:00:00. > :00:16.indecently assaulted one of his daughter's friends
:00:17. > :00:22.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline:
:00:23. > :00:24.Big changes to the way we drive - I'm live with details.
:00:25. > :00:30.How fraudsters have stolen tens of thousands of pounds in a telephone
:00:31. > :00:41.scam. Wrightbus creates 130 new jobs.
:00:42. > :00:47.The Giro is over but what is the legacy?
:00:48. > :00:55.Wrightbus creates 130 new jobs. As the Giro leaves these shores,
:00:56. > :01:04.we're getting ready now for a And did you get caught in a heavy
:01:05. > :01:12.downpour today? Find out how the First, major changes in when and how
:01:13. > :01:15.we drive are a step closer to becoming law. It's the first
:01:16. > :01:18.shake-up like this in over 40years. The planned changes will reduce the
:01:19. > :01:21.numbers of passengers teenage drivers can have, as well as
:01:22. > :01:24.introducing new lower alcohol levels. Julie McCullough is at a
:01:25. > :01:25.driver testing centre for us this evening.
:01:26. > :01:31.What details have you got? I have come here because most of this new
:01:32. > :01:35.legislation introduced into the Assembly today will affect new
:01:36. > :01:40.drivers. For example, before they can apply to come to a test centre
:01:41. > :01:44.they will have to have been running for one year. In the past there were
:01:45. > :01:47.no restrictions on when you could go and apply for your test, however,
:01:48. > :01:55.they will be able to start learning when they are 16 and a half, rather
:01:56. > :02:01.than 17, but when they get their test they will be restricted for two
:02:02. > :02:06.years rather than one. Other proposed changes include learners
:02:07. > :02:10.and restricted drivers ain't able to drive over 45 mph and to be able to
:02:11. > :02:13.take lessons on the motorway. New drivers under the age of 24 ten be
:02:14. > :02:17.about to carry more than one young passenger in a car for the first six
:02:18. > :02:21.months after getting their test. The Environment Minister says he has
:02:22. > :02:27.introduced this legislation because between 2008 and 2012, statistics
:02:28. > :02:32.show that young drivers are responsible for nearly half of all
:02:33. > :02:36.fatal accidents. There is a change in the law on drinking and driving.
:02:37. > :02:43.That is correct, currently the blood alcohol limit for everyone is 80 mg
:02:44. > :02:48.per 100 millilitres. For new drivers and for professional drivers, the
:02:49. > :02:52.minister wants that to be reduced to 20 mg per 100 millilitres which is
:02:53. > :02:57.practically zero. For the rest of us he wants it to be reduced to 50 mg
:02:58. > :03:01.per 100 millilitres which he said would bring us into line with the
:03:02. > :03:05.rest of Europe. This bill has gone before the Assembly, but we have
:03:06. > :03:11.heard about those vehicles already, Julie? We have heard these proposals
:03:12. > :03:14.before and they have gone out to consultation, but this is the first
:03:15. > :03:17.thing they have been introduced into the Assembly, so really it is the
:03:18. > :03:23.first step towards them becoming law. It has a number of stages to
:03:24. > :03:28.get through before it can become law, but it is not expected to be a
:03:29. > :03:32.contentious bill, so realistically by next year and optimistically it
:03:33. > :03:38.could become law by then. I have someone with me this evening to get
:03:39. > :03:40.a bit of a reaction, Tom Barnes, the chair of the driving instructors
:03:41. > :03:46.Association of Northern Ireland. Briefly, what is your immediate
:03:47. > :03:50.reaction to these proposals? We are disappointed in some respects and
:03:51. > :03:55.pleased about the blood alcohol level, because obviously that can
:03:56. > :04:00.contribute to accidents. The age of 16 and a half has been sprung upon
:04:01. > :04:06.us, it was not in the consultation paper that we responded to. We are
:04:07. > :04:10.told this was a ministerial decision, so therefore we would like
:04:11. > :04:16.to now be at that age came from because we are going to be out of
:04:17. > :04:19.kilter with the mainland to our talking about raising this age to
:04:20. > :04:25.18. We have got a system where we will have learner drivers landing at
:04:26. > :04:28.16 and a half in Northern Ireland but they will have to wait until the
:04:29. > :04:32.age of 18 and Great Britain, it does not seem to well thought out. The
:04:33. > :04:37.one-year as too long for many people, and also it does not suit
:04:38. > :04:42.everyone, some people have other responsibilities like being pregnant
:04:43. > :04:46.and they need to get their tests as soon as possible. We will have to be
:04:47. > :04:54.that they are, thank you for joining me. Back to you in the studio.
:04:55. > :04:57.evening. In a major telephone scam, tens of
:04:58. > :05:00.thousands of pounds have been stolen by fraudsters accessing bank
:05:01. > :05:03.accounts. More details have emerged today of the extent of it. Cases
:05:04. > :05:07.have been reported across Northern Ireland. But in Limavady alone, up
:05:08. > :05:11.to 30 people in the past two months were victims of what the police say
:05:12. > :05:15.was this serious and sophisticated fraud. One man's life savings were
:05:16. > :05:22.stolen. Keiron Tourish reports from Limavady.
:05:23. > :05:28.Detectives here are very concerned about this scam, tens of thousands
:05:29. > :05:32.of pounds have been taken illegally out of people 's accounts. In one
:05:33. > :05:40.case a man lost his entire life savings, ?16,000. The phone you up
:05:41. > :05:45.and do not ask you for any details, the Askew to give them your bank
:05:46. > :05:50.details. One should phone them back you get through to the same person
:05:51. > :05:53.because they have not put the phone down and because you have gained
:05:54. > :05:58.some trust and dialled the number, they are happy to take your details.
:05:59. > :06:02.Quite a play that Chamakh quite a few places throughout this area have
:06:03. > :06:08.been affected. We are trying to make people aware of it. We have begin to
:06:09. > :06:14.local people and it is quite a big issue of concern. It is awful, it
:06:15. > :06:15.must be older people that they are attacking with this. Something must
:06:16. > :06:21.be done. You have to be very attacking with this. Something must
:06:22. > :06:26.as to who you are talking to and not give away details. What happens to
:06:27. > :06:31.these boys if they get caught? They just get their wrists slapped. The
:06:32. > :06:34.police have pointed out that your bank will never ask for personal
:06:35. > :06:37.details and if you do receive a suspicious call you should call your
:06:38. > :06:44.bank back using a different telephone line.
:06:45. > :06:47.Limavady. Still ahead on the programme: It
:06:48. > :06:51.brought a feel-good factor everywhere it went, but now The Giro
:06:52. > :07:03.has said "ciao", we find out if it will leave a lasting legacy here.
:07:04. > :07:06.The bus builder Wrightbus has announced a ?14 million investment
:07:07. > :07:10.which includes creating 130 jobs at its factory in Antrim. It's the
:07:11. > :07:13.latest in a series of job announcements from various firms in
:07:14. > :07:16.recent weeks which should create work for around 3,000 people over
:07:17. > :07:19.the next few years. One new survey suggests that local businesses are
:07:20. > :07:22.experiencing their strongest growth rates in a decade. Our economics and
:07:23. > :07:28.business editor John Campbell reports.
:07:29. > :07:34.Wrightbus has its roots firmly in Ballymena. This investment and
:07:35. > :07:39.Antrim is about trying to grow the firm into a global business. This
:07:40. > :07:41.factory and the work being done here represents the transformation of the
:07:42. > :07:44.Wrightbus business, a represents the transformation of the
:07:45. > :07:44.has been going on for the last five years.
:07:45. > :07:52.has been going on for the last five just the bus bodies but what are
:07:53. > :07:56.being made here are the bus chassis is, manufacturing more of the
:07:57. > :08:01.vehicle and house is potentially more lucrative and gives the form
:08:02. > :08:01.greater flexibility. Last year, to give you
:08:02. > :08:08.greater flexibility. Last year, to vehicles we built where third-party
:08:09. > :08:12.chassis is bought from elsewhere. And the next 12 months it will be
:08:13. > :08:15.80% of our own chassis is, the value added to the Wright Group through
:08:16. > :08:18.this strategic transformation is this strategic transformation is
:08:19. > :08:22.huge. The 130 new jobs will this strategic transformation is
:08:23. > :08:27.huge. The 130 new jobs pay for 19 and a half thousand pounds each year
:08:28. > :08:28.and bring the total workforce to almost 2000 people. The Enterprise
:08:29. > :08:30.Minister says this almost 2000 people. The Enterprise
:08:31. > :08:37.investment is another indicator of growth. The pleasing thing from a
:08:38. > :08:41.self, apart from the announcement of 3000 jobs is the fact that
:08:42. > :08:45.confidence is back into the market and people who have been holding
:08:46. > :08:49.back and making those investments in companies are starting to make those
:08:50. > :08:52.investments. New jobs make the headlines, but the biggest part of
:08:53. > :08:57.this investment is about research and development. That is aimed at
:08:58. > :09:02.creating new products for new markets. If all goes to plan, this
:09:03. > :09:04.factory could eventually be making buses for exports to Australia and
:09:05. > :09:15.the Middle East. reports.
:09:16. > :09:19.John Campbell is with me now. So, we've had a series of good jobs
:09:20. > :09:21.announcements - what does that tell us and this business survey today?
:09:22. > :09:29.That is correct, for years, this survey was negative, it showed that
:09:30. > :09:31.things were bad, for the past ten months it has shown consistent
:09:32. > :09:35.growth and the banks have set according to the survey April was
:09:36. > :09:42.the best month that many firms have had for over ten years, you can see
:09:43. > :09:47.a real change of atmosphere. How does that compare with the economy
:09:48. > :09:51.of the UK as a whole? We must be cautious and that our recession was
:09:52. > :09:55.deeper and longer lasting than the rest of the UK. Research last week
:09:56. > :10:00.suggested the UK has made up all of the crowd it lost before the
:10:01. > :10:06.recession, it is back to the levels of 2008. We are no pier near that,
:10:07. > :10:11.our economy is between 5% and 10% smaller than 2008, so, yes, this
:10:12. > :10:16.rapid growth is encouraging but there is a long way to go. Because
:10:17. > :10:19.the UK economy is going so well, what could that mean for interest
:10:20. > :10:23.rates. There is speculation today that interest rates would go up as
:10:24. > :10:27.early as the first quarter of next year, originally it was thought it
:10:28. > :10:32.would be the second or third quarter. As soon as January we could
:10:33. > :10:35.see interest rates go up and that has implications for the recovery,
:10:36. > :10:39.particularly for all those people sitting with variable mortgages,
:10:40. > :10:42.they could see their main household bill is quite a bit bigger
:10:43. > :11:06.overnight. us and this business survey today?
:11:07. > :11:09.A new internet safety campaign has been launched for parents worried
:11:10. > :11:12.about what their children may be discovering online. The police-run
:11:13. > :11:15.scheme is funded by the Justice Department with money taken from the
:11:16. > :11:18.proceeds of crime. Dan Stanton reports from a community centre at
:11:19. > :11:19.Sandy Row in South Belfast. Sandy Row in South Belfast.
:11:20. > :11:23.The Internet is a great place to be entertained but people must be
:11:24. > :11:25.careful. We are trying to get parents to educate their own
:11:26. > :11:29.children and know how to protect them. When I brought up my three
:11:30. > :11:35.daughters I wanted to know where they were going, now they are on
:11:36. > :11:38.mobile phones and they are speaking to people, communicating, they
:11:39. > :11:43.betray themselves and is certainly and we need to know about that.
:11:44. > :11:50.Children can view online websites and that has a lot of information.
:11:51. > :11:55.This website has tips for parents of children of the age of five right up
:11:56. > :11:58.to their teens. It is about setting boundaries but letting older ones
:11:59. > :12:06.know that there are more bells and tablets are being monitored by their
:12:07. > :12:12.mothers and fathers. I have a girl of eight that I keep an eye on very
:12:13. > :12:18.easily but my older son who is 15, it is difficult to watch what he is
:12:19. > :12:22.doing online. I am trying to make sure that my children know not to
:12:23. > :12:28.add anyone on social media that they do not know and that they do not
:12:29. > :12:34.talk to them. There are so many people out there who will pretend to
:12:35. > :12:39.be a young person and make up Facebook profiles and that concerns
:12:40. > :12:41.me. Police will roll out the programme to help educate children
:12:42. > :13:06.in schools here over the coming year. After three days of the Giro
:13:07. > :13:20.many fans turned out wearing pink. The organisers have thanked. Mark
:13:21. > :13:35.Simpson looks back at it is all then Belfast the weekend of the Giro will
:13:36. > :13:52.live long in no wonder the writers had to eventually the and so did
:13:53. > :14:10.there was a sea of pink in almost, feel to Omagh, and by the the never
:14:11. > :14:18.in their wildest dreams expected to see so much. They will be talking
:14:19. > :14:21.about it for years. The talk at Stormont is now about a possible bid
:14:22. > :14:28.for the Tour de France. Perhaps in 2017. One of the sticking points is
:14:29. > :14:34.money. It is costing Yorkshire more than ?20 million to bring the tour
:14:35. > :14:37.there this year, the Giro cost Northern Ireland ?4.2 million. Was
:14:38. > :14:42.it worth it? Here is the view of an economist. You can never quantify
:14:43. > :14:46.definitively just how much money is generated by these big events, but
:14:47. > :14:51.especially given the Giro came on the back of similar touch big events
:14:52. > :14:56.coming to Northern Ireland, the G8 conference, the MTV awards, the
:14:57. > :15:01.Titanic, the overwhelming likelihood is that it will have a positive
:15:02. > :15:05.effect and it will exceed the ?4 million worth of public money put
:15:06. > :15:10.into it. The public certainly seemed to have enjoyed it. For the
:15:11. > :15:14.organisers, there were only two disappointments, one was the
:15:15. > :15:19.weather, the other happened here at the bottom of this road and used
:15:20. > :15:26.Belfast, the crash by the Irish rider, Dan Martin. He went down just
:15:27. > :15:35.after passing this manhole cover. Oh, my goodness! Dan Martin
:15:36. > :15:40.committee is holding his elbow. He is rocking and rolling. Let us hope
:15:41. > :15:44.he is OK. She was not, he broke his collar bone and the Giro was over
:15:45. > :15:49.for him. The first person to treat him was our medic Michael Henry who
:15:50. > :15:56.came to Belfast to watch the race with his family only to be called
:15:57. > :16:00.into emergency action. I was enjoying it as a normal civilian and
:16:01. > :16:05.all of a sudden you heard the clatter. To run towards the damage
:16:06. > :16:08.was what I thought about doing and I tried my best to help him.
:16:09. > :16:12.Stormont ministers normally don't get too excited but on the right
:16:13. > :16:15.Stormont ministers normally don't the screen you can see Danny Kennedy
:16:16. > :16:16.-- Danny Kennedy joining in the fun, one which many people will
:16:17. > :16:22.never forget. The Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams
:16:23. > :16:25.believes his arrest by detectives investigating the murder of
:16:26. > :16:28.Jean McConville has galvanised Mr Adams was released without charge
:16:29. > :16:32.after four days of questioning Sinn Fein launched its European
:16:33. > :16:35.election manifesto today describing Our Political Editor was
:16:36. > :16:53.at the launch. Sinn Fein claimed the police were
:16:54. > :16:58.trying to damage its election campaign, but today, a relaxed Sinn
:16:59. > :17:02.Fein president shared a cup of tea with two of his party's candidates.
:17:03. > :17:08.He feels it is too early to be sure about the impact of his arrest. One
:17:09. > :17:17.of the immediate effects is that it has galvanized the party and broad
:17:18. > :17:24.Republican families. They are focused now, and I also think there
:17:25. > :17:29.is now an alertness that the process here cannot be taken for granted.
:17:30. > :17:33.The Sinn Fein manifesto describes the party as critical of Europe and
:17:34. > :17:38.believes Brussels has too much power, but says the place of Ireland
:17:39. > :17:45.is in the European union. The manifesto says Sinn Fein MEP 's will
:17:46. > :17:50.seek to secure any union support for a order pole. The party wants a ?17
:17:51. > :17:54.billion youth guaranteed fund to be set up to tackle youth unemployment
:17:55. > :18:00.across Europe. Sinn Fein say they will campaign for an end to zero
:18:01. > :18:06.hours contracts across the European Union. Gerry Adams had some
:18:07. > :18:15.Unionists will give my team a lower preference vote.
:18:16. > :18:17.Tributes have been paid to the former leader of the PUP,
:18:18. > :18:22.Mr Smyth was a long-serving member of Belfast City Council
:18:23. > :18:27.He also served in the 1974 Northern Ireland Assembly.
:18:28. > :18:31.Mr Smyth gave up the leadership of the PUP in 2002, when he was
:18:32. > :18:38.In two days the Balmoral Show, Ireland's biggest agricultural and
:18:39. > :18:42.And again thousands of people are expected over
:18:43. > :18:46.Many of those taking part in the hotly contested events have
:18:47. > :18:50.Our reporter has been watching young farmers get ready for battle
:18:51. > :19:03.They're hoping their rivals don't pull the wool over the judges' eyes.
:19:04. > :19:10.It is time to get the Clippers out for a good haircut, and that is not
:19:11. > :19:13.just for the young farmers. The sheep shearing competition is a
:19:14. > :19:22.cut-throat business, with many perfecting and practicing the front,
:19:23. > :19:29.back and sides with a difference. You are moving your feet every
:19:30. > :19:38.time. You are taking as much of wall off as you can. I think I am turning
:19:39. > :19:46.to get a hold of it but you have to listen to the other instructors. You
:19:47. > :19:51.do not want to cut too deep. You want to leave most of the skin on.
:19:52. > :19:54.The work is closely inspected by professionals who are hoping one of
:19:55. > :20:02.them will lift the civil where at this year's on moral show. -- the
:20:03. > :20:06.server where will stop sheep are so big they do not know to move their
:20:07. > :20:12.feet but we try to teach them to move their feet. We definitely have
:20:13. > :20:18.a winner amongst them. Which one, I'd do not know. It is not just the
:20:19. > :20:26.cut that is important, how the wool is handled is an important part of
:20:27. > :20:32.the process. We work to keep it the best for a return for the farmer.
:20:33. > :20:37.The skin can reject it. It can breakdown in the machine. So this is
:20:38. > :20:42.what they want to get their hands on, the silver hand-piece trophy,
:20:43. > :20:44.but will there be a winner here? They will have to hoof it to the
:20:45. > :20:50.show. Tomorrow we report
:20:51. > :20:52.on all the work that goes on ahead of the show to make
:20:53. > :20:56.the livestock look lovely and BBC Newsline will live at the Balmoral
:20:57. > :20:58.Show from Wednesday lunchtime. Next, more two wheel fever,
:20:59. > :21:01.this time the riders will be BBC Newsline is at the North West
:21:02. > :21:26.200 motorcycling event this week I am delighted to welcome you to a
:21:27. > :21:30.sunny North Coast, and there are many similarities, I suppose,
:21:31. > :21:37.between this race and the Giro D'italia. It is a closed event on
:21:38. > :21:41.public roads. This one is a lot faster. But like the Giro D'italia,
:21:42. > :21:45.the North West 200 is viewed by millions of people around the globe.
:21:46. > :21:55.Last year, we head online coverage which was washed -- watched by more
:21:56. > :21:59.than 80 countries. We are focusing now on a cyclist who is creating
:22:00. > :22:07.headlines on the world stage. Jonathan Rea leads after two races
:22:08. > :22:13.yesterday. He nods his head and said, I am back! Full
:22:14. > :22:17.yesterday. He nods his head and Jonathan Rea! What a sensational
:22:18. > :22:22.performance. There is no doubt to is in form. He dominated the weekend
:22:23. > :22:29.from start to finish. It has been a great weekend. We knew after the
:22:30. > :22:35.first race we head good pace but it is hard to get excited when you are
:22:36. > :22:43.trying to get a job done. I had to finish it off but I had a great bike
:22:44. > :22:50.to do my thing. The victory was just a little bit ahead of Tom Sykes. A
:22:51. > :22:59.big hit with the fans, the writer will hope to be back on top of the
:23:00. > :23:03.podium in a fortnight. The racers are delighted to see the
:23:04. > :23:07.sunshine because of this event has been washed out twice in the last
:23:08. > :23:14.two years, but organisers can now change race days if they need to. 12
:23:15. > :23:18.months ago, the weather was the winner at the North West 200.
:23:19. > :23:26.Torrential rain made conditions treacherous. The meeting had to be
:23:27. > :23:28.abandoned. If we do not get monsoon conditions like we did yesterday and
:23:29. > :23:40.we will race. The road closing conditions like we did yesterday and
:23:41. > :23:44.means... What to wear during race week is always a difficult situation
:23:45. > :23:47.for the fans, but organisers have a new weather forecasting system in
:23:48. > :23:52.place to make that decision a little easier. We are working very closely
:23:53. > :23:55.with the Met Office and we now have a detailed six day forecast that
:23:56. > :24:01.comes through every morning at eight o'clock, and that gives us the
:24:02. > :24:06.rainfall expectancy that is probable and wind speeds at all the threshold
:24:07. > :24:06.warnings for increased rainfall and increased
:24:07. > :24:12.warnings for increased rainfall and part of what we are doing. As for
:24:13. > :24:20.the writers, they are all hoping for the same outlook. Obviously sunny,
:24:21. > :24:24.nice, warm conditions. A bit of blue sky. As long as it is dry that is
:24:25. > :24:29.the main thing. That is what I will hope for, but we will get what we
:24:30. > :24:32.get. Hopefully we will be lucky. And if it all goes according to plan,
:24:33. > :24:38.the competitors will not be paddling over the line this year.
:24:39. > :24:40.We do not want any more rain. Derry City Football club
:24:41. > :24:43.and their manager Roddy Collins have gone their separate ways only a
:24:44. > :24:46.dozen league games into the season. In that time, the Candystripes
:24:47. > :24:49.have won just two games. A brief statement
:24:50. > :25:04.from the club said Collins had Don't forget, you can see all of the
:25:05. > :25:08.live practice tomorrow by logging onto the BBC sport website. Great
:25:09. > :25:12.stuff. We are hoping for that sort of weather all week for the North
:25:13. > :25:17.West 200. Cecelia is here for forecast. Not everywhere had
:25:18. > :25:22.downpours today, but there was hail reported in some places. Today is
:25:23. > :25:26.not typical of the rest of the week. Tomorrow we will find the
:25:27. > :25:30.showers easing, less intense, and there will be a little bit of rain
:25:31. > :25:35.around on Wednesday, but there is drier weather forecast for the end
:25:36. > :25:39.of the week. Looking at this afternoon, this is the shower
:25:40. > :25:43.picture at the moment. Still quite a few of them around and still one or
:25:44. > :25:47.two on the sharp side as well. They will continue to use away southwards
:25:48. > :25:52.later this evening, and most places will have dry weather tonight. The
:25:53. > :25:57.odd shower continuing towards the North West, but where it is clear,
:25:58. > :26:02.temperatures could get, which could lead to a little bit of minced. Many
:26:03. > :26:05.places will start dry tomorrow. There will be some early showers
:26:06. > :26:10.towards the North Coast, but they should ease away fairly quickly. A
:26:11. > :26:14.lot of places dry to begin with tomorrow, some sunshine and round,
:26:15. > :26:19.and although chilly first thing, temperatures will pick up with
:26:20. > :26:23.fairly light winds by the time most places are heading out the door.
:26:24. > :26:27.Reasonably dry to begin with, some sunshine around as well, but once
:26:28. > :26:31.the temperatures start to rise, the showers will come along, and the
:26:32. > :26:36.heavy ones will be across southern counties, especially towards Belfast
:26:37. > :26:39.will stop up towards the North Coast tomorrow, there should be lots of
:26:40. > :26:48.dry weather through the afternoon, and it will be dry with temperatures
:26:49. > :26:52.of a 15 degrees at the highest. As the showers either way there could
:26:53. > :26:57.be a touch of frost on the grass. On Wednesday, the best of the weather
:26:58. > :27:00.will be in a Belfast. More cloud in the West with a little bit more
:27:01. > :27:05.brain aging and towards the end of the day. Look at what we have got
:27:06. > :27:09.for the and of the week, high pressure building from the south, so
:27:10. > :27:11.that will bring in lots of dry weather, and it looks as though
:27:12. > :27:17.there will be some sunshine at times, and well timed as well given
:27:18. > :27:23.that we have the Balmoral Show and the North West 200. They give for
:27:24. > :27:28.all of your pink photographs. We have posted some of them on Facebook
:27:29. > :27:30.and on Twitter. That is a good way to keep in touch. From all of us,
:27:31. > :27:32.goodbye.