BBC News NI Live - Wednesday 30 November 2016

Summary

Updates for Wednesday 30 November 2016

Live Reporting

Travel: Delays on the A2 after crashpublished at 08:13 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2016
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A busy night at NI's ambulance HQpublished at 08:02 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2016
Catherine Smyth
BBC News NI
It was a busy enough night for the 14 staff at the NI ambulance regional control centre. Since their shift started at 7.30pm last night, they've dealth with 196 emergency calls - 57 of those were the highest priority, category A.
There are 17 active emergencies across Northern Ireland at the moment and a crew has just been dispatched to the west to deal with a cardiac arrest.
Ambulance targets missed 'because of outdated calls system'published at 07:52 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2016
Average waiting times for high-priority ambulance calls have risen nearly three minutes since 2013-14 - and the NI Ambulance Service says its targets are being missed because of the outdated system of categorising calls.
The ambulance service says some category A calls were being miscategorised, and should be treated as serious but not life-threatening incidents.
Teachers union to stage one-day strikepublished at 07:41 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2016
Robbie Meredith
BBC News NI Arts and Education Correspondent
Members of the NASUWT teaching union are staging a one-day strike later over pay, job security and workload.
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A number of schools in Belfast and Newtownabbey are likely to be affected.
Weather: Early morning fog in the forecastpublished at 07:30 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2016
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BBC shines on a spotlight on ambulance servicespublished at 07:18 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2016
Today BBC News NI is carrying a special series of reports, videos and broadcasts on the state of our ambulance services as part of BBC Ambulance Day.
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BBC News NI's health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly is at the ambulance control centre in Belfast and will be broadcasting for Good Morning Ulster as well as conducting a special Facebook Live broadcast later this morning. So stay tuned.
High-priority ambulance call-outs taking longerpublished at 07:05
Catherine Smyth
BBC News NI
The highest priority ambulance call-outs in Northern Ireland are taking longer to arrive than three years ago.
On average, patients whose conditions are classed as life-threatening waited nearly three minutes longer in 2015-16 than they did in 2013-14.
Good morningpublished at 07:00
Hello! It's not the frostiest of mornings but it's still plenty cold out there. Hope you're staying warm this morning. In the meantime, we'll have all the latest news throughout the day so keep checking in with us (as you stay wrapped up).