11/10/2016 BBC Newsline

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with Donna Traynor. A man who was assaulted

in Coleraine last month Mark Lamont, who was 54,

was attacked outside a house on the Ballycastle Road in the early

hours of the 26th of September. He suffered critical head injuries

and died in hospital this evening. The police say a 35-year-old

man has been arrested Local employees of the technology

firm Fujitsu are waiting to hear how they will be affected by planned job

losses across the UK. Our economics editor,

John Campbell, spoke to me earlier Fujitsu is a major

employer in IT services. It has some big contracts

in the public sector, about 550 staff at sites in Belfast

and a further 250 in Derry. The union said as a result of this

announcement that Fujitsu will cut Does that mean 18% of

staff here are going? A short time ago the Finance

Minister Simon Hamilton said My understanding is this

is an evaluation of their skills base looking to the future

of the sector they're operating in, I've been in contact with the

management of the company here in Northern Ireland. This is clearly

part of a worldwide review of the skills base of the company. I hope

to be in contact with senior decision-makers in Japan over the

next number of weeks to make sure they are reminded of the good skills

base we have in Northern Ireland. Although we do not know how

many jobs are going, the unions say there will be job

cuts in Belfast and Derry but the precise number

will only become clear Northern Ireland Water says

a cracked pipe in one of its treatment works caused

a chemical spill which Anglers say it could take the river

system near Castlewellan Here's our agriculture

and environment These were big adult fish, and even

four miles from the pollution source they were wiped out

in large numbers. Spawning salmon and sea trout,

generations of them lost And this was the source

of the pollution - a waste water treatment works run

by NI Water near Castlewellan. Four days on, there were still large

quantities of the pollutant chemical sluggishly making

its way downstream. The pollution came out

of the treatment works a couple of hundred metres upstream

and there are still You can see the fish

here did not stand a chance. There is a pool of the stuff here

and it is a thick, cloying material that sticks to

everything it touches. The public raised

the alarm on Saturday. A clean-up is under way but it'll be

a slow process and the river NI Water said a cracked pipe

in the plant led to the leak. They've apologised and promised

to restock the river. We truly regret the outcome this

incident has had, the number of fish that have been killed

and we will work closely with all our regulators

and stakeholders, the Ulster Anglers and local angling clubs to make good

the impact on the river. But anglers say it could take years

for the ecology of the Carrigs It has an immediate impact this

year, it will have a definite impact for the next three, possibly up to

six years. The fish will be spawning in three

years' time so the young of those fish would be returning three years

after that, but they are no longer available

to the river system, NI Water facilities have been

the source of pollution before. The maximum fine under

the legislation is ?20,000. A woman and her three children have

been left badly shaken by a gang of men who threatened them

at their home near Castlewellan. Three men with guns and a hammer

forced their way into the house They demanded money and ransacked

the house, locking the family in a bathroom before fleeing

in the family's grey Audi car. Anyone with information is urged

to come forward. It is a horrific thing to happen,

for people to come in and terrorise a woman and her children in her own

home, it's just appalling and I would appeal for anyone with any

information to bring that to the police.

Naomi Long looks certain to be the next leader

She has secured the backing of all its Assembly members,

who are the only ones entitled to stand as candidates.

Mrs Long is currently acting leader following David Ford's resignation

Her appointment will be decided at a special party council

We lost our Westminster seat under unusual circumstances and I would

not rule out Alliance having future Westminster seats or being in

governance again, but we want to be a government that is open and

transparent and working for the good of Northern Ireland, and in the

interim we will be a robust opposition to make sure that the

government we have lives up to those high standards.

The Audit Office says there's evidence staff morale has

deteriorated in Northern Ireland's sizeable public sector because of

Our business correspondent Julian O'Neill runs through the main

The Northern Ireland Executive is cutting the size of the public

sector to ease financial pressure and this report by the Audit Office

covers year one of its redundancy programme.

In total, 4383 jobs were axed in the 12 months to March.

Redundancy packages totalled ?171 million, which equates

That upfront cost should be recouped quickly because the reduction

to the overall public sector wage bill will be ?155 million annually.

But responding to the report, a trade union says the cutbacks

We are now into the eighth or ninth year of austerity.

We've seen public servants attacked in terms of pay and conditions

but also recruitment freezes, promotion freezes,

so our public services are creaking and the standards of service

Broadly speaking, the Audit Office finds no big faults

within the voluntary exit scheme and reports it was operated in a way

But it does flag up issues which need watched

as the redundancy programme continues.

Savings will need to be shown to have been sustained,

and as well as monitoring staff morale, which has been impacted,

a watchful eye also needs to be kept on skills and service delivery.

The Northern Ireland football team have lost 2-0 to Germany in their

On a night when Michael McGovern expected to be busy, he was called

into action in the opening three minutes. MacGyver and's first

business of the night. But after his/her works in Paris, not even he

could stop Julian Draxler, who fired Germany into the league before the

quarter are marked. It was part one of a 2-goal burst which killed the

game off, Sami Khedira applying the final touch. Josh Magennis did his

best to occupied the German defenders the chances were at a

premium. Michael O'Neill's men showed great resilience in the

second half, defending well, limiting German opportunities. So a

performance that will please manager and fans alike against the world

champions. Next up, it's Azerbaijan in Belfast next month, where a move

would -- a win would move Northern Ireland up to second place in the

medals table. The last Victorian public baths

in Ireland still in use Half of the Templemore Baths

building in East Belfast is derelict but money

from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Belfast City Council will bring

the whole site back into use and add Public baths like this

first appeared in Britain Four of them were built in Belfast,

including this one. Then, they were more

about hygiene than fun. Somewhere for workers to get washed

after a week's hard graft Part of this building

is still used for swimming Well, it's easy to see how time has

taken its toll on this place. This old 22-yard pool hasn't been

used for decades but it's hoped this cash injection will allow this place

to be transformed into Other Victorian features will be

preserved and a brand new 25-metre pool will be built alongside

the old baths. It'll cost around ?17

million to transform. ?5 million of that is coming

from the Heritage Lottery Fund. This is one of the most unique

buildings in Ireland and in Belfast it's the last remaining

public baths still in use. It retains this fantastic linkage

to the Belfast of the Victorian age and

of the last century, so it's a fantastic

heritage project. For those who have campaigned

to save it, the news From being a young fella,

we used this regularly, especially when our children

were learning to swim We thought it was an injustice

so we got together as a voluntary And it seems Belfast City

Council has listened. It hopes work here will be

completed within five years. Looking ahead to BBC Newsline

tomorrow, and the first of After recent strong criticism

about its mental health care, we've been given exclusive access

to prisoners who've been specially trained to help

other inmates suffering One of the so-called Listeners tells

us about the work they do. Not everyone you see is going to be

OK but it's great when you go in there and you can build that person

back up and to know you have made the saved a life or improved that

person's life slightly. I join our home affairs

correspondent Vincent Kearney in the jail for BBC

Newsline at 6:30pm. The weather forecast

now, with Cecilia Daly. It felt cooler today and that

easterly breeze picked up, but tonight temperatures will not drop

as low because we have more cloud around. There will still be some

dampness West shares and drizzly rain in the east and south. Where

there are clearer gaps in the north-west, temperatures could drop

the work then you see on the map. Tomorrow we will see some sunshine

again, but to begin with it could be quite cloudy in places and there

will be some toughness around, so you may need the umbrella to start

with but the sun should come out by the middle or late morning. Most of

the rain continues to be across eastern counties of England and

Scotland and the further west you are, the drier and brighter it will

be, and again the west coast of Ireland will enjoy some of the best

weather across the UK and Ireland tomorrow, with temperatures in the

mid-teens, but generally tomorrow will be a nice afternoon with some

sunshine. Still the odd shower and we are likely to see cloudier skies

return on Wednesday night and Thursday with rain across the East,

the best of the weather in the West, where you may stay completely dry.

As we move forward, still that cool breeze towards the east Coast, some

cloud and sunshine, still a few showers but there are signs that

things will turn more unsettled this weekend. And that's