28/04/2014 BBC Newsline

Hello and welcome to BBC Newsline. The PSNI have been severely

criticised over how they policed the union flag protests. Judge Mr

Justice Treacy said they were wrong to facilitate the illegal protests

during the first three months. He said they were also wrong to think

they did not have the legal powers to stop them and arrest those taking

part. The Chief Constable says he will appeal the ruling.

Running battles erupted after a protest passed the Short Strand area

of east Belfast in January last year. Rival factions clashed and

then loyalists attacked the police. The PSNI said there was nothing they

could legally do to stop the protest or other static place across the

country at the BellSouth City Council voted to stop flying the

union flag every day. One resident who was -- is home was attacked to a

judicial forum. The resident argued the police should not have allowed

any of the protest parades in December 2012 and January last year

because they had not been notified as required by law. The officer in

charge of the operation said the PSNI did not have powers to ban a

protest that had not been notified. A judge today dismissed those

claims. He rejected the PSNI's argument that it did not have the

legal powers to stop the protest that passed both sport during the

period in question. Rounding the judicial review against the PSNI, he

said the officer in charge of the operation had misdirected himself

into believing he was hampered by Laura from stopping the parade and

arresting those taking parts. He said he was labouring under a

material misapprehension. The judge said the PSNI's

interpretation of the law had led to a situation where the police

facilitated a legal and sometimes violent period with the effect of

undermining the 1998 act in breach of their legal duties and in breach

of the human rights of the resident who took legal action. A solicitor

for the resident give this response. They work and this judgement, this

was someone whose home was attacked repeatedly after these illegal

parades week after week. He welcomes this decision today and he hopes

there will be no repeat of this in the future. The Chief Constable says

he takes full responsibility for decisions and insisted the PSNI had

got it right. I am concerned this judgement may restrain our

operational facility in the future and create an expectation that

police will always be able to stop protests or arrest people at the

time. Irrespective of the individual circumstances. My concern about that

is to do so, if that is the expectation, may require significant

force and undermine our attempts to work with these communities and that

would be wrong and as such we will appeal this judgement. Police

sources told the BBC they believe trying to enforce the letter of the

law by stopping the protest parades could have resulted in widespread

violence. A man from Fermanagh has been jailed

for four months and fined ?8000 for breaches in food safety regulations.

The case was brought by the Food Standards Agency said the processing

plant, Upper Erne Lakes Poultry, had decaying animal by-products infested

with maggots, bloodstains on the floor and no cleaning process in

operation. The owner, Nigel Wilson, was convicted of the offences three

years ago but only returned to Northern Ireland recently.

500 new well-paid jobs are coming to Belfast. The worldwide accountancy

firm, EY, is creating the positions, paying wages about twice the local

average. The Executive is describing it as a major coup on the jobs

front. Major job announcements: For maximum

fanfare and Peter Robinson broke the news on a visit to you why's Belfast

operation. The new posts carry significant wages. We are talking

about an average salary of just under ?40,000 to these are high

quality jobs for Northern Ireland. A fantastic boost for our economy

here. A Y are one of the worlds big for accountancy firms will stop

about half of the new jobs will be in auditing. The remainder are in

management consultancy, helping client firms in Great Britain build

up their businesses. E by already have a significant presence in

Ireland, both north and south. This announcement will more than treble

its existing Belfast workforce and such is the skill of the expansion,

they will soon begin the search for new offices. ?3 million in grant aid

helped to seal a bid but so too did last year 's International

investment conference. Without Stormont's backing, the company said

the new positions could easily have gone to any other of its 700 offices

and wide. The jobs would be created over the next for years and

recruitment will begin in July. Good news for the economy and post also

for invest NI it continues to chase well-paid jobs in the professional

services sector. The Fire Service says a blaze at a

pig farm in County Armagh started accidentally. Thousands of sows and

piglets died in the fire at a farm near Bessbrook. The alarm was raised

early on Saturday morning and it took several hours to bring the

blaze under control. Today investigations were being carried

out and the carcasses were taken away to a rendering plant.

Drunken, aggressive teenagers are terrorising people in a

neighbourhood in Londonderry. Residents in Rosemount held a

protest about the behaviour on Saturday night but the trouble isn't

just happening in their area. Another example of crime on the

streets, this was the scene this morning. It comes at a time when

police in Derry said they have had the largest decrease in anti-social

behaviour in Northern Ireland, a 16% drop in reported cases, almost 1,000

fewer than in the previous year. In places like Rosemount, there is

anger at the antics of young people, some as young as 11 or 12. We had

the drink and drugs and they are very aggressive. Sitting in your own

home, watching TV and you have 30 or 40 outside your door, screaming and

shouting. You cannot even go out to go across the street to the shop

because they are threatening you. The 100 acre Creggan country Park

provides a host of activities from watersports to angling but it has

been experiencing anti-social problems too. Management say they

are seriously concerned about the levels of vandalism and the attacks

on fencing which is here to keep people safe. They are worried about

the potential risk to young children.

Looking ahead to tomorrow's BBC Newsline and Donna will be reporting

from Edinburgh ahead of September's vote on independence.

There are a strong educational links between Northern Ireland and

Scotland. Some local students have the right to vote in the Scottish

independence referendum in September. Tomorrow on BBC Newsline,

we talk to some of them. The weather is next.

It has been a dull day today but the prospects for tomorrow are brighter

and a little bit warmer. The cloud hangs around tonight, maybe bringing

one or two spots of drizzle, but otherwise dry. Don't be expecting

sunshine front that would go tomorrow, it will be great and misty

to begin with and the best of the sunshine will tend to be great and

Misty to begin with and the best of the sunshine contentedly in the

West. A slow start tomorrow, generally dry but towards lunchtime

we will start to see some brightness and sunshine coming through. Some

sunshine over Western and seven counties of Ireland as well. Much

colour and clarity across the North of Scotland compared to today. Some

of the mist may affect parts of northern England too. Many areas

will brighten up with some sunshine. One or two showers are around and

Northern Ireland could have the odd shower around. They will be

localised and more likely in the West. Some of the eastern coast

areas could stay dull and cool for most of the day. Really moves in for

Wednesday and on Thursday it looks like we're in for a cool day with

some further reading for a time but the sun will be back on Friday until

with quite cool air. That's it for now. You can keep

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