:00:00. > :00:00.here in Edinburgh. That is all for tonight. Newsnight is
:00:00. > :00:11.Unions and politicians have been expressing their shock after
:00:12. > :00:15.East Belfast aerospace company Bombardier announced it's cutting
:00:16. > :00:21.The job losses are part of a major reorganisation which will see the
:00:22. > :00:23.Canadian-owned firm shedding 1,800 staff across its global operations.
:00:24. > :00:32.Our economics and business editor John Campbell reports.
:00:33. > :00:36.Bombardier is our biggest engineering employer.
:00:37. > :00:42.Around 6,000 people work across its four factories in Greater Belfast.
:00:43. > :00:46.It supports many more jobs through the supply chain.
:00:47. > :00:49.But now it is getting a bit smaller as part of a cost-cutting exercise.
:00:50. > :00:56.The job losses are equivalent to about 6.5%
:00:57. > :01:12.300 of the jobs lost are among temporary or contract staff.
:01:13. > :01:14.Over 90 will come from the permanent salaried workers.
:01:15. > :01:16.My understanding is those 90 jobs are mainly management roles,
:01:17. > :01:19.and the company hopes to lose them through voluntary redundancy.
:01:20. > :01:22.The engineering union says there will be a knock-on effect.
:01:23. > :01:24.It is horrible news for individuals who will lose jobs
:01:25. > :01:28.A devastating blow for them and their families.
:01:29. > :01:31.But for the economy, it is devastating also with the loss
:01:32. > :01:44.It is organising the aerospace business to become
:01:45. > :01:50.One local politician says the company still likes what it
:01:51. > :02:01.We met with senior management in the company a number of weeks ago.
:02:02. > :02:08.They indicated that it was an excellent plant and the type
:02:09. > :02:13.But the company does have some big challenges, mainly to do with this,
:02:14. > :02:16.This jet is supposed to take on Boeing and Airbus
:02:17. > :02:18.but it has been hit with a series of expensive delays.
:02:19. > :02:22.The uncertainty around Bombardier will continue until this aeroplane
:02:23. > :02:29.goes into service and is ordered by more airlines.
:02:30. > :02:30.The Assembly's Standards and Privileges Committee met
:02:31. > :02:33.behind closed doors today to discuss a report into the conduct
:02:34. > :02:38.of the First Minister Peter Robinson and his wife Iris.
:02:39. > :02:41.The Standards Commissioner has been investigating issues raised in a
:02:42. > :02:46.BBC Spotlight programme four years ago, which revealed Iris Robinson's
:02:47. > :02:49.financial and personal relationship with a 19-year-old businessman.
:02:50. > :02:59.Our political editor Mark Devenport has more.
:03:00. > :03:13.Iris Robinson's actions with her teenage lover, Kirk McCambley.
:03:14. > :03:19.This involved obtaining ?50,000 from property developers to assist Mr
:03:20. > :03:22.McCambley in obtaining a cafe. Shortly afterwards, the Standards
:03:23. > :03:24.Committee ordered an investigation into the conduct of both Iris
:03:25. > :03:27.Robinson and her husband Peter. The report was delayed whilst police
:03:28. > :03:29.investigated the matter before Last November,
:03:30. > :03:35.the Assembly Standards Commissioner Its publication was delayed after
:03:36. > :03:38.a lawyer acting for Iris Robinson raised concerns that publishing some
:03:39. > :03:44.material might damage her health. My investigation was actually
:03:45. > :03:50.finished last year, but publication of the report and submission
:03:51. > :03:53.of the report to the committee been Earlier this week,
:03:54. > :04:00.Standards Committee members were given a chance to examine the report
:04:01. > :04:03.on condition they did not take Stormont sources indicate it clears
:04:04. > :04:11.the DUP leader, Peter Robinson, of any breach of the MLA code
:04:12. > :04:17.of conduct. However, it is suggested that
:04:18. > :04:20.Iris Robinson was found to have a rule by not declaring receiving
:04:21. > :04:22.the cash from developers and therefore risking a perception
:04:23. > :04:25.of a conflict of interest. The Assembly Speaker Willie Hay says
:04:26. > :04:28.he's suspended a member of staff pending the outcome
:04:29. > :04:30.of a police investigation into alleged fraud at his
:04:31. > :04:33.constituency office in Londonderry. In a statement,
:04:34. > :04:37.Mr Hay said he contacted police last week to report the discovery
:04:38. > :04:40.of possible fraud in his office. The Foyle MLA, who is to leave his
:04:41. > :04:43.post for the House of Lords, said he had to take personal responsibility
:04:44. > :04:46.for the fact that his management of affairs in the office did not
:04:47. > :04:54.uncover what was happening earlier. The Scottish First Minister Alex
:04:55. > :04:56.Salmond says a yes vote for independence next week wouldn't
:04:57. > :04:58.diminish but only assist Speaking in Edinburgh,
:04:59. > :05:02.Mr Salmond rejected suggestions that an independent Scotland could
:05:03. > :05:15.destabilise Northern Ireland. An exemplar of peaceful change might
:05:16. > :05:20.provide a good example for all societies, not just Northern
:05:21. > :05:27.Ireland. Offer substantial has digital change can be -- can lead to
:05:28. > :05:29.a peaceful process. Meanwhile,
:05:30. > :05:30.speaking during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons
:05:31. > :05:33.today, the DUP MP Willie McCrea said he believed the majority of people
:05:34. > :05:40.here would be in favour of a no vote Can I support the visit of the Prime
:05:41. > :05:43.Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and also the leader of the opposition,
:05:44. > :05:49.speaking directly to the people of Scotland. My rate honourable friends
:05:50. > :05:56.myself are speaking on behalf of of the vast majority of people in
:05:57. > :06:01.Northern Ireland. We want the people of Scotland to stay in the UK. I
:06:02. > :06:07.hope that some of the people crawling today might be disappointed
:06:08. > :06:09.and now a friend. -- people shouting to date might be disappointed in the
:06:10. > :06:09.referendum. A 41-year-old Londonderry man has
:06:10. > :06:12.been jailed after admitting dissident republican-related charges
:06:13. > :06:13.- including the possession Kevin Barry Concannon,
:06:14. > :06:16.from Beechwood Avenue, was sentenced to eight years with half to be spent
:06:17. > :06:20.in custody and half on licence. A judge described him
:06:21. > :06:21.as a "storeman" Concannon admitted possessing
:06:22. > :06:24.a deactivated submachine gun. He had pleaded guilty
:06:25. > :06:26.in June this year at Belfast Crown The Historical Institutional Abuse
:06:27. > :06:30.Inquiry has heard that the fallout from a
:06:31. > :06:32.Child Migrant Scheme from Northern Ireland to Australia in the last
:06:33. > :06:35.century could have repercussions for In the final testimony to
:06:36. > :06:38.the inquiry from child migrants, a woman made an emotional plea for
:06:39. > :06:42.help to trace her family's medical The woman told
:06:43. > :06:51.the inquiry that her quest to find her past continues although she has
:06:52. > :06:55.discovered some information. She was born in the 1950s and
:06:56. > :06:59.at the age of eight months was taken At four and a half years of age,
:07:00. > :07:03.she was put on a boat to Australia. The woman, now in her 60s,
:07:04. > :07:06.was eventually given her mother's identity but has never been able to
:07:07. > :07:10.trace her father. All her relatives told her was
:07:11. > :07:16.he was a Protestant landowner. One of her daughters died
:07:17. > :07:19.as a baby and a 26-year-old son died The woman said the scheme defined
:07:20. > :07:26.her past and has potential to After losing two children, she said,
:07:27. > :07:33.it is still important to find the medical records
:07:34. > :07:42.for her children and grandchildren. The inquiry also heard more
:07:43. > :07:44.about what the state knew The senior consul to
:07:45. > :07:48.the enquiry presented details of the letter from 1955 from the Stormont
:07:49. > :07:51.Department of Home Affairs. It was written
:07:52. > :07:53.after a departmental inspector The inspector was told that another
:07:54. > :08:04.children's home could not cope with The alternative,
:08:05. > :08:09.according to the letter, Referring to children, she wrote,
:08:10. > :08:18.this is how they will be disposed Now with the weather forecast,
:08:19. > :08:34.here's Angie. It surely has been a beautiful day.
:08:35. > :08:39.One sunshine. Tonight, it was a dry with clear spells. Temperatures
:08:40. > :08:50.generally no more than 7-9dC but we are likely to get some mist and fog
:08:51. > :08:53.in places. One or two cruel sports might get close to freezing, hinting
:08:54. > :09:05.at the odd pocket of the last frost. -- of cruel. We have patches of mist
:09:06. > :09:09.and fog tomorrow so we could have visibility issues tomorrow in the
:09:10. > :09:12.rush hour. That mist and fog will lift and brighter spells will
:09:13. > :09:17.develop. A fine and mainly bright day across the Republic of Ireland
:09:18. > :09:26.and Britain as well. Best of sunshine across western parts of
:09:27. > :09:30.England and Wales. Was the -- may be the threat of one or two spots of
:09:31. > :09:33.rain in these areas and they will see bright spells. Temperatures not
:09:34. > :09:37.quite as high as today but still quite reasonable in the low 20s.
:09:38. > :09:42.Form of Ireland, come the afternoon, there will be sunshine around. --
:09:43. > :09:48.for Northern Ireland. Patches of cloud around as well. Still quite
:09:49. > :09:55.warm. The West is best with 21 Celsius. Again, maybe an onshore
:09:56. > :09:57.breeze in the East. The dry weather continues into the weekend and
:09:58. > :10:00.hopefully we will still be seeing some of that shone shine. --
:10:01. > :10:03.sunshine.