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The BBC has learned that a Belfast firm is laying off staff as a direct | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
MFS, which has the contract to empty gullies | :00:11. | :00:18. | |
across Northern Ireland, said its work is stopping as a result. | :00:19. | :00:20. | |
Our political reporter Stephen Walker has the story. | :00:21. | :00:35. | |
For 20 years, the Belfast company had been emptying... From immediate | :00:36. | :00:53. | |
effect, we have been told there will be no war work. It's an unnamed time | :00:54. | :01:00. | |
frame. We will have to lay them off temporarily, until this is resolved. | :01:01. | :01:03. | |
How many staff does this affect? Somewhere in the region of ten or 11 | :01:04. | :01:06. | |
guys. In the wider chained off the supply chain, it could be another 30 | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
family affected. In total, 40 people will be affected. Absolutely, yes. | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
One of those who is to lose his job is 29-year-old Paul. He has two | :01:15. | :01:19. | |
children and is unsure where he can find work. There is no work out | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
there at the minute. Everybody is the same. How long have you got left | :01:25. | :01:29. | |
doing this? Could be next week, two weeks at the most, I would say. And | :01:30. | :01:35. | |
then you will be looking for a job. Yeah, that's me done. Today's news | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
comes after Danny Kennedy announced that services like road | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
maintenance, streetlight repair were all being cut. The company have | :01:46. | :01:51. | |
government contracts to cut grass and spray weeds. Those agreements | :01:52. | :01:54. | |
with subcontractors have also been cancelled. Tonight, a spokesperson | :01:55. | :01:59. | |
for the Department of regional development said and fortunately | :02:00. | :02:03. | |
this serves to demonstrate what Danny Kennedy has warned about. The | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
spokesperson also said the impact of the budget shortfall will have a | :02:09. | :02:11. | |
detrimental impact on the lives of real people. The road from all the | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
talk of budget cuts and June monitoring rounds, this is the human | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
face of departmental cuts. Just 24 hours after Danny Kennedy's | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
announcement, these workers are now looking for a new job. | :02:29. | :02:36. | |
The Justice Minister David Ford has claimed his department is | :02:37. | :02:38. | |
He's blaming Sinn Fein and the DUP's deadlock over welfare reform. | :02:39. | :02:42. | |
He said police recruitment and court delays could be | :02:43. | :02:44. | |
among the areas facing cutbacks, although the final breakdown isn't | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
I had a meeting a fortnight ago with various bodies, looking at prisons, | :02:48. | :02:59. | |
probation, youth justice and the courts. People have been asked to | :03:00. | :03:04. | |
report by the end of this week as to the effect of cuts for this year and | :03:05. | :03:09. | |
next. I made it clear that I would go back to the executive, if I did | :03:10. | :03:13. | |
not believe we could properly protect the people of Northern | :03:14. | :03:16. | |
Ireland, whether it be supervision of offenders, police officers on the | :03:17. | :03:18. | |
street or whatever. A day centre for vulnerable adults | :03:19. | :03:21. | |
in west Belfast is to close tomorrow due to safety concerns over | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
a nearby anti-internment bonfire. The Belfast Health and Social Care | :03:25. | :03:26. | |
Trust said it was closing the centre after complaints about anti-social | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
behaviour around the bonfire site. This is how close the bonfire is to | :03:31. | :03:46. | |
the day centre. And fears for the safety of those using the building | :03:47. | :03:49. | |
mean it is going to shut down tomorrow for the day. The problem | :03:50. | :03:54. | |
is, we have a disabled facility here. People with severe learning | :03:55. | :04:02. | |
disabilities. It is being used as a run through and it has been going on | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
all summer long. Now we are being forced closed. I'm very angry. I am | :04:07. | :04:12. | |
angry because my daughter has to go through that, every day, along with | :04:13. | :04:18. | |
the other people. How does that made you feel personally? I am so | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
frustrated, I could cry. The centre helps some of the most vulnerable | :04:23. | :04:27. | |
people living in this part of Belfast. Tomorrow's closure will | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
cause disruption but the letter sent to parents and carers this week that | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
it is clear. It will be for one day only. The MP for the area has been | :04:36. | :04:41. | |
talking to young people about the bonfire and its impact on the local | :04:42. | :04:46. | |
community. I would urge them to dismantle it. I would urge them to | :04:47. | :04:50. | |
allow the services to come in to clear this were the way. I would | :04:51. | :04:51. | |
urge them not to like clear this were the way. I would | :04:52. | :04:55. | |
tomorrow night. The bonfire tomorrow night. Other... A petrol bomb was | :04:56. | :05:10. | |
thrown. A 19-year-old and a 13-year-old were later arrested. | :05:11. | :05:14. | |
They have since been released on police bail. Back at the beach Mount | :05:15. | :05:19. | |
Day Centre, the gates are now closed. The bonfire is still there. | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
It is due to the late tomorrow night. The day centre should reopen | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
on Monday, as long as it is not damaged. | :05:29. | :05:31. | |
The police say they've found what they believe to be ammunition on | :05:32. | :05:34. | |
The Moira Road was closed for a time as officers carried out searches. | :05:35. | :05:39. | |
The items, found near Tata Steel Works, have | :05:40. | :05:40. | |
The former Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde says | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
the Historical Enquiries Team is on the verge of being shut down. | :05:45. | :05:47. | |
Speaking at an event being held as part of the west Belfast festival, | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
Sir Hugh said that although he knew setting up the enquiries team was | :05:53. | :05:59. | |
a huge risk, it was one he had been prepared to take. | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
It was my idea. It is the one unique idea I've ever had in policing. I | :06:06. | :06:11. | |
set it up because it was important to try and create an organisation | :06:12. | :06:19. | |
which engage with families, to give them hope of having more information | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
than they had before. I learned today that it would work for some | :06:24. | :06:26. | |
people but it wasn't the overall solution to do with Northern | :06:27. | :06:28. | |
Ireland's troubled history. Holiday makers in Portstewart have | :06:29. | :06:31. | |
had more than ice cream and rock They have had | :06:32. | :06:34. | |
the unique opportunity to spy on the making of the worldwide hit | :06:35. | :06:37. | |
series, the Game of Thrones. On the downside, no one has been | :06:38. | :06:40. | |
able to get onto the beach. Our arts correspondent, | :06:41. | :06:43. | |
Maggie Taggart has been to see It is peak time for tourism here but | :06:44. | :06:51. | |
if you have come to sample the sea and the sand, there is no chance. | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
The National Trust owns the Strand and has rented it out to the makers | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
of the programme. They will not say how much they were paid, only that | :07:01. | :07:04. | |
the money will go into the budget. The bridge was closed yesterday and | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
today, and only partially accessible for another six days. Paths nearby | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
have been thronged with dog waters and sightseers, curious way glimpse | :07:15. | :07:19. | |
of the action. The plus side is we are helping the economy. The minus | :07:20. | :07:23. | |
side as there are people on holiday, up here for the day, and | :07:24. | :07:28. | |
they cannot get onto the beach. Well, I suppose it is only for two | :07:29. | :07:35. | |
days so if it had have been for longer, that would have been | :07:36. | :07:39. | |
different. Two years ago, the beach here was hired to fill in these | :07:40. | :07:46. | |
scenes. The area is now reaping the benefit. Downhill is now a more | :07:47. | :07:53. | |
renowned beach. People are visiting Bishopsgate. The exposure we have | :07:54. | :08:02. | |
got has been significant. Causing officials are delighted that the | :08:03. | :08:05. | |
interest and say the inconveniences with it. This is the first year we | :08:06. | :08:09. | |
have seen people coming specifically looking to do with tours. We had | :08:10. | :08:16. | |
more people onto our website looking for it. We've had to reprint our map | :08:17. | :08:21. | |
because it is so popular. It is not possible to see exactly what is | :08:22. | :08:25. | |
going on in those sand dunes. All will become clear when series five | :08:26. | :08:34. | |
is screened. Rory Mackle rise on two under par after 13 holes in his 13 - | :08:35. | :08:39. | |
first round, four shots off the lead. | :08:40. | :08:41. | |
Here's Cecilia Daly with a look at what the weather has | :08:42. | :08:43. | |
Good evening. Heavy downpours are back in the forecast a night. It may | :08:44. | :08:53. | |
be dry at the moment during the early hours, we see edging up from | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
the south moraine. It will be in eastern counties. Most places will | :08:59. | :09:03. | |
be at risk from a heavy shower during the course of tomorrow. The | :09:04. | :09:06. | |
weather warning will kick in tomorrow morning. That is valid for | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
Antrim, County Down, Armagh and parts of two road as well. During | :09:12. | :09:17. | |
the rush hour, the risk of thunder and some disruption and localised | :09:18. | :09:21. | |
flooding. Bear that in mind if you are travelling tomorrow. They will | :09:22. | :09:25. | |
be some drier weather in the West and eventually drier weather will | :09:26. | :09:28. | |
feeding during the late morning and early afternoon across most places. | :09:29. | :09:32. | |
There are two areas of heavy rain across Britain and Ireland tomorrow. | :09:33. | :09:38. | |
This one will affect us as well as Scotland and parts of the Republic. | :09:39. | :09:47. | |
It will move away during the course of the day. Another area from the | :09:48. | :09:49. | |
south-east will drift up into northern England. Outside of those | :09:50. | :09:52. | |
areas, it would be dry and bright. Quite warm in the sun. For Northern | :09:53. | :09:54. | |
Ireland, brighter in the afternoon. It will feel cooler than today | :09:55. | :09:57. | |
overall but at least most places will end the day better than they | :09:58. | :10:01. | |
started although there is still the risk of one or two heavy showers. | :10:02. | :10:07. | |
Let's take a look at the weekend. Sunshine and showers for Northern | :10:08. | :10:09. | |
Ireland. That is not the case for southern Britain. Heavy rain will be | :10:10. | :10:13. | |
working its way up. Those are the remnants of hurricane Bertha. They | :10:14. | :10:18. | |
will be heavy showers around but they will be semi-gaps as well. | :10:19. | :10:21. | |
You can keep up to date with News Online and follow this | :10:22. | :10:25. |