:00:00. > :00:12.Hello and welcome to BBC Newsline. The PSNI have been severely
:00:13. > :00:16.criticised over how they policed the union flag protests. Judge Mr
:00:17. > :00:19.Justice Treacy said they were wrong to facilitate the illegal protests
:00:20. > :00:22.during the first three months. He said they were also wrong to think
:00:23. > :00:26.they did not have the legal powers to stop them and arrest those taking
:00:27. > :00:37.part. The Chief Constable says he will appeal the ruling.
:00:38. > :00:42.Running battles erupted after a protest passed the Short Strand area
:00:43. > :00:48.of east Belfast in January last year. Rival factions clashed and
:00:49. > :00:54.then loyalists attacked the police. The PSNI said there was nothing they
:00:55. > :00:58.could legally do to stop the protest or other static place across the
:00:59. > :01:03.country at the BellSouth City Council voted to stop flying the
:01:04. > :01:09.union flag every day. One resident who was -- is home was attacked to a
:01:10. > :01:15.judicial forum. The resident argued the police should not have allowed
:01:16. > :01:19.any of the protest parades in December 2012 and January last year
:01:20. > :01:26.because they had not been notified as required by law. The officer in
:01:27. > :01:32.charge of the operation said the PSNI did not have powers to ban a
:01:33. > :01:38.protest that had not been notified. A judge today dismissed those
:01:39. > :01:42.claims. He rejected the PSNI's argument that it did not have the
:01:43. > :01:47.legal powers to stop the protest that passed both sport during the
:01:48. > :01:52.period in question. Rounding the judicial review against the PSNI, he
:01:53. > :01:56.said the officer in charge of the operation had misdirected himself
:01:57. > :02:03.into believing he was hampered by Laura from stopping the parade and
:02:04. > :02:06.arresting those taking parts. He said he was labouring under a
:02:07. > :02:26.material misapprehension. The judge said the PSNI's
:02:27. > :02:30.interpretation of the law had led to a situation where the police
:02:31. > :02:35.facilitated a legal and sometimes violent period with the effect of
:02:36. > :02:38.undermining the 1998 act in breach of their legal duties and in breach
:02:39. > :02:46.of the human rights of the resident who took legal action. A solicitor
:02:47. > :02:49.for the resident give this response. They work and this judgement, this
:02:50. > :02:52.was someone whose home was attacked repeatedly after these illegal
:02:53. > :02:57.parades week after week. He welcomes this decision today and he hopes
:02:58. > :03:02.there will be no repeat of this in the future. The Chief Constable says
:03:03. > :03:09.he takes full responsibility for decisions and insisted the PSNI had
:03:10. > :03:13.got it right. I am concerned this judgement may restrain our
:03:14. > :03:16.operational facility in the future and create an expectation that
:03:17. > :03:21.police will always be able to stop protests or arrest people at the
:03:22. > :03:28.time. Irrespective of the individual circumstances. My concern about that
:03:29. > :03:34.is to do so, if that is the expectation, may require significant
:03:35. > :03:38.force and undermine our attempts to work with these communities and that
:03:39. > :03:42.would be wrong and as such we will appeal this judgement. Police
:03:43. > :03:46.sources told the BBC they believe trying to enforce the letter of the
:03:47. > :03:49.law by stopping the protest parades could have resulted in widespread
:03:50. > :03:52.violence. A man from Fermanagh has been jailed
:03:53. > :03:57.for four months and fined ?8000 for breaches in food safety regulations.
:03:58. > :04:00.The case was brought by the Food Standards Agency said the processing
:04:01. > :04:02.plant, Upper Erne Lakes Poultry, had decaying animal by-products infested
:04:03. > :04:09.with maggots, bloodstains on the floor and no cleaning process in
:04:10. > :04:12.operation. The owner, Nigel Wilson, was convicted of the offences three
:04:13. > :04:19.years ago but only returned to Northern Ireland recently.
:04:20. > :04:23.500 new well-paid jobs are coming to Belfast. The worldwide accountancy
:04:24. > :04:27.firm, EY, is creating the positions, paying wages about twice the local
:04:28. > :04:38.average. The Executive is describing it as a major coup on the jobs
:04:39. > :04:43.front. Major job announcements: For maximum
:04:44. > :04:54.fanfare and Peter Robinson broke the news on a visit to you why's Belfast
:04:55. > :05:00.operation. The new posts carry significant wages. We are talking
:05:01. > :05:05.about an average salary of just under ?40,000 to these are high
:05:06. > :05:15.quality jobs for Northern Ireland. A fantastic boost for our economy
:05:16. > :05:20.here. A Y are one of the worlds big for accountancy firms will stop
:05:21. > :05:24.about half of the new jobs will be in auditing. The remainder are in
:05:25. > :05:32.management consultancy, helping client firms in Great Britain build
:05:33. > :05:36.up their businesses. E by already have a significant presence in
:05:37. > :05:41.Ireland, both north and south. This announcement will more than treble
:05:42. > :05:44.its existing Belfast workforce and such is the skill of the expansion,
:05:45. > :05:54.they will soon begin the search for new offices. ?3 million in grant aid
:05:55. > :05:57.helped to seal a bid but so too did last year 's International
:05:58. > :06:01.investment conference. Without Stormont's backing, the company said
:06:02. > :06:06.the new positions could easily have gone to any other of its 700 offices
:06:07. > :06:11.and wide. The jobs would be created over the next for years and
:06:12. > :06:17.recruitment will begin in July. Good news for the economy and post also
:06:18. > :06:21.for invest NI it continues to chase well-paid jobs in the professional
:06:22. > :06:24.services sector. The Fire Service says a blaze at a
:06:25. > :06:29.pig farm in County Armagh started accidentally. Thousands of sows and
:06:30. > :06:33.piglets died in the fire at a farm near Bessbrook. The alarm was raised
:06:34. > :06:36.early on Saturday morning and it took several hours to bring the
:06:37. > :06:39.blaze under control. Today investigations were being carried
:06:40. > :06:44.out and the carcasses were taken away to a rendering plant.
:06:45. > :06:48.Drunken, aggressive teenagers are terrorising people in a
:06:49. > :06:50.neighbourhood in Londonderry. Residents in Rosemount held a
:06:51. > :07:03.protest about the behaviour on Saturday night but the trouble isn't
:07:04. > :07:07.just happening in their area. Another example of crime on the
:07:08. > :07:13.streets, this was the scene this morning. It comes at a time when
:07:14. > :07:17.police in Derry said they have had the largest decrease in anti-social
:07:18. > :07:22.behaviour in Northern Ireland, a 16% drop in reported cases, almost 1,000
:07:23. > :07:26.fewer than in the previous year. In places like Rosemount, there is
:07:27. > :07:33.anger at the antics of young people, some as young as 11 or 12. We had
:07:34. > :07:37.the drink and drugs and they are very aggressive. Sitting in your own
:07:38. > :07:44.home, watching TV and you have 30 or 40 outside your door, screaming and
:07:45. > :07:49.shouting. You cannot even go out to go across the street to the shop
:07:50. > :07:55.because they are threatening you. The 100 acre Creggan country Park
:07:56. > :07:59.provides a host of activities from watersports to angling but it has
:08:00. > :08:03.been experiencing anti-social problems too. Management say they
:08:04. > :08:07.are seriously concerned about the levels of vandalism and the attacks
:08:08. > :08:09.on fencing which is here to keep people safe. They are worried about
:08:10. > :08:13.the potential risk to young children.
:08:14. > :08:16.Looking ahead to tomorrow's BBC Newsline and Donna will be reporting
:08:17. > :08:27.from Edinburgh ahead of September's vote on independence.
:08:28. > :08:30.There are a strong educational links between Northern Ireland and
:08:31. > :08:32.Scotland. Some local students have the right to vote in the Scottish
:08:33. > :08:37.independence referendum in September. Tomorrow on BBC Newsline,
:08:38. > :08:49.we talk to some of them. The weather is next.
:08:50. > :08:53.It has been a dull day today but the prospects for tomorrow are brighter
:08:54. > :08:55.and a little bit warmer. The cloud hangs around tonight, maybe bringing
:08:56. > :09:07.one or two spots of drizzle, but otherwise dry. Don't be expecting
:09:08. > :09:11.sunshine front that would go tomorrow, it will be great and misty
:09:12. > :09:14.to begin with and the best of the sunshine will tend to be great and
:09:15. > :09:17.Misty to begin with and the best of the sunshine contentedly in the
:09:18. > :09:20.West. A slow start tomorrow, generally dry but towards lunchtime
:09:21. > :09:25.we will start to see some brightness and sunshine coming through. Some
:09:26. > :09:31.sunshine over Western and seven counties of Ireland as well. Much
:09:32. > :09:37.colour and clarity across the North of Scotland compared to today. Some
:09:38. > :09:44.of the mist may affect parts of northern England too. Many areas
:09:45. > :09:49.will brighten up with some sunshine. One or two showers are around and
:09:50. > :09:51.Northern Ireland could have the odd shower around. They will be
:09:52. > :10:01.localised and more likely in the West. Some of the eastern coast
:10:02. > :10:05.areas could stay dull and cool for most of the day. Really moves in for
:10:06. > :10:09.Wednesday and on Thursday it looks like we're in for a cool day with
:10:10. > :10:13.some further reading for a time but the sun will be back on Friday until
:10:14. > :10:16.with quite cool air. That's it for now. You can keep
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:10:21. > :10:29.and Twitter. From BBC Newsline, good night.