27/12/2015 BBC Newsline

Good evening.

A seven-year-old boy has died following a crash involving three

cars in Newtownabbey last night.

Jackson Turner was a P4 pupil at Sunnylands Primary School in

Carrickfergus.

A woman was seriously injured.

Dan Stanton reports.

Jackson Turner was in the back seat with his four-year-old sister

when the crash happened here on the Carrick road

at half-past six last night.

He was taken to the Royal Victoria hospital but died later

of his injuries.

The seven-year-old was a pupil at this primary school in

Carrickfergus.

Just before Christmas, he played one of the three kings

in the school nativity.

His principal said everyone will miss him.

If there was something going on, he wanted to be part of it

and he was very much full of life and a character.

He was a great big brother as well.

I have a memory of him a month ago walking in hand in hand

with his sister, who sadly has been injured in the crash.

He was such a caring big brother to her.

The school will hold a special assembly for him when term

begins again on Wednesday the 6th of January.

Counselling will also be made available for all the pupils.

The First and Deputy First Ministers and other local politicians have

been paying tribute to the journalist Liam Clarke

who has died.

He had been the political editor at the Belfast Telegraph since 2011.

Previously, he spent many years working for the Sunday Times

as a correspondent and columnist.

It's been an eventful year for our Agriculture

and Environment Correspondent Conor Macauley.

Here's his look back at his top animal stories of 2015.

I've spent the year in pursuit of the allusive and on a few

occasions actually found it.

Here was the nocturnal pine martin.

Once rare, now believed to be resurgent across Northern Ireland.

These camera traps were laid by an academic and volunteers.

They are more widespread than thought but we haven't

looked much before.

Cute picture of the year award goes to the seal pups.

In October, I went to check on the babies who had been born

a week earlier.

The count is to make sure the population,

which is protected, isn't in decline.

Turns out it was a bumper year.

With the weather being so good for the last few weeks,

they haven't had storms or anything so they have had good conditions

for mothers to come ashore and feed them.

The most exhilarating experience came off the north coast in August.

We were heading with the DOE marine division.

We were searching for a large pod of dolphins.

They turned up in spectacular fashion.

They stayed with us for ten minutes before leaving with a flourish.

And the red kite was a highlight.

Found injured near the moors, she was released back into the wild.

Our slow-mo camera captured the magnificence of this protected

bird of prey.

The one animal who caught the attention more than most

was the lamb.

Abandoned by her mother, she had been taken home by farmer

Lyndon to feed and protect.

Her presence in the housing estate sparked a complaint.

When I took her, her lack of bladder control became

an Internet sensation.

This is the three-month-old pet lamb abandoned by her mother.

I have the story of how the farmer who brought her to this development

to care for her fell foul of the Department of Agriculture.

200,000 hits on YouTube and a new pair of trousers.

A look ahead now to tomorrow on BBC Radio Ulster when Talkback

will have the latest of its Christmas specials.

That's with the former Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon

who'll share his thoughts about the peace process,

political parties and promises broken.

That's Talkback, tomorrow at midday.

Here's Angie with the weather.

Our cold and quiet spell didn't last long and we have lively weather

heading our way.

Any dampness has moved northwards this evening.

It will end up dry with clear spells through the night but pretty windy

and with those winds from the South it could be quite cold.

Temperatures of five or six.

The wind is a feature as we go into tomorrow and yet more

spells of rain.

First thing in the morning, it will be dry before showers

edge their way in and more persistent rain follows later.

It's the same across the Republic.

A blustery start with dry spells and showers.

For much of Britain, a dry and mild night.

Towards the east, it is windy but mild at 13 degrees.

Eventually, showery bits in the south-west of England,

West Wales and West Scotland.

More persistent rain for Ireland and through the afternoon it will be

clouding over and thickening to bring spells of rain

which could be heavy and persistent and we have those

strong southerly winds.

It is mild, highs of 11.

Tomorrow night, we could still get heavy bursts of rain which may cause

surface water flooding in places.

We have a deepening area of low pressure pushing

towards the north-west on Tuesday.

Not only will we have strong winds, there is rain as well.

An early warning in place for both wind and rain.

The wind followed by the rain late Tuesday and into Wednesday.

Very windy with gales or severe gales developing in western

areas on Tuesday.

Then through Tuesday night we get rain pushing in from the west

In the meantime, the wind eases towards the west and Thursday looks

quieter for Northern Ireland but cooler as well.

Our next BBC Newsline bulletin is at 6:25 in the morning.

Until then, you can keep up to date with local news on BBC Radio Ulster

In 2015, we laughed. THEY CACKLE

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