:00:00. > :00:07.The police have confirmed they're carrying out an investigation
:00:08. > :00:10.into allegations relating to a nursing home in County Armagh
:00:11. > :00:14.Glenview care home in Portadown agreed to close after
:00:15. > :00:17.the latest in a series of critical inspection reports.
:00:18. > :00:21.Here's our south east reporter Gordon Adair.
:00:22. > :00:25.The problems here at Glenview date back some two and a half years to
:00:26. > :00:30.September 2014 when an initial inspection was carried out that
:00:31. > :00:38.The home undertook to correct those issues
:00:39. > :00:45.but it led to a series of follow-up inspections and in 2016 to failure
:00:46. > :00:49.but it led to a series of follow-up inspections and in 2016 two failure
:00:50. > :00:59.Yesterday another inspection was carried out as the owner
:01:00. > :01:00.applied for cancellation of its registration.
:01:01. > :01:03.The home currently has around 20 residents, who will now
:01:04. > :01:05.come under the care of the local health trust.
:01:06. > :01:14.Today the police told the BBC that allegations were being
:01:15. > :01:16.investigated by the Public Protection Branch and
:01:17. > :01:19.workers from the public health and social care trust.
:01:20. > :01:25.They did not give any details of the allegations but
:01:26. > :01:29.said the safeguarding of vulnerable victim was a priority for the PSNI.
:01:30. > :01:32.DUP Leader, Arlene Foster, says the forthcoming Assembly
:01:33. > :01:37.election might be the most important poll since the 1998
:01:38. > :01:44.In an interview for the BBC Radio Ulster Inside Politics programme
:01:45. > :01:46.she said the election was not a referendum on the RHI scheme.
:01:47. > :01:49.She also said her former adviser Dr Andrew Crawford will be cleared
:01:50. > :01:53.by the judicial inquiry due to get underway in the coming days.
:01:54. > :01:58.Here's our Political Correspondent Stephen Walker.
:01:59. > :02:03.The election campaign is now under way.
:02:04. > :02:06.In an interview for BBC Radio Ulster, Arlene Foster made it clear
:02:07. > :02:13.This is a hugely important election, maybe the most important since the
:02:14. > :02:16.1998 agreement because it will decide the future direction of
:02:17. > :02:24.You may find that strange given we have election eight
:02:25. > :02:29.months ago but a lot of issues have arisen in relation to the religion
:02:30. > :02:34.She claimed her former adviser Doctor Andrew Crawford will be
:02:35. > :02:44.He resigned after civil servant Andrew McCormick said he thought
:02:45. > :02:47.Doctor Crawford was the special adviser who used his influence
:02:48. > :02:54.to delay the introduction of excessively high tariffs.
:02:55. > :02:56.When Dr Crawford resigned, he insisted he had acted
:02:57. > :03:00.Today Sinn Fein accused Arlene Foster of prejudging
:03:01. > :03:09.Arlene Foster is interfering by telling the public
:03:10. > :03:12.who will be cleared so she is an apparel universe
:03:13. > :03:17.if she does not realise her standing is not that high.
:03:18. > :03:20.Questions about the RHI scheme remain unanswered.
:03:21. > :03:23.Who knew what and when and what decisions were taken?
:03:24. > :03:32.The inquiry begins its work next week but there will be no public
:03:33. > :03:34.hearings until after the Assembly election.
:03:35. > :03:41.And to some, that timetable places voters in a quandary.
:03:42. > :03:44.Now people are being asked to cast their judgment
:03:45. > :03:48.on the government that brought us does the Baikal under
:03:49. > :03:53.secrecy culture around it but at the moment we just have spin,
:03:54. > :03:56.not facts in the public domain because of the delay of those
:03:57. > :03:58.two parties in agreeing to a public inquiry.
:03:59. > :04:01.Arlene Foster says that election is not a referendum on the
:04:02. > :04:05.handling of the RHI scheme but her opponents disagree.
:04:06. > :04:07.The voters will have to decide without the full facts
:04:08. > :04:11.but they will look at the facts that this is seven weeks on
:04:12. > :04:15.and the drip of something possibly corrupt will be a factor
:04:16. > :04:26.And others say the poll in March will be about the
:04:27. > :04:29.performance of Sinn Fein and the DUP.
:04:30. > :04:32.This election is a referendum of conference in government, which
:04:33. > :04:35.include the inability of the Executive to produce a budget
:04:36. > :04:48.and deal with issues like RHI and many others.
:04:49. > :04:53.This election may not be a referendum on the RHI scheme
:04:54. > :05:11.but the subject featured today at this DUP photocall.
:05:12. > :05:15.Companies with RHI boilers have been told they can go ahead with a court
:05:16. > :05:18.action aimed at stopping the publication of their names.
:05:19. > :05:21.It's not clear how many will continue to benefit
:05:22. > :05:23.from today's temporary court injunction which prevents
:05:24. > :05:32.About 450 firms are covered in the action taken
:05:33. > :05:36.But it's believed there could be about 1700 firms in total
:05:37. > :05:40.The Northern Ireland Environment Agency is investigating a diesel
:05:41. > :05:42.spill after a boat sank in Portaferry harbour.
:05:43. > :05:45.The Regina Caelis had up to 1000 litres of diesel onboard.
:05:46. > :05:47.The Exploris Aquarium at Portaferry and a marine laboratory attached
:05:48. > :05:50.to Queen's University nearby have both closed their sea intakes
:05:51. > :06:07.If you were going to have a pollutant, diesel is the least
:06:08. > :06:12.offensive. It breaks down and evaporates with the action of the
:06:13. > :06:17.sea and the waves. It floats on the surface, so it doesn't get into the
:06:18. > :06:19.water. We are not overly concerned at the moment, this isn't a major
:06:20. > :06:21.disaster. The excitement is building
:06:22. > :06:24.in Las Vegas ahead of tomorrow night's WBA world featherweight
:06:25. > :06:26.fight between the reigning champion Northern Ireland's Wayne McCullough
:06:27. > :06:32.is backing Carl to win the rematch. He's been talking to our
:06:33. > :06:42.reporter Thomas Kane. In the next half an hour, Carl
:06:43. > :06:48.Frampton will weigh in and thousands of supporters have turned up to see
:06:49. > :06:52.him. Withers is the former champion, Wayne McCullough. Describe the
:06:53. > :06:57.atmosphere back home? The fans never let us down. It will be a great
:06:58. > :07:05.night tomorrow night. How will it go in the ring? I think Carl will beat
:07:06. > :07:11.his opponent easily this time. What will it do for his career should he
:07:12. > :07:16.beat him once again? If you are going to fill arenas in America, it
:07:17. > :07:23.would be great for his future. How big an impact will be supporters
:07:24. > :07:27.have, around 5000 are expected to travel across? It is great, the fans
:07:28. > :07:33.really push you along. To have them behind you is a great thing. Thank
:07:34. > :07:37.you very much, it is a electric inside the MGM, a brilliant
:07:38. > :07:39.atmosphere. You can listen to the fight live on radio Ulster and Radio
:07:40. > :07:42.five Live tomorrow night. Another rematch closer to home sees
:07:43. > :07:44.Bank of Ireland McKenna Cup holders Tyrone take on Derry tomorrow under
:07:45. > :07:47.lights in Newry. Last year it took extra time
:07:48. > :07:50.for Mickey Harte's men to edge out their neighbours,
:07:51. > :07:52.and the Tyrone manager is expecting The sound bites coming out
:07:53. > :07:56.of their camp are that there are a lot of people there who have
:07:57. > :08:03.decided to stay and give their lot with Gerry and maybe
:08:04. > :08:05.there are some people gone that they would
:08:06. > :08:06.have used that they want the people
:08:07. > :08:09.there to be committed and they seem to be committed to the Jersey
:08:10. > :08:12.and that is the most difficult thing to beat,
:08:13. > :08:15.not a name for someone with a record that people who work wearing
:08:16. > :08:18.the jersey and want to fight for it and we hope we have people
:08:19. > :08:27.of the same opinion and that should We have got some long-awaited
:08:28. > :08:31.sunshine for part of the weekend. Tonight will be chilly and there is
:08:32. > :08:35.a risk of ice in places because there will be showers around. Clear
:08:36. > :08:40.skies to in between the showers and temperatures could drop close to
:08:41. > :08:45.freezing. Maybe some fog patches around on Saturday morning. It will
:08:46. > :08:50.start chilly. It should be a dry and bright start in many places. Early
:08:51. > :08:54.morning showers confined to Donegal and the north-west. Otherwise
:08:55. > :08:59.brightening up with sunshine. If you are travelling this weekend, dull
:09:00. > :09:06.and damp across Scotland, northern England into the Midlands and
:09:07. > :09:09.towards London. Brightening up the across Wales Southwest London. It
:09:10. > :09:15.should be a lovely day with sunshine and not too windy. Dry and bright
:09:16. > :09:19.across Northern Ireland in many places. There will be a few showers
:09:20. > :09:21.in the north-west but later they would trundle down towards Belfast
:09:22. > :09:27.and the south-east. Chilly on Saturday night. On Sunday, this
:09:28. > :09:31.weather system will give us a few headaches. Becomes so far south
:09:32. > :09:36.across the Republic of Ireland and then slides east. It will impact how
:09:37. > :09:39.much rain we get on Sunday. The further north you are, the more
:09:40. > :09:44.chance you have of staying dry with brightness. Further south, will be
:09:45. > :09:47.cloudy and it will be thick enough to bring rain at times. It looks as
:09:48. > :09:51.though most of the heavy rain will stay to the south. Unsettled for the
:09:52. > :09:52.beginning of next week, but also milder.
:09:53. > :09:56.Our next television news is at 5.20pm tomorrow