18/02/2016 BBC Newsline


18/02/2016

Similar Content

Browse content similar to 18/02/2016. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

David Cameron's efforts in Brussels? Join me on BBC Two.

:00:00.:00:00.

The First Minister says she will make every effort to soften

:00:00.:00:12.

the blow of 1,000 job losses announced at Bombardier.

:00:13.:00:15.

It's emerged the company is also suspending recruitment

:00:16.:00:18.

Meanwhile, a company which is one of Bombardier's biggest local parts

:00:19.:00:26.

suppliers says it's saddened by the cuts.

:00:27.:00:28.

The firm though is confident about its own future,

:00:29.:00:31.

Our business correspondent Julian O'Neill reports.

:00:32.:00:35.

A section of the new Bombardier C Series aircraft being made in county

:00:36.:00:38.

This is precision engineering, it is one of their main local parts

:00:39.:00:47.

suppliers and here any setback at the Canadian aerospace giant,

:00:48.:00:51.

especially one which costs jobs, is followed closely.

:00:52.:00:54.

It's a major thing losing those jobs.

:00:55.:00:58.

It's not going to be easy to get employment.

:00:59.:01:03.

As a company we're quite confident we will still be going forward.

:01:04.:01:10.

Bombardier help support thousands of jobs in its Northern Ireland

:01:11.:01:16.

Dozens of small to medium-sized firms are watching developments

:01:17.:01:20.

and now more than ever chasing new customers.

:01:21.:01:22.

There is hope on the horizon that those companies that have grown

:01:23.:01:31.

and built from support from Bombardier can win other

:01:32.:01:33.

That is exactly what they have been doing here.

:01:34.:01:41.

It's branched out using its expertise for Bombardier to win

:01:42.:01:44.

business with Airbus whose plane production

:01:45.:01:45.

Bombardier have the new C Series but it's slow to get off the ground.

:01:46.:01:59.

The Airbus has the new products that are growing exponentially

:02:00.:02:02.

year-on-year and for any manufacturing company wishing

:02:03.:02:04.

to grow their business they have to be on the programmes.

:02:05.:02:06.

Across the local aerospace sector, there is on average a 25%

:02:07.:02:12.

Diversifying the order book is seen as being key going forward.

:02:13.:02:21.

Spreading its wings beyond Bombardier has helped this

:02:22.:02:23.

Very soon, it will double the size of its production base,

:02:24.:02:32.

moving into what was once an old shirt factory next door.

:02:33.:02:40.

Individual workers at Bombardier expect to learn about their future

:02:41.:02:43.

Understandably they have been reluctant to speak in advance

:02:44.:02:49.

of further details about redundancy deals.

:02:50.:02:52.

However this afternoon, one worker spoke to us

:02:53.:02:54.

on the condition we wouldn't identify him.

:02:55.:02:57.

He explained how he was facing up to an uncertain future.

:02:58.:03:01.

car payments, the money issue comes through the mind.

:03:02.:03:22.

Bombardier is a good employer that pays good wages so how do you go

:03:23.:03:26.

from earning a good wage to earning near nothing?

:03:27.:03:30.

I'm a second generation Bombardier worker.

:03:31.:03:34.

My father worked there and my uncles are employed there.

:03:35.:03:52.

Even going in as an apprentice and you could rise all the way up

:03:53.:03:56.

You can go as high as you want and travel the world.

:03:57.:03:59.

That's why I joined it and what I aspire to do.

:04:00.:04:02.

With my skill set, I believe I'll be comfortable,

:04:03.:04:12.

confident, of doing that move because I'm confident

:04:13.:04:14.

in my own skills and their development.

:04:15.:04:15.

It could be halfway across the world.

:04:16.:04:17.

A man's been shot in the leg in a paramilitary-style shooting

:04:18.:04:24.

It happened at around 7.45pm in Ardmonagh Parade.

:04:25.:04:28.

The victim, who's in his 20s, has been taken to hospital.

:04:29.:04:31.

An Orange hall in County Tyrone has been attacked for the second time

:04:32.:04:34.

Strawletterdallon Orange hall, near Newtownstewart had windows

:04:35.:04:41.

and doors damaged on Wednesday night and the Orange Order says more

:04:42.:04:44.

windows were smashed this evening around seven o'clock.

:04:45.:04:47.

The same hall was damaged five years ago in an arson attack.

:04:48.:04:52.

One man has been arrested for causing an obstruction

:04:53.:04:55.

during a standoff between police and environmentalists at a forest

:04:56.:04:59.

near Carrickfergus - where an oil company plans

:05:00.:05:01.

A group of protestors blocked access to Woodburn Forest.

:05:02.:05:06.

Our environment correspondent Conor Macauley has more.

:05:07.:05:18.

Contractors turned up this morning to begin preparatory work

:05:19.:05:20.

on the site, they found their way blocked by protesters opposed

:05:21.:05:23.

A woman who parked car in the middle of the road was removed by police.

:05:24.:05:28.

Look, lads, we're not doing anything wrong.

:05:29.:05:32.

That being on the back of the low loader, it doesn't matter.

:05:33.:05:42.

That being cut down, that is a disgrace.

:05:43.:05:46.

This project has proved controversial because campaigners

:05:47.:05:48.

say it could threaten the water supply for thousands of homes

:05:49.:05:52.

The site is in the catchment of a reservoir.

:05:53.:05:58.

The land has been leased to the oil company by Northern Ireland Water.

:05:59.:06:04.

They say the project does not pose a risk.

:06:05.:06:06.

We're been here for 24 hours and we will stay here as long

:06:07.:06:09.

A second vehicle was blocking access to the site and it is being moved

:06:10.:06:16.

after an intervention by the police but as you can see this trailer

:06:17.:06:19.

is parked in the access route and it will be some time yet before anyone

:06:20.:06:23.

One man was arrested as part of a police operation.

:06:24.:06:36.

Later a senior police officer suspended a right-of-way

:06:37.:06:41.

through the forest as people protested his power to do

:06:42.:06:44.

so and this afternoon the man arrested returned to the protest

:06:45.:06:46.

where supporters had a whip round to reimburse him for the ?85

:06:47.:06:53.

fine he had been hit with. This evening, the trailer which had

:06:54.:06:57.

been blocking the access all day was finally moved.

:06:58.:07:02.

Concrete bollards were put in place by contractors.

:07:03.:07:07.

There is a suggestion protesters could seek an injunction to stop

:07:08.:07:10.

further work, a matter for the courts to decide.

:07:11.:07:20.

The inquest into the death of Arlene Arkinson has been told how

:07:21.:07:23.

social services flagged up a possible relationship

:07:24.:07:25.

between her and the man widely suspected of killing

:07:26.:07:27.

The 15-year-old disappeared in 1994 after a night out in Donegal.

:07:28.:07:32.

Arlene Arkinson was last seen with the convicted child killer Robert

:07:33.:07:48.

Howard who was acquitted of her murder in 2005. Her body was no

:07:49.:07:53.

longer -- her body was never found. Robert Howard died in prison last

:07:54.:08:00.

year. Information was recorded in a hand

:08:01.:08:09.

written note to the constable. He said it would not be fair to comment

:08:10.:08:15.

what sort of relationship that was. The court was also told of the

:08:16.:08:22.

troubled background of Arlene Arkinson. There was also a mention

:08:23.:08:28.

of her relationship with a second older man. The initial investigation

:08:29.:08:34.

followed two lines of inquiry, that Arlene Arkinson had travelled to

:08:35.:08:39.

Birmingham for an abortion or that Robert Howard was involved in her

:08:40.:08:43.

disobedience. At that stage it was not a criminal investigation. The

:08:44.:08:44.

inquest has been adjourned. Uefa has agreed to give more tickets

:08:45.:08:49.

to Northern Ireland supporters following complaints

:08:50.:08:52.

about allocations. More than 500 have been made

:08:53.:08:53.

available for the match against Ukraine - and almost 100

:08:54.:08:56.

for the game against Germany. The showdown with the world

:08:57.:08:58.

champions is Northern Ireland's And one local man is guaranteed

:08:59.:09:00.

to be on the pitch. Jonathan Calderwood from just

:09:01.:09:05.

outside Ballymena is not a player or part of the Northern Ireland back

:09:06.:09:08.

room team - but he will play a key role when it comes to match day,

:09:09.:09:12.

Nial Foster has been to meet him. Paris, it's a long way

:09:13.:09:15.

from County Antrim but one man from the area has made a name

:09:16.:09:21.

for himself in the capital. Jonathan Calderwood,

:09:22.:09:27.

star of a French television advert is the head groundsman

:09:28.:09:35.

at the Parc des Princes. When I went to the school

:09:36.:09:37.

in Ballymena, in your last year at school you had to do

:09:38.:09:52.

a week's work experience. Being a football fanatic

:09:53.:09:54.

and a big Glentoran fan, it was only right I should go

:09:55.:09:56.

to Glentoran and see if they would take me

:09:57.:09:59.

as a groundsman. From there, next up was

:10:00.:10:01.

the old Wembley Stadium in London. Then to Aston Villa where he won

:10:02.:10:05.

the Premier League Groundsman He met one of the game's

:10:06.:10:07.

most respected managers, The Frenchman recommended him

:10:08.:10:14.

to his current employers. The Premier League pitches

:10:15.:10:19.

in England are known to be the best in the world so normally if you have

:10:20.:10:23.

one of the best pitches in England you have the best pitch

:10:24.:10:27.

in the world. Gerard said straightaway,

:10:28.:10:29.

I think the best groundsman in the world is Jonathan Calderwood

:10:30.:10:32.

so with those recommendations, Jonathan's expertise and pitch

:10:33.:10:37.

management has helped craft one of the best playing surfaces

:10:38.:10:43.

in Europe and as luck would have it at Euro 2016

:10:44.:10:46.

in June Northern Ireland will play Germany in their final group game

:10:47.:10:49.

in Paris When the draw was taking place, I

:10:50.:11:05.

had been talking about it for weeks, I said it was not going to happen.

:11:06.:11:08.

When it did happen it was unbelievable.

:11:09.:11:12.

to play Germany in Paris on my pitch, it doesn't get

:11:13.:11:18.

If Northern Ireland can topple the world champions you know

:11:19.:11:23.

who to thank for the pristine playing surface.

:11:24.:11:31.

David Cameron is tonight in Brussels negotiating on EU reform,

:11:32.:11:34.

and Brexit and its possible implications for Ireland,

:11:35.:11:37.

north and south, will be discussed on Good Morning Ulster tomorrow.

:11:38.:11:47.

Here is the weather forecast. After a call today it is turning cold

:11:48.:11:56.

again into the first part of tonight. Becoming frosty, some mist

:11:57.:12:03.

and fork patches. Becoming I see in places given the wet surfaces. Later

:12:04.:12:16.

in the night the ice may start to lift. Temperatures creeping up as

:12:17.:12:22.

cloud increases. Spells of rain. That is setting the scene for

:12:23.:12:28.

tomorrow. Wetter for a time. Quite blustery in places particularly

:12:29.:12:34.

around the course. Wet and windy weather extending across the

:12:35.:12:38.

Republic of Ireland into Wales, Western England, Scotland, turning

:12:39.:12:43.

to snow over the mountains. Not reaching the south-east until later

:12:44.:12:49.

in the day. Temperatures tomorrow, that little bit higher. The rain

:12:50.:12:55.

will start to shift away in the afternoon. A drier end to the day.

:12:56.:13:03.

Despite those higher temperatures to Belize still making it feel quite

:13:04.:13:08.

cool. A weather front over the top of us at the weekend. It is likely

:13:09.:13:14.

to bring spells of rain and particularly on Saturday. After a

:13:15.:13:18.

damp start that rain clears away south on Sunday and colder weather

:13:19.:13:24.

follows. That is all for now. We are back 25

:13:25.:13:27.

six tomorrow.

:13:28.:13:32.

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS