:00:21. > :00:25.Good evening from BBC Newsline. The headlines this evening: Children
:00:25. > :00:31.abused at two psychiatric hospitals, the shocking details emerge more
:00:31. > :00:34.than 20 years on. Three hours of deliberations by the jury in the
:00:34. > :00:38.Jennifer Cardy trial that no verdict yet.
:00:38. > :00:42.The second UVF supergrass appears in court to give evidence against
:00:42. > :00:45.14 men. The results of inquiry into a
:00:45. > :00:50.minister adviser who offered political favours for sex.
:00:50. > :00:54.It has been said to be a battle between Stormont and Tesco. I will
:00:54. > :01:03.explain why other retail levy could be bad for small businesses, too.
:01:03. > :01:07.We will have more settled weather. Will it last through the weekend?
:01:08. > :01:12.Shocking allegations of physical and sexual abuse of children at two
:01:12. > :01:16.psychiatric hospitals over 20 years up to the mid- 1990s. The details
:01:16. > :01:20.are contained in a report which was produced three years ago but not
:01:20. > :01:24.made public until the Irish News published a them this morning. This
:01:24. > :01:29.afternoon, the Health Minister told his committee he is appalled at the
:01:29. > :01:32.abuse. We will be talking live to Edwin Poots but first we have this
:01:32. > :01:39.report. Children with mental illness and
:01:39. > :01:46.behavioural problems were treated here in Lisburn. When it closed
:01:46. > :01:50.around 20 years ago, services were transferred here. Now there are
:01:50. > :01:56.claims children suffered horrific abuse at the hospitals in the 1980s
:01:56. > :02:00.and 1990s. The news carries details of a confidential report which was
:02:00. > :02:06.published three years ago. It was alleged three members of staff
:02:06. > :02:11.sexually abused girls between 8 and 13. The investigation also found 14
:02:11. > :02:14.cases where it was claimed young patients were up sexually abusing
:02:15. > :02:19.other children. The report authors said staff humiliated children when
:02:19. > :02:23.disciplining them. This was alleged to have happened in 11 cases. The
:02:23. > :02:32.issue was an unexpected item on the agenda of the Stormont health
:02:32. > :02:36.committee this afternoon. I am appalled. I want to say how
:02:36. > :02:40.sorry I am for the children and young people in may have been
:02:40. > :02:46.subjected to abuse or mistreatment in these facilities. I would like
:02:46. > :02:55.to reassure the committee that times have changed and safeguarding
:02:55. > :02:58.has been put in. MLA has expressed deep concern. These are all
:02:58. > :03:05.vulnerable children with mental health issues, with eating
:03:05. > :03:11.disorders, children who were abused in the most horrific way, if the
:03:11. > :03:15.newspaper today is even the tip of the iceberg. I was sick reading it
:03:15. > :03:20.to this morning. A senior civil servant said there had been no
:03:20. > :03:25.cover-up. A way we work is not to chase every
:03:25. > :03:29.particular issue but to seek assurance we have a care guidance
:03:29. > :03:33.and standards being applied. It is understood no-one has been charged
:03:33. > :03:38.in connection with the alleged abuse. The Department of Health
:03:38. > :03:44.officials here say police are still investigating. Prosecutions are
:03:44. > :03:50.possible.. The Health Minister joins me now.
:03:51. > :03:56.This report came out three years ago. There was concerns about sex
:03:56. > :04:01.abuse then. Power, it never made the public domain? In terms of how
:04:01. > :04:07.this arose, it was a complaint from one patient in at 2006. As a
:04:07. > :04:12.consequence of that, the department have trawled all of the files. The
:04:12. > :04:18.report was produced in 2009 and these matters have been taking it
:04:18. > :04:22.to a higher authority. The most senior civil servant with in at the
:04:22. > :04:27.Department of Health met with the police and discussed the cases. The
:04:27. > :04:31.police are investigating and we will have to wait and see... I will
:04:31. > :04:37.ask the question again. Why was it not put into the public domain?
:04:37. > :04:42.Normally when you find issues that we believe may have had wrong doing,
:04:42. > :04:47.of a criminal nature, you do not go to the public on it, you go to the
:04:47. > :04:52.police. The police carry out their investigations. Are you doing go to
:04:52. > :04:55.the DPP and follow a due process. That is the correct way of doing
:04:55. > :05:01.things. There were two reports, the second into nursing standards. It
:05:01. > :05:06.singled out an individual and said there have been a concern for rail
:05:06. > :05:10.on a number of years. Nothing seems to have been done about that.
:05:10. > :05:17.terms of all of these things, I would like to register I am
:05:17. > :05:22.appalled and disgusted by what is alleged... Did you know about this?
:05:22. > :05:26.No. A wide using that is the case? I only learnt about it today. It is
:05:26. > :05:32.an ongoing case. I feel I should have known about it. I understand
:05:32. > :05:38.the reasons why I did not. These are details of appalling sexual and
:05:38. > :05:41.physical abuse over 20 years a new did not know about it? Let us be
:05:42. > :05:50.clear. There is no issue here whatsoever that anything was being
:05:50. > :05:54.covered up or hidden. What came to light was about one individual. As
:05:54. > :05:58.opposed to the department covering up, they went through files and had
:05:58. > :06:03.enough concern to go through them in detail and hand the evidence to
:06:03. > :06:07.the police. That is not a cover-up, that is ensuring you follow a
:06:07. > :06:12.process. In that respect, due process has been followed. We need
:06:12. > :06:16.to see what the outcome of the investigation is. What action has
:06:16. > :06:22.been taken to look at what happened to the other children who were in
:06:22. > :06:28.these hospitals being treated at the time? As any processed --
:06:28. > :06:32.process been implemented? In terms of the investigation, that has been
:06:32. > :06:38.handled by the police. In terms of how we care for individuals, that
:06:38. > :06:44.will be done on a one-to-one basis. If care and requirement is needed
:06:44. > :06:48.for these individuals, I that will be offered to them. Why has it not
:06:48. > :06:53.been offered? This report came out three years ago. Are you content
:06:53. > :06:57.your department has handled this the way should have? Many of these
:06:57. > :07:02.people are largely vulnerable adults at this point. It may have
:07:02. > :07:05.been something they have forgotten about a, they may have no at
:07:05. > :07:09.recollection of it, in some instances, you may not wish to
:07:09. > :07:15.raise something with them that is no longer in their minds. You have
:07:15. > :07:20.to be careful how you handle up these cases. Thank you.
:07:20. > :07:24.The jury in the Robert Black trial has been sent home for the night.
:07:24. > :07:28.It has been considering the case against a convicted serial killer
:07:28. > :07:32.who is accused of murdering nine- year-old Jennifer Cardy in 1981.
:07:32. > :07:39.Our reporter is at Armagh courthouse. At what time was the
:07:39. > :07:47.jury sent home? The jury were sent home shortly
:07:47. > :07:53.after 3:30am this morning. They had been sent out to consider their
:07:53. > :08:00.verdict at 11:45pm. The summing up was done yesterday. That time,
:08:00. > :08:05.justice reminded them they had to make their judgment clearly and
:08:05. > :08:10.passionately. As you can imagine, there is a lot of evidence to be
:08:10. > :08:16.sifted through. The judge just cleared up a few points before
:08:16. > :08:21.sending them out, reminding them of their responsibility. He told them
:08:21. > :08:26.there were two charges, one of kidnapping, one of murder. Their
:08:26. > :08:31.first efforts should be towards returning at unanimous -- unanimous
:08:31. > :08:39.verdict. He explained if they were unable to do that they would be
:08:39. > :08:45.offered a majority verdict. We have not reached that stage.
:08:45. > :08:50.They have not reached a verdict at this stage?
:08:50. > :08:54.No. The judge did explain to them that he felt it was too early at
:08:54. > :08:59.this stage in the case that has lasted so long and has so much
:08:59. > :09:02.evidence, he felt it was too early to offer them a majority verdict at
:09:02. > :09:07.this point. Whether that will happen tomorrow at some point, we
:09:07. > :09:11.will see. The case has lasted over one month. It has been a long and
:09:11. > :09:20.difficult process for the family. It ever's father, mother, her
:09:20. > :09:26.brother and sisters were here. -- Jennifer's father. I suppose as
:09:26. > :09:30.many as possible will be here tomorrow. Robert Black was returned
:09:30. > :09:36.to prison where he is being held during the time of the trial. He is
:09:36. > :09:43.being held in isolation. For everybody, it is a waiting game.
:09:43. > :09:46.Thank you. The second of the two main witnesses in the UBS to
:09:46. > :09:50.progress trial has been given evidence. Ian Stuart is four years
:09:51. > :09:54.older than his brother who was on the stand for seven weeks. The
:09:54. > :10:00.brothers are testifying against 40 loyalists. Our reporter is
:10:00. > :10:04.following the case. After almost two months and amid
:10:04. > :10:11.continuing security, the first appearance of the second to UPS
:10:11. > :10:15.supergrass. On the evidence of both of them a rest this whole trial.
:10:15. > :10:20.41-year-old Ian Stuart entered wearing a black suit. He wears
:10:20. > :10:25.glasses and speaks quietly and is smaller and slighter than his
:10:25. > :10:29.younger brother. He gave evidence for 26 days. Ian Stuart identified
:10:30. > :10:34.the men in the dock he claimed were UVF members and who took part in
:10:34. > :10:40.the murder 11 years ago of the UDA man at Tommy English. The judge had
:10:40. > :10:45.warned him not to look at the dock as he remembered names. Stuart
:10:45. > :10:49.stared at the judge or his answers and told him why he and his brother
:10:49. > :10:59.had given themselves -- themselves up to the police. I could not deal
:10:59. > :11:09.
:11:09. > :11:14.He also described the afternoon of Hallowe'en at 2,000 when he and a
:11:14. > :11:19.group of others met at a flat here to plan the Tommy English murder.
:11:19. > :11:24.He told how he, his brother and to that other men hijacked a taxi, how
:11:24. > :11:28.it was used by a murder team of four other men to drive to the home
:11:28. > :11:32.of Tommy English in the Ballyduff estate where he was shot dead in
:11:32. > :11:35.front of his children. He is expected to complete his evidence
:11:35. > :11:39.tomorrow. Then barristers for the 14 defendants begin their cross-
:11:39. > :11:45.examinations. That is a process his younger brother Robert found very
:11:45. > :11:50.difficult to endure over seven weeks.
:11:50. > :11:53.A review concerning a Stormont special adviser who was sacked
:11:53. > :12:00.following allegations about his private life has found no evidence
:12:00. > :12:03.that his activities influenced government policy. It found the
:12:03. > :12:10.former Church of Ireland clergyman has used his deeper mark --
:12:10. > :12:15.departmental computer for sexually explicit correspondents.
:12:15. > :12:18.One moment he was an influential adviser, the next his private life
:12:18. > :12:25.was in turmoil following allegations he had abused his
:12:25. > :12:32.position for sexual favours. recent allegations regarding
:12:32. > :12:36.special adviser Brian Crowe have been made his position untenable.
:12:36. > :12:41.It is for this reason I have decided to terminate his employment
:12:41. > :12:45.with immediate effect. At the time Brian Crowe issued a public apology,
:12:45. > :12:49.admitting his use of online pornography but denying he
:12:49. > :12:54.delivered favours for sex. A review of this highly unusual case has
:12:54. > :12:59.been published. It said e-mails of a personal and sexually explicit
:12:59. > :13:03.nature were found on a hard drive of his computer. They indicated he
:13:03. > :13:07.had mixed his private life with official business. Crucially,
:13:07. > :13:11.regardless of how he conducted his private life, he carried out his
:13:11. > :13:16.official duties in a manner consistent with normal practice. It
:13:16. > :13:22.adds, there was no evidence he in appropriately influence or sought
:13:23. > :13:26.to influence policy making. Brian Crowe has been detained -- has
:13:26. > :13:32.maintained a public silence. The Ulster Unionist Party will be
:13:32. > :13:41.relieved about the outcome. It said it welcomed the findings which it
:13:41. > :13:45.Still to come: as the waters recede camp more be done to prevent floods
:13:45. > :13:52.like this? And on the eve of the Irish
:13:52. > :13:57.presidential poll, we look at the legacy of Mary McAleese.
:13:57. > :14:00.A woman has died after being knocked down by a bus in
:14:00. > :14:05.Enniskillen. It happened in Wellington Road this morning. The
:14:05. > :14:09.police have appealed for anyone who saw what happened to contact them.
:14:09. > :14:15.As the flooding recedes the being ever more misery, we return to the
:14:15. > :14:18.simple questions - can we predict which areas are more likely to
:14:18. > :14:22.flood? Our Environment correspondent might have some of
:14:23. > :14:27.those answers. Is there a predictable pattern? There has not
:14:27. > :14:32.been in the past couple of weeks. The village that was flooded quite
:14:32. > :14:37.badly recently, renewed it could flood because it has before and it
:14:37. > :14:42.is in a flood plain. It flooded because the river overflowed but
:14:42. > :14:47.why did the river overflowed then? It was not the worst rain they had
:14:47. > :14:52.and that has been one of the problems. Most of the flooding was
:14:52. > :14:57.a random flooding caused by conduits or trains getting blocked
:14:57. > :15:02.up. Quite hard to predict. Although people say it is the winter and to
:15:02. > :15:08.expect flooding, some of the worst flooding has been in the height of
:15:08. > :15:12.summer. If you cannot predict it, cat can you do much to stop it?
:15:12. > :15:22.can at least a plan to do with it and one of the big problems in
:15:22. > :15:23.
:15:23. > :15:28.Northern Ireland, for different agencies are involved. Three
:15:28. > :15:32.different ministers dealing with it. Four different budgets. A lot of
:15:32. > :15:39.the experts would say it is no way to start to put together an anti-
:15:39. > :15:42.flooding plan, because everybody works to their own agenda. Take for
:15:43. > :15:47.example the cases of people that have been flooded three or four
:15:47. > :15:52.times and they are finding it more difficult to get home insurance.
:15:52. > :15:57.For those people, should they be thinking -- we be thinking of
:15:57. > :16:01.building more permanent defences? Rebroadcast a story of a woman
:16:02. > :16:11.whose house had been flooded for the third or 4th time and we were
:16:12. > :16:12.
:16:12. > :16:16.told no defences would be built to protect them. Thank you.
:16:16. > :16:21.Next to the war of words between Tesco and the Finance Minister over
:16:21. > :16:24.his proposed levy on big retailers. Sammy Wilson said he would not be
:16:24. > :16:32.bullied. Tesco has said he is planning the wrong tax at the wrong
:16:32. > :16:37.time. Jim Fitzpatrick is live in Belfast city centre.
:16:37. > :16:42.Retell, it is one of our biggest employers. One in 10 work in that
:16:42. > :16:47.sector and the Finance Minister wants to put 20 % hike in rates on
:16:47. > :16:51.big retailers and give the money to small businesses. When Sammy Wilson
:16:51. > :16:56.picks a fight with the biggest retail lot of all, Tesco, it is
:16:56. > :17:06.bound to make the headlines. Behold the Finance Minister in full combat
:17:06. > :17:07.
:17:07. > :17:10.mode. Tesco's response to this has spent absolutely pathetic. By his
:17:10. > :17:17.own admission, the Minister deliberately picked to this fight
:17:17. > :17:22.with Tesco. That is clever politics. Whenever objections come from a
:17:22. > :17:25.broader base. The hike in rates affect big city centre operations
:17:25. > :17:33.like Marks and Spencers and that could be bad for small retailers
:17:33. > :17:37.also. Everything works well together. If you look at one sector
:17:37. > :17:42.and damage it, it will have a negative and packed for the entire
:17:42. > :17:46.city. Backers of the Levy are the Northern Ireland retail trade
:17:46. > :17:50.association but they are funded and controlled by what are known as the
:17:50. > :17:55.symbol retailers and the whole cell groups behind them. They stand to
:17:55. > :18:00.benefit because their stores are small but the owners of the central
:18:00. > :18:05.brand are bigger food retailers than Tesco on the island of Ireland.
:18:06. > :18:11.We represent independent retailers of all kinds. We have nothing to
:18:11. > :18:17.apologise for. This is not about competition. This is about a level
:18:17. > :18:24.playing field. Getting an extension to the Small Business Rate scheme
:18:24. > :18:31.which is supported by every organisation. To say that we are
:18:31. > :18:35.somehow representing rivals of Tesco is not true. Retell employs
:18:35. > :18:39.80,000 people in Northern Ireland, more than one in 10 of the working
:18:39. > :18:42.population. With high street sales down, anything that affects the
:18:42. > :18:47.future of this sector is of interest and importance to more
:18:47. > :18:52.than Sammy Wilson and Tesco. The question is whether or not the
:18:53. > :18:59.scheme is best suited to help small retailers. Take bids, they would
:18:59. > :19:04.have to pay an extra �100 -- �100,000 in year in rates. Will
:19:04. > :19:07.they recoup that by cutting jobs or will they even close one of their
:19:07. > :19:12.flaws and escape the rate hike altogether?
:19:12. > :19:17.The recession has hit the retail trade perhaps it has had a bigger
:19:17. > :19:20.impact on the building trade. Young people who want to train cannot get
:19:20. > :19:24.real work experience because employers cannot afford them and of
:19:24. > :19:29.course there are fewer of those employers still in business. A
:19:29. > :19:34.further education college has found a way to help the apprentices and
:19:34. > :19:38.the groups at the same time. Even when these lads one
:19:38. > :19:42.apprenticeship places they found employers could not give them work
:19:42. > :19:46.experience because of the recession and the cost of insurance. That is
:19:46. > :19:51.why a college has offered their services to community groups and
:19:51. > :19:58.charities. The first project was an old boiler house being converted.
:19:58. > :20:02.That project was where we started to look at other buildings that we
:20:02. > :20:10.were not using call which needed to be refurbished. We have been very
:20:10. > :20:14.happy that it has been as good as it has been. This is the sort of
:20:14. > :20:17.wasted space which survival the college did not have the money to
:20:17. > :20:25.renovate and that is when the apprentices came in to learn more
:20:25. > :20:34.about plumbing, bricklaying and plaster. You learn more. You get
:20:34. > :20:38.used to cites. It is just like a normal job. But while this is
:20:38. > :20:42.giving free label -- Labour to charity groups, the construction
:20:43. > :20:47.trade will be watching to make sure they are not losing business.
:20:47. > :20:51.find that many of these organisations, funds are tired, so
:20:51. > :20:57.they would not be doing these jobs if they were having to pay for them.
:20:57. > :21:01.They provide the resources, we provide a labour force. Ironically,
:21:01. > :21:05.these young men could went up with a wider range of skin its -- skills
:21:05. > :21:10.than their classmates who have been lucky enough to get placements in
:21:10. > :21:13.one trade. Mary McAleese will be packing her
:21:13. > :21:18.bags soon, preparing to leave Aras an Uachtarain at the end of her 14
:21:18. > :21:21.year tenure as Irish President. Seven candidates are hoping the
:21:21. > :21:31.electorate will pick them as her successor when the polls open
:21:31. > :21:31.
:21:31. > :21:39.Standing side-by-side with the Queen at the Garden of Remembrance.
:21:39. > :21:44.Honouring those who died fighting for her island's freedom. For many,
:21:44. > :21:48.these images define the greatest achievement of the McAlees prayer
:21:48. > :21:54.doesn't say. One of which dedicated itself to building bridges, so it
:21:54. > :21:57.is hard to believe that 14 years ago when she stood for election,
:21:57. > :22:03.leaked documents suggested Mary McAleese was putting -- pushing a
:22:03. > :22:07.Sinn Fein agenda. It enraged the lot of voters that just because she
:22:07. > :22:12.was from north Belfast and she was a Catholic his family had suffered
:22:12. > :22:21.extensively throughout the Troubles, that she was then being depicted as
:22:21. > :22:25.this so-called tribal timebomb. Actually, won support from people
:22:25. > :22:29.who would not have dreamt her have voting for her up to that point.
:22:29. > :22:34.was ironic that the biggest controversy to engulf her
:22:34. > :22:39.presidency stemmed from these comments she made after attending a
:22:39. > :22:43.Holocaust memorial service in 2005. They gave to their children an
:22:43. > :22:47.irrational hatred of Jews in the same way that people in Northern
:22:47. > :22:53.Ireland transmitted to their children an irrational hatred of
:22:53. > :22:56.Catholics, in the same way that people give an irrational hatred to
:22:57. > :23:01.those of different colour. remarks provoked a storm of
:23:01. > :23:04.criticism. I thought it was unfortunate that she should have
:23:04. > :23:10.said that and initially there was no attempt of withdrawal. People
:23:10. > :23:16.forget that. It was only later that she acknowledged it was clumsy and
:23:16. > :23:20.ice will real dangers if that was left on the record. But she moved
:23:20. > :23:24.on. She was very committed to this idea of bridge-building and she
:23:25. > :23:34.made a lot of good efforts in the direction. Building bridges was to
:23:34. > :23:40.be a formidable task. I do not like the President of the Irish Republic.
:23:40. > :23:45.I do not like her because she is dishonest. Undeterred, Mary
:23:45. > :23:49.McAleese reached out to Unionists and loyalists hosting guarding
:23:49. > :23:54.parties and forging a close friendship with the UDA leader
:23:54. > :24:04.Jackie McDonald. I had never called her President. It has always been
:24:04. > :24:13.Mary. I was at her inauguration. I was more worried about her than
:24:13. > :24:19.myself. She insisted that I went down. Fair play to her for doing
:24:19. > :24:22.that. And for many the risks paid off. Insuring she would be
:24:22. > :24:30.remembered as one of foreign's great presidents. If she
:24:30. > :24:36.overwhelmed us with her know how, the way she could carry it off. Not
:24:36. > :24:45.fussy but perfect in the role. She is ending on such a high note. I do
:24:45. > :24:54.not know what she will do with herself now. She will miss it and
:24:54. > :24:58.we will miss her. So much. Certainly a hard act to follow.
:24:58. > :25:03.Tomorrow's Hearts and Minds will have more on the Mary McAleese
:25:03. > :25:06.legacy on BBC Two at 7:30pm. On Friday we will have results of the
:25:06. > :25:11.Friday we will have results of the presidential poll. Now the weather.
:25:11. > :25:16.It looks like we will hold on to the more settled, slightly drier
:25:16. > :25:20.conditions for the couple of days. Just looking at the satellite
:25:20. > :25:24.picture and Northern Ireland did not fare too badly with lots of dry
:25:24. > :25:29.and bright weather. Elsewhere in the UK, there were further showers
:25:30. > :25:37.in Scotland, the West of England and the west coast of Ireland. This
:25:37. > :25:40.evening, those showers will fizzle away. Temperatures stay on the mild
:25:40. > :25:46.side with seven for nine degrees. Around midnight, the wind could
:25:46. > :25:53.pick up and it could be asked to gale force but it will ease.
:25:53. > :25:57.Tomorrow is looking like a great die -- des. Minute drive. Lot of
:25:57. > :26:04.brightness filtering in. Good spells of sunshine particularly in
:26:04. > :26:10.the north and around the east coast. Temperature wise, just hitting the
:26:10. > :26:15.teens, 13 in the east and 11 and 12 elsewhere. The cloud will start to
:26:15. > :26:20.thicken in the West and start to push eastwards. There might be
:26:20. > :26:24.spots of rain across the West that they will ease. The East holding on
:26:24. > :26:28.to the best of the bright weather. Overnight, high pressure will build
:26:28. > :26:32.and they could be some fog on Friday but that will clear. Friday
:26:32. > :26:38.looks like the best date of the week. It will be dry and bright
:26:38. > :26:45.with good spells of sunshine. Highs between 10 and 12 degrees. This
:26:45. > :26:51.weekend, cloud will increase. Winds will increase also. Temperatures
:26:51. > :26:58.will be 14 or 15 degrees. It is looking like rain on Saturday and
:26:58. > :27:02.the remnants of that rain might still be with us on Sunday.
:27:02. > :27:04.Finally a reminder of the stories making our headlines. Details have
:27:04. > :27:10.making our headlines. Details have emerged of sexual and physical
:27:10. > :27:13.abuse of children into psychiatric hospitals more than 20 years ago.
:27:13. > :27:16.The Jennifer Cardy murder trial, the jury had been sent home for the
:27:16. > :27:19.night. The second of two brothers giving
:27:20. > :27:22.evidence in the loyalist Supergrass trial has taken the stand for the
:27:23. > :27:27.first time. European leaders have gathered for
:27:27. > :27:33.an emergency summit in Brussels, aimed at tackling the euro-zone
:27:33. > :27:40.debt crisis. Hour late summer is at 10:25pm. You can keep up-to-date