14/08/2014 BBC Newsline

A French motorcycle racer is in a critical condition in hospital after

a high speed crash during racing at today's Ulster Grand Prix.

Pierre Favre was competing at the Dundrod circuit for the first time.

The incident happened during the lightweight race this afternoon.

An Air Accident report has revealed that a pilot briefly lost control

of a plane coming in to Belfast, when his prosthetic arm became

The Flybe flight landing at Belfast City Airport earlier this

The pilot had an artificial arm which had been specially adapted. He

had flown many times before but cheering light in February,

suddenly, something went wrong. It happened just as the aircraft was

about to land. Here is a Flybe flight. The pilot has to work to try

and keep the plane straight. In fabric, at this point, the pilot's

left arm became detached. The pilot did have a co-pilot that there

wasn't enough time to let him take over the control column which is

left arm had been operating, instead, the pilot concluded his

best course of action was to move his right hand from the power levers

to regain control. He did this but a normal touchdown was followed by a

bounce from which the aircraft landed heavily. Just like the smooth

landing, no damage was done, no one was hurt and all the passengers

arrived safely. He is not the only Pollard with one

arm. We had to go through really stringent testing and we're

scrutinised more than an able-bodied person. We have to be ten times

better than an able-bodied person to stick at the same job. In a

statement, Flybe said: according to the official report the

pilot realised he needed to be more careful when checking whether his

artificial arm is firmly attached. He also recognises his need to prove

his co-pilot to be ready to take the controls

350 new jobs are being created by the Craigavon-based

The investment will generate salaries of over ?9m a year.

Our economics and business editor John Campbell reports.

These machines, which are giant pharmaceutical mixers, are working

round-the-clock to keep up with demand. They will be exporting beef

products all over the world. The company is already one of our

biggest and successful home-grown firms. Its workforce will increase

by 10% over the next five years. We are looking to recruit 350 new jobs

over five years, those will range from operator level jobs through

technicians, right through to management, logistics people, IT,

engineering, a whole range, some graduate, some non-graduate, so

there are opportunities for all. The new jobs are in the Almac divisions

which to contract work for big pharmaceutical and biological

companies. That involves developing, manufacturing and packaging drugs

and then managing their distribution. It will mean an

investment of more than ?50 million. They will be a ?5.5 million grant

from invest Northern Ireland. The pharmaceutical industry has been a

star performer in recent years, growing through the recession. In

the last year it is growing by 10%. This huge investment shows there is

still room for more growth. The former Derry Gaelic football

captain Kevin McCloy is stable in hospital this evening -

after collapsing The 35-year-old was playing

for his club Lavey. He received treatment from ambulance

staff on site, before being Police say they have found blood

belonging to mystery woman. 15-year-old disappeared after a

night out. Two years ago fresh searches were carried out in the

terror back row derelict flat. Sectors said the blood does not

appear in the national DNA database. They have appealed for anyone in the

flat at any time to contact them. Stormont government departments

spent more than ?2.5 million on hospitality last year -

that's around ?50,000 each week. The figures were revealed

in answers to questions from the TUV Mr Allister reckons that Executive

ministers need to clamp down on what he describes as the "lavish spending

of taxpayers' hard earned cash". Here's Our Political Editor Mark

Devenport. Last year the TUV homed in on

Stormont's sweet tooth, revealing the money that had been spent on

Mints provided free of charge. These latest figures are more wide

ranging, covering spending incurred by individual government departments

and agencies covering areas like health, education and job creation.

The education department comes top of the league.

At a time when we were being told, because of austerity and budget

cuts, we may not have enough money to fix the street lights or the

potholes, it is astounding that in the last two years, departmental

expansion on hospitality has risen by a staggering 22%. However,

Stormont ministers argued that whether it is wooing potential

investors or dealing with local lobby groups, some generosity is

required. Invest Northern Ireland and the tourist board need to be

able to attract inward investors and tourists here, and if you look spend

from the tourist board, it has gone down over a number of years now. So

I am quite content with the way we're managing our budget. When I

meet a delegation of teachers, trade unionists, I offer them a cup of

tea. That will be classed as hospitality. Is he suggesting that I

advise those groups to bring a flask with them and pour out their own tea

and coffee? Without dismissing the important responsibilities, I do

encourage and look after public funds sensibly and there is a

responsibility on all of us to do that. Our ministers would stop

toasting visiting VIPs but will be more than aware they will asked to

explain every last drop. Students here received their A-level

results today. They have again scored well,

and are 7 percentage points ahead of pupils in England and Wales

in the top four grades. They have again scored well,

and are 7 percentage points ahead of pupils in England and Wales

in the top four grades. However students THERE did better

on the A star grade. After a nice try, bright evening, it

is a clear and cool night ahead. Staying mostly dry, those clearing

skies mean temperatures will drop away. We might see mist and fog by

dawn tomorrow morning, but Friday is shaping up to be quite a decent day,

a little on the course because we do have this north-westerly breeze,

that is going to hold those temperatures back as we go through

the day. Through the UK and Ireland, much better day. The rain we saw

today is hardly there at all, just a few showers. Drier, brighter and

warmer just about everywhere. For Northern Ireland, a pretty pleasant

end the week. A few showers popping up, but much fewer and further

between them we have seen of late. Not a bad end to the day if a little

on the course. Into the is cloudier, with more rain around, particularly

out in the West. Saturday is probably going to be the better day

of the weekend. The start of next week, temperatures to really start

to tumble. An autumnal blast might be heading