24/08/2014 BBC Newsline

directors, has died. He was 90 and was unwell for some time. You can

see Good evening and welcome to

BBC Newsline. Mourners at the funeral of BBC

broadcaster, Gerry Anderson, have heard him described

as the man who could rename a city. Over 1,000 people attended the

service for the 69-year-old at St More than 1,000 people gathered to

pay their respects to Gerry Anderson. Colleagues and friends of

the broadcaster joined his family in an emotional service at St Eugene's

Cathedral. He was described as "unique" and a man who could "rename

a city" most of all "a family man, a husband and a father." For his

family to have to experience his suffering for the last two years and

now to be bereaved, it is a terribly heavy cross for them. A cross they

are carrying with extreme dignity. Among the mourners were some of

Northern Ireland's best-known broadcasters and friends who said he

had made a remarkable difference to those who knew him. We've lost one

of the big beasts of Irish broadcasting. He was a character. He

was mischievous. He was someone who kept listeners and viewers on the

edge. His ability to treat listeners like human beings, not because there

was a trick to it, because he actually genuinely cared about I

lost them. A pal and a giant in broadcasting. The city has lost one

of its real There was treasures. A poignant moment when co-present Sean

Coyle and colleagues carried the coffin from the church. Those who

worked with Gerry Anderson said he will be badly missed. His memory

would be kept alive. The good news is we have a great rich archive of

his work and still stuff we haven't played yet. We have a series of On

the Air which we haven't shown yet. It will be lovely down-the-line to

be able to show that. As a city mourns one of its favourite sons,

Northern Ireland bids farewell to one of its best loved broadcasters.

Two petrol bombs were thrown during disturbances in east Belfast

The police say rival groups of youths had gathered

The windows of a property on the Albertbridge Road were also

A DUP councillor in County Tyrone says he has no doubt

an overnight attack on his car was the latest in a series

Sammy Brush, who lives in Ballygawley, believes that a

tractor was used to push the vehicle down the street into a parked car.

He says it is the 40th time his property has been targetted

Last week, the bonnet of his car was damaged in an overnight attack.

Five men had to be rescued from Lough Neagh after getting lost

A police plane spotted them in the water and two lifeboats and

Around 200 protesters held a demonstration outside the

Ulster Hall in Belfast last night at an event addressed by the MP,

A heavy police presence kept the pro-Israeli protesters away

from the doors of the hall as the audience arrived.

Most of the demonstrators left soon after the event started.

Crowds turned out in the sunshine today for the Belfast Mela which

There was a colourful and noisy opening procession,

featuring a life-size model elephant and a 16ft Chinese dragon.

Visitors were treated to music, dance and food from all

Today is about show casing how diverse Belfast is and celebrating

the different cultures that enrich Belfast and make it the wonderful

tapestry it is. It aes 's a wonderful part of our city life.

Let's have a look at what kind of weather we can look forward to,

For many of us it will be a breezy and damp start to the week. Things

will improve. It will become dryer before the next batch of wet weather

moves in on Wednesday night into Thursday. Tonight, the cloud

gathering today will continue to do so bringing patchy rain into the

southern counties. For many of us there will be a fair amount of dry

weather. The it is certainly not as chilly as last night with

temperatures holding around 10-11 degrees. Tomorrow, it does look as

though we will see some wetter weather moving in. Cloudy, breezy

day. Not too wet to begin with. We may get brightness towards the

north-coast before the cloud fills in and the rain gathers. That rain

gathering across the Republic of Ireland. Heavy bursts as well

swinging across parts of England and Wales. We have weather warnings in

place for tomorrow. There could be disruption to holiday travel and

outdoor activities. Looks as though the best conditions for the bank

holiday reserved for Scotland. A lot of dry weather here and sunshine

particularly for parts of the west. For Northern Ireland, for the

afternoon, that rain does start to gather more, particularly across the

southern counties. We may get the odd heavy burst here, parts of the

east as well. It will be breezy. The best of dry weather towards the

north and west. For all of us, a cool feeling day with the cloud,

breeze and the rain. Highs of around 14, at best 15 degrees. As we head

into the middle part of the week. Things will improve for us. The

weather front will linger across the south before it clears. Another

weather front will move into the west later on Wednesday. On Tuesday

we still have the remnants of that rain across the south, dryer and

brighter for many other parts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The

then into Wednesday, well then we get the dryer weather moving into

the south before the cloud starts to gather towards the west. That will

be bringing spells of rain for us through Wednesday night and some

showers into Thursday. It could be worse. At least there is

Snow! Our next BBC bulletin is at 6. 25am in the morning. Until then,

from everyone on BBC Newsline, goodbye.