:00:09. > :00:12.Senior figures at the Magee campus of the University
:00:13. > :00:15.of Ulster have demanded an urgent meeting with the Employment and
:00:16. > :00:19.It follows the announcement that he has shelved
:00:20. > :00:22.plans to expand the campus because of a threatened funding shortfall.
:00:23. > :00:24.Earlier this week other Stormont departments warned of budget cuts
:00:25. > :00:27.due to a failure among the parties to agree on welfare reform.
:00:28. > :00:38.Our Education Correspondent Maggie Taggart reports.
:00:39. > :00:47.For decades, there has been pressure to expand university provisioning
:00:48. > :00:51.County Derry, and recent promises seem to be satisfying local demand.
:00:52. > :00:58.The target was an extra 1000 students by next year, but it looks
:00:59. > :01:03.like the expansion. At 650, at least for the foreseeable future. When we
:01:04. > :01:07.play fast and loose with the budget, there are consequences, and
:01:08. > :01:12.duplications that the expansion has, this would be a consequence of it.
:01:13. > :01:19.People have to wake up to the consequence of it. People have to
:01:20. > :01:23.wake up to the consequences that an impromptu protest at the campus.
:01:24. > :01:26.Given the fact that the case has not reached his table yet, how can any
:01:27. > :01:30.minister suggested this will be pulled when he has not looked at the
:01:31. > :01:35.finer details? It is irresponsible, he has too retracted, and the people
:01:36. > :01:41.of the city will not be happy with that call. Last month, it won
:01:42. > :01:47.permission for a new 11 million pounds building at the Magee campus.
:01:48. > :01:52.We were aware that there were budget cuts, but we had no discussions on
:01:53. > :01:57.impact on specific projects. University wants an urgent meeting
:01:58. > :02:00.to discuss this announcement. The Minister will meet University of
:02:01. > :02:04.Ulster and that will happen next week, but he is adamant that any
:02:05. > :02:09.help of expansion in this climate are unrealistic.
:02:10. > :02:12.Well that stalemate over welfare reform has been described by the DUP
:02:13. > :02:14.as having the potential to derail devolution.
:02:15. > :02:16.Peter Robinson said Sinn Fein were in "shameless denial"
:02:17. > :02:19.However Gerry Adams in turn criticised unionists for failing to
:02:20. > :02:30.Our Political Reporter Stephen Walker has more.
:02:31. > :02:36.Stormont is having a face-lift. The roof is being repaired. But Gerry
:02:37. > :02:42.Adams thinks it needs more than cosmetic changes. He believes that
:02:43. > :02:48.the political process needs to be shaken up from its foundations. The
:02:49. > :02:52.biggest party in the executive is not committed to what it signed up
:02:53. > :02:58.to when it went into government with Sinn Fein and the other parties.
:02:59. > :03:02.That confidence has been eroded. Sinn Fein also insist that welfare
:03:03. > :03:07.reform changes must be opposed and they want the executive to appear
:03:08. > :03:12.united. But Unionists think that Gerry Adams is all talk and no
:03:13. > :03:17.action. We can all bluster, it is very, very easy to do, but it gets
:03:18. > :03:19.us nowhere, particularly when Sinn Fein stick with this message of
:03:20. > :03:20.us nowhere, particularly when Sinn Fein stick with this message Brits
:03:21. > :03:27.out but leave the open cheque-book behind. It is a bit rich coming from
:03:28. > :03:30.Gerry Adams when because of the Republicans, politics didn't move on
:03:31. > :03:38.whilst they robbed banks, killed people and they did not decommission
:03:39. > :03:45.weapons. A big problem that Gerry Adams and Sinn Fein created a lot
:03:46. > :03:49.of. The Alliance party also criticised Gerry Adams saying that
:03:50. > :03:52.his claims are nonsense. Tonight, the First Minister said that the
:03:53. > :03:56.failure to implement the reform is the problem is likely to bring down
:03:57. > :04:08.the devolved institutions. His party colleagues think that Gerry Adams'
:04:09. > :04:12.comments are a smoke screen. People are losing jobs, public services are
:04:13. > :04:17.being cut, this is a diversionary tactic to divert from the fact that
:04:18. > :04:21.Sinn Fein are not stepping up to the market and responsible government.
:04:22. > :04:26.Sinn Fein says that the political process at Stormont needs to be
:04:27. > :04:32.restored, but today, this was the only visible sign of rebuilding.
:04:33. > :04:34.A 51-year-old Londonderry doctor has appeared in court charged with
:04:35. > :04:38.Dr Lee Casey, a GP from Mansefield Grove is denying the charges.
:04:39. > :04:41.The assaults are alleged to have taken place on two teenage girls
:04:42. > :04:49.The Speaker of the Assembly Willie Hay is to be
:04:50. > :04:53.The future Lord Hay says he's "delighted, but humbled".
:04:54. > :04:56.Will Leitch looks back at his political career.
:04:57. > :04:59.Order, order I would ask people to be careful of their language
:05:00. > :05:10.Willie Hay has been a DUP politician for 30 years.
:05:11. > :05:13.Originally a councillor and later mayor of Londonderry,
:05:14. > :05:17.the Foyle MLA has been speaker of the Assembly since 2007.
:05:18. > :05:20.And in that time he's seen his fair share
:05:21. > :05:29.You always seem to know who the culprits are going to be.
:05:30. > :05:32.Now Mr Hay is one of 22 men and women whom the Queen has
:05:33. > :05:37.It's not clear when he'll take his seat as Lord Hay and leave the
:05:38. > :05:45.He was hard on everyone, never turned a blind eye to DUP
:05:46. > :05:48.colleagues, he respected the role of speaker.
:05:49. > :05:53.He never turned a blind eye, he knew that if the speaker did not have
:05:54. > :05:57.authority, respect, it wouldn't matter who was in the chair, whether
:05:58. > :06:02.it was the Deputy Speaker, he was very, very insistent that this role
:06:03. > :06:11.It is never an easy job, you have to face up to issues, I am
:06:12. > :06:14.a person that never runs away from dealing with a difficult issue or
:06:15. > :06:20.He'll sit with his Democratic Unionist colleagues
:06:21. > :06:23.in the Lords on the cross benches, even though in one of those quirks
:06:24. > :06:31.of politics, Mr Hay is Donegal born and holds an Irish passport.
:06:32. > :06:34.The Red Arrows are the star attraction at tomorrow's
:06:35. > :06:37.annual air show in Newcastle, County Down, however they're not
:06:38. > :06:42.Our reporter Mervyn Jess joined one of the teams on a practice flight
:06:43. > :06:46.yesterday and because of limited room in the cockpit had to film much
:06:47. > :07:02.There is nothing Mickey Mouse about this aircraft, now is
:07:03. > :07:05.the moment of truth, I now have to get strapped into the ejector seat.
:07:06. > :07:09.Tighter than my normal mode of transport.
:07:10. > :07:12.The Vampire was the last aircraft flown by the RAF
:07:13. > :07:14.squadron at Aldergrove when it was disbanded in 1957.
:07:15. > :07:16.Now, the jets are part of the Norweigan
:07:17. > :07:21.Yesterday they flew me down to Newcastle to practice
:07:22. > :07:26.their "loop the loops" on what they described as a dry run.
:07:27. > :07:31.It is like the world is on my shoulders! We are upside down over
:07:32. > :07:39.Newcastle Bay! That is something else! I have never seen the Strand
:07:40. > :07:49.After all the G forces my stomach could handle,
:07:50. > :07:56.it was a low level, hedge hopper of a ride back to Aldergrove...
:07:57. > :07:59.Thank you for that, I'm so glad we didn't have to use
:08:00. > :08:07.Rory McIlroy is the halfway leader at Golf's US PGA championship.
:08:08. > :08:10.He is currently nine under par and two shots clear.
:08:11. > :08:13.Darren Clarke failed to make the cut while Graeme McDowell
:08:14. > :08:17.Whether you're heading to the links or the airshow,
:08:18. > :08:31.Good evening, much quieter and much try after the early downpours and
:08:32. > :08:38.thunderstorms and it should stay dry for the rest of the night. Clear at
:08:39. > :08:44.times, one or two light showers and also temperatures could get a in the
:08:45. > :08:49.countryside. A bit cool and fresh with some early mist. Saturday,
:08:50. > :08:54.starting lovely with bright, sunny weather. The chance of a shower in
:08:55. > :09:01.the south-east, but most places will be dry and showers will be over
:09:02. > :09:05.Donegal. Showers will make their way in from the West in the afternoon
:09:06. > :09:08.tomorrow. High-pressure across Britain and Ireland so lots of fine
:09:09. > :09:14.weather to come. Wet and windy weather clearing and during the
:09:15. > :09:18.afternoon, some showers will arrive across western counties of Ireland
:09:19. > :09:22.and it is from the west that we see the showers tomorrow afternoon. Some
:09:23. > :09:26.showers moving from the West, they may not reach the east and
:09:27. > :09:30.south-east, but some rain before the end of the day. In the sunshine,
:09:31. > :09:34.temperatures reaching 20 degrees. Sunday, this is when the remnants of
:09:35. > :09:39.Hurricane Bertha will affect parts of Britain, particularly southern
:09:40. > :09:45.and eastern areas of England and Scotland with some very wet and
:09:46. > :09:49.unusually windy weather following on behind. For Northern Ireland, one or
:09:50. > :09:53.two splashes of rain, particularly in eastern areas, so some showers
:09:54. > :09:57.around and it will turn cool and blustery into the new week. Have a
:09:58. > :09:59.great weekend.