:00:00. > :00:00.Thank you very much indeed. That is it from Edinburgh we
:00:00. > :00:17.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline.
:00:18. > :00:21.The First Minister tells us the constant disagreements mean it's
:00:22. > :00:36.None of those brought down the executive, while none of those were
:00:37. > :00:40.capable of ensuring that we could no longer proceed as an executive, we
:00:41. > :00:44.now have an issue, which simply cannot be left on the shelf.
:00:45. > :00:47.We'll be asking DUP and Sinn Fein ministers for their solution.
:00:48. > :00:49.Away from Stormont it's a united front, as hundreds
:00:50. > :00:54.Could what's called a "living wage" mean more money in our pockets?
:00:55. > :01:08.Prv it would frighten the living daylights out of me.
:01:09. > :01:21.And they did it in the sunshine, so it will be be more tomorrow? I will
:01:22. > :01:24.have the forecast. So the First Minister Peter Robinson
:01:25. > :01:26.says the arrangements for the devolved Assembly are
:01:27. > :01:28."No longer fit for purpose." He wants
:01:29. > :01:31.the government to convene new talks The Deputy First Minister Martin
:01:32. > :01:38.McGuinness says Sinn Fein is always But he's questioned whether they
:01:39. > :01:41.would be successful because We'll be hearing from a DUP
:01:42. > :01:47.and a Sinn Fein minister shortly. First, our political editor Mark
:01:48. > :02:03.Devenport reports on an impending Complaints about the delays and
:02:04. > :02:06.vetoes built into the current Stormont system aren't new. But what
:02:07. > :02:12.is bringing the issue to the boil now, is the divide between the
:02:13. > :02:16.parties over welfare reform. Sinn Fein MLAs demonstrated outside the
:02:17. > :02:20.assembly building yesterday against what they view as Tory welfare cuts.
:02:21. > :02:23.Republicans appear prepared to maintain their opposition at least
:02:24. > :02:28.until next year's general election, in the hope that a new Government in
:02:29. > :02:33.London might cut Northern Ireland benefit claimants a better deal. By
:02:34. > :02:37.contrast, the DUP fears Treasury fines combined with the price of
:02:38. > :02:42.introducing a stand alone computer system will break the Stormont bank.
:02:43. > :02:47.We now have an issue which simply cannot be left on the shelf, it is
:02:48. > :02:53.one that has to be dealt with, because we simply cannot afford in
:02:54. > :02:58.terms of welfare, reform, to lift up the tab of a billion pounds a year,
:02:59. > :03:04.when we only have a budget for resource expenditure of ?10 billion.
:03:05. > :03:09.We simply couldn't cut by 1,000 million pounds the services we give
:03:10. > :03:12.to the people and the people who provide those services within the
:03:13. > :03:17.public sector. If you don't get what you want is this a resigning matter?
:03:18. > :03:21.You are not going to find any member of the Democratic Unionist Party who
:03:22. > :03:26.will be willing to cull a thousand million pound out of the budget.
:03:27. > :03:32.What kind of party would be prepared to allow the people of Northern
:03:33. > :03:35.Ireland to suffer, by having the welfare costs applied which
:03:36. > :03:40.literally throw money away. By calling for a round of negotiations,
:03:41. > :03:44.just like the St Andrew's talks in 2006, Peter Robinson is consciously
:03:45. > :03:48.setting the stakes high. He is arguing it is time to scrap the
:03:49. > :03:52.system we had for the past seven years and replace it with something
:03:53. > :03:59.radically different. But Republicans are sceptical. Sinn Fein has always
:04:00. > :04:03.been up for an engagement on meaningful and genuine and positive
:04:04. > :04:08.dialogue and discussion to resolve problems and we will do so again,
:04:09. > :04:13.but I do caution everybody, as to whether or not this is a serious
:04:14. > :04:18.attempt to resolve these issues, and I think many people out there will
:04:19. > :04:24.be asking themselves, very serious questions about those who have been
:04:25. > :04:27.invited, to talk to them, who have not yet been agreed and the negative
:04:28. > :04:34.approach they have adopted to these institutions over the course of many
:04:35. > :04:39.years. That is thinly veiled code for this Manchester United,
:04:40. > :04:44.Stormont's arch critic who said he would attend talks. This system is a
:04:45. > :04:48.failure, for Mr Robinson to say it is unfit for purpose, yet to
:04:49. > :04:51.continue to prop it up, is a surprising contraDick tiontion if he
:04:52. > :04:58.thinks it is unfit for purpose put it out of its agony. Stormont has
:04:59. > :05:01.the builders in, carry -- carrying out vital repair, when or whether
:05:02. > :05:04.political repair work gets under way remains uncertain.
:05:05. > :05:08.The Secretary of State said she would be looking carefully at Peter
:05:09. > :05:11.Robinson's proposals, but stressed the need for local political leaders
:05:12. > :05:13.to address the issues which are blocking effective decision-making.
:05:14. > :05:16.Theresa Villiers said it was vital to find a way forward with welfare
:05:17. > :05:18.reform or there was a real danger the institutions would
:05:19. > :05:33.-- contradiction. The real danger is theys, it becomes more difficult to
:05:34. > :05:38.get decisions made for the coalition to work effectively. We although
:05:39. > :05:41.that managing coalitions are difficult but if month after month
:05:42. > :05:46.you are taking very difficult decisions is about cuts having to be
:05:47. > :05:51.made to other departmental budgets to fund a more expensive welfare
:05:52. > :05:56.system, that is very difficult, it makes political relationships much
:05:57. > :05:59.more strained, it will inhibit the effectiveness and the ability of the
:06:00. > :06:03.Northern Ireland Executive to deliver on things like school,
:06:04. > :06:07.hospitals and policing, and that is why it is an issue that needs to be
:06:08. > :06:11.resolved. This is a strong case for implementing welfare reform and I
:06:12. > :06:17.I'm joined now in the studio by the DUP enterprise minister
:06:18. > :06:19.Arlene Foster and the Sinn Fein education minister John O'Dowd.
:06:20. > :06:26.What are the DUP talking about here? An early election or back to the
:06:27. > :06:33.negotiating table? What we are saying when we look back to St
:06:34. > :06:36.Andrew's we said it was a fair deal to move forward with but it wasn't
:06:37. > :06:40.the final destination, we felt there was a need to look at a better way
:06:41. > :06:45.of doing devolution if I can use that phrase in the future, and now
:06:46. > :06:50.this welfare reform issue has brought all of those things to a
:06:51. > :06:54.head, and Peter is now saying it is time to look at the running of
:06:55. > :06:57.Stormont, how can we make it bet foreit were people of Northern
:06:58. > :07:00.Ireland, how can we make it more efficient and effective, that is
:07:01. > :07:04.what it is about. You are talking about going back to the negotiating
:07:05. > :07:09.table. What would an election achieve? He didn't mention an
:07:10. > :07:12.election in his piece in the paper. What he is focussed on is having
:07:13. > :07:15.good Government for Northern Ireland, I think the people of
:07:16. > :07:21.Northern Ireland want politicians to look at the faults if there are any
:07:22. > :07:24.and try to make them better. Are you looking for wholesale change? An
:07:25. > :07:30.opposition and a government as we have in London and in Dublin? When
:07:31. > :07:33.Government was set up back in 2007 there were various community
:07:34. > :07:37.safeguards put into place, sometimes those are seen as vetoes and the
:07:38. > :07:41.veto that has been caused by Sinn Fein's refusal to pass welfare
:07:42. > :07:45.reform into Northern Ireland, is causing severe difficulties for us
:07:46. > :07:49.now, in relation to ?79 million of cuts which are having to be
:07:50. > :07:53.implemented right across Government and Northern Ireland, and what Peter
:07:54. > :07:57.is saying, given the information we have received from our national
:07:58. > :08:00.Government, is that that is going to cost ?100 million of a cut to the
:08:01. > :08:04.Northern Ireland Executive budget and there is no way we could
:08:05. > :08:08.implement those sorts of figures, in Northern Ireland, and run an
:08:09. > :08:14.efficient and effective Government. The DUP has used in the past.
:08:15. > :08:18.Exactly. The DUP leader describes this as time consuming, sluggish, we
:08:19. > :08:25.know there is a failure in decision making at the moment, so how can you
:08:26. > :08:28.fix that system? Well, Sinn Fein are always willing to engage and debate
:08:29. > :08:33.and discuss these issues, whether it is the DUP or others, what concerns
:08:34. > :08:37.us about this proposal it appears the DUP wish to bring in
:08:38. > :08:41.anti-agreement elements into the discussion, why you would wanted to
:08:42. > :08:45.bring into discussions round the future of the assembly about the
:08:46. > :08:49.future of the power-sharing executive, society, people who are
:08:50. > :08:54.expressly against all those elements, is a case of concern to
:08:55. > :08:59.us. It appears to be an anti-agreement axis working together
:09:00. > :09:01.to undermine the institutions. We have listeners and viewers
:09:02. > :09:05.contacting the BBC all the time, they say the folks on the hill, they
:09:06. > :09:08.are not making the decisions, you are not working it out. The
:09:09. > :09:13.power-sharing isn't working, you have been elected to power-share,
:09:14. > :09:18.how will you fission it It can work if the individuals wish them to
:09:19. > :09:26.work. However, if those have an idea we are going to return to one party
:09:27. > :09:32.rule they are living in cloud cuckoo land... Is that what you want? Are
:09:33. > :09:34.you talking about negotiating the St Andrew's agreement or the Good
:09:35. > :09:38.Friday Agreement as John O'Dowd seems to be suggesting? John is
:09:39. > :09:44.inSuperintendenting the intelligence of your viewers by suggesting that,
:09:45. > :09:49.and I am surprised he rays up is an issue, if you read Peter Robinson's
:09:50. > :09:53.report, I would urge people to read it, he suggests we need to make
:09:54. > :09:56.devolution better, I would have thought everybody would have wanted
:09:57. > :09:59.to make devolution better for the future of people of Northern
:10:00. > :10:03.Ireland. I have listened to all the parties today, and none of them are
:10:04. > :10:06.saying that devolution is perfect, at the moment, all of them are
:10:07. > :10:09.saying there are difficulties so let us look at them and let us make it
:10:10. > :10:14.better for the people of Northern Ireland. And we should do it, with
:10:15. > :10:17.as many people as we possibly can. I am surprised to hear John talk about
:10:18. > :10:21.which shouldn't invite this person or that person, we should try and
:10:22. > :10:27.get as wide a view as possible, in Northern Ireland, as to what way we
:10:28. > :10:31.move forward. Talks brought us to this place, could further talks take
:10:32. > :10:35.us a step further. The purpose of the invite is crucial. If we are
:10:36. > :10:39.trying to form an axis that is concerning. Sinn Fein are willing to
:10:40. > :10:45.engage, but we are not going back, we have to go forward. It is
:10:46. > :10:48.interesting the subject that has reenergised the British's Government
:10:49. > :10:51.involvement in politics is welfare cut. We have been saying the British
:10:52. > :10:54.Government and the Irish Government have disengaged from the political
:10:55. > :10:59.and peace process. We have a British Government very interested in our
:11:00. > :11:02.politics but not on the basis of peace building or community building
:11:03. > :11:06.it is welfare cuts. That doesn't create a better society or
:11:07. > :11:13.Government, it harms people. Both of you given the threat of independence
:11:14. > :11:17.has got the Westminster Government offering concessions to Scotland,
:11:18. > :11:21.should the both of you not get together and lobby Westminster and
:11:22. > :11:26.get more concessions in regard to welfare reforms? It was a DUP
:11:27. > :11:28.minister that received concessions in relation to welfare reform at the
:11:29. > :11:31.time it was going through Westminster, but it has already been
:11:32. > :11:35.implemented and I think that is possibly something that people miss
:11:36. > :11:38.from time to time, we should stand together and go against welfare
:11:39. > :11:45.reform. Welfare reform is here, it's a aty. We are already dealing with
:11:46. > :11:51.?79 million of a cut to our budget, we are looking at 1,000 million next
:11:52. > :11:55.year, in relation to cut, and... Where do you get that from? That
:11:56. > :11:58.seems to be more than others have been talking about in relation to
:11:59. > :12:01.cut, and... Where do you get that from? That seems to be more than
:12:02. > :12:03.others have been talking about One billion is what Nick Clegg say it
:12:04. > :12:06.takes to run the current computer system in England and Wales and if
:12:07. > :12:10.they stop using that computer system, and we take it on, to use it
:12:11. > :12:13.ourselves, then we will have to fund that, that is an astronomical
:12:14. > :12:17.figure, there is no way we would be able to run a government with a 10%
:12:18. > :12:20.cut. People are already suffering from the cuts and the penalties that
:12:21. > :12:24.have been imposed. You are not going to get any more money. I think it is
:12:25. > :12:29.worth noting the petrols you Scots have got more from the British
:12:30. > :12:33.Government than the compliant unionists in this society has got.
:12:34. > :12:36.When you stand up to the British Government, when you engage for the
:12:37. > :12:40.benefit of greater society you can take changes from the British
:12:41. > :12:43.Government, regardless o-of-what happens in relation to the Scottish
:12:44. > :12:45.independence vote there will be changes between the British
:12:46. > :12:49.Government and Scotland, to the benefit of the Scottish people. I
:12:50. > :12:53.think the point that you made, that the executive parties should stand
:12:54. > :12:57.united and work with the British Government to create changes here is
:12:58. > :13:06.better than the situation we have now. We get benefits from being in
:13:07. > :13:11.the UK every day. Before we finish with your Education Ministerial hat
:13:12. > :13:15.on John, the executive has agreed on something today, a single education
:13:16. > :13:20.board instead of the current five. You were in favour of the education
:13:21. > :13:24.skills authority, so what compromises have you made on that?
:13:25. > :13:28.Well, all parties have made compromise, this is one of the areas
:13:29. > :13:32.the executive has made progress and we make progress on other matter,
:13:33. > :13:36.what I said is we can't get agreement, it was a broad piece of
:13:37. > :13:40.legislation that covered many area, what we have agreed is to collapse
:13:41. > :13:43.that down under the 86 order to one board. People are familiar with the
:13:44. > :13:47.workings of the board. They have confidence and we will move forward
:13:48. > :13:52.on that basis. Much has it cost in all that time? Up to ?19 millionl
:13:53. > :13:57.that time? Up to ?19 million to establish but we can still make
:13:58. > :14:02.sayings. Thank you for joining us. Our political editor is at Stormont
:14:03. > :14:06.for us this evening. Mark, what is the likelihood that the Government
:14:07. > :14:12.will convene those talks, that Mr Robinson wants? Well, it hasn't been
:14:13. > :14:15.ruled out. At the same time the Westminster Government will be
:14:16. > :14:21.loathe to move ahead unless they felt they had cross-party support.
:14:22. > :14:25.As we heard there they come at this from very different angles. If Sinn
:14:26. > :14:29.Fein went into negotiations they would want to go into dismantling
:14:30. > :14:33.the system they feel has proper checks and balance, they will want
:14:34. > :14:39.to load in their concern, be it about welfare reform or about those
:14:40. > :14:42.unresolved issue, so we are still some distance away from knowing
:14:43. > :14:45.whether such talks would get underway. When you were speaking to
:14:46. > :14:51.the First Minister today did you get a feeling he was ready to pull the
:14:52. > :14:56.plug if he didn't get his way? I didn't get a feeling it was as
:14:57. > :15:00.imminent as when we had the controversy about on the run, it was
:15:01. > :15:05.clear that he was ready to resign, instead, when I asked him about the
:15:06. > :15:08.possibility of triggering an early election he talked about the
:15:09. > :15:13.negotiationing aways fitting into the cycle of elections we already
:15:14. > :15:27.have. I detected a softening from some of those reports from this
:15:28. > :15:32.A major expansion in Belfast by the financial services company
:15:33. > :15:34.Deloitte is delivering more than 300 well-paid jobs.
:15:35. > :15:37.Political leaders say it's a sign of confidence in Northern Ireland
:15:38. > :15:39.Here's our business correspondent Julian O'Neill.
:15:40. > :15:44.Crisis, what crisis? Good news on the jobs front brings a show of
:15:45. > :15:47.unity, 338 new posts are being created here, by the global firm
:15:48. > :15:51.Deloitte and as far as the economy goes, the executive says it is
:15:52. > :15:54.business as usual. We will continue to do our day job in relation to
:15:55. > :15:57.bringing jobs here to Northern Ireland, we are a stable place to do
:15:58. > :16:05.business with. That message has to go out. The jobs will be delivered
:16:06. > :16:08.over a five year period, and will include posts in technology, as well
:16:09. > :16:15.as finance. Skilled positions with good salaries. It is a mix of jobs
:16:16. > :16:18.in this announcement of 338. The average salary is ?33,000 and that
:16:19. > :16:22.will deliver 11 million into the Northern Ireland economy, when we
:16:23. > :16:25.are up and running. This is the second tile Deloitte has expanded
:16:26. > :16:30.here in as many year -- time and it is helping the ream perform in terms
:16:31. > :16:33.of job creation. Like this one, there have been big job
:16:34. > :16:38.announcements over the past two years and the economy is picking up.
:16:39. > :16:42.But one economic outlook report published today described our
:16:43. > :16:47.recovery as patchy. We have the lowest growth rate of 12 UK region,
:16:48. > :16:51.and unemployment is twice what it was before the recession. But most
:16:52. > :16:57.experts acknowledge clear signs of improvement. The economy is the
:16:58. > :17:02.executives number one priority. And when jobs announcements like this
:17:03. > :17:12.one come along, success has two fathers.
:17:13. > :17:14.Introducing a so-called "living wage" here wouldn't cause
:17:15. > :17:16.job losses and could even lead an increase in employment,
:17:17. > :17:19.research for the NI Centre for Voluntary Action has suggested.
:17:20. > :17:21.The living wage is an hourly rate, above the minimum wage,
:17:22. > :17:24.which is assessed as giving workers a basic standard of living.
:17:25. > :17:34.Our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell reports.
:17:35. > :17:43.It is workers like these that would benefit from the living wage. It is
:17:44. > :17:47.?7.657 an hour, by comparison the minimum wage is ?6.31 an hour. Aside
:17:48. > :17:52.from care workers the beneficiaries would be staff in retail and
:17:53. > :17:56.hospitality. The research suggests that a mandatory living wage would
:17:57. > :18:03.help about 173,000 low paid workers here. They would get an average pay
:18:04. > :18:09.rise of ?1300 a year. That would cost employers an extra ?221 million
:18:10. > :18:14.in wage, but could that afford it? To be honest it would frighten the
:18:15. > :18:20.living daylights out of me. It will give me two options, one to pass the
:18:21. > :18:25.cost on to clients, who are already very hard-pressed with the economic
:18:26. > :18:30.restraints we are all suffering from, or the alternative is to try
:18:31. > :18:34.and persuade Government to loosen the regulations, that apply to our
:18:35. > :18:39.industry. The organisation which commissioned the research says there
:18:40. > :18:43.are risk, but also potential up sides for employers and the whole
:18:44. > :18:48.economy It is about 1% extra on the wage bill. We recognise it won't
:18:49. > :18:53.fall evenly. Employers will have to find that bypassing on the cost, to
:18:54. > :18:58.their customer, in terms of goods answer advice, from reduced profit
:18:59. > :19:01.they are making, or the good thing is if they can increase productivity
:19:02. > :19:06.and expand their business in this process. In fact the research
:19:07. > :19:13.suggests the extra spending power could create as many as 2,500 jobs.
:19:14. > :19:17.This Belfast housing associate is already a living wage employer. They
:19:18. > :19:22.say that by taking the step it has improved the organisation's
:19:23. > :19:27.performance. Not only is the quality of work improved by morale has
:19:28. > :19:32.improved over the short-term. But in terms of individual families, it is
:19:33. > :19:36.significant getting an extra two, ?2,500 a year on the their income.
:19:37. > :19:41.There is widespread political sympathy for low paid workers who
:19:42. > :19:45.have seen mere wages squeezed further during the downturn.
:19:46. > :19:48.Stormont is unlikely to do anything as radical as imposing the living
:19:49. > :19:53.The director of the East Belfast Mission - the church
:19:54. > :19:56.group behind the multi-million pound Skainos centre in east Belfast -
:19:57. > :19:58.has been dismissed after allegedly falsifying his travel expenses.
:19:59. > :20:00.Mark Houston, who's been in the high profile job for seven
:20:01. > :20:12.Here's our investigations reporter Kevin Magee.
:20:13. > :20:17.As the man responsible for the day-to-day running of the East
:20:18. > :20:20.Belfast Mission, Mark Houston, seen here behind the Queen, played host
:20:21. > :20:25.to royalty and leading politicians, often showing them around the
:20:26. > :20:27.church's flagship social enterprise project, known as Skainos,
:20:28. > :20:32.When the ?21 million, mainly publicly funded complex was opened
:20:33. > :20:36.two years ago, it was described as a glimpse of the future.
:20:37. > :20:41.It is in harmony with where we are as a community at the present time,
:20:42. > :20:44.and I want to see Northern Ireland moving forward and this represents
:20:45. > :20:51.But behind the positive headlines, the mission has been carrying out
:20:52. > :20:57.As part of that, its high-profile director, Mark Houston, seen here
:20:58. > :21:00.on the left with the Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, was
:21:01. > :21:04.dismissed from his ?50,000-a-year job for gross misconduct -
:21:05. > :21:10.for allegedly falsifying documents in relation to travel expenses
:21:11. > :21:13.and the inappropriate use of a company credit card.
:21:14. > :21:15.According to a disciplinary hearing, he also failed to comply with
:21:16. > :21:20.the mission's internet and e-mail policy.
:21:21. > :21:24.Mr Houston declined to make any comment, as he said he did not want
:21:25. > :21:26.to prejudice any future unfair dismissal case he's bringing
:21:27. > :21:29.It is understood he strongly denies any wrongdoing.
:21:30. > :21:33.Sources close to him say reasons he was given for his dismissal are
:21:34. > :21:41."deeply flawed" and he feels he has been "very badly treated".
:21:42. > :21:43.The mission confirmed Mark Houston has been dismissed for gross
:21:44. > :21:46.misconduct, but declined to comment further, saying the dismissal is now
:21:47. > :21:57.the subject of legal proceedings, which will be heard in January.
:21:58. > :21:59.A west Belfast family whose grandmother died in a fire
:22:00. > :22:02.in a care home say they're disappointed the home breached fire
:22:03. > :22:04.regulations two years after the pensioner died, despite it
:22:05. > :22:10.Kathleen Fegan was critically injured in the blaze in 2012, which
:22:11. > :22:17.Care Circle, who now manage the home, have told the BBC that
:22:18. > :22:26.Our Health Correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly reports.
:22:27. > :22:32.Kathleen Fegan died after a fire broke out in her bathroom at the
:22:33. > :22:37.care home where she lived for several months. At the time care was
:22:38. > :22:41.provided by this association, but following the incident and other
:22:42. > :22:47.problem, it was deregistered and the contract taking over by the care
:22:48. > :22:51.Circle group instead. Despite it being under new management,
:22:52. > :22:56.inspectors found fire regulations weren't up to standard. Kathleen's
:22:57. > :22:59.family said they were disappointed lessons hadn't been learned Couldn't
:23:00. > :23:06.believe it. We couldn't get our heads round it. Two years down the
:23:07. > :23:10.line they haven't learned anything. The ebbing inspectors found problems
:23:11. > :23:15.with fire doors. There was a delay in an alarm bell. In the spoking
:23:16. > :23:19.room there weren't enough chairs, with some not fire proof and there
:23:20. > :23:26.wasn't a fire blanket in the smoking area. After being contacted by the
:23:27. > :23:41.BBC care Circle said: Kathleen's grandson wants other
:23:42. > :23:48.families to learn from their experience. Although she did die or
:23:49. > :23:52.Rickically, it was a very disturbing death it is an opportunity I feel
:23:53. > :23:55.for other families to come forward who feel their most vulnerable
:23:56. > :23:58.members of their family's needs aren't being met. The family
:23:59. > :24:01.solicitor say more people are resorting to the legal system to
:24:02. > :24:06.challenge the authorities and standards of care. I think the care
:24:07. > :24:13.home, you know, should provide answers to families, and in the
:24:14. > :24:18.absence of any proper answers or can't guilty families will look to
:24:19. > :24:20.legal remedy. The inquest is due to get under way on Friday.
:24:21. > :24:27.World Boxing champion Carl Frampton got a rousing reception at Belfast
:24:28. > :24:30.City Hall today where fans gathered to applaud his win at the weekend.
:24:31. > :24:33.The north Belfast fighter was the special guest of the Lord Mayor,
:24:34. > :24:47.who described him as the People's Champion.
:24:48. > :24:53.He strolled on the stage at City Hall as Belfast's new sporting hero.
:24:54. > :25:00.Crowds of people turned out to catch a glimpse of Carl Frampton, he was
:25:01. > :25:04.given a Lord Mayor's reception to mark an exceptional achievement.
:25:05. > :25:06.There are hundred of people here to welcome and to congratulate the
:25:07. > :25:11.latest World Champion from this part of the world, Carl the Jackal
:25:12. > :25:15.Frampton, standing beside the Lord Mayor of Belfast. This is obviously
:25:16. > :25:18.a very important day for the city, but just explain why it was you
:25:19. > :25:21.thought it was important to have Carl on that stage in front of these
:25:22. > :25:25.people now? The people of Belfast adore him. There was no point in
:25:26. > :25:29.doing something behind closed door, the people of Belfast wanted to show
:25:30. > :25:33.how proud they are. They have come out do that. Will The people's
:25:34. > :25:36.champion? He is. What about these people gathered round, how important
:25:37. > :25:41.are they when you are stepping into a ring in a fight like that I said
:25:42. > :25:48.it before, you know, the biggest crowd before this was 9,000 in the
:25:49. > :25:53.Odyssey, I said it adds 10% to my game. Maybe 20% this time. Unbelieve
:25:54. > :26:02.tfbs. Unbelievable and undefeated. It was -- unbelievable it was.
:26:03. > :26:07.Until yesterday temperature cloud was a bit of a sticking point. It
:26:08. > :26:14.looked as though it was going to be hanging about. It started to break
:26:15. > :26:17.up nicely. That let to idealS for viewing the bright super moon, a
:26:18. > :26:22.lovely photograph there taken at Portrush, through today we have been
:26:23. > :26:25.left with patchy cloud, running in from the west to north-west.
:26:26. > :26:29.Trickling across Northern Ireland from time to time. That is melting
:26:30. > :26:32.away, so a fine end to the day, lots of evening sunshine round, some
:26:33. > :26:37.lovely sunsets. Through the night, we still have the clear spells and
:26:38. > :26:40.it will be chilly in the town, anywhere between six and eight
:26:41. > :26:45.degree, but I think we could find one or two rural spots getting close
:26:46. > :26:50.to freezing and the odd pocket of grass frost. They will go tomorrow,
:26:51. > :26:54.it looks like another dry day, decent spells of sunshine. We will
:26:55. > :26:59.have that sunshine from the word go. We might find patchy cloud drifting
:27:00. > :27:02.in to parts of the east coast. We need to watch the County Down coast
:27:03. > :27:06.because of that breeze. It could feel fresh there as well as patchy
:27:07. > :27:10.cloud moving in from time to time. But, inland w the sunshine, well, it
:27:11. > :27:13.is looking decent, I think west is going to be best tomorrow and
:27:14. > :27:19.towards the north-west. This is where we will see high, 18-20
:27:20. > :27:22.degrees. Not bad at all. So another fine evening to come tomorrow and
:27:23. > :27:27.again we have clear spells through tomorrow. Tomorrow night there is a
:27:28. > :27:32.greater risk we will have a few visibility issue, ewe will see mist
:27:33. > :27:36.and fog forming. That could linger into Thursday morning. Clearing to
:27:37. > :27:43.get once again decent spells of sunshine and highs of 20 degrees.
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