18/01/2016 BBC Newsline

Three adults and a child have been taken to hospital after a crash

involving five cars on the Falls Road in Belfast.

Their conditions have not been made public.

Our reporter Martin Cassidy has been to the scene of the collision,

which was close to St Mary's College.

The collision occurred just after eight o'clock this evening.

Bystanders say a car came through the lights at the junction of Falls

Road and Broadway, striking several other vehicles and careering along

the road on its roof. A man and his two-year-old son were sitting in a

stationary vehicle when it was struck by another car. The car came

right through the lights, click my car, went right up over the BMW,

head the Volvo and slid along the roads. Police are investigating the

circumstances surrounding the incident. Some eyewitnesses say a

number of people left the scene. Ambulances were there shortly after

the incident. Three adults and a child were taken to hospital. One

pedestrian said he had to run to avoid being run over. My first

reaction was to jump. Kane Douglas was beheaded Berg was dead. I could

see all people staggering about bees. My first reaction was to ring

the police and the ambulance. The Falls Road remains closed. Traffic

Dozens of health service managers have called for politicians to take

urgent action to transform the local system to match patient need now

A report by the managers' umbrella organisation,

the Northern Ireland Confederation, says next year's allocation of money

Every day the health care system here is under huge pressure. A

typical 24 hours sees a thousand people transported by ambulance,

5,000 in hospital beds, 24,000 get a care package at home and 28,000 go

to their GP surgery. Behind all of these figures, very human stories.

Nick lives in south Belfast. He has been waiting a year and perhaps for

treatment on his left eye. He says as I said has been deteriorating and

he fears he has been forgotten about. If I hadn't have nagged to,

nothing would have happened. I am not knocking the NHS it is a

wonderful system, but fun -- sometimes you fall between two

stools. If this is not done by next Christmas I think I'm going to have

real problems. A report released today by health service managers

call for urgent action to help people like Nick. It says that the

?4.9 billion health care budget will not be enough. The health budget

will get an extra 3% next year. However, the demand on the health

service has grown by 6% a year or so we are not keeping pace. Despite

tremendous cost saving measures in recent times, we are spending 50% of

the Northern Ireland block us that is likely to grow. The reporter

supported by 50 organisations. The calls for a timescale of action,

transformation fund and strong collective political leadership.

Some changes underway with difficult decisions lying ahead, such as

reducing the number of acute hospitals, centralising some

services and moving some carrots at the hospital and into the home. This

is the man the Health Minister is looking to for advice. He is

chairing an expert panel given the job to come up with solutions. There

are solutions. Upon just keeps working at the margins you can cope

with those pressures. We will have to be able to convince the

population and the patients, the professional sound the politicians

that every configuration is inevitable. It is about getting the

best configuration of services in hospitals so we get the best

possible outcome for patients. If we don't broad political consensus we

will get this world-class health care system in Northern Ireland. The

system is in jeopardy. This report is a call for urgent action, but any

changes to staffing structures can prove controversial. Our politicians

willing to weather the storm? Our politicians willing

to weather the storm? The PSNI has been accused

of obstructing inquests into controversial killings

during the Troubles because it wants to protect the reputation

of the RUC. The claim was made on the first day

of a review of legacy cases involving 95 deaths,

including killings by police The senior judge, Lord Justice Weir,

is assessing what needs to be done before inquests can be held

to establish what happened. Our Home Affairs Correspondent

Vincent Kearney was in court. Ten Catholic civilians were shot

dead by the army in Barry Murphy in August 19 71. Nearly 45 years later

some of their relatives arrived in court today for a review of the

case. A judge is assessing what more needs to be done for an inquest to

be helped to establish what happened. There is work to be done.

It can be done. We have waited for over 40 years. What we need at the

moment, we need proper resources for the inquest. Inside the court, they

heard that the Ministry of Defence has said it cannot identify the

soldiers who were on duty in ballet Murphy at the time of the shootings.

So far, the Army has only managed to trace one soldier. Stressing the

importance of his army witnesses being fine, the judge said the

families wanted to hear about the circumstances in which their loved

ones had been shot and that those best place to do that with those who

shop them. The shootings in Barry Murphy or just one of 56 legacy

cases being reviewed. The judge had been asked to report on the state of

readiness of age and which, if any, can receive the inquest hearings. It

will then be up to the Lord Chief Justice to decide what happens next.

The paint a review started this morning with a discussion about

so-called should kill kissers in 1982 when RUC officers shot dead six

republicans. The time taken by the police to disclose classified

documents was repeatedly highlighted as a reason for the delay in the

inquest being held. A lawyer for the police didn't have the resources to

deal with these cases. One family said that the PSNI was dragging its

heels because wanted protect the reputation of the RGC. A QC said the

lack of exposure of the material by the police is the single biggest

impediment to the inquest taken place. He said any time there was

light at the end of the tunnel for the families, the PSNI extended the

tunnel. The judge said that he hopes the review will shed some light on

the cases without producing too much heat.

Assembly members have backed a Stormont motion which calls

for the Fire and Rescue Service's budget to be ring-fenced.

The motion claimed proposed cuts would compromise public safety,

but the Minister has accused some parties of scaremongering.

Our political correspondent Gareth Gordon reports.

More than 50 firefighters came to Stormont to support a political

cause to protect the service from cutbacks.

The new DUP First Minister was among politicians happy to pose with them.

Behind the smiles, her Health Minister found himself under

attack from across the Chamber, accused of planning cuts

which will put the service and those it protects it risk.

Our service is a matter of life and death and we see that

We are not going to stand by and allow Fire Service personnel

MLAs were told the interim Chief Fire Officer recently warned

that proposed cuts of between 5% and 10% would result

The most senior fire officer in the country,

a man with nearly 30 years experience of protecting our

community, effectively pleading with government to show some sense.

The DUP's Executive colleagues joined in the attack.

I question, can anybody actually stand, hand on heart,

and say that a reduction in ?12 million in a budget isn't having

a detrimental impact in relation to the service?

Can the Minister give us a guarantee today,

as a result of these budget cuts, that there will be no risk to public

safety and firefighter safety with such reductions?

The Minister said he had not made any final decisions.

There has been some scaremongering today, talk of a savage cuts in one

of the quotes made by one of the members, but,

as I have said, before there are no budgetary proposals in place

for the Fire and Rescue Service or indeed any other aspect

A series of proposals are currently out for consultation.

If you're a football fan and hoping to get a ticket for one of the Euro

finals matches in France, you may be disappointed.

As BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson reports, it's all about

The scramble for tickets began as soon as Northern Ireland qualified.

But fans have had to be patient. Has the draw took place and the

ticketing system kicked in the place. The deadline passed the date

for fans wanting one of the tickets allocated to Northern Ireland

supporters and there was huge interest in all three group C

fixtures. There were applications from more than 50,000 tickets, but

Northern Ireland have only been allocated 25,000. Here is where they

are going. For the match against Poland there are $6 and Northern

Ireland tickets. For the match against Ukraine there are 11,000.

For the final group game in Paris against Germany there are 8,000

tickets. The question is, who will get them? Anyone he applied will

find out before the end of next month. It promises to be a nervous

wait. But priority will be given to those who have followed the team in

the qualification campaign. There are 11,000 block hookers who go to

Windsor Park and support Northern Ireland regularly. Hopefully those

people will be able to get all three games. Failing that, the game of

choice. Hopefully the people who have loyally supported the team

through the campaign home and away are the people who received the

tickets and are able to go to France to support the team. The Republic's

claims are expected to be heavily oversubscribed. No figures are yet

available. A small number of tickets for all of the matches will go on

general sale soon, but the reality is that even before a ball is kicked

in France this summer some supporters are going to be

supporters are going to be disappointed.

Next is the weather forecast with Barra Best.

We have a lot of cloud sticking around tonight,

That said, where the sky does clear it will turn quite cold,

Where the cloud does stay thick, it will give off a few spots of wet

weather, especially for parts of the East Coast.

Temperatures typically reaching about three or four degrees.

Tomorrow, the cloud stays quite thick, but it is going to be

There will be one or two spots of light rain or drizzle that

Perhaps early morning fog in a few places too, which will be

Overall, it is not a bad start right across much of Britain and Ireland.

Where we have the best of the sunshine across parts

of England, the south of Wales and for Scotland,

here it will be quite chilly through the day,

Across Ireland, in terms of temperatures, it is

Seven, maybe eight degrees, but there will be a lot

A few breaks will allow the odd sunny gap to come through.

But, again, we will hold on to a few damp spots here and there.

The winds do stay quite light right through tomorrow evening.

It will turn chilly tomorrow night and in a few places we could see

temperatures as low as -2 or -3 degrees, but Wednesday is shaping up

to be perhaps the best day in terms of sunshine this week

Temperatures of five or six degrees, and a little bit of a freshening

wind along the County Down coast making it feel a little bit colder.

As we get into Thursday and Friday, low-pressure moves in.

It will bring stronger winds, it will bring rain, but also higher

temperatures at 11 or 12 degrees by the end of the week.