:00:00. > :00:10.Kremlin. And is there no end in sight to privilege? How
:00:11. > :00:13.There's been more bad news for the manufacturing sector
:00:14. > :00:17.The American firm Caterpillar is planning to cut up to 250 jobs.
:00:18. > :00:19.It's proposing the closure of its plant at Monkstown
:00:20. > :00:24.The company also has operations in Larne and West Belfast.
:00:25. > :00:31.This report from our business and economics editor, John Campbell.
:00:32. > :00:40.Workers arriving for an all staff meeting knew they were facing bad
:00:41. > :00:41.news, but many were shocked and angered at the decision to close
:00:42. > :00:47.this plan. -- plant. Disgusted would be
:00:48. > :01:00.an understatement. 22 years I'm in here. Best
:01:01. > :01:03.attendance, test everything, just stringing us along. Liars.
:01:04. > :01:05.Caterpillar is suffering from a global slump
:01:06. > :01:08.It makes heavy construction equipment and power generators.
:01:09. > :01:11.It counts the mining and oil industries among its main customers,
:01:12. > :01:14.but a fall in the price of oil and other commodities means these
:01:15. > :01:17.customers are not buying so much equipment.
:01:18. > :01:21.That is costing thousands of jobs worldwide.
:01:22. > :01:34.As the company ends production of this machine, known as a materials
:01:35. > :01:35.handler. This has been a very difficult
:01:36. > :01:38.decision for us to take. We have worked hard on it
:01:39. > :01:41.and contemplated it for some time. I would say to the workers
:01:42. > :01:43.across all of our plants that the decision we are taking
:01:44. > :01:46.today is no way reflective of the contribution they have
:01:47. > :01:55.given to the business. The manufacturing trade union
:01:56. > :01:57.says it is more evidence of the need for a more
:01:58. > :02:05.specific manufacturing strategy. The programme for government doesn't
:02:06. > :02:06.have real reference to manufacturing in it.
:02:07. > :02:09.It's a disgrace we've had the two major parties block a call
:02:10. > :02:12.for a manufacturing strategy by the Ulster Unionist Party only
:02:13. > :02:15.Nearby, local businesses in Monkstown are more concerned
:02:16. > :02:19.about how this will ripple through the economy.
:02:20. > :02:25.Probably will have an impact on the business.
:02:26. > :02:28.Hopefully not, but the money has to come from somewhere.
:02:29. > :02:31.There have been a series of major job losses in manufacturing
:02:32. > :02:40.GTI and Michelin in Ballymena and it plans to close.
:02:41. > :02:42.Our biggest manufacturing employer, Bombardier, has shed jobs
:02:43. > :02:44.as a result of long-running issues with the development
:02:45. > :02:47.However, figures released today suggested UK manufacturing performed
:02:48. > :02:53.strongly last month, but that will be cold comfort
:02:54. > :02:57.to the people who lose their jobs here.
:02:58. > :03:01.Well, the Economy Minister, Simon Hamilton, has rejected union
:03:02. > :03:05.claims that the Executive does not have a plan to support
:03:06. > :03:18.He spoke to our business correspondent, Julian O'Neill.
:03:19. > :03:22.It is not accurate to say the Executive is not interested in
:03:23. > :03:22.manufacturing. If we were not interested
:03:23. > :03:25.in manufacturing, why would we be putting over ?200 million over
:03:26. > :03:28.the last five years into the sector? We have an economic strategy
:03:29. > :03:32.for Northern Ireland, and I hear calls for a specific
:03:33. > :03:34.manufacturing strategy for Northern Ireland,
:03:35. > :03:36.but there is nothing that could do for a business like this who have
:03:37. > :03:39.experienced a significant downturn in their business as a result
:03:40. > :03:52.of the drop in oil prices. There is nothing a Northern Ireland
:03:53. > :03:53.Executive manufacturing could to to deal with fluctuations in oil
:03:54. > :03:54.prices. There's been a security alert
:03:55. > :03:57.in North Belfast this evening. The police cordoned off an area
:03:58. > :03:59.around Velsheda Way and Alliance Avenue in Ardoyne
:04:00. > :04:02.after a suspicious object was found. A Sinn Fein councillor says he's
:04:03. > :04:14.been told a device was thrown I've been informed by the PSNI that
:04:15. > :04:20.they believe a device has been thrown at one of their vehicles in
:04:21. > :04:29.and around the Ville she'd caught area. They informed me that families
:04:30. > :04:30.have been evacuated, I cannot say exactly how many families have been
:04:31. > :04:32.evacuated at the moment. A GP has described the out-of-hours
:04:33. > :04:34.Service in the Southern Dr Frances O'Hagan told BBC Newsline
:04:35. > :04:38.that too often only one doctor is available overnight
:04:39. > :04:41.for a population of around 300,000. The trust says the service is under
:04:42. > :04:43.pressure but that part of the problem is people
:04:44. > :04:47.abusing the system. Here's our health correspondent,
:04:48. > :04:55.Marie-Louise Connolly. Julia Cully became
:04:56. > :04:57.ill at the weekend. She had a temperature
:04:58. > :05:03.and was in pain. On Monday she rang
:05:04. > :05:05.the out-of-hours service. I had to wait for eight
:05:06. > :05:07.and a half hours. I needed an antibiotic,
:05:08. > :05:10.but I had to wait While the Bank Holiday weekend
:05:11. > :05:13.was busy, there was the added pressure of too few doctors
:05:14. > :05:17.available to cover shifts. It has emerged that for six
:05:18. > :05:20.consecutive nights at the end of August, only one doctor
:05:21. > :05:23.was available to cover the overnight Unfortunately I think our
:05:24. > :05:34.service is already broken. We are not providing the service
:05:35. > :05:37.we want to provide to our patients To provide safe overnight
:05:38. > :05:41.cover there should be a total of three doctors,
:05:42. > :05:43.one based at Craigavon, one But more often there is only one,
:05:44. > :05:57.to cover house calls. From killed keel to Pomeroy and up
:05:58. > :06:00.to Moira. I started my shift at midnight
:06:01. > :06:04.and I had a call to a patient who was very unwell,
:06:05. > :06:06.who had a mental health problem Within an hour I had
:06:07. > :06:10.three similar calls. I had to attend casualty
:06:11. > :06:14.in Craigavon, to assess them to see whether they needed to be admitted
:06:15. > :06:22.under the mental health order. Police were tied up with it, social
:06:23. > :06:26.services tied up. Each of the cases took me
:06:27. > :06:28.in excess of one hour, All the while I was doing this
:06:29. > :06:33.important work and these people were very ill
:06:34. > :06:35.and needed my attention, I had a build-up in the background
:06:36. > :06:37.of children with temperatures, my palliative care patients,
:06:38. > :06:40.nursing home patients. The trust admits the service
:06:41. > :06:44.is under pressure. Last year they received over 94,000
:06:45. > :06:48.calls from the public, but only 20% of these
:06:49. > :06:52.contacts were urgent. A number of the contacts we have
:06:53. > :06:55.would not be for urgent It would be for minor
:06:56. > :06:59.things such as head lice, cold sores, hangovers,
:07:00. > :07:02.and for that reason we would ask people to think carefully
:07:03. > :07:06.about the alternative services Another problem is that it is no
:07:07. > :07:12.longer compulsory for doctors Many say it is hard enough catering
:07:13. > :07:17.for their normal rota A doctor has told an inquest
:07:18. > :07:27.into a baby's death that the mother should have been kept in hospital
:07:28. > :07:31.for observation when Three weeks later in June 2013,
:07:32. > :07:37.Cara Rocks was stillborn at Barry and Michelle Rocks
:07:38. > :07:47.at the court where the inquest is examining the death
:07:48. > :07:50.of their baby daughter. The court heard evidence
:07:51. > :07:53.from a doctor who had been responsible for some
:07:54. > :07:56.of Mrs Rocks' care. A lawyer representing the couple
:07:57. > :08:00.asked the medic why she had not been kept in for observation
:08:01. > :08:04.after she presented to the hospital with the baby in a sideways position
:08:05. > :08:11.in the 38th week of her pregnancy. The doctor admitted she had advised
:08:12. > :08:14.a junior colleague not to admit Mrs Rocks to the hospital
:08:15. > :08:19.without seeing her for herself. The doctor said in retrospect
:08:20. > :08:21.she would have When asked whether a Caesarean
:08:22. > :08:29.section would also have been offered if it had been requested,
:08:30. > :08:33.the doctor replied that Under questioning from the coroner,
:08:34. > :08:39.the doctor later told the court that she couldn't recall why she had
:08:40. > :08:42.made the decision not to admit She said, I don't know
:08:43. > :08:48.what information I was given at that time, and I honestly can't remember
:08:49. > :09:00.the reasoning behind that decision. Dr O'Flaherty apologised
:09:01. > :09:02.to the couple for the distress The Northern Health Trust has
:09:03. > :09:05.already apologised, admitting a number of mistakes played
:09:06. > :09:12.a part in Cara's death. The Fire Service says a blaze
:09:13. > :09:15.at a recycling plant in West Belfast All roads in the area have reopened,
:09:16. > :09:21.although firefighters are still at the scene,
:09:22. > :09:32.as Catherine Morrison reports. 24 hours later, much of the
:09:33. > :09:39.Wastebeater recycling facility is still smouldering. It is now a
:09:40. > :09:44.dampening down operation. Special equipment is being brought in to dig
:09:45. > :09:48.over the burning rubbish. At its height yesterday evening, more than
:09:49. > :09:54.75 firefighters battled to prevent the flames from transferring to
:09:55. > :10:00.other premises. Smoke could be seen across the city. No one was injured,
:10:01. > :10:05.and the fire is believed to have been accidental. We have no
:10:06. > :10:11.indications there was anything malicious. It was a well-developed
:10:12. > :10:17.fire and we were concerned it might spread to a number of premises, we
:10:18. > :10:22.also had concerns about specific risks on the way to beat your site
:10:23. > :10:26.in relation to oil tanks and cylinders but we worked closely with
:10:27. > :10:29.staff on the site to identify those risks and prevent the fire spreading
:10:30. > :10:32.and escalating further. Wastebeater employs
:10:33. > :10:36.around 50 people here. I spoke to some of them who are now
:10:37. > :10:40.very concerned for their jobs. No-one from the company
:10:41. > :10:42.was available for an interview but a spokesman said business
:10:43. > :10:44.is continuing as normal at their Lisburn site and they said
:10:45. > :10:47.they are trying to minimise disruption for local people
:10:48. > :10:50.and businesses nearby. Firms are struggling to make
:10:51. > :11:06.and receive deliveries. I nearby fruit and vegetable
:11:07. > :11:11.wholesaler had to send stuff early this afternoon after their premises
:11:12. > :11:17.began filling up with smoke. And it is expected to continue into
:11:18. > :11:18.tomorrow. The Fire Service says the operation will take at least another
:11:19. > :11:20.24 hours. The chief executive of Apple,
:11:21. > :11:23.Tim Cook, says the European Commission ruling that the company
:11:24. > :11:25.should pay billions of euro in back taxes to the Republic
:11:26. > :11:27.is "maddening and political". Yesterday the European Commission
:11:28. > :11:30.said Ireland had granted undue tax benefits of up to 13 billion
:11:31. > :11:32.euro to Apple. Mr Cook told RTE his company had not
:11:33. > :11:35.been given preferential tax breaks, and he was "very confident"
:11:36. > :11:38.the ruling would be The weather prospects
:11:39. > :11:59.now, with Cecilia Daly. After today's rather dull skies we
:12:00. > :12:04.expect some September sunshine tomorrow. Not too bad a night,
:12:05. > :12:09.mostly dry, one or two showers in the West and the breeze will drop,
:12:10. > :12:15.and tomorrow will be a brighter, drier and warmer day in most places,
:12:16. > :12:19.with some lovely weather in the morning, one to showers, mainly in
:12:20. > :12:25.the North West, otherwise many places be dry. The bulk of showers
:12:26. > :12:29.will fall across the West of Scotland, central and southern
:12:30. > :12:34.counties of England, south Wales, rather cloudy and damp, the remnants
:12:35. > :12:38.of the rain we had today which will move slowly south-east. Sunshine for
:12:39. > :12:43.the Republic of Ireland and the North of England. There will be a
:12:44. > :12:48.few showers across Northern Ireland tomorrow afternoon, mostly in the
:12:49. > :12:53.West but the couple will get over to Belfast and the south-east later but
:12:54. > :13:00.up until then it should stay dry. The weekend shower look back. This
:13:01. > :13:06.area of low pressure will mostly be towards the south, wet weather
:13:07. > :13:12.staying away from us, then this system on Monday night. There will
:13:13. > :13:19.be some rain around on Saturday, but Sunday brings temperatures in the
:13:20. > :13:21.high teens and in the new week we could see things settle down with
:13:22. > :13:22.temperatures up to 20 degrees. Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am
:13:23. > :13:26.during Breakfast here on BBC One. You can also keep updated with
:13:27. > :13:30.News Online. Join me, Jeremy Vine,
:13:31. > :13:41.and Tina Daheley