:00:08. > :00:12.The political parties here have begun talks aimed
:00:13. > :00:16.at resolving their differences over parades, flags and the past.
:00:17. > :00:20.The talks took place at Stormont and,
:00:21. > :00:27.as our correspondent Shane Harrison reports, they will resume tomorrow.
:00:28. > :00:33.Over the Christmas and New Year period, the American diplomat Dr
:00:34. > :00:38.Richard Haass could not resolve this issue is of parades, flags in the
:00:39. > :00:43.past. But today saw the start of six scheduled days of talks aimed at
:00:44. > :00:47.resolving them. With so many party leaders absent, there was little
:00:48. > :00:51.expectation of a breakthrough. Parading was very much on the minds
:00:52. > :00:56.of the unionist parties and the DUP had this morning. To date, both
:00:57. > :01:01.nationalism and republicanism has shown a complete lack of tolerance
:01:02. > :01:06.and lack of respect. Were that to continue, the prospects of success
:01:07. > :01:10.are very limited. Sinn Fein says there is and can be no decoupling of
:01:11. > :01:16.parades from the issues flags and past. And any agreement in all three
:01:17. > :01:21.might require new laws. There might be legislation needed. That would
:01:22. > :01:28.take at least a year to deal with. It would be -- to be very clear, we
:01:29. > :01:30.are not dealing with specific parades are protests in these
:01:31. > :01:36.discussions and I want to make that absolutely crystal clear. Despite
:01:37. > :01:41.those comments, politicians are all too aware that the talks will resume
:01:42. > :01:43.tomorrow morning very much under the shadow of the expected Parades
:01:44. > :01:47.Commission billing on the return parade passed the Ardoyne shops. --
:01:48. > :01:53.Parades Commission billing. In London, there was further
:01:54. > :01:55.political disagreement on the The leaders of the Executive
:01:56. > :01:59.met David Cameron in London. Speaking afterwards, Peter Robinson
:02:00. > :02:02.said the Prime Minister had made it clear there was no more room for
:02:03. > :02:11.manoeuvre on implementing the cuts. I think it is impossible for any
:02:12. > :02:19.intelligent person not to know what the consequences of the action is. I
:02:20. > :02:23.find it an outrage that people would allow the Northern Ireland community
:02:24. > :02:25.to suffer as a result of the failure to have the courage to take a
:02:26. > :02:31.decision that they know is necessary. We're not in conflict
:02:32. > :02:36.with Peter Robinson the DUP on the issue of this. We are in conflict
:02:37. > :02:39.with the British Government and we said that to David Cameron during
:02:40. > :02:45.the course of the week. I reminded him that I have been involved in
:02:46. > :02:49.putting together two programmes of Government with Ian Paisley and
:02:50. > :02:58.Peter Robinson in 2011 were none of this was discussed. -- were none.
:02:59. > :03:02.Part of the Ormeau Road in Belfast was closed in both directions this
:03:03. > :03:04.evening after an unstable derelict building had to be demolished.
:03:05. > :03:07.The building was at the junction of the Ormeau Road and
:03:08. > :03:09.University Street Avenue in the south of the city.
:03:10. > :03:11.Work had already been going on at the site.
:03:12. > :03:14.Traffic was diverted to allow builders to knock down the front
:03:15. > :03:16.Council staff monitored the operation.
:03:17. > :03:18.Several hundred loyalists have protested outside a police station
:03:19. > :03:22.They held the demonstration as four bandsmen were questioned
:03:23. > :03:26.by police about alleged breaches of Parades Commission rulings.
:03:27. > :03:31.The bandsmen attended the station voluntarily and were not arrested.
:03:32. > :03:33.A teenager who has anorexia has criticised treatment
:03:34. > :03:37.at our only Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit.
:03:38. > :03:41.Aoife Boyle was admitted to Beechcroft in South Belfast in May
:03:42. > :03:44.but her parents were so alarmed at her treatment they discharged her
:03:45. > :03:58.I spoke to the Boyle family and to management at the unit.
:03:59. > :04:04.A teenage girl in crisis. Aoife Boyle had had eaten nothing in ten
:04:05. > :04:09.weeks when she was admitted to Beachcroft underweight and seriously
:04:10. > :04:13.ill. I hated every minute of it. It was like being in prison and not
:04:14. > :04:17.allowed to go anywhere. I could not stand as that was considered
:04:18. > :04:19.exercise. I could not walk anywhere by myself in case I harmed myself. I
:04:20. > :04:25.was told, if you do by myself in case I harmed myself. I
:04:26. > :04:29.you know what will happen, in a threatening way. The Boyle family
:04:30. > :04:37.feel they were excluded threatening way. The Boyle family
:04:38. > :04:41.being watched 24/7. There threatening way. The Boyle family
:04:42. > :04:42.She did not sleep well threatening way. The Boyle family
:04:43. > :04:49.them. Looking at 24 hours a day. threatening way. The Boyle family
:04:50. > :04:57.the bottom of her bed effectively looking at her. This
:04:58. > :05:04.could be e-mail support staff or support staff. Beachcroft opened
:05:05. > :05:07.four years ago to meet the growing demand for mental health services
:05:08. > :05:13.for young people. Other families have complained about the style of
:05:14. > :05:24.treatment for eating disorders. The Karen -- they say they cannot
:05:25. > :05:27.Young boys would prefer to have a female and in terms
:05:28. > :05:29.of who is helping them, some people strike a particular
:05:30. > :05:32.relationship with staff and they feel more comfortable, but all
:05:33. > :05:35.of the staff are trained to deliver that in a safe and dignified way.
:05:36. > :05:37.In the end, the family discharged Aoife from hospital
:05:38. > :05:42.They're paying for private help, something that Aoife also believes
:05:43. > :05:44.This is all you think about constantly.
:05:45. > :05:58.Even if there is something coming up, like going out with
:05:59. > :06:12.Elderly people going without food and not being kept hydrated -
:06:13. > :06:15.those were allegations made to BBC Newsline by a whistleblower
:06:16. > :06:19.Today, they led to official criticism of the watchdog body
:06:20. > :06:25.that's meant to carry out inspections across Northern Ireland.
:06:26. > :06:29.Now the independent watchdog body , the RQIA, has been told it should
:06:30. > :06:40.Our health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly reports.
:06:41. > :06:43.It was here at Cherry Tree Nursing Home that
:06:44. > :06:45.a former care worker alleged basics like feeding and toileting were
:06:46. > :06:49.But she said it wasn't just staff who ignored the basics.
:06:50. > :06:50.In fact, the regulators ignored her complaints,
:06:51. > :06:53.leaving her with no option but to become a whistleblower.
:06:54. > :06:55.Nine years on and a review confirms that the
:06:56. > :06:58.This latest review focussed on how the RQIA responded to
:06:59. > :07:04.In its report, the review team said the regulator
:07:05. > :07:06.should have taken a more rigorous approach to enforcing care
:07:07. > :07:12.And that, despite repeated and multiple failings at the home,
:07:13. > :07:17.enforcement action was taken on just three occasions in eight years.
:07:18. > :07:21.The team said the RQIA's inspection reports gave little assurance that
:07:22. > :07:25.what was wrong at Cherry Tree had been properly addressed.
:07:26. > :07:29.In their recommendations, the report?s authors said the RQIA
:07:30. > :07:33.should review its enforcement policy for nursing homes like Cherry Tree.
:07:34. > :07:37.That it could consider the recruitment of assessors with
:07:38. > :07:40.care home backgrounds to take part in inspections.
:07:41. > :07:42.And that there should be greater support and protection
:07:43. > :07:48.The BBC's investigations on nursing homes has triggered the question -
:07:49. > :08:00.is the regulator tough enough on those who breach regulations?
:08:01. > :08:12.You can drive a relationship rebuilding the big steak or through
:08:13. > :08:21.-- the big steak or through mutual engagement. We believe in both.
:08:22. > :08:24.Last year, Elizabeth Calvert told the BBC how she found her
:08:25. > :08:28.She said families shouldn't have had to wait this long for answers.
:08:29. > :08:31.It has been going on for nine years and I look forward to
:08:32. > :08:34.They need to improve because all people deserve a kinder
:08:35. > :08:38.The owners of Cherry Tree said that while the
:08:39. > :08:40.report's recommendations do not deal with Cherry Tree House specifically,
:08:41. > :08:42.the report provides useful insight into our own shortcomings.
:08:43. > :08:45.Angie has the weather for tomorrow and looking towards the weekend.
:08:46. > :08:51.We have just had seven months in a row when the average temperatures
:08:52. > :08:54.were above average. Despite the cloud and rain today, temperatures
:08:55. > :08:59.have been decent as well at 20 Celsius in parts of the south-east.
:09:00. > :09:02.We have also had rain around and that will ease away during the first
:09:03. > :09:10.part of the night. It will be drier. Sitting around 10 Celsius. Tomorrow,
:09:11. > :09:15.with the rain out of the way, we have dry weather. Some clouds, but
:09:16. > :09:20.it will be bright spells around particularly in the morning in parts
:09:21. > :09:23.of the south and east. Very similar in the Republic of Ireland. Best of
:09:24. > :09:27.the brightness in the south and east. Scotland enjoying dry weather
:09:28. > :09:32.to begin with, also much of England. The best sunshine is for the south
:09:33. > :09:37.and East, quite warm, with temperatures of around 26 Celsius.
:09:38. > :09:40.In between these two, we have the remnants of our weather front
:09:41. > :09:44.sitting across Wales and the North of England. That will ease with
:09:45. > :09:51.time. Cast your eyes to the West of Scotland and Ireland. We have yet
:09:52. > :09:56.more rain nudging its way in. That will nudge into Northern Ireland as
:09:57. > :09:59.well into the afternoon and again particularly in northern and western
:10:00. > :10:07.medias. It is mainly late and patchy. Temperatures not too bad,
:10:08. > :10:10.18-19 degrees. Things are settled on Friday. Weather front moving in from
:10:11. > :10:15.the Atlantic and that will bring wet weather, heavy burst sovereign and
:10:16. > :10:16.risk winds. At the weekend, the brighter, heavy showers.
:10:17. > :10:21.You can keep up to date with News Online and follow this