:00:00. > 3:59:59which is going to hit the Philippines on our website. That is
:00:00. > :00:17.all Good evening and welcome to BBC
:00:18. > :00:20.Newsline. The headlines...
:00:21. > :00:22.A double murder trial hears a harrowing account of a couple's
:00:23. > :00:27.pleas for help after they were attacked and burned.
:00:28. > :00:32.A woman with two broken legs and Alzheimer's Disease is left on an
:00:33. > :00:35.ambulance trolley in the rain. As AP McCoy reaches an unprecedented
:00:36. > :00:45.4000th win, we're live with the McCoy clan in Moneyglass.
:00:46. > :00:50.Why the squeeze on our salaries could be here for some time.
:00:51. > :00:59.It's been a blustery day of sunshine and showers. Tonight the winds ease
:01:00. > :01:02.and it's another cold night ahead. A neighbour of the murdered couple
:01:03. > :01:05.Thomas O'Hare and Lisa McClatchey has been describing how they made
:01:06. > :01:11.desperate pleas for help on the night they were attacked. The pair
:01:12. > :01:16.died after their house was set on fire in November 2006. Four
:01:17. > :01:21.brothers, Christopher, Martin, Niall and Stephen Smith, are currently on
:01:22. > :01:31.trial for their murders. Gordon Adair reports. Hardly a thing has
:01:32. > :01:38.changed here at Foley Road in the seven years since Thomas O'Hare and
:01:39. > :01:43.Lisa McClatchey were killed. On that night Seamus Loughran was sitting in
:01:44. > :01:49.his home just yards from where I am standing. He was watching a football
:01:50. > :01:55.match. Around 9pm he heard a knock on his front door. His daughter
:01:56. > :01:58.slammed shut and she came running in in hysterics saying there was
:01:59. > :02:02.someone outside covered in blood. Not knowing what was happening, he
:02:03. > :02:09.locked the door work then heard a female voice outside. He went
:02:10. > :02:14.outside to Lisa McClatchey and described how he found her naked
:02:15. > :02:20.from the waist down. She was unable to see although she was conscious
:02:21. > :02:23.and able to tell her -- him what had happened. She asked him to remove
:02:24. > :02:27.her belt because it was still burning and he wrapped in the
:02:28. > :02:32.dressing gown of his wife. He spoke to the emergency services - before
:02:33. > :02:38.running down to the house which was fully ablaze. Flames were leaping
:02:39. > :02:42.through the roof. He called Thomas O'Hare and he heard a muffled voice
:02:43. > :02:49.-- muffled voice by the side of the road. He found Thomas O'Hare, and
:02:50. > :02:54.said he was so badly injured he was barely -- barely recognisable. He
:02:55. > :02:58.ran back to the house, grabbed a sheet and by this time another
:02:59. > :03:02.neighbour had arrived. They managed to get him onto a sheet and carried
:03:03. > :03:12.him back to the house. Never has done little to be done. The case
:03:13. > :03:15.continues. The Belfast Health Trust has
:03:16. > :03:17.apologised to the family of a 76-year-old woman with two broken
:03:18. > :03:20.legs and early onset Alzheimers Disease who was transferred between
:03:21. > :03:25.hospitals in the middle of the night, then left lying on a trolley
:03:26. > :03:28.in the rain for a time. Her family say she should never have been moved
:03:29. > :03:32.in this way and they're angry that they weren't informed until the next
:03:33. > :03:41.day. BBC Newsline's Mervyn Jess has more. 76-year-old Josie McIlvenny
:03:42. > :03:45.book both knees in a and thought that government hospital was bad
:03:46. > :03:50.enough. But she did not think she would be broken up from her sleep at
:03:51. > :03:53.midnight and transferred from the Victoria Hospital to Musgrave Park
:03:54. > :03:56.Hospital. The ambulance crew found that the doors were locked and the
:03:57. > :04:01.elderly patient was left out in the rain while someone found the keys.
:04:02. > :04:06.Her family say they understand the need to free up is but a bet that
:04:07. > :04:11.they are angry and disgusted at how she was treated. Domain. They said
:04:12. > :04:26.you had not tried it don't like this. I thought she had died and was
:04:27. > :04:30.going to work. They say that now is that she was being discharged to a
:04:31. > :04:36.home business to them. She had been declared medically fit to be marked.
:04:37. > :04:40.It was a very bad made that night. Not know where she was going, with
:04:41. > :04:48.small classes, no dentures so she could not talk, no hearing aids so
:04:49. > :04:51.she could not hear, to then be brought to the hospital, into an
:04:52. > :04:57.ambulance and not knowing the people that were bringing her, to be put
:04:58. > :05:02.across town, that is scandalous. Yes, it is hands up and I have
:05:03. > :05:07.apologised, but in reality when the plan to move patients, he had in
:05:08. > :05:13.mind that night, younger, fitter people. They would have been able to
:05:14. > :05:16.cope with the man better. He did not get that right and we have taken
:05:17. > :05:21.immediate steps and learned from this quickly. We have already
:05:22. > :05:25.changed protocol for any amendments to Musgrave Park Hospital to make
:05:26. > :05:27.sure this will not happen again. Josie McIlvenny is back in the Royal
:05:28. > :05:35.Victoria for her treatment continues.
:05:36. > :05:39.An investigation is being carried out into an incident last night when
:05:40. > :05:42.a police officer fired a shot in south Belfast. It happened when four
:05:43. > :05:46.men were arrested in the Donegall Road area after a car chase. As is
:05:47. > :05:47.routine when the police open fire, the Police Ombudsman's Office is
:05:48. > :05:51.investigating. A man has been rescued from a van
:05:52. > :05:54.which ended up suspended over a river bridge following a crash near
:05:55. > :05:58.Draperstown. The van was left hanging six metres above water. It
:05:59. > :06:03.had been in a collision with a lorry at Altagoan Bridge on the
:06:04. > :06:07.Magherafelt Road last night. Police have searched a number of
:06:08. > :06:09.properties near Maghera. They say a large quantity of cannabis plants
:06:10. > :06:18.have been recovered during the operation.
:06:19. > :06:23.After days of wondering will he or won't he, the champion jockey Tony
:06:24. > :06:26.McCoy has ridden his 4,000th winner. The man from Moneyglass in County
:06:27. > :06:30.Antrim reached the milestone in a novice hurdle in the 3:10 at
:06:31. > :06:39.Towcester in England to create a new chapter in racing history as Gavin
:06:40. > :06:45.Andrew reports. The elation and emotion of 4000 career wins. Tony
:06:46. > :06:48.McCoy has reached an unprecedented total that came in unlikely
:06:49. > :06:57.circumstances when he looked beaten, but it was so typically Tony McCoy.
:06:58. > :07:04.Surely he can't. And Tommy McCarthy comes through! And -- a tremendous
:07:05. > :07:14.attack. -- Tony McCoy. A thousand wins. And with that, the man from
:07:15. > :07:18.Moneyglass completed a quest 21 years in the chasing. It is an
:07:19. > :07:24.amazing feeling. For the first time in my life I am proud of what they
:07:25. > :07:28.achieved. My wife and my daughter, whose birthday is tomorrow, and my
:07:29. > :07:33.little boy, my father and my brother are here. It is physically and
:07:34. > :07:39.mentally demanding at times, but there is no better sport. I work
:07:40. > :07:42.with great people and I have read and some fantastic courses. You
:07:43. > :07:47.could not without the horses and the boys that look after them. The
:07:48. > :07:52.punters and people who turn up today make this sport what it is. To make
:07:53. > :08:01.-- give the sport some perspective, Richard Johnson lies almost 1500
:08:02. > :08:05.wins behind Tony McCoy. Only three jockeys had passed 2000 wins. At the
:08:06. > :08:08.denying you so that he shows no signs of retiring from the sport he
:08:09. > :08:13.has dominated and he has already well on the way to the 19th straight
:08:14. > :08:19.season as Champion Jockey, niche -- probably should not write 20 total
:08:20. > :08:23.champions for one of the sports most driven people.
:08:24. > :08:27.And stay with us because later in the programme we're going live to
:08:28. > :08:34.Moneyglass to speak to Tony McCoy's family.
:08:35. > :08:42.Also coming up, Mark Simpson talks money. Wedges are not going up. I
:08:43. > :08:47.there any imminent -- is there any end in sight of a squeeze? We will
:08:48. > :08:51.find out. -- wages. The Director General of the Security
:08:52. > :08:54.Service says MI5 hasn't taken its eye off threats in Northern Ireland
:08:55. > :08:59.in order to concentrate on Islamist terror groups. Sir Andrew Parker
:09:00. > :09:03.told a Westminster Committee that MI5 retained a substantial
:09:04. > :09:06.commitment here. He acknowledged there are still murders, but argued
:09:07. > :09:14.that the threat won't last forever, and eventually Northern Ireland will
:09:15. > :09:19.be free of terrorism. The people that we are talking about, the
:09:20. > :09:25.terrorists, or a small number of people, a residue of terrorism from
:09:26. > :09:32.what I would call a bygone era. Northern Ireland, as you know, may
:09:33. > :09:35.have done 15 years ago with the Good Friday Agreement and the decision to
:09:36. > :09:39.move forward democratically. Northern Ireland is now a modelling
:09:40. > :09:45.and civic society which terrorism has no place in.
:09:46. > :09:48.The Chairman of a public inquiry has said after considering the evidence
:09:49. > :09:52.so far it is difficult not to believe there was a "cover up" in
:09:53. > :09:55.the deaths of five children in local hospitals. Mr Justice O'Hara was
:09:56. > :09:57.responding to evidence given by a former Chief Medical Officer. Our
:09:58. > :10:03.health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly was at the inquiry in
:10:04. > :10:10.Banbridge. Among the many issues explored in the proceedings today
:10:11. > :10:13.was exactly what about the deaths of these five children and highly
:10:14. > :10:17.critical information about the deaths was not shared between
:10:18. > :10:21.doctors, the health trusts and senior people within the Department
:10:22. > :10:27.of Health. Information which may have been incriminating, but which
:10:28. > :10:30.could have saved lives. Among the senior health officials is Doctor
:10:31. > :10:36.Henrietta Campbell, who was the Chief Medical Officer between 1995
:10:37. > :10:42.and 2006. The inquiry heard that it was during that time that all five
:10:43. > :10:47.children died in local hospitals. The condition was the mismanagement
:10:48. > :10:51.of fluids. The spate being the central figure in promoting health
:10:52. > :10:57.policy and good is, Doctor Campbell said she was only ever made aware of
:10:58. > :11:01.one of the deaths. -- despite being. In response to asking why it had
:11:02. > :11:05.taken over five years to set up a system reporting deaths, she said
:11:06. > :11:10.she could not defend why it had taken so long. Responding to that,
:11:11. > :11:15.the chairman said he was accepting her comment a major management of
:11:16. > :11:19.failing either department. In 2001, a working group was established to
:11:20. > :11:25.produce guidelines on the mismanagement of fluids, but the
:11:26. > :11:29.inquiry heard that some doctors had never acknowledged to children in
:11:30. > :11:32.their care had died. Acknowledging the comments of Doctor Campbell, the
:11:33. > :11:36.chairman said it was not just an accident. These deaths were not
:11:37. > :11:41.brought to your attention. There was an inquiry that in the case of
:11:42. > :11:50.another child, her death was wrongly certified stock the coroner was not
:11:51. > :11:54.modified and no W. This mother must be set in thinking this was not just
:11:55. > :11:58.an accident. Let me put it in their terms. They must think that it is a
:11:59. > :12:04.cover-up. Why should I not leave that was a cover-up? Protecting us,
:12:05. > :12:09.these families have accused the health trust of a cover-up. Today
:12:10. > :12:13.Doctor Campbell apologised for her comments in a BBC interview where
:12:14. > :12:15.she said her words were poorly crafted and that she had been
:12:16. > :12:22.properly briefed. The inquiry continues.
:12:23. > :12:25.The police have denied bullying a ten-year-old boy into changing his
:12:26. > :12:28.statement about what he saw before a Dungannon woman was murdered.
:12:29. > :12:31.Roseann Mallon's death in 1994 is one of 29 during the Troubles which
:12:32. > :12:34.are being examined amid allegations of collusion between the security
:12:35. > :12:45.forces and loyalists. Helen Jones reports. 70 sexual Roseann Mallon
:12:46. > :12:48.were shot dead by the UVF when she was watching television at her
:12:49. > :12:55.sister in laws has. -- Roseann Mallon, aged 76. Gareth Loughran, a
:12:56. > :13:04.child of the time, described what he saw. The next day, after he was
:13:05. > :13:07.visited at home by two RUC detective, was, he changed his
:13:08. > :13:13.statement saying that he had said originally was lies. In evidence
:13:14. > :13:17.given earlier, Mr Lofgren said he felt he was being interrogated by
:13:18. > :13:22.police. He said they were with him for two hours without his parents
:13:23. > :13:26.being present. They tried to get me to change my statement he said. The
:13:27. > :13:31.two detectives gave evidence today and were asked whether the bird's
:13:32. > :13:35.parents were there. David Stewart replied I cannot recall being
:13:36. > :13:43.there, never mind his parents. It was not good practice. Asked if he
:13:44. > :13:51.was pressurised, he said I would not only 18-year-old. -- the bird's
:13:52. > :13:55.parents. Detective Euan Ballantyne said he went to talk to the bird to
:13:56. > :13:59.clear up any ambiguity. A barrister acting for the mall and family asked
:14:00. > :14:05.him if the child admitted to telling lies. I have no recollection, he
:14:06. > :14:09.added, saying if I wanted in a statement he must have said it. Mr
:14:10. > :14:13.Ballantyne said it was grossly exaggerated that they had spent two
:14:14. > :14:17.hours with the child. After was mission accomplished when the child
:14:18. > :14:27.retracted his statement, he replied, absolutely not. That is factually
:14:28. > :14:32.incorrect. The inquest continues. A County Court judge has accused a
:14:33. > :14:36.commission led by the Lord Chief Justice of acting illegally by not
:14:37. > :14:43.offering him a job as a High Court judge. He appeared before the
:14:44. > :14:48.Justice committee at Stormont to complain about the decision by the
:14:49. > :14:50.Northern Ireland judicial appointments commission.
:14:51. > :14:57.Taking a step no judge has taken before. Desmond Maren appeared
:14:58. > :15:01.before the committee this afternoon to complain about not being
:15:02. > :15:06.appointed as a High Court judge. He told members he was not appointed
:15:07. > :15:14.despite finishing one mark ahead of his only challenger for the job.
:15:15. > :15:22.This is unfair. If Rory McIlroy from last year by one shot, no one would
:15:23. > :15:30.tell him to play off. The decision was taken by the judicial
:15:31. > :15:35.appointments commission. The chairman of the selection committee
:15:36. > :15:42.was another senior judge. A County Court judge for ten years, Desmond
:15:43. > :15:48.Maren was asked to give his verdict on the decision. Did they break the
:15:49. > :16:00.law by failing not to appoint you? Yes. Yes in my view they did. It was
:16:01. > :16:04.an illegal act in my view. The judge says he believes members of the
:16:05. > :16:09.commission were determined he would not be appointed after he complained
:16:10. > :16:13.about the process being conducted. He wants the Justice committee to
:16:14. > :16:18.launch a review of the commission which he says is not fit for
:16:19. > :16:22.purpose. Later this month, said Declan and Morgan will leave his
:16:23. > :16:27.chambers and travel to Stormont to appear before the Justice committee
:16:28. > :16:31.and respond to the claims and criticisms made today. In a
:16:32. > :16:36.statement, the judicial appointments commission said they were satisfied
:16:37. > :16:40.the decision not to appoint Desmond was not unfair.
:16:41. > :16:52.Still to come on BBC Newsline before seven: Mark Sidebottom is in
:16:53. > :16:55.Moneyglass. The magical 4000 milestone has been reached. We hear
:16:56. > :17:03.what Tony McCoy's mother makes of it all.
:17:04. > :17:06.The financial squeeze on our pockets looks as if it could continue for
:17:07. > :17:10.some time to come. A new report indicates that next year the value
:17:11. > :17:14.of salaries will fall for a sixth year in a row. One of the main
:17:15. > :17:17.reasons is the rising cost of utility bills. Mark Simpson examines
:17:18. > :17:27.if there is any good news in sight for hard-pressed homes.
:17:28. > :17:32.Prices are rising steadily, salaries are not. And many working families
:17:33. > :17:37.are feeling the pinch. In the past year, people have paid a high price
:17:38. > :17:46.for the cost of living. Prices have gone up by 2.7% but salaries by less
:17:47. > :17:51.than 1%. Laura lives in Antrim with her husband and five-year-old son.
:17:52. > :17:57.With prices rising she has had to cut back when it comes to shopping
:17:58. > :18:03.and every penny counts. Even silly things like how much is it for
:18:04. > :18:11.tomato sauce? Even if I am saving 30p, I feel better because that 30p
:18:12. > :18:15.can go towards my son. Patrick is six weeks old. His mum and dad are
:18:16. > :18:30.happy to cope with the squeeze on their finances. -- having. Others
:18:31. > :18:34.are cutting back on holidays and nights out. Almost everyone you talk
:18:35. > :18:38.to on the high street says it is getting tougher and tougher to make
:18:39. > :18:44.ends meet. But is there any good news on the horizon? Unfortunately
:18:45. > :18:51.the squeeze will continue for probably another one - two years.
:18:52. > :18:54.Beyond that we probably will see wages going back above the growth
:18:55. > :18:59.rate of inflation, which traditionally is where they have
:19:00. > :19:05.been. These are the sort of clothes that many give away for free but
:19:06. > :19:10.during hard times, some are selling rather than donating. This company
:19:11. > :19:17.buys old clothes and is surprised by some of its newest customers. We are
:19:18. > :19:21.seeing it is middle-class people and a lot of self-employed people, a lot
:19:22. > :19:28.of people with young families, it even both people, couples working.
:19:29. > :19:33.It seems to be more that kind of people affected. It is a modern form
:19:34. > :19:40.of recycling and it is also a sign of the times.
:19:41. > :19:43.An area once blighted by decaying homes with outdoor toilets is being
:19:44. > :19:46.rejuvenated by one of the biggest regeneration projects of its kind.
:19:47. > :19:50.That's the belief of the minister responsible for housing, who says
:19:51. > :19:52.Stormont is on course to deliver its target for new homes. Our business
:19:53. > :19:58.correspondent Julian O'Neill has more.
:19:59. > :20:05.The Village area has enjoyed years of decline. Condemned houses stand
:20:06. > :20:11.on forgotten streets but a new era has dawned with a new homes
:20:12. > :20:16.programme. Nelson McCausland to the beginnings of a ?3.5 million
:20:17. > :20:22.regeneration project, one which residents told him was lent over
:20:23. > :20:27.June. It will be lovely once it is down. At the minute it is a bit of a
:20:28. > :20:34.nightmare but it will take time and once they are built it will be fine.
:20:35. > :20:38.Outside toilets were common until recently and vandalism and
:20:39. > :20:42.anti-social behaviour caused problems. Protesters picketed
:20:43. > :20:46.Stormont complaining of some of the worst housing anywhere in the city.
:20:47. > :20:51.More than 100 new homes will eventually stand here but it is just
:20:52. > :20:55.part of a much wider social housing programme across Northern Ireland.
:20:56. > :21:00.The Stormont executive has pledged to build 6000 new low rent homes
:21:01. > :21:04.during its four-year programme for government but in order to meet that
:21:05. > :21:22.target, housing associations are going to have to step up their
:21:23. > :21:24.construction programmes over the next 18 months. If I was not
:21:25. > :21:26.aspirational, you would condemn me. We need to be aspirational, said
:21:27. > :21:29.good targets and the challenge we have thrown out to the housing
:21:30. > :21:34.associations, we will achieve the target. The redevelopment will fall
:21:35. > :21:36.short of 5000 homes but the programme will ensure the
:21:37. > :21:43.foundations are in place for its rebirth.
:21:44. > :21:46.Now back to that news that the jump jockey Tony McCoy today reached an
:21:47. > :21:49.unprecedented 4,000 career wins. A quite remarkable achievement. Mark
:21:50. > :21:51.Sidebottom is in Tony's hometown of Moneyglass. They're used to him
:21:52. > :22:02.winning but this one is quite special. It is and an indication of
:22:03. > :22:10.that is this is arguably the busiest kitchen in Moneyglass. They are all
:22:11. > :22:19.here. Next door I can tell you, all the men are in there. He is mum
:22:20. > :22:26.Claire, the most nervous mum in or alive Antrim. How proud are you? I
:22:27. > :22:35.am absolutely delighted for him, for racing, for everything. I feel
:22:36. > :22:42.great. Take a look at this picture. He means so much to you. You have
:22:43. > :22:49.not even spoken to him yet. His father hasn't spoken to him and he
:22:50. > :22:55.is actually with him. Probably later on we will talk to him. You were so
:22:56. > :23:04.nervous you did not watch the race. Only as you call him, Al Anthony,
:23:05. > :23:13.could have teased the horse over the line. I felt as if I was carrying
:23:14. > :23:19.him and the horse! I thought at the last hurdle he had no chance of
:23:20. > :23:26.winning but he cajoled it to win. The other macro Jane and Anne-Marie
:23:27. > :23:34.here, it is pink champagne all the way. It has been an unprecedented
:23:35. > :23:40.day for Tony and the family and Moneyglass. It has been an amazing
:23:41. > :23:47.day for us and the family. Tony has had so many supporters here for
:23:48. > :23:53.almost 20 years now, so everybody is delighted he has made this for
:23:54. > :24:06.thousandth win and we will celebrate and enjoy it. Girl Anne-Marie, your
:24:07. > :24:13.niece is six tomorrow. I sent his daughter a wish of happy birthday.
:24:14. > :24:20.We certainly will be celebrating tonight. He has invited everyone to
:24:21. > :24:30.his pub in England to celebrate. The final word to mum. Through every one
:24:31. > :24:44.of those for salads -- 4000 winnings, you have shared the axed.
:24:45. > :24:53.I can't convince him to hang it up. He will not listen. We will see.
:24:54. > :25:01.From the McQuarrie clan kitchen, it is back to Belfast. Rugby and Paddy
:25:02. > :25:08.Jackson has won all four Ulster man who will start for Ireland on
:25:09. > :25:16.Saturday. The fly half has impressed for his problems this season and
:25:17. > :25:23.comes in for the injured Johnny 16. Glad to be involved and I think
:25:24. > :25:28.everyone is looking forward to showing what they can do, trying to
:25:29. > :25:32.impress Joe. He knows what he wants and he gets that across to the
:25:33. > :25:42.players. Really good clarity between everyone. Likewise, trying to learn
:25:43. > :25:47.as much as I can. It has been a properly blustery day as that
:25:48. > :25:52.low-pressure system came very close to the north coast.
:25:53. > :26:00.What that has meant is we have seen Gusts of 40 or 50 mph. Tonight that
:26:01. > :26:03.has two impacts. We should avoid a widespread frost overnight and it
:26:04. > :26:11.means some of those show to continue. We have some of those
:26:12. > :26:15.showers persisting overnight. The extra cloud means temperatures will
:26:16. > :26:22.not drop as much as they did last night. Tomorrow, and East West split
:26:23. > :26:27.developing. It will stay cloudy and showery across the western half with
:26:28. > :26:33.the best of the dry conditions for the Eastern counties. It will be a
:26:34. > :26:37.cold day wherever you are. Top temperatures of around seven or
:26:38. > :26:43.eight degrees during the day on Friday. There is clear skies during
:26:44. > :26:48.the day mean that as we go into the evening, temperatures drop away
:26:49. > :26:54.sharply so overnight lows of around one or two degrees. Quite a chilly
:26:55. > :26:58.start to the weekend. Because it gets so called on Friday night,
:26:59. > :27:03.temperatures on Saturday will struggle to get going. Plenty of
:27:04. > :27:08.brightness around, highs of seven or eight degrees. We have a change on
:27:09. > :27:22.the way as we go towards the weekend. This warm front heading
:27:23. > :27:24.towards us. It should be with us on Sunday. The timings are a bit
:27:25. > :27:27.difficult at the moment but we expect Sunday to start chilly and
:27:28. > :27:30.bright. By the afternoon that front could bring in 30 millimetres of
:27:31. > :27:34.rain across Northern Ireland on Sunday afternoon. The pattern of
:27:35. > :27:39.sunshine and showers continues through the weekend. Warm up by the
:27:40. > :27:45.time we get to the start of next week. Acrylate summary is that
:27:46. > :27:47.10:25pm. Thank you for watching. Goodbye.