:00:00. > :00:17.The headlines on BBC Newsline. Thank you. That is
:00:18. > :00:20.The North Belfast MP Nigel Dodds rules himself out of the running
:00:21. > :00:28.We hear of the devastation as the full extent
:00:29. > :00:40.It will put me on my knees. It will be hard to come back for it.
:00:41. > :00:41.I'm live in Dungannon where businesses are
:00:42. > :00:47.The plan to use pharmacists to ease the congestion in GP surgeries.
:00:48. > :00:49.The traditional Christmas nativity play -
:00:50. > :01:00.but is it time for schools to be more inclusive of other traditions?
:01:01. > :01:06.Is there an injury crisis for Ulster Rugby? Many players are ruled out
:01:07. > :01:08.until the new year. decent dry gaps. I'll be back with a
:01:09. > :01:22.full forecast. in a surprise move and within
:01:23. > :01:27.the past hour the DUP MP Nigel Dodds, has announced he will not
:01:28. > :01:29.stand for leadership of his party. The deputy leader had been expected
:01:30. > :01:32.to put himself forward as a Our Political editor Mark Devenport
:01:33. > :01:35.is with me. This move seems to have taken people
:01:36. > :01:49.in the political world by surprise - There is no doubt that in the circle
:01:50. > :01:54.around Nigel Dodds, nobody predicted this. They thought there would be a
:01:55. > :02:00.dual leadership would Nigel Dodds taking the main role. Nigel Dawes
:02:01. > :02:04.says he has given it a lot of thought and prayed about it and is
:02:05. > :02:09.sticking to his view which he previously enunciated that a party
:02:10. > :02:16.like the DUP cannot be led from Westminster. -- Nigel Dodds. He is
:02:17. > :02:21.endorsing Eileen Foster not just as First Minister Abbott taking over
:02:22. > :02:26.Peter Robinson's job as DUP leader. I believe Eileen is the person who
:02:27. > :02:31.should take the party forward. Someone who is already acting as
:02:32. > :02:38.First Minister in the assembly on two occasions. I believe her working
:02:39. > :02:42.with me and the rest of the team in the assembly, Westminster and
:02:43. > :02:47.Europe, will provide the positive future for Northern Ireland, for
:02:48. > :02:53.unionism. Where does the leadership contest go from here? They did have
:02:54. > :02:58.long to think about it because nominations close on Wednesday. The
:02:59. > :03:02.election is due to take place on Thursday of next week. It will be
:03:03. > :03:08.interesting to see what Sammy Wilson thinks about this. He endorsed Nigel
:03:09. > :03:13.Dawes as a natural successor to Peter Robinson. Also Gregory
:03:14. > :03:16.Campbell has a mandate at Stormont and Westminster. With that very
:03:17. > :03:22.strong endorsement we have seen from Nigel Dodds, we may have no contest
:03:23. > :03:27.and may have Arlene Foster come forward and getting those jobs and
:03:28. > :03:29.being DUP leader by Thursday of next week. Thank you.
:03:30. > :03:32.After the weekend storm the severe flooding is starting to recede, but
:03:33. > :03:35.many parts of Ireland and Britain are left with homes and businesses
:03:36. > :03:39.Locally counties Tyrone and Fermanagh were hit the hardest
:03:40. > :03:44.by Storm Desmond with the incessant rainfall since last Friday.
:03:45. > :03:47.At one stage over the weekend rescue teams helped
:03:48. > :03:51.BBC Newsline's Tara Mills is near Dungannon where there was
:03:52. > :03:54.a lot of damage at the Linen Green shopping village in Moygashel.
:03:55. > :04:10.Our cameras have been out capturing the effects of smoke -- of Storm
:04:11. > :04:13.Desmond and we will hear from Fermanagh and the north-west in a
:04:14. > :04:18.minute. I spent here -- spent the day here talking to retailers who
:04:19. > :04:27.have suffered a blow at the busiest time of the year. This thing on
:04:28. > :04:35.Sunday morning, 30 shops were flooded and left in up to three feet
:04:36. > :04:45.of water. Staff were left to count the cost of the damage and salvage
:04:46. > :04:51.what they could. Explain what it was like when you got here. When the
:04:52. > :04:55.water levels had subsided, we arrived and got the doors open and
:04:56. > :05:07.were met with devastation. The floors were already up and
:05:08. > :05:16.distorted. Where the water we each? -- reach? It was right up and the
:05:17. > :05:20.cabinets and the frames were damaged. The damage will run into
:05:21. > :05:26.hundreds of thousands of pounds but everyone rallied round. 30 men and
:05:27. > :05:35.the football team had been out training. They heard we were in
:05:36. > :05:40.trouble and they arrived and were like a team of ants. They helped us
:05:41. > :05:46.out and it was all done very fast. They helped out some of the other
:05:47. > :05:50.tenants as well. Next door at this homeware store, my thousand square
:05:51. > :05:57.feet of flooring and thousands of pounds of stock were destroyed. How
:05:58. > :06:00.did you feel? Horrified. It is devastating. You can see the people
:06:01. > :06:07.in Cumbria that have had their homes flooded and that is worse, but this
:06:08. > :06:13.is a local business and we have been here for ten years. The company was
:06:14. > :06:20.established in 1951. It is as much of our lives as our homes and you
:06:21. > :06:24.take it very personally. The flood was caused by a combination of
:06:25. > :06:27.nature and bad luck. The water back to win this nearby grill became
:06:28. > :06:33.blocked, forcing the water to go the only place it couldn't be car park.
:06:34. > :06:36.Elsewhere, cameras captured the impact of the wind and rain across
:06:37. > :06:40.Northern Ireland and although the flooded fields look beautiful, Storm
:06:41. > :06:49.Desmond has left a trail of misery in its wake. The environment
:06:50. > :06:53.Minister Mark H Duggan has rewarded people payments for those affected.
:06:54. > :06:56.Many think it wasn't just the severe weather back was the flooding.
:06:57. > :06:57.Residents are one housing development have been asking for
:06:58. > :07:12.years for a covert to be fixed. People feared their homes would
:07:13. > :07:25.flood. There was two inches of water and
:07:26. > :07:31.she blames a blocked culvert. Despite contacting many people, the
:07:32. > :07:37.problem hasn't been fixed. We have told them it is an ongoing problem.
:07:38. > :07:43.They just pass the buck from one to the other. This was the scene just
:07:44. > :07:51.outside where the river rose. More homes were flooded. Everything is
:07:52. > :07:57.wrecked. It has come up around the furniture and it is up the bottom
:07:58. > :08:00.step of the stairs. Some abandoned their boots to get about while
:08:01. > :08:09.others were forced to abandon their car. The core floated away. Is now.
:08:10. > :08:16.Many have been struggling through. The level of the Newbridge Road was
:08:17. > :08:20.raised after a flooded in 2009. This activity centre put in flood
:08:21. > :08:25.defences but the wet tearoom shouldn't be this wet. After
:08:26. > :08:31.fighting the raising levels, it came up through the floors. The place is
:08:32. > :08:36.quite heavily flooded. This happened in 2009/10. It is a 1 in 50 year
:08:37. > :08:48.event and it has happened twice in five years. In Bow, it was a school
:08:49. > :08:52.run by a tractor. All but one is now impossible -- all but one road is
:08:53. > :09:04.Mammon possible. There are fears there could be even more disruption.
:09:05. > :09:10.It has been a double blow for this man. His convenience store flooded
:09:11. > :09:15.again. The last time, it was manageable. This time, it is a
:09:16. > :09:21.wipe-out job and it will put me on my knees. We will get there and
:09:22. > :09:25.there is plenty of volunteers. Water engulfed his village causer in
:09:26. > :09:30.misery once again. A number of people had to leave their homes. In
:09:31. > :09:35.this business, they estimate the repair bill will be ?60,000. We have
:09:36. > :09:42.a lot of parties booked in the next few weeks and we have only just
:09:43. > :09:47.refurbished for Christmas. It is all destroyed again. In Strabane, the
:09:48. > :09:55.river flooded this house causing major damage. There is more damage
:09:56. > :10:02.and it came into the back of the house and onto the road. It got in
:10:03. > :10:09.the whole place. The biggest flood I have ever seen. If filled this
:10:10. > :10:20.nearby car park yesterday morning. It has destroyed a lot of stock.
:10:21. > :10:24.Just excessive damage. Back in this area, they are very resilient. To
:10:25. > :10:30.give you a scale of the damage, behind me, that is not the river. It
:10:31. > :10:35.came over that banking and swept through this entire area. It has
:10:36. > :10:41.dislodged this mobile storage unit and office. The floodwater continued
:10:42. > :10:46.on into the fork it -- forecourt of this garage and here is what is
:10:47. > :10:51.supposed to be a protective wall which was swept away. People here
:10:52. > :10:51.want an urgent upgrade to what they have described as completely
:10:52. > :11:00.inadequate flood defences. A pretty miserable weekend for
:11:01. > :11:03.money. David Porter
:11:04. > :11:15.of the Rivers Agency is with me. Is there anything you could have
:11:16. > :11:20.done to prevent against flooding? We gave out a Met Office warning and it
:11:21. > :11:27.starts an approach where we prepare for such events. We would go out and
:11:28. > :11:31.do grill runs to make sure our inlet grills are as clean as they could be
:11:32. > :11:37.to receive the water. Is seems incredible that a grill got blocked
:11:38. > :11:42.within one day on Saturday and then it caused this demonstration --
:11:43. > :11:49.devastation. There is a vulnerability around grills under --
:11:50. > :11:56.and we have a programme to get them cleared. During flood events, we
:11:57. > :12:01.would send a squad out to make sure they are kept clean during the
:12:02. > :12:06.event. This wasn't done and this is not a known vulnerable grill because
:12:07. > :12:11.it hasn't blocked in the past. That will be part of the review to make
:12:12. > :12:15.sure if this is resilient for the future. When it comes to agencies
:12:16. > :12:19.being responsible for flooding, every time we have a flood, there
:12:20. > :12:23.isn't one agency who is in charge. Should we move to that position
:12:24. > :12:32.where one person is accountable and one minister? There is to things
:12:33. > :12:37.that have happened. The flooding department is in place and that was
:12:38. > :12:41.a move into a single department. The three drainage agencies within
:12:42. > :12:46.Northern Ireland, transport and I, Northern Ireland water and the
:12:47. > :12:49.Rivers agency, they will come together to form the infrastructure.
:12:50. > :12:58.It will remove some of those barriers. When it comes to the
:12:59. > :13:04.worrying news with Loch earn getting into dangerous levels, put that into
:13:05. > :13:12.perspective. It is rising and it is 200 millimetres below the peak we
:13:13. > :13:16.experienced in 2009. It needs a considerable amount of water to go
:13:17. > :13:23.back up to those levels and we are keeping a close eye on it. Nine of
:13:24. > :13:27.the 31 shops were able to open today. They hope to be open at the
:13:28. > :13:31.weekend but there will be many months before they are back to
:13:32. > :13:38.business as usual. The flood line number should be on the screen now.
:13:39. > :13:45.It is back to you in the studio. There is more coverage of the
:13:46. > :13:50.flooding and a list of roads affected online. Cecilia will join
:13:51. > :13:53.me in the studio with the latest weather shortly.
:13:54. > :13:56.You're watching BBC Newsline and still to come on the programme:
:13:57. > :13:59.A traditional Christmas nativity play - but is it time
:14:00. > :14:06.for school life to to be more inclusive of other faiths and none?
:14:07. > :14:10.The children's charity Barnardo's has paid out almost ?200,000 in
:14:11. > :14:17.civil claims linked to alleged abuse at a former home in County Antrim.
:14:18. > :14:19.The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry has been told that
:14:20. > :14:24.Barnardo's had a chance to address potential abuse but didn't take it.
:14:25. > :14:32.Kevin Sharkey has more on this story.
:14:33. > :14:40.Children's home run by Barnardos on the shores of Belfast. Between 1950
:14:41. > :14:46.and 1981, children came to this home. The promise, education and
:14:47. > :14:52.care. Some former residents say they were abused mentally, physically and
:14:53. > :14:57.sexually. In the year since, ?182,000 has been paid out in civil
:14:58. > :15:02.claims taken by ten former residents. Today, confirmation that
:15:03. > :15:05.hearings at this enquiry over the next two weeks will expose abusive
:15:06. > :15:10.activities and practices that have not been public majors -- knowledge
:15:11. > :15:15.until now. There was a chance to do something about alleged abuse. It
:15:16. > :15:19.was in 1980. There was a complaint of sex abuse and it was passed to
:15:20. > :15:25.staff and then to a superintendent at the phone. His decision, he did
:15:26. > :15:29.nothing about it. The enquiry heard Barnardos agreed if there was a
:15:30. > :15:34.moment, crucial moment when it failed to address potential child
:15:35. > :15:38.abuse, that was it. Barnardos has accepted that over a particular
:15:39. > :15:44.period of time, it failed to protect children in this house. It describes
:15:45. > :15:51.systemic failings at the other home and examination, Sharon Moore.
:15:52. > :15:56.Today's occurring brings it on to knew more ground. Barnardos,
:15:57. > :15:57.well-known charity being called to account over allegations that
:15:58. > :16:02.children in its care were abused. Seeing a GP can involve waiting
:16:03. > :16:05.several weeks with many surgeries under particular pressure
:16:06. > :16:08.at this time of year. A new scheme that will put
:16:09. > :16:11.pharmacists in the GP practice It's hoped having these drugs
:16:12. > :16:17.experts on hand will ease the burden on doctors and allow
:16:18. > :16:34.for a better management When we think pharmacists, this is
:16:35. > :16:38.what most of us expect. A quick visit after an appointment with our
:16:39. > :16:42.GP. In future, they will be doing more of the advising and the
:16:43. > :16:46.prescribing. When a patient comes to see me, I can review their
:16:47. > :16:52.medication and ensure it is appropriate for their conditions and
:16:53. > :16:59.ensuring that prescribing is safe and effective. Some work-out of GP
:17:00. > :17:03.practices but it is not widespread and the Department of Health 's
:17:04. > :17:07.thinks it should be. GP surgeries are under pressure. It is hoping by
:17:08. > :17:12.introducing pharmacists, some of that burden can be relieved,
:17:13. > :17:18.allowing GPs more time to spend with the sickest patients. It is
:17:19. > :17:22.reassuring in the sense that ensuring medicine is safely used and
:17:23. > :17:25.efficiently and effectively used but also in terms of extending the
:17:26. > :17:30.practice team and enabling patients to be seen by other people within
:17:31. > :17:36.the team that doesn't have to be the doctor. ?2.5 million will create 45
:17:37. > :17:44.new pharmacy posts next year. The bond of health says it will fund
:17:45. > :17:48.over 200 more by 2020. We have had working practice to see if it is a
:17:49. > :17:52.good thing. I am omitting extra investment because I think it is
:17:53. > :17:56.something that can relieve pressures that our GP surgeries are facing and
:17:57. > :18:00.produce better outcomes for our patients. Thousands of hospital
:18:01. > :18:05.admissions are down to problems with medication. It is hoped having drug
:18:06. > :18:11.exports on hand will promote more efficient prescribing.
:18:12. > :18:14.Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of one
:18:15. > :18:17.of the young men who died in an incident on a building site
:18:18. > :18:24.Gerard Joe McDermott died alongside his friend Gerard Bradley
:18:25. > :18:26.when a slab of concrete fell on them.
:18:27. > :18:41.The church was packed for the popular 24-year-old. Many, believe
:18:42. > :18:46.what has happened. The priest said the shock and impact of this death
:18:47. > :18:51.was felt far and wide. He told the congregation that many people are
:18:52. > :18:55.going to miss the presence of Joe in their lives. He was a popular young
:18:56. > :19:00.man, he said. He make a deep impression on people wherever he
:19:01. > :19:04.was. Both Joe and his friend, Gerard Baddeley, had only just arrived in
:19:05. > :19:09.Western Australia. They were working at this building site in Perth when
:19:10. > :19:13.a large concrete slab fell on top of them. Workers were left stunned that
:19:14. > :19:19.the tragedy which happened at the end of last month. On Saturday,
:19:20. > :19:24.hundreds of people attended the funeral for 29-year-old Gerard
:19:25. > :19:28.Bradley at send Malachy's Church in Coleraine. The mourners were told it
:19:29. > :19:33.was a celebration and thanksgiving for the young man's life. -- Saint
:19:34. > :19:35.Malachy's church. A new report says the duty
:19:36. > :19:38.of schools to hold daily acts Rather than hold Christian
:19:39. > :19:41.assemblies, the Commission on Religion and Belief in
:19:42. > :20:02.Public Life says they should cater Nativity plays, readings from the
:20:03. > :20:07.Bible, hymn singing and carol singing, all part of school life.
:20:08. > :20:12.But is it time for school assemblies to reflect all religions, not just
:20:13. > :20:18.Christianity? At this school in east Belfast, they don't see the need for
:20:19. > :20:21.change. We have 400 children here and every child takes part in
:20:22. > :20:24.collective worship on a weekly basis. We have a lot of
:20:25. > :20:28.non-Christian children and we have the option that if parents don't
:20:29. > :20:39.want their children to commit to assembly, they can take them out of
:20:40. > :20:42.that but not one family in our school take that option. They are
:20:43. > :20:45.happy for all of our children to participate and as the children get
:20:46. > :20:50.older, to make up their minds what route they choose to follow. Across
:20:51. > :20:54.the city, there is a broad approach to assembly. The school has pupils
:20:55. > :20:57.from more than 20 different countries, but the principal
:20:58. > :21:04.believes all school assemblies shouldn't just be Christian. The
:21:05. > :21:08.extent and out of time depends on what type of school you are. If you
:21:09. > :21:13.are a Catholic -based school, you may have more time for Catholicism.
:21:14. > :21:19.Many schools look at different religions and incorporate them into
:21:20. > :21:25.the assemblies. I think it is good practice and it is informative for
:21:26. > :21:28.students. The recommendation for all school assemblies to change is only
:21:29. > :21:33.a proposal. Nothing is going to happen sooner and if traditionalists
:21:34. > :21:36.get their way, nothing will change at all.
:21:37. > :21:40.The Ulster rugby team won on Friday night but some key players are now
:21:41. > :21:48.Ulster's medical report doesn't make good reading for new director
:21:49. > :21:51.World Cup star Iain Henderson suffered
:21:52. > :21:56.Another international Dan Touhy fractured his right ankle,
:21:57. > :22:02.Darren Cave is out for two games and Peter Nelson's season is over
:22:03. > :22:07.after he dislocated his foot in the win against Edinburgh/Henderson's
:22:08. > :22:09.injury may keep out of Irelands Six Nations Championship.
:22:10. > :22:14.Ulster have back to back European games against Toulouse starting this
:22:15. > :22:16.Friday, and former Ulster player Paddy Wallace says
:22:17. > :22:26.its another big set back in what has been an already frustrating season.
:22:27. > :22:33.Injuries are part of the sport and you have to expect. We have been
:22:34. > :22:40.dealt a cruel blow with the loss of a couple of big-name internationals.
:22:41. > :22:46.I think it is the next man up mentality and not worry about who is
:22:47. > :22:49.out. It is tougher lairs but I think you have to come together and
:22:50. > :22:51.produce a performance which is something we have done at home over
:22:52. > :22:53.the years. David Healy has only been
:22:54. > :23:01.a maanger a number of weeks. But he already knows what its
:23:02. > :23:06.like to feel the pressure. After four straight defeats
:23:07. > :23:09.his Linfield side bounced back with a victory against Coleraine
:23:10. > :23:21.at the weekend. They were staring at the possibility
:23:22. > :23:29.of losing five possible games. That didn't happen thanks to Jimmy Kelly
:23:30. > :23:35.Gupta was my goal. David Healy's side take up all three points. It
:23:36. > :23:43.has been a disappointing month. Today, the players were ready and
:23:44. > :23:48.worked hard and were prepared to put their bodies on the line. Coleraine
:23:49. > :23:55.were under pressure and we deserved three points. December hasn't
:23:56. > :24:03.started well for this team. Despite coming back twice, they finished the
:24:04. > :24:07.stronger of the two sides. Elsewhere, Storm Desmond seem to be
:24:08. > :24:15.centred in Dungannon. Somewhere in the wind, Stephen O'Flynn scored a
:24:16. > :24:19.winner for Crusaders. This strike helped the home side beat Alamein.
:24:20. > :24:24.-- Ballymena. On tomorrow's BBC Newsline, we've an
:24:25. > :24:26.exclusive interview with motorcycle He lost an arm
:24:27. > :24:29.and suffered serious leg injuries But told me he still loves
:24:30. > :24:48.the sport and wants to make what A lot of people maybe don't like it
:24:49. > :24:55.but I want to raise again. I have my head at August that I will be back
:24:56. > :25:02.on a bike. I will get my prosthetic arm on but my goal is to be back
:25:03. > :25:09.racing and I want to go back road racing. We will have lots more on
:25:10. > :25:15.that story on tomorrow's programme. The storm has passed us but it has
:25:16. > :25:22.left its mark. Cecilia is herewith the weather forecast.
:25:23. > :25:30.These are the totals of rain that we recorded. The rain started on Friday
:25:31. > :25:35.and didn't finish until the early hours on Sunday. That was a major
:25:36. > :25:44.part of the problem. 180 millimetres of rain fell in County Fermanagh.
:25:45. > :25:50.Not quite a month's worth of rain. As we have seen, the effects are
:25:51. > :25:54.still being felt. This week, there will be more rain and wind in the
:25:55. > :25:58.forecast. We will need to keep an eye on Wednesday because it is the
:25:59. > :26:04.prolonged nature of the wind that leads to the problems. No weather
:26:05. > :26:08.warnings are in place at the moment. We have some dry weather to end the
:26:09. > :26:12.week. We have already has some wet weather moving in this evening but
:26:13. > :26:18.as you can see, it is not lasting too long. A couple of hours worth of
:26:19. > :26:24.rain. It is clearing away and the rest of tonight will be fairly dry.
:26:25. > :26:29.A few showers around but not a lot of rain falling. Not too cold
:26:30. > :26:35.either. Many places starting off dry and bright. There will be some more
:26:36. > :26:40.wet weather moving in. To begin with, it is fairly quiet. One or two
:26:41. > :26:45.showers across the West but reasonably dry and bright.
:26:46. > :26:48.Temperatures not too low. There will be a blustery wind. The next bunch
:26:49. > :26:53.of heavy showers will be gathering towards the west and it will move
:26:54. > :26:59.eastwards. A couple of hours worth of sharp rain but drying up towards
:27:00. > :27:06.the end of the day and turning cooler. By tea-time, these are the
:27:07. > :27:12.temperatures and it will be quite cold. Wednesday will see a return to
:27:13. > :27:19.mild air and potential slow areas of rain and gusty winds. This is the
:27:20. > :27:23.day we will need to keep an eye on. It will become more dry and settled
:27:24. > :27:27.towards the end of the week. Some crisp sunshine around and maybe a
:27:28. > :27:31.touch of fog. At the moment, it looks like dry and settled
:27:32. > :27:38.conditions will linger into next weekend. Our late summary is at
:27:39. > :27:40.10:25pm. Thank you for watching. Goodbye.