03/04/2017

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:00:00. > :00:09.More on the BBC News Channel throughout

:00:10. > :00:12.John McAreavey, whose wife was murdered on their honeymoon

:00:13. > :00:14.in Mauritius, says his return to the island this

:00:15. > :00:19.He will do so again until she gets justice.

:00:20. > :00:20.Michaela McAreavey, from Ballygawley in County Tyrone,

:00:21. > :00:26.Her husband, one of her brothers and a sister-in-law have had

:00:27. > :00:28.a series of meetings today, including one with the

:00:29. > :00:38.BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson is in the capital Port Lewis.

:00:39. > :00:45.They have travelled 6000 miles to be here and they have already made it

:00:46. > :00:51.clear that this visit may not be their last. If we need to come back

:00:52. > :00:55.next week, we will be back. If Winnie to come back next month, next

:00:56. > :00:59.year, we will be here as long as it takes to make sure this is resolved.

:01:00. > :01:08.If I am standing here in 20 years, so be it. Michaela was killed while

:01:09. > :01:13.on holiday for her honeymoon. Two people were tried but were not found

:01:14. > :01:21.guilty. John McAreavey is trying to change that. Helping him is his

:01:22. > :01:26.lawyer. Michaela's oldest brother and sister are also there. The first

:01:27. > :01:33.meeting was with the police. It appeared to go well. We have been

:01:34. > :01:38.assured that the police have a task force working on this case. We hope

:01:39. > :01:42.that is the case. We have communicated that we are involved in

:01:43. > :01:46.this process nodes and we will be doing everything we can to assist

:01:47. > :01:51.the authorities in delivering justice for Michaela. Next they met

:01:52. > :01:55.the Director of Public Prosecutions who made it clear that he was

:01:56. > :01:59.hopeful that the case would eventually be solved. He had met it

:02:00. > :02:05.he could not give any guarantees. There is a new Prime Minister in

:02:06. > :02:11.Mauritius and John McAreavey wanted to meet him, but an MP lobbied

:02:12. > :02:17.against it. A high-profile member of Parliament. In 2012 he was a defence

:02:18. > :02:19.lawyer for part of the murder trial and at the weekend he said that John

:02:20. > :02:27.McAreavey should not be given special treatment. I anticipate that

:02:28. > :02:36.the Prime Minister is not meeting him. And should not meet him.

:02:37. > :02:41.Because you met the Prime Minister of this country on the last

:02:42. > :02:47.occasion, you met the Police Commissioner, you were treated like

:02:48. > :02:49.the blue-eyed boy. But the Prime Minister did meet him and expressed

:02:50. > :02:56.his personal sympathy for what happened. Most importantly, above

:02:57. > :03:03.everything else, he has assured us that he will do everything he can to

:03:04. > :03:10.ensure justice prevails. The Hotel where Michaela was killed still

:03:11. > :03:15.exists and is still busy. Six years on, it has been renamed, but what

:03:16. > :03:17.happened here has not been forgotten, and especially now that

:03:18. > :03:21.John McAreavey is back on the island.

:03:22. > :03:23.The police in Belfast say that onlookers may have

:03:24. > :03:25.photographed or filmed the events that led to the death

:03:26. > :03:28.of a man in the city centre early yesterday morning.

:03:29. > :03:30.31-year-old Paul McCready, from north Belfast, died in hospital

:03:31. > :03:34.from injuries suffered in the Cathedral Quarter.

:03:35. > :03:37.A 30-year-old man was arrested at the scene and a murder

:03:38. > :03:47.A new multi-million pound building has opened

:03:48. > :03:51.It has 12 inpatient wards, including 288 en-suite bedrooms.

:03:52. > :03:53.Our health correspondent, Marie Louise Connolly,

:03:54. > :04:01.From cutting the first sword to seeing the building

:04:02. > :04:10.Four years on and, as builders leave, patients arrive.

:04:11. > :04:13.I've lived all over the world and been in lots of hospitals.

:04:14. > :04:16.But this is the cake and the cherry and the cream,

:04:17. > :04:22.Everyone is getting acquainted with the new building which has 12

:04:23. > :04:27.in-patient wards with 288 en suite bedrooms.

:04:28. > :04:31.Natural light streams in from every possible angle.

:04:32. > :04:36.Good for patients and staff who will spend many hours on these corridors.

:04:37. > :04:41.The old building was past its sell by date.

:04:42. > :04:42.This building is bright, airy, spacious.

:04:43. > :04:51.Re-developing the Ulster Hospital started in 2002.

:04:52. > :04:54.Renal, maternity critical care and in-patients all have new builds,

:04:55. > :05:05.We have a master plan for this site, we have had it since 2002 and it's

:05:06. > :05:11.been essential that we have planned it to within an inch of its life.

:05:12. > :05:13.We have a good relationship with the design team and contractor

:05:14. > :05:21.and the involvement of the 200 has been vital to get us to this point.

:05:22. > :05:23.In times of austerity and uncertainty in the local

:05:24. > :05:25.Health Service, the opening of a new hospital block

:05:26. > :05:28.and to the size and scope of this seems almost

:05:29. > :05:38.But it has been a labour of love and a project that kicks patient

:05:39. > :05:42.The ?261 million spend came from the capital budget.

:05:43. > :05:54.In time we'll see if it was money well spent.

:05:55. > :05:56.The five party leaders have held their first round table meeting

:05:57. > :05:59.since the start of the talks on restoring the Stormont

:06:00. > :06:05.It has also emerged that the head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service,

:06:06. > :06:08.Sir Malcolm McKibbin, will chair some, but not all,

:06:09. > :06:16.Our political editor, Mark Devenport, reports.

:06:17. > :06:24.The last round of the gauche orations he was criticised by some

:06:25. > :06:30.of the parts his pants -- criticised by some of the participants. The

:06:31. > :06:32.main party leaders attended what promises to be the first of a

:06:33. > :06:38.regular series of roundtable meetings. The DUP said this is what

:06:39. > :06:45.they wanted last time but Sinn Fein objected. I'm glad there has been a

:06:46. > :06:49.change in that approach. If they had the last time, we might have made

:06:50. > :06:54.more progress. It is welcome that has happened. There is no hint of

:06:55. > :07:01.where a compromise may be found on things like the Irish language. Sinn

:07:02. > :07:06.Fein repeated that they had to implement past agreements. We have

:07:07. > :07:08.not had acknowledgement from the DUP and other that there will be

:07:09. > :07:15.implementation of previous agreements. The chances of success

:07:16. > :07:21.are possible. They could be probable if people want to show some respect

:07:22. > :07:27.for each other and stop drawing red lines and have proper negotiations.

:07:28. > :07:30.Those are the key elements, but I'm not saying it's going to happen

:07:31. > :07:37.although it is possible and probable. There has been a lot of

:07:38. > :07:43.debate about who should cheer detox. Many sessions will be facilitated by

:07:44. > :07:46.the head of the Northern Ireland full-service. Others will be

:07:47. > :07:51.convened by the British and Irish governments, including on the legacy

:07:52. > :07:57.of the troubles. It will matter unless you are sitting in the chair

:07:58. > :07:58.and more whether there is agreement between those gathered around a

:07:59. > :07:59.table. The former Prime Minister,

:08:00. > :08:01.Tony Blair, has denied that the security services bugged

:08:02. > :08:04.a phone belonging to the late DUP The claim was made in a newspaper

:08:05. > :08:08.article by John Prescott, who served as Deputy Prime Minister

:08:09. > :08:10.during Mr Blair's time Mr Blair's spokesperson said

:08:11. > :08:17.the story was "wrong" and the former Prime Minister had not authorised

:08:18. > :08:42.the bugging of any MP. Good evening. Today is disappointing

:08:43. > :08:49.and damp, breezy as well. The rain is moving along. Overnight it will

:08:50. > :08:54.get drier. It will be quite cold, 3-6 in The times, but rural spots

:08:55. > :08:58.could get close to freezing. Tomorrow looks like a dry day and

:08:59. > :09:05.there should be some bright spells. The best of those early and late.

:09:06. > :09:10.Sunshine in the morning. The cloud bobbles up threatening some showers

:09:11. > :09:14.in the North, but you will be unlucky to catch those. More

:09:15. > :09:19.frequent showers in the North West of Scotland and a blustery wind. It

:09:20. > :09:25.will be cloudy across the south and east of England and this is the

:09:26. > :09:28.remnants of the rain from today. Temperatures in the mid teens.

:09:29. > :09:34.Elsewhere, we have spells of sunshine. We will see a brightening

:09:35. > :09:40.up in Northern Ireland in the afternoon as the cloud begins to

:09:41. > :09:45.break up. 11-12 degrees is average and out of the breeze that will feel

:09:46. > :09:48.pleasant. Similar temperatures through the week with similar

:09:49. > :09:50.amounts of cloud, but hopefully more bright and sunny intervals.

:09:51. > :09:54.Our next BBC Newsline is at 6.25 in the morning

:09:55. > :09:58.You can also keep updated with News Online.