:00:00. > :00:00.week. Great, Peter, thanks very much. It
:00:00. > :00:14.is Good evening. The headlines on BBC
:00:15. > :00:17.Newsline. Details emerge of how budget cuts
:00:18. > :00:21.could impact on our health service. A former US senator holds meetings
:00:22. > :00:25.with the Executive parties in Belfast as another leading
:00:26. > :00:28.American accuses politicians here The growing role social media is
:00:29. > :00:33.playing in the hunt The loyalist reaction to the IRA
:00:34. > :00:38.ceasefire - part two of our series on those
:00:39. > :00:42.historic events twenty years ago. Find out what that is and why it led
:00:43. > :00:58.to a local man's meltdown. Golf's Northern Ireland Open
:00:59. > :01:00.is under way in Ballymena. Join me live for all the latest
:01:01. > :01:02.at Galgorm castle. And be aware of heavy rain
:01:03. > :01:05.and strong winds this evening. A warning's been issued by the
:01:06. > :01:07.Met Office. The Health Minister has outlined
:01:08. > :01:16.in black and white how the health service
:01:17. > :01:19.will be impacted by potential cuts. Pay restraints
:01:20. > :01:21.on health sector staff, cutting the number of agency medical staff
:01:22. > :01:23.and further reducing expenditure on home care packages are
:01:24. > :01:27.among the controversial measures. The paper, seen
:01:28. > :01:30.by the BBC paints a stark picture. Our health correspondent
:01:31. > :01:46.Marie-Louise Connolly is We have been talking about
:01:47. > :01:52.concerns, we have details. That's right. We have the details. This is
:01:53. > :01:57.the health Minister's last-ditch attempt to keep the health service
:01:58. > :02:01.as we know it in Northern Ireland. They are only proposals. As you
:02:02. > :02:05.outlined there, the following cuts are included in the paper. Pay
:02:06. > :02:11.restraint for health care staff with the warning saying that if these
:02:12. > :02:16.cuts go through, it could cause industrial action. Cuts to agency
:02:17. > :02:25.doctors and nurses which would of is the impact on wards. Major cuts to
:02:26. > :02:29.care packages for the elderly. The domiciliary packages. And there
:02:30. > :02:38.would be less money for drug therapy, like cancer, arthritis and
:02:39. > :02:42.MS. And the round the clock labs would not be possible -- cardiac
:02:43. > :02:45.centre would not be possible. The bigger picture that we have been
:02:46. > :02:54.talking about is transforming our care, that is to transform Northern
:02:55. > :02:58.Ireland's health service, taking services away from the hospital and
:02:59. > :03:03.into the community. It is said that it would for -- cause a major
:03:04. > :03:08.problem for that policy, I think it would be dead in the water if these
:03:09. > :03:12.proposals go through. These proposals did not come about
:03:13. > :03:15.overnight. After four years of keeping silence on the whole
:03:16. > :03:20.controversy surrounding health at the moment, the former health
:03:21. > :03:24.minister has folk -- broken his silence in an exclusive interview
:03:25. > :03:27.with the BBC. He has been telling me about how he feels about the recent
:03:28. > :03:33.controversy within the health service.
:03:34. > :03:37.The health minister often found himself in the eye of the storm.
:03:38. > :03:42.Very little has changed since 2009 when talk of budget cuts brought
:03:43. > :03:46.thousands of health workers out onto the streets. Five years later,
:03:47. > :03:48.thousands of health workers out onto watching from the sidelines, he says
:03:49. > :03:55.he can empathise with the man who took his place. I do have sympathy
:03:56. > :03:59.for him. He is not getting the support he is entitled to from the
:04:00. > :04:04.wreckage of colleagues and I think we as the public expects to see that
:04:05. > :04:08.happening now. It is very important that the Executive get behind the
:04:09. > :04:12.health minister and get behind the health service and find the money
:04:13. > :04:19.that is required to keep the show on the road. Because if they don't,
:04:20. > :04:26.lives will be lost. Responsibility for the budget in this Assembly is
:04:27. > :04:29.responsibility for every party. Hardly a week went past without
:04:30. > :04:35.someone criticising the management of the budget. I am extremely angry
:04:36. > :04:44.about the way the health service has been treated. In 2011, the health
:04:45. > :04:48.budget was slashed by ?300 million. Mr McGimpsey says that these
:04:49. > :04:53.negative fails to grasp that the Executive -- that the budget must
:04:54. > :04:57.reflect demand. The fact is, we know that demand is rising for health and
:04:58. > :05:02.social care services in Northern Ireland. And you have to increase
:05:03. > :05:07.the provision in order to meet that demand. How does party politics in
:05:08. > :05:13.Northern Ireland damaged the running of a department, in particular
:05:14. > :05:17.health? I constantly plead with other parties, let's not play
:05:18. > :05:22.politics with the health service. We all need to work together to make
:05:23. > :05:28.the health service work. And I have to say that those pleas fell on deaf
:05:29. > :05:32.ears by and large. Next week, the health minister is expected before
:05:33. > :05:35.the health committee. Explanations for previous actions will be
:05:36. > :05:41.expected and indications as to how the service will be moved forward.
:05:42. > :05:45.Of course he wants to make us look at the money which is ever ready
:05:46. > :05:50.else's fold. But it is his plan and his fault and when it comes before
:05:51. > :05:53.the committee next week, we will ask whether he has been interrogating
:05:54. > :05:58.that plan and analysing its efficiency to work out why his plan
:05:59. > :06:02.is causing problems. Both these ministers know what a poisoned
:06:03. > :06:07.chalice running the health service can be and if no extra funding is
:06:08. > :06:15.allocated, it is possible that a new person will be at the helm within
:06:16. > :06:22.weeks. Now, there is renewed US involvement
:06:23. > :06:29.in the peace process here. Gary Hart has become involved. A senior aide
:06:30. > :06:33.to former President Bill Clinton accused Northern Ireland politicians
:06:34. > :06:36.of what she called an abysmal abdication of leadership. Nancy
:06:37. > :06:42.Soderberg said that unionists and nationalists were too stuck in the
:06:43. > :06:46.past. It has been an entire generation and we are still arguing
:06:47. > :06:50.about the past instead of how to desegregate schools, get trade going
:06:51. > :06:53.and get a prosperous Northern Ireland. I think it is time that the
:06:54. > :06:58.next generation get that chance and it is up to the leadership, or the
:06:59. > :07:03.next generation of leaders, to do that. I asked Nancy Soderberg
:07:04. > :07:09.whether she could see a way for Northern Ireland to move forward?
:07:10. > :07:16.The proposals put forward by Richard Haass Lady process out pretty
:07:17. > :07:19.clearly. -- lay the process out. It lets the healing begin but does not
:07:20. > :07:27.prevent a conversation about the future. The former US senator, Gary
:07:28. > :07:30.Hart, has been asked to meet local politicians and prepare a report for
:07:31. > :07:42.the US Secretary of State, John Kerry. He has been holding talks
:07:43. > :07:45.with the parties in Belfast. Gary Hart was remaining tight-lipped
:07:46. > :07:50.about his trip to Belfast. No comment. He was talking to
:07:51. > :07:55.politicians and he sought the nomination for president twice in
:07:56. > :08:00.the 1980s. On the second occasion he withdrew from the race after
:08:01. > :08:05.negative buzz -- publicity over his relationship with a model. The
:08:06. > :08:11.Richard Haass talks ended months ago and there was no political
:08:12. > :08:15.agreement. So once again we have a visiting American meeting local
:08:16. > :08:20.politicians in a Belfast hotel. But this is not Richard Haass two. Gary
:08:21. > :08:26.Hart is here at the request of John Kerry, he is not here to negotiate,
:08:27. > :08:32.but simply to listen and learn. Today, Gary Hart was told by some
:08:33. > :08:37.that politics here is in crisis. The reality is is that we are in quite a
:08:38. > :08:40.troubled situation in terms of the Executive and I think it is
:08:41. > :08:44.important that this was it gives people an opportunity to bring the
:08:45. > :08:52.US administration up to date and also from our perspective, to focus
:08:53. > :08:58.minds on the need for a need to change focus. Others warned the US
:08:59. > :09:04.senator that there was little time to solve outstanding issues. We have
:09:05. > :09:07.got a problem. Three years of elections, then Westminster
:09:08. > :09:10.elections and the Stormont elections. The danger is that we
:09:11. > :09:15.will see no progress because of that political cycle. Gary Hart was also
:09:16. > :09:22.told that some people here are losing faith in politics. People are
:09:23. > :09:26.disillusioned, disheartened. The two big parties are perceived by the
:09:27. > :09:31.vast majority of the public to just be looking after themselves. So,
:09:32. > :09:37.will the former senator returned after today? Some suggest that this
:09:38. > :09:43.visit has to be a one-off. I think it has to be internal forward --
:09:44. > :09:49.going forward, this has to be internal to Northern Ireland. There
:09:50. > :09:54.will be no return of Richard Haass. By tonight, Gary Hart will have met
:09:55. > :09:55.the five Executive parties. He will have talks in London before
:09:56. > :10:03.returning to the United States. The woman who died in a crash
:10:04. > :10:06.in Carrickfergus last night was 53-year-old Heather Steele
:10:07. > :10:07.from the area. The crash happened on the
:10:08. > :10:09.Belfast Road. Two men were taken to hospital for
:10:10. > :10:12.treatment but their injuries are not The road was closed overnight
:10:13. > :10:16.but has now reopened. This is BBC Newsline - plenty
:10:17. > :10:20.to come before seven including: It looks good,
:10:21. > :10:22.so why did this dessert lead to We brought you a story on Tuesday
:10:23. > :10:35.about the cost of school uniforms and how parents are using swap shops
:10:36. > :10:38.and charities to save money. Well,
:10:39. > :10:48.that certainly touched a nerve! BBC Newsline's Facebook page was
:10:49. > :10:50.inundated with messages from viewers complaining
:10:51. > :10:53.about the price of uniforms.. Our education correspondent
:10:54. > :11:07.Maggie Taggart reports now on some This website was inspired by a
:11:08. > :11:12.parent who wants to murder that want to make sure unwanted school
:11:13. > :11:16.uniforms are reused. This one, in Newry, which was set up to give away
:11:17. > :11:21.household goods has been overwhelmed by requests for branded uniforms. It
:11:22. > :11:26.seems to be year-on-year, the price of uniforms is increasing or the
:11:27. > :11:32.level of what the school requires is increasing. First it
:11:33. > :11:38.level of what the school requires is fleeces, or the thing -- all the
:11:39. > :11:43.other things. People are saying they can't afford it. Sarah used
:11:44. > :11:47.other things. People are saying they website and now she helps run it.
:11:48. > :11:51.Everybody is in this predicament. There is only so much
:11:52. > :11:54.Everybody is in this predicament. do. You have to prioritise food for
:11:55. > :11:59.your family before a branded school jumper. You have to prioritise your
:12:00. > :12:04.food. There must be many families where outgrown uniforms are just
:12:05. > :12:08.lying around and families elsewhere are finding it tough to afford the
:12:09. > :12:11.clothes that the schools insist on. The website to match them up. This
:12:12. > :12:14.site offers free adverts The website to match them up. This
:12:15. > :12:22.parents can use it to sell uniforms they don't need. I have had quite a
:12:23. > :12:25.number of things on site and I have passed them on to a number of
:12:26. > :12:29.number of things on site and I have families. That makes me feel good.
:12:30. > :12:33.It is read positive. We have included the database of all schools
:12:34. > :12:38.so anybody who wants to put items on the website can simply choose their
:12:39. > :12:43.school, list what they have, and it is as simple as that. Guidance from
:12:44. > :12:47.the Department for Education says that schools should eliminate
:12:48. > :12:51.exclusive deals with the uniforms of pliers and make sure that uniforms
:12:52. > :12:57.are available from high Street or Internet retailers. I have always
:12:58. > :13:02.said that I will consider bringing in legislation to make sure that
:13:03. > :13:06.schools allow a free market in provision of uniforms and equality
:13:07. > :13:13.of access to that is maintained. And that cost is not prevent people
:13:14. > :13:17.having access. Rather than complying with the guidelines, some schools
:13:18. > :13:23.are accused of adding even more expensive items to their list.
:13:24. > :13:26.20 years ago this week, the IRA announced that
:13:27. > :13:29.Six weeks later, loyalist paramilitaries also declared
:13:30. > :13:32.a ceasefire and offered abject and true remorse to the families of
:13:33. > :13:36.In the second of our special reports on those historic events in 1994,
:13:37. > :13:38.our home affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney looks
:13:39. > :13:48.back at the unionist and loyalist reaction to the IRA announcement.
:13:49. > :13:58.This was one of the founding members of the UVF. In 1994, he was chosen
:13:59. > :14:05.to announce the loyalist paramilitary cease-fires. The main
:14:06. > :14:09.loyalist military commanders will cease all hostilities as of 12
:14:10. > :14:15.midnight on Thursday 30th of October 1994. The announcement came six
:14:16. > :14:20.weeks after the IRA had declared a cease-fire. But the loyalists insist
:14:21. > :14:27.that they were not reacting to that move. There has always been an
:14:28. > :14:30.argument that loyalist reacted. Loyalist has already decided that
:14:31. > :14:34.they were going to call a cease-fire, it was a question of
:14:35. > :14:39.when. Their difficulty was that it was not one, jewellers group, there
:14:40. > :14:43.were a number of groups that had to be brought together. -- one
:14:44. > :14:46.homogenous group. There were arguments about whether there should
:14:47. > :14:54.be cease-fires or not. Not all loyalist agreed at the time. Jackie
:14:55. > :15:01.McDonald is seen here attending an opening of a memorial garden last
:15:02. > :15:06.month. It took place on the 20th anniversary of the IRA killings of
:15:07. > :15:13.senior UDA members. They were shot just weeks after another senior UDA
:15:14. > :15:18.members was killed in Lisburn. And just weeks before the IRA announced
:15:19. > :15:23.its the fire -- cease-fire. Jackie McDonald believes that the IRA was
:15:24. > :15:27.settling old scores before announcing a cease-fire and that the
:15:28. > :15:34.loyalist should have retaliated first. I disagreed with it. And the
:15:35. > :15:45.reason is exactly what I said, I think the IRA have decided to tie up
:15:46. > :15:51.the loose ends. I don't agree with it. With hindsight, he says the
:15:52. > :16:00.cease-fire declaration was the right move. The cease-fires, when they
:16:01. > :16:03.were called and what has been done since means many lives have been
:16:04. > :16:09.saved. That is something we all have to consider. Unionist political
:16:10. > :16:12.leaders were deeply suspicious of the IRA statement and demanded that
:16:13. > :16:18.its vast army of weapons had to be decommissioned. The only way that
:16:19. > :16:22.you can prove that there would be a permanent cessation of violence is
:16:23. > :16:28.by the SIS -- the surrender of their killing machine, their Semtex soars,
:16:29. > :16:35.their guns, their mortars and their equipment. We were determined that
:16:36. > :16:40.we would not be taken in by a false dawn. We needed to see the guns
:16:41. > :16:44.going away in an organised way and they have to be support for the
:16:45. > :16:50.police and the rule of law. Sinn Fein and the republican movement
:16:51. > :16:57.only did that late in the day, 2006, 2007, at our resistance. When others
:16:58. > :17:03.lead them into government while Sinn Fein -- while murders were being
:17:04. > :17:09.carried out on the street. Some believe that a permanent IRA
:17:10. > :17:14.cease-fire was inevitable. I hope that some who have influence with
:17:15. > :17:19.the IRA will persuade them to make the next decisive step and maybe
:17:20. > :17:21.hold permanent. I think they were an organisation that was an
:17:22. > :17:26.organisation that was in floor -- was in flux. They weren't prepared
:17:27. > :17:32.to face up to the truth of the situation, that they were not going
:17:33. > :17:38.to get what they wanted. The 1994 IRA cease-fire collapsed 18 months
:17:39. > :17:43.later when a huge bomb devastated Canary Wharf in London. A new
:17:44. > :17:47.permanent cease-fire was declared in 1997 and decommissioning eventually
:17:48. > :17:51.took place. The provisional IRA structures have been dismantled and
:17:52. > :18:03.Republicans say it will never re-emerged. I cannot say that the --
:18:04. > :18:07.I can say that the war is over, that the -- they are never coming back.
:18:08. > :18:17.Paramilitary groups have also decommissioned but remain intact.
:18:18. > :18:21.News just coming in. Two families from north Sudan have been targeted
:18:22. > :18:25.in racist attacks in North Saddam. Children were sleeping at the time.
:18:26. > :18:33.There were no injuries. The two homes each had a window
:18:34. > :18:37.smashed around 2:30am today. The families are occupied by families
:18:38. > :18:41.fleeing the conflict inside arm. The window that was broken still has not
:18:42. > :18:44.been replaced. Elsewhere, the balloons are up because there is a
:18:45. > :18:48.birthday party happening this evening this by the fact that the
:18:49. > :18:53.house was attacked in the early hours. In the kitchen, the families
:18:54. > :19:00.are busy cooking the meal. Here is Mohammed and his wife and here are
:19:01. > :19:05.the chips. So tell me, the party is going on despite what happened, you
:19:06. > :19:09.are not frightened? We don't know what to do exactly, but we don't
:19:10. > :19:18.have any choice. We came from an unsafe country to live a normal life
:19:19. > :19:19.like everyone else. This is my first year to celebrate with
:19:20. > :19:28.you has elevated his birthday with you has elevated his birthday with
:19:29. > :19:34.him? Yes, I left him in my country and he joined me in December and
:19:35. > :19:35.this is my first celebration with him.
:19:36. > :19:40.this is my first celebration with ourselves with this danger. Apart
:19:41. > :19:53.from that, you have been living here ourselves with this danger. Apart
:19:54. > :19:58.nice. They stay with my son, they are nice people. It has been a
:19:59. > :20:02.little -- a big day for the Sun, a birthday party with his son -- with
:20:03. > :20:08.his friends and a brick through the window.
:20:09. > :20:12.If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen - that's exactly what
:20:13. > :20:14.Saintfield man Iain Watters did after his baked Alaska flopped
:20:15. > :20:17.Social media reaction was quick to follow.
:20:18. > :20:20.Viewers were crying foul play and sabotage until the 31-year-old
:20:21. > :20:22.contestant took to Twitter to concede he'd had a meltdown.
:20:23. > :20:46.Ian isn't happy. It has all melted. The blame kicks in. Why does the
:20:47. > :20:57.eyes can out of the freezer? Don't you just hate it when that happens?
:20:58. > :21:10.That is not cooking. -- why does the ice come out of the freezer.
:21:11. > :21:14.That is not cooking. -- why does the baked Alaska flopped. Oh, no! People
:21:15. > :21:21.are saying it sabotage. The Assembly might even look into it. I won't
:21:22. > :21:26.comment on that. The cameras pick up every single mistake you make. They
:21:27. > :21:32.swoop in on every single minute that you are doing anything. So I feel
:21:33. > :21:37.for him. It is a bit of a fashion right now. But it is technical so
:21:38. > :21:39.you don't see many restaurants doing it. You have to have an
:21:40. > :21:46.understanding of basic pastry before you attempt something like this. Do
:21:47. > :21:59.you do melba toast? Yes. I am going to try it. Yummy! Do you want a wee
:22:00. > :22:03.bit? Very nice. The Women's Institute know a thing or two about
:22:04. > :22:11.baking. What would they do with their baked Alaska flopped? I think
:22:12. > :22:15.in the wartime, they didn't throw anything out, so it is kind of the
:22:16. > :22:21.way that we have been educated, we would just in custard on it and
:22:22. > :22:28.smile! You are pushing the boat out with the old Swan, aren't you?
:22:29. > :22:36.Baking is serious business. Diana doesn't appear in the rest of the
:22:37. > :22:40.series because of ill health. The removal of ice cream from the
:22:41. > :22:45.freezer was in no way responsible for Ian's departure.
:22:46. > :22:56.And yes, there was a hungry cameraman! Now let's get the sport.
:22:57. > :23:03.We are at the Northern Ireland open. Storm clouds gathering?
:23:04. > :23:25.Yes, but let's hope the rain doesn't come here soon.
:23:26. > :23:34.This is a breeding ground for stars of the future. Somebody you should
:23:35. > :23:39.keep an eye on. Sweden's player who produced an amazing performance. He
:23:40. > :23:48.shot a course record of nine under par to lead the magician. A
:23:49. > :23:50.fantastic -- to lead the competition. If fantastic
:23:51. > :23:54.performance. Chris, why has the club decided to
:23:55. > :23:59.bring this prestigious tournament back to Northern Ireland? We held in
:24:00. > :24:03.last year for the first time and it attracted thousands of visitors. So
:24:04. > :24:12.together with our sponsors, we decided to hold it again this year.
:24:13. > :24:15.This tour is fantastic. It has exposure to 440 million people
:24:16. > :24:20.internationally. It protects and develops the brand of Northern
:24:21. > :24:23.Ireland golfer which is very important. We have some great
:24:24. > :24:30.players playing at the moment and some very important people want to
:24:31. > :24:37.keep it going. One of the established stars of Northern
:24:38. > :24:41.Ireland is playing. It is fantastic to have Michael involved right from
:24:42. > :24:46.the beginning. As I said last night, the lovely thing is that you get the
:24:47. > :24:54.whole family as well. So it is a real clue for us. And not just golf
:24:55. > :25:03.here this weekend, you are hoping to attract 45,000 people? Yes, many
:25:04. > :25:11.have registered so far for the food fest at the castle. That opens at 12
:25:12. > :25:17.tomorrow. We have eight mini breweries doing beer and cider.
:25:18. > :25:21.There were 18 brands. We have 15 food suppliers there. We have five
:25:22. > :25:25.food stalls. We have lots of activities for children and the
:25:26. > :25:28.whole family. And we have the garden centre has well. So when the
:25:29. > :25:32.children get fed up with watching golf, they can go up there! Sounds
:25:33. > :25:46.great! . Tickets are free. Meanwhile, Northern Ireland's Gareth
:25:47. > :25:48.Maybin is joint leader The Ballyclare man shot a five under
:25:49. > :25:53.par round of 67 to sit joint top of the leader board at the end of
:25:54. > :26:18.the first round in Turin alongside Let's find out about the weather.
:26:19. > :26:23.Now news about storms. It has been confirmed by climatologists that
:26:24. > :26:26.last year was the stormiest four 140 years. You may remember winds
:26:27. > :26:38.battering the coast, bringing down power lines. Scientists carried out
:26:39. > :26:43.the research. Back to the storms that are heading our way tonight. We
:26:44. > :26:48.have some strong winds and heavy rain. The Met office has issued a
:26:49. > :26:52.weather warning. So be prepared for some possible disruption caused by
:26:53. > :26:57.that. The rain will sweep eastwards. Some of it will be quite heavy. It
:26:58. > :27:01.was clear away through the early hours of Friday but it will be not
:27:02. > :27:05.be completely dry afterwards. There will be showers and spells of rain.
:27:06. > :27:11.Temperatures for some of us will not fall very low. That brings us to
:27:12. > :27:18.tomorrow. It will say Windy with spells are wet weather. Also some
:27:19. > :27:21.dry and is funny -- sunny spells. Shell is most
:27:22. > :27:22.dry and is funny -- sunny spells. north-west coast tomorrow. --
:27:23. > :27:27.showers most likely. There some showers popping up during the
:27:28. > :27:36.day across the North some showers popping up during the
:27:37. > :27:40.spells sunshine. Temperatures tomorrow at 17 or 18 degrees,
:27:41. > :27:46.average for the time of year. The most unsettled weather across
:27:47. > :27:48.Scotland, northern England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Dry and
:27:49. > :27:58.brighter conditions over much of England. Temperatures not too bad.
:27:59. > :28:03.Some persistent rain likely in some southern counties into the afternoon
:28:04. > :28:08.and evening. Turning drier then. Overnight into Saturday it will turn
:28:09. > :28:12.much drier. The weekend is not looking too bad. A few showers on
:28:13. > :28:18.Saturday but by Sunday, much drier weather in store.
:28:19. > :28:20.Thanks very much. That's it. Good night and thanks for watching.