20/03/2017

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:00:00. > :00:08.This is BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor.

:00:09. > :00:12.Tributes have been paid to Ryan McBride -

:00:13. > :00:14.the captain of Derry City's football team who died

:00:15. > :00:18.just a day after he led his side to another league victory.

:00:19. > :00:20.Hundreds of people lined the streets tonight

:00:21. > :00:22.as his coffin was carried to his home.

:00:23. > :00:31.He was a warrior on the field of play and a quiet,

:00:32. > :00:35.Ryan McBride only ever wanted to play for his hometown club

:00:36. > :00:40.and was delighted to be given the captain's armband two years ago.

:00:41. > :00:44.He died suddenly at his home in the Brandywell last night.

:00:45. > :01:02.It's right next to the stadium where he turned out for the Candystripes.

:01:03. > :01:09.Devastated players gather to remember a highly popular player

:01:10. > :01:20.with all union. This is going to be a difficult one for everyone in the

:01:21. > :01:25.city. And the players loved Ryan. He was a perfect example to any young

:01:26. > :01:30.player coming through. 14, 15. He never gave 99%.

:01:31. > :01:33.The club's chief executive says contract negotiations

:01:34. > :01:35.with Ryan McBride were always straightforward

:01:36. > :01:41.as he was a passionate fan of the club as a young boy.

:01:42. > :01:44.Our main man, Captain fantastic, old superlatives you use

:01:45. > :01:49.or all for him, 100%, call it what you want,

:01:50. > :02:00.he was our man and we are devastated as a football family.

:02:01. > :02:11.He just love playing for Derry City. He loved being captain. He was

:02:12. > :02:13.turning into the best defender in Irish league football. And you could

:02:14. > :02:16.only see him getting better. It is just so sad that it has been cut

:02:17. > :02:19.short. The Football Association of Ireland

:02:20. > :02:21.will remember Ryan McBride with a tribute at the World Cup

:02:22. > :02:23.qualifier against Wales The FAI said Irish

:02:24. > :02:33.football was in mourning. Irish President Michael D

:02:34. > :02:35.Higgins led the tributes, clubs and former players

:02:36. > :02:38.across Ireland and beyond. While Derry City fans

:02:39. > :02:48.reflect on a huge loss, the wider community

:02:49. > :02:51.will be affected also. He is only a young man with a big

:02:52. > :02:54.career in front of him, coming from The community is deeply

:02:55. > :02:57.hurt and deeply The funeral will take place on

:02:58. > :03:14.Thursday. A former soldier has been in court

:03:15. > :03:17.charged over the killing of a man Dennis Hutchings led an army

:03:18. > :03:22.patrol which carried out 43 years after his patrol shot dead

:03:23. > :03:36.a man with learning difficulties, former colour sergeant Dennis

:03:37. > :03:39.Hutchings finds himself in court. John Pat Cunningham had the mental

:03:40. > :03:50.age of a child aged between six and ten at the time

:03:51. > :03:52.of his death. His family say he had a fear of men

:03:53. > :03:56.in uniform and it was perhaps best that prompted him

:03:57. > :04:01.to take the fateful decision to run away from an army patrol

:04:02. > :04:03.he encountered near Benburb. The preliminary inquiry will decide

:04:04. > :04:06.whether or not to send Dennis Among the witnesses

:04:07. > :04:09.were a former military policeman who was

:04:10. > :04:11.first on the scene. The former military policeman told

:04:12. > :04:17.the court that on the day in question he had seized an SLR rifle

:04:18. > :04:20.at the scene from a soldier. He was asked why he

:04:21. > :04:25.had done this and he said this was normal practice

:04:26. > :04:27.when you suspected a weapon Asked why he suspected

:04:28. > :04:30.as particular weapon had been fired, he said,

:04:31. > :04:34."I was told it had been." He was asked who had told him

:04:35. > :04:37.and he said "the defendant". Summing up, the judge said that

:04:38. > :04:41.Dennis Hutchings had shot dead a vulnerable and innocent man

:04:42. > :04:45.and all this must be Sinn Fein say the Prime Minister

:04:46. > :05:17.will receive a clear anti Brexit message from the party

:05:18. > :05:17.when she visits Northern Ireland. Theresa May will trigger Article 50

:05:18. > :05:19.on Wednesday next week. Our Political Editor

:05:20. > :05:30.Mark Devenport reports. Theresa May was in Wales at the

:05:31. > :05:34.start of a UK-wide tour today. Despite those to remain in both

:05:35. > :05:39.Scotland and Northern Ireland, she is stressing that the UK will leave

:05:40. > :05:43.the EU as one United Kingdom. When people voted in a referendum last

:05:44. > :05:48.year I think they did vote for change. They voted for a change in

:05:49. > :05:52.the way the country works, to make sure it works for everyone, not just

:05:53. > :05:56.a privileged few. It is unclear whether the Prime Minister will make

:05:57. > :06:00.time to see politicians at Stormont Castle, where the politicians remain

:06:01. > :06:04.locked in talks, but if she does the message from Sinn Fein will be

:06:05. > :06:08.forthright. Obviously the people here voted in majority to remain in

:06:09. > :06:12.the EU, so the British government are acting against the express

:06:13. > :06:15.wishes of the people here who want to stay within Europe, so we will be

:06:16. > :06:21.making that message very clear to them. We will make that message very

:06:22. > :06:25.clear to her, that this is bad news for the people of Ireland. With one

:06:26. > :06:29.week to go until the deadline in restoring devolution, there is no

:06:30. > :06:33.sign of a breakthrough in the Stormont talks. With the UK formally

:06:34. > :06:37.triggering its departure from the European Union on Wednesday next

:06:38. > :06:40.week, the attention of most politicians at Westminster will be

:06:41. > :06:43.focused on Brexit rather than the deadlock here.

:06:44. > :06:45.More wreckage from the Irish coastguard helicopter which crashed

:06:46. > :06:47.last week has been found near Blacksod lighthouse off

:06:48. > :06:51.One crew member died, three others are missing.

:06:52. > :06:56.Bad weather has hampered the search.

:06:57. > :07:01.Health trusts are funding private care homes to try to reduce

:07:02. > :07:03.the number of people staying in hospital because

:07:04. > :07:05.there isn't a suitable care package in the community.

:07:06. > :07:08.Around a hundred and twenty people are unable to leave

:07:09. > :07:18.Our Health Correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly has more.

:07:19. > :07:28.After breaking her hip, this 86-year-old was sent to the

:07:29. > :07:33.independent care home to recuperate, funded by the Belfast Health Trust.

:07:34. > :07:37.The one-to-one care meant she wasn't left in hospital.

:07:38. > :07:40.The minute I was wheeled in, the atmosphere hit me.

:07:41. > :07:43.The atmosphere and the homeliness and the friendliness and the food,

:07:44. > :07:53.And I was hungry for my food, I was hungry

:07:54. > :08:01.in the morning getting up for my breakfast.

:08:02. > :08:02.Every day, 120 people cannot be discharged from hospital

:08:03. > :08:07.because there is not enough caves facilities.

:08:08. > :08:16.It is hoped this type of facility will be more efficient.

:08:17. > :08:21.It is definitely in demand because there are difficulties with packages

:08:22. > :08:24.of kid at home and obviously the more independent someone

:08:25. > :08:30.is the less help they will need in the

:08:31. > :08:33.Those 65 and over are expected to increase in numbers by 2025

:08:34. > :08:47.Despite government attempts to use less residential care and

:08:48. > :08:50.look after people in their own homes, that has slowed down

:08:51. > :08:53.and it is speculated that is because there is not enough

:08:54. > :09:05.In the past three years, we have gone through for health ministers.

:09:06. > :09:08.We need to have a consistent, constant approach to that reform and

:09:09. > :09:16.Well a range of community care services are offered,

:09:17. > :09:21.judging by waiting lists, demand is outstripping supply.

:09:22. > :09:28.A Commons committee says the government should consider

:09:29. > :09:30.giving the local tourism industry a tax break after Brexit.

:09:31. > :09:33.The industry would like to see its VAT rate more than halved.

:09:34. > :09:36.Here's our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell.

:09:37. > :09:43.The local tourism sector has been on the up for more than 20 years.

:09:44. > :09:56.Attractions like this have helped grow it into a wealthy business.

:09:57. > :10:00.It points to competition from south of the border.

:10:01. > :10:04.Tourism businesses south of the border pay just 9% VAT.

:10:05. > :10:12.EU law generally events member countries from varying

:10:13. > :10:19.That means at present the government cannot get Northern Ireland tourism

:10:20. > :10:22.a special deal, but after Brexit there will be more flexibility

:10:23. > :10:26.and there therefore the potential for a tax cut.

:10:27. > :10:29.We want the government to look closely at the benefits

:10:30. > :10:31.that the Republic of Ireland appear to have gained when

:10:32. > :10:36.It seems to have done a great deal of good there.

:10:37. > :10:44.The tourism trade has been asking for this for a long time.

:10:45. > :10:53.But it is not just the EU that is a barrier to this policy. The UK

:10:54. > :10:56.Treasury is sceptical. It says any reduction in tax revenue is matched

:10:57. > :11:04.by a reduction in the money Stormont gets from Westminster. The Northern

:11:05. > :11:09.Ireland Minister of Finance should be prepared to make this a priority.

:11:10. > :11:13.A hotel building boom in Belfast suggests an industry with some

:11:14. > :11:17.confidence about the future. Just what extra support and incentives it

:11:18. > :11:20.needs will be a matter for the next executive.

:11:21. > :11:22.Now here's our investigations reporter Kevin Magee with a story

:11:23. > :11:27.he'll have on tomorrow's BBC Newsline.

:11:28. > :11:35.Tomorrow, we reveal the story of a Belfast man who confessed to police

:11:36. > :11:40.in 1985 that he was a serial child abuser, but who never faced justice.

:11:41. > :11:41.We found him living openly here in northern Canada.

:11:42. > :11:43.More on that exclusive story from Kevin Magee

:11:44. > :11:55.Here's Geoff Maskell with the weather.

:11:56. > :12:03.Good evening. It is a cold night across Northern Ireland. There is a

:12:04. > :12:07.severe weather warning in place for both snow and ice. Showers from the

:12:08. > :12:14.West will become increasingly wintry overnight with temperatures dropping

:12:15. > :12:19.to below zero. Snow falling on the hills and at lower levels as well.

:12:20. > :12:26.Ice will be a problem so that will be a challenge for the gritters to

:12:27. > :12:31.get the salt down between the showers. Tomorrow, a chilly start

:12:32. > :12:36.and then a mixture of sunshine and showers, some of them wintry in the

:12:37. > :12:40.West, further east we have more chance of seeing a bit of

:12:41. > :12:45.brightness. We saw temperatures of 11 Celsius across parts of County

:12:46. > :12:50.Down this afternoon. We will not get anything like as warm as that

:12:51. > :12:53.tomorrow. We are in a cold air mass across the North, with the fun

:12:54. > :12:57.sitting in the middle and some warmer temperatures ahead of that

:12:58. > :13:01.for south-east England. There, they will see double-figure temperatures.

:13:02. > :13:06.For us, Tuesday night in who wins they could be the coldest bit of the

:13:07. > :13:14.week. The Wings wardrop allowing the cold air to pool advocacy

:13:15. > :13:18.temperatures of -3 in some places. Dry and the West on Wednesday, but

:13:19. > :13:22.some positive news as we get through this week. We will see a ridge of

:13:23. > :13:25.high pressure building, helping out temperatures which will start to

:13:26. > :13:27.recover towards the end of this week.