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22/09/2014

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The Belfast Health Trust has confirmed to the BBC that

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its emergency department at the Royal Victoria Hospital is

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100 people are waiting to be treated or admitted.

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A spokesperson for the trust says it is busier than normal.

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This Monday night, they say they are busier than normal. Earlier this

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evening, around 90 people were waiting at the emergency department

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here and within an hour or two, that number had written -- had risen to

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112. The spot five people have been waiting for almost 20 hours. The

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trust admits it is very busy and under pressure. Some reports suggest

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there are more than 20 people waiting on trolleys this evening,

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the longest wait for anyone being 23 hours. Triage, assessing someone's

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condition on arrival, should happen fairly quickly, perhaps within 15

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minutes. At times tonight, it has been taking 60 minutes. The trust

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says it is an exceptionally busy Monday and within the past hour, it

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confirmed in the patients were now in the department with 15 others

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waiting to be admitted. An investigation is under way

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after a school bus crashed into Around 50 pupils were in the bus

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at the time, The bus and car collided on

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Omagh Road in Drumquin this morning as the children were heading to

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secondary schools in Omagh. It was the routine school run

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that almost ended in horror. The bus taking 48 pupils to Omagh

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ended up on its side in this field. A car also involved in the crash

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at first was hard to see. this morning on the busy Omagh Road

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outside Drumquin. One young passenger

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described what happened. It was just like flashing

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before your eyes. I am sure everybody is just

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happy that we are here. I was not even worried about myself,

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I was worried for everyone else Around half

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the children were taken to the local hospital and the rest, including the

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bus driver and driver of the car, Remarkably,

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nobody had serious injuries, but it I just went straight to

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the hospital. What are your thoughts, it must

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have been a terribly anxious time? You worry every time they go out

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the door but they still have to go An investigation to establish the

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cause of the crash is now underway. The one thing I do know is that on

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this stretch of the road, as traffic is coming towards Omagh at that time

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of the morning and particularly when it was a bright morning, there would

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have been a little sun and whether this was a factor,

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I don't know. It is a fairly flat straight stretch of road

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and locals tell us that it is not The priority now is

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for investigators to find out An animal charity has offered

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a reward for information about an The incident was last week but

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details have only just been released by the police who say a noxious

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liquid was deliberately used to burn You may find some of the pictures

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in this report distressing. Fergie was enjoying his treats An

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the garden today but last Wednesday His owner found him at her home,

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distressed and in agony after someone poured

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an acidic liquid on his back The owner was not at home today

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but spoke to the BBC's Talkback I was disgusted,

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it is just not nice. If it was done deliberately,

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it is a disgrace. Locals have reacted angrily to

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the news. The community are outraged

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by what has happened. They have spoken out in support

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of the family and the little dog. Over the weekend,

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everyone has been talking about it, Fergie is now home

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and recovering well. He has been treated with antibiotics

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and painkillers and the family say they hope he will

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make a full recovery but they want to know who would do something

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like this to a defenceless animal. The police are appealing

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for information about the attack A local animal charity has offered

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to pay ?1500 as a reward The Deputy Chief Constable has said

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it is a matter of great regret that it has taken so long

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for the police to hand over files on Drew Harris was giving evidence to

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the coroner's court The cases include six deaths

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including those of IRA men and a Catholic teenager who are alleged

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to have been the victims of the The senior coroner is also examining

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the murders of three police officers who died in a bomb blast

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in Lurgan a few weeks earlier. The court adjourned until November

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when Mr Harris will be called to The mother of a 20-year-old girl

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who claimed she was sexually assaulted by the traditional Irish

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musician Francis McPeake has been She said she confronted the Belfast

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man about the claims and withdrew The 72-year-old denies 12 counts

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of sex offences against the girl who was 15 at

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the time of the alleged incidents. Police are investigating

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the destruction of six cars The charred remains of a white

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Renault Clio, just one of six cars that were badly damaged in the

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University area of the weekend. Two cars were set alight and badly

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damaged in the holy lands in the early hours of Saturday morning. The

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man who owns this car did not want to appear on camera but he told me

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he returned home from a night out on Friday to find his vehicle still

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smouldering after it has been set alight. He is from France and only

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planned to live here performance. Now he says he doesn't know how he

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will get his belongings back home. Cars were also burned in other

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nearby streets around 20 for hours later. This black BMW was set on

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fire shortly after midnight on Sunday. Around the same time, other

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carriers on Damascus Street were destroyed. One student returned from

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a friends house to be told her car on fire. Today this was all that

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remained. The six car to be burnt out was across the Ormeau Bridge. It

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was torched in the early hours of this morning, not long after

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midnight. The police say they are investigation is at an early stage

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but hate crime has been ruled out. It is totally necessary that the

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Fire Service and police attend these things. The risk to nearby Robert

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Lee and nearby cars is very serious. One car on fire and said

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another car on fire and houses too. You have to take it seriously but it

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is a needless act and a waste of resources. The police also say there

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is nothing to suggest one person was behind the attacks. They have

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appealed for anyone with information to contact

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They're having some rain in the next couple of days and cloud as well but

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there will be some good temperatures in the next few days. The first

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batch comes along tonight, some of it patchy in places and some of that

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giving the odd burst but not too chilly with temperatures in double

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figures. Temperatures may dip to seven or 8 degrees but still fairly

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mild. Tomorrow, once rain clears, there will be dry weather for a few

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hours before the next rain comes in on. Even that first batch of rain

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could linger across parts of the south-east were good part of the

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morning before clearing away and that dryer and brighter weather

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sucks in behind. The rain band edges across the Republic of Ireland into

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northern England but the rest of England and Wales will have a fine

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day with temperatures around 20 Celsius. Behind the rain we will

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have a dryer gap for a time and it will be further spells of rain

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moving into the north-west of Scotland. For Northern Ireland, is

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dryer for a few hours in the afternoon. It will be fresher as

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well with temperatures of 14 degrees. The next batch of rain

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moves in in the afternoon and evening. Once it clears out of the

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way, but a lot of rain in the forecast for the rest of the week. A

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lot of cloud but hopefully some bright spells as well.

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