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A coroner has said that a schoolboy who was shot dead by the Army

in 1972 was "totally innocent" and did not pose a threat to anyone.

15-year-old Manus Deery was with a group of friends

in Londonderry when he was shot in the head by a soldier.

Our North West reporter Keiron Tourish has more.

An act of remembrance at the end of a deeply emotional day. For more

than 40 years, Helen Deery has campaigned to have her teenage

brother's innocence declared to the world. We always knew the truth. And

it was to hear it in a court, it was vital, vital that his name and our

name and the witnesses' names were all clear. Manus was 15 when he was

killed in the Bogside in 1972, he was standing with friends when he

was struck by a soldier from high above on the city walls. The soldier

who opened fire, Private William Glasgow, who has since died, was

officially named at the opening of the inquest last year. He maintained

for decades that he fired up what appeared to be a gunman 200 metres

away. The bullet ricocheted and fatally wounded Manus Deery. But the

MoD told a hearing last year it was now accepted the teenager was not

carrying a weapon and the shooting reached military guidelines.

Delivering his verdict, the coroner made clear that Manus Deery was

totally innocent. He said the inquest had fully vindicated his

character. The coroner said neither Manus nor any of his friends were

posing a threat, nor was there a gunman in the area at the time. He

said the force used was disproportionate to the threat

perceived. He said the soldier, Private William Glasgow, was not

justified in opening fire. One of those with Manus Deery on the night

he died says the verdict brought belief. We have always known he was

innocent, all along. Nothing changed. During the inquest, the

commenting officer of the soldier who killed Manus Deery held an

emotional meeting with the Deery family. He expressed his regret. I

never thought I would hug a commanding officer, but he was a

normal, healthy Lehmann, he was truly remorseful. -- elderly man.

And I was grateful. The family say their long campaign was worth the

effort to establish the innocence of a much loved son and brother. Keiron

Tourish, BBC Newsline, Derry. A school principal has accused

politicians of failing and work for the benefit

of children. His hard-hitting message

was in a letter to parents. Our education correspondent

Robbie Meredith has been to Newry. These primary one pupils

at St Ronan's Primary School in Newry were learning how to do

their sums this morning. But for their principal,

the money he gets In an unusual move, he has written

to the parents of his pupils to tell them exactly how the savings he has

to make will affect them In a strongly worded letter,

he says that politicians have failed to put aside old animosities

and work for the benefit of the children, and that he has

to make ?46,000 in cuts this year, having already saved

?30,000 last year. We will have to cut

educational needs provision. I am looking at cutting 60

classroom assistant hours per week, that is effectively

two classroom assistants. They are key to the

running of our school. I am between a rock

and a hard place. I am going to be in deficit

by about 100,000 by the end of three years, that is 10%

of my budget. He has also warned parents

that they will have to pay more for extracurricular activities,

including music, as the school I don't think they will

be happy about it, We want our children to be educated

and to maintain the education they have been getting,

and with all the music and Spanish language classes they are getting,

there is nothing we can do I was at a recital last week and

it made me cry, they are so good, and to think that

may be cut, just gone, The message about money coming from

this school will strike a chord with many other principles and parents.

It is also, though, test for those at Stormont, but with the continuing

talks stalemate, there is no sign yet it is one that politicians are

willing to pass. The DUP and Sinn Fein have blamed

each other for a lack of progress in securing a deal to restore

the political institutions. With Friday appearing to be

a deadline, there is still little optimism that an agreement

can be reached. Our political correspondent

Gareth Gordon reports. At Stormont Castle,

the fountain still flows, Hope in this latest talks

process is ebbing away. Just listen to the two

largest parties, The reason why we do not

have a Government up and running is not the fault of the DUP,

and indeed there are a number of other parties who are willing

to get the Government up and running straightaway and deal with some

of these other issues. It is Sinn Fein who are

insisting on new agreements, new demands being implemented,

which frankly are not about health or education or public services,

but about narrow partisan issues. Sinn Fein want these institutions to

work but Martin set out in his resignation letter one needs to

happen, the DUP and the British Government he did take are bought

and quite frankly they not listened to the public. Post a Friday, we

will deal with that, but clearly it will be to the electorate again to

have their say. The other parties doubt if the main players are even

serious. I get a sense that some people

are going through the motions We have committed ourselves

to really working to get all the issues resolved,

we have put in papers, been doing this for weeks,

and we have answers We do not think any

of this is insurmountable. I am not convinced that everybody

else is in the same place. Stormont's newest party

leader already seems And at this minute in time,

even I am fighting to keep up We are seeing little

sign of progress. But right now, this would appear

to be the only sign of building work Time is quickly running out

and with every day that passes, Today is the 19th anniversary

of the Good Friday Agreement. If it is to happen again

this Good Friday, A man in his 20s has

died after a road crash His car was in collision

with a lorry at Manse Road close to the junction of

the Nutts Corner road in Crumlin. Looking ahead to tomorrow,

and we will follow up on a BBC Scotland investigation

into fresh allegations of the sexual abuse and a cover-up

at the Celtic Boys Club in Glasgow. Our coverage starts on radio

tomorrow, Good Morning Ulster Now with the weather forecast,

here's Angie Phillips. Hello, good evening. It certainly

turned a lot fresher today, cooler than it was at the weekend. A few

showers as well. But looking to the week ahead, still not huge amounts

of rain, still some good dry weather. Variable amounts of cloud

so at least there will be some bright or sunny spells. But we are

going to continue with that rather cool breeze. An north-westerly

tonight and eventually becomes westerly, any evening showers fizzle

away to leave dry weather and clear spells. Temperatures in the towns

around six or seven. In some rural spots, could be as low as two, three

or four. Tomorrow, not a bad day to follow. A mainly dry day, few

showers in the 4000. Variable cloud, so there will be some bright spells.

But there is of cloud drifting along in the westerly breeze. Pretty

similar across the Republic for much -- and for much of England and

Wales, into southern and eastern Scotland. But some bright or sunny

spells. Temperatures in the South should reach around 16. For Northern

Ireland, similar, dry with bright or sunny spells, perhaps the best of

those being in the sheltered parts of the East. Temperatures might be a

bit higher than today, 12 or 13. But given the breeze, it will feel cool.

We have some rain tomorrow night, once it goes through, just a few

showers and a lot of dry weather for the rest of the week. Often cloudy

but still some bright spells. And