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Our abortion laws remain unchanged tonight, even though | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
a High Court judge has declared the legislation is incompatible | :00:09. | :00:11. | |
Last month the judge said he would consider if exemptions | :00:12. | :00:16. | |
could be included in the present law for victims of sexual crime | :00:17. | :00:20. | |
and cases of fatal foetal abnormality, but today he said | :00:21. | :00:23. | |
It's now up to the Assembly to consider changing the law. | :00:24. | :00:28. | |
The experience of this woman is a big part of the reason | :00:29. | :00:34. | |
Sarah Ewart travelled to England to have an abortion | :00:35. | :00:39. | |
Today a judge told Stormont it needs to act | :00:40. | :00:44. | |
The judge said allowing abortion for victims of sexual crime | :00:45. | :00:49. | |
and fatal foetal abnormality under the present law would be a step too | :00:50. | :00:55. | |
far but he issued a declaration of incompatibility, telling Stormont | :00:56. | :01:01. | |
After the ruling, Sarah Ewart had this message for politicians. | :01:02. | :01:09. | |
I want to thank the judge for making his judgment. | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
I don't want to go through the experience I went through, | :01:15. | :01:17. | |
nor do I want any other woman to go through it | :01:18. | :01:19. | |
and I urge our politicians to help women carry on having the families | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
they want and give us the medical procedures we need in our hospitals. | :01:25. | :01:31. | |
But there are different views on the likelihood of the Assembly | :01:32. | :01:33. | |
Politicians will look at the judgment and I expect | :01:34. | :01:40. | |
That is what Westminster have done when judges ruled about legislation | :01:41. | :01:47. | |
being incompatible and the Scottish Parliament has done it in similar | :01:48. | :01:51. | |
circumstances and I see no reason why the Assembly | :01:52. | :01:54. | |
It is up to politicians to legislate for this. | :01:55. | :02:02. | |
We have been waiting 13 years for guidance for health care | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
professionals and if we have any hope of legislation | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
We have said from the beginning that Stormont should make decisions | :02:11. | :02:17. | |
to change laws on behalf of people here and for the last decades | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
the people of Northern Ireland have been opposed to | :02:23. | :02:23. | |
The Assembly is unlikely to take the legislation forward | :02:24. | :02:27. | |
while there is still the prospect of appeal. | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
From today there is six weeks in which to lodge one. | :02:32. | :02:37. | |
Judgment has been reserved in the trial of Pastor James McConnell, | :02:38. | :02:40. | |
the evangelical preacher accused of making "grossly offensive" | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
remarks about Islam in a sermon last year. | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
Pastor McConnell has defended the comments, | :02:48. | :02:49. | |
on the final day of his three-day trial. | :02:50. | :02:51. | |
BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson was in court. | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
Inside court there were questions - a long list of questions | :02:56. | :03:05. | |
about the sermon in which Pastor McConnell attacked Islam. | :03:06. | :03:10. | |
He called it Satanic and heathen, and talked about | :03:11. | :03:15. | |
Today he tried to clarify those remarks. | :03:16. | :03:21. | |
Pastor McConnell was answering questions for an hour and a half. | :03:22. | :03:43. | |
The 78-year-old preacher has suffered ill health in recent years. | :03:44. | :03:47. | |
He was told if at any stage he wanted to take a break, | :03:48. | :03:50. | |
he could, but he said no, he wanted it over. | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
Among those supporting him was a Catholic priest. | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
Father Patrick McCafferty said the pastor had never hated anyone | :04:02. | :04:06. | |
and he had a deeply held faith but that was not the key issue | :04:07. | :04:11. | |
in the case, according to the prosecutor. | :04:12. | :04:14. | |
The trial ended late this afternoon but there was no verdict. | :04:15. | :04:33. | |
The judgment will not be delivered until early in the New Year. | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
I want to thank the Whitewell people for their wonderful support. | :04:38. | :04:46. | |
The verdict is expected to be delivered on Tuesday January 5th. | :04:47. | :04:57. | |
An appeal against a conviction for voyeurism by a former political | :04:58. | :05:00. | |
advisor to a DUP MP has been rejected. | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
The judge sitting at Craigavon Crown Court | :05:05. | :05:06. | |
expressed his revulsion at the behaviour of 50-year-old | :05:07. | :05:09. | |
David McConaghie of Cottage Hill in Dollingstown. | :05:10. | :05:12. | |
The case centred on the placing of a camera by Mr McConaghie | :05:13. | :05:15. | |
in the toilets of David Simpson's Upper Bann office. | :05:16. | :05:20. | |
Our hospitals have again failed to meet waiting time targets | :05:21. | :05:23. | |
Figures released by the Department of Health show that 288 people | :05:24. | :05:29. | |
waited more than 12 hours for treatment, compared | :05:30. | :05:31. | |
At Antrim Area Hospital, the figure jumped from 13 patients | :05:32. | :05:38. | |
in November 2014 to 173 for November this year. | :05:39. | :05:42. | |
At the Ulster's Emergency Department, the number of cases | :05:43. | :05:45. | |
exceeding 12 hours went from three people to 93 for the same period. | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
In comparison, however, waiting times in the Belfast Trust's | :05:51. | :05:53. | |
hospitals showed a significant improvement. | :05:54. | :05:57. | |
Big things we have seen are a reduction of admissions | :05:58. | :05:59. | |
into our hospital, so we've moved from an admission rate | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
in the high 20s, around 27-28%, to 18-20%. | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
That means fewer patients are coming in each day and instead of | :06:10. | :06:15. | |
having to sit on a ward and wait for things, they can see | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
a specialist in a day or two and get the scans they need but remain | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
Local Star Wars fans will get a chance to see the seventh film | :06:24. | :06:29. | |
in the series in just over an hour and a half's time. | :06:30. | :06:32. | |
The Force Awakens is being screened at many cinemas | :06:33. | :06:35. | |
across Northern Ireland just after midnight. | :06:36. | :06:38. | |
Let's go live to one of the cinemas here in Belfast | :06:39. | :06:40. | |
Not long to go, the appointed hour, five past midnight and already fans | :06:41. | :06:56. | |
are waiting here in Belfast and across Northern Ireland. Among the | :06:57. | :07:01. | |
many waiting, Paul Black, what are you expecting most? Just do have | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
Star Wars back, I'm expecting a lot of action and fun. Gerry, it's been | :07:08. | :07:14. | |
a long wait. Seven years I think since the last one was released. | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
What is the big moment you were looking for two? To see Han and | :07:19. | :07:25. | |
chewy back after these years and what's happening with Lukes Guy | :07:26. | :07:30. | |
Walker. Lots of expect Haitian in Belfast, Coleraine, Enniskillen, in | :07:31. | :07:36. | |
the North West and in Newry, a lot of expectation, bands like he's | :07:37. | :07:42. | |
waiting for the action to begin. Some colourful characters there. | :07:43. | :07:44. | |
The boxer Michael Conlan has been named as BBC | :07:45. | :07:46. | |
Northern Ireland's Sports Personality of the year 2015. | :07:47. | :07:48. | |
The Belfast fighter recently became the only person | :07:49. | :07:50. | |
from Northern Ireland to ever win gold at the World | :07:51. | :07:52. | |
On tomorrow's Good Morning Ulster we'll be hearing from | :07:53. | :07:59. | |
a former schoolteacher of the leader-in-waiting of the DUP, | :08:00. | :08:02. | |
That's on BBC Radio Ulster starting at 6:30am. | :08:03. | :08:10. | |
Let's get the weather forecast for the next few days | :08:11. | :08:13. | |
We have an exceptionally mild night coming up. You may get to turn the | :08:14. | :08:26. | |
heating down a little. There will be some rain and brisk winds in the | :08:27. | :08:30. | |
early hours, some rain quite heavy, no rainfall warnings out at every | :08:31. | :08:36. | |
work is in double figures. First thing tomorrow it is pretty wet | :08:37. | :08:40. | |
especially in the East but it will brighten up and there will be dry | :08:41. | :08:44. | |
weather for a time. Mid-morning morning onwards the rain will clear, | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
bright and bright weather, still mild with temperatures that could | :08:51. | :08:54. | |
hit 15 degrees in some spots and decent weather across the Republic. | :08:55. | :09:01. | |
The rain slowly moves to Scotland, Northern England and western | :09:02. | :09:04. | |
counties but it should stay dry in the south-east and temperatures here | :09:05. | :09:08. | |
could reach 17. Later we will look to the West because a clump of | :09:09. | :09:14. | |
showers will move in but the driest part of the day will be the middle | :09:15. | :09:19. | |
before the showers moved in from the west in the late afternoon. It will | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
cool off tomorrow night, still not cold for the time of year and a mild | :09:25. | :09:30. | |
is back on Friday, lively wind and rain most persistent in the West. We | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
will have to keep an eye on the rain in Fermanagh. Some further rain on | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
Saturday, still mild and breezy but drier weather on Sunday. By that | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
time the air will be cooling down a little bit. Not too bad. | :09:48. | :09:50. | |
Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am during Breakfast here on BBC One. | :09:51. | :09:54. | |
You can also keep updated with News Online. | :09:55. | :09:57. |