:00:07. > :00:10.Seven care homes privately owned by the Four Seasons group are to be
:00:11. > :00:14.The group, which is the largest provider of residential
:00:15. > :00:21.and nursing care homes in Northern Ireland, says they're not viable.
:00:22. > :00:32.It was an anxious meeting in East Belfast between residents --
:00:33. > :00:37.relatives of residents and management of the Four Seasons
:00:38. > :00:47.group. The homes which will close by the
:00:48. > :00:53.end of February next year are in Belfast, Antrim.
:00:54. > :00:58.It is no surprise the news about these closures. The care home
:00:59. > :01:02.providers have been expressing serious concern about the viability
:01:03. > :01:06.of the businesses they are running for quite some time, and I have been
:01:07. > :01:10.raising those issues with the health and social care board as far back as
:01:11. > :01:15.probably February this year. A spokesman said the closures were
:01:16. > :01:21.unavoidable, as all seven homes are operating at a loss. At least 250
:01:22. > :01:26.elderly residents looking for a new place to live and almost 400
:01:27. > :01:34.employees transferring to other homes looking for new jobs.
:01:35. > :01:40.I feel more for the residents' families, having to get me home. It
:01:41. > :01:46.is not nice at any time of year, but especially Christmas.
:01:47. > :01:50.The Health Minister stepped in and froze all decisions surrounding the
:01:51. > :01:55.closure of state owned residential homes because of this emerging
:01:56. > :01:59.uncertainty in the private sector. I think it is only appropriate we
:02:00. > :02:02.pause and reflect and give careful consideration to what has been
:02:03. > :02:09.proposed in respect of some residential care homes, to ensure
:02:10. > :02:13.that, because some of these proposals to close some homes were
:02:14. > :02:19.predicated on spare capacity within the independent sector, when some
:02:20. > :02:22.capacity -- I think it is only right and proper we pause to reflect on
:02:23. > :02:25.the implications. It is understood some staff here
:02:26. > :02:31.were in tears when they heard the news. Any have worked here for over
:02:32. > :02:38.20 years. The concern for relatives of residents is how their loved ones
:02:39. > :02:40.will cope when many of them are already in frail health. -- many
:02:41. > :02:43.have worked here. Detectives from outside Northern
:02:44. > :02:46.Ireland are expected to be brought in by the police to investigate
:02:47. > :02:50.more than 50 IRA murders. The killings are linked to
:02:51. > :02:52.a man alleged to have been The director of public prosecutions
:02:53. > :02:55.last month ordered an investigation into the activities
:02:56. > :02:58.of the agent, codenamed Stakeknife. Our Home Affairs Correspondent
:02:59. > :03:13.Vincent Kearney has this exclusive Hundreds of Republicans and
:03:14. > :03:18.loyalists led secret double life as informers and agents during the
:03:19. > :03:22.Troubles. Stakeknife was regarded as one of the most valuable, the
:03:23. > :03:29.Army's most senior agent within the IRA. He was a member of its internal
:03:30. > :03:33.security unit, which killed members it identified as informers. An agent
:03:34. > :03:41.of the state who killed other agents of the state. This former welfare --
:03:42. > :03:46.west Belfast man has denied claims he was the agent.
:03:47. > :03:48.The investigation could be the largest ever in the UK into
:03:49. > :03:54.allegations against a senior individual. The BBC understands it
:03:55. > :04:00.will examine at least 53 killings by the IRA's internal security unit
:04:01. > :04:03.between 1978 and 1985. Detectives will also look for
:04:04. > :04:08.evidence of possible criminal behaviour within the Ministry of
:04:09. > :04:12.Defence, the army and MI5 to work with Stakeknife.
:04:13. > :04:19.Sources have told the BBC the case could take a team of up to 50
:04:20. > :04:24.detectives five years to complete. Relatives of some of Stakeknife's
:04:25. > :04:28.victims launched action to stop -- to try and stop the PSNI to
:04:29. > :04:32.investigate. The police haven't commented, but I
:04:33. > :04:36.understand the Chief Constable George Hamilton is likely to bring
:04:37. > :04:41.in officers from other UK police forces. The PSNI is expected to
:04:42. > :04:49.advertise for experienced this type is to apply to join a major
:04:50. > :04:52.investigation team on secondment. In an interview to be broadcast
:04:53. > :04:56.tonight, the Director of Public Prosecutions said the investigation
:04:57. > :05:00.should have taken place much sooner. The police have known about
:05:01. > :05:06.Stakeknife's alleged at editors for at least 12 years.
:05:07. > :05:11.This should have been taken forward thoroughly and expeditiously as soon
:05:12. > :05:13.as the information became known to those whose statutory responsibility
:05:14. > :05:17.Ed Balls to carry out investigations.
:05:18. > :05:21.Bringing in detectives from other UK police forces may be easier said
:05:22. > :05:25.than done. Even if they are available, the money may not be. The
:05:26. > :05:27.question of who will pay has yet to be answered.
:05:28. > :05:32.And that Spotlight programme is here on BBC One after this bulletin.
:05:33. > :05:34.Just weeks after the success of the international soccer
:05:35. > :05:36.on both sides of the border there's another political
:05:37. > :05:41.While Causeway Coast and Glens councillors argued over big screen
:05:42. > :05:43.coverage of sport, a proposal for a joint civic
:05:44. > :05:46.reception in Belfast is now causing friction as Mervyn Jess reports.
:05:47. > :05:57.reception in Belfast is now causing friction, as Mervyn Jess reports.
:05:58. > :06:03.It was all cheers and smiles when Northern Ireland and the Republic of
:06:04. > :06:08.Ireland recently qualified for the finals of the European
:06:09. > :06:10.Championships. But now a proposal to mark the first ever joint
:06:11. > :06:15.qualification for the competition has led to a political squabble. An
:06:16. > :06:23.SDLP councillor's proposing that both teams are honoured in a joint
:06:24. > :06:25.Civic reception. At a -- and Ulster Unionist councillor accuses him of
:06:26. > :06:30.playing politics with sporting achievement.
:06:31. > :06:37.No, this is a simple recognition of two teams and the uniqueness of the
:06:38. > :06:43.situation that they -- both managers at our's try from each other sends
:06:44. > :06:47.out the message that we want to reunify sport as being the winner.
:06:48. > :06:54.-- won our's drive. I will be supporting the four teams
:06:55. > :06:58.that have qualified, I firmly believe like many of my colleagues
:06:59. > :07:04.that the SDLP are politicking. We don't want to bring politics into
:07:05. > :07:09.sport, sport brings people together, it unites us, and it is good for
:07:10. > :07:14.people, so therefore I would ask the proposer of this motion to
:07:15. > :07:18.reconsider it and to add on England and Wales as well as the Republic of
:07:19. > :07:23.Ireland and Northern Ireland. This issue is due to be brought
:07:24. > :07:26.before a council next Tuesday. That in itself could be, in footballing
:07:27. > :07:29.parlance, a game of two halves. New portraits of the writers
:07:30. > :07:31.Seamus Heaney and CS Lewis have been put on display in
:07:32. > :07:33.Parliament Buildings at Stormont. They're the first pictures
:07:34. > :07:35.of non-parliamentarians to be The paintings were unveiled
:07:36. > :07:39.by Seamus Heaney's wife Marie and by the Reverend Roy Taylor,
:07:40. > :07:49.who was a student of CS Lewis. The artwork was commissioned
:07:50. > :07:52.by the Assembly and features quotes On tomorrow evening's BBC Newsline,
:07:53. > :07:55.to mark the tenth anniversary of the death of George Best,
:07:56. > :07:58.we'll have rare film footage of him in action at
:07:59. > :08:00.Manchester United in 1970 when eight We'll talk to a composer who's
:08:01. > :08:08.putting the film to music. That's tomorrow evening at 6:30
:08:09. > :08:10.here on BBC One. And now the weather forecast
:08:11. > :08:22.with Angie Phillips. We are now in a Cherie airstream,
:08:23. > :08:32.which meant we got something a little bit brighter times today --
:08:33. > :08:36.showery. Later in the night the cloud starts to gather and we find
:08:37. > :08:42.those showers merging into drizzly spells of rain, so quite a damp end
:08:43. > :08:47.to the night for many of us, but a frost free one. Into tomorrow, still
:08:48. > :08:52.quite a gusty wind particularly around coastal stretches, and we
:08:53. > :08:57.still have that showery rain. So quite damp and drizzly through the
:08:58. > :09:01.morning rush hour, although not that much before that rain clears away.
:09:02. > :09:05.It moves into the West of Scotland, across Wales and of the South West
:09:06. > :09:13.of England. To the east of that, largely dry but quite chilly on
:09:14. > :09:17.those North Sea coasts. Behind that batch of rain it does dry up for
:09:18. > :09:21.Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the afternoon. For
:09:22. > :09:29.Northern Ireland probably a fair amount of cloud, but it is mild.
:09:30. > :09:34.Temperature is 11 or 12, but in that breeze it will feel cooler. Thursday
:09:35. > :09:38.still a bit breezy, also misty and murky and we could get heavy rain at
:09:39. > :09:43.some stage. Very mild, 11 or 12 degrees. That changes on Friday, a
:09:44. > :09:48.weather front moves through and we get a band of heavy rain. Strong to
:09:49. > :09:54.gale force twins followed by Calder, blustery winds, with wintry showers
:09:55. > :09:58.especially on hills. -- colder. We are back at -- we are back at
:09:59. > :10:01.6:25am.