:00:08. > :00:11.Belfast is to get an economic boost with the creation of 300
:00:12. > :00:17.Backed by Invest NI to the tune of ?2 million, the investment
:00:18. > :00:20.announcement comes at a time when politicians disagree over
:00:21. > :00:23.what damage, if any, Brexit will have in attracting
:00:24. > :00:30.This report from our business correspondent Julian O'Neill.
:00:31. > :00:33.300 jobs from a new inward investor is just the kind of news
:00:34. > :00:39.Invest NI spent a year on the deal which has delivered
:00:40. > :00:46.Tullett Prebon has its headquarters in London but has chosen Belfast
:00:47. > :00:51.ahead of Asia or Europe for a new IT base.
:00:52. > :00:56.The First Minister says it sends out a positive message.
:00:57. > :01:00.I will never talk down the Northern Ireland economy because my
:01:01. > :01:04.experience as the Economy Minister has made it clear to me we have so
:01:05. > :01:14.much to offer to companies across the world, whether our young people,
:01:15. > :01:16.academic excellence, cost for accommodation
:01:17. > :01:19.and the fact we are going to lower the rate
:01:20. > :01:28.of corporation tax, I think Northern Ireland has a strong story to tell.
:01:29. > :01:31.Belfast has a track record of attracting jobs in financial
:01:32. > :01:33.services which has put it on the radar of a growing
:01:34. > :01:39.Why we chose Belfast is the high level of skilled people in the
:01:40. > :01:41.financial markets and technology area, combined with education, it
:01:42. > :01:47.It's a timely announcement amid economic uncertainty
:01:48. > :01:55.But one half of the Executive is concerned foreign companies may
:01:56. > :01:59.soon see Northern Ireland as a less attractive location.
:02:00. > :02:04.There's no point living in a fools' paradise.
:02:05. > :02:08.There is a tremendous amount of uncertainty, and that
:02:09. > :02:17.inhibits our ability to be very fully engaged with prospective
:02:18. > :02:20.investors who are, and had been up until the Brexit result, very keen
:02:21. > :02:29.The jobs, created over a three-year period, will pay well,
:02:30. > :02:32.?33,000 on avergage, with the company being offered
:02:33. > :02:40.Today's announcement is as good as a business
:02:41. > :02:42.as usual sign hanging from
:02:43. > :02:49.The boost is as obvious as it is welcome but
:02:50. > :02:57.the real challenges of Brexit are, of course, yet to be faced.
:02:58. > :02:59.The Environment Agency is investigating the cause
:03:00. > :03:02.of what it describes as a major fish kill in the Faughan
:03:03. > :03:07.The incident was first reported yesterday, and so far more
:03:08. > :03:10.than 1,000 dead fish have been recovered over several
:03:11. > :03:15.The Faughan is an important salmon river and it's thought the numbers
:03:16. > :03:19.of salmon fry may have been badly affected.
:03:20. > :03:22.Four masked men have been involved in a shooting at a hotel in Belleek
:03:23. > :03:27.Staff were threatened before one shot was fired into a van belonging
:03:28. > :03:31.to a contractor who was working at the premises on Main Street.
:03:32. > :03:36.The police say the men escaped in a black Ford Escort
:03:37. > :03:44.The Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has called
:03:45. > :03:46.on politicians here to introduce same sex marriage like
:03:47. > :03:57.Ms Davidson is in Belfast for the Pride festival.
:03:58. > :04:01.I'm a Protestant, I'm engaged to a Catholic Irishwoman
:04:02. > :04:03.who was educated by nuns, so for me this is not
:04:04. > :04:13.about a particular community or country or faith background,
:04:14. > :04:16.this is about people who are in love and are loved in return,
:04:17. > :04:31.having the same rights as everybody else.
:04:32. > :04:41.The Archbishop says accusations have been made at Saint Patrick's college
:04:42. > :04:44.that students had been using a day dating website.
:04:45. > :04:47.A new study shows there's been a significant fall in the number
:04:48. > :04:49.of people owning their homes, compared to ten years ago.
:04:50. > :04:51.Industry experts are pointing to several factors which could
:04:52. > :04:53.partly explain the drop, as Rick Faragher reports.
:04:54. > :04:57.A growing number of people might not have the option.
:04:58. > :04:59.Home ownership in Northern Ireland is down.
:05:00. > :05:07.Over the last couple of years people have been paying so much in rent
:05:08. > :05:10.that it could've gone to a deposit but it's desperation,
:05:11. > :05:12.they don't have the properties and cannot get the money,
:05:13. > :05:15.some are relying on their parents but they have to go
:05:16. > :05:26.Finances aside, could there be other factors in the decline of mortgages?
:05:27. > :05:29.Younger people aren't feeling the need to graduate,
:05:30. > :05:33.get their first pay cheque and go and buy a house, people are waiting
:05:34. > :05:35.longer, more in line with other European cities where there is not
:05:36. > :05:45.This report shows 63% of people in Northern Ireland have a mortgage,
:05:46. > :05:48.down from 73% ten years ago, but roughly in line
:05:49. > :05:55.The people behind the study say this now suggests the issue of one day
:05:56. > :05:59.owning your own home is not just a London problem.
:06:00. > :06:03.Katie and her husband bought their house in West Belfast
:06:04. > :06:06.two years ago via a co-ownership deal, a scheme where they own only
:06:07. > :06:14.She says it's becoming harder for young people to get a mortgage.
:06:15. > :06:18.We were both new into our jobs, the banks required a certain
:06:19. > :06:24.security from you in terms of making the commitment to payments every
:06:25. > :06:30.month, which you cannot really do, you have the best aspirations
:06:31. > :06:35.in the world and are ready to go once you get out of uni,
:06:36. > :06:38.and are ready to start your career but the requirements set for us
:06:39. > :06:44.Anyone who was looking for a job, you don't have an option to not live
:06:45. > :06:46.There's now speculation that the Bank of England could cut
:06:47. > :06:50.That may go some way to making mortgages more affordable,
:06:51. > :06:54.if you can get one in the first place.
:06:55. > :06:58.A court has ruled that a dog, which was at risk of being put down,
:06:59. > :07:02.The terrier, called Hank, was seized by Belfast council
:07:03. > :07:06.and was assessed as being a type of pit bull which is illegal.
:07:07. > :07:08.The animal's predicament prompted a huge social media campaign.
:07:09. > :07:13.It was last month that two-year-old Hank was removed by dog wardens
:07:14. > :07:16.following a complaint from a member of the public.
:07:17. > :07:19.One of his owners broke down in court today as it was agreed
:07:20. > :07:23.Until the judge said the words, we were afraid
:07:24. > :07:31.I can't get over it, being able to see him
:07:32. > :07:36.Supporters erupted into spontaneous applause inside the court.
:07:37. > :07:41.The campaign to highlight Hank's seizure gained worldwide attention.
:07:42. > :07:46.We did not think Hank would be coming home,
:07:47. > :07:54.especially this soon, without the support.
:07:55. > :07:58.Belfast City Council expediated the process, we spoke to people
:07:59. > :08:01.who had similar situations in England and it seems
:08:02. > :08:03.they responded to pressure and we would not be having
:08:04. > :08:07.this conversation today without the public support.
:08:08. > :08:10.Hank will have to undergo behavioural training and also be
:08:11. > :08:12.kept on a lead and muzzle while in public.
:08:13. > :08:14.His family, though, say they are just relieved
:08:15. > :08:24.A human skeleton which could be 1000 years old has been discovered
:08:25. > :08:28.in the grounds of Hillsborough Castle.
:08:29. > :08:30.Archaeologists found it during excavation work ahead
:08:31. > :08:34.They say it's unusual to find remains of that age
:08:35. > :08:40.In recent decades it has hosted royalty,
:08:41. > :08:45.But it seems the grounds of Hillsborough Castle have been
:08:46. > :08:52.These archaeologists and volunteers are uncovering an unknown history.
:08:53. > :08:58.And they didn't need to dig deep to find it.
:08:59. > :09:01.These human remains were one of the first thing to be found
:09:02. > :09:03.on the site, ten centimetres below soil level and
:09:04. > :09:07.the experts think it's a young woman but the bones will be taken away
:09:08. > :09:11.today for analysis in the hope that can be confirmed and we can find out
:09:12. > :09:21.We arrived hoping to find the remains of a 15th or 16th century
:09:22. > :09:24.church and about two hours into our first day
:09:25. > :09:33.While that was initially believed to belong to the church, we now think
:09:34. > :09:38.it might be about 1000 AD, so many hundreds years earlier.
:09:39. > :09:40.Other human remains found on this ancient burial site
:09:41. > :09:46.The challenge now is to find the remnants of the church building.
:09:47. > :09:58.Volunteers are doing much of the work.
:09:59. > :10:02.Were talking and very long time ago, pre-broken
:10:03. > :10:04.records, so exciting to find out more about
:10:05. > :10:06.Hillsborough before it was as we know it,
:10:07. > :10:09.Once work is complete, the site will be restored.
:10:10. > :10:12.And after revealing his or her secrets, this person will once
:10:13. > :10:18.Northern Ireland athletes have started arriving in Brazil
:10:19. > :10:21.for the start of the Olympic Games, which get underway on Friday.
:10:22. > :10:28.Stephen Watson is in Rio for BBC Newsline.
:10:29. > :10:35.They are jetting into Rio from all corners of the globe for the biggest
:10:36. > :10:44.sporting show on earth. And Brazil is ready. In the impressive
:10:45. > :10:48.athlete's Village, a traditional welcome 4-team island. They have a
:10:49. > :10:50.former gold medallist from Northern Ireland in charge, and he is an
:10:51. > :10:55.Olympic and Commonwealth Games veteran. I'm excited to be here now.
:10:56. > :10:59.You have different versions as an athlete when you go to the games,
:11:00. > :11:03.but we just want to make sure we have got everything in place for the
:11:04. > :11:07.lies here so they can perform to the maximum. If they do perform to the
:11:08. > :11:10.maximum, I'm sure we will come away with some excellent performances,
:11:11. > :11:18.and hopefully some medals as well. Among the competitors from back home
:11:19. > :11:23.is Paddy Barnes. No boxer from Northern Ireland has ever won an
:11:24. > :11:28.Olympic gold medal, but that is something that he is hoping to put
:11:29. > :11:37.right this time. In Beijing I won bronze. I was happy with that, but
:11:38. > :11:43.realistically, it should have been gold. A bold prediction in pursuit
:11:44. > :11:47.of achieving his Olympic dream. It looks like we're in for a bit of
:11:48. > :11:51.a wet and windy spell. Here's Barra Best with
:11:52. > :12:00.the weather details. It is largely dry at the moment and
:12:01. > :12:05.it will be a warm night, with temperatures not falling below 14
:12:06. > :12:08.Celsius for many of us. By tomorrow morning, the unsettled weather
:12:09. > :12:12.returns from the Atlantic, which sets us up for quite a disappointing
:12:13. > :12:17.day tomorrow. But at times, and we can expect it to be much windier. It
:12:18. > :12:26.is because we have this area of low pressure moving eastwards across as,
:12:27. > :12:32.bringing gusty winds. Quite a blustery day. Maybe some drier
:12:33. > :12:34.weather across parts of County Down and County Armagh, but some wet and
:12:35. > :12:39.windy conditions through the day. The best of the weather tomorrow
:12:40. > :12:45.will be across much of England and Wales. The focus of the unsettled
:12:46. > :12:49.weather will be across Ireland and Scotland, where we continue to see
:12:50. > :12:55.unsettled spells of whether continue through the day. Some of the rain
:12:56. > :13:00.could be heavy, possibly a touch sundry. Sunny spells in between with
:13:01. > :13:08.temperatures reaching 17 Celsius. Maybe 18 will be get the best of the
:13:09. > :13:14.sun. A better picture for Thursday. Inland, 1890 degrees is not out of
:13:15. > :13:20.the question. The scattered showers. Not a bad day on Friday. Lots of dry
:13:21. > :13:23.weather in the forecast. It will warm up for Saturday, but low
:13:24. > :13:26.pressure is not far away and it may turn unsettled. More detail on that
:13:27. > :13:28.closer to the time.