12/05/2014 BBC Newsline

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The biggest shake-up in our driving laws in decades has come another

step closer. The planned changes would reduce the current drink

driving levels for everyone by almost 40% while newly qualified

drivers would face even stricter measures.

I have come to this test centre because most of the legislation

introduced today would affect new drivers. We can speak now to the

chair of the driving instruction in Northern Ireland. What is your view

of the changes? One that is striking is that young people will be allowed

to learn from the age of 16 and a half. Driving instructors feel that

the that they are talking about raging the age to 18. What are some

of the other proposals? One is that people will be restricted for two

years instead of one and they will only be allowed one young person in

the car for the first six months. The year restrictions seem strange,

because some people can learn how to dry satisfactorily in a shorter

period of time without I know a lot of our members are in the country

areas where a lot of young ones depend upon cars for getting back in

forth jobs. There will be difficulties there, and placing that

will be a difficulty. But you must be delighted that spent 45 mph speed

limit will no longer be applicable to learning drivers. Absolutely

brilliant. It brings us into priority with GB, where instructors

are GV -- teaching people to drive at 60 mph roads and dual

carriageways. This is something we have been campaigning for. These new

proposals will not come overnight. This is very much the first stage in

the process, but it could become law as early as next year.

The bus builder Wrightbus is creating 130 jobs at its factory in

Antrim. It's the latest in a series of announcements in recent weeks

which should generate work for around 3,000 people in various firms

over the next few years. Wrightbus has its roots firmly in

Ballymena, but this investment is about trying to grow the firm into a

global business. This factory in the work being done here represents the

transformation of the Wrightbus is this, a process that has been going

on for the past five years. The company used to build just at the

bus bodies, but what is made here are the chassis. This is potentially

more lucrative and gives the firm greater flexibility. Last year,

about 80% of the vehicles that we built were with third-party chassis

but from elsewhere. The value added to the group through this strategic

transformation is huge. But 130 -- the 130 jobs here will pay several

hundred thousand pounds per year and bring the workforce to 2000. The

Enterprise Minister says that this is not an indicator of economic

growth. We have announced 3000 jobs, and confidence is really back

in the market again, and people who have been holding back and --

holding back are now 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, and if all goes to plan, this factory could eventually

be making buses for exports to the Middle East and Australia.

Tributes have been paid to the former leader of the Progressive

Unionist Party, Hugh Smyth who has died aged 73. Mr Smyth was a

long-serving member of Belfast City Council and former Lord Mayor of the

city. He also served in the 1974 Assembly. Mr Smyth gave up the

leadership of the PUP in 2002, when he was succeeded by David Ervine.

A new internet safety campaign has been launched to educate children

about the dangers they may face online. The police-run scheme is

funded by the Justice Department with money taken from the proceeds

of crime. Its aim is to make sure that parents are involved in keeping

their children safe online. I have two children, a girl and a boy, and

it is easy to keep up with a girl, but my son who is 15, it is more

scary, because he could be doing anything online. Talking to them and

making sure that they are not just talking to anybody online that they

physically do not know to talk to, and that their friends or friends,

because there are so many that will tend to be a young person that will

make a fake Facebook profile. -- pretends to be.

In the aftermath of the Giro d'Italia, attention is now focusing

whether Northern Ireland can afford another global cycling event such as

the Tour de France. The Giro Big Start cost more than ?4 million but

some analysts believe the economic return will be more than that.

It is all over bar the scaffolding. But in Belfast and beyond, the began

of the Giro will live long in the memory. Especially the moment when

war Stour met pedal power on the coastline. -- horsepower. No wonder

the riders had to take a second look. Eventually, the horses ran out

of sand, but they had made their point, and so did the crowds. There

was a sea of pink at a most every corner. And by all accounts, the

writers loved it. They never in their wildest dreams believe they

would see so many people things. It is way more than what happens in

England -- Italy. Ping courses, I'm believable. They will be talking

about it for years. -- unbelievable. There is no talk of

a bid for the Tour de France, perhaps in 2017. 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 just how much Money

is generated by these big events, but especially given that the Giro

and other big events coming to Northern Ireland, the MTV awards and

so forth, the overwhelming likelihood is that it will have a

positive effect and that will exceed the ?4 million worth of public money

put into it. Stormont ministers do not usually get too excited, but on

the right of the screen you can see Danny Kennedy joining in the fun. It

was that sort of weekend, one which many people will never forget.

Fresh developments relating to allegations that a military unit

killed unarmed people in Belfast in the 70s. That story from six o'clock

p.m. Tomorrow. Thousands of visitors expected to descend on the north

coast for this week's North West 200 motorcycling festival.

expected to descend on the north coast for this Let's have a look at

the weather. Most of the heavy showers will move away now in the

next few hours. A lot of places will become dry. Maybe still the odd

shower up towards the north coast. In some rural areas, temperatures

could dip to three or four degrees. Heavy downpours could bring some

mist patches around tomorrow morning and a bit of a chilly start, but

otherwise, another day of sunshine and showers. There will be a couple

of showers up towards the north coast, but they should use away

through the morning, and most places will have a fair amount of dry

weather on Tuesday. Then the showers will start to develop and they will

be the beginning across parts of the Republic as well as parts of the

Midlands in seven counties of England. In the north of England,

showers will be fewer. Across Northern Ireland, there will be a

few sharp showers, but not the intent downpours some areas had

today. In the north coast, a lot of the other that cool in the breeze

but in the sunshine not too bad, although warmer spots will be

towards the South East. On Wednesday, the best of the other

will be in Belfast in the South East. Most places dry for most of

the day come about it will get cloudy in the West and a weak

weather front will bring patches light rain later on in the day.

Thursday and Friday look fairly dry. A little warmer with some sunshine.

That's it for now. Good night.