27/03/2012 BBC Newsline

Good evening, this is BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor. The headlines:

The UVF supergrass trial, which saw suspects walking free, cost the

police alone �4 million. New jobs, in, on jobs -- other jobs

go, why some parts of the economy are thriving is and others are not

doing so well. A public inquiry hears of serious

omissions in the care of a four- year-old boy who died at the Royal

Children's Hospital. Horse-trading is banned at the Auld

Lammas fair because of concerns animals are being badly treated.

And I am live in Ballycastle. Our latest champion golfer has

returned to his home club, a journey at Shandon Park what I will

be joined by Michael Hoey. And how much longer can the fine

weather last? Join me for the forecast.

The enormous financial cost of the failed UVF supergrass trial is

starting to become clear. It has emerged that the police alone spent

more than �4 million on the case, which ended with nine men being

cleared of murder. The total bill will be substantially higher, as

our home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney explains.

12 loyalists walked free from court last month after a judge branded

the two main prosecution witnesses as liars and ruthless criminals.

Self-confessed UVF members Robert and Ian Stuart had agreed to tell

the truth in return for reduced sentences. But the judge said he

could not believe what he said. The trial has -- is expected to be one

of the most expensive ever held here. And the first details of the

costs have been disclosed, in a letter from that department of

justice. The estimated costs for the PSNI are just over �4.3 million.

Including the investigation and providing security during the trial.

The Public Prosecution Service spent �520,000. The Court Service,

another �219,000. The cost to the prison service was more than

�250,000. The combined costs reviewed today totalled more than

�5.8 million. But the figures do not include the most expensive part

of the trial, the legal aid fees for defence barristers and

solicitors. They are expected to bring the total cost to well over

�10 million. The cost of being the case to court were discussed in the

Assembly today with questions raised about how credible the main

prosecution witnesses were. question must be asked, why was the

decision taken to take his case to trial? A decision that resulted in

a failure to secure convictions, allowed the steward others to

receive a minimum sentence when they should have been given a

severe sentence, cost the taxpayer millions of pounds and damaged

public confidence in the administration of justice.

Director of Public posh occasions as defended the legislation that

made the case possible. -- Public Prosecution.

An American financial firm is creating up to 50 jobs in Belfast.

The Cowen Group will set up a technology centre to support its

international business. Yesterday, Kelvatek, a local manufacturing

firm, announced it was expanding its workforce, while at the same

time the Game Group announced it was closing most of its shops here.

Barbara's correspondent Kevin Magee explains why some areas of the

economy are thriving while others are under pressure.

If any company wants to repair faults on cables officially,

chances are they will be using this piece of equipment. Manufactured by

Kelvatek, the company is currently expanding am looking for 30 new

staff, electronic and design engineers. Our principle is that we

will invest very heavily in innovation, the reason is that

gives us unique products, products which attract substantial

profitable pricing, which allows us to reinvest. Today, the Cowen Group

announced it is setting up a research and technology centre in

Belfast, with the promise of up to 50 new jobs. Its Chief Executive

flu here by private jet to make the announcement. For us, this is a

chance for us as an organisation to make an impact in the community

that really wants us to be a part of the community. A picture is

emerging what export-driven companies are doing well, but

businesses that rely on local costs are not doing so well. The reason

for that is there is not as much money in the local economy. The

public sector spending cuts, a squeeze on wages and a lack of

confidence. This is evidence on the High Street in practically every

town. The Game chain is closing 30 branches with the loss of 110 jobs.

Last one, 250 local jobs were lost after Peacock's close shops across

Northern Ireland. While we are losing jobs, what we have to do is

be more proactive in trying to get more of those jobs into the market

and trying to work with companies, right down to the one-man companies,

to see how we can help them to employ one other person, to try and

rebuild slowly. Today, the Audit Office said the Executive's job-

creation body is making steady progress, creating jobs measured

against its own targets. But some commentators believe its

performance should be gauged by an independent body. I would prefer if

the monitoring of the targets has done by somebody independent of the

department and Invest NI itself. The report also said that three-

quarters of the jobs announced translate into real jobs on the

ground. Invest NI's Chief Executive

Alastair Hamilton is with me now. As we said there, you have exceeded

you job-creation targets, those targets have been said by the

Executive, your own targets, we did not be better if they were set by

an external body? A I think what John is referring to is the

analysis of those targets. That is what the Audit Office have done, so

independent of the Executive, they have come out with the report today,

wages, over the last three years, the period in which we have been

putting in tremendous focus, a real endorsement of the success. At the

end of the day in terms of setting the targets, it is right that the

Executive said those and they have been to a consultation period,

where they said those targets based on a consultation. Therefore, those

targets go down to us. Let us look at your success. In terms of

exporting companies, but as Kevin said, not so successful when it

comes to businesses targeting local, domestic trade. What are you doing

for those companies? We have launched a programme which was

lodged in November last year, a very open programme come --,, to

invite companies to events and programmes and trying to support

them and grow their business. We have had 6,000 enquiries from that

inquiry line since November. Abbottabad, we have delivered 700

new projects. -- out of that. That will deliver an extra 1,200 jobs,

the majority of those in small businesses. Thank you for joining

To a business that has been around for centuries but has now been

banned at the Auld Lammas Fair in Ballycastle. Horse-trading will not

be permitted there because of animal welfare concerns. Our

reporter Chris pages in Ballycastle this evening. -- Chris Page.

Every August, tens of thousands of people come here for the Auld

Lammas Fair. It is all the more popular when the weather is as good.

This year for the first time in hundreds of years, no forces will

be on sale. Truck loads of forces are traded at

the Lammas Fair. According to welfare groups, some of the animals

have shown signs of serious neglect. These photographs have been

published by an animal sanctuary on their Facebook page. They show

horses at the fair which did not appear to have been fed properly.

This horse was apparently hurt when a rope was put through its mouth

instead of a bit. This animal's who had not been taken care of. The

council, who owns this land where the horse trading takes place, says

there have been other problems as well. Despite the best will in the

world, this was not an activity that anybody could be proud of and

certainly not something that the local Government should be

promoting or even facilitating. Last night, councillors voted

unanimously to ban horse-trading from the fair. It has been a

feature of the event for generations, probably sensed the

Lammas fair started around for many years ago. So, are the people sorry

to see the end of it? I think Cruelty to animals myself, I

disagree with it. But it is a good thing, it is a bit of a mess. It

attracts the wrong crowd. council says horses would still be

a big part of the fair. We have had negotiations with societies who

have agreed that if we remove the horse-trading, which is a

particularly dangerous activity to my mind, and replace it by shows, a

Shetland pony show and a donkey show, we will upgrade the fair and

probably attract a lot more people. Some councillors are concerned that

horse traders may try to bring their animals to the fair in spite

of the ban. So, the council is having discussions with the police

and animal charities to see how the ban can be enforced. Some people

might think it is a shame to lose the tradition of horse-trading at

the fair, most people I spoke to today in the council's decision is

a good one. Certainly the end of an Era. This

is BBC Newsline, still to come. A special blessing for a nude

statue called Titanica. If you are an Anglican, Catholic, a

Presbyterian, dedicating the sculpture of a woman with heard...

And an exclusive interview with Northern Ireland's Jonny Evans.

The public inquiry into the hospital deaths of five children

has been told that one of the cases, poor record keeping led to

omissions in the boy's cared. And as an expert said there were

serious concerns about how staff cared for Adam Strain, who died in

1995. Marie Louise Connolly was at the inquiry. Remind us, the overall

investigation. The inquiry is investigating the

deaths of three children. Adam Strain, Clare Roberts and Richard

Ferguson. It is also investigating the events following the deaths of

two others. Lucy coffered and, Mitchell. All these children died

while being cared for in the hospital and done for of the deaths

of Certificates, hyponatraemia or is there to be contributing factor.

It is an abnormally low level of sodium in the bloodstream which can

be fatal. It can occur because of the mismanagement of fluids.

Today the focus was on Adam Strain, he was at the Royal Belfast

Hospital for Sick Children. He was four years old when he died

following a kidney transplant. This is a mountain of evidence, but a

statement that we heard from today really did stand out, that was from

Sally Ramsay, who is a nursing expert, she was appointed by the

inquiry team and she said record keeping fell well below the

expected standard, there was no nursing care plan, dialysis details

were not recorded, and there was no prescription details for each cycle

of dialysis that Adam received. And she concluded that as a child in

chronic renal failure about to undergo major surgery, the care

given to Adam before his Special Vehicle Operation structure, which

resulted in on missions in his care. That must have been very difficult

for the family to here. There was a statement from them?

The family still have many unanswered questions, including why

a leading doctor did not play a more active role in the operating

theatre, why it took a different doctor 16 years to recognise that

he had made so many mistakes, where there was such poor communication

between clinicians, and despite an inquest and a police investigation,

there is still no clarity on how many nurses were involved in the

theatre. The expert witness was quoted as saying, Adam's death was

The theft of metal cost hundreds of thousands of pounds in Northern

Ireland every year, and leads to all kinds of problems. Manhole

covers electric cables, phone lines have all been taken by gangs hoping

to make a killing on the price of scrap metal. But now the public is

being asked to help catch the thieves who cost to the UK economy

up to �1 billion a year. Phone cables are a favourite, a

recent theft knocked out of 270 customers. The costs are so big

that BT now has a team of former detectives tried to help catch the

gangs. They also have technology which can detect a cut and have a

police response within 15 minutes. But the thieves will take even

greater risks in pursuing valuable metals. There is a problem with

break-ins at sub-stations, even though they can have fatal

consequences. We have not had any fatalities in

Northern Ireland yet, if we have had some serious injuries, and no

members of the public have been injured so far.

Community street lighting, schools and houses have all been targeted

for things like hot water tanks. It is a huge problem. The Chief Police

officers put to the annual cost to the UK at �1 billion. That is why

the public is being asked to help. It is a vast and growing problem,

so in the last three years the amount of thefts have trebled,

almost 740 incidents in 2011, so it is a significant impact on the

economy. Critics claim their knees to be

more than public bid -- public vigilance. They say new laws are

being looked at. One in England is the ending of pain pash for scrap.

-- paying full stops the Belfast golfer Michael Hurley flew back

from Morocco today, fresh from his latest win Vostok -- Michael Hoey.

Welcome to Shandon Park, where the golfers are enjoying a glorious

evening here in east Belfast. We have come here to catch up with our

latest champion golfer, Michael Hoey. He will be joining me in a

couple of moments. I will also be showing you the trophy he won at

the weekend. First it is to a footballer who is hoping to get his

hands on some silverware, the biggest prize in English football,

the Premier League. Northern Ireland's Jonny Evans has been

Manchester United's most consistent performer this season. Last night,

he was man-of-the-match as they beat Fulham to go back to the top

of the table. In an exclusive interview, Jonny Evans has been

telling us the reason for his recent good form.

Jonny Evans joined Manchester United as a teenager, having grown

up supporting the club. He has already won two lead titles with

them, but this season he is working harder than ever to succeed.

I made a conscious decision to go to bed earlier, get into training

before everyone else and to do a bit of work in the gym and stay

behind afterwards as well. Footballers are tagged with this

idea that they just come in for training for an hour and a half and

go home. Some of the last to do that, but some can get away with it,

but some have to work a lot harder than others, and maybe I am one of

those people who has to put a bit of extra work in.

And he feels his all-round game is benefiting from his dedicating --

dedication up off the pitch. I think I have been inspired by a

lot of people. You get working- class people who get up at 6am and

go to work all day and then go to the gym just keep fit, and I am in

quite a privileged position to be able to be involved with sport.

Jonny Evans has a long way to go if he is to reach the heights of

Manchester United great like George Best. But his hard work is paying

off. He has already played more than 100 games for this famous club,

and he has been a regular in Sir Alex Ferguson's first 11. But he is

taking nothing for granted. The competition that is frightening,

really, you have just got to have belief in your own abilities.

Everyone has blips in their career, and it is about how you respond to

that. I have always been of the opinion that if you really want to

be a Manchester United play and play here for many years to come,

then you are going to have periods when you are going to have blips,

but it is the ones who stay for the long haul who showed character to

come through that. Determination at the charity have

been hallmarks of Jonny Evans' rise to a top adds Old Trafford. -- the

top at Old Trafford. We are here to talk to Michael

Hurley. He won this magnificent trophy for stock -- Michael Hurley

ball stop what did it mean to win this and a bring it back here?

It is special and unique, a unique prize. I do not want to damages,

because it is really expensive! I am just back to see some of the kit

and help them with their games, because I did not get back after a

tournament last year. The people -- the question people

want me to ask you, can you following the footsteps of the

three major winners and make it a quartet for Northern Ireland?

Hopefully, I need to get into more of the majors, and hopefully I can

get into the US Open by staying where I am in the rankings.

You certainly have belief, and you are starting to back-up bombings.

Yes, I feel I am good when I get into contention. -- wins.

The last time you were home you laughed a bit about the Ryder Cup,

but you must now be thinking of a place in it?

Death, I want to play in big tournaments like that and the Irish

Open, I had a really good chance. I would love to have a few holes

tonight! De weather is perfect. Thank you for joining us.

We will stay here for the rest of the sport, after's Stephen Ferris

returns to a full-strength squad for their Pro12 game against a

Aironi on Friday. It is a must-win game for Ulster if they are to stay

on course for a place in the play- Italian opposition for the second

time in a row. The twice capped Irish centre will

move to Exeter at the end of the season, but just when it looked

like Ulster would lose in Italy, he gave Ulster a dramatic injury-time

gave Ulster a dramatic injury-time victory over Treviso. Devastation

victory over Treviso. Devastation of for the Italians.

A great victory but a poor performance.

We were delighted to get a winner, Treviso are a very improved side,

and they have got all the internationals back. From that

point of view, we are delighted with the victory, although we have

a lot of stuff to work on. It all started so differently, with

Treviso scoring an early try. Paddy Wallace and Chris Henry combined

well for Henry to score Warwick -- right under the posts.

But it was the Italian's Tuesday's the initiative after the interval,

the kick catching Ulster out. Paddy Wallace returned from provider to

scorer to set up a thrilling finale in which they scored and nailed the

conversion of for a valuable victory.

It was a great win. Finally, Dylan Hartley has been suspended for

eight games after a disciplinary hearing. He was cited for biting

the think there are asked a's Stephen Ferris during the Six

Nations match against Ireland. -- Ulster's Stephen Ferris.

Another finishing touch was added to Belfast's new Titanic building

this morning. Representatives from the main churches provided eight --

performed a rather unusual ceremony. Chaplains from the four main

churches gathered to get their in Belfast to dedicate a bronze nude.

She is called Titanica, and she is one of the finishing touches being

applied to the outside of Belfast's new Titanic signature building.

We are four different religions dedicating a sculpture of a woman

with her, you know... I really think this is the expression of the

new Belfast. This is who we are these days, a mixture, a melting

pot, add them is a great value in that.

The sculpture weighs nearly a tonne, and the sculptor says it means a

lot -- owes a lot to a movie star. I'd was thinking of figureheads on

ships, and the good luck that a female figure is supposed to bring.

And it was Kate Winslet in Titanic. Do you think you have caught the

look? No, I think she is missing some

features! If Kate would like to model for the next one, I will go

for that, no problem! Surrey little bit of Hollywood

glamour ahead of the grand opening -- opening ceremony this weekend,

when the general public will get their first chance to see inside

this multi-million-pound Titanic building.

Let's get the latest on the weather It looks like we will get another

glorious day before things change. High pressure is in charge, but

over the next couple of days it will move into the Atlantic a bit,

and it will start to bring in cool air. Lots of warm sunshine today,

just sort -- just short of the previous record for the month.

After the high temperatures today, after sunset, they will fall

quickly, we could even get a touch of frost in some areas and some

patchy mist. It is a cool one, but the warm sunshine returns tomorrow.

It could be a slow start, but by the end of the rush hour, the son

will get a little higher and temperatures will respond. We will

find the highest temperatures towards the south-east. It will be

quite warm for Belfast and across the south. It is the north coast

that will feel the difference tomorrow, as the wind goes round. A

bit more about onshore breeze. -- a bit more of an onshore breeze. The

water will still be quite cold at this time of year. Still some