiked up
:00:20. > :00:21.prices by 10%. A similar dispute between Unilever
:00:22. > :00:32.and Tesco was resolved From Marmite to Pot Noodle is,
:00:33. > :00:37.Unilever makes some of our best-known food products. Earlier
:00:38. > :00:41.this week, it emerged the multinational giant raised wholesale
:00:42. > :00:45.prices by 10%, blaming Brexit and the falling value of the pound.
:00:46. > :00:49.Tesco was one of the first to hit the headlines for resisting the
:00:50. > :00:54.move. Now it has emerged three other leading retailers here, Mace, Centra
:00:55. > :00:59.and SuperValu have also refused to pay the increase. They are owned by
:01:00. > :01:02.the mass grave group. In a letter to store managers explain your
:01:03. > :01:09.position, they said they were not able to absorb such cost increases,
:01:10. > :01:18.nor were they able to pass them on to consumers. That had been the fear
:01:19. > :01:23.most shoppers in Tesco. However, late this afternoon, it emerged that
:01:24. > :01:27.the dispute had been resolved. That has led to optimism that a deal will
:01:28. > :01:34.now be done in Northern Ireland. We hope in the next 24 hours that we
:01:35. > :01:39.can get a successful outcome. But you strip all this away and any talk
:01:40. > :01:44.about currencies or multinational deals, this is all about the
:01:45. > :01:52.consumer. Local shoppers. Ensuring that they don't have to pay more in
:01:53. > :01:55.groceries at the end of the week. Tonight, they said that unlike
:01:56. > :02:00.Tesco, they are still in dispute with Unilever. They say that
:02:01. > :02:02.negotiations are continuing to find a resolution before customers notice
:02:03. > :02:05.a difference on shop shelves. A man accused of killing a friend
:02:06. > :02:08.broke down in court today as he described how he put
:02:09. > :02:10.the victim's body Giving evidence for the first time,
:02:11. > :02:14.Stephen Hughes denied murdering Owen Creaney at a house
:02:15. > :02:27.in Craigavon in July 2014. Stephen Hughes took to the stand
:02:28. > :02:30.today in the first day of the defence team's case. Under
:02:31. > :02:36.questioning by his lawyer, he gave his account of what happened here at
:02:37. > :02:39.his house in July 20 14. He said he had ended up their drinking with the
:02:40. > :02:45.victim, Owen Creaney, seen on the right, and his co-accused on the
:02:46. > :02:50.night of the assault. In answer to a question from his lawyer, Stephen
:02:51. > :02:54.Hughes said the people we was with Adam Wagner. He described looking
:02:55. > :03:05.away for a moment and heard a thud. When he looked up, Owen Creaney was
:03:06. > :03:12.on the floor and shone in -- Shaunine was kicking and stamping on
:03:13. > :03:19.him. He denied any place in the assault. Stephen Hughes said it was
:03:20. > :03:27.Shaunine her first suggested the wheelie bin. He described table he
:03:28. > :03:30.and Shaunine lay the bin on its side and together slid Mr Creaney's
:03:31. > :03:46.remains inside. Next, it was the turn of Shaunine Boyle's lawyer to
:03:47. > :03:56.question Stephen Hughes. Shaunean Boyle's lawyer then
:03:57. > :04:00.referred to Stephen Hughes' past convictions and said that they
:04:01. > :04:05.showed a propensity for violence. He failed to do convictions of assaults
:04:06. > :04:09.against two women. -- referred to two. One of which was annexed
:04:10. > :04:17.partner who was three months pregnant. He also hired convictions
:04:18. > :04:20.for assault, including one instance of attacking a police officer with a
:04:21. > :04:24.stick. Stephen Hughes said, just because I have a history of violence
:04:25. > :04:25.in the past, doesn't mean I actually did what I am sitting here today
:04:26. > :04:27.for. A Newtownards man with alleged
:04:28. > :04:31.paramilitary links has appeared in court accused of murdering a man
:04:32. > :04:34.in Coleraine last month Our north-east reporter,
:04:35. > :04:46.Sara Girvin, was at There was a heavy police presence as
:04:47. > :05:00.35-year-old window cleaner Richard DL from when Park Road appeared in
:05:01. > :05:10.court. This was following a row with 54-year-old Mark Lamont, we're
:05:11. > :05:18.Richard Dalzell later left the bar with his partner and went to her
:05:19. > :05:21.house. The men alleged to have forced their way into the property
:05:22. > :05:34.here on this road. There was a minor altercation and three men left. Mr
:05:35. > :05:41.Lamont and Mr Dalziel fought. He left the scene but handed himself in
:05:42. > :05:46.to police, saying it was a fight, I won. Mr Lamont died of his injuries
:05:47. > :05:53.in hospital on Tuesday night. The police officer said Mr Dalziel had
:05:54. > :06:05.links to paramilitary operations and had been involved in loan shark Inc
:06:06. > :06:13.and drug dealing. Bail was refused with the case to be held again
:06:14. > :06:14.weight of this month. -- later this month.
:06:15. > :06:17.A 53-year-old man, who's understood to be the former head
:06:18. > :06:19.of the animal charity the USPCA, has been charged with
:06:20. > :06:22.Stephen Philpott is also charged with possessing and concealing
:06:23. > :06:28.He'll appear at Newry Magistrates' Court next Wednesday.
:06:29. > :06:31.The skipper of a County Down trawler that was almost sunk by a submarine
:06:32. > :06:34.last year has accused the Royal Navy of playing Russian roulette with
:06:35. > :06:39.An investigation has found the commanders failed
:06:40. > :06:41.to plan sufficiently before a military exercise.
:06:42. > :06:42.Our agriculture and environment correspondent
:06:43. > :06:58.The Royal Navy submarine was in breach of its own rules when it
:06:59. > :07:03.snagged the nets of this boat, almost capsizing her. Listing
:07:04. > :07:07.heavily, she and her crew of 41 Littlemoor man terrified passengers.
:07:08. > :07:12.The nuclear powered submarine had left Faslane in Scotland on a
:07:13. > :07:17.military exercise. Moving at speed and faced with dozens of trawlers in
:07:18. > :07:22.the Irish Sea, the crew had information overload. They assessed
:07:23. > :07:29.other vessels in the path as merchant shipping, which they could
:07:30. > :07:34.clear that debt, making Noel al -- making no allowance for trolling
:07:35. > :07:41.boats. You know, it was going to happen. There was no way a submarine
:07:42. > :07:47.can navigate at speed in the Irish ceiling that. You consult this up in
:07:48. > :07:50.a couple of simple sentences. The submarine was running too fast and
:07:51. > :07:53.too deep through what was a busy shipping doing. They knew that after
:07:54. > :07:58.three hours they had snagged the Karen and it took the Royal Navy
:07:59. > :08:09.five monster admitted. The Royal Navy's on rules say that submarines
:08:10. > :08:15.should give wide berth to trawlers. If they hit one, they are meant to
:08:16. > :08:19.stop and help. That didn't happen. You can say that the Navy didn't
:08:20. > :08:28.really engage in our investigation as the Durban. Had they engaged
:08:29. > :08:32.singer -- sooner and be more cooperative, we could have produced
:08:33. > :08:35.a better report that would have aided safety in the future. The
:08:36. > :08:42.Royal Navy has apologised for the incident and acknowledged the park
:08:43. > :08:54.this delay played in it. Christmas shoppers in Belfast
:08:55. > :08:57.are set to lose free city Councillors voted against making
:08:58. > :09:05.1,500 free spaces available at night They took the decision
:09:06. > :09:11.after Translink claimed the free The company has said it
:09:12. > :09:23.will reduce some of its fares I live in the country, so it isn't
:09:24. > :09:28.easy for me to get public transport. My nearest train station is six
:09:29. > :09:38.miles away. The bus service is to buses a day. For me, it does make a
:09:39. > :09:40.difference. I live in the city, so I take the bus often. So I am looking
:09:41. > :09:41.forward to it. A mother who suffered years
:09:42. > :09:44.of physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her violent partner
:09:45. > :09:46.says domestic abuse victims In an interview for The View,
:09:47. > :09:53.Terri-Louise Graham is angry that a law to protect victims
:09:54. > :09:55.from psychological abuse is being used in other parts
:09:56. > :10:07.of the UK but not here. I would say that please bring it
:10:08. > :10:17.now. Not next week or next year, now. As soon as you can. It will
:10:18. > :10:21.save lives. Your mental health... They are trying to get people to
:10:22. > :10:24.look at it and raise awareness, but this affects your mental health so
:10:25. > :10:28.bad. I left with the condition I suffer with every single day because
:10:29. > :10:33.of the experiences I have at the hands of that man. The longer it is
:10:34. > :10:36.left, the more people's lives are in danger. So act on it now.
:10:37. > :10:38.There will be more on this story directly after this
:10:39. > :10:44.We'll hear live from the Justice Minister, Claire Sugden,
:10:45. > :10:46.who says tackling domestic abuse is her number one priority.
:10:47. > :10:50.And I'll be asking her how exactly she's planning to do that.
:10:51. > :10:52.Plus, what about special status for Northern Ireland
:10:53. > :10:56.in the EU if the Republic pays our membership fee?
:10:57. > :10:58.We'll hear from the DUP's Gavin Robinson and Fine
:10:59. > :11:04.Join me straight after this bulletin.
:11:05. > :11:06.Staff at Belfast Zoo are delighted at the arrival
:11:07. > :11:20.This is baby Olivia. She is just two months old and is staying close to
:11:21. > :11:25.her money. -- mother. Belfast Zoo is one of several in Europe trying to
:11:26. > :11:31.keep this type of gorilla from extension. In 1996, there was 90,000
:11:32. > :11:33.of them in the wild. But in 30 years, they reckon guerrillas will
:11:34. > :11:42.be extinct in the wild, and that means no gorillas, chimps,
:11:43. > :11:44.orangutans and Gibbons. Chips like Olivia less aggressive than other
:11:45. > :11:47.counterparts and spent most of the days eating and sleeping. OK for
:11:48. > :11:50.some. Now that all important weather
:11:51. > :11:58.forecast with Geoff Maskell. For the last week, we have had a
:11:59. > :12:03.very settled patent for our weather. It has been coming to the we stand
:12:04. > :12:10.-- from the East End and relatively dry. We still have one more day of
:12:11. > :12:16.eastern floor. Overnight, a future was being driven in. Showers will
:12:17. > :12:22.continue overnight and they will be a feature tomorrow morning. In the
:12:23. > :12:25.main, confined to the coasts of Antrim and Down. Showers could pop
:12:26. > :12:29.up just about anywhere. The best of any brightness to be found out in
:12:30. > :12:35.the West. Top temperatures tomorrow of 12 or 13 Celsius. In the wider
:12:36. > :12:39.view, you can see we're not getting the worst of the weather by any
:12:40. > :12:43.stretch. Strong winds and heavy rain across eastern parts of Scotland.
:12:44. > :12:48.Drier in the central parts of England and we are. There is a sign
:12:49. > :12:55.of things to change. That happens overnight Friday to Saturday. It is
:12:56. > :12:59.all driven by this area of low pressure, tracking slowly north over
:13:00. > :13:04.us. It brings with it a mess of France and stronger winds. For us on
:13:05. > :13:07.Saturday, a band of heavy rain moving north through the day. There
:13:08. > :13:12.will be some brightness behind it for the next band of rain -- before
:13:13. > :13:16.the next band of income through. Sunday is very similar, the chance
:13:17. > :13:21.of showers but more than the way brightness for Sunday. Things will
:13:22. > :13:24.be unsettled as we head into the middle of next week.
:13:25. > :13:28.Our next BBC Newsline is at 6.25 in the morning
:13:29. > :13:44...literally. Victor?
:13:45. > :13:48.You can clean your cooker wi' it and it comes up lovely, tae.