05/06/2014 BBC Newsline


05/06/2014

Similar Content

Browse content similar to 05/06/2014. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

That is all from us this evening. There is a first look at the

:00:00.:00:13.

of 20 people in Belfast have been linked to a single new recreational

:00:14.:00:18.

drug. The family of one man who died last year have called for more to be

:00:19.:00:23.

done to prevent deaths. The coroner at the inquest compared the drugs to

:00:24.:00:32.

a serial killer on the loose. Pills like these brought death to the

:00:33.:00:36.

streets of Belfast and surrounding areas last year. Amongst those

:00:37.:00:41.

killed was James Owens, who was found unconscious outside the

:00:42.:00:46.

Shankill leisure centre. His was one in a chain of what was described as

:00:47.:00:50.

sinister drug-related deaths. The inquest taking place this week where

:00:51.:00:56.

James Owens, Alan McKenzie, found dead at home in June, Neill Reeves

:00:57.:01:00.

who died after taking drugs in July, Bryan Mills found unconscious

:01:01.:01:06.

at home in August and Kevin Doherty who died after a party in

:01:07.:01:09.

September. This morning, it emerged that the drug has been linked to 20

:01:10.:01:13.

deaths, leaving 20 families asking questions. We want to get the

:01:14.:01:20.

message out, to parents, keep an eye on their children and stop them from

:01:21.:01:26.

taking these drugs. It needs to stop now. Politicians need to stop them.

:01:27.:01:33.

The police know who is selling them. The senior coroner said it was

:01:34.:01:37.

comparing all to a serial killer on the loose and that it was a

:01:38.:01:43.

horrifyingly high number, justifying the most rigorous scrutiny. This

:01:44.:01:48.

drug has been found in a number of different Ecstasy tablets. Users

:01:49.:01:52.

should not think they are safe if they stay away from speckled drugs.

:01:53.:01:59.

It has been found across a number of tablets. With the number of deaths

:02:00.:02:05.

now linked to this drug standing at 20, one family said they want those

:02:06.:02:09.

who are selling this drug to be caught before someone else dies. An

:02:10.:02:17.

inquest into the death of a four-year-old autistic girl who died

:02:18.:02:20.

from swelling of the brain has been stopped after the coroner said he

:02:21.:02:24.

felt an offence may have been committed. Adjourning the inquest,

:02:25.:02:29.

he said he felt duty bound to write up his report and refer to the PPS

:02:30.:02:35.

light of evidence which came to light during proceedings. Lindsay

:02:36.:02:39.

Angela Alvarez, whose parents are from the Philippines, was four years

:02:40.:02:45.

old when she died. A dog that regard Doctor estimated she had ingested up

:02:46.:02:50.

to seven teaspoons of salt -- doctor. And normal intake of salt is

:02:51.:02:56.

two thirds of a teaspoon. As to explain this, he said it was forced

:02:57.:03:01.

upon her and added I cannot accept the possibility she took it

:03:02.:03:07.

voluntarily. She died in the Royal pictorial hospital in August 2009,

:03:08.:03:13.

just before her fifth birthday -- Royal Victoria Hospital. She was

:03:14.:03:18.

said to have fallen downstairs just before her death. A paediatrician

:03:19.:03:23.

gave evidence. He said that children who fall accidentally do not usually

:03:24.:03:27.

get serious injuries and he said that experience of autistic children

:03:28.:03:32.

is that they do not throw themselves down the stairs. He said he could

:03:33.:03:36.

not rule out that it was accidental nor rule out his concerns. A

:03:37.:03:45.

28-year-old man is critically ill after a stabbing in north Belfast.

:03:46.:03:50.

He was attacked at flats around 4pm today. 33-year-old man been

:03:51.:03:58.

arrested. Policing Board members have accused senior PSNI members of

:03:59.:04:02.

a cover-up over information about past crimes. It happened during the

:04:03.:04:08.

last meeting of the board to be attended by the outgoing Chief

:04:09.:04:14.

Constable Matt Baggott. Matt Baggott let his successor lead the way as he

:04:15.:04:18.

arrived for his last public meeting of the Policing Board. He outlined

:04:19.:04:23.

the challenges George Hamilton will face. The past was at the top of the

:04:24.:04:29.

list. Dealing with the past is debilitating and toxic to confidence

:04:30.:04:34.

in the police service. It was not long before the past cast a shadow.

:04:35.:04:41.

The focus was on a revelation that the Police Ombudsman plans to take

:04:42.:04:45.

the Chief Constable to court and he says his investigators have been

:04:46.:04:48.

denied axis to information they need to probe allegations of criminal

:04:49.:04:52.

behaviour and misconduct by police officers. The office does not do

:04:53.:04:59.

investigations by negotiation. This is fundamental to the independence

:05:00.:05:05.

of the office. There is no upturn to obstruct or cover up the work of the

:05:06.:05:11.

office. Wide you think that you can be trusted with this information and

:05:12.:05:15.

the Police Ombudsman cannot? If that becomes an issue as we go into the

:05:16.:05:21.

future, then it undermines the Police Ombudsman and the PSNI stop

:05:22.:05:28.

this issue has done damage to confidence in policing. It looks

:05:29.:05:34.

like cover-up. I want to put that on the record. I am quite angry. There

:05:35.:05:40.

was criticism -- criticism of the Police Ombudsman. The thing that

:05:41.:05:46.

strikes me as very strange is the fact that the Police Ombudsman

:05:47.:05:50.

decided to go public on this issue, which definitely has undermined the

:05:51.:05:54.

confidence of those families out there. The police say they hope the

:05:55.:05:59.

dispute can be resolved without going to court. Straight after this

:06:00.:06:05.

programme, programme-macro will hear from new law or loan on this

:06:06.:06:08.

controversy A police recruitment event is going

:06:09.:06:14.

ahead at the Everglades Hotel in Londonderry in spite

:06:15.:06:17.

of a dissident republican bomb Politicians say the vast majority

:06:18.:06:19.

of people in Derry want Here's our North-West

:06:20.:06:23.

reporter Keiron Tourish. will stop it is business as usual as

:06:24.:06:29.

the hotel repairs to host a police recruitment event. It follows a

:06:30.:06:31.

firebomb attack one week ago which caused damage. A masked man left the

:06:32.:06:35.

device at reception and it exploded less than three hours later as Army

:06:36.:06:41.

bomb officers were dealing with it. Police say it is important to stage

:06:42.:06:47.

the event as planned. We are now offering out 378 opportunities for

:06:48.:06:52.

people to join us and offering opportunities for up people to

:06:53.:06:58.

become part of our future. There is a united voice in the city of

:06:59.:07:05.

Londonderry saying, when you attack any business, any person in the

:07:06.:07:10.

city, you attack us all. The people of this city and elsewhere, in the

:07:11.:07:18.

long run, will be victims of this. We need to continue the peace

:07:19.:07:23.

process. Police he had considered calling off the event, but after

:07:24.:07:27.

discussions with hotel management they decided to go ahead.

:07:28.:07:31.

Donna Traynor talks to the war ,John Leishman.

:07:32.:07:35.

At the age of 94 he is in Normandy to attend the 70th anniversary

:07:36.:07:39.

The Scotsman, who now lives in Dundonald,

:07:40.:07:41.

was an infantryman serving with the Highland Division on D-Day.

:07:42.:07:44.

He recalls how scared and apprehensive he was

:07:45.:07:46.

I had no idea until a few days before, we did not know what was

:07:47.:08:07.

going to happen. I was shaking like a leaf. I was trembling very much

:08:08.:08:15.

and I was hoping that I would not get caught. Like some of the rest of

:08:16.:08:23.

the boys. Now it is time for the weather.

:08:24.:08:29.

The skies will continue to clear tonight and temperatures will drop

:08:30.:08:37.

away. It could get as low as 5 degrees in some rural areas.

:08:38.:08:41.

Tomorrow starts quite brightly, a decent beginning to the day, but

:08:42.:08:45.

after that there is rain in the forecast. This is the picture for

:08:46.:08:49.

tomorrow, brighter spells in the early part of the day before the

:08:50.:08:53.

rain starts to creep in from the south. This is the culprit, the low

:08:54.:08:58.

pressure which is working its way towards Ireland and it means we have

:08:59.:09:05.

a day of two horse. For England Wales and southern Scotland, dry and

:09:06.:09:11.

warm day stop a different picture in Northern Ireland. Plenty of rain,

:09:12.:09:15.

the showers working their way towards us through the late

:09:16.:09:20.

afternoon. The first band of rain will move away, but as we go over

:09:21.:09:24.

night into Saturday morning, more heavy rain is on the way and that is

:09:25.:09:30.

why we have a yellow warning in place in County Armagh and County

:09:31.:09:34.

Down, because on Saturday we have a lot of rain. Some of these downpours

:09:35.:09:40.

could be torrential. Others will miss out entirely, but it could be

:09:41.:09:44.

heavy if you catch one of those showers. Warmer than it has been,

:09:45.:09:48.

but looking towards the weekend, there is unsettled weather heading

:09:49.:09:51.

in our direction. You can keep up to date with

:09:52.:09:56.

News Online and follow this

:09:57.:10:01.

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS