:00:00. > :00:19.Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline.
:00:20. > :00:22.A grandfather who died after hospital delays. His family say they
:00:23. > :00:33.were failed by a system under too much pressure.
:00:34. > :00:37.Undoubtedly... For somebody who was so loved, I find it very difficult
:00:38. > :00:40.to reconcile. We'll be asking the Health Minister
:00:41. > :00:43.if his latest plan to tackle the problems at the Royal is just a
:00:44. > :00:46.sticking plaster. A woman admits causing the death of
:00:47. > :00:50.her friend's baby in a car crash. Also on the programme: As she heads
:00:51. > :01:00.home with her gold medal, Kelly Gallagher gives us some surprising
:01:01. > :01:06.revelations. I used to ask my mum for notes to
:01:07. > :01:12.get out of PE at school. I didn't see myself as a sports person. The
:01:13. > :01:16.new technology helping Ireland's cricketers to World Cup glory.
:01:17. > :01:18.And, it's going to be a dry night. But will it stay dry for tomorrow?
:01:19. > :01:26.More nurses are to be employed in the Emergency Department at the
:01:27. > :01:29.Royal Victoria Hospital. It's one of a series of measures being
:01:30. > :01:33.introduced, to try to address the ongoing problems at the Belfast
:01:34. > :01:36.Health Trust. That announcement from the Health Department comes just
:01:37. > :01:39.ahead of a BBC Spotlight investigation to be broadcast
:01:40. > :01:47.tonight, In it, a UK charity for patient safety and justice calls for
:01:48. > :01:50.a review of patient safety here. Action Against Medical Accidents
:01:51. > :01:53.says it has been contacted by a family, after an investigation into
:01:54. > :01:58.their relative's death which revealed a series of failings. With
:01:59. > :02:10.more, here's Declan Lawn. Charlie Paterson died in January 20
:02:11. > :02:14.13th in the Royal Victoria Hospital. He had Brune brought to
:02:15. > :02:21.the Emergency Department after hitting his head. There were long
:02:22. > :02:24.delays in getting his treatment. An instant report uncovered by
:02:25. > :02:30.spotlights revealed Charlie Paterson was failed by a system that was
:02:31. > :02:35.under too much pressure. All in all, this report outlines a litany of
:02:36. > :02:39.errors. What runs through it is the problem of delays. The reason given
:02:40. > :02:43.here for those delays is the system was under pressure because a large
:02:44. > :02:48.number of patients in the department that night needed to be admitted to
:02:49. > :02:54.hospital and there were not enough beds. The Emergency Department was
:02:55. > :02:59.simply fall. The family say they were not told he was even in the
:03:00. > :03:04.Emergency Department until seven hours had passed. Charlie had
:03:05. > :03:09.already lost consciousness. He would have been confused as to what was
:03:10. > :03:15.happening around him. He would have been afraid. I find that just, for
:03:16. > :03:21.someone who was so loved, I find that very difficult to reconcile.
:03:22. > :03:27.What upsets them most of all is that they were not told anything had gone
:03:28. > :03:31.wrong with his care until three days after a programme on the failings in
:03:32. > :03:38.emergency care was broadcast. A year after Charlie had died. By anyone's
:03:39. > :03:45.standards, that is shameful. The first time we knew anything what had
:03:46. > :03:51.occurred. The programme tonight reveals how this case is not unique.
:03:52. > :03:55.It also uncovers disturbing new documentary evidence which shows, as
:03:56. > :03:58.recently as three weeks ago, the department was considered by a
:03:59. > :04:05.number of senior consultant to be unsafe for patients. We showed that
:04:06. > :04:11.evidence to Peter Walsh, one of the leading patient advocates in the UK,
:04:12. > :04:17.when he came to Belfast. In our experience, a hospital that fails to
:04:18. > :04:23.be open and honest, is likely to be a dangerous hospital. As new
:04:24. > :04:31.evidence emerges, there are now serious questions over the true
:04:32. > :04:34.extent of the systemic problems at the hospital and the harm which may
:04:35. > :04:37.have been done to patients. That Spotlight programme is at
:04:38. > :04:43.10:35, here on BBC One tonight. The Health Minister Edwin Poots joins me
:04:44. > :04:49.now from Stormont. What you say to the family about why
:04:50. > :04:53.they were not told Charlie was in that Emergency Department until
:04:54. > :05:00.seven hours had passed? I think that is wrong. One reason for this report
:05:01. > :05:07.is the series of errors. Our report is being used to vindicate those
:05:08. > :05:15.errors. That was exacerbated by the fact the family were not informed.
:05:16. > :05:19.They weren't informed until after a BBC investigation revealed failings
:05:20. > :05:27.in the system. A couple of days after that, it was revealed not
:05:28. > :05:34.everyone had been informed. As it now stands, many other families, are
:05:35. > :05:43.they in a similar position? As iron stand, there isn't any. If that
:05:44. > :05:49.isn't the case, then let me make it clear they should be informed
:05:50. > :05:54.immediately. Despite many assurances from yourself and health officials,
:05:55. > :05:59.it seems to be that there is a fundamental lack of confidence in
:06:00. > :06:02.the system. We have listened to programmes where people are fearful
:06:03. > :06:08.about going to the Emergency Department. How can you restore that
:06:09. > :06:12.confidence? That is one of the things consultants and senior
:06:13. > :06:16.nursing staff in the Emergency Department raised with me. That they
:06:17. > :06:20.believe they are providing a safe service albeit under a lot of
:06:21. > :06:24.pressure. They want to get the message they are providing a safe
:06:25. > :06:28.service, that is not political speak, that is the doctors and
:06:29. > :06:33.nurses providing the care at the coal face. They are concerned
:06:34. > :06:36.attention is of a negative nature and consequently people are not
:06:37. > :06:40.aware of the really good but that does happen and the many lives being
:06:41. > :06:47.saved on a daily basis at the Royal Victoria Hospital. No doubt there
:06:48. > :06:52.are lives saved. How do you dress documentary evidence which will be
:06:53. > :06:58.revealed tonight that, three weeks ago, some senior consultants were
:06:59. > :07:06.describing the Department as unsafe, that was just three weeks
:07:07. > :07:12.ago? I had my conversations if you weeks ago with the staff at the
:07:13. > :07:17.Emergency Department. They indicated they believed they were providing a
:07:18. > :07:23.safe service and it was detrimental for people to be saying otherwise.
:07:24. > :07:27.These are people who are very skilled. Who know what they are
:07:28. > :07:34.doing. And to do save many lives. All of the evidence indicated to us
:07:35. > :07:49.is there is a small number of instances where care has fallen
:07:50. > :07:55.short. We are looking at a situation where it is very sad that is the
:07:56. > :08:00.case but we need to reflect many people who use these services are
:08:01. > :08:03.getting excellent care. Going back to the danger and lack of
:08:04. > :08:07.fundamental confidence in the system.
:08:08. > :08:11.Last week, we reported a senior medic at the department, and a
:08:12. > :08:15.patient, are seeking legal proceedings, looking for a public
:08:16. > :08:21.enquiry into what is going on, how do you respond? I sent letters to
:08:22. > :08:25.every single person working in the health service in March 20 12th,
:08:26. > :08:31.indicating it wasn't just something they should do, it was a duty to
:08:32. > :08:35.report where they noticed things which were not right, particularly
:08:36. > :08:39.where it affected patient safety. And I would give them cover for
:08:40. > :08:45.doing that and ensured there was no victimisation. The medic had that
:08:46. > :08:51.opportunity. Why they have chosen to take a different route is something
:08:52. > :08:57.that amazes me. We don't know if that consultant has gone through the
:08:58. > :09:01.internal system, they may be frustrated that they have to go
:09:02. > :09:04.through the legal route. They received that letter along with
:09:05. > :09:08.every member of staff, saying we want to hear whenever things are not
:09:09. > :09:13.being done right. We can only correct those things when we are
:09:14. > :09:17.made aware of it. Going down a legal route will be long drawn out, it
:09:18. > :09:23.will be a period of time before we get the issues. If it involves
:09:24. > :09:31.safety, we need to hear it now, not in a court case. Listening is one
:09:32. > :09:37.thing, action is another. Absolutely. On all of these things,
:09:38. > :09:41.we have taken action. We have an independent reporting group,
:09:42. > :09:47.including the vice president of the College of emergency medicine,
:09:48. > :09:56.giving us support. We are reported, Chu appointing 48 nurses to the
:09:57. > :10:06.Emergency Department -- we are appointing. Action is being taken to
:10:07. > :10:11.ensure we can meet the needs of the public.
:10:12. > :10:16.We have been speaking about this problems for some time. No one is
:10:17. > :10:21.still being held accountable for it. In terms of what we are doing, we
:10:22. > :10:27.are responding to the problems being identified, and dealing with the
:10:28. > :10:33.issues. Carrying out the report in
:10:34. > :10:37.mid-January has led us to establishing this team to ensure
:10:38. > :10:42.that we can take appropriate actions to support people who are working in
:10:43. > :10:43.the service and patients get the quality of service they should
:10:44. > :10:49.expect. A 33-year-old woman has admitted
:10:50. > :10:57.causing the death of her friend's baby girl, by driving carelessly.
:10:58. > :11:00.Natasha Irish now lives in England. Her address was given as Crosshill
:11:01. > :11:09.Grove in Crumlin. David Maxwell was at the court in Antrim.
:11:10. > :11:13.Natasha Irish, seen here wearing sunglasses, wet during the short
:11:14. > :11:18.court appearance. She spoke only to confirm her name and plead guilty to
:11:19. > :11:22.causing the death of the one-year-old in September 2012. The
:11:23. > :11:27.baby girl died from her injuries after a crash on the Dublin Road in
:11:28. > :11:31.Antrim. Irish was driving the car at the time. There were no other
:11:32. > :11:35.vehicles involved. Another child and woman were in the car but they only
:11:36. > :11:41.sustained minor injuries. The judge told I wish she could expect
:11:42. > :11:44.substantial credit for pleading guilty at the first opportunity,
:11:45. > :11:48.meaning that the parents of the baby would not suffer further by sitting
:11:49. > :11:54.through a trial. No other details about the crash were mentioned in
:11:55. > :12:00.court. The judge asked for a victim impact report on the parents of the
:12:01. > :12:01.baby who now lives in England. Irish will be sentenced in
:12:02. > :12:11.A man has been injured in a crash in County Londonderry. The collision
:12:12. > :12:14.was on Broad Road, between Limavady and Coleraine, shortly before two
:12:15. > :12:17.o'clock this afternoon. A car and a lorry were involved, and the road
:12:18. > :12:21.was closed for a time. You're watching BBC Newsline. Still
:12:22. > :12:25.to come on the programme: Calling time at Casement.
:12:26. > :12:26.The bar that's at the centre of a row over the redevelopment of
:12:27. > :12:36.Belfast's main GAA ground. The Paralympic champion Kelly
:12:37. > :12:41.Gallagher met the Prime Minister in London today, and was congratulated
:12:42. > :12:44.on her success. The Bangor woman and her guide, Charlotte Evans, were the
:12:45. > :12:48.first ever UK winners of a gold medal at the Winter Games. Ahead of
:12:49. > :12:56.the journey back here, BBC Newsline's Tara Mills spoke to them
:12:57. > :13:03.in London. Congratulations. Thanks so much. Has
:13:04. > :13:07.it sunk in much? Not really. Yesterday, we arrived in London.
:13:08. > :13:18.There was so much support, so many people standing there. That was
:13:19. > :13:23.cool, that was for us. And getting acquainted with the medals? They
:13:24. > :13:26.have been in the Cabinet until now. We were showing the air
:13:27. > :13:33.stewardesses, the captain came down. It was really cool. Coming into
:13:34. > :13:40.Heathrow, even today, assured by mum and that her hold it, my nephew and
:13:41. > :13:43.brother. Kelly, most people watching think that looks terrifying even if
:13:44. > :13:50.you could see everything in front of you. What can you watch the sea down
:13:51. > :13:55.the slope? Very little. We stand side-by-side at the start gate. She
:13:56. > :14:00.can't stand, and I chased her down. She is really talented, telling me
:14:01. > :14:06.what is going on under her feet so I can experience that. She is looking
:14:07. > :14:09.ahead, slowing and speeding up. Telling me where the snow is steep
:14:10. > :14:18.or flat or with undulations, communicating that to me. We do this
:14:19. > :14:23.at 110 kilometres per hour. It is really enjoyable, the rush you get
:14:24. > :14:30.after in really good run which is technically smooth. Perfect. Kelly,
:14:31. > :14:37.your mum was cheering you on in Sochi. Sadly, your dad passed away
:14:38. > :14:41.in 2012. How big a role model was he? He was at the World
:14:42. > :14:48.Championships at our first race. Really good to have them there. For
:14:49. > :14:57.my mum, it is difficult. In Sochi, it didn't matter how we did, because
:14:58. > :15:15.he wasn't there. My mum being there, we did our best. We had so
:15:16. > :15:27.many nice messages and cards from people wishing us luck. Quite
:15:28. > :15:33.emotional. What people want to know is when you are coming home? Coming
:15:34. > :15:40.home on Friday. All of my friends, and two of them are getting married.
:15:41. > :15:44.I have been quite a boring person for the past four years. Kelly, are
:15:45. > :15:51.you aware you are such a role model for people generally, the kids with
:15:52. > :15:55.disabilities, particularly children with visual impairment. Not at all.
:15:56. > :16:03.I used to ask my mum for a note to get out of PE at school. I never
:16:04. > :16:08.thought of myself as a spokesperson. I was encouraged to do whatever I
:16:09. > :16:16.wanted. I dreamt about winning a gold medal. Sometimes I thought it
:16:17. > :16:24.wasn't possible. I don't think of myself as a role model. But I have
:16:25. > :16:31.had people around me in my life to keep me going. Dreams do come true.
:16:32. > :16:37.Our Paralympic champion, home very soon. Now for some of today's other
:16:38. > :16:40.news. The 77-year-old man arrested in West
:16:41. > :16:43.Belfast in connection with the murder of Jean McConville is
:16:44. > :16:48.believed to be veteran republican Ivor Bell. He was part of an IRA
:16:49. > :16:51.delegation that took part in secret talks with the British government in
:16:52. > :16:54.London in 1972, along with Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness. Mrs
:16:55. > :16:57.McConville, was murdered by the IRA in 1972, after being abducted from
:16:58. > :17:01.her home in Divis Flats. A pipe bomb's exploded at a house in
:17:02. > :17:05.Tobermore. The device was thrown at the rear of the property, shortly
:17:06. > :17:08.before one o'clock this morning. Two adults and three children, who were
:17:09. > :17:11.in the house at the time, escaped injury. A window at a house nearby
:17:12. > :17:14.was also damaged. A 15-year-old boy has been arrested,
:17:15. > :17:17.after it's claimed a 13-year-old girl was the victim of a sexual
:17:18. > :17:19.assault in Londonderry this morning. It's alleged to have happened in
:17:20. > :17:28.Rathkeele Way in Creggan. Another row has erupted over the
:17:29. > :17:32.GAA's redevelopment of Casement Park in Belfast. This time, it's about
:17:33. > :17:39.the members of a social club based at the stadium. They've received
:17:40. > :17:42.solicitors' letters, on behalf of the association, demanding they pay
:17:43. > :17:46.more than ?35,000 which the GAA says is for running costs dating back to
:17:47. > :17:49.last August. The club members say they're disgusted that such letters
:17:50. > :17:57.have been sent. Eunan McConville has the story.
:17:58. > :18:05.It is the biggest venue for the Gaelic games in Belfast, and it is
:18:06. > :18:10.to undergo a massive development to turn it into a 38,000 seater
:18:11. > :18:18.stadium. Those plans have already run foul of some local residents.
:18:19. > :18:24.This was the scene last December at the launch of the plans at the
:18:25. > :18:29.Casement. This latest bout involves the social club. It has its premises
:18:30. > :18:33.in the existing stand which is due to be demolished under the plans for
:18:34. > :18:37.the new stadium. For their part, social club members don't want to
:18:38. > :18:42.move, and there is a fight between the club and the GAA which has ended
:18:43. > :18:49.up in the court. Now, around 300 members have received letters from
:18:50. > :18:53.solicitors on the half of the GAA, saying the club has been occupying
:18:54. > :18:58.the premises since August last year, and bills of ?35,000 have
:18:59. > :19:06.accrued. The club members don't agree. Outrageous is the only word I
:19:07. > :19:09.can use to describe it. It is basically threatening all of our
:19:10. > :19:19.members, both individual and collectively, that they will have to
:19:20. > :19:28.pay ?36,000. Which is not on. The board says it has -- this is an
:19:29. > :19:32.ongoing legal issue. The social club have an application before the High
:19:33. > :19:35.Court due to be heard later this month.
:19:36. > :19:40.They are seeking an injunction and, if they are successful, that could
:19:41. > :19:51.mean the work to redevelop Casement Park could grind to a halt.
:19:52. > :20:00.Time now for the sport. A Heineken Cup quarterfinal is
:20:01. > :20:03.looming, and the race for the Pro 12 title is hotting up. Ulster, along
:20:04. > :20:07.with fellow Irish provinces Leinster and Munster, are three of the
:20:08. > :20:10.in-form sides in Europe. Add that to the Six Nations Championship
:20:11. > :20:11.triumph, and Irish rugby seems to have found the recipe for success.
:20:12. > :20:25.Gavin Andrews reports. On the eve of Ireland's big win in
:20:26. > :20:28.Paris, Ulster sent out a message, leaving the scholar 's red-faced at
:20:29. > :20:34.Ravenhill, the game here in a good place. A good group of players, the
:20:35. > :20:39.development programmes are in place, the academies are strong.
:20:40. > :20:43.They are well managed. There is a vibrancy within Irish rugby at the
:20:44. > :20:49.moment will stop the sport has grown bigger than it has been. Now, it is
:20:50. > :20:54.about translating that international success to the provincial run in.
:20:55. > :21:00.The teams are really well placed in the Heineken Cup, and in the Pro12.
:21:01. > :21:06.It is one of the challenges we have extended to all of the players. But
:21:07. > :21:12.when they go back as international players, and continued their form. I
:21:13. > :21:16.have nothing but respect for him. It is good for Irish rugby. You want
:21:17. > :21:24.coaches of that quality in your system. For a young coach tried to
:21:25. > :21:29.learn, it is good to have that experience, to tap into. Ireland are
:21:30. > :21:32.in a good place. The Six Nations trophy might not be the only piece
:21:33. > :21:37.of silverware these players will list this season.
:21:38. > :21:42.The countdown is on, ahead of what is being billed as the one of the
:21:43. > :21:46.biggest boxing nights ever to come to Belfast. The Odyssey Arena will
:21:47. > :21:50.be sold out, as Carl Frampton is the star attraction, as he takes on Hugo
:21:51. > :21:53.Cazares, in a WBC Final Eliminator contest. But the occasion will also
:21:54. > :22:03.showcase some of our best local fighters. Thomas Kane reports.
:22:04. > :22:13.When the gloves are on, there aren't too many opponents to catch a
:22:14. > :22:24.Frampton off-guard. -- Carl Frampton. I know a lot of these guys
:22:25. > :22:37.personally. But it is a job. People have bills to pay. We are a team. We
:22:38. > :22:43.share the same bedroom, there is great camaraderie and banter. To see
:22:44. > :22:49.how relaxed he is, how good a boxer he is makes me up my game. There
:22:50. > :22:53.will be for title fights on the night. I want to invest in these
:22:54. > :23:01.kids and speculate. There is a host of kids who are world-class amateurs
:23:02. > :23:07.who want to turn rational. Now, we want to provide that path. It seems
:23:08. > :23:09.the Frampton factor is in full swing.
:23:10. > :23:14.Ireland's cricketers got off to a winning start at the World Twenty20
:23:15. > :23:16.Championship yesterday, with a win over Zimbabwe. Eglinton batsman
:23:17. > :23:20.Stuart Thompson scampered home for the winning run on the last ball.
:23:21. > :23:23.Before the squad went out to the tournament in Bangladesh, BBC
:23:24. > :23:25.Newsline took Stuart to a lab at Queen's University, to try out their
:23:26. > :23:36.state-of-the-art batting simulator. Mark Sidebottom reports.
:23:37. > :23:41.Creditors are used to padding up but not like this. State-of-the-art
:23:42. > :23:49.technology takes Stuart Thompson into into a virtual world. This
:23:50. > :23:53.simulation is designed to analyse anticipation of pace bowling. It is
:23:54. > :24:01.as accurate as can be with the ball flight at Test match speed. This is
:24:02. > :24:08.the only now in the world tried to do this research. It is looking at
:24:09. > :24:14.how the brain uses perceptual information to make decisions. The
:24:15. > :24:19.cricket we saw is how does Stuart use the bowling action of the bowler
:24:20. > :24:28.and the ball release, to use that information to anticipate. Watching
:24:29. > :24:36.the release point, it does help very much. Can these stimulate --
:24:37. > :24:41.simulator give players an edge? With the way the game is, it can only be
:24:42. > :24:52.good. We are looking for pointers from the burner, the release, if it
:24:53. > :24:59.is going to be short. -- the bowler. Watching the bowler run in.
:25:00. > :25:05.It helps that the engineering student working on this has played
:25:06. > :25:09.the game to a decent standard. With my background, I am looking for new
:25:10. > :25:20.ways to bring technology to the forefront of understanding sports
:25:21. > :25:25.performance. We are able to give the players the chance to analyse
:25:26. > :25:35.performance. We have used video -based performance but here it is
:25:36. > :25:39.visual -- virtual reality. Overall, his perception of the bowling
:25:40. > :25:43.improved although, in this simulation, the bowler doesn't give
:25:44. > :25:52.you any verbal abuse. At least, not yet.
:25:53. > :26:08.Time now for the weather. Here's Barra Best.
:26:09. > :26:12.Last year, we saw some horrendous snow in March. Thankfully there is
:26:13. > :26:21.none in the forecast. It will be mild for the time of year, no lower
:26:22. > :26:26.than seven degrees. There will be some clear skies developing through
:26:27. > :26:31.the night. For many of us, a bright and sunny start to the day. The
:26:32. > :26:38.cloud will roll in and it will be quite windy. Tomorrow, the winds
:26:39. > :26:43.will pick up, up to gale force. A fairly dry start. As we make our way
:26:44. > :26:47.into the afternoon, cloud will roll in from the West. Some of that card
:26:48. > :26:53.will be thick enough to give us if you spots of damp weather, light
:26:54. > :26:58.rain and drizzle. Not an awful lot. Parts of County Down staying dry all
:26:59. > :27:05.day. Temperatures tomorrow are very mild, 15 degrees will stop we will
:27:06. > :27:09.have south-westerly winds making it feel colder. One or two spots of
:27:10. > :27:15.light rain or drizzle tomorrow evening. Many places will be dry for
:27:16. > :27:19.a good part before we see rain tomorrow night. The winds will be
:27:20. > :27:26.quite gusty. Tomorrow night, they will pick up, as we see this next
:27:27. > :27:31.cold front, bringing some heavy bursts of rain, overnight into
:27:32. > :27:36.Thursday. Thursday will be a very wet and windy start. Treacherous
:27:37. > :27:42.driving conditions are possible around rush hour. By the afternoon,
:27:43. > :27:47.the rain Bull clear away, temperatures, 14 degrees. Thursday,
:27:48. > :27:56.back to normal. And south-westerly winds will continue. Friday and
:27:57. > :27:57.Saturday, very little will change, scattered showers, good spells of
:27:58. > :27:59.sunshine.