:00:00. > 3:59:59Thank you very much. That is all from Edinburgh. There is
:00:00. > :00:00.a first look Two brothers who were in court
:00:00. > :00:10.on charges linked to a police surveillance operation at a
:00:11. > :00:13.dissident terrorist training camp in County Tyrone have each been jailed
:00:14. > :00:17.for five years and nine months. Both of these brothers pleaded
:00:18. > :00:32.guilty to offences, including having a gun under suspicious circumstances
:00:33. > :00:41.and preparation of terrorist acts. The charges arose from a covert
:00:42. > :00:51.police operation in March 2012. This wood was being used
:00:52. > :00:53.as an improvised firing range to A rifle belonging to one
:00:54. > :01:02.of the brothers was fired there to assess its reliability
:01:03. > :01:03.for training purposes. The judge said society here in
:01:04. > :01:06.Northern Ireland is still plagued by certain individuals who are clinging
:01:07. > :01:10.on to acts of terrorism, despite the wishes of the vast majority of
:01:11. > :01:20.people on both sides of the border. That's how a nun has described her
:01:21. > :01:24.congregation's involvement in a Child Migrant Scheme
:01:25. > :01:30.in the middle of the last century. Sister Brenda McCall was
:01:31. > :01:31.addressing the Historical The Sisters of Nazareth sent
:01:32. > :01:37.111 children to Australia. The children were sent to Australia
:01:38. > :01:47.in the middle of the last century. The nuns thought they would have
:01:48. > :01:56.a better life, but the testimony of 50 former child migrants has
:01:57. > :01:59.shown how their lives were marred by Sister Brenda McCall is
:02:00. > :02:06.from a different era and place. She travelled from the Sisters
:02:07. > :02:09.of Nazareth quarters to take responsibility on behalf
:02:10. > :02:11.of the congregation here. She accepted that actions
:02:12. > :02:22.and words now are unacceptable. Sister Brenda said whatever
:02:23. > :02:24.compensation is on offer will not make up for what the children
:02:25. > :02:30.lost by being sent to Australia. She said her congregation were
:02:31. > :02:41.encouraged to join the scheme by the Government and Catholic
:02:42. > :02:43.Church hierarchy. Sister Brenda McCall gave
:02:44. > :02:44.testimony about Australia's At one time they complained to
:02:45. > :02:52.the authorities here about being sent substandard
:02:53. > :02:55.children from Northern Ireland. The nun was asked if there was any
:02:56. > :02:58.financial incentive for the Sisters She said it's now time for Stormont,
:02:59. > :03:09.the British and Northern Irish Governments
:03:10. > :03:11.and other institutions to admit this was a grave injustice against
:03:12. > :03:20.the children and their families. Northern Ireland is
:03:21. > :03:23.the UK capital of personal debt. That's according to a national
:03:24. > :03:26.charity which says people here - on average - owe more than ?18,000
:03:27. > :03:30.on things like credit cards. Our business correspondent
:03:31. > :03:35.Julian O'Neill has more details. The recession has left
:03:36. > :03:49.a debt hangover. On average,
:03:50. > :03:51.we each have run up bills of That's higher than anywhere else
:03:52. > :03:55.in the UK and the debt advice Bank loans and overdrafts
:03:56. > :03:59.are harder to come by. More
:04:00. > :04:02.and more people are turning to high interest payday loans to plug the
:04:03. > :04:05.gaps in their finances, but the fact that Northern Ireland is in a much
:04:06. > :04:08.worse place than the rest of the UK Not only is our economic recovery
:04:09. > :04:13.slower, but our wages are lower The essential cost of living,
:04:14. > :04:18.energy, council tax, More and more people are being
:04:19. > :04:26.squeezed and they are turning to high-cost credit,
:04:27. > :04:32.which makes the situation worse. Debt can be a strain in all walks
:04:33. > :04:34.of life. The charity says these are
:04:35. > :04:54.the averages. On the street, the findings
:04:55. > :05:01.provoked little surprise. They are even posting
:05:02. > :05:07.things through your door. Spend what you have on your person,
:05:08. > :05:11.that is the way to keep it. The level of our personal debt is
:05:12. > :05:14.20% higher than the UK as Everywhere else,
:05:15. > :05:22.it is falling, whereas here it is An Ulster Unionist says
:05:23. > :05:26.the party's offer to help in the Scottish referendum was rejected
:05:27. > :05:31.by the Better Together campaign. Mark Cosgrove told The View
:05:32. > :05:34.the approach was made two years ago Now with the opinion polls so close,
:05:35. > :05:38.he says it's not too late for unionists to make
:05:39. > :05:43.their voices heard. I would hope that any conversations
:05:44. > :05:47.that may take place or any media that Northern Ireland unionists may
:05:48. > :05:53.do gives the very clear and unequivocal response that in a
:05:54. > :05:58.non-sectarian, fully embracive way, we want to see you stay as part of
:05:59. > :06:01.the United Kingdom. Your economic future and that of your children,
:06:02. > :06:04.the future of the National Health Service, jobs, wealth creation, all
:06:05. > :06:07.of those things are at stake here and I can't believe that we're
:06:08. > :06:09.as close as the polls are saying given the
:06:10. > :06:13.strength of the pro-Union argument. And you can see more
:06:14. > :06:16.on that story on The View straight And looking ahead to tomorrow
:06:17. > :06:20.morning, after a turbulent week at Stormont, the Deputy First
:06:21. > :06:22.Minster Martin McGuinness will be That's on Radio Ulster,
:06:23. > :06:28.starting at 6.30. The hunt is still on
:06:29. > :06:31.for a raccoon that escaped from The police and the Environment
:06:32. > :06:37.Agency have joined the search for Our reporter Martin
:06:38. > :06:48.Cassidy joined the hunt. In the city of the seven Towers,
:06:49. > :06:54.there is only one talking point this evening. Rab the raccoon. For more
:06:55. > :06:59.than a week, this little fella has been living the high life, feasting
:07:00. > :07:03.on fast food leftovers, scraps from domestic bins and the odd pigeon
:07:04. > :07:09.from the local park. Back at the pet shop he managed to escape from,
:07:10. > :07:15.staff are keen for a safe return. He has a wife, Rita, and for babies who
:07:16. > :07:19.are four months old. It would be nice if we could get him back. Rab
:07:20. > :07:24.might be a first-class raccoon but his wife Rita probably thinks he is
:07:25. > :07:30.little better than a rat. Just wait till she gets her paws on him. Rab
:07:31. > :07:35.has been spotted again, this time across town at the local park. Rab
:07:36. > :07:38.the raccoon might have a wife and four children back at the pet shop,
:07:39. > :07:44.but right now, he is enjoying himself around town. He was spotted
:07:45. > :07:55.here last night in this park, enjoying a freshly caught Hitchens
:07:56. > :07:58.Upper. -- pigeon supper. But now the police and Environment Agency have
:07:59. > :08:03.issued statements about the raccoon. Rab might not be thought to pose a
:08:04. > :08:06.risk but members of the public are advised that the raccoon is a
:08:07. > :08:11.Dangerous Wild Animal Order should not be approached. Rab might well be
:08:12. > :08:14.enjoying his notoriety, but on the run from the authorities, it is
:08:15. > :08:14.surely only a matter of time before he is brought back home to face the
:08:15. > :08:18.music. Now with the weather forecast,
:08:19. > :08:30.here's Angie. It ended up like a summer's
:08:31. > :08:35.day-to-day after a slow start with the mist and fog patches.
:08:36. > :08:41.Temperatures in the low 20s in some spots. It is dry tonight with clear
:08:42. > :08:45.spells. Temperatures holding at around 9-10dC. In the countryside,
:08:46. > :08:54.it will be cooler. The odd spot could get crass frost. Mist and fog
:08:55. > :08:58.will return through some parts. Into tomorrow, still dry with bright and
:08:59. > :09:02.sunny spells. It could be a slow start where you have that mist and
:09:03. > :09:07.fog. It could lift" for a time and then break up to give that sunshine.
:09:08. > :09:11.It looks like the best of it will be in the first half of the day. Across
:09:12. > :09:14.the rest of Ireland and Britain, fine and dry with the odd spot of
:09:15. > :09:20.rain in the far north-west of Scotland. Yes, there will be areas
:09:21. > :09:24.of cloud, particularly in central areas. The best the sunshine likely
:09:25. > :09:29.to be for parts of Scotland, maybe salon and western England and Wales.
:09:30. > :09:35.Highs in the low 20s. -- sunburn and western. Tomorrow, yes, there will
:09:36. > :09:42.be sunshine but he could see fair weather cloud bobbling up. It will
:09:43. > :09:45.be dry and brighter times and still feeling quite warm with temperatures
:09:46. > :09:52.of 19 Celsius, perhaps Twinkie in one or two spots. -- perhaps 20
:09:53. > :09:57.Celsius. Over the weekend, it will stay dry. An issue, but hopefully
:09:58. > :10:01.there will still be bright spells as well.