13/12/2015 BBC Newsline

A 25 year old man has been charged with murder following the death

of a woman in the Ards penisula yesterday.

He is due to appear at Downpatrick Magistrates court tomorrow.

The body of fifty two year old Lija Arustamova,

who was originally from Lithuania, was found in a house in the village

of Portavogie in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Three teenagers are still being questioned about the murder

of a twenty year old man in west Belfast yesterday.

Christopher Meli's body was found at Glasvey Close in the early hours

It's understood he'd been badly beaten.

A post mortem is due to be carried out.

The police are also investigating a serious assault on another young

He's been treated in hospital for his injuries.

A man's died in a car crash near Ballynahinch in County Down.

Paul Donnelly, who was 36 and from Collinview in west Belfast,

was in a car which was in collision with another vehicle

on the Magheraknock Road at about 7.30 last night.

A 32-year-old man and five-year-old girl who were also injured

in the crash are in a stable condition in hospital.

The Victims Commissioner says new talks between the political

parties to try and get agreement on dealing with outstanding legacy

The Government's been accused of failing to deliver

on a commitment made in the Stormont House Agreement,

by insisting on a veto on material to protect national security.

Judith Thompson told the Sunday Politics programme

there is a level of energy and common purpose that wasn't

What was being developed at the very close of those talks was a move

towards some sort of judicial model where the director of that new HIU,

even if they felt that national security was being used as an excuse

to cover up things which were uncomfortable, rather than security

sensitive, then they could go to a judicial process. That process, the

nature of it was not fully agreed but there are ways of doing creative

thinking around that. And you can see Sunday Politics

again at 11pm tonight on BBC2. A 28 year-old man's been charged

with burglary and motoring offences after a police chase

on the Shore Road in north He'll appear at Belfast

magistrates' court tomorrow. A 30 year-old woman who was arrested

at the same time has been released Both Northern Ireland

and the Republic know which teams they'll face in next summer's

European Championships in France. The draw took place

last night in Paris. The ultimate test awaits for Michael

O'Neill. Drawn alongside world champions Germany in a difficult

group. One in which the manager believes his players can succeed. We

have always done well in these games. I would not fear Poland or

Ukraine and I think the fixtures, the fact that we played the three

games in the order we get them, give us the opportunity to get points on

the board and get belief and momentum. For Maarten O'Neill and

the Republic of Ireland who had faced Germany and Poland in

qualifying it was worse... Italy. Belgium currently ranked number one

in the world and Italy in their group along with Sweden. The draw is

difficult, I do not know how Michael feels, I can tell him plenty about

it, he was probably carried off on a stretcher himself as well. I thought

I was looking forward to the draw and maybe I am not so sure now.

Michael O'Neill and his players can look forward to an opening game

against Poland on June the 12th while Martin O'Neill and the

Republic of Ireland will look forward to their opening game

against Sweden, 24 hours later. Speaking at a charity event this

morning, Northern Ireland midfielder Niall McGinn said excitement

about the tournament is building A very tough draw but there is

excitement. To be there is great and seen the teams we are up against, it

will be unbelievable when we get there. A tough game, tough games but

they will be wary of us, so it will be unbelievable. I am looking

forward to it. Now - this week on BBC Newsline,

our reporter Colletta Smith has been finding out what supermarket price

wars mean for the Christmas food It is that time of year when people

are stocking their cupboards and stuffing their fridges. This year

there is good news. When it comes to groceries the price of the Christmas

shop is the cheapest it has been in the last four years. Stores are

working hard to temper then. 35% cheaper for gammon joint, Brussels

sprouts this year will be less than last year. Global conditions are

lining just in time for Christmas food buyers.

That's coming up this week on BBC Newsline.

And now with the weather here's Geoff Maskell.

We have a try if cloudy evening. That cloud cover should be enough to

keep the temperature is well above freezing and it will not be as cold

tonight as it was last night. We will see lows of two or three

degrees. For the start of the week we are looking at a reasonable day.

Still plenty of cloud cover around but it will be pretty dry as we go

through Monday. Starting to draw some warmer air end which will help

the temperatures up to nine or 10 degrees as we move through the day,

rain around and we will see that as we take is wider view across the

British Isles and rain is working its way across Ireland but it should

not reach us during the daylight hours. Cloud cover across England

and Wales and cooler temperatures across Scotland but in Northern

Ireland, a pretty dry day, the odd shower, but it is not until the

evening when rain starts to approach. Temperatures respectable

for the time of year, daytime highs of nine or ten agrees. That is

pretty good for the middle of December. Heading through this week,

a gentle increase in the temperatures is a theme, it will be

cloudy, a bit unsettled at times, but certainly increasingly mild

conditions. Plenty of low pressure systems in the Atlantic but this

high will keep the worst of them at bay and what we will do is straw in

some are from the continent, a warmer direction and that is what

will help the temperatures. Tuesday you can see that south-easterly

breeze feeding N and it will be another day where we get into

double-figure temperatures, rain arriving later in the day on

Tuesday. As we get towards the end of the

week, in particular Thursday, highs of up to 13 degrees which for the

middle of December is very mild indeed.

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