26/10/2016 BBC Newsline

The headlines: A County Antrim online

book store is to cut around 300 jobs. A disabled man beaten to death

and dumped in a wheelie bin. A man and woman are found guilty of his

murder. Bargains for southern shoppers as

sterling falls after the Brexit vote. We are alive in Newry.

AGP at this practice tell me who proposed changes could benefit his

patients. And we take a closer look at children in care.

Also coming up: Never mind the fancy patisserie in

Baycol, the biggest selling ban in Belfast is the fresh cream filled

doughnut. And a more mild steel to our weather

for the rest of the week. I will have all the details just before

seven. The online bike retailer

Chain Reaction The Ballyclare-based firm was taken

over earlier this year. to concentrate warehouse

facilities in Wolverhampton. Our Economics and Business Editor

John Campbell is at Chain

Reaction headquarters. This business has been a star

performer in the local economy. But what has been announced

here today is all about that change of ownership which happened

back in February. This has been our biggest retail

success story of the Internet era. The company is one of the world's

men online sellers of bicycles and cycling accessories. It started in

1985 as a single bike shop owned by the Watson family. But having built

a world-class operation, employing more than 400 people, they sold it

earlier this year to a rival firm. Now they are planning a shake-up,

which will mean concentrating warehouse operations at its massive

facility near Wolverhampton. The company said it was necessary to

retain its position and remain competitive in the UK, as well as

increasingly competitive global markets. That means 160 agency

positions will go. They promised employees will be treated fairly and

in line with their values. This afternoon, one regular customer told

us she shares in the stats's shock. It is not just the guys front facing

that we talk to as customers, it is all of the backroom staff, the stock

room staff, the admin, everything. And it is very much, if you're into

bicycles, a family feeling when you go in and shop. I will really,

really miss it. A local MLA said the jobs are effectively being shifted

across the Irish Sea. The distribution would like it is going

to be transferred to Wolverhampton in England, so it is with sadness

that we hear this news today. And we know that this local farm, locally

owned, had a great investment in our local community here and with this

takeover, we see what is happening. It is taking away the distribution

Park. The company says it will keep at least 275 jobs here, involved

like Management, IT and feels. It is rebuilding -- it will will also

remain in Ballyclare. Major job losses at such a successful and

respected company will shock many people. And in a very competitive

market, the new owners were never going to be sentimental about

Northern Ireland jobs. The workers are not saying much,

what about the unions? Tonight, the union has issued a

curious statement saying his job losses are completely unjustifiable

and they say the company looks like they are involved in corporate asset

stripping. Certain assurances were given at the time of the sale and

they do not feel they have been honoured. The company may refuse all

that but nonetheless, by the time we get to the summer of next year, it

is likely that around 300 jobs will have been lost from this site.

John, thank you. A jury at Belfast Crown Court have

found two people guilty of murdering a disabled Lurgan man

and dumping his body in a bin. Stephen Hughes and Shaunean Boyle

were standing trial The 40-year-old

had been badly beaten and left unconscious

in a bedroom. Ita Dungan has been

following the trial. For five weeks, his parents and

siblings have left my pleasant to evidence of how their brother was

beaten up and left unconscious on a sofa until he died two days later.

The jury had listened to that same evidence and had been instructed by

the judge to answer the question of who killed this man. What it Stephen

Hughes and Shaunean Boyle together, or a war that one or other? After

five hours deliberating, they came back with their answer. They found

both Stephen Hughes and Shaunean Boyle guilty of murder. The pair had

kicked, punched and stamped on the disabled man, who weighed just over

seven storm. His injuries included 15 broken ribs, a fractured

breastbone, pleading to the brain and a bruised heart. And it had all

happened here, add Stephen Hughes's home, or for three days in July 20

14. Owen Creaney, Stephen Hughes and Shaunean Boyle had arrived back in

the early hours of the morning, having been on a drinking binge for

several days. Shortly after, Owen Creaney was beaten unconscious. As

he lay on a sofa upstairs, friends call around to have a drink, most of

them are unaware of what was happening. One, however, did the

Owen. She described form coming out of his mouth and said the smelter

had nearly made her sick. One day later, Owen Creaney was dead.

Shaunean Boyle and Stephen Hughes then slid his body into a wheelie

bin and brought him downstairs. Shortly afterwards, the police

arrived. When the verdicts were being read out, Stephen Hughes

steered straight ahead. Shaunean Boyle broke down in tears, sobbing

into her hand. Then, as the judge handed down to Max light sentences,

there was an outburst from the public gallery, a member of Shaunean

Boyle's family shouted at Stephen Hughes, "Stop acting, tell the

truth!" Then, as Shaunean Boyle was being led away, for the first time

during the trial, she turned to see the news and said, "Look at what you

have done. Have you no conscience at all?" The pair will be sentenced on

the 18th of November. Four men have been

arrested in County Antrim. Police say it is part

of an investigation The men were arrested

in Ballymena and Coleraine. Details about these arrests are

still emerging, but what we do know is that four men, aged 29, 30, 36

and 46 were arrested at properties earlier today. The searches were

carried out on several items were removed for further examination.

Those four arrested men are now being questioned by police in

Belfast. In a statement, police have said they are investigating the

activities of a number of individuals who appear to have

extreme right-wing views about tensions in north-eastern Europe and

have been involved in suspicious activity in a forest in County

Antrim. They have not told us about these arrests but they are not

related to earlier arms buying earlier this year. Those were

submitted to dissident republicans. -- those were attributed.

Still to come: Following a serious road traffic accident last year,

Oran McKenna had to learn to walk and talk again.

Tonight, the Belfast school boy captains his school in the Ulster

The chair of Stormont's Education Committee -

Sinn Fein MLA Barry McElduff - has expressed concern

about a new scheme which will allow the army access

to an online record of school pupils' qualifications.

But the Department for Education say they will only be shared

as our education correspondent Robbie Meredith reports.

Whether it is GCSEs, A-levels or certificates for music and sport,

young people get a range of qualifications in and out of school.

And now, every pupil over 14 here is getting an individual online

personal learning record, which stores all the qualifications in one

place. But it is who will have access to it that has led to

concerns. In a letter about the scheme, parents are told that at the

learning record can be shared across other relevant educational

organisations, and among those organisations are the Armed Forces.

And it is the involvement that concerns the chair of the education

committee. I am surprised, alarmed, in fact, and so are very many

parents who have come to me about this, the notion that personalised

information could be shared with the British Army, unique learner

information for pupils are shared with the British Army, that is not

acceptable. The British Army is not, number one, e-learning provider and,

number two, it could hardly be described as neutral by any

standards. The Ministry of Defence said this was a matter for the

Department for Education and in a statement to the BBC, the education

minister said that data would be shared with the Armed Forces only

when they were educating or training an individual, and then only with

that person's permission. He also accused Mr Michael Duff of

politicising the issue. The Bengoa report,

published yesterday, looks to transform our health

and social care system, a system that the minister says

is at breaking point. One of the reports main

themes is primary care. This afternoon Donna Traynor went

to a health centre in east Belfast. Primary care, to you and me that

means our local GP surgery. The Bengoa report recommends more

investment in practices like this, more doctors, more nurse

practitioners. But as well as bad, a pharmacist, a district nurse, a

health visitor and a social worker in each and every practice. Doctor

Stout, who contributed to the Bengoa report, is based here. Earlier, I

asked him how that collective of practitioners will affect a patient

when they go to see their doctors. It gives a different repertoire and

collection of stuff that people can see. That will free GP's

capacity to the others. We have pockets that are in real crisis, the

Joseph Romano, the whole county in crisis. We have a big problem in

Portadown and in terms of and immediate rescue package, that would

take a significant amount of pressure of those really struggling

practices. The recommendation is for more GPs in the system. How'd you

get educated doctors to stay here? At the moment they are deciding not

to come into general practice because they see it is so bad. If

they see there is real change, positive change, there will be more

encouraged to come into general practice. The evidence to date shows

that most doctors do not leave and I would anticipate that would

continue. Bengoa talks about empowering GPs. What does that mean

with regard to the plans are control on the holistic care of a patient,

their care at home? The holistic care of the patient is the most

important. The problem is at the moment we are inundated with this

tsunami of demanding that is harming the care of the people who need that

continuity and the true value of a GP the most. We are encouraging GPs

to try to coordinate the system better so that we can free our own

capacity to deal with those that can really benefit from it.

Another part of the Bengoa report looks at children in care. Young

people who perhaps have been removed from their family home through no

fault of their own. Our health and social affairs correspondent has

been taking a closer look. Several weeks ago, these teenagers

were part of a group who spoke to a Health Minister about how the system

needs to improve for young people in care. We said to the Health Minister

that we did not think we matter and she said we did and we are high on

our priority list. I understand there was a straight

talking. We talked about the stigma attached to being in care and that

we would love to get that eradicated and she said she would be willing to

help, for example whenever I started university I told people I was a

carer and -- a carer lever and they told me I do not look like one. Is

there an image attached to it? Anthony Stadler, Nicola Collins,

Andrew Collins, Judith Fuller, Denise Barnes and Kathleen Adams is

there something strong that could be done

-- is something that could be done that would have a big impact? Having

that extra support there would be beneficial to a lot of people blind

care Rebus. They must have made an impression, as Michelle O'Neill

included a commitment to improve services for children in care in a

hotel tenure health plan. Getting a ride home for a child for the amount

of time that job requires that, having quality time with the social

worker to build trusting relationships, and also think about

the kids that you have at home. They are with you well into their late

20s, and back and forward for support. When children are leaving

care, we should extend that level of support right up to the age of 25.

Surprisingly, getting the government to acknowledge the role of being a

corporate parent and including that pledge in policy has taken years of

lobbying. First of all, our minister recognises that the biggest decision

we ever make any child's life is to remove them from their family. If we

make that decision, we have to step up to the plate and we have to make

sure that we are the parent in the absence of the family.

It is understood the plans will allow more time for child protection

team is to concentrate on high priority cases. By strengthening

those partnerships between voluntary and statutory community agencies,

that will free up the capacity of child protection team is to focus on

those cases in situations where there are real job protection

concerns. That will be one of the key differences start on the front

line will notice. These young people say they will

continue with their campaign to improve services and to try and take

that she out of being in care. The Bengoa report is the latest in a

series of recommended fixes to our ailing Health and Social Care Act

system. We will be keeping an eye on what follows in the weeks and months

to come. In the meantime, we are keen to get your opinions on the

health system. Join the conversation if you can on our Facebook page.

Northern Ireland border towns are enjoying a surge in business

with a rise in visitors from the Republic of Ireland

Sterling has tumbled significantly since the referendum in June,

making some items on our shelves bargains for southern buyers.

Our business correspondent Julian O'Neill is live

reporting on Northern shoppers streaming south.

Back then, Sterling trumped the Euro.

But that trend has been reversed in recent months.

and border shopping centres like the Buttercrane

can present rich pickings for customers coming north.

Visitors from the South are those are experiencing the euro trading at

around 90p, driving an influx of shoppers from over the border. I

have been out a few times, and this is the best value we have had. With

the press as an aside, whether the exchange rate, you do the

conversion, it is still a lot cheaper. -- with the prices in the

south. This is my first time, definitely I see a difference. I did

buy a bottle of whiskey because I know it was that better cheaper

here. It is great value and if you're coming from Dublin it is not

too far, the roads are good. Price checking some identical items online

shows why it can pay to travel. A tablet of eyes which sells at 809

euros in Northern Ireland retailed in the North at ?639, converting

that into heroes and it is 718. That gives is offering shopper a saving

of 91 euros. -- a sovereign shopper. Alcohol can also be a lot cheaper.

This fine whiskey is 27 euros in the south but in Northern Ireland is the

equivalent of almost 17 euros. We also found smaller savings on

grocery items, like the same multipack of nappies being 50 cents

cheaper in the north. This centre monitors its car park traffic

closely, and they are seeing a significant boom in cross-border

business. We have seen that figure increased by about 62% right across

the summer, and there is a very clear correlation between that

increase in cross-border business and the result of the EU referendum.

The pound has been a big casualty of the referendum result. The

consequences are less clear. At the moment, Newry, Derry, those places

by winning but in the longer term, what will happen with trade in terms

of Northern Ireland and orders order is our big unknowns.

About 75% of this shopping centre's business is currently coming from

the Republic and it is banking on it being a bumper Christmas.

Charlie Flanagan was in Newry today to meet business leaders, among them

the managers of this centre. Currency is one thing, but there are

bigger issues still to be addressed. There is an anxiety and a perky

vision about what form the border will take when the UK is due to

leave the EU. -- there is anxiety and hesitation. But a week dividend

is seeing dividends. A botched green energy scheme which

ended taxpayers, costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds, the

scheme which was designed to get them to switch from oil to woodchip

boilers, 20 years of guaranteed payment has left a huge hole in

public finances. The regulators were before the Assembly's Public

Accounts Committee and heavily criticised.

It is very clear that apartment was asleep at the wheel but I am

completely horrified that you were also asleep as the wheel in relation

to this. No minutes, limited records, no responsibility, no

ownership. It is appalling. You have got to accept that. It is public

money. We can hardly afford the health service and now we're having

to fork out this. we could have the first ever

local Bake Off winner. County Down engineer Andrew Smyth

is up against two others in the final episode of the show

on the BBC. And his goodbye and some challenges

that came top of the glass and others. This one is going to be

Victoria sponge inspired, so Bonilla, raspberry jam and vanilla

buttercream. For the first year students at Belfast met college, the

local contender has been an inspiration and a real boost for the

craft. It is brilliant because it does highlight exactly what the

bakery is all about and to throw things out after five minutes, there

is a lot of thinking and preparation that goes into it. The traditional

ranges are still very popular in Northern Ireland. The top seller in

this bakery is the cream doughnut. They think the interest in baking is

leading shops to specialise in either patisserie or play in local

breads. I think that there is a clear pattern developing, especially

over a year, which was not before. If you go into France, you will see

there is the ball where the jewel of the bread and then the patisserie

with the do all of the pastries. -- there is the bakery where they do

the bread and the patisserie reworded the pastries. But here

there has been a new patisserie in the city centre, Becker bakery chain

is doing playing a ethnic lines running. This is the last Bake Off

series which the BBC will screen and the stats you know who they wanted

one. It is tight but I want and go to win. It is very good. He has been

the most consistent of all of them. The other two have been hit and miss

contents. He has been the most consistent. Any of his baking

standout particularly for you? I cannot bake!

And you're working in a bakery header that is why I buy it.

And that Bake off final is on at eight o'clock

The Ireland rugby squad to take on the mighty All Blacks in Chicago

With that and the rest of this evening's sport,

Mark Sidebottom is live at the Queens University

In a moment, the remarkable story of the Belfast schoolboy

That opening autumn International in Soldierfield park in Chicago

As expected, Joe Schmidt has named a strong squad which will impact

on Friday's Pro 12 meeting in Belfast between Ulster and Munster.

Seven Ulstermen are included - among them Craig Gilroy.

You can see him in action here. The impact is that Friday evening's

Pro12 Ulster and Munster game is likely to see several players have

to sit that game out in Belfast. You can see that game live on the BBC,

all the details you will get on BBC sport online.

CBS play St Mary 's, captained by a young man called on again. Six

months ago, a road traffic accident left him fighting for his life.

Joining us now is the principal of Saint Mary 's, John Martin. John, he

is not starting tonight, he is on the bench, but that he is playing at

all is truly, truly remarkable. Absolutely. This was a student who

in February suffered a serious brain injury and was in an induced coma.

We feared the worst, to be honest, and captaining his team at the final

is just incredible. Unbelievable. Looking at him, medics had informed

his family that those areas of the brain trauma that they felt he

probably would not make it and that if you did he was in all probability

likely to be seriously handicapped for the rest of his life. That is

true, Mark. He was back in an incredibly short time. Fabulous AES

result in the summer, which was amazing. He has been an integral

part of this team since he joined us at 11 years of age and it really is

a dream come true for him and the whole team that he is back here. It

is also a testament to the medical team who look after him so well in

the Royal, and beyond that. He is now with us today just for this

wonderful occasion. Wish you the best of luck, and Saint Killian is

the best of luck. Finally this evening,

January 28th in Las Vegas has been confirmed as the date

for Carl Frampton's world title Mark, thank you. Let's have a look

at the weather. I have to start the weather with the

complaint. I have had an e-mail from Wilfred, one of our photographers,

who says why do I always use landscapes and never any nice

wildlife photographs? He has been out and captured all of these

beautiful images so, Wilfred, never let it be said that I do not take

feedback. If you have been out and about with a camera, you will love

noticed a real change in our weather. For the last week or so, we

have had cool, crisp mornings, mist and fog. Today, all that changed. A

lot more credible around. Drawing in -- a lot more cloud around. The risk

of a little bit of light rain. That is certainly going to be the keys

overnight tonight. The cloud cover helps to hold the temperatures in

the high single figures, eight or 9 degrees below. Just before dawn, we

will start to see a few showers working their way in from the West.

Both showers, as they go into tomorrow, will not last terribly

long. Once the sun comes up, we'll start to see them little cloud and

for a time, we will start to see some brighter spells. That will help

the temperatures quite nicely. Five of 1314 degrees, but we have always

got that south-westerly breeze coming in, feeding in the warmer

air. Not a bad day, the cloud cover will start to fill in again as they

go to India Thursday evening. We are going to start to see a little bit

of that rain. That front things slowly size during the night. Most

of that rain comes during the hours of Thursday made into Friday, but on

Friday itself, the front returns back north. Again, a bit of rain on

the forecast for Friday but then we have this area of high pressure and

that settles down our weather quite nicely for the end of the week. Not

a spectacular Saturday and Sunday, but it is at least going to be dry,

is a bit on the cloudy side. Those temperatures in the low teens, good

news if you're heading out for Halloween events.

Thank you. That fight night is of course in January, not November.

Our late summary is at half past ten.