27/01/2017 BBC Newsline

The police have confirmed they're carrying out an investigation

into allegations relating to a nursing home in County Armagh

Glenview care home in Portadown agreed to close after

the latest in a series of critical inspection reports.

Here's our south east reporter Gordon Adair.

The problems here at Glenview date back some two and a half years to

September 2014 when an initial inspection was carried out that

The home undertook to correct those issues

but it led to a series of follow-up inspections and in 2016 to failure

but it led to a series of follow-up inspections and in 2016 two failure

Yesterday another inspection was carried out as the owner

applied for cancellation of its registration.

The home currently has around 20 residents, who will now

come under the care of the local health trust.

Today the police told the BBC that allegations were being

investigated by the Public Protection Branch and

workers from the public health and social care trust.

They did not give any details of the allegations but

said the safeguarding of vulnerable victim was a priority for the PSNI.

DUP Leader, Arlene Foster, says the forthcoming Assembly

election might be the most important poll since the 1998

In an interview for the BBC Radio Ulster Inside Politics programme

she said the election was not a referendum on the RHI scheme.

She also said her former adviser Dr Andrew Crawford will be cleared

by the judicial inquiry due to get underway in the coming days.

Here's our Political Correspondent Stephen Walker.

The election campaign is now under way.

In an interview for BBC Radio Ulster, Arlene Foster made it clear

This is a hugely important election, maybe the most important since the

1998 agreement because it will decide the future direction of

You may find that strange given we have election eight

months ago but a lot of issues have arisen in relation to the religion

She claimed her former adviser Doctor Andrew Crawford will be

He resigned after civil servant Andrew McCormick said he thought

Doctor Crawford was the special adviser who used his influence

to delay the introduction of excessively high tariffs.

When Dr Crawford resigned, he insisted he had acted

Today Sinn Fein accused Arlene Foster of prejudging

Arlene Foster is interfering by telling the public

who will be cleared so she is an apparel universe

if she does not realise her standing is not that high.

Questions about the RHI scheme remain unanswered.

Who knew what and when and what decisions were taken?

The inquiry begins its work next week but there will be no public

hearings until after the Assembly election.

And to some, that timetable places voters in a quandary.

Now people are being asked to cast their judgment

on the government that brought us does the Baikal under

secrecy culture around it but at the moment we just have spin,

not facts in the public domain because of the delay of those

two parties in agreeing to a public inquiry.

Arlene Foster says that election is not a referendum on the

handling of the RHI scheme but her opponents disagree.

The voters will have to decide without the full facts

but they will look at the facts that this is seven weeks on

and the drip of something possibly corrupt will be a factor

And others say the poll in March will be about the

performance of Sinn Fein and the DUP.

This election is a referendum of conference in government, which

include the inability of the Executive to produce a budget

and deal with issues like RHI and many others.

This election may not be a referendum on the RHI scheme

but the subject featured today at this DUP photocall.

Companies with RHI boilers have been told they can go ahead with a court

action aimed at stopping the publication of their names.

It's not clear how many will continue to benefit

from today's temporary court injunction which prevents

About 450 firms are covered in the action taken

But it's believed there could be about 1700 firms in total

The Northern Ireland Environment Agency is investigating a diesel

spill after a boat sank in Portaferry harbour.

The Regina Caelis had up to 1000 litres of diesel onboard.

The Exploris Aquarium at Portaferry and a marine laboratory attached

to Queen's University nearby have both closed their sea intakes

If you were going to have a pollutant, diesel is the least

offensive. It breaks down and evaporates with the action of the

sea and the waves. It floats on the surface, so it doesn't get into the

water. We are not overly concerned at the moment, this isn't a major

disaster. The excitement is building

in Las Vegas ahead of tomorrow night's WBA world featherweight

fight between the reigning champion Northern Ireland's Wayne McCullough

is backing Carl to win the rematch. He's been talking to our

reporter Thomas Kane. In the next half an hour, Carl

Frampton will weigh in and thousands of supporters have turned up to see

him. Withers is the former champion, Wayne McCullough. Describe the

atmosphere back home? The fans never let us down. It will be a great

night tomorrow night. How will it go in the ring? I think Carl will beat

his opponent easily this time. What will it do for his career should he

beat him once again? If you are going to fill arenas in America, it

would be great for his future. How big an impact will be supporters

have, around 5000 are expected to travel across? It is great, the fans

really push you along. To have them behind you is a great thing. Thank

you very much, it is a electric inside the MGM, a brilliant

atmosphere. You can listen to the fight live on radio Ulster and Radio

five Live tomorrow night. Another rematch closer to home sees

Bank of Ireland McKenna Cup holders Tyrone take on Derry tomorrow under

lights in Newry. Last year it took extra time

for Mickey Harte's men to edge out their neighbours,

and the Tyrone manager is expecting The sound bites coming out

of their camp are that there are a lot of people there who have

decided to stay and give their lot with Gerry and maybe

there are some people gone that they would

have used that they want the people

there to be committed and they seem to be committed to the Jersey

and that is the most difficult thing to beat,

not a name for someone with a record that people who work wearing

the jersey and want to fight for it and we hope we have people

of the same opinion and that should We have got some long-awaited

sunshine for part of the weekend. Tonight will be chilly and there is

a risk of ice in places because there will be showers around. Clear

skies to in between the showers and temperatures could drop close to

freezing. Maybe some fog patches around on Saturday morning. It will

start chilly. It should be a dry and bright start in many places. Early

morning showers confined to Donegal and the north-west. Otherwise

brightening up with sunshine. If you are travelling this weekend, dull

and damp across Scotland, northern England into the Midlands and

towards London. Brightening up the across Wales Southwest London. It

should be a lovely day with sunshine and not too windy. Dry and bright

across Northern Ireland in many places. There will be a few showers

in the north-west but later they would trundle down towards Belfast

and the south-east. Chilly on Saturday night. On Sunday, this

weather system will give us a few headaches. Becomes so far south

across the Republic of Ireland and then slides east. It will impact how

much rain we get on Sunday. The further north you are, the more

chance you have of staying dry with brightness. Further south, will be

cloudy and it will be thick enough to bring rain at times. It looks as

though most of the heavy rain will stay to the south. Unsettled for the

beginning of next week, but also milder.

Our next television news is at 5.20pm tomorrow