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again. Something to look forward to. That is all from the BBC News at | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
six. 250 jobs are created in Belfast | :00:00. | :00:15. | |
by the world's largest law firm. As the row over health funding | :00:16. | :00:24. | |
continues, there've been calls for the Executive and the Assembly | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
Health Committee to be recalled. The rise | :00:28. | :00:32. | |
of the private rental sector - why How a small charge | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
on plastic bags has led to a huge In the first part | :00:36. | :00:41. | |
of our special series we look back In just over a week, | :00:42. | :00:49. | |
Northern Ireland kick-off their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign | :00:50. | :00:54. | |
and there's one player who's on the form of his life ahead | :00:55. | :01:00. | |
of tomorrow's squad announcement. And it'll be wet and windy | :01:01. | :01:03. | |
this evening as rain moves in. The world's biggest law firm is to | :01:04. | :01:05. | |
create over 250 jobs in Belfast. Chicago-based Baker | :01:06. | :01:18. | |
and McKenzie is setting up a back office operation which will employ a | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
mixture of legal and support staff. The Enterprise Minister says it's | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
a highly significant investment. With the details, | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
here's our Business and Baker and McKenzie is involved in | :01:31. | :01:45. | |
some other world's biggest deals. Is currently advising banks. It is a | :01:46. | :01:53. | |
firm with a proven global reach. It is based in Chicago and has offices | :01:54. | :01:59. | |
everywhere from Miami to Manila. Its chairman is Brazilian. He was in | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
Belfast explaining why the company is coming here. The quality of the | :02:05. | :02:09. | |
workforce and the lawyers and these professionals, it makes us very | :02:10. | :02:16. | |
interested in investing for the global Baker and McKenzie and 47 | :02:17. | :02:24. | |
countries. Belfast has the beauty of being in a European location, which | :02:25. | :02:27. | |
is keep us, because we have a centre in Manila but we need a second | :02:28. | :02:34. | |
centre out of Belfast, where we can cover 24 hours around the world. The | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
jobs will pay an average salary of ?31,000. That is well above the | :02:41. | :02:46. | |
private sector wage. All of the investment is worth ?80 million. | :02:47. | :02:54. | |
Baker and McKenzie is the latest in a line of big law firms which have | :02:55. | :02:59. | |
set up support centres in Belfast. Legal firms will look at what other | :03:00. | :03:07. | |
firms are doing. It has caused a bit of a stare when they came here, so | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
other firms have looked at it. This is a very significant announcement | :03:13. | :03:18. | |
because this is the largest law firm in the world, deciding to come to | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
Northern Ireland, to bring Toobin 56 new positions. The firm will begin | :03:23. | :03:34. | |
recruiting in days -- 256 new positions. This investment is being | :03:35. | :03:42. | |
seen as significant, because attracting the world's biggest law | :03:43. | :03:45. | |
firm sends a powerful message. A 57-year-old man has died | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
in an accident at a warehouse It happened just | :03:50. | :03:51. | |
before 9.30pm last night at It's understood he was | :03:52. | :03:55. | |
crushed between two vehicles. Newtownabbey Borough Council is | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
investigating the circumstances The Ulster Unionists and SDLP are | :04:01. | :04:02. | |
demanding that politicians are called back early from | :04:03. | :04:11. | |
their holidays because of the threat The call comes as unions questions | :04:12. | :04:13. | |
the millions of pounds been spent on hiring private companies to | :04:14. | :04:19. | |
provide help to the health service. Here's our Health Correspondent | :04:20. | :04:22. | |
Marie Louise Connolly. Doctors, surgeons in operating | :04:23. | :04:33. | |
theatres, nurses in maternity wards, GPs treating all ailments. | :04:34. | :04:40. | |
Basic activity carried out in the health service. The rule package | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
doesn't come cheaply. In each day, it costs ?10 million to run. For | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
years, some of that money has been given to private companies. Over the | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
last four years, the BBC can reveal that just over ?200 million has been | :04:56. | :05:00. | |
paid by our health service to the private health sector. The unions | :05:01. | :05:03. | |
believe that money would have been better invested in the health | :05:04. | :05:15. | |
service. There needed to be robust workforce planning that would be fit | :05:16. | :05:19. | |
for purpose in terms of the demand. Unfortunately, we are in a position | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
now where so much more money has been spent in the private sector. | :05:25. | :05:30. | |
Now, this person wants the money to be scrutinised by the Public | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
accounts committee. The figures are clear and I have them here. The | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
spending went from ?22 million to ?41 million and then to ?60 million. | :05:41. | :05:43. | |
That is an awful lot of money. ?41 million and then to ?60 million. | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
far too much coming out of the health service. No matter whether | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
far too much coming out of the investigation goes ahead, this | :05:55. | :05:56. | |
agreement involving health ministers and the budget are nothing new. | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
During the 20 11th budget negotiations, with the EP accused | :06:01. | :06:09. | |
the health Minister of scaremongering -- the DUP. It didn't | :06:10. | :06:22. | |
happen overnight. This time, the minister says he is not bluffing. We | :06:23. | :06:30. | |
have extensive cuts as a result of welfare impacts. It is being felt | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
across government and I'm saying we are feeling the impact on health. It | :06:35. | :06:42. | |
will have a detrimental consequent on the public. What ever happens | :06:43. | :06:51. | |
politically, the five local health trusts appear to be at and an | :06:52. | :06:59. | |
advanced -- at an advanced stage in their planning. They have outlined | :07:00. | :07:03. | |
potential action, including closing wards, not using agency nurses and | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
doctors, postponing operations classed as non-urgent and not | :07:09. | :07:14. | |
filling in medical posts. Lastly, it is said that unless more money was | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
allocated to the health budget, they would be forced to make difficult | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
and significant decisions. Some senior sources within the service | :07:23. | :07:27. | |
told me this could mean closing some smaller hospitals, including those | :07:28. | :07:37. | |
in Northern Ireland. The first and biggest loser is the general company | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
in form of patients. Also clients as well. People who are ill and people | :07:42. | :07:48. | |
who are vulnerable and in need of care. A paper outlining the | :07:49. | :07:51. | |
difficulties will be presented to the health committee tomorrow. | :07:52. | :07:58. | |
So is the row over the health budget a symptom | :07:59. | :08:00. | |
Our Political Editor, Mark Devenport, | :08:01. | :08:03. | |
Mark - the DUP and Sinn Fein remain at loggerheads. | :08:04. | :08:06. | |
There is no sign of the end to that argument over welfare argument with | :08:07. | :08:15. | |
Sinn Fein adamant it would introduce these reforms which the coalition | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
government wants, whilst the DUP say they have no choice. The interesting | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
thing over this row is that it has shed light not just on those | :08:26. | :08:29. | |
tensions between the two biggest parties, but also the tensions | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
within the DUP. He had there in that report a reminder of the historical | :08:35. | :08:39. | |
arguments we got between the DUP and the Ulster Unionists. Those have | :08:40. | :08:46. | |
been rather under the servers whilst the DUP has controlled both | :08:47. | :08:49. | |
apartments. In the last couple of days, with the evidence that people | :08:50. | :08:56. | |
are annoyed with the criticism labels at the budget controls, it | :08:57. | :09:00. | |
has shed light on the tensions there. The bigger issues are | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
important. That is what you are saying. What are the chances of the | :09:05. | :09:08. | |
executive being recalled earlier next week? I think the health | :09:09. | :09:14. | |
committee is more likely to be recalled. The next meeting of the | :09:15. | :09:17. | |
executive is not due for a fortnight. The health committee may | :09:18. | :09:28. | |
well come back, even though they are preparing a report. I also think it | :09:29. | :09:35. | |
is worth bearing in mind that Peter Robinson has been said he would | :09:36. | :09:39. | |
reshuffle the health minister during the course of this assembly term, | :09:40. | :09:45. | |
and what we might see in relation to this is him saying, luck, I am | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
setting out to the public what the situation is. If I am not going to | :09:50. | :09:51. | |
be in With many people frozen out | :09:52. | :10:07. | |
of the housing market, and confidence in the sector low | :10:08. | :10:10. | |
following the collapse in 2007, many more of us are opting for privately | :10:11. | :10:12. | |
rented accommodation - and in some circumstances up to 20 people are | :10:13. | :10:15. | |
vying for the same property. this job it is a sign of the times. | :10:16. | :10:31. | |
In 2001 there were 50 private rented homes, now it is 25,000. If you | :10:32. | :10:36. | |
needed to rent a house, you came here. This was a first year more | :10:37. | :10:40. | |
people are renting from private landlords. Why? Ownership is not | :10:41. | :10:49. | |
available to many. Many young people can't afford to buy them because | :10:50. | :10:54. | |
they need substantial deposits. Also, they need to have high income. | :10:55. | :11:02. | |
The only people who can buy those who can get help from their parents. | :11:03. | :11:13. | |
That all means that the only alternative is to rent. Open to | :11:14. | :11:24. | |
people who have more money. By the time we went to apply, it had gone. | :11:25. | :11:30. | |
Sometimes other people are doing as well. Your computing more or less | :11:31. | :11:38. | |
the same property. It didn't end there. Questions and application | :11:39. | :11:41. | |
forms and discussions. With all boxes text, you have to jump through | :11:42. | :11:53. | |
many hoops. The notice that there's more trams and see with people | :11:54. | :12:00. | |
moving from one tenant to another. More often than not we are seeing | :12:01. | :12:05. | |
tenant staying. They're rolling them on or asking to sign for a further | :12:06. | :12:13. | |
lease. Seven years after a massive housing crash and the reverberations | :12:14. | :12:17. | |
are still being felt, even by those who don't own their | :12:18. | :12:18. | |
There's been a huge drop in the number of plastic bags we're using. | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
At one stage it was reckoned we packed our shopping | :12:25. | :12:27. | |
But since the 5p levy was introduced on carrier bags last April, | :12:28. | :12:31. | |
Here's our North-West Reporter, Keiron Tourish. | :12:32. | :12:40. | |
One major supermarket today and a change in consumer behaviour was all | :12:41. | :12:47. | |
too evident. Increasingly more and more people are often for reusable | :12:48. | :12:57. | |
bags. The 5p levy reduced the number of bags by almost 72%. That is down | :12:58. | :13:04. | |
from 300 million to almost 85 million bags dispensed by shops. I | :13:05. | :13:09. | |
don't like paying for anything but I agree the 5p per bag is justified. | :13:10. | :13:18. | |
It is great in terms of not having a lot of plastic bags around the | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
house. It is easy when I'm going to work, I can just throw the bags | :13:24. | :13:27. | |
away. You are able to pack far more stuff. It is a good idea in the | :13:28. | :13:37. | |
grand scheme of things. There are less plastic bags on the streets. | :13:38. | :13:41. | |
Once you get into the habit of bringing bags with you, it is | :13:42. | :13:46. | |
better. The minister announced a new figures at this convenience store. | :13:47. | :13:52. | |
Its owners say the scheme has not affected his business and had been a | :13:53. | :13:57. | |
success. At the start people were against it because they are paying | :13:58. | :14:04. | |
money. They thought it was the shopkeepers getting money. But then | :14:05. | :14:11. | |
after a while they caught on it was cheaper to buy reusable bags. This | :14:12. | :14:15. | |
is a scheme which has been invested by the public. If you look around in | :14:16. | :14:21. | |
a shop you see lots of people with their bags. We can't afford to be | :14:22. | :14:27. | |
complacent. Under the scheme has been successful, | :14:28. | :14:33. | |
complacent. Under the scheme has reinforcing the message. One | :14:34. | :14:34. | |
independent retailer association has welcomed the reduction in uses of | :14:35. | :14:43. | |
plastic bags, but says they should be no increase in price of buying | :14:44. | :14:45. | |
them. 20 years ago this week, | :14:46. | :14:52. | |
the IRA made a landmark announcement After 25 years of violence, it said | :14:53. | :14:55. | |
there would be a complete cessation of all military activities from | :14:56. | :14:59. | |
midnight on the 31st of August. This week we'll be looking both look | :15:00. | :15:02. | |
back at the event In the first report, | :15:03. | :15:05. | |
our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney traces the origins | :15:06. | :15:08. | |
of the ceasefire - which are said to have started eight years earlier | :15:09. | :15:11. | |
in 1986 and involved a complex web Republicans saw it as a victory, | :15:12. | :15:31. | |
others expressed relief and hope. This is where many believe the | :15:32. | :15:38. | |
foundations for the IRAcease-fire were laid. 25 years ago a meeting | :15:39. | :15:44. | |
took place behind closed doors in west Belfast. A draw together to | :15:45. | :15:48. | |
political enemies. Gerry Adams and the leader of the SDLP. | :15:49. | :16:02. | |
The Irish priest died in November last year. He spoke about his | :16:03. | :16:10. | |
motivation. If he was prepared to talk to Sinn Fein, it would enable | :16:11. | :16:16. | |
Gerry Adams to talk to the IRA which would persuade them to stop. As a | :16:17. | :16:21. | |
talk on continued, so too did the killings. I used to say I | :16:22. | :16:28. | |
represented the next person killed. That was in line I took. I don't | :16:29. | :16:32. | |
belong to any political party. Their only interest I have in this thing | :16:33. | :16:38. | |
is interest of the next victim. The talks would give a helping hand by a | :16:39. | :16:43. | |
Conservative MP who arrived in Northern Ireland years after they | :16:44. | :16:48. | |
started. No one took much notice when he was appointed secretary of | :16:49. | :16:52. | |
state in July 1989, but he was to play a crucial role. Just over one | :16:53. | :16:56. | |
year after his appointment, he made a speech in London in which he said | :16:57. | :17:01. | |
Britain had no strategic or economic interest in Northern Ireland. He had | :17:02. | :17:06. | |
been advised to do so by John Hume. He said that it has to come from the | :17:07. | :17:18. | |
lips of a British minister. I absorbed that. Unknown to that, Sinn | :17:19. | :17:23. | |
Fein have been given advance notice of what he would say. It was through | :17:24. | :17:29. | |
a secret back channel tree in the UK government and the IRA. -- between | :17:30. | :17:43. | |
the UK government. Peter Brooks said he found out about the back tunnel | :17:44. | :17:47. | |
in early 1981 when he was told Michael Oakley was retiring and | :17:48. | :17:54. | |
authorise MIA five -- MI5 to continue talks. Know one should go | :17:55. | :18:05. | |
to Northern Ireland believing the problem is going to be sold in his | :18:06. | :18:11. | |
lifetime -- no one. Every Secretary of State should go where of what | :18:12. | :18:20. | |
will happen, that of an opportunity comes and an opening occurs, then | :18:21. | :18:27. | |
you should respond to it. The IRA continued its campaign of violence. | :18:28. | :18:31. | |
In 1993, the year before the cease-fire, there was no hint that | :18:32. | :18:36. | |
it was on the horizon. In March that year, the IRA bombs this area | :18:37. | :18:42. | |
injuring 50 overs in killing two boys. In October, get killed nine | :18:43. | :18:51. | |
Protestant civilians bombed a fish shop. One of the bombers also died. | :18:52. | :19:00. | |
A week later, retaliation. Six Catholics were shot dead in a pub. | :19:01. | :19:05. | |
But a year that ended with escalating bloodshed had also seen | :19:06. | :19:09. | |
intensified efforts to bring the violence to an end. In the summer of | :19:10. | :19:18. | |
1983, this man brought Gerry Adams and John Hume together. -- 1993. He | :19:19. | :19:23. | |
believe this collision would strengthen his hand. In December | :19:24. | :19:30. | |
that year, Albert Reynolds and the Prime Minister John Major published | :19:31. | :19:34. | |
the Downing Street declaration, which they said provided the | :19:35. | :19:37. | |
foundation for a lasting political settlement. It is an opportunity to | :19:38. | :19:42. | |
end violence the good in Northern Ireland. We believe it is now up to | :19:43. | :19:47. | |
those who use or supported violence to take that opportunity. The door | :19:48. | :19:53. | |
is open to them. At the moans of discussion, the IRA leadership | :19:54. | :20:00. | |
responded. -- after months of discussions. People make a mistake | :20:01. | :20:11. | |
if they think the engagement that took place between ourselves and the | :20:12. | :20:17. | |
British government back channel, for want of a better word, was the | :20:18. | :20:23. | |
motivating factor in bringing about the IRA cease-fire. That is not the | :20:24. | :20:29. | |
way the process worked. What brought about the cease-fire coming together | :20:30. | :20:41. | |
of Irish and Americans. The support from the White House. He rejects any | :20:42. | :20:49. | |
suggestion the IRA was forced into the move in order to avoid outright | :20:50. | :20:55. | |
defeat. I have no doubt whatsoever that if we had not embarked on that | :20:56. | :21:03. | |
to get the cease-fire, the IRA would still be fighting to this very day. | :21:04. | :21:10. | |
I have no doubt about it in my mind. Whilst Sinn Fein butchered a | :21:11. | :21:16. | |
cease-fire as a victory, not all Republicans agreed -- portrayed the | :21:17. | :21:32. | |
cease-fire. The people believed it was what won the war. The 1994 | :21:33. | :21:40. | |
cease-fire did not hold. It ended with a huge IRA bomb exploded in the | :21:41. | :21:46. | |
Canary Wharf area of London in February 1996. Although it would be | :21:47. | :21:50. | |
a further 80 mums before another cease-fire was declared, the | :21:51. | :21:54. | |
dramatic announcement in August 20 years ago was the beginning of the | :21:55. | :21:56. | |
end. On tomorrow night's programme, | :21:57. | :21:59. | |
Vincent looks at how loyalists and unionists reacted to the IRA's | :22:00. | :22:01. | |
ceasefire announcement. And on the Eve of Northern Irelands | :22:02. | :22:03. | |
squad announcement for their Euro 2016 qualifier- there's one player | :22:04. | :22:06. | |
who pretty much stole the show last night- Thomas Niblock | :22:07. | :22:08. | |
is here with the sport. Michael O'Neill, | :22:09. | :22:15. | |
the Northern Ireland manager, League Cup game between | :22:16. | :22:26. | |
Manchester United and the MK Dons, were on show - but it was a night | :22:27. | :22:32. | |
of contrasting emotions for both. Despite spending millions of | :22:33. | :22:47. | |
pounds, it has been a year to forget the Manchester United supporters. | :22:48. | :22:50. | |
pounds, it has been a year to forget Perhaps last night was a new locus | :22:51. | :22:52. | |
of the players. Jenny Evans the most experienced man on the pitch -- new | :22:53. | :23:03. | |
low for the players. It could have been worse for evidence. Although | :23:04. | :23:08. | |
handling the ball inside the area, claims for a penalty were dismissed | :23:09. | :23:12. | |
by the referee. It was a bad night for the captain, but it was one of | :23:13. | :23:15. | |
the best for Will Grigg. He scored twice in the wind. -- win. He | :23:16. | :23:25. | |
received a standing ovation when he was taken off. Manchester United | :23:26. | :23:29. | |
supporters will want to forget the result as quickly as possible, but | :23:30. | :23:31. | |
there is at least one man who will remember it for a long time to come. | :23:32. | :23:40. | |
Last night Rory McIlroy was hanging out with former US president | :23:41. | :23:45. | |
Bill Clinton ahead of his latest tournament in the states. | :23:46. | :23:48. | |
But closer to home there's a huge appetite for the sport here - | :23:49. | :23:51. | |
30,000 spectators are expected at The Northern Ireland Open | :23:52. | :23:53. | |
On show, some big names and one local player | :23:54. | :23:57. | |
22-year-old Peter is ready. He has turned professional and with the | :23:58. | :24:15. | |
help of five-time European tour winner, he is finding his feet. The | :24:16. | :24:21. | |
guys are quite good at sticking together and helping each other and | :24:22. | :24:22. | |
guys are quite good at sticking playing with Michael is great. I'm | :24:23. | :24:29. | |
going to try and play the best golf I can and not put too much pressure | :24:30. | :24:35. | |
on myself. It is always great to play in front of your home crowd and | :24:36. | :24:40. | |
stay in bed for a week. The positives out where the nerves and | :24:41. | :24:46. | |
pressure. And it is not just the players on show. The focus this week | :24:47. | :24:51. | |
will also be on the course. Golf is a big thing in the economy. | :24:52. | :24:59. | |
Obviously, to have the Irish open down south, it is great to have this | :25:00. | :25:06. | |
event. There are hundreds of guys trying to be Rory Mcllory and this | :25:07. | :25:10. | |
will help guys have more chance to do that. They're ready for the | :25:11. | :25:13. | |
event. Let's find out what the weather has | :25:14. | :25:33. | |
in store for us. Is it golfing weather? It will be tomorrow, but | :25:34. | :25:42. | |
rain tonight. Some will be heavy, but the good news is that those of | :25:43. | :25:46. | |
the heavy rain will clear during the early hours of Thursday morning and | :25:47. | :25:50. | |
it will be a mild night, temperatures of 40 degrees in some | :25:51. | :25:54. | |
places. Behind that render be some showers. -- 14 Celsius. It won't | :25:55. | :26:03. | |
start to become more unsettled until tomorrow evening. One or two showers | :26:04. | :26:08. | |
to begin with, drying up nicely. Some decent spells of sunshine in | :26:09. | :26:13. | |
between the cloud. There will be one or two rogue showers around. Not | :26:14. | :26:19. | |
everywhere. It is warm as well, temperatures of 18 or 19 degrees. If | :26:20. | :26:23. | |
you're travelling tomorrow, the good weather extends down eastern areas | :26:24. | :26:27. | |
of Ireland, through western Scotland into Wales and the south-west of | :26:28. | :26:30. | |
England. Head of England. Header that it is a cloudy picture, but | :26:31. | :26:35. | |
still warm to the south-east. 23 or 24 degrees. We have this next area | :26:36. | :26:40. | |
of low pressure coming in from the Atlantic. It will bring strong | :26:41. | :26:46. | |
goring, and some wind as well. The rain will pushing, eventually edging | :26:47. | :26:53. | |
its way eastwards across all places overnight into Friday. But another | :26:54. | :26:58. | |
mild night to come, temperatures won't dip below 14 Celsius. Not too | :26:59. | :27:02. | |
bad from this time of year. That low pressure will be with us. It will | :27:03. | :27:07. | |
bring some gusty winds and spells of rain, and it will be quite blustery. | :27:08. | :27:11. | |
The good news is it will be raining all day. In between the rain, it | :27:12. | :27:16. | |
will brighten up. It'll stay warm. Temperatures will get up to 18 or 19 | :27:17. | :27:21. | |
degrees. The good news is that looking towards the weekend, the low | :27:22. | :27:25. | |
pressure will clear away and it will be settled. We will keep you updated | :27:26. | :27:35. | |
here. Do follow us on Twitter. That is it from now. Our late summary is | :27:36. | :27:40. | |
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