25/01/2017 BBC Newsline

A man has died in a road traffic collision in Belfast.

As Maggie Taggart reports, the Westlink leading to the M1

was closed for four hours as commuters tried

The man died in a collision involving one card. He was the

driver. It happened on the Wesselingh, close to Grosvenor

Street just before three o'clock. Police closed the country bound

lanes of the Wesselingh and there was huge disruption as workers try

to head out of town. Public transport was also badly affected.

Commuters were trapped in gridlock for hours, some unable to leave

their car parks. They were advised to delay their journeys home as

possible. The traffic is that a dead halt here although some is moving

out of town. The slip road onto the west link, the police have blocked

this road, nothing is on that motorway just behind although some

traffic is moving on the other side of the road coming into town. A

spokesman appealed for witnesses to the collision to contact them. He

said he understood the frustration of drivers that a fatal road traffic

incident had to be fully investigated but the road remained

closed. After four hours, the road was reopened and stranded commuters

were allowed to continue their journeys.

And in Cookstown, the Lough Fea Road has been closed because of a serious

Diversions are in place but police advice motorists to avoid the area

The Labour Party says its leader made a genuine mistake

after he incorrectly told the House of Commons that the police officer

wounded in a gun attack in Belfast last Sunday night had

Jeremy Corbyn was speaking during Prime Minister's Questions.

The party said no offence was intended.

As Stephen Walker reports, the Labour leader has

Traditionally at the beginning of Prime Minister's Questions,

there are often references to members of the armed services

and police officers who have been killed or injured

Today, Theresa May mentioned the PSNI officer injured

I am also sure that the whole House will join me in sending our thoughts

to the police officer who was shot in Belfast over the weekend and his

When he got to his feet, Jeremy Corbyn also spoke

about the weekend shooting, but he said the officer involved had

I join the Prime Minister in condolences and expressing

condolences, I am sure the House to the family of the police officer

who lost his life over the weekend in Northern Ireland.

The shooting happened in the constituency of Nigel Dodds

and the DUP MP wanted to put on record his thoughts.

I join the Prime Minister in wishing a speedy recovery to the police

officer who was shot and injured in my constituency in north

That was not the intention of the terrorists, of course.

And there was a call for Jeremy Corbyn's

For the family and for police officers generally, could we have

that corrected by the front bench spokesman as urgently as possible?

So the record of this House does not contain

the serious fact that a

The Speaker said a further statement from Jeremy Corbyn

I recognise what the honourable gentleman said and how upsetting

But it was a mistake and it has subsequently been

The PSNI officer shot in the arm on Sunday night in North Belfast

At lunchtime today, the Police Federation

of Northern Ireland called on Jeremy Corbyn

He said he had made a shocking error.

They said he had made a shocking error which needed to be corrected.

A spokesman for the Labour leader told the BBC

They said Jeremy Corbyn said the officer had died

This evening it's understood Mr Corbyn has written a letter

to the Chief Constable, George Hamilton,

A 30-year-old man arrested in connection with the attempted

murder of a police officer in north Belfast on Sunday has been

The officer, who's in his twenties, was wounded in the arm when shots

were fired during the attack at a petrol station

A gun has been found by police during a search in West Belfast.

It was discovered in a bin in Vere Foster Walk.

It is understood that the gun isn't being linked to the attack

on the police officer at a service station in North Belfast on Sunday.

The Prime Minister has spoken to Michelle O'Neill

and congratulated her on her appointment as the leader

Theresa May said she looked forward to working with her

and that she hoped that following the elections all parties

would be able to come together to find a way forward.

Meanwhile, the DUP leader Arlene Foster said she would

work with Mrs O'Neill after the election.

She has been appointed by Sinn Fein, so I will have to work with Michelle

We need to get to the other side of the election so we can put these

institutions back in place, to make them work for the people of Northern

Ireland because that's what I am hearing very strongly that people

want, they want devolution and they want it to work.

A shop in county Antrim has been ram raided by thieves.

A vehicle was driven through the front shutters of a MACE

store in Randalstown at around 4am this morning.

A quantity of cigarettes were stolen.

The shop owner said CCTV shows the culprits loading the cigarettes

into a wheelie bin and taking them out to a car.

you go about your business trying to earn a living, providing employment,

providing a service to the community, and you feel powerless

that this is inflicted upon you. The words of 15-year-old Donegal

actor Art Parkinson after the film in which he plays

a starring role was Our north-west reporter,

Keiron Tourish, caught up with the teenager,

who rose to prominence in Game Art Parkinson was back

at his old Irish speaking school today taking all the

headlines in his stride. In any language,

his latest success is The unassuming 15-year-old

voiced the lead role in the animated 3-D film

Kubo And The Two Strings. It has been nominated

for Best Animated Film and The Donegal schoolboy

was told in the school I spent all day thinking

about it and by lunch had I didn't get the the

chance to check. It hadn't really

struck me at the time then I got home and I was looking up

and reading about it and it is just I never really thought

this could ever It's always been a dream of mine

being an actor, something I've I didn't think it would

happen to me at such a He was delighted but realised

he still had two classes. The trials and tribulations

of being a big movie star. Very proud of him

as his big brother. It's great to see the wee lad

going to the Oscars. He will be rubbing

shoulders with co-star Donegal teenager will be taking his

schoolbooks along with him. Art Parkinson says

he is both excited and nervous about treading the red

carpet at the Oscars ceremony next He paid tribute to family

and friends here in Donegal who are Good evening. It has been cooler

today the temperatures in most places have been in double figures,

at least for a while. A chilly night to come, mostly dry and windy in

places. That will make it feel very cold. The wind should keep the frost

away from most places, if you gaps in the cloud but a fair amount of

cloud to come tonight and tomorrow. Mostly dry but if you thought it

felt cool today, even colder tomorrow. The wind will have a real

bite to it. The cloud to be thick enough to bring some showers and

some snail especially over the hills. Much of the day is dry

similarly in the Republic of Ireland. Raonic close to the west

Coast. Some wind across many parts of Britain, a dry day, the fog will

have gone but temperatures struggling in many places. Best

weather towards the north of Scotland where there is decent

sunshine. Brightness here and there tomorrow across Northern Ireland,

mostly dry, one or two wintry showers. Temperature is half the

value of today. When you add on the wind, it really will feel like it's

freezing outdoors. A real day to wrap up warm tomorrow. On Friday

it's still quite chilly but the wind was like TE is. Some rain and

drizzle making its way slowly from west to east. It will be damp and

dull at times. Over the weekend, Shelley rain to start with but

brightening up and it looks like Sunday should be a pretty nice day.

Tomorrow night we'll have the final part of our legacy series

during which the director of Public Prosecutions

for Northern Ireland Barra McGrory hits back at critics of his decision

to prosecute former soldiers for killings during the troubles.

See you then. Goodnight.