:00:08. > :00:09.Good evening and welcome to BBC Newsline.
:00:10. > :00:12.The Public Prosecution Service says they are planning a formal review
:00:13. > :00:15.of the case against a self-confessed paedophile
:00:16. > :00:20.Henry Clarke is a former pastor who admitted abusing children
:00:21. > :00:23.from three boys homes in Northern Ireland.
:00:24. > :00:27.He then went on to run a home for boys in Canada.
:00:28. > :00:30.The move comes after BBC Newsline investigated the case.
:00:31. > :00:34.The PPS has also said they've written to the Chief Constable.
:00:35. > :00:40.Here's our investigations reporter Kevin Magee.
:00:41. > :00:42.The police knew Henry Clarke's crimes in 1985 when he confessed
:00:43. > :00:46.to the RUC during a family holiday in Northern Ireland.
:00:47. > :00:50.I admitted that I had interfered with a boy at
:00:51. > :00:54.Bawnmore House and one at Firmount Hostel.
:00:55. > :00:59.I am not sure, my wife and I thought that I would probably finish
:01:00. > :01:07.So a man confesses to police, expects them to
:01:08. > :01:10.act upon what he has told them and are surprised
:01:11. > :01:14.when there is not a knock at his door.
:01:15. > :01:19.Clues as to how the authorities responded to his admissions
:01:20. > :01:22.are contained in some of the documents released at the recent
:01:23. > :01:25.Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry carried out in
:01:26. > :01:33.The inquiry heard his first confession of abuse was made
:01:34. > :01:34.in 1985, but the Director of Public Prosecutions
:01:35. > :01:42.According to evidence heard at the inquiry,
:01:43. > :01:44.because one of the offences happened 17 years before the
:01:45. > :01:48.The DPP felt it would be inappropriate to pursue
:01:49. > :02:00.One of the UK's leading child protection experts
:02:01. > :02:05.In this instance, you had an admission, so you did not
:02:06. > :02:09.need to go back, you did not have to worry that the allegation was old
:02:10. > :02:12.and the evidence may be stale, you had a contemporary of mission.
:02:13. > :02:14.And given that, I don't understand why
:02:15. > :02:17.Henry Clarke returns to Canada, but he had more
:02:18. > :02:20.So from there, he wrote a letter of confession,
:02:21. > :02:23.admitting a third instance of abuse at a Boys' Brigade trip in
:02:24. > :02:29.Given the previous refusal to mount a case
:02:30. > :02:32.against Clarke, this time police did not even tell the DPP about this
:02:33. > :02:37.Documents show the police said there should be no
:02:38. > :02:57.We have in the documentation a statement by a very senior RUC
:02:58. > :03:03.detective who oversees this investigation, making it quite clear
:03:04. > :03:09.that in his view, this is not an offence punishable by law.
:03:10. > :03:26.That decision not to see prosecution meant Henry
:03:27. > :03:29.Clarke was free to resume his life in Canada,
:03:30. > :03:37.looking after vulnerable children, before becoming a church pastor.
:03:38. > :03:40.Two people working at a pharmacy in West Belfast have been stabbed
:03:41. > :03:43.It happened this morning on the Falls Road and a man
:03:44. > :03:46.A group representing pharmacists says security precautions
:03:47. > :03:49.in chemists' shops may now need to be stepped up.
:03:50. > :03:53.The note on the door gives little hint of a violent attack on two
:03:54. > :03:55.pharmacists going about their daily work, providing a health service
:03:56. > :04:00.A man with a knife went into McDonagh's about half past nine.
:04:01. > :04:03.He threatened staff, apparently demanding they hand
:04:04. > :04:09.He then attacked two men, one was stabbed in th chest
:04:10. > :04:12.Other staff then held him back, reportedly immobilising
:04:13. > :04:19.The attacker also suffered a stab wound in the lower back.
:04:20. > :04:22.A 26-year-old man is now in custody on suspicion of attempted murder
:04:23. > :04:27.Politicians at the scene condemned the attack.
:04:28. > :04:34.They have traumatised a pharmacy, customers in the area, and this
:04:35. > :04:41.community and this committee is angry these
:04:42. > :04:44.-- community people have attacked a business and they have also
:04:45. > :04:48.The two staff who were stabbed were both pharmacists in the shop.
:04:49. > :04:49.The Pharmacists' Forum says it is shocking news.
:04:50. > :04:53.It says front line healthcare staff face violence and abuse every day.
:04:54. > :04:55.It has called for all workplaces to be safe.
:04:56. > :04:58.It would be very sad if we had to have security guards
:04:59. > :05:00.in pharmacies and hopefully this will be a one-off incident.
:05:01. > :05:06.We will be addressing security issues with the PSNI in the
:05:07. > :05:08.future to see how we can assist our colleagues
:05:09. > :05:10.to prevent these sort of attacks from happening.
:05:11. > :05:18.The police have appealed for witnesses.
:05:19. > :05:24.The staff in the chemist shop who attacked and restrained the attacker
:05:25. > :05:27.were praised for their bravery. The two men who were stabbed were taken
:05:28. > :05:29.to hospital but their injuries are not said to be life-threatening.
:05:30. > :05:31.Sending out letters to tell more than ?500,000
:05:32. > :05:33.ratepayers their bills have been delayed due to the Stormont
:05:34. > :05:38.crisis has cost more than ?40,000, and that doesn't include postage.
:05:39. > :05:41.A Department of Finance spokesperson said the total bill would only be
:05:42. > :05:47.known when the mailing process was complete.
:05:48. > :05:50.The Minister in Wales responsible for the Welsh Language has said
:05:51. > :05:53.Unionists should embrace the Irish language.
:05:54. > :05:56.With the Irish Language Act one of the biggest stumbling blocks
:05:57. > :06:01.in the Stormont talks, Alun Davies said his use of Welsh
:06:02. > :06:04.adds to his identity and political outlook.
:06:05. > :06:07.I am a Unionist and I speak Welsh, my children speak Welsh and go to
:06:08. > :06:12.I speak Welsh when I am at home and at work.
:06:13. > :06:17.my identity, part of my cultural experience and future and is part of
:06:18. > :06:23.I don't need to choose between being British or
:06:24. > :06:27.You can hear more on that story on The View.
:06:28. > :06:31.As well as discussing the sticking point of
:06:32. > :06:32.the Irish Language Act, we'll be looking
:06:33. > :06:36.Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill says the next week is critical.
:06:37. > :06:39.Tonight, we'll ask what chance of breaking the deadlock?
:06:40. > :06:41.And we'll hear the concerns of former health
:06:42. > :06:44.and Sinead McLaughlin, the Chief Executive
:06:45. > :06:51.Join me straight after this bulletin here on BBC1.
:06:52. > :06:54.Golf now, and Rory McIlroy has made a disappointing start to his opening
:06:55. > :07:15.As one of the later starters, Rory McIlroy walked to the first tee as
:07:16. > :07:19.the winds got even stronger. And his Masters challenge didn't start
:07:20. > :07:25.according to plan. He dropped two early shots, finding it tough here
:07:26. > :07:32.on the tricky third Augusta green. Soon, he found his touch. This putt
:07:33. > :07:39.at the fourth steadied his round. But trouble wasn't too far away. In
:07:40. > :07:43.the trees at the seventh, McIlroy battled hard to avoid another drop
:07:44. > :07:49.shot holding this excellent part. CHEERING
:07:50. > :07:55.There was better for Shane Lowry, for birdies on the first hole,
:07:56. > :07:59.rocketing him up the leaderboard. But McIlroy's frustration was
:08:00. > :08:05.evident. There may be a long way to go, still he has a lot of work to --
:08:06. > :08:12.to do if used to win this tournament and complete a career grand slam.
:08:13. > :08:17.McIlroy is currently three over after 12 holes,
:08:18. > :08:21.Lowry is tied for third on two under after 13.
:08:22. > :08:28.Now for the weather forecast. Angie Phillips has the details.
:08:29. > :08:34.Good evening. There is little or no rain in the forecast until later in
:08:35. > :08:39.the weekend and we will find even then that the amounts are small. The
:08:40. > :08:43.emphasis is on a lot of dry weather, a lot of cloud as well as through
:08:44. > :08:46.the night, giving the odd spot of drizzle over the hills but a dry
:08:47. > :08:54.night for many of us and fairly mild. If we do get the odd break,
:08:55. > :08:58.temperatures in the countryside could get lower. Into tomorrow, once
:08:59. > :09:02.again looking at variable and often large amounts of cloud but mainly
:09:03. > :09:06.dry. If you get any of those pockets of drizzle during the night they
:09:07. > :09:10.will fade away during the course of the morning, so a mainly dry day
:09:11. > :09:14.coming up. Looking across the rest of Britain and Ireland, the same
:09:15. > :09:18.story, and a lot of cloud around, showery is feeding into northern and
:09:19. > :09:23.western Scotland with the breeze, elsewhere the winds are alike. A
:09:24. > :09:26.good deal of cloud to begin with but it will break up in the south and
:09:27. > :09:30.the east and the southern half of Ireland towards the north and west
:09:31. > :09:34.it will be more prone to cloud. Hopefully even for Northern Ireland
:09:35. > :09:38.that cloud will start to break out a little bit and afternoon and we will
:09:39. > :09:42.get the bright spells developing. High pressure is in charge at the
:09:43. > :09:46.moment, starting to push out into the near continent as we head into
:09:47. > :09:50.the weekend which allows a weather front to move into north-western
:09:51. > :09:53.parts at some stage on Sunday. Saturday does look fine with some
:09:54. > :09:57.sunshine, the cloud gathers on Sunday as that weather front
:09:58. > :10:00.approaches, winning some light patchy rain later on.