0:00:06 > 0:00:08Good evening and welcome to the programme.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11A BBC investigation has revealed that some local Health Trusts
0:00:11 > 0:00:16are offering consultants lucrative overtime payments for extra work.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Last year, one consultant was paid around ?153,000 on top
0:00:18 > 0:00:23of his regular salary.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26The figures were released under the Freedom of Information Act.
0:00:26 > 0:00:31More from our Health Correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33To keep up with demand for services and the growing
0:00:33 > 0:00:36hospital waiting lists, Health Trusts rely
0:00:36 > 0:00:38on consultants to do overtime.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42This BBC investigation reveals just how much some Trusts
0:00:42 > 0:00:45are willing to spend.
0:00:45 > 0:00:50Last year, the Southern Health Trust spent ?2.5 million on overtime.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54Five consultants were each paid more than ?100,000,
0:00:54 > 0:01:01with one doctor receiving ?153,000 on top of his salary.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04The Northern Health Trust spent over ?849,000.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07The Western Trust - ?335,000.
0:01:07 > 0:01:17?267,000 was spent at the South Eastern Trust.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20The overall figure is incomplete as Belfast, the largest
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Health Trust, failed to respond to the request for information under
0:01:23 > 0:01:26the Freedom of Information Act.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28According to the health union, the BMA, the health service
0:01:28 > 0:01:31is forced to pay overtime on this scale because not enough
0:01:31 > 0:01:34doctors are being employed.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37We would like Trusts to plan appropriately and to
0:01:37 > 0:01:40hire more people.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42We don't want people doing large amounts of overtime
0:01:42 > 0:01:46and being more tired.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50Any criticism has been directed at management and the government
0:01:50 > 0:01:56for failing to manage the service more efficiently.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59We know from dealing with the whole of the NHS workforce that planning
0:01:59 > 0:02:03has been off the rails for some time.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06It has been a big problem in nursing, it is a problem
0:02:06 > 0:02:10in social care, and I suppose those who have been managing the system
0:02:10 > 0:02:13have got to stop giving us some explanations about why this
0:02:13 > 0:02:23deficit has occurred.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27It is not just criticism about payments for consultants.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29There is widespread condemnation about a system that is haemorrhaging
0:02:29 > 0:02:30cash and agency staff.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32A lot of the discussion was about overtime,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35but that is hundreds of thousands of pounds, what about the millions
0:02:35 > 0:02:37of pounds spent on locums, the crisis in terms
0:02:37 > 0:02:39of general practitioners?
0:02:39 > 0:02:44This is a major workforce problem here in Northern Ireland.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47The Southern Health Trust said, due to demand, additional clinics
0:02:47 > 0:02:51have been running at weekends and during bank holidays to help
0:02:51 > 0:02:56reduce waiting times.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00The police say they're not sure yet how a 45-year-old man fell out
0:03:00 > 0:03:03of a window at an apartment block in Newtownards last night.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07Two men and a woman are still being questioned about his death.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Martin Cassidy reports.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14The 45-year-old died here at an apartment block
0:03:14 > 0:03:21near the centre of Newtownards.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Emergency services were called to the Millers house complex just
0:03:24 > 0:03:25before eight o'clock last night.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Residents say the man was in an apartment on an upper floor.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31The police investigation is continuing and local people say
0:03:31 > 0:03:36the man fell from a window onto a courtyard beneath.
0:03:36 > 0:03:46I heard the ambulance coming around the corner and looked out and saw
0:03:48 > 0:03:51the man lying on the grate that leads down into the car park.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54The man was taken to hospital where he died from his injuries
0:03:54 > 0:03:56a short time later.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00His death has shocked the local community.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03The initial issue for us all is one of shock,
0:04:03 > 0:04:06almost disbelief perhaps, of what has taken place
0:04:06 > 0:04:09here in our own town.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Not too far from where we are, a young man died.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13Why did that happen?
0:04:13 > 0:04:18Two men and a 29-year-old woman have been arrested as part
0:04:18 > 0:04:24of the police investigation.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27We are certain that he left through the window, the window,
0:04:27 > 0:04:36the top window, we have no indication of the circumstances that
0:04:36 > 0:04:39that led up to that, so we don't know if he left
0:04:39 > 0:04:42on his own or if someone forced him out through the window
0:04:42 > 0:04:44and that is the circumstances we are investigating.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45We believe there are witnesses.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48We know there are people who have not been in touch with us yet.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50A postmortem examination will take place tomorrow to determine
0:04:50 > 0:04:56the cause of death.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59The association representing thousands of rank and file
0:04:59 > 0:05:03PSNI officers has called for the Stormont Executive to make
0:05:03 > 0:05:07it compulsory for anyone found guilty of assaulting an officer
0:05:07 > 0:05:11to be sent to prison.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13The Police Federation says fines and non-custodial sentences for some
0:05:13 > 0:05:16offences aren't sufficient deterrents.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24This police officer almost lost an ear when hit by a brick
0:05:24 > 0:05:26during trouble in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast last July.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31Serious injuries are a regular occurrence during riot situations.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Many officers also suffer less serious injuries
0:05:34 > 0:05:39when punched, kicked or pushed during scuffles with crowds.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Nearly 600 police officers were injured by some form
0:05:42 > 0:05:46of assault during 2015.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49That is an average of almost 50 a month.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54That is nearly 20% of all frontline police officers.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57The Police Federation says politicians and the courts must do
0:05:57 > 0:06:02more to protect them.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05We have had to stand up for our officers who are being assaulted
0:06:05 > 0:06:06on a daily basis.
0:06:06 > 0:06:11We want to make the public more aware and make the court take more
0:06:11 > 0:06:14action against people who apparently would use weapons against police
0:06:14 > 0:06:17officers in any way and stop them from doing their duty.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19These officers are serving the public, and when we see almost
0:06:19 > 0:06:2820% in a year of the frontline service being injured,
0:06:28 > 0:06:30an awful picture of what society does to officers.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33The Federation has asked for a mandatory custodial sentence
0:06:33 > 0:06:39for anyone found guilty of assaulting a police officer.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42It wants the new legislation to be part of the next
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Programme for Government.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46The Federation defends its call for police officers to be given
0:06:46 > 0:06:49greater legal protection for members of other emergency services.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Why should police officers be treated differently to other
0:06:51 > 0:06:55emergency services, nurses, doctors, ambulance and fire crews?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58First of all, we abhor any violence toward public servants.
0:06:58 > 0:07:04Anyone would see that there is no justification for assaulting other
0:07:04 > 0:07:07public servants, however, police officers often go in to protect
0:07:07 > 0:07:10people being assaulted.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Their job involves dealing with aggressive and violent people,
0:07:12 > 0:07:17and they need some protection in the law to protect them.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22No police force in Europe has this kind of protection.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26But it says the high proportion of PSNI officers injured in the line
0:07:26 > 0:07:34of duty means tougher laws are justified.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38A historic warehouse in Belfast City Centre
0:07:38 > 0:07:39is to be refurbished.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Developers have been given the go-ahead to
0:07:41 > 0:07:43turn the 150-year-old building into offices.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Our Business Correspondent Julian O'Neill has more.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49A new lease of life awaits.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Developers now have permission to turn this listed
0:07:51 > 0:07:54building into offices.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Work will take about two years, and will combine the room
0:07:58 > 0:08:02and the new with the addition of a Grade A office block.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05The Ulster Architectural Heritage Society objects but Belfast Council
0:08:05 > 0:08:10have ruled the plan benefits the building and the city.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13There have got to be compromises made.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16In order to preserve this building, we have had to allow development
0:08:16 > 0:08:18to the rear of the building.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22That might not be to some tastes, but to us it represents a fair
0:08:22 > 0:08:25compromise and it is a fair compromise that will
0:08:25 > 0:08:27bring great benefits.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31This is phase two of the project, following the construction in 2006
0:08:31 > 0:08:37of headquarters for Invest NI.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40The warehouse will be refurbished after 25 years of lying empty,
0:08:40 > 0:08:44and 17 floors of offices will be built on land currently used
0:08:44 > 0:08:48as a car park.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49Property agents say the demand for offices
0:08:49 > 0:08:53in Belfast remains strong.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57We don't have enough space to keep up with the demand.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00When buildings like that come onto to the market, there will be
0:09:00 > 0:09:03demand and it is great planning coming through on on the building.
0:09:03 > 0:09:10We welcome that space coming onto the market.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13There have been many warnings that Belfast simply does not have enough
0:09:13 > 0:09:15quality office space.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18That might currently be the case, but future need is becoming
0:09:18 > 0:09:21much harder to predict.
0:09:21 > 0:09:31There is the unknown impact of Brexit and whether lower
0:09:33 > 0:09:37corporation tax will deliver as many new jobs as was initially forecast.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40One of the trees at the famous Dark Hedges landmark has fallen
0:09:40 > 0:09:43onto the road near Armoy.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44It came down during the night, blocking
0:09:44 > 0:09:46the Bregagh Road for a time.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48The tunnel of trees became famous after it featured
0:09:48 > 0:09:52in the series Game of Thrones.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Boxer Carl Frampton is preparing for the biggest fight of his career.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58He meets Leo Santa Cruz of Mexico in a winner-takes-all
0:09:58 > 0:10:00bout this weekend.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Thomas Kane reports from New York.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06This is a fight that Carl Frampton has wanted for a number of years,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09and where better for the contest to finally take place than one
0:10:09 > 0:10:13of the most famous boxing cities in the world?
0:10:13 > 0:10:15He is not taking his opponent lightly.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Santa Cruz is a world champion.
0:10:19 > 0:10:29He is taller with a longer reach, but Frampton believes that moving up
0:10:29 > 0:10:31a weight division has benefited him physically
0:10:31 > 0:10:31and psychologically.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34For a normal human being, four pounds doesn't sound a lot,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36but how big a difference does it make?
0:10:36 > 0:10:39It means a lot to me.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42It doesn't seem a lot of weight but my energy levels have been
0:10:42 > 0:10:48great, I am about to do a session here.
0:10:48 > 0:10:54When I was making superbantamweight, you wouldn't like to talk to me.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57I just wasn't enjoying training, but my energy levels are good.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00I am eating and drinking plenty.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03I have a couple of pounds to go, but I will be strong
0:11:03 > 0:11:08and I feel good.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Have you been underestimated by the American boxing public?
0:11:11 > 0:11:12A little bit.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17They are only going by the Gonzales performance which was me
0:11:17 > 0:11:21at 65 or 70% of my best.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Disastrous first round, but I won the fight pretty
0:11:23 > 0:11:26comfortably after that.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27I think they are underestimating me.
0:11:27 > 0:11:32I think Santa Cruz is underestimating me.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34I hope to change his mind in the first round.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38My performance against Gonzales is why these guys are getting brave.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41The Santa Cruz fight was because of that.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44That wasn't the real me, this will be the real
0:11:44 > 0:11:46me on Saturday night.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51Now here's Cecilia with the weather.
0:11:51 > 0:11:52Hello.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53At least it stayed dry today.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55It may not have been particularly sunny.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58The rain is coming back in tonight, sliding in from the south-west.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01It will be raining in most places by the end of the night,
0:12:01 > 0:12:03and that will lead into a pretty soggy rush hour tomorrow.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Some heavy rain is likely on Thursday morning,
0:12:06 > 0:12:09which will mean some areas of standing water, possibly even
0:12:09 > 0:12:13some minor flooding in some places.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Mid-morning onwards, the rain will start to ease off.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19It's an area of low pressure, which is slow moving
0:12:19 > 0:12:21across the Republic of Ireland.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Rain will also affect southern Scotland, many parts of England
0:12:24 > 0:12:26and Wales during the course of the day as well.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Central Scotland, though, seeing the best of the weather
0:12:28 > 0:12:30with some sunshine.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Eventually we will see that patchy rain starting to ease
0:12:33 > 0:12:36away southwards again mid-afternoon onwards tomorrow.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39It should start to brighten up in the north, but it's not
0:12:39 > 0:12:41going to be a warm day.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Temperatures in most places not much higher than 16 or 17 Celsius.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Not the best day for golf tomorrow, for the Northern Ireland Open.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52It will be a bit drier, though, through Friday and Saturday.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Friday, it's back into a sunshine and scattered showers set-up.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57A cool breeze, especially towards the North Coast.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00One or two sharp showers to come as well, particularly
0:13:00 > 0:13:02in the afternoons.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04And it's similar through the weekend, so some cool nights.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08Most places starting dry with some sunshine in the morning,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10but there will be some showers breaking out,
0:13:10 > 0:13:12particularly in the afternoons when one or two of them
0:13:12 > 0:13:14could be on the sharp side.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18So, I'm afraid, it's a cool end to the month of July.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19That's it for now.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am in the morning during Breakfast
0:13:22 > 0:13:26here on BBC One.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28You can also keep updated with News Online.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Goodnight.