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Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Noel Thompson and Sarah | 0:00:14 | 0:00:20 | |
Travers. The headlines this Monday evening: It's all change at | 0:00:20 | 0:00:25 | |
Belfast's A&E departments. Do you know where to go in an emergency? | 0:00:25 | 0:00:28 | |
I'm live with the details. How a woman from Lisburn has forced | 0:00:28 | 0:00:33 | |
a UK retailer into a poppy U-turn. The man who discovered the Titanic | 0:00:33 | 0:00:37 | |
on the bottom of the ocean comes to see how we are getting ready for | 0:00:37 | 0:00:47 | |
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the ship's centenary. Go I'm glad that Belfast has finally - - is | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
finally proud of having built the Titanic. They build an amazing | 0:00:51 | 0:00:57 | |
shape. It's only six days to go until the | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
MTV awards. The stage is going up at the City Hall, but what will | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
Belfast get out of it? Find out later in the programme. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
No big scares in tonight's forecast, but just to be sure I'll have the | 0:01:06 | 0:01:13 | |
weather for the week ahead later in the programme. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
Belfast will have one fewer Accident & Emergency department | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
within hours. The Medical Director of the Belfast Trust has admitted | 0:01:18 | 0:01:22 | |
the unit at the City Hospital is unlikely to reopen in the immediate | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
future. Health unions believe it's closed for good. The closure is | 0:01:25 | 0:01:28 | |
expected to mean 40,000 extra patients for the Royal, Mater and | 0:01:28 | 0:01:34 | |
the Ulster Hospitals. So, how will they cope? The City's A&E will | 0:01:34 | 0:01:38 | |
close at 8.00am tomorrow morning. If you turn up after that you will | 0:01:38 | 0:01:42 | |
be redirected to the nearby Royal Victoria Hospital. Emergency cases | 0:01:42 | 0:01:48 | |
will be transported by ambulance. Nursing staff will examine patients | 0:01:48 | 0:01:55 | |
and then decide to admit or transfer people to other hospitals. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:58 | |
Some may be asked to see their GP or simply be sent home. Well, | 0:01:58 | 0:02:01 | |
Halloween night is always a busy one for emergency staff. We can now | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
go live to our Health Correspondent, Marie-Louise Connolly to see how | 0:02:04 | 0:02:12 | |
the Royal is gearing up to be Belfast's main A&E centre. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:17 | |
It may not appear busy now, but I need this time tomorrow night when | 0:02:17 | 0:02:21 | |
the Royal Victoria Hospital becomes the main hub for accident and | 0:02:21 | 0:02:26 | |
emergency care in Belfast this area will be available to treat the | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
patients that will come as the result of the City's accident and | 0:02:29 | 0:02:34 | |
emergency closure, but to hear how the hospital and its staff are | 0:02:34 | 0:02:39 | |
queuing up for that, I am joined by the trust's medical director. The | 0:02:39 | 0:02:42 | |
Royal College of Nursing has told the BBC that its members are | 0:02:42 | 0:02:49 | |
concerned there were not enough beds available. And we are not | 0:02:49 | 0:02:52 | |
going to expect to see any more patients coming through our doors. | 0:02:52 | 0:02:58 | |
We had the same bed as we always have. We are increasing the | 0:02:58 | 0:03:03 | |
physical capacity of our emergency capacity to increased - - to deal | 0:03:03 | 0:03:11 | |
with increased demand. Waiting times have been up significantly. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:15 | |
For the members of the public, will they have to wait longer to be | 0:03:15 | 0:03:19 | |
treated? The that must be everybody's concern, but we work | 0:03:19 | 0:03:23 | |
very hard to try and ensure that that does not happen. We will | 0:03:23 | 0:03:28 | |
continue to have a medical admission - - Admissions Unit on | 0:03:28 | 0:03:33 | |
the City Hospital side. We will have more experience that working | 0:03:33 | 0:03:39 | |
longer ours on each of our sites. We expect them to be able to move | 0:03:39 | 0:03:44 | |
patients through the system quicker. We believe we have taken the steps | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
and changed the way we do things in order to make sure waiting times do | 0:03:48 | 0:03:53 | |
not increase. Considering the millions that have been spent under | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
refurbishment at the Ulster Hospital and here, you aren't still | 0:03:56 | 0:04:01 | |
insisting that that is - - that this move is temporary. We made | 0:04:01 | 0:04:09 | |
this move for operational reasons on a temporary basis. If we do | 0:04:09 | 0:04:14 | |
succeed in recruiting the staff we need, we will reopen the City | 0:04:14 | 0:04:17 | |
Hospital and there will be a wider consultation with the public about | 0:04:17 | 0:04:22 | |
the future planning, but ultimately that is not a decision for us. That | 0:04:22 | 0:04:28 | |
is a decision for a minister. order for this move to work and ran | 0:04:28 | 0:04:32 | |
very smoothly, aren't you relying on the goodwill of the public? A | 0:04:32 | 0:04:36 | |
lot of people who we have spoken to were even aware of the changes. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:42 | |
Have you done enough to educate the public? I believe that we have. I | 0:04:42 | 0:04:47 | |
think people will rapidly understand what is happening. We do | 0:04:47 | 0:04:51 | |
need the goodwill of the public, but we need to earn it. We believe | 0:04:51 | 0:04:57 | |
we are modernising our service to deliver the service they expect. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:02 | |
We can actually hear the fireworks from where we're standing and its | 0:05:02 | 0:05:06 | |
staff are appealing to the public to be safe to reduce the amount of | 0:05:06 | 0:05:11 | |
pressure here. And that story has got some of you | 0:05:11 | 0:05:14 | |
talking on our Facebook page. You can join the debate and add your | 0:05:14 | 0:05:23 | |
thoughts at Facebook.com/bbcnewsline. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:27 | |
A man in his 50s has died following a fire at a flat in Sydenham in | 0:05:27 | 0:05:31 | |
East Belfast. He was rescued by firefighters from the first-floor | 0:05:31 | 0:05:35 | |
flat at Station Road at around 8.00pm last night. He was taken to | 0:05:35 | 0:05:37 | |
hospital, but died during the night from the effects of smoke | 0:05:37 | 0:05:41 | |
inhalation. Early indications suggest the fire was accidental. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:45 | |
The police say the sudden death of an elderly man near the village of | 0:05:45 | 0:05:48 | |
Clady in County Londonderry was not suspicious. Hugh Scullion was found | 0:05:48 | 0:05:52 | |
dead at his home on the Clady Road near Portglenone last night. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:55 | |
A woman in Northern Ireland has managed single-handely to change | 0:05:55 | 0:05:58 | |
the policy of a major UK chain store. The discount chain Poundland | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
didn't allow its employees to wear poppies, until Lyndsey Patterson | 0:06:01 | 0:06:09 | |
got involved. Mervyn Jess takes up the story. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:13 | |
It is not every day that a member of staff brings about a change in | 0:06:13 | 0:06:19 | |
company policy within 48 cars. That is what Lindsey Patterson did. Last | 0:06:19 | 0:06:26 | |
Friday she went into her place of work wearing this poppy pin on her | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
uniform. She was told by her manager that it was against company | 0:06:29 | 0:06:34 | |
policy and she had to remove it. She refused and walked out of the | 0:06:34 | 0:06:39 | |
store. The story hit online site of angry customers bombarding pine | 0:06:39 | 0:06:45 | |
and's management with complaints. Within 48 hours the company's chief | 0:06:45 | 0:06:49 | |
executive had changed the policy for their entire UK operation, | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
leaving it up to the discretion of staff whether they wear a poppy or | 0:06:52 | 0:06:58 | |
not. I feel it should not have got to the stage. I thought I should | 0:06:58 | 0:07:03 | |
have been able to wear it. It shouldn't have been a problem. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:09 | |
fact that it has been sorted, are you happier now? Yes, I am happy | 0:07:09 | 0:07:15 | |
that I'm able to show respect to that troops. It is a win-win now | 0:07:15 | 0:07:23 | |
four or that employee of, and any other employee can wear their poppy. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:29 | |
We have changed what was our politically correct policy, but it | 0:07:29 | 0:07:33 | |
and then the people. Puntland said that the policy review took place | 0:07:33 | 0:07:39 | |
after listening to the feedback of staff and customers on the issue. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:43 | |
Stay with us, still to come on the programme: The Snow Patrol stage is | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
going up here at the City Hall and MTV has announced more big names, | 0:07:46 | 0:07:52 | |
so who is coming? All the details in a few minutes. | 0:07:52 | 0:08:02 | |
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25 years of ghosts and ghouls on the banks of the Foyle. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:06 | |
The man who found the Titanic was in Belfast today. He discovered the | 0:08:06 | 0:08:09 | |
wreck just over 25 years ago off the coast of Canada. Today he was | 0:08:09 | 0:08:12 | |
visiting the new Titanic project and the drawing office where the | 0:08:12 | 0:08:15 | |
ship began its life. That's where Mike McKimm caught up with him, as | 0:08:15 | 0:08:25 | |
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he met a new generation of Titanic enthusiasts. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:29 | |
Today the latest discovery about the Titanic was being made by | 0:08:29 | 0:08:34 | |
Belfast schoolchildren. There had been invited along to meet the | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
explorer and find that he had discovered the ship back in 1985. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:42 | |
He also had a chance to visit what has become known as the Titanic | 0:08:42 | 0:08:47 | |
signature project, part of which depicts the bow of the doomed ship. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:51 | |
Next year live video pictures from the wreck will be shown here. Even | 0:08:51 | 0:08:55 | |
a quarter of a century after the fine, he is still excited by the | 0:08:55 | 0:09:03 | |
story. I know that it is constantly rediscovered by every generation. I | 0:09:03 | 0:09:07 | |
find the most useful part about it is the fascination of young people. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:12 | |
I was surprised actually when we came home to find 16,000 letters on | 0:09:12 | 0:09:17 | |
my desk from young people. I am able to use their fascination in | 0:09:17 | 0:09:22 | |
the Titanic to get them to be fascinated in science and | 0:09:22 | 0:09:28 | |
technology. We felt the Titanic in 2005 and it was clear that the ship | 0:09:28 | 0:09:33 | |
was collapsing in on itself. Some would suggest that in time it would | 0:09:33 | 0:09:42 | |
only be a rusty pile left on the seabed. I don't believe that. I | 0:09:42 | 0:09:46 | |
think the greatest damage being done to the Titanic are by people | 0:09:46 | 0:09:51 | |
going down and hitting with submarines. When time - - when | 0:09:51 | 0:09:58 | |
cameras have gone deep inside the Titanic, it is in a high state of | 0:09:58 | 0:10:04 | |
preservation. There is a kind of mixed feelings about the Titanic in | 0:10:04 | 0:10:10 | |
Northern Ireland. Well, I am glad that Belfast is finally proud of | 0:10:10 | 0:10:16 | |
having built the Titanic. They build an amazing shape. It wasn't | 0:10:16 | 0:10:23 | |
their fault that it sank. It was an amazing piece of engineering. I am | 0:10:23 | 0:10:30 | |
really pleased that they now are proud. He will be back in Belfast | 0:10:30 | 0:10:34 | |
next year to mark the centenary of the sinking of the ship. Today | 0:10:34 | 0:10:38 | |
young people got him to sign off on that. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:41 | |
Now you may have noticed that there's a bit of excitement in | 0:10:41 | 0:10:44 | |
Belfast surrounding the MTV Awards being held at the Odyssey arena on | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
Sunday. Yesterday morning hundreds of fans queued outside the | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
Waterfront hall to audition for a place in the audience. The | 0:10:50 | 0:10:53 | |
screamers, as they're called in the industry, had to prove their | 0:10:53 | 0:10:58 | |
passion, by, well, screaming! And that's not all that's been | 0:10:58 | 0:11:02 | |
happening, the City Hall has been closed off, too. Our reporter | 0:11:02 | 0:11:07 | |
Natasha Sayee is there. Natasha what's going on there? | 0:11:07 | 0:11:11 | |
Yes, this is as close as we can get because MTV has completely closed | 0:11:11 | 0:11:13 | |
off the site, that's because they're working on the stage for | 0:11:13 | 0:11:19 | |
Sunday's massive Snow Patrol concert. Of course there is a lot | 0:11:19 | 0:11:29 | |
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of excitement, but there will also be a bit of disruption around here. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:38 | |
One lane here is closed to traffic. And if you're not that into MTV's | 0:11:38 | 0:11:41 | |
music, you might be wondering what all the fuss is about. What will | 0:11:41 | 0:11:47 | |
Belfast get out of this? Well, I've been finding out. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:52 | |
It is only six days to go until the MTV awards had Belfast and it is | 0:11:52 | 0:11:56 | |
hoped we will be swamped with big so that - - big celebrities and | 0:11:56 | 0:12:04 | |
tourists. Why did they decide to come here? We came over in early | 0:12:04 | 0:12:10 | |
January and had a really good chance to it get to know the city, | 0:12:10 | 0:12:13 | |
enjoy some of the famous hospitality and that is what sold | 0:12:13 | 0:12:20 | |
it, really. Combined with this great world-class venue, great | 0:12:20 | 0:12:24 | |
hotels and the infrastructure can supported. Belfast is the smaller | 0:12:24 | 0:12:29 | |
city we have ever done this show in, so are many ways it is a leap for | 0:12:29 | 0:12:39 | |
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us, but fingers crossed we will pull it off! It has cost the city | 0:12:41 | 0:12:43 | |
council and the tourist board almost a million pounds to get MTV | 0:12:44 | 0:12:49 | |
here, but it is thought our economy will make �10 million out of it. 19 | 0:12:49 | 0:12:53 | |
local companies are involved, including this one. Its staff will | 0:12:53 | 0:12:59 | |
be serving drinks to the VIPs. is pretty exciting. A big kick for | 0:12:59 | 0:13:06 | |
ourselves, probably one of the bigger sponsor will ever do. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:11 | |
Apartments here have been rented for almost �1,000 and nights. Every | 0:13:11 | 0:13:16 | |
fully - - free flat in this building has been booked and 8000 | 0:13:16 | 0:13:20 | |
hotel rooms are gone. Speaking to hotelier's in the last couple of | 0:13:20 | 0:13:25 | |
days, they are ready. They are looking forward to hearing | 0:13:25 | 0:13:35 | |
champagne corks popping. 20,000 people are expected to come from | 0:13:35 | 0:13:39 | |
all over the world. Of course, they will be spending money when they | 0:13:39 | 0:13:42 | |
are here, but it is what they tell people when they get and that is | 0:13:42 | 0:13:46 | |
really important. This is again ginger. We have never been at this | 0:13:46 | 0:13:52 | |
level before. We have had tall ships, Special Olympics, presidents | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
and prime minister's visit, but this goes all that out of the water | 0:13:55 | 0:13:59 | |
in my opinion. It takes us into another international level of | 0:13:59 | 0:14:04 | |
competency. So big expectations for raising the profile of the city and | 0:14:04 | 0:14:09 | |
the economy, but let's not forget the music. Last night General | 0:14:09 | 0:14:14 | |
fiasco kicked up Belfast Music Week. 170 gigs across the city in the | 0:14:14 | 0:14:19 | |
run-up to the main event, so what does MTV, and you mean to them? | 0:14:19 | 0:14:26 | |
can only be a great thing. Local artists are emerging. Hopefully a | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
lot of tourists will come into Northern Ireland to help the | 0:14:29 | 0:14:33 | |
economy. I think it is fantastic, and jam-packed week. You couldn't | 0:14:33 | 0:14:43 | |
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Just before I hand back here - some news from MTV. Justin Bieber will | 0:14:52 | 0:14:57 | |
be performing at the awards and for those of us were a little bit older, | 0:14:57 | 0:15:05 | |
David Hassell off will be there as well. -- David Hassell off. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:10 | |
If he sticks up around as long as David Hassell of has, we will call | 0:15:10 | 0:15:20 | |
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him a star. Rory McIlroy is one. Two �5 million richer this evening. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:30 | |
Not bad for a week's work. It's the biggest ever first prize in world | 0:15:30 | 0:15:32 | |
golf. Last week Rory McIlroy switched his management company and | 0:15:32 | 0:15:35 | |
it did not taken long to deliver them a win. He celebrated his | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
fourth win as a professional after beating American Anthony Kim in a | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
play-off at the Shanghai Masters. He has another chance to win lots | 0:15:40 | 0:15:49 | |
more money in China this week. Golf's richest prize comes with | 0:15:50 | 0:15:57 | |
some serious pressure. When this million-pound putt shaved a hole in | 0:15:57 | 0:16:00 | |
the 18th green, Rory must have wondered whether another win was | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
going to slip through his fingers. going to slip through his fingers. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:10 | |
He had to go to sudden-death. The difference between first and second, | 0:16:10 | 0:16:18 | |
�700,000. He was in pole position. He left himself a testing part. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:24 | |
When the American nest, he tapped in to pick up his and the sport's | 0:16:24 | 0:16:31 | |
biggest ever checked. He has now won four times in his professional | 0:16:31 | 0:16:33 | |
career but admits that figure career but admits that figure | 0:16:33 | 0:16:38 | |
should be higher. I would be the first is the I have not won enough | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
first is the I have not won enough in my four years as a professional. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:47 | |
Today was great for me, I was under pressure on the back nine. To be | 0:16:47 | 0:16:52 | |
able to win from that position gives me a lot of satisfaction. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:57 | |
tees off on Thursday in another lucrative event in China but for | 0:16:57 | 0:17:06 | |
rain, it is the winning not the money that matters. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:09 | |
The police and GAA in Antrim are investigating an attack on a | 0:17:09 | 0:17:11 | |
referee at the end of a gaelic football match in Ballymena on | 0:17:11 | 0:17:13 | |
Saturday. Ray Matthews was taken to hospital after allegedly being | 0:17:14 | 0:17:16 | |
assaulted by a group of players and supporters at the end of an U21 | 0:17:16 | 0:17:19 | |
championship game. Matthews had sent off three players near the end | 0:17:19 | 0:17:25 | |
of the match. It was billed as a clash of the | 0:17:25 | 0:17:28 | |
Gaelic football club heavyweights. The All Ireland champions of the | 0:17:28 | 0:17:31 | |
last two years going head-to-head in the AIB Ulster Club the quarter- | 0:17:31 | 0:17:36 | |
final. In the end it was all too easy for Crossmaglen. They beat St | 0:17:36 | 0:17:39 | |
Galls and will now play Ballinderry in the last four. Thomas Kane was | 0:17:39 | 0:17:49 | |
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at Casement Park. 12 months ago Crossmaglen welcomed | 0:17:50 | 0:17:54 | |
the All Ireland champions onto the pitch with a guard of honour. The | 0:17:54 | 0:17:59 | |
gesture was reciprocated this time round, but that was where the | 0:17:59 | 0:18:05 | |
friendly relations ended. There whereas many yellow-card as scores | 0:18:05 | 0:18:08 | |
in the first half but once stood out in particular - Jamie Clark | 0:18:08 | 0:18:15 | |
with the coolest of finishes. Two Crossmaglen goals all but ended the | 0:18:15 | 0:18:24 | |
game as a contest. This strike was followed up by at penalty. They | 0:18:24 | 0:18:28 | |
replied with two goals of their own but they were little more than | 0:18:28 | 0:18:35 | |
consolation. We were unsure of where we where relay. Things have | 0:18:35 | 0:18:40 | |
been not up to scratch. Today was about trying to get over this game | 0:18:40 | 0:18:46 | |
and get momentum going far as again. Crossmaglen Rangers have never lost | 0:18:46 | 0:18:56 | |
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a game at Cup -- at Casement Park. Ulster welcomed back their Rugby | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
World Cup players at the weekend but sadly couldn't get back to | 0:19:03 | 0:19:07 | |
winning ways. They slumped to their fourth defeat in a row, beaten by | 0:19:07 | 0:19:10 | |
the Scarlets in Wales. Ulster trailed by 13 points to 3 at half | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
time, before some quick thinking by Andrew Trimble got them back into | 0:19:13 | 0:19:17 | |
the game in the second half. He nipped in to touch down for a try | 0:19:17 | 0:19:20 | |
in the corner. But the Dragons sealed the victory with a second | 0:19:20 | 0:19:25 | |
try just before the end. Next up for Ulster - Connacht this Saturday. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:28 | |
In local football Linfield are 5 points clear at the top of the | 0:19:28 | 0:19:30 | |
Carling Premiership. Aaron Burns scored the winner against Dungannon | 0:19:30 | 0:19:33 | |
Swifts. Second placed Portadown lost their unbeaten home record to | 0:19:33 | 0:19:37 | |
third placed Cliftonville. Martin Donnelly on target. Glentoran are | 0:19:37 | 0:19:42 | |
in fourth. Stephen Carson was among the scorers in the 4 nil win over | 0:19:42 | 0:19:48 | |
Donegal Celtic. Best goal of the day - Mark McSkimmins' last minute | 0:19:48 | 0:19:53 | |
strike for Glenavon as they earned a draw with Coleraine. And look | 0:19:53 | 0:19:58 | |
away now if you are Carrick goal keeper Maros Valko. Stuart Dalls | 0:19:58 | 0:20:07 | |
took advantage of the blunder. Crusaders went on to win 5-1. A bit | 0:20:07 | 0:20:12 | |
of a horror story to finish. Never mind all that - you know what | 0:20:12 | 0:20:18 | |
tonight is - its Halloween! Yes, all kinds of ghoulish goings ons | 0:20:18 | 0:20:21 | |
happening and not just here in the BBC Newsline studio, but as usual | 0:20:21 | 0:20:25 | |
the North west is throwing the biggest party of the year. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
Yes, it's fright night in Londonderry and once again the | 0:20:27 | 0:20:31 | |
banks of the Foyle will be teeming with carnival crowds dressed in the | 0:20:31 | 0:20:34 | |
most weird and wonderful costumes, and the sky will be alive with | 0:20:34 | 0:20:38 | |
fireworks. Our reporter Keiron Tourish is | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
there live for us this evening. And Keiron, we're terrifying ourselves | 0:20:41 | 0:20:51 | |
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here but 2011 is a special year for the festivities up there. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:57 | |
Another scary moment there. Yes indeed this is a very special here, | 0:20:57 | 0:21:02 | |
the 25th anniversary of this carnival. It is hard to believe 25 | 0:21:02 | 0:21:07 | |
years have rolled in. Lots of people have got into this carnival, | 0:21:07 | 0:21:12 | |
as you can see, I am joined by people at the moment. It is as | 0:21:12 | 0:21:18 | |
popular as ever now. The tills have been ringing as people came out in | 0:21:18 | 0:21:22 | |
huge numbers this year to stack up for Hallowe'en. It has grown to | 0:21:22 | 0:21:27 | |
such an extent that some shops like this one specialise in merchandise | 0:21:27 | 0:21:34 | |
just for the occasion. It is for her friends, they get decorations. | 0:21:34 | 0:21:39 | |
A lot of people are having home parties the -- this year. Everyone | 0:21:39 | 0:21:43 | |
wants to be part of the celebrations. Shopkeepers are able | 0:21:43 | 0:21:50 | |
to cash in. The highlight of course is a massive fireworks display on | 0:21:50 | 0:21:58 | |
the River Foyle. Thousands of people lined the route, all keen | 0:21:58 | 0:22:03 | |
for a glance of the colourful spectacle. Over the last 25 years, | 0:22:03 | 0:22:08 | |
the costumes have been imaginative. There is still great enthusiasm for | 0:22:08 | 0:22:14 | |
a party in 2011. It is so legend ary, some of the best celebrations | 0:22:14 | 0:22:21 | |
are here. It is really special. Looking forward to more they year | 0:22:21 | 0:22:26 | |
than last year, I will go down in see the fireworks and staff. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:32 | |
Hallowe'en festivities have grown over the years. They have -- they | 0:22:32 | 0:22:36 | |
contribute a lot to the local economy. We are talking about | 0:22:36 | 0:22:41 | |
millions in terms of what it can do, it is not just about accommodation, | 0:22:41 | 0:22:48 | |
it is about shops, restaurants, bars, visitor attractions. It is | 0:22:48 | 0:22:52 | |
about everything which makes a complete product for the people | 0:22:52 | 0:22:59 | |
coming here. I am sure you will be it is a carnival of colour. I am | 0:22:59 | 0:23:04 | |
joined by a member of the council. Every year this event attracts | 0:23:04 | 0:23:09 | |
thousands of people to come into the city centre. We have a great | 0:23:09 | 0:23:14 | |
community behind the events and families come out in their costumes | 0:23:14 | 0:23:20 | |
unique and special. We have just added music and attractions over | 0:23:20 | 0:23:26 | |
their three-day event. This year is it -- this year it is the 25th | 0:23:26 | 0:23:31 | |
anniversary and we hope people will get an extra up Spicer fun and it | 0:23:31 | 0:23:35 | |
will be extra special. I remember when there was only about two or | 0:23:35 | 0:23:42 | |
300 people but now they are about 25,000. Yes, we plan for about | 0:23:42 | 0:23:46 | |
25,000 people coming into the city centre and I think it is because it | 0:23:46 | 0:23:52 | |
has a good reputation, all ages enjoy it. The word has spread and | 0:23:52 | 0:23:56 | |
we work on the marketing side to bring in the tourists. It is an | 0:23:56 | 0:24:02 | |
occasion for the year that people plan to come to and enjoy. Economic | 0:24:02 | 0:24:07 | |
rate is very important for pubs, clubs and would tells, it generates | 0:24:07 | 0:24:12 | |
a lot of income? Events are very important for the city yet, as you | 0:24:12 | 0:24:20 | |
know. They generate income through accommodation. Because of the | 0:24:20 | 0:24:25 | |
spread over the weekend and the bank holiday, there had been a lot | 0:24:25 | 0:24:33 | |
of people from the Republic of Ireland to her here. After the | 0:24:33 | 0:24:36 | |
parade and the fireworks, we hope they will remain. We hope they will | 0:24:36 | 0:24:42 | |
enjoy the city for what it is. The community here makes it special. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:46 | |
Thank you for joining us on the programme. We leave you with a | 0:24:46 | 0:24:51 | |
glimpse of some of the talent available here in the city. This | 0:24:51 | 0:25:01 | |
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art group are going to perform and We are going pumpkin crazy here in | 0:25:16 | 0:25:21 | |
the studio. As you can see, it has dried up in the north-west, | 0:25:21 | 0:25:24 | |
dried up in the north-west, conditions are quite good for the | 0:25:24 | 0:25:29 | |
fireworks display later on. This is where the rain is at the moment. It | 0:25:29 | 0:25:33 | |
is clinging on to the east coast but it should move away within the | 0:25:33 | 0:25:38 | |
next hour. If you're heading out tonight, we will see the rain | 0:25:39 | 0:25:43 | |
cleared and we will see some stars appear. Hopefully most places will | 0:25:43 | 0:25:48 | |
have a good evening for Hallowe'en. A largely dry night coming up but | 0:25:48 | 0:25:56 | |
it will be cooler with temperatures down to five or six. Clear skies | 0:25:56 | 0:26:04 | |
tonight means clear skies tomorrow. You may catch and a sunrise | 0:26:04 | 0:26:10 | |
tomorrow morning. If you are off on half-term, Newcastle was paved with | 0:26:10 | 0:26:14 | |
rain and big wins and a lot of low cloud. Tomorrow there should be | 0:26:14 | 0:26:20 | |
sunshine so no excuse not to go outside tomorrow. A nice morning to | 0:26:20 | 0:26:23 | |
start of November, a little bit chilly to start off with but it | 0:26:23 | 0:26:30 | |
will recover. Lunchtime tomorrow we are looking at highs of 12 or 13 | 0:26:30 | 0:26:35 | |
degrees. Not to windy and not too many clouds around, so we should be | 0:26:35 | 0:26:40 | |
an ice afternoon. We're still looking at a little bit above | 0:26:40 | 0:26:47 | |
average temperatures. Much more pleasant compared to today. Dryness | 0:26:47 | 0:26:51 | |
continues into the evening but the breeze will pick up again. Tomorrow | 0:26:51 | 0:26:56 | |
night we are looking for our next area of rain to imagine from the | 0:26:56 | 0:27:01 | |
Atlantic. As the breeze comes along, it will not be as Chile. On | 0:27:01 | 0:27:06 | |
Wednesday we will have both heavy rain and heavy winds. A dry start | 0:27:06 | 0:27:11 | |
to Wednesday but it will end up wet as the next weather system moves in | 0:27:11 | 0:27:17 | |
from the West. We could see up to 10 mm of rain on Wednesday, | 0:27:17 | 0:27:22 | |
possibly more on the hills. It will feel quite unpleasant combined with | 0:27:22 | 0:27:28 | |
the winds. We are keen to keep an eye on the rainfall. It clears up | 0:27:28 | 0:27:32 | |
towards the end of the week, some sharp showers, still mild but | 0:27:32 | 0:27:36 | |
fairly windy. Thank you for that a reminder of | 0:27:36 | 0:27:41 | |
our headlines: Hours to go now our headlines: Hours to go now | 0:27:41 | 0:27:44 | |
before the closure of the accident and emergency unit at Belfast City | 0:27:44 | 0:27:47 | |
Hospital. Casualties will have to go to the Royal and other hospitals | 0:27:47 | 0:27:51 |