:00:00. > :00:11.A French motorcycle racer is in a critical condition in hospital after
:00:12. > :00:14.a high speed crash during racing at today's Ulster Grand Prix.
:00:15. > :00:19.Pierre Favre was competing at the Dundrod circuit for the first time.
:00:20. > :00:25.The incident happened during the lightweight race this afternoon.
:00:26. > :00:28.An Air Accident report has revealed that a pilot briefly lost control
:00:29. > :00:31.of a plane coming in to Belfast, when his prosthetic arm became
:00:32. > :00:41.The Flybe flight landing at Belfast City Airport earlier this
:00:42. > :01:06.The pilot had an artificial arm which had been specially adapted. He
:01:07. > :01:14.had flown many times before but cheering light in February,
:01:15. > :01:17.suddenly, something went wrong. It happened just as the aircraft was
:01:18. > :01:21.about to land. Here is a Flybe flight. The pilot has to work to try
:01:22. > :01:24.and keep the plane straight. In fabric, at this point, the pilot's
:01:25. > :01:26.left arm became detached. The pilot did have a co-pilot that there
:01:27. > :01:29.wasn't enough time to let him take over the control column which is
:01:30. > :01:33.left arm had been operating, instead, the pilot concluded his
:01:34. > :01:38.best course of action was to move his right hand from the power levers
:01:39. > :01:41.to regain control. He did this but a normal touchdown was followed by a
:01:42. > :01:47.bounce from which the aircraft landed heavily. Just like the smooth
:01:48. > :01:48.landing, no damage was done, no one was hurt and all the passengers
:01:49. > :02:03.arrived safely. He is not the only Pollard with one
:02:04. > :02:06.arm. We had to go through really stringent testing and we're
:02:07. > :02:10.scrutinised more than an able-bodied person. We have to be ten times
:02:11. > :02:12.better than an able-bodied person to stick at the same job. In a
:02:13. > :02:29.statement, Flybe said: according to the official report the
:02:30. > :02:34.pilot realised he needed to be more careful when checking whether his
:02:35. > :02:39.artificial arm is firmly attached. He also recognises his need to prove
:02:40. > :02:39.his co-pilot to be ready to take the controls
:02:40. > :02:45.350 new jobs are being created by the Craigavon-based
:02:46. > :02:49.The investment will generate salaries of over ?9m a year.
:02:50. > :02:56.Our economics and business editor John Campbell reports.
:02:57. > :03:02.These machines, which are giant pharmaceutical mixers, are working
:03:03. > :03:08.round-the-clock to keep up with demand. They will be exporting beef
:03:09. > :03:12.products all over the world. The company is already one of our
:03:13. > :03:26.biggest and successful home-grown firms. Its workforce will increase
:03:27. > :03:31.by 10% over the next five years. We are looking to recruit 350 new jobs
:03:32. > :03:34.over five years, those will range from operator level jobs through
:03:35. > :03:41.technicians, right through to management, logistics people, IT,
:03:42. > :03:48.engineering, a whole range, some graduate, some non-graduate, so
:03:49. > :03:54.there are opportunities for all. The new jobs are in the Almac divisions
:03:55. > :03:58.which to contract work for big pharmaceutical and biological
:03:59. > :04:01.companies. That involves developing, manufacturing and packaging drugs
:04:02. > :04:05.and then managing their distribution. It will mean an
:04:06. > :04:10.investment of more than ?50 million. They will be a ?5.5 million grant
:04:11. > :04:13.from invest Northern Ireland. The pharmaceutical industry has been a
:04:14. > :04:18.star performer in recent years, growing through the recession. In
:04:19. > :04:21.the last year it is growing by 10%. This huge investment shows there is
:04:22. > :04:26.still room for more growth. The former Derry Gaelic football
:04:27. > :04:28.captain Kevin McCloy is stable in hospital this evening -
:04:29. > :04:30.after collapsing The 35-year-old was playing
:04:31. > :04:33.for his club Lavey. He received treatment from ambulance
:04:34. > :04:52.staff on site, before being Police say they have found blood
:04:53. > :04:56.belonging to mystery woman. 15-year-old disappeared after a
:04:57. > :05:03.night out. Two years ago fresh searches were carried out in the
:05:04. > :05:09.terror back row derelict flat. Sectors said the blood does not
:05:10. > :05:11.appear in the national DNA database. They have appealed for anyone in the
:05:12. > :05:15.flat at any time to contact them. Stormont government departments
:05:16. > :05:17.spent more than ?2.5 million on hospitality last year -
:05:18. > :05:20.that's around ?50,000 each week. The figures were revealed
:05:21. > :05:24.in answers to questions from the TUV Mr Allister reckons that Executive
:05:25. > :05:28.ministers need to clamp down on what he describes as the "lavish spending
:05:29. > :05:31.of taxpayers' hard earned cash". Here's Our Political Editor Mark
:05:32. > :05:37.Devenport. Last year the TUV homed in on
:05:38. > :05:43.Stormont's sweet tooth, revealing the money that had been spent on
:05:44. > :05:47.Mints provided free of charge. These latest figures are more wide
:05:48. > :05:52.ranging, covering spending incurred by individual government departments
:05:53. > :05:56.and agencies covering areas like health, education and job creation.
:05:57. > :06:31.The education department comes top of the league.
:06:32. > :06:38.At a time when we were being told, because of austerity and budget
:06:39. > :06:41.cuts, we may not have enough money to fix the street lights or the
:06:42. > :06:48.potholes, it is astounding that in the last two years, departmental
:06:49. > :06:53.expansion on hospitality has risen by a staggering 22%. However,
:06:54. > :06:56.Stormont ministers argued that whether it is wooing potential
:06:57. > :07:03.investors or dealing with local lobby groups, some generosity is
:07:04. > :07:07.required. Invest Northern Ireland and the tourist board need to be
:07:08. > :07:11.able to attract inward investors and tourists here, and if you look spend
:07:12. > :07:18.from the tourist board, it has gone down over a number of years now. So
:07:19. > :07:23.I am quite content with the way we're managing our budget. When I
:07:24. > :07:28.meet a delegation of teachers, trade unionists, I offer them a cup of
:07:29. > :07:34.tea. That will be classed as hospitality. Is he suggesting that I
:07:35. > :07:40.advise those groups to bring a flask with them and pour out their own tea
:07:41. > :07:44.and coffee? Without dismissing the important responsibilities, I do
:07:45. > :07:46.encourage and look after public funds sensibly and there is a
:07:47. > :07:51.responsibility on all of us to do that. Our ministers would stop
:07:52. > :07:55.toasting visiting VIPs but will be more than aware they will asked to
:07:56. > :08:00.explain every last drop. Students here received their A-level
:08:01. > :08:02.results today. They have again scored well,
:08:03. > :08:05.and are 7 percentage points ahead of pupils in England and Wales
:08:06. > :08:09.in the top four grades. They have again scored well,
:08:10. > :08:12.and are 7 percentage points ahead of pupils in England and Wales
:08:13. > :08:15.in the top four grades. However students THERE did better
:08:16. > :08:26.on the A star grade. After a nice try, bright evening, it
:08:27. > :08:32.is a clear and cool night ahead. Staying mostly dry, those clearing
:08:33. > :08:40.skies mean temperatures will drop away. We might see mist and fog by
:08:41. > :08:45.dawn tomorrow morning, but Friday is shaping up to be quite a decent day,
:08:46. > :08:48.a little on the course because we do have this north-westerly breeze,
:08:49. > :08:53.that is going to hold those temperatures back as we go through
:08:54. > :08:59.the day. Through the UK and Ireland, much better day. The rain we saw
:09:00. > :09:09.today is hardly there at all, just a few showers. Drier, brighter and
:09:10. > :09:14.warmer just about everywhere. For Northern Ireland, a pretty pleasant
:09:15. > :09:26.end the week. A few showers popping up, but much fewer and further
:09:27. > :09:30.between them we have seen of late. Not a bad end to the day if a little
:09:31. > :09:34.on the course. Into the is cloudier, with more rain around, particularly
:09:35. > :09:41.out in the West. Saturday is probably going to be the better day
:09:42. > :09:46.of the weekend. The start of next week, temperatures to really start
:09:47. > :09:47.to tumble. An autumnal blast might be heading