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It's only a matter of days since the Secretary of State announced a budget for here. She'd no problems in taking over what is very clearly a devolved matter. So why, and this is a big question, why can't she announce a payment of compensation to survivors of Historical Institutional abuse?

On the countdown to Brexit chaos? Just why is the Civil Service seemingly so ill-prepared?
The Head of the Civil service has revealed that the civil service here is struggling to prepare Northern Ireland for life after leaving the European Union.
David Sterling says the Whitehall department in Britain, DEFRA, has 1200 people working on policy in areas of agriculture, rural development and environment. But that "here we're barely able to muster 30 people to do similar work".
He said that position was being replicated across a range of departments including economy and criminal justice.

"Forced to listen to constant loud static noise; deprived of sleep, food and water; forced to stand in a stress position and beaten if they fell. Told they were hundreds of feet in the air, despite being near the ground, and thrown out of helicopters."
That's what happened to the so called hooded men. But would you describe it as torture?聽
Well the European Court of Human Rights ruled yesterday that their treatment wasn't torture.

On yesterdays programme we heard about the sometimes devastating impact prescription pain killers are having on peoples lives.聽
Tramadol is just one. It can provide vital pain relive to sufferers - but it can also be very addictive.