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California at the of 85. That is all from us. There is a

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Good evening. The Health Minister has said the

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coroner may have to investigate the deaths of five patients at the Royal

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Victoria Hospital. The Belfast Health Trust admitted that A

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waiting times may have been a contributory factor in the deaths.

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It emerged tonight that two of those deaths were after August last year

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when a report from the College of Emergency Medicine called for

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immediate action to improve the A's system. The five deaths are

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referred to as Serious Adverse Incidents and are highlighted in a

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BBC Spotlight investigation which follows this programme. Declan Lawn

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reports. Last month's major incident has been

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the catalyst for a number of startling revelations. At the time

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the Health Minister was keen to point out that it had been an

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unusual and unpredictable event that didn't point to a system that was in

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crisis. Well, there is 100 people and 40 people on trolleys. The

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response was to get more staff there to deal with the backlog. We had an

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unusual spike. An unreasonable spike in the numbers coming through. BBC

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Northern Ireland scam Spotlight has been speaking to doctors and nurses

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who say that the system is at breaking point. The medical staff we

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spoke to didn't want to appear on camera, but we have shown e-mails

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from a range of senior doctors to senior managers at the Belfast

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Trust. Now, these e-mails date back several months and they point out

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how under staffing and excessive trolley waits have been compromising

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the safety of patients. The emergency department consultants

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have also issued a statement to Spotlight. They point out they have

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been raising concerns about patient safety and dignity at the highest

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levels of the Belfast Trust. Spotlight can reveal evidence th

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patients have been affected. This document describes how two patients

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died in serious adverse incidents where one of the significant

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contributory factories was how long they had to wait for treatment.

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Yesterday, the Chief Executive of the Belfast Trust admitted to us

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that there were more. Well, it is difficult, but it would be single

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figures, Declan. We have been told it could be nine? No, it is not as

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high as nine. No, I think at this point, it is about four. Today,

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however, the Belfast Trust Amened that number -- amended that number.

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Stating there have been five deaths in cases were waiting times has been

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one of the factors in the last year alone. Well, they were spread out

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throughout last year, 2013. Where they have been after August last

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year? Would any of the deaths been after August? I think two of the

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deaths were after August. The doctors and nurses we spoke to

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stressed that most of the time the emergency department of the Royal

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Victoria Hospital is safe, but during out-of-hours periods and at

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weekends that's not always the case. They want urgent action.

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The Education and Skills Authority or ESA moved a step closer with the

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announcement of backing from grammar schools. As our education

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correspondent, Maggie Taggart reports, there are hopes that a

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seven year stalemate can be broken. The governing bodies association

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represents 52 out of a total of 69 grammar schools and up until now,

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they had opposed the introduction of the education and skills authority

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which is to replace the education boards. However, in a significant

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move, the voluntary grammars body says it approves of the planned ESA

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and wants to see it in action. The decision has been welcomed by the

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Sinn Fein education spokesman. Well, it is a very welcome development.

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The minister was approached with concerns that they had with the

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Education Bill. The minister responded with a compromise paper to

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protect terms and conditions of teachers. A compromise has been

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sought and has been granted. They have a way forward and the G BA are

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calling for ESA to go ahead. The teachers, the unions, the political

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parties all saying let's have ESA, we need to hear from the DUP. Why

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don't they want to go ahead with it? The DUP spokesman says he has

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concerns about the protection of the controlled Schools Secretary tor

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which mainly educates Protestant children.

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The mother of a teenage girl who was groomed by someone on the internet

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says she felt sick to the stomach when she found out. A survey shows

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only half of parents have safety settings on their children's

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computers and tablets. Tara Mills reports. Samantha Shaw is the mum of

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two girls. When was in P7 she was targeted online by someone

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pretending to be Justin Bieber. They are taking photos. They can facetame

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each other and it is -- facetime each other. It is a really young age

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and maybe they are having problems at home and someone is showing them

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attention or giving them attention that they are not getting and they

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are thinking, "OK, who wants to see my nice hair?" It can start off

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innocently like that. The police weren't able to trace the man, but

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her daughter who didn't want to appear on camera is more cautious

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online. I was really afraid about it. I wouldn't like a man trying to

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stalk my profile. I keep myself on private. It is not on public. It is

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just on friends so just my friends can see my stuff. The police are

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taking a proactive approach. They are rolling out strange across

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schools across the north-east. We look at sexting and the issues

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around that and the issues around that and how important it is for the

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kids to know that sexting is illegal. One student believes it is

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a good idea. I know many friends who have been targeted and it is not

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very nice and sometimes I feel that we have not good a very good

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education towards it. So it has been very good to get this presentation

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so we can learn more about this issue. In the past, stranger danger

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was a threat to children outside. Now, that danger is much more likely

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to be in their hands. Police organisation in the Republic

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has called on the chairman of the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission

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to resign in a row over the suspected bugging of its office.

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The chairman, Simon O'Brien, said there was, what he called, three

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credible security threats last year. there was, what he called, three

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Garda involvement, but even that suggestion has annoyed senior Garda

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officers. It is quite clear in my mind that the ombudsman commission

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seemed to have forgotten what they are about. They seem to have no

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regard for the laws that apply in this country. It casts a huge

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question mark over the ability of the chairman of the ombudsman

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commission to carry on in his functions seeing as he has usurped

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the Government in not reporting what has gone on. And he suspected

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somebody of having carried out a criminal act and he didn't bother

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reporting it to the organisation tasked with investigating criminal

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activities in this country. Football and there was one game

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tonight in the Irish Premiership. In County Fermanagh, Ballinamallard

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took on Crusaders in less than perfect conditions. The Belfast side

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held on for a 2-1 win with the striker Gary McCutcheon getting the

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decisive goal early in the second-half.

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Be more on the latest support for the Education and Skills Authority

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across TV, radio and online tomorrow. Also we talk to the road

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racer, Michael Dunlop, who had threatened to quit the sport last

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year. He now reveals his plan to race again.

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The town centre in Omagh was closed to traffic for a time tonight

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because of snow. The police are warning that heavy falls are causing

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hazardous driving conditions in many places especially in western

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counties. It was a tricky commute home at teatime for many motorists

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especially on the Glenshane Pass. Now let's get some more detail on

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that weather with Cecilia Daly. Good evening. It is not a nice night

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for travelling. Snow will continue and there will be icy conditions. By

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the end of the night we could have several centimetres on the higher

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hills and there could be a covering of snow just about anywhere, but

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particularly in the West where snow showers will be more frequent, but

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by morning fortunately many of them will have eased. Dry by the end of

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the night, but icy with temperatures sub-zero and where the snow is

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lying, the snow will have frozen over too. A cold and icy start and

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we wait for the next area of wet and windy weather. Some snow a mixed in

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with the rain particularly over the hills, but not exclusively. So there

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could be more wintry weather tomorrow morning through the rush

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hour. We have an area of low pressure moving in bringing rain to

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the south of Ireland and also to many southern and western areas of

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Britain. A core of severe gales will move up through the Irish Sea and

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that will affect north-west Wales, England and the West Country. Maybe

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the high winds could affect Northern Ireland too. Lots of snow over the

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Scottish mountains and flooding will be a hazard across parts of Southern

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England. So there is a wi warning in force for parts of Northern Ireland

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tomorrow especially in the east, and the East Coast in particular which

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may see high gusts. Later in the day, the rain will turn back to

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sleet and snowy especially across the West. Fortunately things will

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become drier and quieter on Thursday with sunshine on Friday.

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That's it. We're back at 6. 25pm during Breakfast. From me, good

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night.

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