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The leader of the Assembly's largest opposition party | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
has repeated his call for the First Minister | :00:09. | :00:10. | |
It follows the release of a letter she sent to banks, | :00:11. | :00:15. | |
urging them to support businesses wanting to invest | :00:16. | :00:17. | |
in the controversial Renewable Heat Incentive scheme. | :00:18. | :00:21. | |
The overspend on the Renewable Heat Incentive is expected to run to | :00:22. | :00:29. | |
It has now emerged in a letter she sent to banks in 2013, | :00:30. | :00:45. | |
Arlene Foster encourage banks to look favourably on approaches from | :00:46. | :00:49. | |
businesses seeking finance for renewable technologies. | :00:50. | :00:50. | |
She also said the government would offer its support, | :00:51. | :00:55. | |
was reliable, long-term and offered a good return on investment. | :00:56. | :00:58. | |
Opposition parties say the letter proves Arlene Foster | :00:59. | :01:00. | |
was across every important detail of this scheme. | :01:01. | :01:02. | |
Mrs Foster has woven a web in which she is now entangled, | :01:03. | :01:08. | |
telling the banks that this term will last for 20 years | :01:09. | :01:12. | |
and that the subsidy is never going down, | :01:13. | :01:14. | |
but telling the rest of us she is going to close the scheme and save | :01:15. | :01:18. | |
The only honourable way out of this mess is for her to resign. | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
Sinn Fein have repeatedly called for an independent investigation. | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
The Department for Economy has issued a statement, | :01:27. | :01:29. | |
defending the minister's letters in 2013. | :01:30. | :01:36. | |
They say action to encourage uptake was being considered, | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
It also said the flaws in the scheme had not been recognised at the time. | :01:40. | :01:49. | |
And in a statement, the DUP's Simon Hamilton said the contents | :01:50. | :01:52. | |
of the letter served to underline the misapprehension the Department | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
was then working under, rather than expose knowledge | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
He said his party supports an investigation which can be free | :02:00. | :02:05. | |
It's that time of year again, when those who've achieved | :02:06. | :02:14. | |
extraordinary things in public life are thanked and honoured | :02:15. | :02:16. | |
And as our reporter, Ita Dungan, has been finding out, | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
this year's New Year's Honours List celebrates some of the best | :02:21. | :02:23. | |
One man honoured on this year's list already holds the honour of bringing | :02:24. | :02:30. | |
Northern Ireland to its first ever European Championships. | :02:31. | :02:33. | |
For Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill, | :02:34. | :02:36. | |
royal recognition and an MBE for his services to | :02:37. | :02:40. | |
football and community - something no football fan | :02:41. | :02:43. | |
Another MBE for 20-year-old Paralympian sensation Bethany Firth. | :02:44. | :02:53. | |
She brought home three gold medals and a silver from the Rio games, | :02:54. | :02:57. | |
and clocked up two world and a Paralympic | :02:58. | :02:59. | |
Not everyone on the list lives in the spotlight - | :03:00. | :03:08. | |
For the last 45 years, Tom McKenna has dedicated his life | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
to Crewe United football club - as a player, manager and chairperson | :03:14. | :03:19. | |
but also a man dedicated to building bridges. | :03:20. | :03:25. | |
After the Warrington born in we established contact with Warrington | :03:26. | :03:39. | |
and Lisburn that has been sustained including us going there to play and | :03:40. | :03:41. | |
then coming here. And all those sportsmen and women | :03:42. | :03:42. | |
need sustenance - something Simon Dougan of the Yellow Door | :03:43. | :03:44. | |
has been providing for With five establishments flourishing | :03:45. | :03:46. | |
under his belt, Simon says it has Will have old Hall sorts of stuff | :03:47. | :04:04. | |
going on. Prince Charles and Camilla were here in May. They had local | :04:05. | :04:09. | |
cider and gin and tonic and were very pleased. It has been a | :04:10. | :04:15. | |
memorable year. It was the gin and tonic that did the trick! | :04:16. | :04:17. | |
The former Director General of the Northern Ireland Prison Service, | :04:18. | :04:20. | |
Sue McAllister, received a Companion of the Order of the Bath. | :04:21. | :04:22. | |
During her tenure, the prison service inspectors described | :04:23. | :04:26. | |
Maghaberry as the most dangerous jail in the UK. | :04:27. | :04:34. | |
And you can read a list of all of the honours' recipients | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
Police say a viable explosive device has been found during a security | :04:38. | :04:46. | |
The device, which was found close to a sports' pitch at Blythe Street | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
in the Sandy Row area, has been taken away for further examination. | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
State papers from the 1980s have revealed how much the British | :04:58. | :05:00. | |
authorities discussed the public image of | :05:01. | :05:02. | |
One document covers the period in 1989, after the Stevens Inquiry | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
prompted the arrest of 28 serving UDR members. | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
The papers, released today, cover several years up | :05:13. | :05:15. | |
Fell over 20 years the UDR supported the RUC and the regular army, seen | :05:16. | :05:32. | |
as either protectors or a sectarian force. The regiment was dogged by | :05:33. | :05:37. | |
rumours of collusion and some members work convicted of murder and | :05:38. | :05:43. | |
other serious crimes. The Stevens Enquiry was tasked to look into it | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
and when 20 members were arrested in 1989 the papers now released show | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
that Colonel tackled the Northern Ireland Secretary about it. They say | :05:55. | :06:00. | |
first of all he thought that the raids on UDR heresies put his force | :06:01. | :06:06. | |
on a par with terrorists. He said that. He believed it was too please | :06:07. | :06:12. | |
Dublin. There had been covert political interference. Both of | :06:13. | :06:14. | |
these were rejected by the secretary asked eight. But eventually they | :06:15. | :06:25. | |
well come to the enquiry. In a quite different document just released by | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
the public record office it has emerged that in 1989 the Northern | :06:30. | :06:33. | |
Ireland Secretary was interested in having what was a quite new | :06:34. | :06:37. | |
experience for him, attending a calix football match. The papers | :06:38. | :06:46. | |
show that enthusiasm in 1989 turned on and I'm but colourful football | :06:47. | :06:53. | |
match -- report. You'd been to the match earlier the same year. More | :06:54. | :06:57. | |
papers are due to be released in the New Year. | :06:58. | :06:59. | |
Now onto the weather forecast for the weekend, with Barra Best. | :07:00. | :07:07. | |
We are all in for a very mild night. Temperatures settling at nine or 10 | :07:08. | :07:14. | |
degrees and no frost. Way above average for the time of year. I'll | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
start on New Year's Eve but it will change. There will be rain followed | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
by very cold air. To begin with a dry start, some spells sunshine | :07:25. | :07:27. | |
coming and going, and if you are travelling first thing it is a | :07:28. | :07:31. | |
similar picture across Ireland, England and Wales, but a wet start | :07:32. | :07:34. | |
across much of Scotland as the rain starts to come in. The rain will | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
sink South across Britain and Ireland that it will be a mild day | :07:39. | :07:44. | |
for all of us. For us come into the afternoon the rain will push to was | :07:45. | :07:49. | |
the east coast. Some heavy bursts. But Miles, ten or 11 degrees. Behind | :07:50. | :07:55. | |
the rain, very cold air. If you are heading out on New Year's Eve bring | :07:56. | :07:59. | |
a big coat. The rain will gradually clear away by eight or nine o'clock | :08:00. | :08:04. | |
but behind it will be scattered showers and as temperatures fall to | :08:05. | :08:08. | |
close to freezing we could get the odd wintry flurry over high ground. | :08:09. | :08:14. | |
On Sunday it will be five or 6 degrees. Some sunshine out there | :08:15. | :08:17. | |
towards the north coast. The link older as you factor in the chilly | :08:18. | :08:19. | |
northerly winds. That's it from us until | :08:20. | :08:20. | |
7:35 tomorrow evening. In the meantime you can keep updated | :08:21. | :08:22. | |
with News Online and follow us From all of us here | :08:23. | :08:26. | |
on the programme, goodnight. | :08:27. | :08:30. |