:00:00. > :00:00.again. Something to look forward to. That is all from the BBC News at
:00:00. > :00:15.six. 250 jobs are created in Belfast
:00:16. > :00:24.by the world's largest law firm. As the row over health funding
:00:25. > :00:27.continues, there've been calls for the Executive and the Assembly
:00:28. > :00:32.Health Committee to be recalled. The rise
:00:33. > :00:35.of the private rental sector - why How a small charge
:00:36. > :00:41.on plastic bags has led to a huge In the first part
:00:42. > :00:49.of our special series we look back In just over a week,
:00:50. > :00:54.Northern Ireland kick-off their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign
:00:55. > :01:00.and there's one player who's on the form of his life ahead
:01:01. > :01:03.of tomorrow's squad announcement. And it'll be wet and windy
:01:04. > :01:05.this evening as rain moves in. The world's biggest law firm is to
:01:06. > :01:18.create over 250 jobs in Belfast. Chicago-based Baker
:01:19. > :01:21.and McKenzie is setting up a back office operation which will employ a
:01:22. > :01:26.mixture of legal and support staff. The Enterprise Minister says it's
:01:27. > :01:30.a highly significant investment. With the details,
:01:31. > :01:45.here's our Business and Baker and McKenzie is involved in
:01:46. > :01:53.some other world's biggest deals. Is currently advising banks. It is a
:01:54. > :01:59.firm with a proven global reach. It is based in Chicago and has offices
:02:00. > :02:04.everywhere from Miami to Manila. Its chairman is Brazilian. He was in
:02:05. > :02:09.Belfast explaining why the company is coming here. The quality of the
:02:10. > :02:16.workforce and the lawyers and these professionals, it makes us very
:02:17. > :02:24.interested in investing for the global Baker and McKenzie and 47
:02:25. > :02:27.countries. Belfast has the beauty of being in a European location, which
:02:28. > :02:34.is keep us, because we have a centre in Manila but we need a second
:02:35. > :02:40.centre out of Belfast, where we can cover 24 hours around the world. The
:02:41. > :02:46.jobs will pay an average salary of ?31,000. That is well above the
:02:47. > :02:54.private sector wage. All of the investment is worth ?80 million.
:02:55. > :02:59.Baker and McKenzie is the latest in a line of big law firms which have
:03:00. > :03:07.set up support centres in Belfast. Legal firms will look at what other
:03:08. > :03:12.firms are doing. It has caused a bit of a stare when they came here, so
:03:13. > :03:18.other firms have looked at it. This is a very significant announcement
:03:19. > :03:22.because this is the largest law firm in the world, deciding to come to
:03:23. > :03:34.Northern Ireland, to bring Toobin 56 new positions. The firm will begin
:03:35. > :03:42.recruiting in days -- 256 new positions. This investment is being
:03:43. > :03:45.seen as significant, because attracting the world's biggest law
:03:46. > :03:49.firm sends a powerful message. A 57-year-old man has died
:03:50. > :03:51.in an accident at a warehouse It happened just
:03:52. > :03:55.before 9.30pm last night at It's understood he was
:03:56. > :04:00.crushed between two vehicles. Newtownabbey Borough Council is
:04:01. > :04:02.investigating the circumstances The Ulster Unionists and SDLP are
:04:03. > :04:11.demanding that politicians are called back early from
:04:12. > :04:13.their holidays because of the threat The call comes as unions questions
:04:14. > :04:19.the millions of pounds been spent on hiring private companies to
:04:20. > :04:22.provide help to the health service. Here's our Health Correspondent
:04:23. > :04:33.Marie Louise Connolly. Doctors, surgeons in operating
:04:34. > :04:40.theatres, nurses in maternity wards, GPs treating all ailments.
:04:41. > :04:45.Basic activity carried out in the health service. The rule package
:04:46. > :04:50.doesn't come cheaply. In each day, it costs ?10 million to run. For
:04:51. > :04:55.years, some of that money has been given to private companies. Over the
:04:56. > :05:00.last four years, the BBC can reveal that just over ?200 million has been
:05:01. > :05:03.paid by our health service to the private health sector. The unions
:05:04. > :05:15.believe that money would have been better invested in the health
:05:16. > :05:19.service. There needed to be robust workforce planning that would be fit
:05:20. > :05:24.for purpose in terms of the demand. Unfortunately, we are in a position
:05:25. > :05:30.now where so much more money has been spent in the private sector.
:05:31. > :05:34.Now, this person wants the money to be scrutinised by the Public
:05:35. > :05:40.accounts committee. The figures are clear and I have them here. The
:05:41. > :05:43.spending went from ?22 million to ?41 million and then to ?60 million.
:05:44. > :05:48.That is an awful lot of money. ?41 million and then to ?60 million.
:05:49. > :05:54.far too much coming out of the health service. No matter whether
:05:55. > :05:56.far too much coming out of the investigation goes ahead, this
:05:57. > :06:00.agreement involving health ministers and the budget are nothing new.
:06:01. > :06:09.During the 20 11th budget negotiations, with the EP accused
:06:10. > :06:22.the health Minister of scaremongering -- the DUP. It didn't
:06:23. > :06:30.happen overnight. This time, the minister says he is not bluffing. We
:06:31. > :06:34.have extensive cuts as a result of welfare impacts. It is being felt
:06:35. > :06:42.across government and I'm saying we are feeling the impact on health. It
:06:43. > :06:51.will have a detrimental consequent on the public. What ever happens
:06:52. > :06:59.politically, the five local health trusts appear to be at and an
:07:00. > :07:03.advanced -- at an advanced stage in their planning. They have outlined
:07:04. > :07:08.potential action, including closing wards, not using agency nurses and
:07:09. > :07:14.doctors, postponing operations classed as non-urgent and not
:07:15. > :07:18.filling in medical posts. Lastly, it is said that unless more money was
:07:19. > :07:22.allocated to the health budget, they would be forced to make difficult
:07:23. > :07:27.and significant decisions. Some senior sources within the service
:07:28. > :07:37.told me this could mean closing some smaller hospitals, including those
:07:38. > :07:41.in Northern Ireland. The first and biggest loser is the general company
:07:42. > :07:48.in form of patients. Also clients as well. People who are ill and people
:07:49. > :07:51.who are vulnerable and in need of care. A paper outlining the
:07:52. > :07:58.difficulties will be presented to the health committee tomorrow.
:07:59. > :08:00.So is the row over the health budget a symptom
:08:01. > :08:03.Our Political Editor, Mark Devenport,
:08:04. > :08:06.Mark - the DUP and Sinn Fein remain at loggerheads.
:08:07. > :08:15.There is no sign of the end to that argument over welfare argument with
:08:16. > :08:20.Sinn Fein adamant it would introduce these reforms which the coalition
:08:21. > :08:25.government wants, whilst the DUP say they have no choice. The interesting
:08:26. > :08:29.thing over this row is that it has shed light not just on those
:08:30. > :08:34.tensions between the two biggest parties, but also the tensions
:08:35. > :08:39.within the DUP. He had there in that report a reminder of the historical
:08:40. > :08:46.arguments we got between the DUP and the Ulster Unionists. Those have
:08:47. > :08:49.been rather under the servers whilst the DUP has controlled both
:08:50. > :08:56.apartments. In the last couple of days, with the evidence that people
:08:57. > :09:00.are annoyed with the criticism labels at the budget controls, it
:09:01. > :09:04.has shed light on the tensions there. The bigger issues are
:09:05. > :09:08.important. That is what you are saying. What are the chances of the
:09:09. > :09:14.executive being recalled earlier next week? I think the health
:09:15. > :09:17.committee is more likely to be recalled. The next meeting of the
:09:18. > :09:28.executive is not due for a fortnight. The health committee may
:09:29. > :09:35.well come back, even though they are preparing a report. I also think it
:09:36. > :09:39.is worth bearing in mind that Peter Robinson has been said he would
:09:40. > :09:45.reshuffle the health minister during the course of this assembly term,
:09:46. > :09:49.and what we might see in relation to this is him saying, luck, I am
:09:50. > :09:51.setting out to the public what the situation is. If I am not going to
:09:52. > :10:07.be in With many people frozen out
:10:08. > :10:10.of the housing market, and confidence in the sector low
:10:11. > :10:12.following the collapse in 2007, many more of us are opting for privately
:10:13. > :10:15.rented accommodation - and in some circumstances up to 20 people are
:10:16. > :10:31.vying for the same property. this job it is a sign of the times.
:10:32. > :10:36.In 2001 there were 50 private rented homes, now it is 25,000. If you
:10:37. > :10:40.needed to rent a house, you came here. This was a first year more
:10:41. > :10:49.people are renting from private landlords. Why? Ownership is not
:10:50. > :10:54.available to many. Many young people can't afford to buy them because
:10:55. > :11:02.they need substantial deposits. Also, they need to have high income.
:11:03. > :11:13.The only people who can buy those who can get help from their parents.
:11:14. > :11:24.That all means that the only alternative is to rent. Open to
:11:25. > :11:30.people who have more money. By the time we went to apply, it had gone.
:11:31. > :11:38.Sometimes other people are doing as well. Your computing more or less
:11:39. > :11:41.the same property. It didn't end there. Questions and application
:11:42. > :11:53.forms and discussions. With all boxes text, you have to jump through
:11:54. > :12:00.many hoops. The notice that there's more trams and see with people
:12:01. > :12:05.moving from one tenant to another. More often than not we are seeing
:12:06. > :12:13.tenant staying. They're rolling them on or asking to sign for a further
:12:14. > :12:17.lease. Seven years after a massive housing crash and the reverberations
:12:18. > :12:18.are still being felt, even by those who don't own their
:12:19. > :12:24.There's been a huge drop in the number of plastic bags we're using.
:12:25. > :12:27.At one stage it was reckoned we packed our shopping
:12:28. > :12:31.But since the 5p levy was introduced on carrier bags last April,
:12:32. > :12:40.Here's our North-West Reporter, Keiron Tourish.
:12:41. > :12:47.One major supermarket today and a change in consumer behaviour was all
:12:48. > :12:57.too evident. Increasingly more and more people are often for reusable
:12:58. > :13:04.bags. The 5p levy reduced the number of bags by almost 72%. That is down
:13:05. > :13:09.from 300 million to almost 85 million bags dispensed by shops. I
:13:10. > :13:18.don't like paying for anything but I agree the 5p per bag is justified.
:13:19. > :13:23.It is great in terms of not having a lot of plastic bags around the
:13:24. > :13:27.house. It is easy when I'm going to work, I can just throw the bags
:13:28. > :13:37.away. You are able to pack far more stuff. It is a good idea in the
:13:38. > :13:41.grand scheme of things. There are less plastic bags on the streets.
:13:42. > :13:46.Once you get into the habit of bringing bags with you, it is
:13:47. > :13:52.better. The minister announced a new figures at this convenience store.
:13:53. > :13:57.Its owners say the scheme has not affected his business and had been a
:13:58. > :14:04.success. At the start people were against it because they are paying
:14:05. > :14:11.money. They thought it was the shopkeepers getting money. But then
:14:12. > :14:15.after a while they caught on it was cheaper to buy reusable bags. This
:14:16. > :14:21.is a scheme which has been invested by the public. If you look around in
:14:22. > :14:27.a shop you see lots of people with their bags. We can't afford to be
:14:28. > :14:33.complacent. Under the scheme has been successful,
:14:34. > :14:34.complacent. Under the scheme has reinforcing the message. One
:14:35. > :14:43.independent retailer association has welcomed the reduction in uses of
:14:44. > :14:45.plastic bags, but says they should be no increase in price of buying
:14:46. > :14:52.them. 20 years ago this week,
:14:53. > :14:55.the IRA made a landmark announcement After 25 years of violence, it said
:14:56. > :14:59.there would be a complete cessation of all military activities from
:15:00. > :15:02.midnight on the 31st of August. This week we'll be looking both look
:15:03. > :15:05.back at the event In the first report,
:15:06. > :15:08.our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney traces the origins
:15:09. > :15:11.of the ceasefire - which are said to have started eight years earlier
:15:12. > :15:31.in 1986 and involved a complex web Republicans saw it as a victory,
:15:32. > :15:38.others expressed relief and hope. This is where many believe the
:15:39. > :15:44.foundations for the IRAcease-fire were laid. 25 years ago a meeting
:15:45. > :15:48.took place behind closed doors in west Belfast. A draw together to
:15:49. > :16:02.political enemies. Gerry Adams and the leader of the SDLP.
:16:03. > :16:10.The Irish priest died in November last year. He spoke about his
:16:11. > :16:16.motivation. If he was prepared to talk to Sinn Fein, it would enable
:16:17. > :16:21.Gerry Adams to talk to the IRA which would persuade them to stop. As a
:16:22. > :16:28.talk on continued, so too did the killings. I used to say I
:16:29. > :16:32.represented the next person killed. That was in line I took. I don't
:16:33. > :16:38.belong to any political party. Their only interest I have in this thing
:16:39. > :16:43.is interest of the next victim. The talks would give a helping hand by a
:16:44. > :16:48.Conservative MP who arrived in Northern Ireland years after they
:16:49. > :16:52.started. No one took much notice when he was appointed secretary of
:16:53. > :16:56.state in July 1989, but he was to play a crucial role. Just over one
:16:57. > :17:01.year after his appointment, he made a speech in London in which he said
:17:02. > :17:06.Britain had no strategic or economic interest in Northern Ireland. He had
:17:07. > :17:18.been advised to do so by John Hume. He said that it has to come from the
:17:19. > :17:23.lips of a British minister. I absorbed that. Unknown to that, Sinn
:17:24. > :17:29.Fein have been given advance notice of what he would say. It was through
:17:30. > :17:43.a secret back channel tree in the UK government and the IRA. -- between
:17:44. > :17:47.the UK government. Peter Brooks said he found out about the back tunnel
:17:48. > :17:54.in early 1981 when he was told Michael Oakley was retiring and
:17:55. > :18:05.authorise MIA five -- MI5 to continue talks. Know one should go
:18:06. > :18:11.to Northern Ireland believing the problem is going to be sold in his
:18:12. > :18:20.lifetime -- no one. Every Secretary of State should go where of what
:18:21. > :18:27.will happen, that of an opportunity comes and an opening occurs, then
:18:28. > :18:31.you should respond to it. The IRA continued its campaign of violence.
:18:32. > :18:36.In 1993, the year before the cease-fire, there was no hint that
:18:37. > :18:42.it was on the horizon. In March that year, the IRA bombs this area
:18:43. > :18:51.injuring 50 overs in killing two boys. In October, get killed nine
:18:52. > :19:00.Protestant civilians bombed a fish shop. One of the bombers also died.
:19:01. > :19:05.A week later, retaliation. Six Catholics were shot dead in a pub.
:19:06. > :19:09.But a year that ended with escalating bloodshed had also seen
:19:10. > :19:18.intensified efforts to bring the violence to an end. In the summer of
:19:19. > :19:23.1983, this man brought Gerry Adams and John Hume together. -- 1993. He
:19:24. > :19:30.believe this collision would strengthen his hand. In December
:19:31. > :19:34.that year, Albert Reynolds and the Prime Minister John Major published
:19:35. > :19:37.the Downing Street declaration, which they said provided the
:19:38. > :19:42.foundation for a lasting political settlement. It is an opportunity to
:19:43. > :19:47.end violence the good in Northern Ireland. We believe it is now up to
:19:48. > :19:53.those who use or supported violence to take that opportunity. The door
:19:54. > :20:00.is open to them. At the moans of discussion, the IRA leadership
:20:01. > :20:11.responded. -- after months of discussions. People make a mistake
:20:12. > :20:17.if they think the engagement that took place between ourselves and the
:20:18. > :20:23.British government back channel, for want of a better word, was the
:20:24. > :20:29.motivating factor in bringing about the IRA cease-fire. That is not the
:20:30. > :20:41.way the process worked. What brought about the cease-fire coming together
:20:42. > :20:49.of Irish and Americans. The support from the White House. He rejects any
:20:50. > :20:55.suggestion the IRA was forced into the move in order to avoid outright
:20:56. > :21:03.defeat. I have no doubt whatsoever that if we had not embarked on that
:21:04. > :21:10.to get the cease-fire, the IRA would still be fighting to this very day.
:21:11. > :21:16.I have no doubt about it in my mind. Whilst Sinn Fein butchered a
:21:17. > :21:32.cease-fire as a victory, not all Republicans agreed -- portrayed the
:21:33. > :21:40.cease-fire. The people believed it was what won the war. The 1994
:21:41. > :21:46.cease-fire did not hold. It ended with a huge IRA bomb exploded in the
:21:47. > :21:50.Canary Wharf area of London in February 1996. Although it would be
:21:51. > :21:54.a further 80 mums before another cease-fire was declared, the
:21:55. > :21:56.dramatic announcement in August 20 years ago was the beginning of the
:21:57. > :21:59.end. On tomorrow night's programme,
:22:00. > :22:01.Vincent looks at how loyalists and unionists reacted to the IRA's
:22:02. > :22:03.ceasefire announcement. And on the Eve of Northern Irelands
:22:04. > :22:06.squad announcement for their Euro 2016 qualifier- there's one player
:22:07. > :22:08.who pretty much stole the show last night- Thomas Niblock
:22:09. > :22:15.is here with the sport. Michael O'Neill,
:22:16. > :22:26.the Northern Ireland manager, League Cup game between
:22:27. > :22:32.Manchester United and the MK Dons, were on show - but it was a night
:22:33. > :22:47.of contrasting emotions for both. Despite spending millions of
:22:48. > :22:50.pounds, it has been a year to forget the Manchester United supporters.
:22:51. > :22:52.pounds, it has been a year to forget Perhaps last night was a new locus
:22:53. > :23:03.of the players. Jenny Evans the most experienced man on the pitch -- new
:23:04. > :23:08.low for the players. It could have been worse for evidence. Although
:23:09. > :23:12.handling the ball inside the area, claims for a penalty were dismissed
:23:13. > :23:15.by the referee. It was a bad night for the captain, but it was one of
:23:16. > :23:25.the best for Will Grigg. He scored twice in the wind. -- win. He
:23:26. > :23:29.received a standing ovation when he was taken off. Manchester United
:23:30. > :23:31.supporters will want to forget the result as quickly as possible, but
:23:32. > :23:40.there is at least one man who will remember it for a long time to come.
:23:41. > :23:45.Last night Rory McIlroy was hanging out with former US president
:23:46. > :23:48.Bill Clinton ahead of his latest tournament in the states.
:23:49. > :23:51.But closer to home there's a huge appetite for the sport here -
:23:52. > :23:53.30,000 spectators are expected at The Northern Ireland Open
:23:54. > :23:57.On show, some big names and one local player
:23:58. > :24:15.22-year-old Peter is ready. He has turned professional and with the
:24:16. > :24:21.help of five-time European tour winner, he is finding his feet. The
:24:22. > :24:22.guys are quite good at sticking together and helping each other and
:24:23. > :24:29.guys are quite good at sticking playing with Michael is great. I'm
:24:30. > :24:35.going to try and play the best golf I can and not put too much pressure
:24:36. > :24:40.on myself. It is always great to play in front of your home crowd and
:24:41. > :24:46.stay in bed for a week. The positives out where the nerves and
:24:47. > :24:51.pressure. And it is not just the players on show. The focus this week
:24:52. > :24:59.will also be on the course. Golf is a big thing in the economy.
:25:00. > :25:06.Obviously, to have the Irish open down south, it is great to have this
:25:07. > :25:10.event. There are hundreds of guys trying to be Rory Mcllory and this
:25:11. > :25:13.will help guys have more chance to do that. They're ready for the
:25:14. > :25:33.event. Let's find out what the weather has
:25:34. > :25:42.in store for us. Is it golfing weather? It will be tomorrow, but
:25:43. > :25:46.rain tonight. Some will be heavy, but the good news is that those of
:25:47. > :25:50.the heavy rain will clear during the early hours of Thursday morning and
:25:51. > :25:54.it will be a mild night, temperatures of 40 degrees in some
:25:55. > :26:03.places. Behind that render be some showers. -- 14 Celsius. It won't
:26:04. > :26:08.start to become more unsettled until tomorrow evening. One or two showers
:26:09. > :26:13.to begin with, drying up nicely. Some decent spells of sunshine in
:26:14. > :26:19.between the cloud. There will be one or two rogue showers around. Not
:26:20. > :26:23.everywhere. It is warm as well, temperatures of 18 or 19 degrees. If
:26:24. > :26:27.you're travelling tomorrow, the good weather extends down eastern areas
:26:28. > :26:30.of Ireland, through western Scotland into Wales and the south-west of
:26:31. > :26:35.England. Head of England. Header that it is a cloudy picture, but
:26:36. > :26:40.still warm to the south-east. 23 or 24 degrees. We have this next area
:26:41. > :26:46.of low pressure coming in from the Atlantic. It will bring strong
:26:47. > :26:53.goring, and some wind as well. The rain will pushing, eventually edging
:26:54. > :26:58.its way eastwards across all places overnight into Friday. But another
:26:59. > :27:02.mild night to come, temperatures won't dip below 14 Celsius. Not too
:27:03. > :27:07.bad from this time of year. That low pressure will be with us. It will
:27:08. > :27:11.bring some gusty winds and spells of rain, and it will be quite blustery.
:27:12. > :27:16.The good news is it will be raining all day. In between the rain, it
:27:17. > :27:21.will brighten up. It'll stay warm. Temperatures will get up to 18 or 19
:27:22. > :27:25.degrees. The good news is that looking towards the weekend, the low
:27:26. > :27:35.pressure will clear away and it will be settled. We will keep you updated
:27:36. > :27:40.here. Do follow us on Twitter. That is it from now. Our late summary is
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