:00:00. > :00:08.Join me now on BBC Two, 11.00pm in Scotland.
:00:09. > :00:13.Around 100 workers at the clothing chain Exhibit could lose their jobs
:00:14. > :00:16.as it's been put into administration.
:00:17. > :00:19.The firm says it has been hit by a significant change
:00:20. > :00:25.Our economics and business editor John Campbell has more.
:00:26. > :00:28.This was the Exhibit store in Belfast's Castlecourt
:00:29. > :00:36.It has a total of 14 branches across Northern Ireland.
:00:37. > :00:39.It operated in the intensely competitive world of
:00:40. > :00:45.The HNH Group, which is acting as administrator, said Exhibit had
:00:46. > :00:49.suffered from a general downturn in trading conditions
:00:50. > :00:53.and a significant change in consumer spending patterns.
:00:54. > :00:57.Around 100 jobs are now under threat.
:00:58. > :01:00.These members of staff worried about getting paid.
:01:01. > :01:04.I don't think I'm in the worst position, to be honest.
:01:05. > :01:07.I can get on by that, but our managers have got houses
:01:08. > :01:12.When you've got a kid coming up to Christmas,
:01:13. > :01:21.I am kind of stuck for things like that.
:01:22. > :01:23.I'll just have to look for another job.
:01:24. > :01:26.The number of people employed in retail has actually been
:01:27. > :01:28.rising over the last year, and some new brands have
:01:29. > :01:32.But with more shopping being done online and consumers
:01:33. > :01:38.demanding bargains, it remains a challenging environment.
:01:39. > :01:41.A murder trial has heard that a knife was held to the throat
:01:42. > :01:45.of a man whose body was later found in a bin.
:01:46. > :01:48.The claim was made on the first day of evidence by a woman
:01:49. > :01:50.who is jointly accused of the murder of Owen Creaney
:01:51. > :01:55.Shaunean Boyle is charged along with Stephen Hughes.
:01:56. > :01:59.They're blaming each other for the killing.
:02:00. > :02:03.Half of the ?40 million in funding that was supposed to be spent
:02:04. > :02:06.cutting hospital waiting times was spent elsewhere
:02:07. > :02:10.The figures were given to the Assembly, as BBC
:02:11. > :02:15.It's a topic we've covered extensively on BBC Newsline -
:02:16. > :02:18.patients facing excessive waits for treatment.
:02:19. > :02:24.Last November, the then Health Minister Simon Hamilton announced
:02:25. > :02:29.?40 million would be spent to get some of those waiting lists down.
:02:30. > :02:31.We are well down the line of planning for this.
:02:32. > :02:33.Some people will start to get notifications
:02:34. > :02:39.The appointments and the assessment survey will be going
:02:40. > :02:42.But figures from the current Health Minister
:02:43. > :02:44.show a big chunk of that money went elsewhere.
:02:45. > :02:50.?25 million was spent reducing waiting lists across the board
:02:51. > :02:54.but a further ?18.5 million went to various other areas
:02:55. > :02:57.including GP out-of-hours and independent care homes.
:02:58. > :03:00.Time and time again, cancer waiting times have been
:03:01. > :03:08.We've heard the words "disappointed" from Minister Wells in 2015,
:03:09. > :03:11."silence" from Minister Hamilton in last October's debate, and,
:03:12. > :03:15.last week, "shock" and "regret" from Minister O'Neill.
:03:16. > :03:18.When, after all those condemnations of the service
:03:19. > :03:22.that they are leading, will they turn from words to action?
:03:23. > :03:27.The 6.7% of women presenting with potential breast cancer
:03:28. > :03:33.with an urgent referral, 6.7% of those are in
:03:34. > :03:35.the Southern Health trust and have had that referral
:03:36. > :03:44.But the DUP largely defended the service.
:03:45. > :03:46.Do I believe that there is a deterioration in
:03:47. > :03:55.I believe we have one of the best systems in the world,
:03:56. > :03:58.The Health Minister questioned some of the statistics in today's debate
:03:59. > :04:00.but admitted there's more work to be done.
:04:01. > :04:05.I have never stood in this House and said they are perfect.
:04:06. > :04:07.There is a recognition right across the board
:04:08. > :04:09.that we need to tackle this and deliver better
:04:10. > :04:12.outcomes for people, that is the job for Government.
:04:13. > :04:15.The fact that not all of the money earmarked
:04:16. > :04:18.for waiting lists was spent where it should be will be of little comfort
:04:19. > :04:24.to those hoping they'll get treated soon.
:04:25. > :04:28.A letter from the Prime Minister in response to one from the First
:04:29. > :04:33.and Deputy First Ministers on Brexit was at the centre of a row today.
:04:34. > :04:35.It was made public on BBC Radio before being
:04:36. > :04:40.Our political correspondent Enda McClafferty reports.
:04:41. > :04:43.For more than six weeks, Stormont has been waiting and waiting
:04:44. > :04:50.Today, we learnt that letter has finally arrived but not everyone
:04:51. > :04:57.I would like you to rule on the issue of whether it is
:04:58. > :05:01.appropriate for important documents that will have influence on debates
:05:02. > :05:05.in this Chamber to be released to the Assembly first, rather
:05:06. > :05:08.than to The Stephen Nolan Show this morning, as was the letter
:05:09. > :05:13.And this is what Steve Aiken was talking about.
:05:14. > :05:16.When the DUP's Gavin Robinson was challenged
:05:17. > :05:21.by the SDLP's Sinead Bradley about the long-awaited letter
:05:22. > :05:26.Gavin, perhaps you could ask for a reply from the letter.
:05:27. > :05:29.We have got a reply from the letter, Sinead.
:05:30. > :05:31.Could you tell the people of Northern Ireland?
:05:32. > :05:44.I don't read your post, Stephen, and I don't read Sinead's so I wouldn't
:05:45. > :05:46.read the letter to the First Minister.
:05:47. > :05:49.That letter from Theresa May arrived at Stormont on Friday but yet no-one
:05:50. > :05:52.told the opposition parties as they debated in the chamber
:05:53. > :05:54.yesterday as to why Northern Ireland should be given special status
:05:55. > :05:58.It definitely isn't good enough, Mr Speaker, to send a letter
:05:59. > :06:00.in August to the British Prime Minister and
:06:01. > :06:08.Little did he know that reply was sitting upstairs on a desk.
:06:09. > :06:12.Today the First Minister sought to clear up the confusion.
:06:13. > :06:27.We then had a discussion with the Secretary of State, but
:06:28. > :06:32.unfortunately for you there is no big mystery in all this.
:06:33. > :06:35.It is very straightforward and as I say it is now
:06:36. > :06:41.Much of it we have heard before, but we now have a commitment
:06:42. > :06:43.in writing from the Prime Minsiter to ensure the continued free
:06:44. > :06:46.movement of people and goods across the island of Ireland.
:06:47. > :06:48.But the opposition parties say they are less than impressed
:06:49. > :06:52.Whatever the circumstances of how this letter landed here at Stormont
:06:53. > :07:00.the fact is that it provides little comfort for those
:07:01. > :07:10.Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness will be looking for a much more when
:07:11. > :07:13.they meet Theresa May in Downing Street on Monday.
:07:14. > :07:15.The former Alliance Party leader and Justice Minister David Ford has
:07:16. > :07:18.been removed from his role as an elder in his local
:07:19. > :07:21.He clashed with the congregation over his support for
:07:22. > :07:27.For 30 years David Ford was a ruling elder of this rural
:07:28. > :07:29.County Antrim church, but now, although he remains
:07:30. > :07:32.an elder with the wider Presbyterian church,
:07:33. > :07:36.he will no longer be an influential member of Second Donegore.
:07:37. > :07:38.His support for same-sex marriage caused the rift and the congregation
:07:39. > :07:52.It's clear from his written statement that David Ford is upset
:07:53. > :07:57.at the downgrading of his position in the Presbyterian church, and it
:07:58. > :08:01.is also clear when he talks about for a difficult years that the
:08:02. > :08:05.conflict has been going on for some time, in spite of his appeal to the
:08:06. > :08:06.Presbyterian church's highest authority.
:08:07. > :08:09.People arriving for a bowling club were reluctant to comment,
:08:10. > :08:10.but one said the former Alliance leader's stance
:08:11. > :08:16.He had to step down if that was his choice then.
:08:17. > :08:19.Mr Ford says church authorities have failed to promote healing and unity
:08:20. > :08:21.in the church, but he said some members had supported
:08:22. > :08:25.Thousands of householders have received an apology
:08:26. > :08:29.from Belfast City Council for not being told about a change
:08:30. > :08:35.Officials say human error was to blame for letters not
:08:36. > :08:45.This street one of many to have its collection day changed
:08:46. > :08:48.as part of a massive overhaul of bin lorry routes across the city.
:08:49. > :08:54.Residents of this street knew about the change -
:08:55. > :08:57.they'd received a letter from the council telling them.
:08:58. > :09:04.The problem is that not everyone received those letters.
:09:05. > :09:07.It's only because I listened to it on the radio this morning.
:09:08. > :09:10.Then it was on Facebook again yesterday.
:09:11. > :09:12.Did you receive anything from the council?
:09:13. > :09:22.I put ours out yesterday and it wasn't lifted.
:09:23. > :09:27.It's usually on a Monday that they come.
:09:28. > :09:30.This is one of the letters the council sent out through
:09:31. > :09:33.a contractor they had hired to deliver them.
:09:34. > :09:35.Out of 160,000 households, more than 60,000 didn't get one.
:09:36. > :09:37.Hundreds were found dumped in a skip.
:09:38. > :09:43.It has all led to confusion and missed bin collections.
:09:44. > :10:00.Many people turned to social media to complain.
:10:01. > :10:03.We did rely on a contractor to do the letters.
:10:04. > :10:08.All that has fallen below our expectations.
:10:09. > :10:10.And a lot of people didn't get those letters.
:10:11. > :10:12.First and foremost, I want to apologise to
:10:13. > :10:22.We had mitigation in place, but this is much more significant.
:10:23. > :10:24.Now I give more assurance that we will
:10:25. > :10:25.resolve this situation as quickly as possible
:10:26. > :10:29.Anyone still unsure about their bin collection day should check online
:10:30. > :10:40.on the City Council website or phone the council on this number.
:10:41. > :10:44.A French coroner has found that Munster Rugby's head coach,
:10:45. > :10:48.Anthony Foley died after a heart condition which caused a build-up
:10:49. > :10:52.The 42-year-old was found in his hotel room
:10:53. > :10:57.His body will be returned home tomorrow.
:10:58. > :11:00.Football, and in tonight's Danske Bank Premiership game,
:11:01. > :11:02.Cliftonville kept Linfield from topping the league
:11:03. > :11:09.James Knowles put the home side into the lead
:11:10. > :11:15.But Paul Smyth got an equaliser for the Blues just after half time.
:11:16. > :11:17.A few minutes later, Jay Donnelly scored the winner,
:11:18. > :11:25.And in international football, Northern Ireland's under-19 women's
:11:26. > :11:28.team were beaten 4-0 by France at the Ballymena
:11:29. > :11:36.It was their first game of a mini warm-up tournament
:11:37. > :11:39.which is being held at four local venues ahead of next summer's
:11:40. > :11:43.The weather - after a cold wind and some showers today, there's
:11:44. > :11:51.Angie Phillips has the latest forecast.
:11:52. > :11:59.We had a chilly wind blowing today, particularly gusty towards the north
:12:00. > :12:04.and north-east around the coast, where we had a few showers. The
:12:05. > :12:08.breeze to ease a little tonight but still noticeable around the coast
:12:09. > :12:12.and some showers feeding into the coast and the channel, but inland
:12:13. > :12:20.it's drier with clear spells and quite chilly. We could get the odd
:12:21. > :12:24.pocket of grass frost. Winds continue to ease tomorrow, it should
:12:25. > :12:29.be a better day and a lot of dry weather and sunshine but still a few
:12:30. > :12:34.showers, particularly during the morning in the north and east,
:12:35. > :12:39.otherwise a fine start. For many parts of Britain and Ireland, a fair
:12:40. > :12:44.amount of sunshine, lighter wind, a few showers on the west coast of
:12:45. > :12:49.Ireland, the West of Scotland, inland it is mainly fine and sunny,
:12:50. > :12:53.but different if you're under North Sea coats, still affected by the low
:12:54. > :13:01.pressure soda will be showers rolling in, brisk northerly winds
:13:02. > :13:05.making it feel chilly. Here in Northern and then, given to lighter
:13:06. > :13:09.winds, similar temperatures to today that with a bit of sunshine it
:13:10. > :13:14.shouldn't feel as chilly and we're looking at a largely dry story.
:13:15. > :13:19.Through the rest of the week, apart from the risk of some patchy rain in
:13:20. > :13:23.the west on Friday, it's nothing largely dry with some sunshine,
:13:24. > :13:27.clear spells at night mean there's a risk of some and fog.
:13:28. > :13:31.Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am during Breakfast here on BBC One.