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BBC News at Six so it's goodbye from me

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Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline: Northern Ireland's richest

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man, Lord Ballyedmond is among four people killed in a helicopter crash

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in England. I'm live at the scene. It's emerged

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the Conservative peer had raised concerns about the safety of the

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helicopter which crashed. An under-car booby trap bomb is

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found on a road in West Belfast. Two self-confessed paedophile

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brothers are jailed for over 50 years for child abuse.

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A workman is rescued after he got stuck 50 feet above the ground while

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painting a lighthouse in County Down.

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On the day Northern Ireland and Newry land an historic one-two at

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the Cheltenham Festival, all-time leading jockey Ruby Walsh lands in

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hospital with a broken arm. Another cloudy day today, but

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tomorrow is looking very nice indeed. I'll have all the details

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just before 7pm. Investigators have spent the day

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sifting through the wreckage of last night's helicopter crash in England

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in which four people were killed, including Northern Ireland's richest

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man, Lord Ballyedmond, Eddie Haughey. A County Down man, Declan

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Small from Mayobridge, also lost his life. The helicopter came down in a

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field near the Conservative peer's home in Norfolk. Our reporter Chris

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Page is near the scene. People living in this normally quiet part

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of rural England cannot quite believe today that it has been the

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scene of such a catastrophic crash. The accident almost 24 hours ago

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killed Lord by Ben and -- Lord Ballyedmond, and three men who

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worked for the firm he ran. Today police and asked by fax accident

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investigators have been examining the wreck of the helicopter. It

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looks like no-one on board the helicopter had a chance of surviving

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the crash. The aircraft smashed into the ground, just minutes into its

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flight to Northern Ireland and just yards from Lord Ballyedmond's

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English country mansion. Just over there is Gillingham Hall, a stately

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home owned by the family. The helicopter took off on the grounds

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of the estate. It is not clear what went wrong when it was in the air

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but the helicopter came down in the field just beyond those trees. There

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was thick fog here last night, but today conditions improved, giving

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the police the chance to do their work. Close examinations of the

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scene are taking place, including support from parental officers.

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Specialists detect those from the major investigations team are

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leading the investigation to support the coroner while local officers

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manage traffic. Lord Ballyedmond died along with one of his

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employees, Declan Small, who was 42 and from Mayobridge. Two crew

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members were also killed. This is the aircraft which crashed, taking

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off from Gillingham Hall recently. It was an AgustaWestland AW139. It's

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emerged that last year, Lord Ballyedmond raised concerns about an

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AgustaWestland helicopter which he owned. He claimed it had a number of

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problems, including a hole in able aid, and an oil leak. And -- in a

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blade. Asked the manufacturer for a refund. The company say they are

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making investigations internally. The Air Accident Investigation

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branch are trying to find out what caused the accident. This afternoon,

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the emergency services removed the bodies from the wreckage. Four

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families are in mourning after this countryside tragedy. Lord

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Ballyedmond's firm have released the names of the two crewmen who died.

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They were Captain Carl Dickerson and Captain Lee Hoyle. The manufacturers

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of the helicopter say the art corporately with the investigation

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and say they crash could have been caused by a number of factors,

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including technical and human air. -- human mistake.

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Paying tribute to Eddie Haughey, the First Minister Peter Robinson

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described him as a significant employer who will be greatly missed.

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Martin McGuinness said it was a shocking tragedy and a tremendous

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loss. Management at the company he founded, Norbert laboratory, say

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they took pride in his extraordinary legacy.

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The flags over Norbert flew at half-mast today as the workforce and

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the people of Newry came to terms with the tragedy. While four people

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died in the crash, the focus today was an Lord Ballyedmond, who was one

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of Northern Ireland's richest men. He founded and ran this worldwide

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pharmaceutical company. He was a great model of what can be achieved

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coming from a humble background to great things in his chosen area, but

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he was also very generous with his time and his energy, he spent a lot

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of time promoting Northern Ireland as a place to do business across the

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world. The conference here in 95, he gave a taste of his recipe for

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success. If you look at the island of Ireland, you can build a

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reasonable business, that if you want to become a multinational

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company, you can do it from Northern Ireland, you can do with very

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successfully but you can't -- you must go abroad to sell. This was one

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of four plants here in Newry. The company employs 1700 people

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worldwide with 1000 of those based in Northern Ireland. He was not just

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a major employer here but a major figure within the world of business

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in Northern Ireland. The man was a self-starter. He started, in his own

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words, with a briefcase and a price list and he went out there. He grew

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it all himself. He was a formidable and assertive individual but his

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passion for growing the company, nothing would get in his way and he

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built an amazing business. There was little in the wake of comments and

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going is outside his home near Rostrevor today. It is believed he

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was flying home to hear when his helicopter crashed last night. We

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woke to terrible news that we have lost one of our own, one who had

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built an empire from scratch who had been very generous to a local

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committee. I phoned him someone who was very driven and text in what he

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wanted to achieve for himself and his company. He always treated me

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with respect. This is not the first time it has been linked to an

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aircraft today. In 1996 at helicopter owned by the company

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crashed into a mountainside near Carlingford in the Republic, killing

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three crewmen. Today staff and students at Newry regional College

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remembered a sponsor and a friend. I was talking to him a few months

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back, and we launched the apprenticeship programme and he was

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full of enthusiasm for that of allotment and those developments

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continuing in the context of higher operable chips. We will miss him.

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Lord Ballyedmond has gone but his influence in South down and further

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afield is likely to live on. John Campbell, our economics and

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business editor, is here. John, put into context his success and his

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legacy? We often talk about businesses which are high-tech and

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do exports and employ people and pay good wages, and that is what the

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hockey created. He started that was not in the 1960s and 1970s, a time

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when Northern Ireland was not a good place to do business and he built

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that up. He was also taking on some of the biggest pharmaceutical

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companies in the world and his legacy is hundreds of jobs and

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millions of pounds in salary is paid into the economy, so you cannot

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underestimate what he achieved. Originally from Dundalk, he was a

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pretty tough character by all accounts. Yes, he was a

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single-minded and driven man and those attributes helped build this

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business. He could be abrasive, he was not beyond going to the court to

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defend his business or his name, but other people speaking about today

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spoke about a man of great hospitality and generosity. Thank

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you, John Campbell. The Police Federation, which

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represents police officers, has warned them and the public to be

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vigilant after the discovery of a bomb in Belfast today. The under-car

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booby trap device was found on a road in the west of the city. It's

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believed it had fallen from a vehicle at breakfast time. Conor

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Macauley reports. The under-car booby trap was found lying on

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Black's Road in West Belfast at around 8am this morning. The road

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was closed and a number of houses were cleared as army bomb disposal

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experts were called to defuse it. A lengthy security operation was

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needed before the area could be declared safe. This is yards from a

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bus stop where kids were standing waiting to go to school, where

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parents were bringing children to school and where people were

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travelling. Black's Road is close to Woodbourne PSNI station. Detectives

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have declined to be drawn on whether one of their officers on the way to

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work may have been the target, but the union which represents rank and

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file police says it can't be ruled out. They've told their members and

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the public to stay vigilant and report anything suspicious.

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Two brothers found guilty of a series of sex offences against

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family members have been jailed for a total of over 50 years. The men

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were told by a judge that their actions showed a level of cruelty

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and depravity which would not be tolerated by society. The men can't

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be named to protect their victims, who were all children when they were

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abused. David Maxwell has followed the case. Remind us of the scale and

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nature of the charges in this case. There were over 60 charges in this

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case and both men were found guilty of multiple counts of rape. Before

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the trial began, he pleaded guilty to a string of sex offences against

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their sister in the 1970s and 1980s but they always denied the charges

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against the two other victims, who weren't the son and daughter of one

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of the men. The court heard from those victims who described

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childhoods blighted with sexual and physical abuse, where cigarettes

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were stubbed out on them, they were forced to watch recordings of

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themselves being sexually abused. The jury believed the victims and

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found the men guilty of most of those charges. What did the judge

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have to say today? The judge said of the father that his rape, cruelty

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and abuse revealed a level of deprived behaviour which is almost

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unprecedented. The actions were described as cold, cynical, evil

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exportation. The judge sentenced the father of the two victims to 28

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years in jail and his brother to 23 years. Both men will appeal their

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sentences. A man was rescued from a lighthouse

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on the County Down coast this morning. The workman got stuck 50

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feet above the ground while he was painting St John's Point Lighthouse

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in Killough. Claire Savage reports. Emergency crews got the call this

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morning to say a man had been injured and was hanging off the side

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of the lighthouse. He was suspended for more than a hour and a half,

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before specialist rescue fire crews got him down. It is understood the

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man had been painting when a gust of wind caught him and spun him around

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and he crashed into the building, hurting himself. Time was critical

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for us. We were aware due to a medical condition he might have that

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we had to get him down quickly, so it was a matter of working with

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first responding crews to stabilise and they helped us with the system

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above, so a team effort to get him down as quickly as possible. Our

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main concern was suspension trauma, which can be associated with hanging

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for that amount of time. He was lucky he had colleagues with them

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and a safety harness in place when this happened. The man's now being

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treated at the Downe Hospital and is said to be in a stable condition.

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There's been a new development this evening relating to the problems at

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the Royal Victoria Hospital's Emergency Department. We have

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learned that legal action is being taken against the Belfast Health

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Trust. Our correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly is at the

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Royal. Tell us more. We know now that a senior medical consultant who

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works in the emergency department behind me here and a patient have

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both instructed solicitors to start formal legal proceedings against the

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Belfast health trust. According to a statement, the action relates to

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negligence at the hospital and a systematic failure which has left

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patients suffering avoidable harm and according to the statement,

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deprivation of their basic human rights. This list is say they have

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evidence which show appalling standards of care and also an

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environment which the solicitors described as being toxic for both

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patients and those who work within the emergency department. They say

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due to the evidence they have, they are now calling for a full public

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inquiry. Explain how serious this is or could be. I think this is pretty

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serious. While it is not unheard of for patients to take medical

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negligence cases, as a senior medic said to me, it is virtually unheard

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of for one of their own to take a case against the Belfast health

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trust. I think this is perhaps a first for the trust and in a

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statement from the trust, they said we are still awaiting correspondence

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from the solicitor and they wanted to remind the public they are

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cooperating with a full investigation either health

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regulators. Local politicians have been paying

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tribute to the veteran Labour politician Tony Benn, who died this

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morning after a long illness. He was 88. During his political career, Mr

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Benn gave support to Sinn Fein and was an advocate for a united

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Ireland. Mark Simpson reports. Shoulder to shoulder with Gerry

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Adams. That is how many people on this side of the Irish Sea will

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member Tony Benn. Some liked him for it, others were outraged. But Tony

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Benn always did his own thing. So the minister has no power anyway. he

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knew she would not win much support when he invited the Sinn Fein

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president to Westminster but he did it anyway. Irish and liked his

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style. he disavowed hereditary peerage, he left himself outside the

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pay of British governance because he took a political principle stance.

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When he came to Belfast, he stayed with a local politics teacher,

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Michael Kennedy. Does he think Tony Benn should go down in Irish history

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is simply a friend to Irish -- Sinn Fein politicians? Mode, not at all,

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he was a friend of working-class people. He had close contacts and

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had friends within the Unionist committee. Ian Paisley would be an

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example I would put on board. They got on personally. There was a

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respect for him, even among his enemies. One Unionist MP said I may

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have hated every word he said but I admired the way he said it.

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The US President says he and his administration are disappointed that

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multiparty talks on flags parading and the past failed to reach

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agreement. The American President urged the parties to continue to

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work and negotiate. The remarks come as he prepares to host St Patrick's

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Day celebrations in the White House this evening. Our political

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correspondent Martina Purdy has the latest from Washington. Barack Obama

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has kept the first and debited First Minister is guessing about whether

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he would join them for talks at the White House but there was a welcome

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mat for the Taoiseach who met the American resident to discuss a range

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of issues. I was disappointed, the US government was disappointed. But

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we're urging parties to continue to work and I know that the good

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influence coming from Dublin will have to encourage them to move out

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of the past and get the kind of future that Northern Ireland so

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richly deserves. The mood was more upbeat last night. The ministers met

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up with guests but the message was the same. my prayer is make all of

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us have the wisdom to see the past scars and the courage to keep moving

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forward until peace is permanent and all in the North can fully enjoyed

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the dignity they deserve in the future that is shared. Later, at the

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Northern Ireland bureau breakfast, the First Minister and beauty First

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Minister insisted they too wanted deal. We all recognise there is work

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to be done. The issues are yet unresolved. Our issues that we have

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to face up to. We have to find a solution to them. We will continue

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to work until we do. I have no intention of forsaking the

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tremendous work that was done which certainly points us in the right

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direction of where we need to go. The finer details of how we do

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that, but as a challenge for all the parties, it is a challenge of

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leadership. One thing they immediately agree on, this Belfast

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teenager is an inspiration, she is still winning plaudits for that

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speech she delivered last year. And she is on her way to the White

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House. I am so excited to be able to say that in my first time in

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America, I will get to be in the White House with the president. It

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is an amazing opportunity and I am so thankful and grateful to be where

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I am. The much and as they to between the Deputy First Minister

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and the First Minister and the president has been taking place in

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the White House but there is no confirmation as to whether President

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Obama has dropped in. The Finance Minister Simon Hamilton

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has sounded a warning about future cuts in public spending. He's told a

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business event in Belfast that what lies ahead will eclipse the last

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four years of austerity. Here's our economics and business editor John

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Campbell. The economy is slowly growing again.

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Jobs are being created at places like this technology firm in

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Belfast. The housing market is finally stabilising and consumer

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confidence seems to be increasing. So, that means everything's all

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right now? Well, just hold on a moment. A modest economic recovery

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isn't enough to radically change the government's spending plans. The

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Chancellor's big aim is to close the gap between what the government

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spends and what it raises in tax. And that's a long and painful

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process. The Chancellor's plan involves nine years of cutbacks but

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five years of that are still to come. And only 46% of planned cuts

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or tax rises have been implemented so far. That's what's prompted the

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Finance Minister's warning. Further austerity runs the risk of heading

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towards front-line services and none of us want to see that happen. It

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presents us with an opportunity to reform how we do things in the

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public sector and improve our public sector delivery and use different

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methods, better collaboration across departments and being much more

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innovative within the set -- public sector. This is the reality of

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public sector cost cutting - job losses at the DVA in Coleraine. So,

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is there more of this on the way? The Finance Minister says not

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necessarily. But as time goes on, and after all the easy savings have

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been made, some fear there could be more bad news. Coleraine was

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devastated, is this the best politicians can do, and then warn us

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about the future? There will be nothing left of Northern Ireland

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after four more years. It is disgraceful. One -- Stormont is

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going to have to live with shrinking budgets. Ministers will soon be

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considering detailed proposals for public sector reform. And what that

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means for jobs and services still remains to be seen.

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It's been a day of cheers and tears at the Cheltenham Festival and we're

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expecting something similar in Paris tomorrow. Mark Sidebottom is here

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with the sport. Well, we want tears of joy. We are hopeful. It is going

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to be a massive day for Brian O'Driscoll. He is island of Centre.

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He will take his curtain call tomorrow. He says he cannot

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guarantee there will not be tears. In the beautiful Paris sunshine, the

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whole of France seems to be talking about Brian O'Driscoll. Ireland has

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maxed top try scorer. After tomorrow, his error comes to an end

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-- his era comes to an end. and would like to be thought of as a

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committed, honest player that talked for the team. -- played for the

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team. You can share the great days and the sad days and the pain of it

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is never as bad when you share it. So, I know that that has been a

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great thing but that will also be something I missed. So, it will end

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where it all started. The last time Ireland won in France was in 2000

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when a future star announced his name on the world stage. Tomorrow,

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it comes to an end. the best thing I can say is when you think of Brian

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O'Driscoll, you think of 13. That is probably the best way.

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He wants to go out on his own terms. He wants to be able to play at a

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world-class level and has demonstrated that last week. I have

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my fingers forced that he will demonstrate again. inside, there

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will be more emotion this week but hopefully, I can keep it all in

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check and projected in the best positive of ways in the performance.

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I am sure there will be tears, whether you see them or not, we will

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have to wait and see. Amongst all the nostalgia and sentiment, Ireland

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have a serious job to do tomorrow. And that is to win the six Nations

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championship and I can only be achieved by defeating France in

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Paris. Considering Ireland have only managed to do that once over the

:24:55.:24:57.

past 42 years shows how difficult that passed task has proven but it

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will be a wonderful sendoff to the quite incredible career of Brian

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O'Driscoll. That will be live on BBC One tomorrow. ?NEWLINE Live on BBC

:25:11.:25:16.

One tomorrow, including more of that exclusive interview with Brian

:25:17.:25:19.

O'Driscoll. And Ulster v Scarlets in the Rabo Pro 12 tonight is live on

:25:20.:25:23.

BBC Two from 7pm. Now, even by Cheltenham's standards, it's been a

:25:24.:25:26.

day of almost unprecedented drama in the Cotswolds - two jockeys ended up

:25:27.:25:29.

in hospital and a Newry trio of father, son and trainer wrote their

:25:30.:25:32.

own little piece of Festival history. Ruby Walsh, suffered a

:25:33.:25:40.

fractured right arm after a heavy fall in the first race of the day.

:25:41.:25:44.

The tumble from his mount resulted in a compound fracture. Further

:25:45.:25:47.

drama came before the start of the Novice Hurdle when Port Melon

:25:48.:25:50.

crashed into an enclosure packed with racegoers and sent the jockey

:25:51.:25:55.

hurtling onto an area of hard concrete. He was taken to hospital

:25:56.:25:59.

for x-rays. Then came the Gold Cup which was won by Lord Windemere by

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the tightest of margins, coming in at 20 to one by a nose. Then, an

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unprecedented success, Tammy's Hill owned by his dad Patrick came home

:26:13.:26:27.

in the fox hunters Chase. Paul Jacob has broken his leg but there will be

:26:28.:26:31.

something of a party in Newry this evening. The weather forecast is

:26:32.:26:42.

next. It has been a bit of a great and blustery old day-to-day but all

:26:43.:26:45.

the cloud cover we have had through the day means that as we go into the

:26:46.:26:49.

ceiling, it will be really mild for the middle of March. Overnight close

:26:50.:26:54.

tonight of seven or eight degrees which is pretty warm. All of that

:26:55.:26:58.

cloud hangs around through the early part of the day tomorrow. But it

:26:59.:27:04.

does get better and better as we go through Saturday. We wake up to a

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blanket of cloud but it starts to break and then and the sun starts to

:27:08.:27:14.

poke through. That has a positive impact on other temperatures as we

:27:15.:27:17.

go through the day. Wherever you are Northern Ireland, you are in for a

:27:18.:27:24.

nice, bright -- dry and bright day. A lovely day whatever you are up to

:27:25.:27:26.

and that might involve watching little bit of rugby. It is

:27:27.:27:37.

going to be a beautiful evening for watching the game. Full coverage on

:27:38.:27:43.

the BBC. Saturday evening going into Sunday, we start to see Elizabeth

:27:44.:27:46.

the change, little bit of rain starts to work its way in from the

:27:47.:27:51.

west, and again a mild night. On Sunday, we might need the beautiful

:27:52.:27:55.

spring flowers to give us a bit of a lift because it will have a bit more

:27:56.:27:59.

of a grey feel to it. We'll have a bit of light rain before things

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brighten up later in the day. Monday as well has a bit of rain in the

:28:04.:28:07.

mix, too. Casting out I had to next week, the pick of the next few days

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is going Our late summary is at 10.25pm.

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To be Saturday. You can also keep in contact with us via Facebook and

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Twitter. From BBC Newsline, goodnight.

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