The backing was unanimous. This is one of those occasions where we can and we have united. And, lord mayor, our party will also be supporting this motion tonight. The entire number of members here voted for the motion, and so the motion is carried. Thank you. Thank you very much. The hopes of the workers now rest in the hands of politicians. Its over to the government now to act. Economist Richard Ramsey believes the huge size of bombardier in Northern Ireland means that if it sank it could bring so much down with it that everyone would feel its effects. Its one of our top exporters, top r d spenders, Top Employers and you take bombardier out of the equation and that would blow a hole in our overall performance. Ultimately youre then going to see less money going through the Northern Ireland economy. This small economy is suddenly caught in a dispute involving one the Biggest Companies in the world, boeing, and one of the Biggest Forces in global politics. We want products made by our
Its wednesday 27th september. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theresa may is bitterly disappointed the United States has proposed imposing a tax on the c seriesjet made by bombardier, one of Northern Irelands biggest employers. Bombardier have a contract to sell 125 of the c series planes to Delta Airlines. However, rival Airline Manufacturer boeing complained that bombardier got state subsidies from the uk and canada, which they say unfairly helped win the order. The tariff could could triple the cost of a c series aircraft sold in the United States. About 1000 jobs in belfast are linked to the c series, the wings of which are made at a purpose built factory at queens island. The programme is notjust important to bombardier jobs in Northern Ireland, but also to smaller Aerospace Firms across the uk which make components for the wings. 0ur north America Business correspondent Samira Hussain sent us this from new york. This is not the ruling that bombardier was hoping f
News. Huge rallies are taking place gcioss news. Huge rallies are taking place across spain as tensions continue over catalonias demand for independence. In madrid, tens of thousands of people are showing their support for spanish unity. Across the country campaigners calling for dialogue between madrid and barcelona have gathered outside town halls, as gavin lee reports. Madrid, this morning. Tens of thousands of people, responding to the Spanish Governments call to take to the streets and show support to try to keep their country together. Three days from an expected announcement by the Catalan Government to separate the region. This is barcelona, protests of a different kind. Dressed in white, thousands who call themselves the silent majority, feeling caught in the middle and scared of what comes next. The movement was born by social media, under the hashtag, less talk. Iam here, personally, as i feel we need a dialogue. Politicians have not been doing theirjob really well. Our sole
Its tuesday october the 17th im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Inflation has risen to its highest level in more than five years. The rate of inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices index, increased to 3 last month, up from 2. 9 in august. The figure is significant because the government uses data from september to set pension and benefit increases. Our Business Correspondent ben bland is here. You are here to chew over these latest figures. What is behind this rise . When we talk about inflation, cpi, typically the things we spend oui cpi, typically the things we spend our money on like food, this figure relates to an average how those prices have gone up this september with a year before, and as we were talking about that figure was 3 , in pa rt talking about that figure was 3 , in part driven by food prices going up, transport cost going, but also as you mentioned the weak pound, after brexit, which affects Raw Materials and foods, imported, the prices you and foods,
Now fled the city and many are in refugee camps. It is a terrible irony that in order to retake raqqa, theyve had to destroy the city. Hours after being released from a secure hospital, Jeffrey Barry killed a kurdish refugee, stabbing him 25 times. Thousands of patients in Northern Ireland are experiencing waits of up to three years for non emergency surgeries, far higherthan in other parts of the uk. Leicester city sacks manager craig shakespeare, only four months after he was given thejob. And one of the worlds most gifted photographers of the past century will be joining us to talk about his life and his iconic images. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that prices are rising at a faster rate than at any time in the past five years, according to the latest data from the office for national statistics. Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices index, rose to 3 last month, driven up by increases in transport and food prices. It means state pensions are set to increase by a minimum of