:00:00. > :00:00.limited. That's all from us. Don't forget, a
:00:00. > :00:10.first Good evening.
:00:11. > :00:16.The biggest shake-up in our driving laws in decades has come another
:00:17. > :00:19.step closer. The planned changes would reduce the current drink
:00:20. > :00:22.driving levels for everyone by almost 40% while newly qualified
:00:23. > :00:42.drivers would face even stricter measures.
:00:43. > :00:50.I have come to this test centre because most of the legislation
:00:51. > :00:57.introduced today would affect new drivers. We can speak now to the
:00:58. > :01:01.chair of the driving instruction in Northern Ireland. What is your view
:01:02. > :01:04.of the changes? One that is striking is that young people will be allowed
:01:05. > :01:09.to learn from the age of 16 and a half. Driving instructors feel that
:01:10. > :01:14.the that they are talking about raging the age to 18. What are some
:01:15. > :01:18.of the other proposals? One is that people will be restricted for two
:01:19. > :01:23.years instead of one and they will only be allowed one young person in
:01:24. > :01:29.the car for the first six months. The year restrictions seem strange,
:01:30. > :01:34.because some people can learn how to dry satisfactorily in a shorter
:01:35. > :01:38.period of time without I know a lot of our members are in the country
:01:39. > :01:44.areas where a lot of young ones depend upon cars for getting back in
:01:45. > :01:48.forth jobs. There will be difficulties there, and placing that
:01:49. > :01:53.will be a difficulty. But you must be delighted that spent 45 mph speed
:01:54. > :01:59.limit will no longer be applicable to learning drivers. Absolutely
:02:00. > :02:04.brilliant. It brings us into priority with GB, where instructors
:02:05. > :02:10.are GV -- teaching people to drive at 60 mph roads and dual
:02:11. > :02:18.carriageways. This is something we have been campaigning for. These new
:02:19. > :02:22.proposals will not come overnight. This is very much the first stage in
:02:23. > :02:27.the process, but it could become law as early as next year.
:02:28. > :02:35.The bus builder Wrightbus is creating 130 jobs at its factory in
:02:36. > :02:38.Antrim. It's the latest in a series of announcements in recent weeks
:02:39. > :02:48.which should generate work for around 3,000 people in various firms
:02:49. > :02:52.over the next few years. Wrightbus has its roots firmly in
:02:53. > :02:58.Ballymena, but this investment is about trying to grow the firm into a
:02:59. > :03:02.global business. This factory in the work being done here represents the
:03:03. > :03:06.transformation of the Wrightbus is this, a process that has been going
:03:07. > :03:11.on for the past five years. The company used to build just at the
:03:12. > :03:18.bus bodies, but what is made here are the chassis. This is potentially
:03:19. > :03:23.more lucrative and gives the firm greater flexibility. Last year,
:03:24. > :03:31.about 80% of the vehicles that we built were with third-party chassis
:03:32. > :03:40.but from elsewhere. The value added to the group through this strategic
:03:41. > :03:45.transformation is huge. But 130 -- the 130 jobs here will pay several
:03:46. > :03:50.hundred thousand pounds per year and bring the workforce to 2000. The
:03:51. > :03:57.Enterprise Minister says that this is not an indicator of economic
:03:58. > :04:01.growth. We have announced 3000 jobs, and confidence is really back
:04:02. > :04:06.in the market again, and people who have been holding back and --
:04:07. > :04:11.holding back are now starting to make those investments. New jobs
:04:12. > :04:15.make the headlines, but the biggest part of this investment is about
:04:16. > :04:18.research and development. That is aimed at creating new products for
:04:19. > :04:20.new markets, and if all goes to plan, this factory could eventually
:04:21. > :04:28.be making buses for exports to the Middle East and Australia.
:04:29. > :04:31.Tributes have been paid to the former leader of the Progressive
:04:32. > :04:34.Unionist Party, Hugh Smyth who has died aged 73. Mr Smyth was a
:04:35. > :04:39.long-serving member of Belfast City Council and former Lord Mayor of the
:04:40. > :04:43.city. He also served in the 1974 Assembly. Mr Smyth gave up the
:04:44. > :04:50.leadership of the PUP in 2002, when he was succeeded by David Ervine.
:04:51. > :04:53.A new internet safety campaign has been launched to educate children
:04:54. > :04:56.about the dangers they may face online. The police-run scheme is
:04:57. > :05:01.funded by the Justice Department with money taken from the proceeds
:05:02. > :05:10.of crime. Its aim is to make sure that parents are involved in keeping
:05:11. > :05:18.their children safe online. I have two children, a girl and a boy, and
:05:19. > :05:23.it is easy to keep up with a girl, but my son who is 15, it is more
:05:24. > :05:27.scary, because he could be doing anything online. Talking to them and
:05:28. > :05:31.making sure that they are not just talking to anybody online that they
:05:32. > :05:38.physically do not know to talk to, and that their friends or friends,
:05:39. > :05:45.because there are so many that will tend to be a young person that will
:05:46. > :05:51.make a fake Facebook profile. -- pretends to be.
:05:52. > :05:54.In the aftermath of the Giro d'Italia, attention is now focusing
:05:55. > :05:57.whether Northern Ireland can afford another global cycling event such as
:05:58. > :06:01.the Tour de France. The Giro Big Start cost more than ?4 million but
:06:02. > :06:07.some analysts believe the economic return will be more than that.
:06:08. > :06:13.It is all over bar the scaffolding. But in Belfast and beyond, the began
:06:14. > :06:19.of the Giro will live long in the memory. Especially the moment when
:06:20. > :06:24.war Stour met pedal power on the coastline. -- horsepower. No wonder
:06:25. > :06:29.the riders had to take a second look. Eventually, the horses ran out
:06:30. > :06:34.of sand, but they had made their point, and so did the crowds. There
:06:35. > :06:40.was a sea of pink at a most every corner. And by all accounts, the
:06:41. > :06:44.writers loved it. They never in their wildest dreams believe they
:06:45. > :06:49.would see so many people things. It is way more than what happens in
:06:50. > :06:54.England -- Italy. Ping courses, I'm believable. They will be talking
:06:55. > :07:01.about it for years. -- unbelievable. There is no talk of
:07:02. > :07:06.a bid for the Tour de France, perhaps in 2017. It is costing
:07:07. > :07:11.Yorkshire more than ?20 million to bring the tour there this year. The
:07:12. > :07:17.Giro cost Northern Ireland ?4.2 million. Was it worth it? Here is
:07:18. > :07:21.the view of an economist. You can never quantify just how much Money
:07:22. > :07:27.is generated by these big events, but especially given that the Giro
:07:28. > :07:32.and other big events coming to Northern Ireland, the MTV awards and
:07:33. > :07:37.so forth, the overwhelming likelihood is that it will have a
:07:38. > :07:42.positive effect and that will exceed the ?4 million worth of public money
:07:43. > :07:47.put into it. Stormont ministers do not usually get too excited, but on
:07:48. > :07:50.the right of the screen you can see Danny Kennedy joining in the fun. It
:07:51. > :08:02.was that sort of weekend, one which many people will never forget.
:08:03. > :08:08.Fresh developments relating to allegations that a military unit
:08:09. > :08:17.killed unarmed people in Belfast in the 70s. That story from six o'clock
:08:18. > :08:21.p.m. Tomorrow. Thousands of visitors expected to descend on the north
:08:22. > :08:22.coast for this week's North West 200 motorcycling festival.
:08:23. > :08:25.expected to descend on the north coast for this Let's have a look at
:08:26. > :08:30.the weather. Most of the heavy showers will move away now in the
:08:31. > :08:35.next few hours. A lot of places will become dry. Maybe still the odd
:08:36. > :08:39.shower up towards the north coast. In some rural areas, temperatures
:08:40. > :08:44.could dip to three or four degrees. Heavy downpours could bring some
:08:45. > :08:48.mist patches around tomorrow morning and a bit of a chilly start, but
:08:49. > :08:52.otherwise, another day of sunshine and showers. There will be a couple
:08:53. > :08:56.of showers up towards the north coast, but they should use away
:08:57. > :09:00.through the morning, and most places will have a fair amount of dry
:09:01. > :09:05.weather on Tuesday. Then the showers will start to develop and they will
:09:06. > :09:08.be the beginning across parts of the Republic as well as parts of the
:09:09. > :09:16.Midlands in seven counties of England. In the north of England,
:09:17. > :09:21.showers will be fewer. Across Northern Ireland, there will be a
:09:22. > :09:26.few sharp showers, but not the intent downpours some areas had
:09:27. > :09:30.today. In the north coast, a lot of the other that cool in the breeze
:09:31. > :09:34.but in the sunshine not too bad, although warmer spots will be
:09:35. > :09:38.towards the South East. On Wednesday, the best of the other
:09:39. > :09:43.will be in Belfast in the South East. Most places dry for most of
:09:44. > :09:45.the day come about it will get cloudy in the West and a weak
:09:46. > :09:51.weather front will bring patches light rain later on in the day.
:09:52. > :09:57.Thursday and Friday look fairly dry. A little warmer with some sunshine.
:09:58. > :10:01.That's it for now. Good night.