:00:00. > :00:11.Good evening. The ambulance service has declared a major incident at the
:00:12. > :00:15.Odyssey Arena in Belfast after up to 60 teenagers took ill at a gig
:00:16. > :00:19.there. It's understood they're suffering from the effects of drugs
:00:20. > :00:24.and alcohol. Five have been taken to hospital. Helen Jones joins me now
:00:25. > :00:34.from the Odyssey. Helen what more can you tell us.
:00:35. > :00:40.This major incident, as it has been declared, has been ongoing since
:00:41. > :00:43.8pm. Thousands of young people had been attending a DJ set at the
:00:44. > :00:49.Odyssey Arena behind me. What happened here? Just after 8pm, the
:00:50. > :00:55.ambulance service declared a major incident because of the number of
:00:56. > :00:58.resources that we had to deploy to the scene. It was no reflection in
:00:59. > :01:04.the condition of the patients we were dealing with. After 8pm, there
:01:05. > :01:10.was an escalating number of young people coming to the ambulance
:01:11. > :01:14.service displaying vomiting and some of them were unconscious. We
:01:15. > :01:20.declared a major incident and brought in some other resources from
:01:21. > :01:25.outlying areas. We have had a number of paramedics and a nebulous doctor.
:01:26. > :01:29.A number of people have been treated by the medics that were hired by the
:01:30. > :01:33.Odyssey Arena. In total, about 40 patients were treated. The vast
:01:34. > :01:43.majority of them are suffering from the effects of alcohol. A serious
:01:44. > :01:48.error they? -- how serious are they? Seven were taken to hospital, but
:01:49. > :01:51.they are not in a serious condition. We would urge parents watching not
:01:52. > :01:55.to panic because a lot of misinformation is going around about
:01:56. > :02:00.how bad people are, the situation is very much under control. We hope
:02:01. > :02:05.that in the next hour or so, we will be away from the scene. So, it is a
:02:06. > :02:11.major incident, not because of the seriousness, but because it is
:02:12. > :02:17.happening. It is called a serious incident because we have to send out
:02:18. > :02:19.a high number of resources to a particular scene. Nobody seriously
:02:20. > :02:26.injured but some people being treated in hospital, these are young
:02:27. > :02:30.people, 18, 1920 -year-olds. A baby is in a critical condition in
:02:31. > :02:33.hospital after being injured in west Belfast yesterday. A house in
:02:34. > :02:38.Glasvey Park in Twinbrook has been cordoned off and forensic officers
:02:39. > :02:41.are examining the scene. Two brothers have been convicted of
:02:42. > :02:46.a catalogue of sex offences against children. The victims were the
:02:47. > :02:50.daughter and son of one of the men. Another man described as a family
:02:51. > :02:53.friend was acquitted of all charges. The court heard harrowing details of
:02:54. > :03:01.the abuse during the trial in Coleraine, as our reporter David
:03:02. > :03:05.Maxwell now reports. This trial heard stories of
:03:06. > :03:10.unimaginable abuse against two children. At one point, the female
:03:11. > :03:12.victim said she was raped by men during a drunken parties as they
:03:13. > :03:18.watched pornography. Her brother also said he was regularly sexually
:03:19. > :03:23.assaulted and threatened that if he told anyone, the same would be done
:03:24. > :03:27.to his younger brother. The jury heard how the children were punched
:03:28. > :03:30.and had cigarettes stubbed out on their bodies by those that were
:03:31. > :03:35.meant to love them. This went on for years during the 1990s, stopping
:03:36. > :03:41.only when contact from their dad was completely severed. The daughter
:03:42. > :03:44.made complaints to the police and social services, but the full horror
:03:45. > :03:51.was not revealed until both children went to the authorities in May of
:03:52. > :03:54.2012. 15 years later, there was little physical evidence that could
:03:55. > :04:01.be called upon during the trial, no forensically DNA testing could be
:04:02. > :04:07.carried out. A medical examination on the door to his was raped a
:04:08. > :04:10.thousand times proved inconclusive. The jury heard from those that made
:04:11. > :04:14.the claims of abuse and the accused. Today, the jury decided that the
:04:15. > :04:16.victims were telling the truth about the cruelty they suffered growing up
:04:17. > :04:23.with a father and uncle were subjected them to years of abuse for
:04:24. > :04:27.their own sexual gratification. They found a father grilled sea of 31
:04:28. > :04:32.offences in total and the uncle guilty of seven charges. The day
:04:33. > :04:36.before the trial began, both men needed guilty to a series of
:04:37. > :04:39.offences against their own sister in the 1970s and 1980s. But three of
:04:40. > :04:47.the victims were in court, two of them wept as he birdied was
:04:48. > :04:51.delivered. Afterwards, the jury were told that they could be excused from
:04:52. > :04:55.any jury service because of the graphic nature of this trial. These
:04:56. > :04:58.men will be sentenced next month. A former prostitute has made an
:04:59. > :05:01.emotional appeal to the Assembly's Justice Committee to support a
:05:02. > :05:04.proposed law which would make it illegal to pay for sex. Mia De Fweet
:05:05. > :05:07.said prostitution and human trafficking involving women and
:05:08. > :05:16.children, is not compatible with humanity. Committee members, I have
:05:17. > :05:27.two beautiful granddaughters and I want them to grow up... And want
:05:28. > :05:33.them to grow up in a country, on an island, and in a Europe where the
:05:34. > :05:36.bodies to which they had been born into a respected and at no time will
:05:37. > :05:41.they be offered as a like their beloved grandmother. This is my wish
:05:42. > :05:44.for every little girl. Prison service staff who joined
:05:45. > :05:47.after 2002 are to get a special payment because of the threat from
:05:48. > :05:51.dissident republicans. It comes in the week that a man appeared in
:05:52. > :05:54.court charged with killing David Black, the first prison officer to
:05:55. > :05:57.be murdered by paramilitaries in nearly 20 years. The Justice
:05:58. > :06:00.Minister David Ford wrote to the Justice Committee to say that the
:06:01. > :06:06.required ?1.6 million had been found from the current budget.
:06:07. > :06:09.A plan by the Justice Minister to introduce new rules for the
:06:10. > :06:12.appointment of a new Chief Constable has been rejected by the Policing
:06:13. > :06:16.Board. David Ford sparked a political row when he said he wanted
:06:17. > :06:20.to change the rules shortly after Matt Baggott announced his intention
:06:21. > :06:26.to retire. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney
:06:27. > :06:30.reports. There were smiles and best wishes
:06:31. > :06:34.for Matt Baggott at the first meeting of the Policing Board since
:06:35. > :06:41.he announced his retirement. Then, reminder that he has not become
:06:42. > :06:45.yesterday 's man yet. You have not left yet, there are still a lot of
:06:46. > :06:50.to be done, as there are certainly a lot of discussions to be had in the
:06:51. > :06:54.weeks and months. The process to replace him will start next month.
:06:55. > :07:02.The Justice Minister, David Ford, has said he plans to change the
:07:03. > :07:04.rules and removes the stipulation for applicants to have been a Chief
:07:05. > :07:10.Constable outside Northern Ireland for two years. The board has told
:07:11. > :07:14.the minister they will use the existing rules for this recruitment
:07:15. > :07:17.process, which means the Assistant Chief Constable, George Hamilton,
:07:18. > :07:22.who was not at the board meeting today, is the only senior PSNI
:07:23. > :07:26.officer who can apply. It is understood the board would like the
:07:27. > :07:31.process to be depleted by the end of June. The debited chieftains of
:07:32. > :07:34.Judith Gillespie is also on her way out. She retires next month.
:07:35. > :07:43.Judith Gillespie is also on her way deputy Chief Constable Judith Glass
:07:44. > :07:50.B. There are also two candidates sitting on it, and also another
:07:51. > :07:55.possible runner, Drew Harris. The final decision will be made on the
:07:56. > :07:58.proposed changes to the rules for appointing an Chief Constable, the
:07:59. > :08:01.fact that they have into the Justice Minister saying that they intend to
:08:02. > :08:10.stick to the current rules need any change is highly unlikely.
:08:11. > :08:14.The View is coming up after this bulletin, when Gareth Gordon will be
:08:15. > :08:17.looking at whether or not the GAA could have handled negotiations
:08:18. > :08:20.better with residents opposed to the re-development of Casement Park in
:08:21. > :08:23.west Belfast. That's here on BBC One directly after this bulletin.
:08:24. > :08:29.And finally here's Cecilia Daly with the weather forecast.
:08:30. > :08:35.Some clear skies tonight, temperatures will fall away close to
:08:36. > :08:39.freezing. Some pockets of fog and frost and as showers moving later
:08:40. > :08:45.tonight, low temperatures, meaning it could be icy in places for a
:08:46. > :08:48.while tomorrow morning. It will be another bright day and we will see
:08:49. > :08:52.some sun shines again. Some early showers, they will not last during
:08:53. > :08:57.the day and will move away fairly quickly through the early part of
:08:58. > :09:02.the morning. A quiet day for many parts of Britain and Ireland, much
:09:03. > :09:05.drier across the South of England as the rain continues to move away.
:09:06. > :09:11.Some showers across the South and West and they are coming tomorrow
:09:12. > :09:15.evening. For most places, a lot of the day will be dry with sunshine.
:09:16. > :09:19.Later in the afternoon, the sun will disappear across the South and West
:09:20. > :09:24.and it will feel chilly with some late showers. Tomorrow night, things
:09:25. > :09:31.going downhill with the wet weather from the south-west and the breeze
:09:32. > :09:36.strengthening. Some high costs. The Rangers away by Saturday morning,
:09:37. > :09:39.but six hours of rain on Friday night courtesy of this area of low
:09:40. > :09:45.pressure which affects most of Britain this weekend. It means there
:09:46. > :09:49.will be an unsettled weekend with further spells of rain and showers
:09:50. > :09:55.on Saturday and Sunday. A strong wind at times and possibly Sunday
:09:56. > :10:00.the better of the two days. That's it for now. Good night.
:10:01. > :10:01.keep this and settled theme going right