In belfast, a man In hIs 30s has been taken to hospItal after he was serIously assaulted durIng dIsorder there. HIs condItIon Is descrIbed as serIous and polIce are treatIng the IncIdent as a racIally motIvated hate crIme. PolIce offIcers also came under sustaIned attack. Petrol bombs, masonry and brIcks were thrown towards polIce. Petrol was also poured over a Land Rover and set alIght. Lyndsey telford has thIs report. What started as a protest became a powderkeg ready to explode. Anger turned to hatred, hate turned to vIolence, and vIctIms targeted In whats been descrIbed as sIckenIng acts. The owner of a cafe seen here barrIcadIng hIs door. Just all I wanted, really, In that moment was to save my staff and I had customers InsIde. So I wanted to run from Back Door and was keepIng shoutIng, run, run, run, and I was holdIng on the door. I dont want anybody to get Injured. The damage wIll be about between 15 and probably around 20 grand. The damage here Is bad, but for others Its devast
In belfast, Riot Officers had stones and Petrol Bombs thrown at them close to a supermarket which was Set Alight at the weekend. In the last few minutes, the Police Service of northern has said its officers came under sustained attack from multiple Petrol Bombs, heavy masonry and bricks in South Belfast over a number of Hours. Petrol was also poured over a Police Land Rover and Set Alight, though the occupants of the vehicle were not physically harmed and remained on duty. The police also say a 15 year old male was arrested on suspicion of Riotous Behaviour and remains in police custody. The temporary Assistant Chief Constable Melanie Jones said the disorder, Violence And Destruction has no place in belfast or anywhere else across the streets of Northern Ireland. Lyndsey telford reports. What started as a protest became a powderkeg ready to explode. Anger turned to hatred, hate turned to violence. And victims targeted in whats been described as sickening acts. The owner of a cafe seen
At a key point in the pandemic, the government signed a £107 million deal to buy ppe from a Northern Ireland Sweet Company. Lyndsey telford investigates what happened next. It might not look like much, but last year, this box was worth an awful lot of money. During the global scramble for ppe in the early stages of the pandemic, the cost of protective gear shot up astronomically. This box is part of a Ppe Deal Worth over £100 million. This involved a Northern Irish Sweet Company. People were dying. It was almostjust buy as much as you can. It may not be worth its weight in gold any more, but today this box gives us a window into the pandemonium that surrounded Ppe Purchasing Last year, because it arrived in the uk at such great expense, Health Officials could not even agree what these items were or how they could be used in hospitals. Government thought it was buying a rolls royce but it was getting a ford fiesta. Perhaps that is why a box from the very same shipment, a box that cost
In braemar, minus 10. 2 celsius. In the west, we have watched rain gathering, moving across Northern England and coming out of Northern Ireland as we go through the rest of the day. You can see extending through wales and into scotland. Driest conditions in the far south east, but here, too, the cloud will build. It will be mailed across the west of the country today, but pulling in a mild breeze, coming out from the south. Through the evening and overnight, we hang onto that breeze in the west. A rain band continuing to migrate northwards and heath was producing Transient Snow across Northern Scotland with the risk of ice here. Another cold night, away from the west. Tomorrow, rain continues to come in from the west pushing northwards and eastwards. Behind it, it will brighten up a little bit, but tomorrow, it is the temperatures we will be talking about, especially across Northern Ireland, england and wales, where it will be very mild. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines opening u