:00:00. > :00:00.Jon Kay, BBC News, Bristol. That's all
:00:00. > :00:10.Good evening and welcome to BBC Newsline.
:00:11. > :00:15.The world's biggest law firm is to create over 250 jobs in Belfast.
:00:16. > :00:17.Chicago-based Baker and McKenzie is setting up
:00:18. > :00:19.a back office operation which will employ a mixture
:00:20. > :00:23.The Enterprise Minister says it's a highly significant investment.
:00:24. > :00:34.Our business and economics editor John Campbell has more.
:00:35. > :00:41.Baker and McKenzie is involved in some of the world's biggest is the
:00:42. > :00:45.Steelers. It is currently advising a consortium of banks which has
:00:46. > :00:49.repossessed the famous gherkin building in the City of London. It
:00:50. > :00:55.is a firm with a global reach. It is based in Chicago and has offices
:00:56. > :00:58.everywhere from Miami to Manila. Which chairman is Brazilian but
:00:59. > :01:04.today he was in Belfast explaining why the company is coming here. The
:01:05. > :01:10.quality of the workforce, the quality of the lawyers, the quality
:01:11. > :01:13.of these professionals makes us very interested in investing for the
:01:14. > :01:22.of these professionals makes us very global big and McKenzie. -- Baker
:01:23. > :01:29.and McKenzie. It is a European location, which is key. We have a
:01:30. > :01:33.centre in Manila. With this second centre in Belfast we will be able to
:01:34. > :01:38.cover the world 24 hours a day. The jobs will have an average salary
:01:39. > :01:42.?31,000, well above the typical private sector wage. The investment
:01:43. > :01:49.is worth about private sector wage. The investment
:01:50. > :01:50.is giving a grant of more than a million. Baker and McKenzie is the
:01:51. > :01:59.latest in a number of law firms to million. Baker and McKenzie is the
:02:00. > :02:02.set up in Belfast. The law firms will look at what others are doing.
:02:03. > :02:06.set up in Belfast. The law firms The first law firm caused a bit of a
:02:07. > :02:09.stir when they came here. Other firms have looked as well. This is a
:02:10. > :02:12.very significant firms have looked as well. This is a
:02:13. > :02:16.because this is the largest law firm in the world deciding to come to
:02:17. > :02:20.Northern Ireland and not in a small way, but to bring 256 new positions
:02:21. > :02:26.to Belfast. It is great news. The firm will begin recruiting in days
:02:27. > :02:36.and hopes to have the office operational early in the New Year.
:02:37. > :02:37.This has been a busy summer for jobs announcements. Every job counts.
:02:38. > :02:38.This investment is being seen as particularly significant because
:02:39. > :02:40.attracting the particularly significant because
:02:41. > :02:42.firm sent a powerful message. The Ulster Unionists
:02:43. > :02:44.and SDLP are demanding politicians are called back early from
:02:45. > :02:46.their holidays because of the threat The call comes as unions question
:02:47. > :02:51.the millions of pounds being spent on hiring private companies to
:02:52. > :02:54.provide help to the health service. Our Health Correspondent
:02:55. > :03:09.Marie-Louise Connolly reports. Doctors in emergency departments,
:03:10. > :03:12.surgeons in operating theatres, nurses in maternity wards, GPs
:03:13. > :03:16.treating all manner of ailments. Basic activity routinely and
:03:17. > :03:21.expertly carried out in the health service. The overall package does
:03:22. > :03:25.not come cheap. Each day our health service costs around ?10 million to
:03:26. > :03:30.run. For years, some of the money has been paid to private companies.
:03:31. > :03:36.Of the last four years, the BBC can reveal that just over ?200 million
:03:37. > :03:39.has been paid IR health service to the private health sector. The
:03:40. > :03:44.unions believe that money would have been better invested in the health
:03:45. > :03:49.service. The Royal College of Nursing is on record over a number
:03:50. > :03:52.of years, probably going back as far as 2009, that they needed to be
:03:53. > :03:56.robust workforce planning that would be fit for purpose in terms of
:03:57. > :04:00.demand and the needs of the service. Unfortunately we are in a
:04:01. > :04:04.position where so much money has been spent in the private sector. At
:04:05. > :04:08.least one MLA wants the amount of money spent with private companies
:04:09. > :04:12.to be scrutinised by the Public Accounts Committee. The figures are
:04:13. > :04:21.very clear and we have them here. The spending from private health
:04:22. > :04:27.companies went up to 240 million to -- up to ?70 million. That is a lot
:04:28. > :04:30.of money. We have extensive cuts to the block budget as a result of
:04:31. > :04:33.welfare and the impact is being felt across government. I am saying we
:04:34. > :04:39.are feeling the impact in health and that it will have a detrimental
:04:40. > :04:42.consequence for the population of Northern Ireland. The Ulster
:04:43. > :04:48.Unionists are calling for the Executive to meet. The SDLP want the
:04:49. > :04:51.Assembly recall. Whatever happens politically the five local health
:04:52. > :04:56.trusts appear to be at an advanced stage in their planning for how to
:04:57. > :04:58.deal with possible cuts. They have submitted contingency plans to the
:04:59. > :05:05.health board outlining potential action. This includes closing
:05:06. > :05:09.wards, not using agency nurses and doctors, postponing operations
:05:10. > :05:11.classed as non-urgent, and not filling medical and administration
:05:12. > :05:15.posts. Last week Edwin Poots said that unless more money was allocated
:05:16. > :05:20.to his health budget he would be forced to make some very difficult
:05:21. > :05:24.and significant decisions. Some senior sources within the service
:05:25. > :05:29.told me this could mean closing some smaller hospitals, including the
:05:30. > :05:33.Downe Hospital, the Daisy Hill Hospital and the Causeway Hospital,
:05:34. > :05:35.or at the very least there are emergency departments. A paper
:05:36. > :05:39.outlining the difficulties is due to be presented to the Executive and
:05:40. > :05:41.the health committee tomorrow morning.
:05:42. > :05:44.A forensic examination of land has begun in county Meath for the
:05:45. > :05:48.23-year-old Brendan Megraw from Twinbrook in west Belfast was
:05:49. > :05:51.It's the fourth time that investigators
:05:52. > :05:54.from the commission for the location of victims' remains have returned to
:05:55. > :06:01.Forensic archaeologists using radar equipment are beginning
:06:02. > :06:13.The survey is expected to last around a week.
:06:14. > :06:18.We have used ground penetrating radar on a number of sites including
:06:19. > :06:24.this one. The system we are using today is much faster at producing
:06:25. > :06:29.the data. Because of that it is viable. It has not been viable prior
:06:30. > :06:32.to that. It would have taken too long to be able to do it.
:06:33. > :06:34.There's been a serious road crash this evening in Carrickfergus.
:06:35. > :06:36.The accident involving two vehicles happened
:06:37. > :06:38.close to Rodgers Quay just before 8 o'clock.
:06:39. > :06:42.Police say the Belfast Road may be closed for some time and motorists
:06:43. > :06:53.There are currently no other details.
:06:54. > :06:55.The Cliftonville goalkeeper Conor Devlin has been convicted
:06:56. > :06:56.of assaulting another Irish League footballer.
:06:57. > :06:58.The 22-year-old assaulted Glentoran player Jim O'Hanlon
:06:59. > :07:00.at a Belfast nightclub in January, knocking him unconscious.
:07:01. > :07:03.The city's Magistrates Court heard Devlin punched the player
:07:04. > :07:20.Devlin was fined ?400 and ordered to pay a further ?400 in compensation.
:07:21. > :07:25.30,000 spectators are expected at the Northern Ireland (in tomorrow.
:07:26. > :07:31.It will help showcase and coming Northern Ireland talent giving them
:07:32. > :07:34.the chance to play alongside big names. Galgorm Castle provides the
:07:35. > :07:38.backdrop for the four-day tournament.
:07:39. > :07:47.Of tourism is a big thing in Econ and obviously, to have this in
:07:48. > :07:50.between the Open being down south, it is great to have this event.
:07:51. > :07:53.There are lots of people trying to be Rory McIlroy. This will help guys
:07:54. > :07:55.have more chance to do that. This week on BBC Newsline,
:07:56. > :07:58.we're looking at the anniversary of the IRA ceasefire 20 years ago
:07:59. > :08:00.this week. Tomorrow in the second
:08:01. > :08:02.of his reports, our home affairs editor Vincent
:08:03. > :08:05.Kearney looks at how Unionists reacted to the IRA announcement
:08:06. > :08:07.and the decision by loyalist paramilitary organisations to also
:08:08. > :08:27.declare a ceasefire weeks later. We have a fair amount of rain to get
:08:28. > :08:30.through this evening and overnight. Some will be heavy but it will
:08:31. > :08:35.gradually clear from the West during the early hours of Thursday. A lot
:08:36. > :08:39.of cloud tonight and it will be mild with temperatures of 12 or 13.
:08:40. > :08:45.Tomorrow will be largely dry and bright. Good spells of sunshine
:08:46. > :08:49.after we get rid of the show was first thing. Once they tear away it
:08:50. > :08:52.will brighten up nicely and the sun will come out. Southerly winds
:08:53. > :08:58.keeping the temperature up tomorrow so it will feel warm in the
:08:59. > :09:01.sunshine. Tonight's rain moving across the Irish Sea and affecting
:09:02. > :09:05.parts of Scotland. It will brighten up behind it. Decent spells of
:09:06. > :09:09.sunshine stretching across Britain. We have a weather front coming in
:09:10. > :09:17.across the Irish Sea, affecting the North of England, parts of Wales and
:09:18. > :09:21.Cornwall. Across Northern Ireland, a fine picture. The next area of low
:09:22. > :09:24.pressure moving in from the Atlantic. When the conditions
:09:25. > :09:28.tomorrow evening and spells of rain. The rain will reach for a man at
:09:29. > :09:34.about tea-time, gradually nudging its way eastwards as we go through
:09:35. > :09:38.the evening. Tomorrow, temperatures of 18 or 19 degrees. Just above
:09:39. > :09:41.average for the time of year. A wet evening to come tomorrow. On Friday
:09:42. > :09:49.there will be further outbreaks of rain and scattered showers and a
:09:50. > :09:52.windy day as well. Blustery if you catch the wet weather. Right and
:09:53. > :09:58.when sunny weather in between with temperatures of 18 or 19 degrees. --
:09:59. > :10:02.bright and sunny. We are back at 6:25am. Good night.