11/03/2014

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:00:00. > 3:59:59That is all from us. Don't forget there's a first look

:00:00. > :00:12.Hello and welcome to BBC Newsline. The BBC has learned that the Belfast

:00:13. > :00:15.Health Trust is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death

:00:16. > :00:18.of an elderly patient in the emergency department of the Royal

:00:19. > :00:21.Victoria Hospital. The woman was brought to the Royal's emergency

:00:22. > :00:24.department last month and lay on a trolley for four hours before being

:00:25. > :00:27.seen by a consultant. While the woman was elderly and extremely ill,

:00:28. > :00:31.there's concern that the delay may have been a factor in her death

:00:32. > :00:34.which occurred around seven hours after she'd arrived in the

:00:35. > :00:37.department. The health trust is currently examining five other cases

:00:38. > :00:42.where a delay in treatment could have been a contributing factor in

:00:43. > :00:45.the death. Meanwhile in another development

:00:46. > :00:48.today and just weeks after telling BBC Newsline he wouldn't resign, the

:00:49. > :00:51.Chief Executive of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Colm

:00:52. > :00:55.Donaghy, announced he was quitting and moving to a new post in England.

:00:56. > :01:04.Our Health Correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly reports. While

:01:05. > :01:10.it is there to shoot -- treat critically ill patients, the

:01:11. > :01:16.department itself has been in a critical position. The college of

:01:17. > :01:19.emergency medical report described the department as being

:01:20. > :01:31.non-sustainable. News that waiting times had

:01:32. > :01:41.contributed to the deaths of five patients last year followed. I

:01:42. > :01:44.cannot continue to deliver added benefit of the publishing of Belfast

:01:45. > :01:56.and to the patients would depend on us for K -- care. Spending around ?3

:01:57. > :02:01.million daily with a staff of over 20,000, the Belfast trust is the

:02:02. > :02:10.second-largest the UK. For this chair, it is a thankless task. He

:02:11. > :02:14.did an excellent job in the Northern trust was at this is the most

:02:15. > :02:17.difficult job in Northern Ireland. I do not think anybody else could have

:02:18. > :02:26.done better. We would struggle to get someone to take it on. That is

:02:27. > :02:35.clearly issues about bed shortages and the need to staff up. The BBC

:02:36. > :02:39.understands there may be further changes in June when the permanent

:02:40. > :02:51.secretary is involved in A.D. Shuffle. The Spotlight is fixed on

:02:52. > :02:55.one man. I think the Minister needs to take positive decisions to

:02:56. > :03:04.safeguard and secure the delivery of services for patients within all of

:03:05. > :03:09.Northern Ireland. Colm Donaghy 's future remains in her. He takes a

:03:10. > :03:13.proposed in England in the summer. The key witness in the trial of two

:03:14. > :03:17.men accused of beating an Armagh man to death, has told a court it was

:03:18. > :03:20.the victim who started the fight. But the witness, who is the former

:03:21. > :03:23.girlfriend of one of the defendants, said what happened had become "more

:03:24. > :03:35.than a fight". Gordon Adair reports from Armagh Crown Court. Lindsay was

:03:36. > :03:38.walking along this path with two men when she spotted Lee Smith coming

:03:39. > :03:47.across this bridge. She says she saw him and Nigel Wilson square up to

:03:48. > :03:54.each other. She says Lee Smith went for Michael Wilson and a fight

:03:55. > :04:00.began. She urged another man to break it up but then he joined in.

:04:01. > :04:08.The two men then overpowered Mr Smith. Michael Wilson then capped an

:04:09. > :04:15.punching and kicking the man who the prosecution say was defenceless on

:04:16. > :04:30.the ground. She said he was covered in such -- and so much blood he was

:04:31. > :04:35.and recognisable. The former girlfriend gave evidence about how

:04:36. > :04:46.he had become involved in and I command at a party the evening

:04:47. > :04:54.before. Somebody had thrown a garden ornament at the wall of the house.

:04:55. > :04:59.He went out, angry. He was intent on finding who had done it.

:05:00. > :05:02.Lady Justice Hallett has been appointed to conduct an independent

:05:03. > :05:06.review of the On the Runs scheme following the collapse of the John

:05:07. > :05:09.Downey Trial, one of the men accused of the IRA Hyde Park bombing. Lady

:05:10. > :05:12.Hallett, who will report to the Secretary of State Theresa Villiers,

:05:13. > :05:16.has a legal career spanning four decades.

:05:17. > :05:19.The former US Diplomat Richard Haass says the controversy over the on the

:05:20. > :05:23.run letters doesn't justify any party walking away from

:05:24. > :05:26.negotiatioins. Dr Haass chaired months of talks trying to deal with

:05:27. > :05:30.problems associated with flags, parades and the past. Speaking to a

:05:31. > :05:33.congressional committee in Washington this afternoon he

:05:34. > :05:46.expressed his concerns about the potential for increased division in

:05:47. > :05:49.the community here. What worries me in that kind of environment where

:05:50. > :05:55.politics does not appear to be making progress alienation continues

:05:56. > :06:02.to fester and violence could re-emerge. It is premature to put

:06:03. > :06:07.Northern Ireland, as much as we would like to, in the outbox of

:06:08. > :06:11.problems solved. I would love forehead to be there. I look forward

:06:12. > :06:13.to that Dave was a bit is not there yet.

:06:14. > :06:17.Two wallabies are still on the loose in County Down. The mother and her

:06:18. > :06:20.joey escaped from privately-owned land in Clough near Newcastle on

:06:21. > :06:27.Friday. Our reporter Mark Simpson spent the day on their trail. This

:06:28. > :06:35.is what they are looking for. Wallabies. To escape here on Friday

:06:36. > :06:39.evening. In Newcastle, it is the talk of the town. People have been

:06:40. > :06:49.out searching for the Walkabout Wallabies. Several times we got up

:06:50. > :07:00.and had a look about them being missing. We looked around where we

:07:01. > :07:03.are that there were no sightings. People are keeping an eye open for

:07:04. > :07:10.that we are hopeful that they will turn up. The little Joey is only

:07:11. > :07:13.four weeks old. Anybody who spots the mother and baby is advised not

:07:14. > :07:22.to approach them but to contact the police. They are unlikely of

:07:23. > :07:26.attacking a person. It would be protective towards its young. The

:07:27. > :07:33.future will be spooked by people, dog walkers or whoever. How many do

:07:34. > :07:44.you think we have in Northern Ireland? We have a field that are

:07:45. > :07:54.good at getting out. We have had a few. There are a number and they

:07:55. > :07:58.seem adept at getting out. The problem for the search teams is that

:07:59. > :08:01.that are so many different places to look. Miles upon miles of

:08:02. > :08:08.countryside. If that was not bad enough, you also have the mourns.

:08:09. > :08:14.The Walkabout Wallabies may be a long way from home.

:08:15. > :08:20.Now with the weather here's Barra Best.

:08:21. > :08:25.We have had another cracking spring day with plenty of sunshine. It is

:08:26. > :08:31.much more to come tomorrow. We are in for a chilly night. Temperatures

:08:32. > :08:36.will fall to freezing in many places. There will be a widespread

:08:37. > :08:39.frost and there will be dense pockets of fog as well. A chilly

:08:40. > :08:46.start tomorrow but it will brighten up as we go through the morning.

:08:47. > :08:50.Tomorrow morning, the frost will slowly lift. Some of the fog will be

:08:51. > :08:56.slow to clear as well. Visibility problems on some roads. Otherwise,

:08:57. > :09:02.the high pressure remains in control across Britain and Ireland tomorrow.

:09:03. > :09:04.The best of the early morning sunshine across Scotland and down

:09:05. > :09:09.through northern England and into Wales. As we go through the day,

:09:10. > :09:12.there will be some good spells of sunshine to enjoy. Towards the North

:09:13. > :09:23.and West, integers of about 11 Celsius. -- temperatures. Out and

:09:24. > :09:27.about tomorrow, you will need the umbrella -- you will not need the

:09:28. > :09:41.umbrella. Feeling quite pleasant. Tomorrow evening, cloudier but is

:09:42. > :09:48.largely dry day on Thursday. Both places staying dry. It will be a

:09:49. > :09:50.similar picture as we head into the weekend.

:09:51. > :09:54.That's it for now. You can keep up to date with News Online and follow

:09:55. > :09:55.this programme on Facebook and Twitter. From BBC Newsline,

:09:56. > :10:01.goodnight. Cobb faces death by lethal

:10:02. > :10:03.injection on Thursday... I'm an unregenerable

:10:04. > :10:07.speck of cancer that needs to be This is justice.

:10:08. > :10:11.They were evil kids. Killing me is not going to give

:10:12. > :10:14.anyone the peace that they're looking for. I can't forgive this.

:10:15. > :10:19.I don't want to forgive this.