Summary

  • Updates for Friday 30 January 2015

  • More news, sport, weather and travel from 07:00 on Monday, 2 February

  1. Enjoy your weekendpublished at 19:00 GMT 30 January 2015

    Ciaran McCauley
    BBC News NI

    That's us for today. Hope you have a good weekend and we'll be back with more news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 on Monday.

  2. Eyewitness report of Belfast shootingpublished at 18:59 GMT 30 January 2015

    BBC Newsline reporter Martin Cassidy says that he spoke to an eyewitness to the north Belfast shooting, which has resulted in a man being taken to hospital.

    Oldpark shooting

    She told him that she saw the victim slumped in the takeaway with what appeared to be a head wound.

  3. Broken bottle attacker jailedpublished at 18:57 GMT 30 January 2015

    A Belfast man is jailed for nine years for repeatedly hitting his partner with a broken bottle.

    Laganside Courts

    Brian Mongan, 41, from St Agnes Place, repeatedly attacked Julie Nevin at her flat on the Antrim Road last March.

  4. Witness to shootingpublished at 18:47 GMT 30 January 2015

    Martin Cassidy
    BBC NI

    A witness to the shooting at a takeaway on Belfast's Oldpark Rd tells me she heard the shot and saw the aftermath. I'm live on BBC Newsline shortly with the latest.

  5. Archive: SoS faces City Hall protestpublished at 18:33 GMT 30 January 2015

    BBC NI Archive

    Today we've been feeding out nuggets from a briefing paper given to Tom King when he was made Secretary of State in 1985 - it's essentially a rundown of what not to say when in Northern Ireland.

    Jim Wells

    But just two months into the job, the new secretary faced protests and anger at Belfast City Hall following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Among the protesters are the familiar (but fresher) faces of Jim Wells and Nigel Dodds.

  6. SDLP 'will have post-election role'published at 18:28 GMT 30 January 2015

    SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell predicts his party will play a role in the future of the UK government after the May Westminster elections.

    Alasdair McDonnellImage source, PAcemaker
  7. Shooting in north Belfastpublished at 18:16 GMT 30 January 2015

    Police say they're at the scene of a shooting at a takeaway on Belfast's Oldpark Road

    Oldpark ShootingImage source, Sarah Monahan

    It happened around 5.40pm. A man has been taken to hospital. His condition isn't known. The road is closed.

  8. Illegal gaming operation smashedpublished at 18:02 GMT 30 January 2015

    Cash and gaming machines worth half a million pounds have been seized by police.

    gaming machinesImage source, Psni

    100 gaming machines, 3 roulette machines and £200K in cash were found in Belfast and Lisburn.

  9. Shipbuilding mural unveiledpublished at 17:51 GMT 30 January 2015

    Peter Coulter
    BBC News NI

    A new mural to commemorate Belfast's shipbuilding heritage has been unveiled on Pilot Street.

    Ship mural Belfast

    It contains 54 photographs telling the stories of shipbuilders in the city over the last two centuries. Keep an eye out for it when you are driving home tonight.

  10. Footballer convicted over drugspublished at 17:42 GMT 30 January 2015

    Belfast Telegraph

    An Irish League footballer has been convicted of possessing Class A drugs but acquitted of any intention to deal them, the Belfast Telegrjohaph reports, external.

    John McGuiganImage source, Kirth Ferris

    John McGuigan, who is currently on loan at Warrenpoint Town from Glentoran, admitted having a quantity of ecstasy and cocaine at a nightclub in south Belfast.

  11. Agreement 'won't unravel'published at 17:25 GMT 30 January 2015

    Chris Page
    BBC News NI Political Correspondent

    Peter Robinson says he doesn't see the Stormont House Agreement "unravelling" as Mike Nesbitt has claimed.

    Peter Robinson

    The DUP leader also said he thought broadcasters would be "going back to the drawing board" over election TV debates.

  12. Rare famine box at Linen Hallpublished at 17:14 GMT 30 January 2015

    Allan Preston
    BBC News NI

    Last night, Belfast's Linen Hall library was presented with a rare gift over 160-years-old by a County Tyrone family - a rare famine box, complete with six food vouchers.

    Famine Box

    They were used in the famine relief in Omagh in 1847. You can hear more about this on Evening Extra at 17:45.

  13. Court orders dog back to ownerpublished at 17:02 GMT 30 January 2015

    Michael Fitzpatrick
    BBC News NI

    A dog owner has won a court injunction to have their family pet returned after someone looking after the animal refused to hand it back.

    Charlie the Dog

    The owner of Charlie the dog left him with a pet minder for two weeks. Belfast County Court granted the injunction to have him returned yesterday.

  14. Incinerator project queried:published at 16:51 GMT 30 January 2015

    Newtownabbey Times

    Newtownabbey Times reports, external that campaigners fighting plans for a massive waste incinerator near Mallusk claim doubts have been raised about the future of the body behind the project.

    An artist's impression of the proposed waste facility at a quarry on the outskirts of north BelfastImage source, Becon Consortium
  15. Frances Black Friday gig offpublished at 16:37 GMT 30 January 2015

    Bad news for fans for Frances Black - the Irish singer has lost her voice and her performance this evening with Kieran Goss at the Grand Opera House has been cancelled, external.

  16. Libel case almost resolved;published at 16:18 GMT 30 January 2015

    Belfast Telegraph

    A member of Northern Ireland's Policing Board is close to resolving her libel action against two colleagues, the Belfast Telegraph reports, external.

    Policing Board members were briefed about On The Runs in April 2010

    Joan O'Hagan, an independent member, issued proceedings against the board, vice-chairman Stuart MacDonnell and former chairman Brian Rea.

  17. NI political speak for newbiespublished at 16:08 GMT 30 January 2015

    We've mined some more advice given to Secretary of State Tom King in 1985 from the newly released briefing papers from the PRONI, external.

    Tom King briefing

    On the Republic of Ireland, the Free State and Eire were "unacceptable" terms and Ireland "best avoided". Meanwhile 'majority community' and 'minority community' were allowed for Protestants and Catholics - but not loyalists, Orangemen or republicans

  18. 'Disappointing' cannabis behind drugs bustpublished at 15:56 GMT 30 January 2015

    Two men were so disappointed with the quality of herbal cannabis sold in Carrickfergus that they decided to grow their own, a court has heard.

    Cannabis plantImage source, Getty Images

    Marcin Jarzebiak, 31, and Bartosz Czelaw Szadkowski, 38, admitted a charge of cultivating cannabis at Belfast Crown Court.