04/10/2016 BBC Newsline

Flights in and out of Belfast International Airport

are returning to normal after a day of disruption.

A cargo plane which was damaged on landing this morning blocked part

It led to some flight cancellations and delays.

With no warning of problems, this plane came in to land shortly before

6am but almost instantly the crew would have known something was

wrong. It isn't clear yet exactly what but it led to tire blow outs.

The plane came to a safe stop but at the worst possible place. The

aircraft stopped at the intersection of two runways so we had to work

back, work out how much runway space we could use. We managed to get 1900

metres which meant we could continue operation. The time used to make

that decision meant knock-on delays through the day. I was supposed to

be in Glasgow but now I've missed my meetings in Glasgow so I'm going to

have to try to get to Edinburgh instead but that won't be until

tomorrow morning. We can forget the flight at 8:10am. We have to get

another flight to Glasgow and another flight from Glasgow at

2:15pm to Australia. I'm going to miss that. After the 12 -- after the

incident, the plane was towed away and the runway was reopen. The

aircraft has been moved from the main runway and air accident in the

gators are looking at the right undercarriage in an attempt to find

out what went wrong. The at Port says it expects normal operations to

resume tomorrow. -- the airport says. In one local health trust,

some women have to wait up to 35 weeks to see a cancer specialist.

The minister says the numbers are shocking. Our health correspondent

has the details. Joanne knows what it's like living

with a cancer diagnosis. In 2008 she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Now it has spread to her stomach and bones. Her treatment has been good

overall but she says she's had to fight to be seen quickly. When she

told me I had breast cancer, I was devastated. Not about having cancer

but about the weight of five weeks because all I could think of is I

needed this cancer out. With greater awareness around cancer, more people

are being referred to specialists but that extra demand means some are

waiting longer than the recommended target. In fact, figures seen by the

BBC reveal that after a routine breast cancer referral, some women

are waiting 35 weeks. The figures are horrendous. Waiting 35 weeks for

a routine breast appointment for a woman is so stressful but, equally,

the patients are in that time still unwell. It is a problem that needs

sorted out in the coming back to our door because they're anxious, upset

and getting sick. The spokesperson for the trust said...

Technologies the loss of specialist staff meant patients couldn't be

seen as quickly as the trust would like, but performance has improved

significantly. Like other places, the breast-cancer unit has

encountered difficulty recruiting senior staff. It isn't just cancer

which has long waiting times. The leaked figures indicate some

referred for routine urology treatment could face a wait of 142

weeks. Orthopaedics, 93 weeks. And cardiology, 47 UNIX. While we don't

know how many people this affects, these are the official figures,

compiled by the health trust and given to our GPs. I think that what

we've seen of the last number of months has been shocking. It is

unacceptable to say that anyone would have to wait any longer than

is absolutely necessary. The targets are challenging for a reason, to

make sure we deliver the very best outcomes we possibly can. According

to this cancer charity, the helpline is busy. We ask people to think what

it's like sitting at home with the fear you might have cancer and

knowing you won't know for four months. It's horrific. Timing is

critical and, for some, can make a huge difference not only to their

treatment but even their survival. A nine year old boy was injured

in a collision involving a scrambler The police are investigating

what happened and the child is in It's the latest crash involving

a scrambler and it happened within a few hours of an Assembly

debate about the current Evidence grabbers have been driven

in the area. A nine-year-old boy was injured after being hit by attempt

won -- scrambler. He was taken to hospital and is said to be in a

stable condition. No one else was injured. A local councillor says

young people riding scramblers in this area is an ongoing issue and

something needs to be done. Last night has raised the game a bit.

Before, there was damage to football pitches. This could have been a

tragic, tragic accident. Thankfully it isn't. We could have been looking

at a more serious incident if someone had been more seriously

injured or dead. The PSNI and the council need to step up and say we

will police the public spaces and send out a message to the people

that this is not acceptable. It is illegal to ride quad bikes and

scramblers in public spaces. In July, mother of three Valerie

Armstrong died after being hit by a scrambler in west Belfast. One month

later on a private legal track, 13-year-old Daniel Sheridan from

Dublin was killed in a crash. Yesterday, the law surrounding

scramblers and quad bikes was debated in the Assembly. A motion

was put forward for the law to be better enforced.

It was claimed in the High Court today that a withdrawal

from the European Union would have a "catastrophic effect"

Separate proceedings have been brought, one by Raymond McCord,

the father of a loyalist paramilitary murder victim.

The other by a cross-party group of MLAs.

Raymond McCord's barrister argued that the Good Friday Agreement gave

the people of Northern Ireland power over their own sovereignty.

The Assembly members' lawyer said any plans to trigger Article fifty

should be examined and voted on by Parliament or the Assembly.

The Republic's government is inviting politicians,

business people and trade unionists from both sides of the border

to what it is describing as an "all island civic

The meeting will be hosted by the Taoiseach in Dublin

Sinn Fein, the SDLP and the Alliance have already indicated

they will accept their invitations, but the main unionist parties say

While the Prime Minister says no UK region can opt out of Brexit, the

DUP says a special argument needs to be made for Northern Ireland. We

will make a special case for the island of Ireland, both with the

European Union and with the wider world. Northern Ireland as part of

the United Kingdom and we are heading for Brexit, we know that and

we will work closely with our government in London but we also

need to ensure that special arrangements are put in place to

ensure that we have free movement of goods on the island, that we have a

market on the island that enables businesses to do what they do best-

trade with each other. The cost of buying a plastic bag

could double to ten pence. That's one of the options

being considered by the Department of Finance which is reviewing

the carrier bag levy. The use of plastic bags has fallen

dramatically since the levy was introduced in 2013,

as Catherine Morrison reports. No trip to the shops these days is

complete without bringing a handful of banks from home, increasingly

more and more of us are opting to reuse bags instead of buying them at

5p a go. It isn't -- hasn't just changed our shopping behaviour, it

has helped the environment, too. There have been millions of bags

less in circulation. It also raised millions for environmental projects.

Environmental campaigners and politicians have hailed the plastic

bag levy a success. Now under review by the Department of Finance at

Stormont. They are considering three options. Scrapping it all together,

keeping it the same or doubling the price of a single use bag from 5p to

10p. How do shoppers here about that? Terrific. I think it has been

very successful. It has cleared up the environment quite a bit. What

about paying 10p and not 5p? I don't think that'll make a difference to

the average shop. The cost of the average shop. If it is put to good

use, well and good. But why? It is making us pay. We don't want to pay

5p towards the environmental whatever. Definitely try to reuse

the banks. Definitely, there are so many in the boot of the car, it's

difficult to remember to bring them out sometimes. The Department for

affairs is responsible for the levy and a member of the committee told

us he is in favour of the status quo. We've seen good results of the

introduction of the 5p levy with an 80% reduction in plastic bags used.

Whether it is necessary to increase it to keep that reduction, I'm not

sure. I don't think we are in the position to remove it entirely. We

will see more bags used. No decision will be made until next spring once

the review has been completed. They were involved in the biggest

game of the season but it ended with them out.

Cup holders Dundalk came from a goal down to beat Kenny Shiels' side 2-1

in their semi final replay at the Brandywell.

Ireland's bid to host the Rugby World Cup in 2023

is through to the final phase of the selection process.

Ireland will now go up against France and South Africa

for the right to host the tournament in seven years' time.

The decision will be made in November next year.

The weather forecast is next with Angie Phillips.

Good evening. The breeze has been easing down a little bit today and

it has been mainly dry thanks to the high pressure over Scandinavia. We

do have south-easterly winds, holding weather fronts to the west

of us. This particular weather front has been sitting across the West for

the last day or two and has given almost a month's worth of rainfall

over parts of Kerry, which has led to some flooding. For the rest of

the Republic and Northern Ireland, the dry weather is holding.

Temperatures are settling at around 10-12. We might get the odd light

shower developing later in the night as the breeze picks up again, and

tomorrow will be a breezy day. A mainly dry day once again with the

odd light shower first thing. They will be dying away. A much better

day for the rest of Ireland, dry and brighter. For much of Britain, dry

as well. There is a keen south-easterly breeze making it

quite cool, even in the south with temperatures at best mid to high

teens. Northern Ireland, come the afternoon, still mainly dry. The

stubborn cloud will break up a bit giving some brightness particularly

towards the east, which is where the breeze will be most noticeable. And

be cooler as well. Thursday and Friday also mainly dry with the odd

shower. Still breezy but the breeze eases down towards the weekend.