:00:00. > :00:14.you posted. All right, Tomasz. Thank you.
:00:15. > :00:21.A County Armagh doctor is charged with sexual assault.
:00:22. > :00:24.The Dungannon woman jailed in Peru for drugs smuggling looks set to
:00:25. > :00:31.Emergency payments are to be given out to people whose homes
:00:32. > :00:34.were affected by last night's flooding and thankfully tonight
:00:35. > :00:58.The heavy downpours however will be back later in the week.
:00:59. > :01:19.The BBC has learned that a man charged with a number
:01:20. > :01:22.of sexual assaults at a County Armagh medical practice is a GP.
:01:23. > :01:23.The charges stretch over a number of years.
:01:24. > :01:27.Here's our reporter in the South East Gordon Adair.
:01:28. > :01:35.The man at the centre of these allegations work here at this health
:01:36. > :01:38.centre for several years, until 2011, and the practice severed its
:01:39. > :01:41.ties with him. More recently, he has been working in Portadown. Police
:01:42. > :01:46.say a 45-year-old has been charged with sexual assault following a
:01:47. > :01:50.number of complaints. The alleged incidents all happened here in the
:01:51. > :01:56.health centre between 2009 and 2011. As is normal practice, the
:01:57. > :02:00.file has now been prepared and sent to the Public prosecution service.
:02:01. > :02:05.The doctor will appear in court in Armagh early next month. The police
:02:06. > :02:07.say this is an ongoing enquiry and they want anyone who might have
:02:08. > :02:14.information relevant to this case to come forward and contact detectors
:02:15. > :02:21.in Newry, using the nonemergency 101 number.
:02:22. > :02:24.This time last year this 21-year-old from Dungannon made headline news
:02:25. > :02:27.across the world when she was found in Peru with cocaine in her luggage.
:02:28. > :02:30.Mikayla McCollum was then convicted and sentenced to six years in jail.
:02:31. > :02:33.Today it emerged she could be transferred from prison in Lima
:02:34. > :02:36.within months, to serve the rest of her sentence at Hydebank Wood
:02:37. > :02:53.August last year. This woman aged 20 was arrested at Lima airport, about
:02:54. > :02:57.to board a flight to Madrid. The Peruvian police said they were
:02:58. > :03:02.carrying 1110 g of cocaine, hidden in food packets and worth ?1.5
:03:03. > :03:06.million. Initially, they said they had been kidnapped and coerced. At
:03:07. > :03:11.their trial in December, the woman pleaded guilty to drug smuggling
:03:12. > :03:13.offences and was given reduced sentences of six years and eight
:03:14. > :03:23.months in prison. They were later moved to another prison where
:03:24. > :03:31.European prisoners are often kept. Melissa Reid has applied to be
:03:32. > :03:40.transferred to be - a jail in Scotland. The other woman was...
:03:41. > :03:44.Some paperwork and protocols have yet to be completed in the UK before
:03:45. > :03:51.that can go ahead. She is most likely to be moved to this prison in
:03:52. > :03:55.south Belfast. Michaela McCullin has been in custody for a year now since
:03:56. > :03:59.her initial arrest. The process of bringing her back here to complete
:04:00. > :04:05.the sentence could take several months.
:04:06. > :04:07.Angry and deeply frustrated, that's how an MLA is describing
:04:08. > :04:10.people who were affected by flash flooding in Counties Tyrone
:04:11. > :04:16.It's claimed there was a lack of emergency co-ordination between
:04:17. > :04:19.the Roads Service, Rivers Agency and NI Water when water levels rose.
:04:20. > :04:38.The heavy and thundery downpours moved north during Tuesday. So much
:04:39. > :04:43.rain fell in such a short amount of time, the drains were overwhelmed
:04:44. > :04:48.and roads, homes and businesses felt the full force of nature. Torrential
:04:49. > :04:52.rain that I don't think I've ever seen before. It lasted three
:04:53. > :04:57.quarters of an hour. It stopped for about 15 minutes and then there was
:04:58. > :05:01.another downpour which lasted half an hour. Emergency services were
:05:02. > :05:07.called to help homeowners deal with rising water levels. Sandbags were
:05:08. > :05:14.given out but for some, it was too late. I looked out and started to
:05:15. > :05:20.panic because I thought, not again. The water was coming in nonstop. It
:05:21. > :05:26.is up to my step and I began to panic. It was crazy. It shouldn't be
:05:27. > :05:37.happening. Omar was one of the first to see flooding. -- Omagh. An
:05:38. > :05:43.elderly woman was taken to safety from her house. There was no roads
:05:44. > :05:47.service presents here. There was no Northern Ireland water presents.
:05:48. > :05:51.There was no reason for any of the not being here last night because I
:05:52. > :05:55.have a service immediately reported it. It was for those agencies to
:05:56. > :06:00.follow up on that. That didn't happen so they must act - they must
:06:01. > :06:12.answer for their in action last night. All three say they did
:06:13. > :06:14.respond to calls. The Rivers agency says staff checked critical
:06:15. > :06:18.infrastructure last night and will continue to do so. Homeowners also
:06:19. > :06:28.fought a battle with the elements in this town, with emergency services
:06:29. > :06:36.working at the scene. As the thunderstorm rumbled, they caused
:06:37. > :06:39.this hospital's accident and thunderstorm rumbled, they caused
:06:40. > :06:43.emergency department. The hospital had only just fully returned to
:06:44. > :06:47.normal after severe flooding destroyed 40% of the building in
:06:48. > :06:53.July last year. This is the third time this has happened. Last year
:06:54. > :06:58.was a major one, costing ?40 million. We have two ask, will
:06:59. > :07:04.services being in existence at this hospital when our cancer patients
:07:05. > :07:05.need it? Today, as the clean-up operation got underway, the
:07:06. > :07:09.Department of the Environment announced that it will provide ?1000
:07:10. > :07:11.contemplation for victims of the floods.
:07:12. > :07:15.- compensation. The news of the flooding comes
:07:16. > :07:18.as the Roads Minister Danny Kennedy claims budget cuts will effect
:07:19. > :07:20.the number of times gullies are emptied, potholes are repaired
:07:21. > :07:23.and street lights are fixed. The Executive Minister says tens
:07:24. > :07:25.of thousands of street lights could be out across Northern Ireland over
:07:26. > :07:27.the winter, after his budget was cut last week by the
:07:28. > :07:34.Finance Minister Simon Hamilton. Mr Hamilton has accused
:07:35. > :07:36.Danny Kennedy of exaggerating. Here's Our Political Reporter
:07:37. > :07:49.Stephen Walker. Keeping Northern Ireland's towns and
:07:50. > :07:52.cities well lit is the responsibility of Danny
:07:53. > :07:57.regional development Minister for study claims the new budget, signed
:07:58. > :08:02.off as part of the June mandatory round, means he has to save ?15
:08:03. > :08:08.million, which will result in key services being capped. There is the
:08:09. > :08:14.unfortunate prospect that lights will not be repaired as quickly.
:08:15. > :08:20.There is the prospect that grass cutting will be impacted upon. Other
:08:21. > :08:27.environmental services such as Delhi emptying, all of these will be
:08:28. > :08:33.impacted upon. - Delhi emptying. It will include road maintenance. And
:08:34. > :08:37.that worries those in the industry. We are concerned that any
:08:38. > :08:42.construction cuts is of concern to us. This is at a time when the
:08:43. > :08:47.construction industry is just coming out of the longest recession in
:08:48. > :08:52.living memory. We believe that construction activity is absolutely
:08:53. > :08:56.key and fundamental to Northern Ireland's economic recovery. There
:08:57. > :09:01.are other worries. The lack of political agreement at Stormont over
:09:02. > :09:06.welfare reform means further cuts will be necessary, which many find
:09:07. > :09:10.frustrating. People are fed up to the back teeth. People have worked
:09:11. > :09:14.their way through this over the last five years, trying to hold their
:09:15. > :09:22.businesses together. Because of a lack of political agreement, we are
:09:23. > :09:26.now facing further job cuts. People have had enough. Today, Sinn Fein
:09:27. > :09:33.accused Danny Kennedy of grandstanding and the SDLP said he
:09:34. > :09:37.was using scare tactics. The DDP suggested he was exaggerating. Danny
:09:38. > :09:42.Kennedy's warning about the repair of streetlights and road maintenance
:09:43. > :09:47.comes just days after the Finance Minister Simon Hamilton made cuts of
:09:48. > :09:51.nearly ?80 million across a series of executive departments. This is a
:09:52. > :09:53.story we are going to have to get used to. In October, more cuts are
:09:54. > :09:58.planned. The play that looks at how Irish
:09:59. > :10:04.soldiers were treated in Ireland One of the firms accused
:10:05. > :10:11.of receiving overpayments from the Housing Executive is to
:10:12. > :10:13.receive ?470,000 after it emerged Dixons was one of fours firms named
:10:14. > :10:23.in the Assembly by the housing Our Economics and Business Editor,
:10:24. > :10:40.John Campbell, has been speaking to Dixons contractors have been working
:10:41. > :10:43.with the Housing executive more than 30 years. They were shocked when the
:10:44. > :10:49.housing minister stood up in the assembly and said they were one of
:10:50. > :10:53.four firms which have benefited from overpayments amounting to ?80
:10:54. > :10:59.million. But a year on at the truth is out. Dixons were not overpaid. In
:11:00. > :11:03.fact, the Housing executive said the company is owed almost ?500,000. The
:11:04. > :11:13.company founder says they have been vindicated. I am glad that we are
:11:14. > :11:19.exonerated from all charges. The only sad thing about it is, we had
:11:20. > :11:29.to lay off a lot of men in the last year. Three other contractors will
:11:30. > :11:34.have to make repayments but just ?670,000. Nowhere near that dramatic
:11:35. > :11:39.18 million figure. The executive's chairman says the whole fiasco was
:11:40. > :11:44.due to poor management. It was poorly setup, poorly managed and I
:11:45. > :11:50.am not blaming the contractors for that. They were put in that position
:11:51. > :11:56.but we had to work our way out of it. That is what we have done. We
:11:57. > :12:00.resolved it to their satisfaction. How come the figure was so horribly
:12:01. > :12:06.wrong? Housing executive said it was only ever a broad brush estimate and
:12:07. > :12:10.the executive's chairman admits it was worked out by extrapolating from
:12:11. > :12:14.a very small sample. He was surprised when the minister used the
:12:15. > :12:20.figure in the way that he did. But the upshot of it all has been very
:12:21. > :12:27.tough for Dixons. Last year was very stressful. We have had suppliers
:12:28. > :12:35.ringing us up and cutting off our credit. People have been at my
:12:36. > :12:42.wife, going on and other members of the family. This might not be the
:12:43. > :12:49.end of the matter. Some people want to ask more questions.
:12:50. > :12:51.There has been an arson attack. It happened in Francis Street
:12:52. > :12:54.in the early hours of this morning. Police and the fire service were
:12:55. > :12:56.at the scene Several people were in the house at
:12:57. > :13:00.the time but they escaped uninjured. Police described the attack
:13:01. > :13:02.as crude and dangerous. Now to the second
:13:03. > :13:05.of two special reports on issues A charity has warned that positive
:13:06. > :13:08.changes in workplace culture may be eroded as a result
:13:09. > :13:12.of the economic downturn. Disability Action have seen
:13:13. > :13:15.an increase in queries from people with disabilities who
:13:16. > :13:20.are worried about their jobs. But they say employers can make
:13:21. > :13:35.a big difference with small This woman is paralysed on one side.
:13:36. > :13:43.She also has a learning disability and epilepsy. Good morning. How can
:13:44. > :13:46.I help you? Her job at this call centre in Belfast is going well. She
:13:47. > :13:50.also travels to England to do a drama course every week. She is
:13:51. > :13:55.happy in her workplace and hopes she can help others to feel the same. Do
:13:56. > :14:01.not let the disability get in the way. Just do what you've got to do.
:14:02. > :14:06.If anybody, whatever their disability entails can do it, any
:14:07. > :14:16.disabled person can do it. They want to be treated equally. Her employers
:14:17. > :14:20.have made some adjustments, like scheduling regular hours. They say
:14:21. > :14:24.the cost of making those changes pays off. We have worked with her
:14:25. > :14:28.and her support worker in order to look at both the adjustments that
:14:29. > :14:30.she will have needed, whether that be additional training and
:14:31. > :14:36.one-to-one coaching, and also doing a personal development plan. We had
:14:37. > :14:40.fantastic results as an organisation. It is a positive
:14:41. > :14:44.experience around. Across Northern Ireland, the picture is more mixed.
:14:45. > :14:47.The charity which works with her has seen an increase in enquiries from
:14:48. > :14:52.disabled people worried about their jobs in recent times. It says
:14:53. > :14:57.workplace culture for workers with disabilities have improved but the
:14:58. > :15:01.recession hasn't helped that. There is a risk at the minute that all the
:15:02. > :15:08.ground we've made up, all of that positive change is being eroded by
:15:09. > :15:12.the economic situation. We still have great employers, employees who
:15:13. > :15:17.are taking positive actions but we also have an increasing the number
:15:18. > :15:22.of queries coming through our services. They come from people who
:15:23. > :15:26.feel they are under threat of implement. The charity is keen to
:15:27. > :15:32.stress that services are available to help workers and employers deal
:15:33. > :15:38.with any issues. Computers say it is important they make as many
:15:39. > :15:41.opportunities as possible for disabled people in the workplace.
:15:42. > :15:44.The Irish women's rugby team are being tipped as possible World Cup
:15:45. > :15:49.winners after their historic victory over New Zealand yesterday.
:15:50. > :15:51.It was the first time in almost a quarter
:15:52. > :15:55.of a century that the New Zealanders had suffered a World Cup defeat.
:15:56. > :15:59.Women's rugby is one of the fastest growing sports here, and, as BBC
:16:00. > :16:11.Newsline's Mark Simpson reports, it is attracting players of all ages.
:16:12. > :16:22.If you thought that rugby was a game for men, think again. This rugby
:16:23. > :16:26.session is one of many. The teenagers had an extra spring in
:16:27. > :16:32.their step today. Yesterday, Irish women's rugby team beat New Zealand.
:16:33. > :16:38.their step today. Yesterday, Irish I think it is so good to encourage
:16:39. > :16:43.more girls along. I think it shows that the girls can
:16:44. > :16:49.more girls along. I think it shows As my brother says, the girls are
:16:50. > :16:56.much tougher than the men. They have to prove themselves. The men have
:16:57. > :17:08.had a free run. It shows how hard we had been working. Are you proud?
:17:09. > :17:12.Definitely. What do the boys think? Who is better to ask than
:17:13. > :17:13.Definitely. What do the boys think? recently retired Irish player who
:17:14. > :17:18.Definitely. What do the boys think? coaching these boys. He watched
:17:19. > :17:20.Definitely. What do the boys think? match yesterday. The first thing
:17:21. > :17:29.Definitely. What do the boys think? that went through my head when I
:17:30. > :17:32.Definitely. What do the boys think? what we never managed to achieve. We
:17:33. > :17:41.had a few competitive games and a few that I would prefer to think
:17:42. > :17:45.about -- prefer to forget about. There is a steady stream of young
:17:46. > :17:52.talent coming through. It is absolutely huge. There are many
:17:53. > :18:00.youth clubs. We have had a massive increase in the number of girls who
:18:01. > :18:06.want to play rugby. Next for Ireland is a game against Caddick stand. A
:18:07. > :18:09.win will take them into the semifinals. Many believe that if
:18:10. > :18:14.they can beat New Zealand, they can beat anyone. The victory by the
:18:15. > :18:23.women's team means that the pressure is really on the men. One thing is
:18:24. > :18:26.clear, at all levels the future of rugby is in safe hands.
:18:27. > :18:32.The World Cup is barely over and the domestic football season is upon us.
:18:33. > :18:34.We are live with the champions and contenders
:18:35. > :18:46.Events marking the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War
:18:47. > :18:48.have been dominating the headlines in recent days.
:18:49. > :18:52.However, over the past year, a play has been touring Ireland focusing
:18:53. > :18:58.It deals with the way nationalists reacted,
:18:59. > :19:02.in the wake of the republican Easter Rising of 1916, to Irish soldiers
:19:03. > :19:20.Always read the trumpets and bagpipes, marching back towards the
:19:21. > :19:25.front. It is estimated that 50,000 soldiers from the island of Ireland
:19:26. > :19:34.died in the First World War. But many came home, some with the scars
:19:35. > :19:46.of battle. Those who had a national as background were received by many
:19:47. > :19:52.as traitors. My great uncle came back. He was lucky because it was an
:19:53. > :19:56.old town and they were quite tolerant of Irish men who fought in
:19:57. > :20:00.the First World War. But he could not really talk about it. He only
:20:01. > :20:10.spoke to other veterans. They had to come back and go into a small Irish
:20:11. > :20:14.community, where people's attitude towards British rule had changed
:20:15. > :20:22.overnight. It was like a scene from the old Testament, a parting of the
:20:23. > :20:34.seas. You should have stayed. You should have been here fighting for
:20:35. > :20:42.us, not for them. One man has visited many times to the Somme. He
:20:43. > :20:53.says that the perspective on the war is badly skewed. It got to the stage
:20:54. > :20:58.where we did not even think the Germans were there. It was a shock
:20:59. > :21:01.to learn that some of the Irish soldiers had died. And then when I
:21:02. > :21:07.find out how they retreated when they got home, it was even more of a
:21:08. > :21:15.shock. I am not a historian, but I am just telling my grandfather's
:21:16. > :21:22.story. I can understand why in Ireland's, when he had gone to
:21:23. > :21:28.university it had been an adventure. Instead of going on a gap year, you
:21:29. > :21:34.do something different. He was in the Army for 18 months, but it
:21:35. > :21:39.changed his life completely. The scream of a horse in pain. Sometimes
:21:40. > :21:43.it would go on all night. Time for sport now and with
:21:44. > :21:46.the new domestic football season about to kick off - Mark Sidebottom
:21:47. > :21:57.is at the unlikely location There is better bet of a festival
:21:58. > :22:08.going on this evening, but it will not be fun for these guys. Tommy
:22:09. > :22:12.Breslin is here. The World Cup is over. Can you believe that the
:22:13. > :22:17.domestic season is upon us? I am really looking forward to it. We
:22:18. > :22:26.have been playing some practice games and training for so long. Let
:22:27. > :22:38.us take a look at last season. How can you replace Leon Boyd. How do
:22:39. > :22:41.you replace Leon Boyd? I don't know. We are looking for other players to
:22:42. > :22:46.step up to the mark. It happens all the time in football. Top players
:22:47. > :22:55.move on and someone else comes along and takes the place. You will be
:22:56. > :23:03.looking forward to rubbing shoulders with Warren Feeney. You have had a
:23:04. > :23:08.taste in Europe. How are you prepared and are you nervous? I
:23:09. > :23:15.never get nervous as a player. It is different from in Europe. It is much
:23:16. > :23:25.scrub back very different on the domestic skin. -- it is very
:23:26. > :23:29.different on the domestic scene. It is a good positive died as we get
:23:30. > :23:50.into the last week before the season starts. As Tommy said, I understand
:23:51. > :23:55.why he has gone. Tommy, it is never a two horse race and we would never
:23:56. > :24:01.disrespect the other teams. What do you see them as the biggest threat?
:24:02. > :24:08.They are the most successful club in the country, so they will always be
:24:09. > :24:15.a risk for us. But I am sure that Warren Feeney will agree with me. It
:24:16. > :24:21.is not a two horse race. There will be twists and turns and any club is
:24:22. > :24:24.capable of beating any other club. Thank you for joining us. Best of
:24:25. > :24:32.luck to you both in the new season. Golf's final major of the year,
:24:33. > :24:35.the USPGA Championship, gets underway in Kentucky tomorrow - with
:24:36. > :24:37.Rory McIlroy the red hot favourite Despite acknowledging he is in
:24:38. > :24:49.the form of his life, the new world It is nice to win if you turn amends
:24:50. > :24:55.and get back to near the top of the world rankings. I am winning golf
:24:56. > :25:01.tournaments. I am not necessarily sure that you can call it the start
:25:02. > :25:04.of an era, but I am very happy with my golf at the moment.
:25:05. > :25:07.People can say what they want to say, which is fine -
:25:08. > :25:11.I cannot read too much into it, but I will continue to practice hard
:25:12. > :25:17.I try not to read too much of the stuff written, because if I read
:25:18. > :25:20.everything I would turn up to the first tee here on Thursday thinking
:25:21. > :25:38.Finally this evening, still not playing ball with
:25:39. > :25:45.the reported lifting of a media ban - but it remains in place.
:25:46. > :25:56.They meet Donegel in Croke Park on Saturday.
:25:57. > :26:01.There is some rain starting here. I am going to run for some cover.
:26:02. > :26:06.It is now time for the weather with Cecilia.
:26:07. > :26:22.It is looking better tonight. We are expecting drier weather. No warnings
:26:23. > :26:25.It is looking better tonight. We are tonight. We had many thundery
:26:26. > :26:31.downpours, that are now just clearing away. There are still a few
:26:32. > :26:38.light showers. These showers should not be too heavy or frequent.
:26:39. > :26:43.Temperatures could dip to 7-8 Celsius. If you are up early
:26:44. > :26:51.tomorrow, it may be misty in the morning. Otherwise, it will be a
:26:52. > :26:57.nice day. There will be some cloud as the morning goes on, but it
:26:58. > :27:03.should stage I until lunch time. You may be able to put your washing out.
:27:04. > :27:15.From lunch time, there will be some lighter showers. It will feel quite
:27:16. > :27:22.warm, temperatures 20 Celsius. We may see some or showers developing.
:27:23. > :27:24.However, we are not expecting thundery downpours.
:27:25. > :27:27.may see some or showers developing. However, we are not expecting But
:27:28. > :27:33.tomorrow it is looking different. This rain will move its way up and
:27:34. > :27:38.there will be a wet end to the night and he wet start to Friday. There
:27:39. > :27:43.are no warnings at the moment, but we are watching this. It should turn
:27:44. > :27:48.brighter throughout the day. People have asked me if there is a hurry
:27:49. > :27:51.came on the way. The cocaine is coming out of the United States and
:27:52. > :27:55.she will move across the Atlantic over the next couple of days. By the
:27:56. > :28:00.time that she gets towards us, it will be the end of the weekend. So
:28:01. > :28:05.there is a possibility that the remnants of the hurricane will
:28:06. > :28:09.affect our weather, particularly on Sunday. But we're not certain at the
:28:10. > :28:10.moment. In the meantime, keep your umbrella handy.
:28:11. > :28:15.can also keep in contact with us via Facebook and Twitter.