:00:19. > :00:25.Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor. The headlines:
:00:25. > :00:30.the son of an elderly man who died on a hospital trolley says he is
:00:30. > :00:35.not confident an internal inquiry will uncover the truth.
:00:35. > :00:44.The leadership contest for the UUP. These two men are the only
:00:44. > :00:52.candidates. When pay-day loans it go horribly
:00:52. > :00:59.wrong. A gold finish for Tony McCoy as the
:00:59. > :01:03.jockey times is finished just right with Synchronised. And a few
:01:03. > :01:07.showers for St. Patrick's Day and Mother's Day, but not as wet as
:01:08. > :01:10.today! A son of the elderly man who died
:01:11. > :01:13.on a hospital trolley says unless the Belfast Health Trust add --
:01:13. > :01:17.addresses systemic failures, his father's death will have been in
:01:17. > :01:22.vain. The 77-year-old, who had motor neurone disease, had been on
:01:22. > :01:25.the trolley at the Royal Victoria's A&E for almost 24 hours. His son
:01:25. > :01:31.told us his father had encouraged his partner to go home as he was
:01:31. > :01:38.worried about her car being hijacked. Our health correspondent
:01:38. > :01:42.has spoken to the man, who wants to remain anonymous. The man told me
:01:42. > :01:47.he was speaking to the BBC to insure another family would not
:01:47. > :01:51.have to go through what his house. He said, something terrible
:01:51. > :01:56.happened that night. His father was brought to the A&E department with
:01:56. > :02:01.a chest infection, possibly pneumonia. On Monday 5th March,
:02:01. > :02:07.sometime around 4am. He had been able to walk in using a walking
:02:07. > :02:11.eight. He had to live on a trolley as no beds were available. His son
:02:11. > :02:17.said the story becomes more and more tragic. His father lay on the
:02:17. > :02:22.trolley for almost 24 hours, for lunch, dinner, and into the
:02:22. > :02:27.following morning. The man's hospital notes showed he had been
:02:27. > :02:32.checked and that his vital signs were checked some time before
:02:32. > :02:37.midnight. Nothing else position down until the ambulance crew found
:02:37. > :02:41.him up at 5am. I have been told that the man's hands were very cold
:02:41. > :02:45.and there was clear evidence that the man was dead. A nurse was
:02:45. > :02:55.overheard saying, clearly this man is dead, and he was moved edge to
:02:55. > :02:56.
:02:56. > :02:59.the resuscitation room. But debt -- blood pressure and temperature
:02:59. > :03:09.should be taken every that emits but according to the night this did
:03:09. > :03:14.
:03:14. > :03:18.not happen. -- every 30 minutes. The man's son said they had no
:03:18. > :03:26.problem with the staff, in fact, nothing but admiration. He said
:03:26. > :03:28.their -- they are working in horrendous circumstances. But he
:03:28. > :03:32.said the family have been getting their information through the media
:03:32. > :03:38.and have no confidence that the trust's investigation will uncover
:03:38. > :03:47.the truth. He added, all they are doing is seller taping the problem.
:03:47. > :03:57.That is no way to run health service. We are keen to hear the
:03:57. > :03:57.
:03:57. > :04:02.stories of other patients. You can contact us at the e-mail address on
:04:02. > :04:04.the screen. Nominations for the leading --
:04:05. > :04:07.leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party have closed and there are
:04:07. > :04:09.just two candidates, John McCallister and Mike Nesbitt. The
:04:09. > :04:13.party's only Stormont Minister Danny Kennedy ruled himself out of
:04:13. > :04:20.the race. Our political reporter is at the UUP's headquarters in
:04:20. > :04:26.Belfast. All week we have been waiting for Danny Kennedy's
:04:27. > :04:32.decision. That is right. It was a question of will he or went he go
:04:32. > :04:38.for the leadership? We were promised there would be a campaign
:04:38. > :04:41.Lorch, interviews on Wednesday and Thursday, and they didn't happen --
:04:41. > :04:47.launched. This is what Danny Kennedy had to say today. I had
:04:47. > :04:56.sufficient support within both the constituencies and elected
:04:56. > :05:00.colleagues, but I feel strongly, having considered it, that a device
:05:00. > :05:05.of leadership election at any point now for the UUP would not be in the
:05:05. > :05:10.best interests of the party. So I will not be submitting my
:05:10. > :05:19.nomination as party leader. there are now just two candidates.
:05:19. > :05:25.That is right. We have Mike Nesbitt, former victims commissioner. He
:05:25. > :05:29.would be regarded -- he is well regarded within the centre of the
:05:29. > :05:34.party. And then we have John McAllister. He wants the party to
:05:34. > :05:38.go into opposition. He would be regarded on the liberal wing.
:05:38. > :05:48.happens next? These two candidates will get together with party
:05:48. > :05:50.
:05:50. > :05:56.officials. Party members will come together after they have been do
:05:56. > :06:00.baiting. They will come together on March 31st to elect their 15th
:06:00. > :06:07.leader. Pay-day loan companies lend
:06:08. > :06:09.millions to people here. But many have been found to be involved in
:06:09. > :06:12.unacceptable practices. After a month-long undercover survey,
:06:12. > :06:15.Trading Standards is warning this fast growing industry to raise its
:06:15. > :06:25.standard. BBC Newsline has also been investigating the human cost
:06:25. > :06:30.when pay-day loans go wrong a. are aimed at people who need cash
:06:30. > :06:36.in a hurry but he cannot get a bank loan. Many consumers typically
:06:36. > :06:40.borrow �400 and repay 500 at their next pay day. What is now emerging
:06:40. > :06:47.is that many companies are ignoring safeguards intended to protect
:06:47. > :06:55.borrowers taking on debt they cannot afford. This woman told us
:06:55. > :07:00.how her son became noted more than �5,000 of pay-day loans. He applied
:07:00. > :07:04.for several pay-day loans. They all lent to him. I was quite alarmed,
:07:04. > :07:07.because had they done a credit check history, there would have
:07:07. > :07:10.seemed he had no means to repay that. He sent me a text message
:07:10. > :07:14.from another room in the House to say that he had written me a letter
:07:14. > :07:20.and had left that for me in a certain place. He was in so much
:07:20. > :07:27.debt, so worried about it, that he could not be too face-to-face?
:07:27. > :07:34.he wrote a letter, and that was very disturbing to me. -- he could
:07:34. > :07:39.not speak to you. Thankfully, he is now OK, and his debts are under
:07:39. > :07:43.control. An investigation of 29 companies he has uncovered what
:07:43. > :07:49.Trading Standards says are unacceptable practices.
:07:49. > :07:53.majority of lenders did not quote an EPR. They also indicated that
:07:53. > :07:58.they would be prepared to do all over loan in the first instance
:07:58. > :08:04.without explaining the cost and consequences. Trading Standards is
:08:04. > :08:14.now one in the local pay-day loan West Yorkshire Police industry --
:08:14. > :08:15.
:08:15. > :08:23.pay-day loans industry. Still to come on the programme. An
:08:23. > :08:26.eye on cyber crime. And in memory of a former team-mate.
:08:26. > :08:31.Our investigation all this week into the secretive world of badger
:08:31. > :08:34.baiting has provoked a big response on our Facebook page. The majority
:08:34. > :08:40.of people are appalled at the shocking abuse details and they're
:08:41. > :08:47.demanding action against the gangs involved. We're going to remind you
:08:47. > :08:50.now of what we discovered. And I must warn you that this is a
:08:50. > :08:54.disturbing scene so you may want to look away for a minute. This video
:08:54. > :08:58.was given to the charity the USPCA and it shows a dog going after a
:08:58. > :09:03.badger in its sett. Badger baiting is a crime and killing this
:09:03. > :09:05.protected animal can lead to a prison sentence. But that isn't
:09:06. > :09:14.stopping gangs digging into setts in broad daylight and watching as
:09:14. > :09:17.the animals are torn apart. The dogs also suffer terrible injuries.
:09:17. > :09:22.The US PCA - the USPCA says its work has found that badger-baiting
:09:23. > :09:32.is widespread. Although police figures show in the past year they
:09:33. > :09:37.
:09:37. > :09:40.have received just 19 reports of possible badger-baiting. The
:09:40. > :09:46.environment minister couldn't be here today but yesterday I asked
:09:46. > :09:52.him why this cry was allowed to continue. -- crime. I think it will
:09:52. > :09:56.encourage those with knowledge who won here badger setts, and others
:09:56. > :10:02.who know those who were involved in this activity, I think it will
:10:02. > :10:06.encourage people to go to the police. The reason I say that is,
:10:06. > :10:13.the sooner we deploy the full weight of the law, and there is new
:10:13. > :10:16.law on this, there are now finds up to �5,000. There is imprisonment up
:10:16. > :10:20.to six months. The sooner the courts have the opportunity to
:10:20. > :10:25.deploy those against offenders, the sooner you have a full answer to
:10:25. > :10:29.question. While we are not getting more prosecutions? Why is this
:10:30. > :10:34.activity not being stamped out? it is not just about the public
:10:34. > :10:39.making report to the police. It is about the law being enforced. Why,
:10:39. > :10:44.for example, do we not have a dedicated wildlife crime officer in
:10:44. > :10:50.the police as they do in other English forces? That is a matter to
:10:50. > :10:56.shake-up with the police. We give assistance to the police in terms
:10:56. > :11:01.of where badger of setts might be - - to take up with the police. You
:11:01. > :11:05.will get no argument with me that there is more the government, the
:11:05. > :11:12.police and other people need to do, but as I have indicated, we did
:11:12. > :11:16.some stuff six months ago that is now beginning to bear results. I
:11:16. > :11:19.think the same sort of dedicated action can their results when it
:11:19. > :11:24.comes to the issue of badger- baiting and badger killing. Some
:11:24. > :11:29.will say that a blind eye is being turned to this abuse. Because of
:11:29. > :11:39.pressure in the farming community for a cull against badgers in the
:11:39. > :11:40.
:11:40. > :11:48.fight against TP, is that the case? Are you under pressure? I can
:11:49. > :11:53.confirm that at no time has anybody, a farmer or an official, or anybody
:11:53. > :11:58.in government ever come to me and say, Paul back. Quite the contrary.
:11:58. > :12:03.Last year, the Assembly passed new law, the consequence of which is
:12:03. > :12:07.that we now have the more severe penalties, which includes six
:12:07. > :12:10.months in prison. Next, another battle against crime
:12:10. > :12:12.on a international scale. Governments and companies are
:12:12. > :12:16.constantly trying to protect their computer systems to prevent what's
:12:16. > :12:19.called a global cyber war. Queen's University in Belfast has brought
:12:19. > :12:29.together the world's leading experts to discuss how to stop the
:12:29. > :12:34.
:12:34. > :12:39.It is a new front line in the fight against crime. Countless crimes
:12:39. > :12:45.every day. Viruses being sent to computer systems. This university
:12:45. > :12:51.is bringing together people to stop cyber attacks. This expert runs the
:12:51. > :12:57.biggest internet security company in Europe. It is a very big and
:12:57. > :13:02.successful business. Cyber criminals have got a very easy job.
:13:02. > :13:08.It is difficult to stop them and it is a big business. They have got a
:13:08. > :13:13.lot of money. Living in a world so connected has brought new ways of
:13:13. > :13:18.doing business and committing crime. There is an even bigger security
:13:18. > :13:22.issue. If there is a third world war, circuits and servers could be
:13:22. > :13:27.battlegrounds. For example, electricity grids are run by
:13:27. > :13:35.computers. One country could disrupt another's network in a
:13:35. > :13:43.cyber attack. It is very dangerous because of the computer systems. It
:13:43. > :13:47.is quite simple to develop, the cyber attack. It is almost not
:13:47. > :13:51.possible to protect. Experts in Belfast were discussing serious
:13:51. > :13:56.matters and that is why top officials from the US government
:13:56. > :14:00.were in attendance. It is not just a national problem. It is
:14:00. > :14:06.international and the more people we have working on it, the better.
:14:06. > :14:13.Queens are hoping to achieve any future free from cybercrime and
:14:13. > :14:23.The Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Hillsborough Castle this afternoon
:14:23. > :14:25.
:14:26. > :14:28.for a one day visit. He met local dignitaries and about 100 young
:14:28. > :14:31.people who were presented with their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards.
:14:32. > :14:35.The Prince raised a few laughs as he spoke to recipients and their
:14:35. > :14:37.families. He was also enjoyed some music performed by the pupils of St
:14:37. > :14:40.Malachy's College in Belfast. The Award scheme is growing in
:14:40. > :14:43.popularity here with over 8000 young people joining up. It is very
:14:43. > :14:49.important and we are delighted we have got a massive increase in
:14:49. > :14:53.people taking part. Last year, they went up by 27 %. Particularly with
:14:53. > :15:00.his economic climate, young people realise the significance of awards
:15:00. > :15:03.On this St Patrick's sporting weekend, it should come as no
:15:03. > :15:08.surprise to you that an Irish jockey dominated the final day of
:15:08. > :15:11.Cheltenham. Austin O'Callaghan is here. Who was the man in the form?
:15:11. > :15:16.Some call AP, others call him Tony. Whatever your preference, the name
:15:16. > :15:18.McCoy has left a lot of people smiling this evening. Riding the
:15:18. > :15:22.John Joe O'Neill trained Synchronised, the Moneyglass man
:15:22. > :15:25.won the festival's showpiece, the Gold Cup, in dramatic fashion. One
:15:25. > :15:32.of the pre-race favourites Kauto Star was pulled up in the early
:15:32. > :15:37.stages. From Cheltenham, here's Mark Sidebottom. This is a bronze
:15:37. > :15:44.of the legendary Gold Cup winner, best mate. But this time it was
:15:44. > :15:48.Tony McCoy. After 15 years, a second Gold Cup and he has spoken
:15:48. > :15:54.to Newsline, as did his sister's to Newsline, as did his sister's
:15:54. > :15:57.brother and father. A Synchronised and the 16 times champion jockey
:15:58. > :16:05.Tony McCoy is storming up the hill Tony McCoy is storming up the hill
:16:05. > :16:09.to win the Gold Cup! How does that feel? It feels amazing. It is great
:16:09. > :16:15.heart and will to win and it is great for a family. I always wanted
:16:15. > :16:19.to the Gold Cup. A 15 year wait? Yes, a long time but you have got
:16:19. > :16:27.to believe it is going to happen. I have been working with great people
:16:27. > :16:33.and it was amazing. It was very bad at the start and somebody said he
:16:33. > :16:38.jumped at the last. Are you just as proud? I am just so proud of him.
:16:38. > :16:42.He totally deserved it. He worked hard and was committed and I am
:16:43. > :16:47.overwhelmed. I honestly did not think I was going to have a better
:16:47. > :16:53.day than the Grand National but today was even better. He deserves
:16:53. > :16:57.it. He has had a lot of success but he works hard for it. The only
:16:57. > :17:03.immediate family member of Tony McCoy not present is his mother,
:17:03. > :17:11.Claire. If you are watching, the message is get ready for the party!
:17:11. > :17:13.And I have a feeling it will be a Two Ulster GAA clubs go for All-
:17:13. > :17:15.Ireland glory at Croke Park tomorrow. Loughgiel of Antrim
:17:15. > :17:17.contest the hurling club final while reigning All-Ireland club
:17:17. > :17:20.champions Crossmaglen play Garrycastle of Westmeath in the
:17:20. > :17:30.football decider. And the motivation to win is particularly
:17:30. > :17:31.
:17:32. > :17:37.There is a saying about this team, that they are not beaten until you
:17:37. > :17:42.read about it in the paper the next day. Tomorrow, they go to Croke
:17:42. > :17:47.Park in search of basic the title and driving them on more than any
:17:47. > :17:53.other is the memory of a former team mate. Last December, James
:17:54. > :17:59.used was shot dead in a taxi. His death had a profound effect on the
:17:59. > :18:03.players and parish. It is not shouted aloud by every member of
:18:03. > :18:13.the team but we have got a sense we are doing this for him will stop we
:18:13. > :18:19.are doing it for the community --. We are doing it for the community.
:18:19. > :18:24.Before the funeral, and even after, I was working in the village hall
:18:24. > :18:33.and nobody wanted to leave it. It was not a mad session. Everybody
:18:33. > :18:39.felt the same. It is in everybody's head and nobody forgets that.
:18:39. > :18:43.People are going to his grave all the time and then moving on. That
:18:43. > :18:46.is always there and it is motivating them and helping them
:18:46. > :18:51.training and helping them through the match but we do not talk about
:18:52. > :18:57.it a lot. Outwardly, the build up has been similar to previous years,
:18:57. > :19:02.with players immersing themselves in community events, like cooking
:19:03. > :19:10.breakfast for the supporters. But internally, the memory of the their
:19:10. > :19:13.team-mate is shaping their drive Crossmaglen Rangers and club finals
:19:13. > :19:16.go hand in hand, but tomorrow will be a new experience for the hurlers
:19:16. > :19:18.of Loughgiel. They're playing in their first All-Ireland final since
:19:18. > :19:26.1983. Offaly champions Coolderry stand between the Shamrocks and a
:19:26. > :19:32.second title. You get caught up in all of the razzmatazz. But as
:19:32. > :19:35.players, you have to prepare yourself and keep focused. Live
:19:35. > :19:38.coverage on BBC Radio Ulster medium wave tomorrow afternoon from half-
:19:38. > :19:41.past-one. Ireland's rugby management invited folk singer
:19:41. > :19:44.Christy Moore to the team hotel to help motivate the players for
:19:44. > :19:48.tomorrow's big game at Twickenham. Not that they need much gee-ing up.
:19:48. > :19:55.Ireland can't win the Six Nations. But they can end England's hopes of
:19:55. > :20:00.doing so. He has filled the captain's position perfectly and
:20:00. > :20:07.tomorrow, a milestone has Rory Best becomes the most capped Irish
:20:07. > :20:13.trucker ever. The mission is simple, to extinguish English hopes of a
:20:13. > :20:18.Six Nations Championship. They have always been there and thereabouts
:20:18. > :20:22.and you always want to beat the best. In the many years that they
:20:22. > :20:29.have been the team to beat, from that point of view it is nice to be
:20:29. > :20:34.the top team. This game could be for a wooden spoon and it would
:20:34. > :20:39.still have the same amount of hype, if you were playing England in any
:20:39. > :20:45.game, you would still want Ireland to win. Irish supporters living in
:20:45. > :20:51.London think the same. You do not want to go back to work on Monday
:20:51. > :20:55.with a defeat. It is St Patrick's Day. Cannot lose! The English think
:20:55. > :20:59.they are the best at everything. We are Irish at the end of the day and
:20:59. > :21:03.we will support Ireland and we want to beat England no matter what. It
:21:03. > :21:09.is always good to go to work on Monday morning with your head held
:21:09. > :21:16.high. This will soon be Europe's biggest building and it is now just
:21:16. > :21:19.40 fit in the world. It is a best work in progress but not yet top of
:21:19. > :21:23.the pile but it does not matter when the English play the Irish
:21:23. > :21:32.because the Irish supporters and players think it is a game Ireland
:21:32. > :21:36.simply must win, especially on St Patrick's Day. 5 o'clock kick-off
:21:36. > :21:39.tomorrow. Tomorrow, Ireland's men's hockey team can take a huge step
:21:39. > :21:42.towards this summer's Olympics. Last night Ireland beat Chile 3-0
:21:42. > :21:45.in the qualifying tournament in Dublin - and so they now only need
:21:45. > :21:52.draw with Malaysia tomorrow afternoon to make the final, where
:21:52. > :21:55.Korea will stand between them and a place at London 2012. And in ice
:21:55. > :21:58.hockey, a capacity crowd of 7000 is expected at the Odyssey where the
:21:58. > :22:04.Belfast Giants can secure the Elite League title if they beat nearest
:22:04. > :22:08.rivals the Sheffield Steelers. Good luck to Carl Frampton, who defends
:22:08. > :22:11.his Commonwealth super bantamweight title in Sheffield tomorrow night.
:22:11. > :22:14.And Ireland's cricketers won their Twenty20 World Cup qualifier today,
:22:14. > :22:23.beating the USA by 64 runs. And finally the Circuit of Ireland
:22:23. > :22:27.Rally. Donna, I know you have a Yes, my father was involved in the
:22:27. > :22:30.rally for a long time. This year because of the Titanic centenary
:22:30. > :22:40.the starting stage on Good Friday is in the Titanic Quarter in
:22:40. > :22:43.
:22:43. > :22:47.Belfast and wasteland there has She has taken a road test! It is
:22:47. > :22:52.arguably the biggest event on the island and drivers worldwide will
:22:52. > :23:00.be competing. It is the first time in history that it has come to this
:23:00. > :23:07.part of Belfast, beneath the famous cities and barks. It will just be -
:23:07. > :23:10.- city landmarks. It will just be so exciting. And the timing, Good
:23:10. > :23:18.Friday, it is perfect for the launch of the Titanic Belfast
:23:18. > :23:28.building. The time has come for me to try this out. I am extremely
:23:28. > :23:52.
:23:52. > :24:02.nervous and gripping for my life. A How do you do this?! Like eight is
:24:02. > :24:05.
:24:06. > :24:12.funny? Incredible. -- like it is funny? I am shaking like a leak. I
:24:12. > :24:18.am glad that is over. Thank you very much but I need to get out.
:24:18. > :24:28.Never again. Never again. Any job way you get home in one piece is a
:24:28. > :24:29.
:24:29. > :24:31.good one. Now the weather. We have good one. Now the weather. We have
:24:31. > :24:38.St Patrick's Day, Mother's Day and Sunday and a lot of people out and
:24:38. > :24:44.about. Not looking bad. Some doubt about cloud and the distribution of
:24:44. > :24:50.showers. But for most of us it will be more dry than wet and we will
:24:50. > :24:56.get sunshine returning. But not much of that today. We had a thick
:24:56. > :25:02.cloud and it was pretty wet across central and eastern areas. Much of
:25:02. > :25:07.that rain has cleared out of the way but showers tonight. It will
:25:07. > :25:12.become increasingly dry and clearer spells will be developing. It is
:25:12. > :25:17.going to become quite cold. Temperatures as low as two degrees.
:25:17. > :25:24.Frost is likely for a time. It might start going later in the
:25:24. > :25:28.night. I think it will be bright for St Patrick's Day poor most of
:25:29. > :25:34.us and we'll be bright for the weekend and it will be more dry
:25:34. > :25:39.than today. Cloudy but by the middle of the morning it is lifting
:25:39. > :25:46.and braking and some sunshine. One exception could be in the South
:25:46. > :25:52.East. Cloud could be a bit stubborn in these areas. But it will get
:25:52. > :25:59.bright at times. The best of these sunshine will be further north.
:25:59. > :26:04.Showers breaking out in the afternoon but hopefully not heavy.
:26:04. > :26:08.Similar temperatures expected at Twickenham, where the rugby starts
:26:08. > :26:15.at 5 o'clock. A bit of rain in the after being but we hope it will be
:26:15. > :26:21.out of the way by then. Just a few showers tonight but temperatures
:26:21. > :26:27.below freezing in places on Sunday morning. That it should lift on
:26:27. > :26:32.Mother's Day. Getting bright but a risk of some showers. If you are
:26:32. > :26:37.out and about, contact us and let out and about, contact us and let
:26:37. > :26:43.us know what it is like. Have a good weekend. It should not be too