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Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline. | :00:15. | :00:25. | |
We hear from the widow of Ivan Vaughan, who lost his life in the | :00:26. | :00:32. | |
floods. And join me here, where four people | :00:33. | :00:34. | |
have been rescued from flood water. Arlene Foster looks set to be sole | :00:35. | :00:39. | |
contender for the DUP leadership. An investigation into the secret | :00:40. | :00:42. | |
documents on army killings. We'll be finding out just how you | :00:43. | :00:44. | |
spend your money, Despite losing an arm after a crash | :00:45. | :00:48. | |
at the NorthWest 200, Stephen Thompson tells BBC Newsline he wants | :00:49. | :00:54. | |
to be back on a bike by August. A wet and windy day to come | :00:55. | :01:02. | |
tomorrow, turning colder on Thursday. | :01:03. | :01:14. | |
The grieving widow of Ivan Vaughan says she feels like she is in the | :01:15. | :01:18. | |
middle of a bad dream. The former show band singer whose stage name | :01:19. | :01:24. | |
was Simon Scott had been travelling from his home on Sunday night. | :01:25. | :01:29. | |
According to gardai, the 70-year-old was swept away by floodwaters. | :01:30. | :01:33. | |
It was Ivan Vaughan's decision to abandon this car after it became | :01:34. | :01:41. | |
trapped in flood water on Sunday night. It was to have tragic | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
consequences. Ivan had played a gig and was on his way home. This road | :01:48. | :01:54. | |
connects the villages. The amount of flooding which has clearly taken | :01:55. | :01:59. | |
place here it is staggering. Fields, fences and crucially the road are | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
all still covered, we can only imagine the sheer force with which | :02:05. | :02:07. | |
the water must have been pushing through at the height of the storm | :02:08. | :02:11. | |
on Sunday night. Alone in the vehicle in the dark, in the pouring | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
rain, it seems I then drove straight into that flood. | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
Ivan was also known by his stage name of Simon Scott. Yesterday, his | :02:22. | :02:25. | |
wife reported him missing. Shortly before 11:30am, his body was found | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
ten metres from his car. Gardai believe he had been swept away by | :02:31. | :02:39. | |
the sheer force of the water. He would have tried to get out. He | :02:40. | :02:43. | |
could swim. He wasn't a great swimmer but he could swim. They | :02:44. | :02:51. | |
found his coat floating on top of the water. So, he would have had | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
that on, I would say, when he got out of the car, and took it off | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
because it was hindering him, rather than helping him. I don't know how | :03:00. | :03:10. | |
deep the water was, I would say, I wouldn't have made it out. Ivan | :03:11. | :03:17. | |
performed with his group in the 70s and more recently worked as a solo | :03:18. | :03:20. | |
artist. Today, tributes flew in from the | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
world of entertainment and beyond. All I can say is the man had great | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
enthusiasm and knowledge for music. He loved it whether it was old | :03:30. | :03:33. | |
country visit or modern pop music, he wanted to give it a go. A real | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
tragedy, he is in our thoughts and prayers, with his family. | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
A warm and likeable person. He will be sadly missed. He had a loving | :03:43. | :03:50. | |
family. For his friends and family, it is tragic. For his friends, | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
family and music colleagues, there is some consolation in the fact Ivan | :03:57. | :03:59. | |
was doing what he loved, playing music, up until his death. | :04:00. | :04:10. | |
The rain that has flown today has been on the same scale as the | :04:11. | :04:14. | |
weekend. -- has not been. But the flooding is | :04:15. | :04:18. | |
still causing problems. In Armagh this afternoon, five | :04:19. | :04:20. | |
people had to be rescued when their Since we have been here, if you're | :04:21. | :04:31. | |
more vehicles have attempted to drive through the flood water. They | :04:32. | :04:37. | |
are now stuck. Earlier, at 2:30pm, the Fire and rescue is and is got an | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
emergency call that five people were trapped in two cars. A specialist | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
rescue team was sent from Belfast. Crews from Armagh, Dungannon and | :04:49. | :04:52. | |
Portadown were sent. The fire chief has said the people trapped were | :04:53. | :04:59. | |
never in any danger. They left it them to safety -- listed. According | :05:00. | :05:05. | |
to the Fire and Rescue Service, both vehicles conked out while driving | :05:06. | :05:09. | |
through the flood water. The advice from emergency services is not | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
travel on roads affected by flooding, no matter how much of a | :05:14. | :05:18. | |
hurry you are in. If you seek a sign saying flooding, keep out, do | :05:19. | :05:19. | |
exactly that. Next to part is suffered flooding at | :05:20. | :05:27. | |
weekends. -- Strabane. The Environment Minister's been | :05:28. | :05:36. | |
asked to explain why he's given the go-ahead for a major out-of-town | :05:37. | :05:39. | |
development plan which is to be located in a area that suffered | :05:40. | :05:41. | |
severe flooding at the weekend. Strabane Chamber Of Commerce says | :05:42. | :05:44. | |
it's on a flood plain, and would have been badly affected | :05:45. | :05:46. | |
by the heavy rainfall. The development company insists that | :05:47. | :05:48. | |
it's addressed the concerns Here's our north-west reporter, | :05:49. | :05:51. | |
Keiron Tourish. It's called the Three Rivers Project | :05:52. | :05:53. | |
because it's close to where the Finn, | :05:54. | :05:56. | |
Mourne and Foyle all meet But, from these aerial pictures | :05:57. | :05:58. | |
of the weekend flooding, it's almost impossible to make out | :05:59. | :06:01. | |
the rivers and where you'd normally It's here where there's | :06:02. | :06:04. | |
a plan to build a ?50 million business and leisure complex, | :06:05. | :06:07. | |
with the promise of 1,700 jobs. But the site's | :06:08. | :06:09. | |
on an existing flood plain. We have employed one of the world's | :06:10. | :06:20. | |
leading consultancy teams. They studied the area, modelled the flood | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
patterns and have come at a -- come up with a solution which will widen | :06:26. | :06:30. | |
the river and increase capacity so water will convey down the river and | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
won't be dumped on hundreds of acres of agricultural land. | :06:35. | :06:36. | |
But the local Strabane Chamber Of Commerce has concerns. | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
We welcome any detriment to the town, the decision has been made to | :06:41. | :06:49. | |
pass development and we welcome it. We have concerns over the level of | :06:50. | :06:51. | |
the flood protection. While the wrangle continues over | :06:52. | :06:57. | |
the development, local businesses who were forced to close | :06:58. | :06:59. | |
at the weekend, and say an adequate It can't really go on. This is an | :07:00. | :07:13. | |
ongoing problem. The weather is something that is very unpredictable | :07:14. | :07:16. | |
and has to be dealt with. There have been breaches in the embankment. | :07:17. | :07:22. | |
The Rivers agency will be getting men on the ground to shore up those | :07:23. | :07:27. | |
in that month and if they don't it will happen again. | :07:28. | :07:33. | |
The minister says he is fully aware that the development site is located | :07:34. | :07:39. | |
on a flood plain. He has made it clear to the development company | :07:40. | :07:43. | |
that they must put in place adequate mitigation measures to counter any | :07:44. | :07:44. | |
flooding issues. The Finance Minister Arlene Foster | :07:45. | :07:50. | |
says she is humbled by the level of support she has received | :07:51. | :07:53. | |
for her nomination to succeed Mrs Foster emerged as the favourite | :07:54. | :07:55. | |
to take over as both leader and First Minister when the north | :07:56. | :08:05. | |
Belfast MP Nigel Dodds unexpectedly Here's our political editor, | :08:06. | :08:07. | |
Mark Devenport. Arlene Foster was in Tyrone today, | :08:08. | :08:14. | |
seeing for herself the severe flood damage at this shopping centre | :08:15. | :08:17. | |
on the outskirts of Dungannon. With the waters apparently parting | :08:18. | :08:24. | |
for her bid to become DUP leader, the Finance Minister paid tribute | :08:25. | :08:27. | |
to Nigel Dodds and all those giving I have put my name in for leadership | :08:28. | :08:39. | |
of the party. I have been humbled by the amount of support I have | :08:40. | :08:42. | |
received in a short space of time and I very much look forward to | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
leading the party if that is the wish of the party. I believe I have | :08:47. | :08:50. | |
the ability and vision to take this party forward into the next 100 | :08:51. | :08:52. | |
years of Northern Ireland. Arlene Foster Mrs Dodds enjoys | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
the backing of three-quarters of those entitled to vote, including | :08:57. | :08:58. | |
her DUP constituency colleague. She has my 100% support, there is no | :08:59. | :09:06. | |
one better for the job. Last week, | :09:07. | :09:10. | |
Sammy Wilson told the BBC he wouldn't be a leadership | :09:11. | :09:11. | |
candidate, describing Nigel Dodds as However, | :09:12. | :09:14. | |
now Mr Dodds is out of the contest, the East Antrim MP is understood to | :09:15. | :09:17. | |
be reconsidering his options. But many, including the | :09:18. | :09:20. | |
Deputy First Minister, now see It is looking very much at this | :09:21. | :09:34. | |
stage, given the lead given by senior people within the party, that | :09:35. | :09:39. | |
Arlene in all problems it will be both leader and the First Minister. | :09:40. | :09:43. | |
My job is to work with whoever is selected by the DUP in that | :09:44. | :09:48. | |
position. I have a track record of working with Martin -- Ian Paisley, | :09:49. | :09:56. | |
and I can work with anybody. The deadline for nominations is 5pm | :09:57. | :09:59. | |
tomorrow and then it should be clear whether the leadership will be | :10:00. | :10:02. | |
decided by an election or will turn out to be more of a coronation. | :10:03. | :10:06. | |
Last month, the political talks failed to agree | :10:07. | :10:17. | |
a process which would allow secret Government archives from | :10:18. | :10:19. | |
the Troubles to be released to independent investigators. | :10:20. | :10:21. | |
Tonight, a BBC Spotlight programme examines the Government's insistence | :10:22. | :10:24. | |
that key documents must be withheld to protect national security. | :10:25. | :10:26. | |
And it investigates the potential implications of this for so-called | :10:27. | :10:28. | |
military killings where soldiers are accused of shooting civilians. | :10:29. | :10:31. | |
Spotlight's Stephen Dempster reports. | :10:32. | :10:37. | |
These ex-servicemen are protesting at investigations | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
into so-called military killings, where people were shot by soldiers, | :10:44. | :10:45. | |
What we are here for is that we level the playing field. | :10:46. | :11:03. | |
We ensure that veterans are not prosecuted for doing their duty. | :11:04. | :11:05. | |
I don't see why at all we are being investigated. | :11:06. | :11:08. | |
They feel former soldiers are being pursued for just doing their job | :11:09. | :11:12. | |
But the families of civilians shot dead are still looking for answers. | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
Richie McKinnie was a Protestant and an Orangeman, shot dead by | :11:17. | :11:19. | |
the Army in 1972, as he was driving to pick his wife up from work. | :11:20. | :11:25. | |
A soldier claimed a gun man was in his car. | :11:26. | :11:28. | |
His family is still seeking an apology for his killing, | :11:29. | :11:31. | |
People will say, how did your father die? I will say, in the troubles. | :11:32. | :11:45. | |
Was he a policeman? Who shot him? The Army. He was an innocent man. | :11:46. | :11:51. | |
You can see them going, oh, really. That doubt. They must have been | :11:52. | :11:54. | |
doing something. The Ministry Of Defence told | :11:55. | :11:59. | |
Spotlight it would be happy to look into the case if contacted | :12:00. | :12:02. | |
by the relatives. But families | :12:03. | :12:04. | |
like the McKinnies are battling with the MoD to release documents | :12:05. | :12:06. | |
about military killings that took The Government is reluctant | :12:07. | :12:08. | |
to open its archives. But, tonight, Spotlight investigates | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
some of the military's secrets that And you can see more on that story | :12:13. | :12:14. | |
in tonight's Spotlight, here on BBC A major report commissioned | :12:15. | :12:28. | |
by the Office Of The First and Deputy First Ministers recommends | :12:29. | :12:33. | |
an end to academic selection from The three-year study | :12:34. | :12:35. | |
into education in deprived areas hasn't been published, | :12:36. | :12:43. | |
but the BBC has seen a draft copy. It takes a detailed look | :12:44. | :12:46. | |
at why some Protestant pupils do This from our education | :12:47. | :12:49. | |
correspondent Robbie Meredith. But pupils at Corpus Christi College | :12:50. | :12:56. | |
in west Belfast have been getting Deprivation is not an obstacle to | :12:57. | :13:13. | |
learning. It does pose major challenges but we have to be up | :13:14. | :13:17. | |
those challenges. Every child is equal in our eyes. | :13:18. | :13:19. | |
The Investigating Links And Achievement And Deprivation Report | :13:20. | :13:21. | |
compared results from seven of the most deprived electoral wards. | :13:22. | :13:24. | |
The mainly Catholic Whiterock ward in west Belfast is | :13:25. | :13:26. | |
the most deprived area in Northern Ireland, but 60% of pupils | :13:27. | :13:28. | |
By contrast, mainly Protestant Tullycarnet | :13:29. | :13:34. | |
in east Belfast is the 109th most deprived ward, yet only 43% | :13:35. | :13:37. | |
Probably the most well-known aspects in the partnership board are these | :13:38. | :13:52. | |
scattered the schools with support for maths and English -- Saturday | :13:53. | :14:02. | |
schools. Each year, we have over 200 young people with grades that need | :14:03. | :14:05. | |
just a little push. And that close collaboration between | :14:06. | :14:06. | |
schools, communities and families is often missing in deprived Protestant | :14:07. | :14:09. | |
areas like Tullycarnet. Unfortunately, I think in some of | :14:10. | :14:17. | |
the Protestant neighbourhoods, we have been slower to access the | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
resources to make that happen. Because it takes a lot of time, a | :14:22. | :14:27. | |
lot of energy, and people had to be confident what they are doing will | :14:28. | :14:31. | |
be complemented by what is happening in the community and vice versa. | :14:32. | :14:32. | |
The report says selection at 11 reinforces privilege | :14:33. | :14:34. | |
A lot of people won't agree with those conclusions about selection. | :14:35. | :14:51. | |
But we've known for a long time that many | :14:52. | :14:53. | |
disadvantaged children, especially among the Protestant working class, | :14:54. | :14:55. | |
This very detailed report has many lessons | :14:56. | :15:00. | |
Four barn owls have been seized by the police in County Armagh | :15:01. | :15:09. | |
amid suspicion they were going to be illegally sold on the internet. | :15:10. | :15:12. | |
in Lurgan last month, but details have only just been released. | :15:13. | :15:16. | |
The police suspect they were being held without | :15:17. | :15:18. | |
More than one in 10 employees here can expect a pay rise as a result | :15:19. | :15:30. | |
of the National Living Wage, a new report has suggested. | :15:31. | :15:32. | |
The biggest impact will be in the hospitality sector, with a third | :15:33. | :15:35. | |
Here's our economics and business editor, John Campbell. | :15:36. | :15:42. | |
Many people working in jobs like these can expect a happy new year. | :15:43. | :15:47. | |
The National Living Wage is in being introduced in April | :15:48. | :15:51. | |
and that means a higher minimum wage for the over-25s. | :15:52. | :15:55. | |
At the moment, it's ?6.70 an hour, but will jump to ?7.20 | :15:56. | :15:58. | |
That will mean pay rises for many in retail and caring. | :15:59. | :16:05. | |
But the biggest impact will be in hospitality, with one in three | :16:06. | :16:08. | |
Employers are warning that could come at a cost, with potential | :16:09. | :16:17. | |
prices rises, job cuts and even | :16:18. | :16:18. | |
There will be a swathe of businesses close. | :16:19. | :16:25. | |
I know from some contemporaries around the sector that everybody is | :16:26. | :16:31. | |
under a great deal of pressure, and you are talking | :16:32. | :16:35. | |
It is not just the initial sum but also the 30% extra we play | :16:36. | :16:42. | |
But the researcher who produced today's report says the measure | :16:43. | :16:46. | |
could have positive effects for some businesses as their customers | :16:47. | :16:49. | |
Low-paid workers tend to spend more of their income and they also tend | :16:50. | :16:56. | |
to spend it more locally, so that would have a disproportional impact | :16:57. | :16:59. | |
in terms of domestic economy in Northern Ireland, rather than if it | :17:00. | :17:02. | |
had been a wage increase across the board. | :17:03. | :17:05. | |
will undoubtedly mean a significant boost for many families. | :17:06. | :17:10. | |
Some may accuse businesses of scaremongering, | :17:11. | :17:19. | |
but the UK's independent spending watchdog has warned that it could | :17:20. | :17:21. | |
What do you do with the money in your pocket? | :17:22. | :17:28. | |
New figures from the Office Of National Statistics | :17:29. | :17:31. | |
indicate that the average household in Northern Ireland spends nearly | :17:32. | :17:34. | |
?500 a week, ?484 to be exact, and a lot of our money goes | :17:35. | :17:38. | |
Colletta Smith has been looking where our money goes. | :17:39. | :17:48. | |
Suited, booted and dressed to the nines. | :17:49. | :17:54. | |
Northern Ireland spends a tenner a week more on clothes than | :17:55. | :17:57. | |
That goes for women's clothes, children's clothes, | :17:58. | :18:00. | |
If you have a night out on the town, you will see how vibrant nightlife | :18:01. | :18:13. | |
is and people like to welcome during the night and day. . Particularly | :18:14. | :18:16. | |
Belfast, being a stylish bunch. Northern Ireland also spends | :18:17. | :18:20. | |
the most on food and drink. Bread is a big driver | :18:21. | :18:23. | |
of that spending, alongside meat. People spend nearly double the UK | :18:24. | :18:25. | |
average amount on beef alone. We are a nation of meat eaters. | :18:26. | :18:35. | |
Minced steak would be a big seller because it is very versatile, | :18:36. | :18:42. | |
spaghetti, Stu. Steak pieces with casseroles, curries. Chicken is a | :18:43. | :18:43. | |
big seller. The wages aren't the highest here, | :18:44. | :18:45. | |
but housing costs are the cheapest in the UK, water is free, | :18:46. | :18:48. | |
and we spend less on education. That leaves more cash free | :18:49. | :18:51. | |
for treats and vices. Northern Ireland also spends the | :18:52. | :18:59. | |
most on a long list of things that are bad for us. Cigarettes, cakes | :19:00. | :19:01. | |
and bonds. And this. Whether you consider yourself | :19:02. | :19:06. | |
a foodie or a fashionista, people in Northern Ireland spend the most | :19:07. | :19:09. | |
on what they put in their bodies, The rock band Def Leppard were | :19:10. | :19:12. | |
playing in Belfast last night And it wasn't just a delight | :19:13. | :19:19. | |
for their guitarist to return home. Vivian Campbell, | :19:20. | :19:24. | |
who's from the Maze near Lisburn, is thankful to be performing | :19:25. | :19:26. | |
at all, having been diagnosed with If you are sensitive to strobe | :19:27. | :19:28. | |
lighting, there is some from the start | :19:29. | :19:31. | |
of this report from Dan Stanton. Def Leppard guitarist | :19:32. | :19:40. | |
Vivian Campbell, But, | :19:41. | :19:46. | |
on the eve the band's world tour, he I am doing a course of treatment | :19:47. | :19:52. | |
called immunal therapy. And it allows me to | :19:53. | :20:01. | |
continue to work. It is very benign, | :20:02. | :20:03. | |
it's not like chemo. I just have to fly back to | :20:04. | :20:11. | |
Los Angeles every three-and-a-half At the very least, it looks as | :20:12. | :20:14. | |
if it's holding it in place. At the very least, it looks like | :20:15. | :20:21. | |
they might be slightly smaller. Vivian Campbell says he believes | :20:22. | :20:24. | |
performing on stage with his band The hour-and-a-half we are | :20:25. | :20:30. | |
on stage is bliss. The travel, obviously, | :20:31. | :20:34. | |
that's difficult. I mean going from Perth to Singapore | :20:35. | :20:37. | |
to London via Los Angeles, It is hard to know what time | :20:38. | :20:41. | |
of day or what day it is. But he says coming back to Northern | :20:42. | :20:45. | |
Ireland is very special for him. It is a pleasure | :20:46. | :20:53. | |
for me to play my home town. I genuinely believe Belfast is one | :20:54. | :20:59. | |
of the great rock cities in the world,and that's not just | :21:00. | :21:02. | |
because I am from here. It might not have happened, though, | :21:03. | :21:04. | |
if some teachers at his school in I remember many a sit-down | :21:05. | :21:07. | |
on a Friday afternoon, and having to convince the head mistress | :21:08. | :21:14. | |
of Rathmore that I wanted to play guitar in a rock band, and that I | :21:15. | :21:17. | |
would be able to make it a career. Vivian Campbell is now heading back | :21:18. | :21:21. | |
to Los Angeles He'll then fly back to Belfast to | :21:22. | :21:23. | |
be with his family for Christmas. A crash at this year's NorthWest | :21:24. | :21:40. | |
200 races led motorcyclist But, remarkably, | :21:41. | :21:42. | |
he wants to race again. In an exclusive interview with | :21:43. | :21:45. | |
BBC Newsline, Stephen Thompson told me he has no memory of the accident | :21:46. | :21:52. | |
which left him critically ill. The 38-year-old | :21:53. | :21:55. | |
from Crumlin has already undergone 11 operations, and faces yet more | :21:56. | :21:57. | |
surgery in the hope of having nerve endings repaired, and a prosthetic | :21:58. | :22:00. | |
arm fitted in the New Year. Then he says he will do what | :22:01. | :22:03. | |
it takes to race again. If Stephen Thompson is back to work, | :22:04. | :22:17. | |
but it is his determination to get back on a bike which is motivating | :22:18. | :22:21. | |
him. Despite having an arm amputated, he | :22:22. | :22:25. | |
wants to try and make a remarkable return to the sport. A lot of people | :22:26. | :22:32. | |
may don't like it. But I want to race again. And I had in my head | :22:33. | :22:37. | |
that August time, I will be back on a bike. It is going to be a | :22:38. | :22:42. | |
different way of raising for me with a prosthetic arm on. My goal is to | :22:43. | :22:49. | |
be back racing. I want to go back to redbaiting. What would you say to | :22:50. | :22:53. | |
those people who think you are probably crazy. You have lost your | :22:54. | :22:56. | |
are missing but you want to go about doing it again? Well, you get one go | :22:57. | :23:04. | |
at life and I want to enjoy myself. Racing is where I enjoy myself. | :23:05. | :23:10. | |
Thompson was caught up in the aftermath of this price -- at this | :23:11. | :23:12. | |
crash back in May. He admits he is lucky to be alive, | :23:13. | :23:18. | |
after suffering serious leg and internal injuries, as well as losing | :23:19. | :23:23. | |
a limb. How have you found coming to terms obviously with losing the arm? | :23:24. | :23:30. | |
I don't even know if I have come to terms with it? I am just, I don't | :23:31. | :23:36. | |
like showing it but I am just looking forward to the New Year for | :23:37. | :23:40. | |
when the prosthetic comes and I can back -- can be back to nearly normal | :23:41. | :23:44. | |
and do nearly normal things everyday. On a recent trip to | :23:45. | :23:51. | |
Spain, Thompson managed to ride a scooter motorcycle and meet a | :23:52. | :23:56. | |
sporting icon, Valentino Rossi. His passion for bikes certainly has not | :23:57. | :23:59. | |
diminished. It is the race in me. We are all | :24:00. | :24:05. | |
determined to do stuff. I will do what it takes, whatever it takes, I | :24:06. | :24:09. | |
will do it. I still love it, I don't hate it for what it has done to me. | :24:10. | :24:15. | |
It is all part of it. But I just can't stop. | :24:16. | :24:20. | |
As the injury crisis deepens at Ulster Rugby, head coach | :24:21. | :24:22. | |
Les Kiss today suggested that Iain Henderson's season could be over due | :24:23. | :24:25. | |
Ulster are seriously depleted heading into Friday evening's | :24:26. | :24:28. | |
European Champions Cup tie at home to Toulouse, and Henderson is facing | :24:29. | :24:31. | |
The medics will work out the best form of surgery going forward. Those | :24:32. | :24:41. | |
types of injury have been up to six months. We will see where it stands | :24:42. | :24:45. | |
at this stage, it does not look good in terms of the Six Nations, but we | :24:46. | :24:50. | |
have to wait and see what the consultant says. | :24:51. | :24:53. | |
This season's Irish Cup has been boosted by the announcement | :24:54. | :24:55. | |
of a new five-year sponsorship deal with drinks brand Tennents. | :24:56. | :24:58. | |
The fifth round draw was made today, with holders Glentoran to take | :24:59. | :25:01. | |
The pick of the ties, scheduled for January 9th, sees Linfield | :25:02. | :25:05. | |
We could have had an easier draw, I am sure. But we are at home, it is a | :25:06. | :25:14. | |
good game. We have big games before that. We will have a better idea | :25:15. | :25:23. | |
what we will face in January. It is done and dusted, we have to | :25:24. | :25:29. | |
prepare with a game plan. And try and get a positive result. The next | :25:30. | :25:32. | |
round matches are in January, The weather forecast is | :25:33. | :25:33. | |
next with Geoff Maskell. I am afraid there is some rain in | :25:34. | :25:46. | |
the forecast. We had a bad of showers this afternoon which has | :25:47. | :25:51. | |
moved out to the east. We are left with clearer skies tonight. | :25:52. | :25:55. | |
Overnight, Tebbit as will drop away sharply. The coldest part of the | :25:56. | :25:59. | |
night is through the first half of the evening. These guys will cloud | :26:00. | :26:04. | |
over and the rain will move in. A wet and warm start to the day | :26:05. | :26:09. | |
tomorrow. We do have rain in the forecast over the next few days. | :26:10. | :26:17. | |
The strength of the wins will be the key feature. You can see the low | :26:18. | :26:20. | |
pressure system is heading in our direction. | :26:21. | :26:27. | |
We start off tomorrow with a reasonable style of dry weather for | :26:28. | :26:32. | |
most people heading to work but it will not take long for the rain to | :26:33. | :26:38. | |
move in. Under the cloud, we see top textures of 11 degrees. Keep an eye | :26:39. | :26:44. | |
on the wind gauge, 29 miles an hour, closer to 50 miles an hour. A | :26:45. | :26:51. | |
very wet and windy day as we go through Wednesday afternoon and | :26:52. | :26:56. | |
evening. Once the front moves through, we see colder air and over | :26:57. | :27:00. | |
higher ground, the showers will turn to sleet and snow. Wintry showers | :27:01. | :27:05. | |
very much part of the story for five -- for Thursday. | :27:06. | :27:12. | |
We will see sleet and snow over higher ground but good news for the | :27:13. | :27:17. | |
rest of us. Amongst those showers there will be brighter spells. Wrap | :27:18. | :27:22. | |
up warm, the textures are not a lot to write home about, highs of 6 | :27:23. | :27:28. | |
degrees, there will be decent weather to enjoy. | :27:29. | :27:31. | |
Temperatures are heading down towards the weekend. | :27:32. | :27:34. | |
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