:00:00. > 3:59:59the very latest on the dramatic day's events
:00:00. > :00:17.Good evening and welcome to BBC Newsline. More than 200 workers at
:00:18. > :00:20.the Dungiven-based firm KPL Contracts have lost their jobs. The
:00:21. > :00:25.business was placed into administration yesterday. Jenny
:00:26. > :00:31.Lowry reports from Dungiven. The administrators had been
:00:32. > :00:35.examining the books of the company since their appointment at lunchtime
:00:36. > :00:41.yesterday. They have quickly concluded that the businesses longer
:00:42. > :00:48.viable. The 202 workers have been paid but they are now out of a job.
:00:49. > :00:53.KPL, founded in 1994, was a leading utilities contract, doing work for
:00:54. > :00:57.companies like British Telecom. Locals described it as a bleak day
:00:58. > :01:03.for the local economy. Everyone is stunned. It will take a week or two
:01:04. > :01:09.before the full impact of this comes in. We have to remember that most of
:01:10. > :01:12.these people were unaware of the enormity of the situation yesterday
:01:13. > :01:17.and 24 hours later, they are out of work. The company borrowed tens of
:01:18. > :01:22.millions of pounds to get involved in house-building. That put a major
:01:23. > :01:27.strain on its core business, ultimately leading to the collapse
:01:28. > :01:32.of the company. The bad news may not be over. KPL had a large network of
:01:33. > :01:40.subcontractors, and the impact on them is not known.
:01:41. > :01:44.A man in his 40s has escaped injury after a shot was fired at the front
:01:45. > :01:52.of his house in Londonderry last night. It happened at Lincoln Court
:01:53. > :01:54.just after 11 o'clock. ?? new line A 54-year-old man has appeared at
:01:55. > :01:58.Ballymena Magistrates' Court charged in connection with a cannabis raid
:01:59. > :02:01.on a restaurant in the town. Wan Hon-Fai, who's from the Cullybackey
:02:02. > :02:04.Road, was accused of having cannabis plants estimated to be worth
:02:05. > :02:07.?150,000. The police seized the plants from the town's Water Margin
:02:08. > :02:09.restaurant after noticing a strange smell.
:02:10. > :02:13.Ireland's dream of winning the Triple Crown will have to wait for
:02:14. > :02:16.another year but the team are still in the race for the Six Nations
:02:17. > :02:25.Championship after losing to England at Twickenham. Rob Carney scored the
:02:26. > :02:29.first try for Ireland, storming through the England defence to make
:02:30. > :02:32.it an easy conversion for Johnny Sexton. And Ireland's kicker added
:02:33. > :02:42.to the total with this penalty a few minutes later. But England full-back
:02:43. > :02:45.Mike Brown's pass off to Danny Care put his side back into the lead. And
:02:46. > :02:47.despite intense pressure from the Irish, England held on to win by
:02:48. > :02:51.13-10. Graeme McDowell is hoping to win the
:02:52. > :02:54.WGC World Match Play competition in Arizona. He's due to tee off soon
:02:55. > :03:00.against France's Victor Dubuisson in the quarterfinal. I do not know much
:03:01. > :03:05.about his game, but I know he is a good player, very talented. I will
:03:06. > :03:12.go out there, and play mistake free golf. I need to part the way I have
:03:13. > :03:20.been putting. I need to get more focused on the greens. -- I need to
:03:21. > :03:23.putt. I can pretty much beat anyone. The racing driver Paddy Hopkirk has
:03:24. > :03:27.been made an ambassador for Belfast. It's part of the 50th anniversary
:03:28. > :03:29.celebrations of his famous win at the Monte Carlo rally. Helen Jones
:03:30. > :03:33.reports. From the glamour of Monte Carlo, to
:03:34. > :03:37.Stormont. It is a mini show of strength, and at the front of it
:03:38. > :03:42.all, the rally champion Paddy Hopkirk. This is the 50th
:03:43. > :03:47.anniversary of his victory at Monte Carlo, and today he gets behind the
:03:48. > :03:52.wheel of a replica of the car that brought him that victory. Becoming
:03:53. > :03:57.an ambassador for Belfast is wonderful. I am very flattered and
:03:58. > :04:02.honoured. The generosity of everyone to come along is wonderful, thank
:04:03. > :04:07.you. I thought you were going to do the Italian Job and come down the
:04:08. > :04:15.steps. I do not think the suspension would stand it. The Cassel has seen
:04:16. > :04:20.some comings and goings, but this was possibly the most colourful and
:04:21. > :04:28.the noisiest. My husband and my sign up there in a classic car. They are
:04:29. > :04:35.part of this Cassel came -- part of this cavalcade. There are some
:04:36. > :04:39.beautiful cars here. And then they were off, to City Hall, where
:04:40. > :04:45.80-year-old Paddy Hopkirk was made an ambassador for Belfast. ?? new
:04:46. > :04:48.line And now for a look at the weather and it's not looking great.
:04:49. > :04:49.What a great spectacle. Here's Cecilia Daly.
:04:50. > :04:53.line And now for a look at the Good evening. It is going to get
:04:54. > :05:00.wetter and windier as the night goes on. There is a heavy rain warning in
:05:01. > :05:03.force. It is valid till midday tomorrow, particularly across parts
:05:04. > :05:09.of Fermanagh, County Tyrone and Londonderry. There will be heavy
:05:10. > :05:15.rain everywhere during the early hours. Also, there will be strong
:05:16. > :05:22.winds at times, up to 60 mph and exposed parts of the West, and the
:05:23. > :05:25.East Coast. Tomorrow, the wet and windy weather will continue to
:05:26. > :05:31.rattle quite a few windows early-onset the morning. But it will
:05:32. > :05:36.improve as the day goes on. If you're up early, wet and windy to
:05:37. > :05:42.begin with. But by nine o'clock, the worst of the wet and windy weather
:05:43. > :05:46.has started to clear away. This is where the weather system will live
:05:47. > :05:51.for a good part of Sunday. It will not reach the far south-east until
:05:52. > :05:57.late in the day. Heavy rain warnings will affect Scotland and the North
:05:58. > :06:00.of England. The situation is improving behind that area of rain
:06:01. > :06:06.across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. There will be
:06:07. > :06:11.showers around, but it will not be so windy by Sunday afternoon.
:06:12. > :06:21.Tomorrow night, it will start to get colder. There could be a touch of
:06:22. > :06:24.Frost. On Monday, there will be a reasonable start to the working
:06:25. > :06:28.week. But Green will be coming in from the West on Monday night. That
:06:29. > :06:33.will leave more unsettled weather by the end of the week.
:06:34. > :06:37.That's it for now. BBC Newsline will be back tomorrow evening at 6:25.
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