11/09/2014 BBC Newsline

Thank you very much. That is all from Edinburgh. There is

a first look Two brothers who were in court

on charges linked to a police surveillance operation at a

dissident terrorist training camp in County Tyrone have each been jailed

for five years and nine months. Both of these brothers pleaded

guilty to offences, including having a gun under suspicious circumstances

and preparation of terrorist acts. The charges arose from a covert

police operation in March 2012. This wood was being used

as an improvised firing range to A rifle belonging to one

of the brothers was fired there to assess its reliability

for training purposes. The judge said society here in

Northern Ireland is still plagued by certain individuals who are clinging

on to acts of terrorism, despite the wishes of the vast majority of

people on both sides of the border. That's how a nun has described her

congregation's involvement in a Child Migrant Scheme

in the middle of the last century. Sister Brenda McCall was

addressing the Historical The Sisters of Nazareth sent

111 children to Australia. The children were sent to Australia

in the middle of the last century. The nuns thought they would have

a better life, but the testimony of 50 former child migrants has

shown how their lives were marred by Sister Brenda McCall is

from a different era and place. She travelled from the Sisters

of Nazareth quarters to take responsibility on behalf

of the congregation here. She accepted that actions

and words now are unacceptable. Sister Brenda said whatever

compensation is on offer will not make up for what the children

lost by being sent to Australia. She said her congregation were

encouraged to join the scheme by the Government and Catholic

Church hierarchy. Sister Brenda McCall gave

testimony about Australia's At one time they complained to

the authorities here about being sent substandard

children from Northern Ireland. The nun was asked if there was any

financial incentive for the Sisters She said it's now time for Stormont,

the British and Northern Irish Governments

and other institutions to admit this was a grave injustice against

the children and their families. Northern Ireland is

the UK capital of personal debt. That's according to a national

charity which says people here - on average - owe more than ?18,000

on things like credit cards. Our business correspondent

Julian O'Neill has more details. The recession has left

a debt hangover. On average,

we each have run up bills of That's higher than anywhere else

in the UK and the debt advice Bank loans and overdrafts

are harder to come by. More

and more people are turning to high interest payday loans to plug the

gaps in their finances, but the fact that Northern Ireland is in a much

worse place than the rest of the UK Not only is our economic recovery

slower, but our wages are lower The essential cost of living,

energy, council tax, More and more people are being

squeezed and they are turning to high-cost credit,

which makes the situation worse. Debt can be a strain in all walks

of life. The charity says these are

the averages. On the street, the findings

provoked little surprise. They are even posting

things through your door. Spend what you have on your person,

that is the way to keep it. The level of our personal debt is

20% higher than the UK as Everywhere else,

it is falling, whereas here it is An Ulster Unionist says

the party's offer to help in the Scottish referendum was rejected

by the Better Together campaign. Mark Cosgrove told The View

the approach was made two years ago Now with the opinion polls so close,

he says it's not too late for unionists to make

their voices heard. I would hope that any conversations

that may take place or any media that Northern Ireland unionists may

do gives the very clear and unequivocal response that in a

non-sectarian, fully embracive way, we want to see you stay as part of

the United Kingdom. Your economic future and that of your children,

the future of the National Health Service, jobs, wealth creation, all

of those things are at stake here and I can't believe that we're

as close as the polls are saying given the

strength of the pro-Union argument. And you can see more

on that story on The View straight And looking ahead to tomorrow

morning, after a turbulent week at Stormont, the Deputy First

Minster Martin McGuinness will be That's on Radio Ulster,

starting at 6.30. The hunt is still on

for a raccoon that escaped from The police and the Environment

Agency have joined the search for Our reporter Martin

Cassidy joined the hunt. In the city of the seven Towers,

there is only one talking point this evening. Rab the raccoon. For more

than a week, this little fella has been living the high life, feasting

on fast food leftovers, scraps from domestic bins and the odd pigeon

from the local park. Back at the pet shop he managed to escape from,

staff are keen for a safe return. He has a wife, Rita, and for babies who

are four months old. It would be nice if we could get him back. Rab

might be a first-class raccoon but his wife Rita probably thinks he is

little better than a rat. Just wait till she gets her paws on him. Rab

has been spotted again, this time across town at the local park. Rab

the raccoon might have a wife and four children back at the pet shop,

but right now, he is enjoying himself around town. He was spotted

here last night in this park, enjoying a freshly caught Hitchens

Upper. -- pigeon supper. But now the police and Environment Agency have

issued statements about the raccoon. Rab might not be thought to pose a

risk but members of the public are advised that the raccoon is a

Dangerous Wild Animal Order should not be approached. Rab might well be

enjoying his notoriety, but on the run from the authorities, it is

surely only a matter of time before he is brought back home to face the

music. Now with the weather forecast,

here's Angie. It ended up like a summer's

day-to-day after a slow start with the mist and fog patches.

Temperatures in the low 20s in some spots. It is dry tonight with clear

spells. Temperatures holding at around 9-10dC. In the countryside,

it will be cooler. The odd spot could get crass frost. Mist and fog

will return through some parts. Into tomorrow, still dry with bright and

sunny spells. It could be a slow start where you have that mist and

fog. It could lift" for a time and then break up to give that sunshine.

It looks like the best of it will be in the first half of the day. Across

the rest of Ireland and Britain, fine and dry with the odd spot of

rain in the far north-west of Scotland. Yes, there will be areas

of cloud, particularly in central areas. The best the sunshine likely

to be for parts of Scotland, maybe salon and western England and Wales.

Highs in the low 20s. -- sunburn and western. Tomorrow, yes, there will

be sunshine but he could see fair weather cloud bobbling up. It will

be dry and brighter times and still feeling quite warm with temperatures

of 19 Celsius, perhaps Twinkie in one or two spots. -- perhaps 20

Celsius. Over the weekend, it will stay dry. An issue, but hopefully

there will still be bright spells as well.