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Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline. | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
The developers withdraw their planning application for John Lewis | :00:19. | :00:24. | |
- the battle moves to the Executive table. | :00:24. | :00:27. | |
The parents of a nine-year-old girl tell an inquiry that Altnagelvin | :00:27. | :00:37. | |
hospital are to blame for their daughter's death. Raychel would be | :00:37. | :00:41. | |
21 on Monday, but instead of going shopping and doing the normal | :00:41. | :00:44. | |
things, we will be going to the cemetery. | :00:44. | :00:47. | |
The murders of two senior RUC officers - former IRA members say | :00:47. | :00:49. | |
Gardai weren't involved. A plan in County Down to generate | :00:50. | :00:55. | |
millions of pounds from mountain biking. | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
Ireland kick off their Six Nations rugby campaign tomorrow in Wales - | :00:58. | :01:01. | |
we'll all have the big match build And the weather and temperature is | :01:01. | :01:09. | |
see-sawing a bit this weekend. I'll have the forecast. | :01:09. | :01:12. | |
The First Minister Peter Robinson has said the Executive and not the | :01:12. | :01:14. | |
Environment Minister will decide planning policy for major retail | :01:14. | :01:21. | |
developments. It follows a decision by John Lewis to withdraw its | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
application for a store at Sprucefield after the minister put | :01:23. | :01:33. | |
restrictions on future development there. The retailer, and the | :01:33. | :01:35. | |
developers behind the proposed out- of-town centre, say they will | :01:35. | :01:45. | |
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reconsider if the Executive acts in their favour. | :01:48. | :01:54. | |
# So please, please, please let me get what I want #. | :01:54. | :02:04. | |
# Lord knows, it would be the first time... #. | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
And this is what John Lewis and the developers at Sprucefield want, a | :02:07. | :02:10. | |
500,000 square foot shopping centre on the outskirts of Belfast and | :02:10. | :02:17. | |
Lisburn with the popular retailer as anchor tenant. The Environment | :02:17. | :02:25. | |
Minister says that's not a itable development for out-of-town. -- A | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
suitable development. Schemes like this, he believes, should be in | :02:29. | :02:37. | |
town and city centres. And a bit a like a child who doesn't get what | :02:37. | :02:40. | |
he wants, John Lewis has threatened to take its toys elsewhere, perhaps | :02:40. | :02:46. | |
to Dublin. So what do shoppers make of it? Truthfully, I do not think | :02:46. | :02:51. | |
they are listening to the people. Everyone I know once John Lewis. | :02:51. | :02:59. | |
it is going to bring work, I think the paper said 1,500, it would take | :02:59. | :03:04. | |
them off the brew, which would be a good idea. What about the people | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
with the other shops? Drummers is a great shot then London but the | :03:08. | :03:13. | |
other shops are going to have to close. -- John Lewis is a great | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
shop in London. The row is has provoked an Executive crisis. With | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
DUP colleagues lobbying hard on behalf of Sprucefield, First | :03:20. | :03:22. | |
Minister Peter Robinson is threatening to over-rule the | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
Environment Minister This is where the Environment Minister would like | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
John Lewis to locate - a site earmarked for retail development in | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
the centre of Belfast called Royal Exchange. Her is entitled to take a | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
decision? The Executive is entitled. Not just one minister. BJ Botha | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
might have our own view on it. We will come to a collective decision. | :03:36. | :03:42. | |
It has to be a decision of the Executive. This is where the | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
environment minister would like John Lewis to be. It is called | :03:46. | :03:50. | |
Royal Exchange and is in the centre of Belfast and is earmarked for | :03:50. | :03:54. | |
retail. It does not have any retailers yet. John Lewis said | :03:54. | :03:58. | |
there were only interested in sprays feet and with the First | :03:58. | :04:04. | |
Minister now it St this is a matter for the Executive as a whole, -- | :04:04. | :04:07. | |
night saying this is a matter for the Executive as a whole, this | :04:07. | :04:17. | |
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issue is far from resolved. How comfortable are you with your | :04:22. | :04:25. | |
decision, which has turned away the developer and the creation of | :04:25. | :04:30. | |
hundreds of jobs? What we also have to creation -- consider is there | :04:30. | :04:35. | |
are thousands of jobs in Belfast city centre and Lisburn City Centre, | :04:35. | :04:38. | |
and in Greater Belfast retail centres, and hundreds of businesses | :04:38. | :04:44. | |
that have been struggling in recession with a shot vacancies and | :04:44. | :04:47. | |
redundancies and in getting me to a policy right, we have to protect | :04:47. | :04:52. | |
those thousands of jobs and has hundreds of businesses. That is | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
what the policy of this government was. But with the policy of Peter | :04:56. | :05:03. | |
Robinson, but he endorsed last year. What do you think of this viewer | :05:03. | :05:07. | |
who says, this is a massive loss. John Lewis would have from | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
thousands of people into Lisburn from all over the island -- all | :05:11. | :05:20. | |
over Ireland. He says it means Lisburn has lost out. That is not | :05:21. | :05:24. | |
what traders in a lot of the city and town centres and Greater | :05:24. | :05:30. | |
Belfast are saying. They are saying this is an important moment, where | :05:30. | :05:36. | |
we protect city and town centre trading, and let Ospreys be | :05:36. | :05:45. | |
developed. -- LED Sprucefield it develop. The notion at Sprucefield | :05:45. | :05:52. | |
of 20 shops with 1.5 times the size of Victoria Centre, the notion that | :05:52. | :05:57. | |
that would not have an impact does not stack up. The shoppers are | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
crying out for a free parking, for accessibility. That is something | :06:01. | :06:06. | |
they can get at out-of-town complexes, just like Sprucefield, | :06:06. | :06:12. | |
and not in city centres. Those who make that argument are probably | :06:12. | :06:16. | |
with Peter Robinson tonight. He is saying to all of those hundreds of | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
businesses and those thousands of employees, in Belfast city centre | :06:20. | :06:26. | |
and in other town centres, you are on your own, sink or swim. It is | :06:26. | :06:32. | |
Sprucefield at all costs, a 1.5 times the Victoria Centre at that | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
location. Is that the message that we send to people tonight? Or do we | :06:36. | :06:42. | |
say, you could have a balanced retail policy that sees sprees been | :06:42. | :06:47. | |
developed as a bulk goods place and Belfast city centre protected. -- | :06:47. | :06:52. | |
spruce been developed. Peter Robinson says this is a decision | :06:52. | :06:55. | |
that should be taken by the Executive. What are you going to | :06:55. | :07:03. | |
do? I have a must -- ministerial responsibility to say to the | :07:03. | :07:06. | |
planning inquiry that when it comes to a development of retail in | :07:06. | :07:10. | |
Northern Ireland, the government policy is, be government policy is | :07:10. | :07:16. | |
since last summer, but it is Belfast first, protect town centres | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
in Greater Belfast... So, Peter Robinson is wrong? Peter Robinson | :07:21. | :07:27. | |
is making that argument. There have been many examples in recent times | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
were Peter Robinson says that his will will prevail when the fact is, | :07:31. | :07:36. | |
good planning, a good policy, a good retail policy and ministerial | :07:36. | :07:40. | |
authority should prevail. We will see when that goes. Thank you for | :07:40. | :07:48. | |
joining us. You can add your views on our Facebook page. | :07:48. | :07:56. | |
Still the come... As Basil McCrae continues to face | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
an Ulster Unionist disciplinary hearing, I will have the latest. | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
Parts of a pipe bomb have been found outside a Catholic church in | :08:04. | :08:07. | |
Ballyclare. The army was called to Sacred Heart Church this morning to | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
examine several suspicious devices. Homes nearby were evacuated. The | :08:12. | :08:15. | |
administrator of the church says nothing like it has happened there | :08:15. | :08:20. | |
for more than ten years. A nationalist resident has won the | :08:20. | :08:25. | |
first part of his legal challenge over the flag protests. The unnamed | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
Short Strand resident is arguing that the weekly flag protest to and | :08:28. | :08:34. | |
from City Hall is an unauthorised parade and therefore illegal. He's | :08:34. | :08:37. | |
been given permission to launch a legal bid over claims that police | :08:37. | :08:43. | |
are allowing illegal marches. The judge said the case raised | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
important points in relation to the obligations on the PSNI and the | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
Secretary of State. The public inquiry into the | :08:51. | :08:54. | |
hospital deaths of five children has heard the parents of a nine- | :08:54. | :08:56. | |
year-old girl claim that Altnagelvin hospital was | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
responsible for their daughter's death. Raychel Ferguson died after | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
an appendix operation. Our Health Correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly | :09:05. | :09:15. | |
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was at the hearing in Banbridge. Before her death in 2001, the court | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
heard that Raychel Ferguson was a happy and healthy terms. After | :09:20. | :09:26. | |
complaining of stomach pains, her parents to go to other govern's A&E, | :09:26. | :09:34. | |
where she was admitted. -- to occur to Altnagelvin's A&E. They question | :09:34. | :09:40. | |
why proper records were not kept, including numerous episodes of | :09:40. | :09:46. | |
vomiting and by the consultant was not aware that because it -- the | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
child was under to his care until after she was dead. The judge said | :09:49. | :09:52. | |
the parents do not just want those on the ground bearing | :09:52. | :09:56. | |
responsibility, in fact they want the inquiry to identify those in | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
control of the system and all management structures. He said, but | :10:00. | :10:04. | |
parents feel very strongly they were not told the whole truth about | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
their daughter's death and they believe Raychel was killed by | :10:08. | :10:13. | |
Altnagelvin Hospital. Raychel's death is one of five races being | :10:13. | :10:21. | |
examined. The comment thread is the condition, hyponatraemia, the | :10:21. | :10:25. | |
mismanagement of its limits, which in some cases cost their deaths. | :10:25. | :10:32. | |
The court was told Raychel was getting 50% more or than her | :10:32. | :10:37. | |
calculated environments. They also said the fact that she was getting | :10:37. | :10:42. | |
the wrong for the red, she never had a chance. Raychel was one of | :10:42. | :10:45. | |
four children. In court her brothers and mum and Dad heard that | :10:45. | :10:50. | |
this Monday, she should have been celebrating her 21st birthday. | :10:50. | :10:54. | |
would have been a busy weekend. Raychel would have been 21 on | :10:54. | :11:01. | |
Monday. Instead of going shopping and doing the normal things that a | :11:01. | :11:07. | |
family would do, well, we will be going to the cemetery instead. | :11:07. | :11:12. | |
While Altnagelvin has never accepted responsibility, in 2005 | :11:12. | :11:22. | |
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the Trust wrote to the Ferguson -- the barrister said they wanted | :11:27. | :11:30. | |
to get to the truth. Former IRA members have told a | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
collusion inquiry that they were NOT helped by rogue Garda officers | :11:33. | :11:36. | |
when they killed two senior RUC men. The inquiry in Dublin is | :11:36. | :11:39. | |
investigating the killings of Harry Breen and Bob Buchanan in 1989. A | :11:39. | :11:42. | |
statement was read to the inquiry this afternoon but none of the | :11:42. | :11:46. | |
former IRA men appeared in person. Our Dublin Correspondent Shane | :11:46. | :11:51. | |
Harrison reports. The IRA told representatives of the | :11:51. | :11:53. | |
Smithwick tribunal in unsworn statements that at least 40 of its | :11:53. | :11:56. | |
members were involved in the operation that led to the murders | :11:56. | :11:58. | |
of Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob Buchanan, | :11:58. | :12:06. | |
after they visited Dundalk Garda station. An operation, the three | :12:06. | :12:09. | |
former paramilitaries hinted, that began around nine months beforehand | :12:09. | :12:11. | |
with the chance discovery of another RUC officer as a passenger | :12:11. | :12:20. | |
in Bob Buchanan's red Vauxhall Cavalier car at the station. The | :12:20. | :12:22. | |
IRA told the tribunal that British security forces personnel "were | :12:23. | :12:25. | |
creatures of habit" and that with a note of the car's registration | :12:26. | :12:28. | |
number and Dundalk Garda station under near constant surveillance | :12:28. | :12:31. | |
from a nearby derelict house, its members were able to capitalise on | :12:31. | :12:41. | |
what it called "sloppy work by our enemy". The IRA claimed its | :12:41. | :12:43. | |
operation was "lengthy and detailed" and that "at no time was | :12:43. | :12:50. | |
there any input from Gardai or any other source". The republican | :12:50. | :12:53. | |
paramilitary group told that in all there were four operations aimed at | :12:53. | :12:59. | |
killing the occupants of the car. Judge Peter Smithwick has heard | :12:59. | :13:01. | |
accusations against three former Garda sergeants alleging they were | :13:01. | :13:08. | |
IRA moles. All three vehemently deny the allegation. The judge has | :13:08. | :13:10. | |
said that despite giving the IRA members assurances on protecting | :13:10. | :13:12. | |
their identities and guaranteeing their security, he was disappointed | :13:12. | :13:15. | |
by their decision not to give evidence in person under oath and | :13:15. | :13:23. | |
allow their evidence to be tested by cross-examination. The Taoiseach, | :13:23. | :13:25. | |
Enda Kenny, today criticised the IRA's non-appearance and contrasted | :13:25. | :13:34. | |
it with Sinn Fein's calls for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. | :13:34. | :13:37. | |
The Lagan Valley assembly member Basil McCrea has been facing an | :13:37. | :13:41. | |
Ulster Unionist Party disciplinary panel. Mr McCrea is in trouble for | :13:41. | :13:44. | |
publicly criticising his party's handling of the controversy over | :13:44. | :13:54. | |
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the flying of the union flag. -- Union flag. Our Political | :13:54. | :13:57. | |
Correspondent Gareth Gordon is at UUP headquarters where the hearing | :13:57. | :14:00. | |
is taking place. Gareth what happened? | :14:00. | :14:05. | |
Basil McCrae is facing two charges, one of which questions his loyalty | :14:05. | :14:10. | |
to the party. He arrived here just before their hearing was due to | :14:10. | :14:13. | |
begin at 4 o'clock. He is not allowed to bring a legal | :14:13. | :14:18. | |
representative, so instead he was accompanied by a female note taker, | :14:18. | :14:23. | |
who is going to record what took place. He was carrying a large blue | :14:23. | :14:26. | |
bag containing a series of documents which he believes will | :14:26. | :14:30. | |
help prove he is innocent of both these charges. He told me he | :14:30. | :14:36. | |
believes he has a good case. I am certainly quite confident that I | :14:36. | :14:42. | |
have acted on party policy at all times and I really do want to make | :14:42. | :14:45. | |
sure that that message gets out loud and clear. I will take | :14:46. | :14:52. | |
whatever avenues are open to me. There is a procedure within the | :14:52. | :14:56. | |
party hard to go forward if you are not happy with the outcome, but I | :14:56. | :15:00. | |
am confident I will get a satisfactory outcome. Be hearing is | :15:00. | :15:05. | |
continuing. It is too 0.5 hours after it began. We do not expect a | :15:05. | :15:08. | |
verdict tonight. If we get one we will bring it to you. | :15:08. | :15:11. | |
The Chief Executive of Derry City Council has insisted the city will | :15:11. | :15:15. | |
be able to cope with the huge numbers of visitors attending UK | :15:15. | :15:18. | |
City of Culture events. Tens of thousands of people are expected to | :15:18. | :15:22. | |
be there for the BBC Radio 1 music festival in May and almost all | :15:22. | :15:28. | |
hotel rooms have been booked in the city centre. Here's our North-West | :15:28. | :15:38. | |
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reporter, Keiron Tourish. Since BBC Radio 1 announced it was | :15:41. | :15:48. | |
staging the big weekend here, the impact has been phenomenal. There | :15:48. | :15:53. | |
will be several stars here during the three-day event. A impossible | :15:53. | :15:59. | |
to put a price on its coverage. We will have international stars. | :15:59. | :16:02. | |
major international peace conference will bring more than | :16:02. | :16:06. | |
1,000 delegates here from all around the world. It is on at the | :16:06. | :16:11. | |
same time as the BBC Radio 1 music weekend. Demand for a bleak | :16:11. | :16:16. | |
accommodation has been unprecedented. -- for accommodation. | :16:16. | :16:20. | |
We are working to get both events accommodated. It will spread out to | :16:20. | :16:25. | |
Limavady and Dundee golf. It is similar to a big event in Belfast. | :16:25. | :16:34. | |
It will come to it surrounding areas. In 2004, 20,000 people were | :16:34. | :16:37. | |
able to see some of the biggest names in pop music. It promises to | :16:37. | :16:44. | |
be even bigger this time around. Are you excited it is going to be | :16:44. | :16:51. | |
happening here? Terribly. The City Council insists it can cope with | :16:51. | :16:55. | |
visitor numbers through a range of accommodation. The City will be | :16:55. | :16:59. | |
bursting at the seams. We need everything from campsites through | :16:59. | :17:04. | |
to budget hotels, we need space were motor homes, and we need to be | :17:04. | :17:09. | |
cheap and cheerful, but houses at home hosting, self-catering. It is | :17:09. | :17:13. | |
the fault next. There is no doubting the significant economic | :17:13. | :17:18. | |
benefit to the wider north-west. These two events alone should | :17:18. | :17:21. | |
generate several million pounds for the local economy. Getting everyone | :17:21. | :17:25. | |
a bed for the night could be their biggest challenge. | :17:25. | :17:28. | |
While Derry has secured so many visitors this year, across in South | :17:28. | :17:31. | |
Down they are looking to pedal power to attract people. New | :17:31. | :17:35. | |
mountain biking trails, which are to open in the next few months, are | :17:35. | :17:38. | |
described as "among the world's best". Mountain biking contributes | :17:38. | :17:41. | |
tens of millions each year to the Scottish and Welsh economies so | :17:41. | :17:47. | |
what could be generated here? Our district reporter Gordon Adair | :17:47. | :17:50. | |
visited Rostrevor, which will be home to 27 kilometres of | :17:50. | :18:00. | |
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spectacular trails including two terrifying downhill runs. | :18:04. | :18:09. | |
Mountain biking is one of the world's fastest-growing adventure | :18:09. | :18:12. | |
activities. In Northern Ireland we have a landscape that is just made | :18:12. | :18:19. | |
for it. I am more police with this than anything else I have done. The | :18:19. | :18:23. | |
-- pleased with this. This is one of the world's top mountain-bike | :18:23. | :18:27. | |
real designers. He is behind a series of trails that could give | :18:27. | :18:33. | |
the economy of South Down a massive boost. In Scotland they have | :18:33. | :18:38. | |
training centres. They are getting 600,000 Meite back visitors a year. | :18:38. | :18:43. | |
The Scottish economy generates that -- reckons that generates 80 | :18:43. | :18:51. | |
million. Mountain biking trails are in rural communities. It is a big | :18:51. | :18:57. | |
boost to the local economies. is what our economy needs. We have | :18:57. | :19:00. | |
got the setting and the people and we need to bring these people here | :19:00. | :19:05. | |
to see what we have got. When you look at Warrenpoint, how many | :19:05. | :19:09. | |
people have come across to the east coast of is that? If it is one of | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
the most beautiful places in the world and we have a lot to offer. | :19:14. | :19:21. | |
This hidden gem has been discovered, so it will be lovely to see that | :19:21. | :19:25. | |
people come and visit. Building materials has been an immense | :19:25. | :19:30. | |
challenge. Probably the most technically difficult trail bell | :19:30. | :19:35. | |
but I have been involved then. Mostly because of the nature of the | :19:35. | :19:40. | |
terrain and the ground conditions. The aim of us developing and the | :19:40. | :19:45. | |
design of these trails has been to have as little impact on the | :19:45. | :19:50. | |
landscape as possible. I think they are going to be iconic, not just | :19:50. | :19:58. | |
for Ireland but for the British Isles. Is it possible they will | :19:58. | :20:01. | |
make Northern Ireland a destination for mountain bikers outside the | :20:01. | :20:06. | |
country? Definitely. This trail in Rostrevor is probably one of the | :20:06. | :20:10. | |
best purpose-built mountain-bike trails anywhere. It is with people | :20:10. | :20:16. | |
travelling over here just to do this. I think that with the other | :20:16. | :20:21. | |
developments on the cards, Northern Ireland definitely has potential to | :20:21. | :20:25. | |
be an international destination. The trails are due to open in the | :20:25. | :20:32. | |
spring. Ireland's rugby players get their | :20:32. | :20:42. | |
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Six Nations campaign under way It is not going to be easy for them. | :20:45. | :20:48. | |
The normally, Aaron and do well in Wales. | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
The last time they won there was 2009 and they went on to win the | :20:52. | :20:57. | |
Grand Slam. In recent years the record has not been good. Wales | :20:57. | :21:00. | |
have won on the last three occasions. Thomas Niblock is in | :21:00. | :21:05. | |
Cardiff for us. It is a match between two said to always produced | :21:05. | :21:12. | |
plenty of Six Nations drama. What separates Wales and Ireland in | :21:12. | :21:20. | |
the Six Nations can be measured in inches... This cake in 2009, two | :21:20. | :21:29. | |
short. Iron snatch their first Grand Slam title since 1948. Recent | :21:29. | :21:34. | |
catches have not been as fortunate. In 2011 there was the infamous | :21:34. | :21:43. | |
wrong call from a touch judge. The result of that was a Welsh try with | :21:43. | :21:53. | |
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a decisive score at that condemned Ireland. A World Cup lost to Wales | :21:53. | :21:58. | |
before the 2012 Six Nations, and that Steven Ferris tackle. Many | :21:58. | :22:04. | |
argued still whether it was a penalty and a yellow card. Wales | :22:04. | :22:09. | |
went on to win a Grand Slam, Ireland did did not. It is only | :22:09. | :22:13. | |
their first game of their Championship tomorrow but one that | :22:13. | :22:20. | |
neither side can afford to lose. have to start well. We are fully | :22:20. | :22:26. | |
focused on that. We want to get off to a good start and it will go a | :22:26. | :22:30. | |
long wait to performing well for the rest of the tournament. I know | :22:30. | :22:36. | |
exactly what Wales are about. They are a great side with great players. | :22:36. | :22:43. | |
They will be tough to beat. Simon Zebo and Craig Gilroy come into | :22:43. | :22:51. | |
this side, a fresh sprinkling of attack. They have got a lot of | :22:51. | :23:00. | |
intelligence in their best -- back line. I think they have broken the | :23:00. | :23:03. | |
record for centre partnership this weekend. It will be an interesting | :23:03. | :23:08. | |
match. There is almost a sense of depression around Welsh rugby. None | :23:08. | :23:14. | |
of their side qualified for the quarter-final of the Heineken Cup. | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
You get the sense if they beat Ireland tomorrow, all will be | :23:18. | :23:27. | |
forgiven. It is live on BBC One and Radio Ulster. | :23:27. | :23:30. | |
Ulster rugby's John Afoa has indicated that he intends to return | :23:30. | :23:34. | |
home to New Zealand next year. He says he wants to chase a spot in | :23:34. | :23:38. | |
the All Blacks' World Cup squad in 2015. Afoa is back home for a break | :23:38. | :23:41. | |
and made the comments to TV New Zealand on a visit to the Auckland | :23:41. | :23:44. | |
Blues club. The 29-year-old has been a big hit at Ravenhill since | :23:44. | :23:47. | |
moving here at the start of last season, with his contract due to | :23:47. | :23:52. | |
expire in 2014. What chance have you coming home | :23:52. | :23:59. | |
after that? Pretty good. My wife is due in about 10 weeks. Like most | :23:59. | :24:05. | |
people you want to be close to your friends and family. He is one of | :24:05. | :24:12. | |
our guys, if he wants to come home we would love to talk to him. | :24:12. | :24:15. | |
Glentoran players will not go on strike, despite not being paid | :24:15. | :24:20. | |
again. In December they boycotted training. The club received a cash | :24:20. | :24:25. | |
injection but has encountered more financial problems. Tomorrow, | :24:25. | :24:31. | |
Glentoran take on Portadown. But sides will battle for the top six | :24:31. | :24:37. | |
of the Premiership. A at Windsor Park, Linfield have | :24:37. | :24:43. | |
won their last five League games. They face Ballymena United, who | :24:43. | :24:48. | |
have been one of David Jefferies' bogy sides. | :24:48. | :24:52. | |
It will be very tight and very difficult, there is no doubt. | :24:52. | :25:00. | |
Ballymena, may be just in the County Antrim shoot. -- they beat | :25:00. | :25:04. | |
us in the County Antrim Shield. Coming to Windsor Park will hold no | :25:04. | :25:14. | |
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fear for them. We have to concentrate on ourselves. | :25:16. | :25:18. | |
Gaelic football's National League gets underway tomorrow. Down will | :25:18. | :25:21. | |
be firm underdogs when they take on McKenna Cup winners Tyrone in their | :25:21. | :25:24. | |
Division One game. And according to Down's star forward, Benny Coulter, | :25:24. | :25:28. | |
his team will be up against it. But this year the focus will be on the | :25:28. | :25:31. | |
Ulster Championship, so they don't mind if they win or lose. | :25:31. | :25:34. | |
What we would be looking for his surviving. If you do not survive it | :25:34. | :25:37. | |
is not the end of the world, as long as we give good performances | :25:37. | :25:40. | |
and have a good game plan. That is what we are going to go for this | :25:40. | :25:43. | |
year. Last year and a couple of years before, our aim was to avoid | :25:43. | :25:51. | |
relegation but now, we are going to try and build a good team. If that | :25:51. | :25:54. | |
means relegated, it means getting relegated. | :25:54. | :25:59. | |
Gareth Maybin's strong early-season form is continuing. He is eight | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
under par at the Dubai Desert Classic, four shots off the lead at | :26:02. | :26:12. | |
Let's get the forecast. We are into February. It feels as | :26:12. | :26:18. | |
wintry as ever. The northerly winds continue to ease. We have clear | :26:18. | :26:23. | |
skies edging in from the north. That is setting us up for a cold, | :26:23. | :26:28. | |
dry and crisp start. It will cloud over tonight into Sunday. A less | :26:28. | :26:33. | |
cold day but breezy again. There will be rain around as well. Dry | :26:33. | :26:40. | |
tonight and with clear skies and easing wins it will be cold. -- | :26:40. | :26:45. | |
easing winds. Many areas seeing frost, things slippery into | :26:45. | :26:50. | |
tomorrow morning. It is a fine day coming up, dry and bright, with | :26:50. | :26:54. | |
crisp wintry sunshine around. Quite a bit of frost on the ground which | :26:54. | :27:01. | |
could linger. Fairly blue skies across eastern counties in | :27:01. | :27:07. | |
particular well into the afternoon tomorrow. Further west, there could | :27:07. | :27:14. | |
be some high cloud edging in, but it is dry. There is a light wind | :27:14. | :27:20. | |
tomorrow, so no wind-chill factor. Similar conditions if you are | :27:21. | :27:25. | |
heading to the Millennium Stadium tomorrow. | :27:25. | :27:29. | |
There is a chance we could see some ice at first tomorrow night while | :27:29. | :27:34. | |
it is still clear. The breeze picks up, wet weather may be in from the | :27:35. | :27:40. | |
West, and that will be lifting a temperatures. Into Sunday, a cloudy | :27:40. | :27:44. | |
a day and a breezy day and there is the prospect of more rain moving | :27:44. | :27:47. | |
into the West later on. Temperatures, eight or nine degrees, | :27:47. | :27:53. |