08/09/2016 BBC Newsline

A man has died following an incident in Belfast City Centre this morning.

The Police Ombudsman's office is investigating what happened.

Police were called to Great Victoria Street shortly

before 5am this morning, after a report that a man

Witnesses said the man was dressed only in his underwear and had been

He had had an altercation with a number of taxi drivers,

During the arrest police used CS spray.

A defibrillator was left at the scene beside

The man was taken to hospital where his condition

Tonight it's been confirmed he has died.

The Police Ombusdman's Office says it will be conducting an independent

investigation into the circumstances surrounding the arrest.

We have obtained a number of witness statements but I would like to make

an appeal for any witnesses that were in the vicinity of the grand

Opera house this morning at 5am. If they witnessed anyone or anything of

relevance if they could contact the ombudsman's office, that would be

useful. City-bound lanes of the street,

which had been shut A 14-year-old Northern Ireland girl

is suing Facebook after a naked photograph of her was posted

on the site. It's believed to be the first case

of its kind in the world. Lawyers for the girl to be High

Court that the picture was published repeatedly online as a form of

revenge. The girl is seizing -- suing Facebook and the man who

posted the photo. She is seeking damages for alleged misuse of

private information, negligence and pitching that a protection laws. The

picture was posted several times over a period of 15 months. A

barrister for the girl argued blocking the republication should be

a red line for the company. Facebook said they always took down offensive

material and they had done this several times. He applied for the

case to be dismissed. The judge reserved his decision on that.

A 35-year-old South Belfast woman has been jailed for seven and a half

months after admitting fracturing three of her four-week-old

The court heard that the attack happened in August 2014

The woman can't be named for legal reasons.

The judge said that she had breached her trust as a mother

and that if she has any more children it was likely they too

The First Minister Arlene Foster has rejected a call by Martin McGuinness

She says the National Crime Agency is the appropriate organisation

to investigate revelations made on this week's BBC

It broadcast recordings of Belfast businessman Frank Cushanan

accepting ?40,000 in cash from a property developer.

Tuesday night's Spotlight programme investigated

The committee's job was to advise on Nama's ?1 million portfolio here.

An experienced businessman and former banker, he was praised

by DUP ministers during Stormont committee meetings last year.

Spotlight obtained a recording of Frank Cushnahan doing his own

cash deal with developer John Miskelly.

In return for his ?40,000, John Miskelly was hoping

Frank Cushnahan could help him with the deal to refinance his

loans, get out of NAMA and retake control of his properties.

This would represent a serious conflict of interest.

Frank Cushnahan has consistently denied any wrongdoing.

In a statement, John Miskelly said...

Today, there was a call for the affair be investigated

What we need is obviously the police investigations whether it be

the American ones or not, investigated as soon as possible

so we can have all the information about what was actually

going on and I think we need an all Ireland investigation.

The First Minister has rejected the call for an all Ireland enquiry.

The National Crime Agency will continue with their

investigation and once that investigation is over,

then we can look to see if there are any other consequential

investigations that will have to take place.

We have always been very clear that the National Crime Agency

is the appropriate and professional organisation to deal

This is a story that has many strands to it.

This is being investigated by political committees in Dublin

and Belfast and a number of law enforcement agencies.

NAMA may no longer have a in Northern Ireland,

what remains is a long list of unanswered questions.

A new survey carried out for the BBC's political programme

The View has found that more than half of people here

do not want the Government to call a border poll.

Sinn Fein called for a vote on the matter after a majority

of people here backed remaining in the EU in June's referendum.

Our Political Editor Mark Devenport has more.

Between the mid-August and early September,

pollsters interviewed more than 1000 people face-to-face at locations

Their questions for the BBC were designed to shed some light

In the immediate aftermath of June's referendum, Sinn Fein

called for a border poll to decide Northern Ireland's constitutional

Only one third of those interviewed agreed with them whilst more

A further 15% didn't know whether they wanted one not.

Predictably, enthusiasm for a border poll is greater amongst

people with a Catholic background than those

More than half of the Catholics interviewed backed holding a border

poll whilst more than seven out of ten of the Protestants interviewed

Not surprisingly, because you live to the border, the more

likely you seem to be in favour of a referendum.

This shows the highest level of support with 47% in favour

of holding a border poll whilst Greater Belfast appears

to be the most sceptical, with 68% against the idea.

Having established whether people want a border poll, they then went

How would you vote and has the UK's decision to leave the European Union

We will have the answers to those questions on it tonight's

And The View is on just after this news.

A woman who was sexually abused, as a child, by her foster father has

waived her right to anonymity to urge other victims

Jackie O'Connor, who's now 36, was first abused when she was five.

Her foster father Brian Gregory from Main Street in Conlig

was jailed for four years last month after pleading guilty to several

I went to meet Jackie this afternoon at her home in Bangor.

A secret kept for almost 30 years has finally been revealed.

Abused from the age of five until she was 11, Jackie O'Connor

Her abuser admitted the charges and was jailed for four years.

Jackie has two small children and it was their birth that finally

gave her the courage to go to the police.

I want my children to know that they can always come to me

and tell me anything, they will never be any

When they are old enough, they will be told.

She says the four-year sentence has given her release and the strength

It impacted on my entire life until I went to the police.

It's only now that I feel I can be the person

How does she feel now about the only father she had ever known?

He ruined a father-daughter relationship.

Although advised against going public, she says she wants to tell

other people who have been abused to have the confidence to come forward.

I think it's really sad to know there are so many out

there and they feel they don't have support or feel

To go forward and go to the police to report this.

There is so much support out there, there's a whole big network

How do you feel about life and I'm looking forward?

I have a life, it's a weight there has been lifted off me.

Jackie O'Connor speaking to me earlier.

Portrush is to receive a regeneration fund of ?500,000

before it hosts golf's Open Championship in 2019.

The money will be split equally between public realm improvements

in the town centre and re-developing the train station.

The announcement was made in Portstewart by the Communities

You will attract tens of millions of pounds into the local economy

through the Open Championship in 2019 and the Irish Open in

Portstewart next year, but that continues to drive investment here

in Portrush and that is something that is sustainable and you will

have long-term economic benefits from having the Open Championship in

2019. It is important we give them a really good experience and then they

want to come back here to Portrush. BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback

programme celebrated 30 years A party was thrown in its honour

here at the BBC in Belfast. Invited guests included listeners

who've tuned in from the start as well as politicians and those

who worked on it down the years. Those involved in its early days

remembered it fondly. Talkback, the problem -- programme

that gets people talking and not only on their but of error, which

generated lots of interest in public affairs in Northern Ireland and we

are the better for it. To the Paralympics now

and Bethany Firth will go for gold She won her heat this afternoon

in spectacular fashion in the 100 metres backstroke

by breaking her own world record. We have got a few lumpy

showers around through this They will gradually fizzle out

as we head towards dawn on Friday. Certainly the temperatures,

while still mild, aren't going to be nearly as muggy as they have

been on recent nights. Tomorrow, do not be fooled

by the dry start to the day. As we go through Friday,

this area of low pressure and the associated fronts

are going to bring some heavy rain and some really strong

winds across Ireland. It means that Britain and Ireland

are going to have two Still dry and bright and very warm

across the south-east of England. It starts off dry and bright,

but it won't take long for skies to cloud over,

the rain to start to move in and most particularly the wind

really going to pick up Through the middle part of Friday,

very wet and very windy indeed. We could see some pretty significant

gusts along the North Channel The good news is that the rain

will eventually clear out of the way and it sets us up for a drier

start to the weekend. Saturday is actually

not looking too bad. The odd shower popping

up here and there. Those temperatures firmly

in the mid teens. Good news if you are heading

to the Proms concert on the Titanic Slipway in Belfast

on Saturday evening. Sunday, well, there is a little bit

more of a question mark about that. We will be filling in the details

as we head towards the weekend. Saturday is certainly the day

to crack on with the outside jobs. Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am

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