06/08/2014 BBC Newsline

you posted. All right, Tomasz. Thank you.

A County Armagh doctor is charged with sexual assault.

The Dungannon woman jailed in Peru for drugs smuggling looks set to

Emergency payments are to be given out to people whose homes

were affected by last night's flooding and thankfully tonight

The heavy downpours however will be back later in the week.

The BBC has learned that a man charged with a number

of sexual assaults at a County Armagh medical practice is a GP.

The charges stretch over a number of years.

Here's our reporter in the South East Gordon Adair.

The man at the centre of these allegations work here at this health

centre for several years, until 2011, and the practice severed its

ties with him. More recently, he has been working in Portadown. Police

say a 45-year-old has been charged with sexual assault following a

number of complaints. The alleged incidents all happened here in the

health centre between 2009 and 2011. As is normal practice, the

file has now been prepared and sent to the Public prosecution service.

The doctor will appear in court in Armagh early next month. The police

say this is an ongoing enquiry and they want anyone who might have

information relevant to this case to come forward and contact detectors

in Newry, using the nonemergency 101 number.

This time last year this 21-year-old from Dungannon made headline news

across the world when she was found in Peru with cocaine in her luggage.

Mikayla McCollum was then convicted and sentenced to six years in jail.

Today it emerged she could be transferred from prison in Lima

within months, to serve the rest of her sentence at Hydebank Wood

August last year. This woman aged 20 was arrested at Lima airport, about

to board a flight to Madrid. The Peruvian police said they were

carrying 1110 g of cocaine, hidden in food packets and worth ?1.5

million. Initially, they said they had been kidnapped and coerced. At

their trial in December, the woman pleaded guilty to drug smuggling

offences and was given reduced sentences of six years and eight

months in prison. They were later moved to another prison where

European prisoners are often kept. Melissa Reid has applied to be

transferred to be - a jail in Scotland. The other woman was...

Some paperwork and protocols have yet to be completed in the UK before

that can go ahead. She is most likely to be moved to this prison in

south Belfast. Michaela McCullin has been in custody for a year now since

her initial arrest. The process of bringing her back here to complete

the sentence could take several months.

Angry and deeply frustrated, that's how an MLA is describing

people who were affected by flash flooding in Counties Tyrone

It's claimed there was a lack of emergency co-ordination between

the Roads Service, Rivers Agency and NI Water when water levels rose.

The heavy and thundery downpours moved north during Tuesday. So much

rain fell in such a short amount of time, the drains were overwhelmed

and roads, homes and businesses felt the full force of nature. Torrential

rain that I don't think I've ever seen before. It lasted three

quarters of an hour. It stopped for about 15 minutes and then there was

another downpour which lasted half an hour. Emergency services were

called to help homeowners deal with rising water levels. Sandbags were

given out but for some, it was too late. I looked out and started to

panic because I thought, not again. The water was coming in nonstop. It

is up to my step and I began to panic. It was crazy. It shouldn't be

happening. Omar was one of the first to see flooding. -- Omagh. An

elderly woman was taken to safety from her house. There was no roads

service presents here. There was no Northern Ireland water presents.

There was no reason for any of the not being here last night because I

have a service immediately reported it. It was for those agencies to

follow up on that. That didn't happen so they must act - they must

answer for their in action last night. All three say they did

respond to calls. The Rivers agency says staff checked critical

infrastructure last night and will continue to do so. Homeowners also

fought a battle with the elements in this town, with emergency services

working at the scene. As the thunderstorm rumbled, they caused

this hospital's accident and thunderstorm rumbled, they caused

emergency department. The hospital had only just fully returned to

normal after severe flooding destroyed 40% of the building in

July last year. This is the third time this has happened. Last year

was a major one, costing ?40 million. We have two ask, will

services being in existence at this hospital when our cancer patients

need it? Today, as the clean-up operation got underway, the

Department of the Environment announced that it will provide ?1000

contemplation for victims of the floods.

- compensation. The news of the flooding comes

as the Roads Minister Danny Kennedy claims budget cuts will effect

the number of times gullies are emptied, potholes are repaired

and street lights are fixed. The Executive Minister says tens

of thousands of street lights could be out across Northern Ireland over

the winter, after his budget was cut last week by the

Finance Minister Simon Hamilton. Mr Hamilton has accused

Danny Kennedy of exaggerating. Here's Our Political Reporter

Stephen Walker. Keeping Northern Ireland's towns and

cities well lit is the responsibility of Danny

regional development Minister for study claims the new budget, signed

off as part of the June mandatory round, means he has to save ?15

million, which will result in key services being capped. There is the

unfortunate prospect that lights will not be repaired as quickly.

There is the prospect that grass cutting will be impacted upon. Other

environmental services such as Delhi emptying, all of these will be

impacted upon. - Delhi emptying. It will include road maintenance. And

that worries those in the industry. We are concerned that any

construction cuts is of concern to us. This is at a time when the

construction industry is just coming out of the longest recession in

living memory. We believe that construction activity is absolutely

key and fundamental to Northern Ireland's economic recovery. There

are other worries. The lack of political agreement at Stormont over

welfare reform means further cuts will be necessary, which many find

frustrating. People are fed up to the back teeth. People have worked

their way through this over the last five years, trying to hold their

businesses together. Because of a lack of political agreement, we are

now facing further job cuts. People have had enough. Today, Sinn Fein

accused Danny Kennedy of grandstanding and the SDLP said he

was using scare tactics. The DDP suggested he was exaggerating. Danny

Kennedy's warning about the repair of streetlights and road maintenance

comes just days after the Finance Minister Simon Hamilton made cuts of

nearly ?80 million across a series of executive departments. This is a

story we are going to have to get used to. In October, more cuts are

planned. The play that looks at how Irish

soldiers were treated in Ireland One of the firms accused

of receiving overpayments from the Housing Executive is to

receive ?470,000 after it emerged Dixons was one of fours firms named

in the Assembly by the housing Our Economics and Business Editor,

John Campbell, has been speaking to Dixons contractors have been working

with the Housing executive more than 30 years. They were shocked when the

housing minister stood up in the assembly and said they were one of

four firms which have benefited from overpayments amounting to ?80

million. But a year on at the truth is out. Dixons were not overpaid. In

fact, the Housing executive said the company is owed almost ?500,000. The

company founder says they have been vindicated. I am glad that we are

exonerated from all charges. The only sad thing about it is, we had

to lay off a lot of men in the last year. Three other contractors will

have to make repayments but just ?670,000. Nowhere near that dramatic

18 million figure. The executive's chairman says the whole fiasco was

due to poor management. It was poorly setup, poorly managed and I

am not blaming the contractors for that. They were put in that position

but we had to work our way out of it. That is what we have done. We

resolved it to their satisfaction. How come the figure was so horribly

wrong? Housing executive said it was only ever a broad brush estimate and

the executive's chairman admits it was worked out by extrapolating from

a very small sample. He was surprised when the minister used the

figure in the way that he did. But the upshot of it all has been very

tough for Dixons. Last year was very stressful. We have had suppliers

ringing us up and cutting off our credit. People have been at my

wife, going on and other members of the family. This might not be the

end of the matter. Some people want to ask more questions.

There has been an arson attack. It happened in Francis Street

in the early hours of this morning. Police and the fire service were

at the scene Several people were in the house at

the time but they escaped uninjured. Police described the attack

as crude and dangerous. Now to the second

of two special reports on issues A charity has warned that positive

changes in workplace culture may be eroded as a result

of the economic downturn. Disability Action have seen

an increase in queries from people with disabilities who

are worried about their jobs. But they say employers can make

a big difference with small This woman is paralysed on one side.

She also has a learning disability and epilepsy. Good morning. How can

I help you? Her job at this call centre in Belfast is going well. She

also travels to England to do a drama course every week. She is

happy in her workplace and hopes she can help others to feel the same. Do

not let the disability get in the way. Just do what you've got to do.

If anybody, whatever their disability entails can do it, any

disabled person can do it. They want to be treated equally. Her employers

have made some adjustments, like scheduling regular hours. They say

the cost of making those changes pays off. We have worked with her

and her support worker in order to look at both the adjustments that

she will have needed, whether that be additional training and

one-to-one coaching, and also doing a personal development plan. We had

fantastic results as an organisation. It is a positive

experience around. Across Northern Ireland, the picture is more mixed.

The charity which works with her has seen an increase in enquiries from

disabled people worried about their jobs in recent times. It says

workplace culture for workers with disabilities have improved but the

recession hasn't helped that. There is a risk at the minute that all the

ground we've made up, all of that positive change is being eroded by

the economic situation. We still have great employers, employees who

are taking positive actions but we also have an increasing the number

of queries coming through our services. They come from people who

feel they are under threat of implement. The charity is keen to

stress that services are available to help workers and employers deal

with any issues. Computers say it is important they make as many

opportunities as possible for disabled people in the workplace.

The Irish women's rugby team are being tipped as possible World Cup

winners after their historic victory over New Zealand yesterday.

It was the first time in almost a quarter

of a century that the New Zealanders had suffered a World Cup defeat.

Women's rugby is one of the fastest growing sports here, and, as BBC

Newsline's Mark Simpson reports, it is attracting players of all ages.

If you thought that rugby was a game for men, think again. This rugby

session is one of many. The teenagers had an extra spring in

their step today. Yesterday, Irish women's rugby team beat New Zealand.

their step today. Yesterday, Irish I think it is so good to encourage

more girls along. I think it shows that the girls can

more girls along. I think it shows As my brother says, the girls are

much tougher than the men. They have to prove themselves. The men have

had a free run. It shows how hard we had been working. Are you proud?

Definitely. What do the boys think? Who is better to ask than

Definitely. What do the boys think? recently retired Irish player who

Definitely. What do the boys think? coaching these boys. He watched

Definitely. What do the boys think? match yesterday. The first thing

Definitely. What do the boys think? that went through my head when I

Definitely. What do the boys think? what we never managed to achieve. We

had a few competitive games and a few that I would prefer to think

about -- prefer to forget about. There is a steady stream of young

talent coming through. It is absolutely huge. There are many

youth clubs. We have had a massive increase in the number of girls who

want to play rugby. Next for Ireland is a game against Caddick stand. A

win will take them into the semifinals. Many believe that if

they can beat New Zealand, they can beat anyone. The victory by the

women's team means that the pressure is really on the men. One thing is

clear, at all levels the future of rugby is in safe hands.

The World Cup is barely over and the domestic football season is upon us.

We are live with the champions and contenders

Events marking the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War

have been dominating the headlines in recent days.

However, over the past year, a play has been touring Ireland focusing

It deals with the way nationalists reacted,

in the wake of the republican Easter Rising of 1916, to Irish soldiers

Always read the trumpets and bagpipes, marching back towards the

front. It is estimated that 50,000 soldiers from the island of Ireland

died in the First World War. But many came home, some with the scars

of battle. Those who had a national as background were received by many

as traitors. My great uncle came back. He was lucky because it was an

old town and they were quite tolerant of Irish men who fought in

the First World War. But he could not really talk about it. He only

spoke to other veterans. They had to come back and go into a small Irish

community, where people's attitude towards British rule had changed

overnight. It was like a scene from the old Testament, a parting of the

seas. You should have stayed. You should have been here fighting for

us, not for them. One man has visited many times to the Somme. He

says that the perspective on the war is badly skewed. It got to the stage

where we did not even think the Germans were there. It was a shock

to learn that some of the Irish soldiers had died. And then when I

find out how they retreated when they got home, it was even more of a

shock. I am not a historian, but I am just telling my grandfather's

story. I can understand why in Ireland's, when he had gone to

university it had been an adventure. Instead of going on a gap year, you

do something different. He was in the Army for 18 months, but it

changed his life completely. The scream of a horse in pain. Sometimes

it would go on all night. Time for sport now and with

the new domestic football season about to kick off - Mark Sidebottom

is at the unlikely location There is better bet of a festival

going on this evening, but it will not be fun for these guys. Tommy

Breslin is here. The World Cup is over. Can you believe that the

domestic season is upon us? I am really looking forward to it. We

have been playing some practice games and training for so long. Let

us take a look at last season. How can you replace Leon Boyd. How do

you replace Leon Boyd? I don't know. We are looking for other players to

step up to the mark. It happens all the time in football. Top players

move on and someone else comes along and takes the place. You will be

looking forward to rubbing shoulders with Warren Feeney. You have had a

taste in Europe. How are you prepared and are you nervous? I

never get nervous as a player. It is different from in Europe. It is much

scrub back very different on the domestic skin. -- it is very

different on the domestic scene. It is a good positive died as we get

into the last week before the season starts. As Tommy said, I understand

why he has gone. Tommy, it is never a two horse race and we would never

disrespect the other teams. What do you see them as the biggest threat?

They are the most successful club in the country, so they will always be

a risk for us. But I am sure that Warren Feeney will agree with me. It

is not a two horse race. There will be twists and turns and any club is

capable of beating any other club. Thank you for joining us. Best of

luck to you both in the new season. Golf's final major of the year,

the USPGA Championship, gets underway in Kentucky tomorrow - with

Rory McIlroy the red hot favourite Despite acknowledging he is in

the form of his life, the new world It is nice to win if you turn amends

and get back to near the top of the world rankings. I am winning golf

tournaments. I am not necessarily sure that you can call it the start

of an era, but I am very happy with my golf at the moment.

People can say what they want to say, which is fine -

I cannot read too much into it, but I will continue to practice hard

I try not to read too much of the stuff written, because if I read

everything I would turn up to the first tee here on Thursday thinking

Finally this evening, still not playing ball with

the reported lifting of a media ban - but it remains in place.

They meet Donegel in Croke Park on Saturday.

There is some rain starting here. I am going to run for some cover.

It is now time for the weather with Cecilia.

It is looking better tonight. We are expecting drier weather. No warnings

It is looking better tonight. We are tonight. We had many thundery

downpours, that are now just clearing away. There are still a few

light showers. These showers should not be too heavy or frequent.

Temperatures could dip to 7-8 Celsius. If you are up early

tomorrow, it may be misty in the morning. Otherwise, it will be a

nice day. There will be some cloud as the morning goes on, but it

should stage I until lunch time. You may be able to put your washing out.

From lunch time, there will be some lighter showers. It will feel quite

warm, temperatures 20 Celsius. We may see some or showers developing.

However, we are not expecting thundery downpours.

may see some or showers developing. However, we are not expecting But

tomorrow it is looking different. This rain will move its way up and

there will be a wet end to the night and he wet start to Friday. There

are no warnings at the moment, but we are watching this. It should turn

brighter throughout the day. People have asked me if there is a hurry

came on the way. The cocaine is coming out of the United States and

she will move across the Atlantic over the next couple of days. By the

time that she gets towards us, it will be the end of the weekend. So

there is a possibility that the remnants of the hurricane will

affect our weather, particularly on Sunday. But we're not certain at the

moment. In the meantime, keep your umbrella handy.

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