12/05/2014 BBC Newsline

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Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline:

Big changes to the way we drive - I'm live with details.

How fraudsters have stolen tens of thousands of pounds in a telephone

scam. Wrightbus creates 130 new jobs.

The Giro is over but what is the legacy?

Wrightbus creates 130 new jobs. As the Giro leaves these shores,

we're getting ready now for a And did you get caught in a heavy

downpour today? Find out how the First, major changes in when and how

we drive are a step closer to becoming law. It's the first

shake-up like this in over 40years. The planned changes will reduce the

numbers of passengers teenage drivers can have, as well as

introducing new lower alcohol levels. Julie McCullough is at a

driver testing centre for us this evening.

What details have you got? I have come here because most of this new

legislation introduced into the Assembly today will affect new

drivers. For example, before they can apply to come to a test centre

they will have to have been running for one year. In the past there were

no restrictions on when you could go and apply for your test, however,

they will be able to start learning when they are 16 and a half, rather

than 17, but when they get their test they will be restricted for two

years rather than one. Other proposed changes include learners

and restricted drivers ain't able to drive over 45 mph and to be able to

take lessons on the motorway. New drivers under the age of 24 ten be

about to carry more than one young passenger in a car for the first six

months after getting their test. The Environment Minister says he has

introduced this legislation because between 2008 and 2012, statistics

show that young drivers are responsible for nearly half of all

fatal accidents. There is a change in the law on drinking and driving.

That is correct, currently the blood alcohol limit for everyone is 80 mg

per 100 millilitres. For new drivers and for professional drivers, the

minister wants that to be reduced to 20 mg per 100 millilitres which is

practically zero. For the rest of us he wants it to be reduced to 50 mg

per 100 millilitres which he said would bring us into line with the

rest of Europe. This bill has gone before the Assembly, but we have

heard about those vehicles already, Julie? We have heard these proposals

before and they have gone out to consultation, but this is the first

thing they have been introduced into the Assembly, so really it is the

first step towards them becoming law. It has a number of stages to

get through before it can become law, but it is not expected to be a

contentious bill, so realistically by next year and optimistically it

could become law by then. I have someone with me this evening to get

a bit of a reaction, Tom Barnes, the chair of the driving instructors

Association of Northern Ireland. Briefly, what is your immediate

reaction to these proposals? We are disappointed in some respects and

pleased about the blood alcohol level, because obviously that can

contribute to accidents. The age of 16 and a half has been sprung upon

us, it was not in the consultation paper that we responded to. We are

told this was a ministerial decision, so therefore we would like

to now be at that age came from because we are going to be out of

kilter with the mainland to our talking about raising this age to

18. We have got a system where we will have learner drivers landing at

16 and a half in Northern Ireland but they will have to wait until the

age of 18 and Great Britain, it does not seem to well thought out. The

one-year as too long for many people, and also it does not suit

everyone, some people have other responsibilities like being pregnant

and they need to get their tests as soon as possible. We will have to be

that they are, thank you for joining me. Back to you in the studio.

evening. In a major telephone scam, tens of

thousands of pounds have been stolen by fraudsters accessing bank

accounts. More details have emerged today of the extent of it. Cases

have been reported across Northern Ireland. But in Limavady alone, up

to 30 people in the past two months were victims of what the police say

was this serious and sophisticated fraud. One man's life savings were

stolen. Keiron Tourish reports from Limavady.

Detectives here are very concerned about this scam, tens of thousands

of pounds have been taken illegally out of people 's accounts. In one

case a man lost his entire life savings, ?16,000. The phone you up

and do not ask you for any details, the Askew to give them your bank

details. One should phone them back you get through to the same person

because they have not put the phone down and because you have gained

some trust and dialled the number, they are happy to take your details.

Quite a play that Chamakh quite a few places throughout this area have

been affected. We are trying to make people aware of it. We have begin to

local people and it is quite a big issue of concern. It is awful, it

must be older people that they are attacking with this. Something must

be done. You have to be very attacking with this. Something must

as to who you are talking to and not give away details. What happens to

these boys if they get caught? They just get their wrists slapped. The

police have pointed out that your bank will never ask for personal

details and if you do receive a suspicious call you should call your

bank back using a different telephone line.

Limavady. Still ahead on the programme: It

brought a feel-good factor everywhere it went, but now The Giro

has said "ciao", we find out if it will leave a lasting legacy here.

The bus builder Wrightbus has announced a ?14 million investment

which includes creating 130 jobs at its factory in Antrim. It's the

latest in a series of job announcements from various firms in

recent weeks which should create work for around 3,000 people over

the next few years. One new survey suggests that local businesses are

experiencing their strongest growth rates in a decade. Our economics and

business editor John Campbell reports.

Wrightbus has its roots firmly in Ballymena. This investment and

Antrim is about trying to grow the firm into a global business. This

factory and the work being done here represents the transformation of the

Wrightbus business, a represents the transformation of the

has been going on for the last five years.

has been going on for the last five just the bus bodies but what are

being made here are the bus chassis is, manufacturing more of the

vehicle and house is potentially more lucrative and gives the form

greater flexibility. Last year, to give you

greater flexibility. Last year, to vehicles we built where third-party

chassis is bought from elsewhere. And the next 12 months it will be

80% of our own chassis is, the value added to the Wright Group through

this strategic transformation is this strategic transformation is

huge. The 130 new jobs will this strategic transformation is

huge. The 130 new jobs pay for 19 and a half thousand pounds each year

and bring the total workforce to almost 2000 people. The Enterprise

Minister says this almost 2000 people. The Enterprise

investment is another indicator of growth. The pleasing thing from a

self, apart from the announcement of 3000 jobs is the fact that

confidence is back into the market and people who have been holding

back and making those investments in companies are starting to make those

investments. New jobs make the headlines, but the biggest part of

this investment is about research and development. That is aimed at

creating new products for new markets. If all goes to plan, this

factory could eventually be making buses for exports to Australia and

the Middle East. reports.

John Campbell is with me now. So, we've had a series of good jobs

announcements - what does that tell us and this business survey today?

That is correct, for years, this survey was negative, it showed that

things were bad, for the past ten months it has shown consistent

growth and the banks have set according to the survey April was

the best month that many firms have had for over ten years, you can see

a real change of atmosphere. How does that compare with the economy

of the UK as a whole? We must be cautious and that our recession was

deeper and longer lasting than the rest of the UK. Research last week

suggested the UK has made up all of the crowd it lost before the

recession, it is back to the levels of 2008. We are no pier near that,

our economy is between 5% and 10% smaller than 2008, so, yes, this

rapid growth is encouraging but there is a long way to go. Because

the UK economy is going so well, what could that mean for interest

rates. There is speculation today that interest rates would go up as

early as the first quarter of next year, originally it was thought it

would be the second or third quarter. As soon as January we could

see interest rates go up and that has implications for the recovery,

particularly for all those people sitting with variable mortgages,

they could see their main household bill is quite a bit bigger

overnight. us and this business survey today?

A new internet safety campaign has been launched for parents worried

about what their children may be discovering online. The police-run

scheme is funded by the Justice Department with money taken from the

proceeds of crime. Dan Stanton reports from a community centre at

Sandy Row in South Belfast. Sandy Row in South Belfast.

The Internet is a great place to be entertained but people must be

careful. We are trying to get parents to educate their own

children and know how to protect them. When I brought up my three

daughters I wanted to know where they were going, now they are on

mobile phones and they are speaking to people, communicating, they

betray themselves and is certainly and we need to know about that.

Children can view online websites and that has a lot of information.

This website has tips for parents of children of the age of five right up

to their teens. It is about setting boundaries but letting older ones

know that there are more bells and tablets are being monitored by their

mothers and fathers. I have a girl of eight that I keep an eye on very

easily but my older son who is 15, it is difficult to watch what he is

doing online. I am trying to make sure that my children know not to

add anyone on social media that they do not know and that they do not

talk to them. There are so many people out there who will pretend to

be a young person and make up Facebook profiles and that concerns

me. Police will roll out the programme to help educate children

in schools here over the coming year. After three days of the Giro

many fans turned out wearing pink. The organisers have thanked. Mark

Simpson looks back at it is all then Belfast the weekend of the Giro will

live long in no wonder the writers had to eventually the and so did

there was a sea of pink in almost, feel to Omagh, and by the the never

in their wildest dreams expected to see so much. They will be talking

about it for years. The talk at Stormont is now about a possible bid

for the Tour de France. Perhaps in 2017. One of the sticking points is

money. It is costing Yorkshire more than ?20 million to bring the tour

there this year, the Giro cost Northern Ireland ?4.2 million. Was

it worth it? Here is the view of an economist. You can never quantify

definitively just how much money is generated by these big events, but

especially given the Giro came on the back of similar touch big events

coming to Northern Ireland, the G8 conference, the MTV awards, the

Titanic, the overwhelming likelihood is that it will have a positive

effect and it will exceed the ?4 million worth of public money put

into it. The public certainly seemed to have enjoyed it. For the

organisers, there were only two disappointments, one was the

weather, the other happened here at the bottom of this road and used

Belfast, the crash by the Irish rider, Dan Martin. He went down just

after passing this manhole cover. Oh, my goodness! Dan Martin

committee is holding his elbow. He is rocking and rolling. Let us hope

he is OK. She was not, he broke his collar bone and the Giro was over

for him. The first person to treat him was our medic Michael Henry who

came to Belfast to watch the race with his family only to be called

into emergency action. I was enjoying it as a normal civilian and

all of a sudden you heard the clatter. To run towards the damage

was what I thought about doing and I tried my best to help him.

Stormont ministers normally don't get too excited but on the right

Stormont ministers normally don't the screen you can see Danny Kennedy

-- Danny Kennedy joining in the fun, one which many people will

never forget. The Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams

believes his arrest by detectives investigating the murder of

Jean McConville has galvanised Mr Adams was released without charge

after four days of questioning Sinn Fein launched its European

election manifesto today describing Our Political Editor was

at the launch. Sinn Fein claimed the police were

trying to damage its election campaign, but today, a relaxed Sinn

Fein president shared a cup of tea with two of his party's candidates.

He feels it is too early to be sure about the impact of his arrest. One

of the immediate effects is that it has galvanized the party and broad

Republican families. They are focused now, and I also think there

is now an alertness that the process here cannot be taken for granted.

The Sinn Fein manifesto describes the party as critical of Europe and

believes Brussels has too much power, but says the place of Ireland

is in the European union. The manifesto says Sinn Fein MEP 's will

seek to secure any union support for a order pole. The party wants a ?17

billion youth guaranteed fund to be set up to tackle youth unemployment

across Europe. Sinn Fein say they will campaign for an end to zero

hours contracts across the European Union. Gerry Adams had some

Unionists will give my team a lower preference vote.

Tributes have been paid to the former leader of the PUP,

Mr Smyth was a long-serving member of Belfast City Council

He also served in the 1974 Northern Ireland Assembly.

Mr Smyth gave up the leadership of the PUP in 2002, when he was

In two days the Balmoral Show, Ireland's biggest agricultural and

And again thousands of people are expected over

Many of those taking part in the hotly contested events have

Our reporter has been watching young farmers get ready for battle

They're hoping their rivals don't pull the wool over the judges' eyes.

It is time to get the Clippers out for a good haircut, and that is not

just for the young farmers. The sheep shearing competition is a

cut-throat business, with many perfecting and practicing the front,

back and sides with a difference. You are moving your feet every

time. You are taking as much of wall off as you can. I think I am turning

to get a hold of it but you have to listen to the other instructors. You

do not want to cut too deep. You want to leave most of the skin on.

The work is closely inspected by professionals who are hoping one of

them will lift the civil where at this year's on moral show. -- the

server where will stop sheep are so big they do not know to move their

feet but we try to teach them to move their feet. We definitely have

a winner amongst them. Which one, I'd do not know. It is not just the

cut that is important, how the wool is handled is an important part of

the process. We work to keep it the best for a return for the farmer.

The skin can reject it. It can breakdown in the machine. So this is

what they want to get their hands on, the silver hand-piece trophy,

but will there be a winner here? They will have to hoof it to the

show. Tomorrow we report

on all the work that goes on ahead of the show to make

the livestock look lovely and BBC Newsline will live at the Balmoral

Show from Wednesday lunchtime. Next, more two wheel fever,

this time the riders will be BBC Newsline is at the North West

200 motorcycling event this week I am delighted to welcome you to a

sunny North Coast, and there are many similarities, I suppose,

between this race and the Giro D'italia. It is a closed event on

public roads. This one is a lot faster. But like the Giro D'italia,

the North West 200 is viewed by millions of people around the globe.

Last year, we head online coverage which was washed -- watched by more

than 80 countries. We are focusing now on a cyclist who is creating

headlines on the world stage. Jonathan Rea leads after two races

yesterday. He nods his head and said, I am back! Full

yesterday. He nods his head and Jonathan Rea! What a sensational

performance. There is no doubt to is in form. He dominated the weekend

from start to finish. It has been a great weekend. We knew after the

first race we head good pace but it is hard to get excited when you are

trying to get a job done. I had to finish it off but I had a great bike

to do my thing. The victory was just a little bit ahead of Tom Sykes. A

big hit with the fans, the writer will hope to be back on top of the

podium in a fortnight. The racers are delighted to see the

sunshine because of this event has been washed out twice in the last

two years, but organisers can now change race days if they need to. 12

months ago, the weather was the winner at the North West 200.

Torrential rain made conditions treacherous. The meeting had to be

abandoned. If we do not get monsoon conditions like we did yesterday and

we will race. The road closing conditions like we did yesterday and

means... What to wear during race week is always a difficult situation

for the fans, but organisers have a new weather forecasting system in

place to make that decision a little easier. We are working very closely

with the Met Office and we now have a detailed six day forecast that

comes through every morning at eight o'clock, and that gives us the

rainfall expectancy that is probable and wind speeds at all the threshold

warnings for increased rainfall and increased

warnings for increased rainfall and part of what we are doing. As for

the writers, they are all hoping for the same outlook. Obviously sunny,

nice, warm conditions. A bit of blue sky. As long as it is dry that is

the main thing. That is what I will hope for, but we will get what we

get. Hopefully we will be lucky. And if it all goes according to plan,

the competitors will not be paddling over the line this year.

We do not want any more rain. Derry City Football club

and their manager Roddy Collins have gone their separate ways only a

dozen league games into the season. In that time, the Candystripes

have won just two games. A brief statement

from the club said Collins had Don't forget, you can see all of the

live practice tomorrow by logging onto the BBC sport website. Great

stuff. We are hoping for that sort of weather all week for the North

West 200. Cecelia is here for forecast. Not everywhere had

downpours today, but there was hail reported in some places. Today is

not typical of the rest of the week. Tomorrow we will find the

showers easing, less intense, and there will be a little bit of rain

around on Wednesday, but there is drier weather forecast for the end

of the week. Looking at this afternoon, this is the shower

picture at the moment. Still quite a few of them around and still one or

two on the sharp side as well. They will continue to use away southwards

later this evening, and most places will have dry weather tonight. The

odd shower continuing towards the North West, but where it is clear,

temperatures could get, which could lead to a little bit of minced. Many

places will start dry tomorrow. There will be some early showers

towards the North Coast, but they should ease away fairly quickly. A

lot of places dry to begin with tomorrow, some sunshine and round,

and although chilly first thing, temperatures will pick up with

fairly light winds by the time most places are heading out the door.

Reasonably dry to begin with, some sunshine around as well, but once

the temperatures start to rise, the showers will come along, and the

heavy ones will be across southern counties, especially towards Belfast

will stop up towards the North Coast tomorrow, there should be lots of

dry weather through the afternoon, and it will be dry with temperatures

of a 15 degrees at the highest. As the showers either way there could

be a touch of frost on the grass. On Wednesday, the best of the weather

will be in a Belfast. More cloud in the West with a little bit more

brain aging and towards the end of the day. Look at what we have got

for the and of the week, high pressure building from the south, so

that will bring in lots of dry weather, and it looks as though

there will be some sunshine at times, and well timed as well given

that we have the Balmoral Show and the North West 200. They give for

all of your pink photographs. We have posted some of them on Facebook

and on Twitter. That is a good way to keep in touch. From all of us,

goodbye.