:00:17. > :00:22.Good evening. This is BBC Newsline. The headlines this Wednesday
:00:22. > :00:31.evening. The trauma and it Sidey because by delays and the justice
:00:31. > :00:36.system. We hear the it experience of one family. But best you are
:00:36. > :00:42.ignored, and you're also seen as a nuisance. Anger from Health Service
:00:42. > :00:50.workers are over job cuts and relocation. Downpatrick to
:00:50. > :00:53.Ballymena is a no go. It is 50 miles there and 50 miles back.
:00:53. > :01:00.some pharmacies say they are in financial crisis as a result of
:01:00. > :01:05.funding cuts. A you been harassed by unwanted adverts on your mobile
:01:05. > :01:12.phone that? I am live in Belfast finding out why. The Met Office is
:01:12. > :01:16.warning of even more disruptive winds before tomorrow. The daughter
:01:17. > :01:19.of a murdered Newry pensioner has said her family at times felt
:01:19. > :01:24.ignored by the criminal justice system during the trial of the
:01:24. > :01:28.woman convicted of the murder. She has joined others including Victim
:01:28. > :01:31.Support in welcoming a review by the independent watchdog, Criminal
:01:31. > :01:35.Justice Inspection, which says victims and witnesses in court
:01:35. > :01:42.cases should receive better treatment. Our Home Affairs
:01:42. > :01:45.correspondent reports. Mother of eight Maire Rankin seen here
:01:45. > :01:51.playing with her grandson was beaten to death with a crucifix on
:01:51. > :01:56.Christmas morning three years ago. Two months ago her neighbour, Karen
:01:56. > :02:01.Walsh, was found guilty of the murder and has been sentenced to a
:02:01. > :02:05.minimum of 20 years in jail. One of more awry can's daughters met a
:02:05. > :02:10.Victim Support to discuss how the family was treated during what she
:02:10. > :02:15.describes as a long and tortuous legal process. Initially you were
:02:15. > :02:21.made to feel that she did not have a role, that the state prosecutes
:02:21. > :02:26.the criminal and the families and the victims do not have any role.
:02:26. > :02:33.At best you are ignored and at worst, you are seen as a nuisance.
:02:33. > :02:37.You were in limbo all the time. You could not make any plans. You could
:02:37. > :02:43.not get information, there was a lack of communication throughout
:02:43. > :02:47.the whole process. That experience is far from unusual. The report
:02:47. > :02:51.published today says more needs to be done to improve the treatment of
:02:51. > :02:57.victims and witnesses involved in court cases. It criticises the
:02:57. > :03:00.length of time it takes for Craig - - for cases to be completed and the
:03:00. > :03:06.lack of communication which inspectors say increases anxiety
:03:06. > :03:09.and trauma for those involved. The report recommends a single point of
:03:09. > :03:15.contact for victims and witnesses to get the information that they
:03:15. > :03:21.need. A what they lack is that lays some advocate, someone who can link
:03:21. > :03:27.up with the family and answer questions. That is what we found.
:03:27. > :03:31.It took us a long time and a lot of digging before we develop the
:03:31. > :03:39.contacts. Not all crimes are as brittle or a high profile as the
:03:39. > :03:42.murder of Maire Rankin. Victims of other crimes often also feel
:03:42. > :03:46.marginalised by the criminal justice system. The author of the
:03:46. > :03:51.report says that concern is shared by many who go through the court
:03:51. > :03:56.system. The justice organisations need to make an extra effort to
:03:56. > :04:00.recognise the impact that crime has on individuals and to develop what
:04:00. > :04:07.should be a more personalised service. Some of the more emotional
:04:07. > :04:11.impacts of the crime. The reports also recommends improved services
:04:11. > :04:15.for witnesses who at times find themselves sitting beside
:04:15. > :04:19.defendants they are due to give evidence against. Justice Minister
:04:19. > :04:24.David Ford has welcomed the report and accepted his recommendations.
:04:24. > :04:30.He said all parts of the criminal justice system are committed to
:04:30. > :04:35.improving the treatment of victims and witnesses. About 100 people
:04:35. > :04:38.were moved out of their homes last night because of a pipebomb attack
:04:38. > :04:42.in Poleglass in West Belfast. The device was thrown through the
:04:42. > :04:48.window of a house in Woodside Park at about 10pm. There were no
:04:48. > :04:52.reports of injuries. A motive for the attack is unclear. There has
:04:52. > :04:57.been anger and dismay from health administrators whose jobs are being
:04:57. > :05:01.redeployed. Up to 100 jobs are to be lost and another 400 staff are
:05:01. > :05:05.being forced to relocate because services are being reorganised. The
:05:06. > :05:09.Department of Health says the moves will reduce administration and
:05:09. > :05:14.duplicates and -- duplication. There was not a lot of Christmas
:05:14. > :05:19.cheer at this Health Trust Office at the dacha hospital complex today.
:05:19. > :05:23.30 staff are affected here in the payment section and they have been
:05:23. > :05:27.told in future they will be working either in the new Ballymena centre
:05:27. > :05:32.of excellence are will be redeployed. Downpatrick to
:05:32. > :05:40.Ballymena is a no go. It is 50 miles there and 50 miles back. A
:05:40. > :05:45.100 miles round trip. I cannot travel there, I have two young
:05:45. > :05:50.children. We have not been given any assurances that we will be
:05:50. > :05:55.redeployed or whether there will be redundancies. The Department of
:05:55. > :06:02.Health centralise a sound plan means for art macro new
:06:02. > :06:05.administration centres. At Belfast of us will do with pay roll, Armagh
:06:06. > :06:12.will handle human resources and finance income will go to Omagh
:06:12. > :06:16.with place... 43 a human resources staff in Derry will be dispersed
:06:16. > :06:21.and that means facing the day the prospect of travelling to Armagh
:06:21. > :06:26.and back for some of them. We can get a bus that leaves from Derry at
:06:26. > :06:32.4:30am that will get us there at 8:30am, so we may be able to get to
:06:32. > :06:40.work in time. It was total and utter shock. We have a consultation
:06:40. > :06:43.period. To be hit with this with just a few weeks before Christmas...
:06:43. > :06:47.There are concerns over redundancies. They're quite a few
:06:47. > :06:51.young members of staff who will not be offered the chance of voluntary
:06:51. > :06:55.early retirement. I also have a fear that this will not work and
:06:55. > :06:59.that staff will be put through quite a lot of distress and in a
:06:59. > :07:03.number of years that decision will have to be reversed.
:07:03. > :07:12.Department's plan includes an 18 month long process of relocation
:07:12. > :07:15.and retraining with 100 job losses taking place by the middle of 2013.
:07:15. > :07:19.The people who run our chemist shops have told BBC Newsline they
:07:19. > :07:24.are having to take out bank loans are cash in pensions to keep their
:07:24. > :07:27.businesses open. Pharmacists do much more than hand out
:07:27. > :07:30.prescriptions. They run smoking clinics, help vulnerable people to
:07:30. > :07:36.the right drugs at the right time and supply a range of community
:07:36. > :07:43.services. According to the body that represents pharmacists, the
:07:43. > :07:46.budget to fund all that was cut this year by �38 million. This
:07:46. > :07:51.man's weekly trip to his local pharmacy is helping to prevent
:07:51. > :07:55.diseases such as heart attack and stroke. A diabetic for 12 years, it
:07:55. > :08:00.was this Pharmacy, not his health centre, which got him back to be
:08:00. > :08:08.dealt. I came here and, blood sugars monitored, blood pressure
:08:08. > :08:13.monitored. In four to five weeks I was down Matt, I was no longer a
:08:13. > :08:19.diabetic in real terms and I have lost two stone in weight and I had
:08:19. > :08:21.a completely new quality of life. There are over 500 community
:08:21. > :08:25.pharmacies in Northern Ireland, while the Department of Health
:08:25. > :08:33.wants to enhance the role they play in delivering health care,
:08:33. > :08:42.according to this but the budget was cut by 30%. We have had to seek
:08:42. > :08:47.emergency funding to continue been able to operate. That is all over
:08:47. > :08:51.six or seven months to continue to employ two pharmacists. The
:08:51. > :08:56.potential cuts, shortening our powers, a general loss of services
:08:56. > :09:01.to the patient. According to community pharmacists they play a
:09:01. > :09:05.vital role in dispensing prescriptions. They offer advice on
:09:05. > :09:08.quitting smoking and weight management. They operate the minor
:09:08. > :09:14.ailments scheme for Coles, immunised patients and offer advice
:09:14. > :09:18.on sexual health. They acknowledge that times are difficult, community
:09:18. > :09:23.pharmacy end I'd say the cuts are too much too soon. We're finding
:09:23. > :09:27.that pharmacists and having to revert to banks for emergency
:09:27. > :09:37.funding, they are having to revert to family members for funding and
:09:37. > :09:37.
:09:37. > :09:42.we have heard that some are cashing in at their own pensions.
:09:42. > :09:45.Pharmacies are facing a 30% reduction and this is unworkable.
:09:45. > :09:50.The Department of Health considers that there has been no change in
:09:50. > :09:54.the mind of recurrent funding or in the fees pharmacists are paid for
:09:54. > :09:57.dispensing prescriptions. Part of the problem could be increased
:09:57. > :10:02.competition from the High Street and that lesser medicine is being
:10:02. > :10:06.prescribed. When they talk about the work that they're doing been
:10:06. > :10:10.down, but the formula for giving them funding been the same, that is
:10:10. > :10:16.a pretty fair treatment. It'll be interesting to see what happens
:10:16. > :10:20.when there is a review of the formula. With the ongoing changes
:10:20. > :10:24.to how local health care is being delivered as in parts of England,
:10:24. > :10:28.the idea might be that some health centres could dispense medication.
:10:28. > :10:32.All could be revealed next week when the review into health care is
:10:32. > :10:37.due to be published. During a recent Assembly debate, a number of
:10:37. > :10:43.MLAs questioned if this was the wrong time. For so many communities
:10:43. > :10:46.and local businesses for taking a massive head. With little light on
:10:46. > :10:53.the economic horizon, the question is if there is ever a good time for
:10:53. > :10:59.such a move. Clearly a lot depends on the outcome of the review. Still
:10:59. > :11:03.to come on the programme. A law that allows some to children to be
:11:03. > :11:12.absent from school for nearly half the year, but that could change.
:11:13. > :11:16.Team work makes life a lot easier for fans at the soccer club. People
:11:16. > :11:20.in Glengormley say they are fed up with large gangs of youths
:11:20. > :11:23.gathering in the area and causing trouble. Police have charged 29
:11:23. > :11:28.young people in relation to anti- social behaviour and the fighting
:11:28. > :11:38.which takes place most weekends between rival sectarian gangs. I
:11:38. > :11:41.new community group has been formed in a bid to claim back the streets.
:11:41. > :11:46.We do not seem to have that report, we will try to get back to it. It
:11:46. > :11:50.may surprise you to know that there are some children who can miss have
:11:50. > :11:55.at the school year and their parents are not penalised for it. A
:11:55. > :12:02.legal loophole permits widespread absenteeism in a particular group
:12:02. > :12:07.of pupils, children from traveller families. That could change to help
:12:07. > :12:11.the children's learning. Travel a pupil's progress is hampered by a
:12:12. > :12:14.high level of absenteeism. It is much higher than average at primary
:12:14. > :12:18.school but by secondary school, traveller children are staying away
:12:18. > :12:23.for almost half the term and some are not even register that the
:12:23. > :12:28.school. It is important to improve travel or attendance. If attendance
:12:28. > :12:33.reaches a certain level, we involve the education and welfare officer
:12:33. > :12:39.and in recent years we have been doing that even more. Travel
:12:39. > :12:42.attendance has improved. Because of the way they move around, traveller
:12:43. > :12:47.children allow it to be absent for have this the year without their
:12:47. > :12:50.parents facing prosecution. That law could be repealed. There is
:12:50. > :12:55.also a recommendation not to restrict travellers to special
:12:55. > :13:00.schools, but some children disagree. She says she likes guilt and has
:13:00. > :13:04.many friends but does not like it when she gets called names. She
:13:04. > :13:14.would like to be in a school just for travellers and would like
:13:14. > :13:16.
:13:16. > :13:19.teachers to stop people when they call travellers' names. We have to
:13:20. > :13:23.encourage the traveller community based on the best information to
:13:23. > :13:27.ensure that young traveller children are given the opportunity
:13:27. > :13:37.to attend school. The Minister for education is to order an action
:13:37. > :13:40.
:13:40. > :13:46.If we will go back to Glengormley now. They are claiming that the
:13:46. > :13:50.area from dudes. Atypical weekend night in
:13:50. > :13:54.Glengormley. The police have observed gangs of young people. The
:13:54. > :14:04.majority of these teenagers are socialising but there is a sinister
:14:04. > :14:04.
:14:04. > :14:08.element. Intent in causing trouble. It can be as many as 40. They are
:14:08. > :14:14.arranged around 14. They are from different religions and they will
:14:14. > :14:22.taunt each other. -- may our age. They exchanged verbal abuse and
:14:22. > :14:27.this can escalate. This policeman and his team's aim is to keep them
:14:27. > :14:33.apart but local residents are sick of the trouble and have come out to
:14:33. > :14:37.help. Glengormley community group was only formed one year ago. This
:14:37. > :14:42.other group were chipping away, trying to do stuff. The more people
:14:42. > :14:46.come out and do things, the more effect we are going to have. It was
:14:47. > :14:55.on our doorstep. It was happening outside my Matt Holmes, night in,
:14:55. > :14:59.night out. It got worse at the weekends. Outside our homes. That
:14:59. > :15:03.with the police team, the policeman is called to the outer road where
:15:03. > :15:09.rival gangs are goading each other. The rest of the night will be a
:15:09. > :15:13.game of cat and mouse as police keep them apart. We stop them
:15:13. > :15:19.clashing and fighting with each other. There is usually a preamble
:15:19. > :15:24.to the fighting. That is young crowds gathering in numbers. They
:15:24. > :15:28.are shouting and taunting. One young man were shouting abuse
:15:28. > :15:33.across. The police have charged for 29 young people in Glengormley this
:15:33. > :15:40.year. There are no arrests this time but after our cameras leave,
:15:40. > :15:45.the TA to clash again. -- the teenagers. Hugo Swire has
:15:45. > :15:48.warned about the possibility of dissident groups using forthcoming
:15:48. > :15:52.centenary anniversaries such as the Battle of the Somme and the Easter
:15:52. > :15:58.Rising for their own purposes. Speaking in Westminster, he said
:15:58. > :16:02.Stormont have a role to play. there that the Executive and the
:16:02. > :16:06.mainstream political parties must take the lead in ensuring those who
:16:06. > :16:16.would seek to undermine the political process do not have the
:16:16. > :16:17.
:16:17. > :16:22.opportunity to do so. These other people who oppose forbearance and
:16:22. > :16:27.oppose dissidents. They will try and use anniversaries to further
:16:27. > :16:30.their agenda. An extra 700 undergraduate places are to be made
:16:30. > :16:35.available for students who want to study in Northern Ireland over the
:16:35. > :16:38.next three years. Most of the places will be split between
:16:38. > :16:41.Queen's University and the University of Ulster. All of the
:16:41. > :16:43.places will be in science, technology, engineering and
:16:43. > :16:48.mathematics subjects. It is expected more local students will
:16:48. > :16:51.want to stay at home to study to take advantage of cheaper tuition
:16:51. > :16:55.fees. Just how smart is a smartphone?
:16:55. > :17:03.Does yours ever send you adverts when you are in a shopping centre,
:17:03. > :17:07.leaving you wonder -- wondering how you could know where it is? It is a
:17:07. > :17:17.central feature of the digital age but is it becoming an unacceptable
:17:17. > :17:24.
:17:24. > :17:29.and -- a intrusion into privacy? We have been looking at mobile
:17:29. > :17:33.phones and how the message is get to you and how they work. I have
:17:33. > :17:38.been going out into the streets of Belfast and finding out more about
:17:38. > :17:42.what goes on out there. It is another day in the busy city street.
:17:42. > :17:46.Your smartphone goes off and it is a message imploring you to buy
:17:46. > :17:50.something. Perhaps from a shop you have just passed. This man is one
:17:50. > :17:57.of these -- those people who regularly receives adverts.
:17:57. > :18:03.seems like an invasion of preserve these -- are busy. I do not like it
:18:03. > :18:07.that they know where I am. A partly targeted? Yes. Perhaps in things I
:18:07. > :18:11.have shopped in previously. Where do you think the information is
:18:11. > :18:15.coming from? It must be my online shopping habits. Information the
:18:15. > :18:20.online companies have had access to. He is claimed that people who are
:18:20. > :18:27.sending the message do not know of the you are. The use a complex
:18:28. > :18:34.system for using your smartphone's facility. That is how they know you
:18:34. > :18:38.are near by and they get your message. A recent survey revealed
:18:38. > :18:46.89% of users found that the adverts annoying. No one is breaking the
:18:46. > :18:50.law. It depends on the technology that is used for the adverts. It is
:18:50. > :18:55.coming through a spandex message, there is an issue there we would be
:18:55. > :19:01.issued -- interested in hearing about. -- Spam a text message. It
:19:01. > :19:07.is sent the a Bluetooth, the legislation is less clear. For the
:19:07. > :19:12.Protection of people's privacy, it should not be happening. Is there
:19:12. > :19:18.any way we can reduce those ads we receive?
:19:18. > :19:22.That is very hard. I am in a busy mobile phone shop. Lots of
:19:22. > :19:27.different phones. That is the point. It depends on your phone. Some
:19:27. > :19:33.phones do not take the messages. Others you have to as the provider
:19:33. > :19:38.to switch them off. If the phone it uses Bluetooth, you have to switch
:19:38. > :19:41.that off if you are in a city. That should reduce the adverts. Social
:19:41. > :19:44.media groups are committed to gathering more information and
:19:44. > :19:49.Cohesion, Sharing and Integration Strategy information with other
:19:49. > :19:53.people. This is just going to get worse, is it not?
:19:53. > :19:58.Yes. If you look at what is happening in the United States, it
:19:58. > :20:04.is dreadful. We are only seeing the very edge of a very big phone
:20:04. > :20:08.Messaging iceberg. It is already starting to annoy people.
:20:08. > :20:15.Yesterday you that their privacy on our computers. Today it is about
:20:15. > :20:22.smart phones. What is next? Tomorrow I will look at satellite
:20:22. > :20:28.navigation systems in your car. But something goes back to the
:20:28. > :20:35.manufacturers' you may not be aware Glentoran had a new facility at the
:20:36. > :20:38.Oval for fans with disabilities. The project was entirely funded by
:20:38. > :20:43.supporters. This is the new purpose-built
:20:43. > :20:48.facility at the Oval. The previous enclosure could only cater for
:20:48. > :20:53.three wheelchairs but his area now allows access for up to a dozen
:20:53. > :21:00.shares and also has room for carers. Everybody banded together and
:21:00. > :21:05.wanted the same thing. We had this Dem -- determination. We are all
:21:05. > :21:09.happy we have achieved it. supporters' group was set up
:21:10. > :21:14.earlier this year and is the only one of its kind in local football.
:21:14. > :21:19.It is a big area for him and it is more comfortable. They have a
:21:19. > :21:28.better view. A is safer for them. They are not on the pitch side.
:21:29. > :21:33.This section is into rented -- integrated. It is a hell of a
:21:33. > :21:39.difference. We didn't have anything, more or less, the 4th. Anything
:21:39. > :21:46.else is an improvement. The home side might only have managed to
:21:46. > :21:51.draw but these fans are celebrating success of the pitch.
:21:51. > :21:55.We have a new world champion. He is a school boy from the north coast.
:21:55. > :22:04.He has taken North Carolina by storm. And the McLellan's next
:22:04. > :22:11.target is to conquer a stretcher. - - Andy McClelland.
:22:11. > :22:18.One resident has been making waves in a different sport. It is very
:22:18. > :22:26.similar to the normal boarding you see. Same sort of principle. The
:22:26. > :22:32.competitions are scored Bognor waved choice and how dynamic and
:22:32. > :22:36.aggressive York choices are. He claimed first place in the USA.
:22:36. > :22:41.the north coast to say we have a world champion is fantastic. We
:22:41. > :22:48.have various people doing very well on surfboards. To add a different
:22:48. > :22:53.type of serve craft to that is amazing. People will be looking at
:22:53. > :22:58.Andy and saying, where is he from? With everything going online, it
:22:59. > :23:03.will be instant. People will see where he is from an recognise that.
:23:03. > :23:07.With competitors from over 20 countries taking part, it makes and
:23:07. > :23:12.the's win even more significant. You train very hard for these
:23:12. > :23:21.competitions. There is a four year build up. He is a goal I always had.
:23:21. > :23:31.It means all the training starts to pay off. Next up is Australia in
:23:31. > :23:36.
:23:36. > :23:46.2013. The sheer joy is not bad Now the weather. This is a picture
:23:46. > :23:53.
:23:53. > :24:00.taken from the crane working at the You can see this picture if you
:24:01. > :24:04.look at our BBC Facebook page. Do not forget you can e-mail us your
:24:04. > :24:14.photographs. The address is there on the screen. You can always keep
:24:14. > :24:27.
:24:27. > :24:36.in touch. We love to see your photographs. The weather is not
:24:36. > :24:41.looking good. We will get a lot of stormy weather photographs. There
:24:41. > :24:48.will eventually be wintery photographs, too. It will be
:24:48. > :24:53.blustery and cool enough to date. Tomorrow it will be more windy.
:24:53. > :24:58.Before we get there, we are going to find the winds he's down. It is
:24:58. > :25:02.later in the night, particularly in two tomorrow, an area of low
:25:02. > :25:05.pressure moves into the North of Scotland. It will deepen and the
:25:05. > :25:11.winds around this low will be potentially stormy. That is
:25:11. > :25:16.particularly through the the Mans of Scotland. The Met Office has
:25:16. > :25:23.issued an amber warning. That means we have to be prepared for
:25:23. > :25:31.disruptive winds. As we head into this evening, it is calming down a
:25:31. > :25:36.bit. The winds wallies. Most parts will dry out. The early frost will
:25:36. > :25:46.soon go. The wind will increase from the south. It will be a wet
:25:46. > :25:49.
:25:49. > :25:57.end to the night. Rain and gales. By the middle part of the day, they
:25:57. > :26:05.could be disruption to trees and buildings. A is a wet and windy
:26:05. > :26:11.start to the day. The mild as part -- mild as part of the day will be
:26:11. > :26:21.the afternoon. That is when we start to see high a winds setting
:26:21. > :26:21.
:26:21. > :26:26.in. They could reach 70 mph for inland areas. It could potentially
:26:26. > :26:33.be quite stormy. We see those winds starting to ease down tomorrow
:26:33. > :26:38.night. That cold air will continue to seek -- sink its way southwards.
:26:38. > :26:46.Some of us will catch some snow showers. There is a warning for
:26:46. > :26:56.that, too. An early warning for snow. It is an icy, snowy start on
:26:56. > :26:57.
:26:57. > :27:01.You would almost think it is winter! Finally, a reminder of the
:27:01. > :27:04.stories here on BBC Newsline: A daughter of murdered Newry
:27:04. > :27:08.pensioner Maire Rankin has backed a report which calls for a speeding
:27:08. > :27:11.up of the criminal justice system. Health administration staff have
:27:11. > :27:21.been expressing anger at the prospect of job cuts and having to
:27:21. > :27:22.
:27:22. > :27:26.relocate to four new work centres. Some pharmacists have been driven
:27:26. > :27:29.to taking out emergency bank loans to keep their businesses afloat.
:27:29. > :27:33.That is after cuts in government funding.
:27:33. > :27:39.David Cameron is coming under increasing pressure from his own
:27:39. > :27:43.party to protect British interests under a new EU treaty. There is the
:27:43. > :27:47.summer meeting on Friday to discuss the changes, to try and stop the