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Storm Frank, with its heavy rain and high winds, | :00:08. | :00:11. | |
is causing travel disruption and there's a warning from NIE | :00:12. | :00:13. | |
of possible damage to the electricity network, | :00:14. | :00:16. | |
In a moment we'll go live to Newcastle. | :00:17. | :00:20. | |
People living along the County Down shore are advised to prepare | :00:21. | :00:23. | |
Is storm hit the west of Ireland this afternoon, with heavy rain and | :00:24. | :00:37. | |
strong winds battering the coast. Here the PSNI are warning | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
of the dangers of driving This large hole opened on the main | :00:42. | :00:43. | |
A20 road from Newtownards to Portaferry when part of the road | :00:44. | :00:51. | |
was washed away in bad weather. NIE there could be damage | :00:52. | :00:54. | |
to the electricity network. The fire service have their | :00:55. | :00:56. | |
preparations in place. People do need to get out, there are | :00:57. | :01:07. | |
vulnerable people out there who need support from their family and | :01:08. | :01:11. | |
friends. Our advice would be to avoid travelling. Try to avoid | :01:12. | :01:13. | |
driving through the water. All P Ferries services | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
have been suspended While the rain has stayed for most | :01:18. | :01:31. | |
of today, the worst of the weather is yet to come. The wind is picking | :01:32. | :01:35. | |
up and the Met Office has issued amber weather warning which will | :01:36. | :01:41. | |
come into effect from nine o'clock tonight. Storm Frank is expected to | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
continue well into the early hours of tomorrow morning. | :01:46. | :01:46. | |
The Rivers Agency says its engineers have been checking river levels | :01:47. | :01:54. | |
and clearing drains to try to mitigate any flooding. | :01:55. | :01:56. | |
There is also a worry about coastal areas with a combination of a high | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
Our reporter Mervyn Jess is on the promenade in Newcastle - | :02:00. | :02:03. | |
As you concede down there, there's a heavy storm force winds coming onto | :02:04. | :02:20. | |
the promenade here at the seafront in Newcastle. Very high casting wins | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
hitting people as they are driving along. -- gusting winds. We had a | :02:25. | :02:33. | |
look at joggers and high viz jackets coming along the promenade. This is | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
due to get worse as the night progresses. The PSNI is warning | :02:40. | :02:45. | |
motors in coastal areas, from although we from Belfast right down | :02:46. | :02:53. | |
the coast to be careful. All sorts of stuff could be whipped over a sea | :02:54. | :03:03. | |
walls. There is a warning. Apologies for the break-up in sound. | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
A man has suffered severe head injuries when he fell into a 15-foot | :03:08. | :03:10. | |
concrete man hole in Sixmilecross in County Tyrone. | :03:11. | :03:12. | |
He was up to his waist in water and had to be rescued | :03:13. | :03:15. | |
He was working on his own, excavating land and somehow he | :03:16. | :03:27. | |
managed to slip into the portal and became trapped in water. He was | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
waged by a concrete pipe. He was taken to hospital with severe head | :03:33. | :03:36. | |
injuries and minor leg injuries. The road was saturated with heavy rain | :03:37. | :03:40. | |
A 46-year-old man has appeared in court charged | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
It follows a gun attack on a police car in north Belfast | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
The investigating officer said he could connect Matthew McMullen to | :03:49. | :03:59. | |
the charges which included attempted murder, threats to kill and criminal | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
damage. Two constables allegedly came under attack after responding | :04:06. | :04:09. | |
to reports of a man being assaulted. Mr McMullan is accused of coming out | :04:10. | :04:16. | |
of a house and shooting at their car as they investigated. The court | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
heard the man was described as forming at the mouth and acting | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
irrationally, like a madman on Christmas night. The court also | :04:24. | :04:30. | |
heard Mr McMullan had recently been treated for mental health issues and | :04:31. | :04:32. | |
has no recollection of what happened that night. Relatives in the public | :04:33. | :04:39. | |
gallery held each other and wept as they heard he would be remanded in | :04:40. | :04:42. | |
custody until the 5th of January. The Western Trust says | :04:43. | :04:50. | |
the recruitment of specialist staff for its new Radiotheraphy Unit | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
at Altnagelvin hospital is challenging but it hopes | :04:54. | :04:54. | |
to complete the process The major cancer unit | :04:55. | :04:56. | |
cost ?50 million. Work on the new radiotherapy unit at | :04:57. | :05:06. | |
Alma Gelson hospital is now progressing well. The building | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
should be completed in the next months before its scheduled opening | :05:12. | :05:19. | |
of 2016. -- Altnagelvin hospital. The catchment area will stretch from | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
Derry to Fermanagh and include parts of Antrim and Tyrone. Patience and | :05:25. | :05:29. | |
Nicol will also benefit as the Irish government is providing some of the | :05:30. | :05:36. | |
funding. -- patients from Moneygall. Fiona Nash says the new unit will be | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
warmly welcomed. She had breast cancer in 2011 and had to travel to | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
Belfast for treatment. It was pleasure for my husband, he worked | :05:48. | :05:51. | |
shifts, starting early in the morning so he was left with | :05:52. | :05:55. | |
everything in the house, doing the and everything. Getting uniforms and | :05:56. | :06:02. | |
dinner ready. It'll be fantastic to one closer. For doctors, promoting | :06:03. | :06:08. | |
awareness of breast cancer remains an important part of their jobs. | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
Doctor Paul Molloy says the unit is a major list for health care in the | :06:14. | :06:18. | |
Northwest. Although treatment will be under one roof saw all the | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
patients will be more comfortable without the considerable distances | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
involved for travelling. Families like to be around their loved ones, | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
especially when they are unwell. We will be able to attract top doctors | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
to the new departments because we will have all the different | :06:37. | :06:41. | |
modalities that are needed. We have planned recruitment phase ahead. | :06:42. | :06:47. | |
This is the time when we will be recruiting our remaining physics | :06:48. | :06:50. | |
team and the consultant oncologist team. Fiona Nash has made a complete | :06:51. | :06:58. | |
recovery and says access to cancer treatment is an important time to | :06:59. | :07:03. | |
hide your family at hand for help and support. More details about the | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
storm to come now. The weather forecast | :07:09. | :07:09. | |
is next with Barra Best. Hello there, the storm may cause | :07:10. | :07:17. | |
some flooding and I will give you the helpline number. You may want to | :07:18. | :07:23. | |
get as pen and paper ready. Storm Frank is bringing strong winds and a | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
lot of radio -- a lot of rain. The Met Office has issued a weather | :07:28. | :07:34. | |
warning, and amber warning, the second-highest level which means be | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
prepared for some disruption and some flooding is likely. We have a | :07:39. | :07:43. | |
warning about wins as well, some severe gales likely for the coast, | :07:44. | :07:50. | |
causing a big waves and danger for driving on the coast. It will not be | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
cold with temperatures around seven or 9 degrees. If you are affected by | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
flooding, this is the number you may need to call... There is good news, | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
into tomorrow, most of the rain will clearly and it will be dry but it | :08:08. | :08:13. | |
will remain Wednesday. The rain may return in the afternoon which could | :08:14. | :08:17. | |
be quite squally with strong winds. Also plenty of sunny spells to come, | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
before and after the wet weather. Temperatures around 10 degrees on | :08:23. | :08:27. | |
the East Coast, cooler on the west coast, eat or 9 degrees at best. A | :08:28. | :08:33. | |
big improvement across Ireland by the afternoon although we will hold | :08:34. | :08:36. | |
onto some wind and weather warnings. Storm Frank will then begin to | :08:37. | :08:42. | |
batter the rest of Britain. We have weather warnings for northern | :08:43. | :08:49. | |
Scotland and West Wales. The good news for Northern Ireland for the | :08:50. | :08:54. | |
afternoon, it will turn much drier. Sunshine before nightfall and a | :08:55. | :08:58. | |
fairly calm evening to come. Chilly tomorrow night with temperatures | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
close to freezing. We are likely to CF Rost to kick-start New Year's | :09:03. | :09:11. | |
Eve. -- to the frost. An improving picture for New Year's Eve, it | :09:12. | :09:15. | |
should be largely dry for revellers. Her next news is that 1025. Goodbye | :09:16. | :09:18. | |
for now. In 2015, we laughed. | :09:19. | :09:20. | |
THEY CACKLE | :09:21. | :09:24. |