27/12/2016 BBC Newsline

We are back with the late news at 11pm.

A young man remains critically ill after he was hit

A section of the motorway has now reopened. Several cars were involved

in this serious crash that led to the closure of the motorway in both

directions overnight and into today. The 30-year-old driver lost his

life. Two other men were hurt but their injuries are not thought to be

life-threatening. The collision which led to the closure of this

major road took place around 8:40pm last night. Police have appealed for

any witnesses to come forward. Road closures were in place after

Crossmaglen this morning after a hit and run incident this morning, a man

was hit by a car, in his 20s, in a critical condition. A 19-year-old

man seriously ill after he was stabbed in the back in Antrim last

night. The incident happened

after an altercation near the town centre at around 8.30pm.

The police say a family group were chased by others

on to the Dublin Road and assaulted. A man has been rescued after falling

onto rocks on the County Down coast. He was flown by helicopter to

hospital in Belfast. It was all change in education

in 20-16, with DUP ministers taking over responsibility.

As our education correspondent Robbie Meredith reports,

Almost immediately, he changed his Sinn Fein predecessor's policy in

the transfer tests, allowing primary schools to prepare pupils for them.

The tests were based around where the curriculum is anyway so this is

not a major diversion. -- divergence. There has always been

the option to opt in or out. Everyone wants the best for their

children but the best of giving of education. A shared future for

everybody so you don't have a system of house and have-nots, of

apartheid. Mr Weir also came under pressure

from the teaching unions overpay. We are worth more than 0%. He responded

by calling the striking action futile. SINGING

Meanwhile, the education authority run into controversy over its

decision to cut hours from pupils in bursaries, a move opposed by some

parents, principles and the former Education Secretary live on BBC.

They need to make sure they are providing the proper facilities for

young people's educational needs. A review of those plans is ongoing.

There was plenty to celebrate with rises in GCSE and a level results

and primary school pupils declared the best in Europe in international

maths tests. At the other end of the education scale, more young people

from Northern Ireland are never entered university this year but

paying for their education remains a problem. A document from Queen is

obtained by the BBC, called for significant rises in government

funding or student tuition fees. A windsurfer from Belfast says

he's determined to gain the world record for the crossing

from Ireland to Scotland. Chris Loughridge has already made

the trip this summer but, as Will Leitch reports,

there was a dispute over Dismayed meant a lot to Chris. He

made his plans in June this year and got on with it. Scotland, here we

come. There were challenging conditions on the crossing. It was

very difficult to sail in the right direction because of the wind and we

eventually worked out that if we sailed down the waves, that would

push me down. The waves were coming from all directions that you were

sailing along and then a wave would come in the opposite direction and I

fell a few times because it was completely out of control. The

arrival of the Scottish coast an hour and a half later clearly meant

a lot. That is where we came out of the list and I thought, that will

do. Nobody holds the world speed record for windsurfing the channel

but Chris Wood to be getting it just yet. Guinness world records will not

accept across the north where Chris did his, but only further south. The

former record bid has now been rejected at the Guinness world

records say they are sorry he was unsuccessful... But are unable to

rectify the record. Will he have another go? I will definitely give

it a go. He will be hoping for better weather.

Time now for a look at what the weather has

in store for the day ahead, here's Angie Philips.

Not a bad day for walking off the excesses of Christmas,

It was a dry day and that is because we have high pressure in charge,

sitting on the near continent, keeping those weather fronts at bay,

although we are at the periphery so some of those isobars gathering

a little bit and that will bring the breeze up in places through this

Particularly towards the north and west.

A bit more cloud around the north-east parts as well,

maybe threatening a spot of drizzle but generally speaking,

it is dry and fairly clear still for parts of the east

and south-east and this is where will see our lowest temperatures,

getting close to freezing in some rural areas, and that will give

So, a chilly start in places tomorrow but a decent day coming up,

a lot of dry and fairly bright weather, though during the morning,

there could still be a fair amount of cloud across parts

of the north and west. That breeze as well.

The best of any hazy sunshine to the south-east.

That band of cloud and brisk winds extends up into Scotland,

bits and pieces of drizzly rain towards the north west as well.

Dry and bright across the Republic and it brightens up across much

of England and Wales after a frosty start.

But there will be fog in places as well, which could be slow

to clear, particularly across the Midlands,

eastern England. Could have an impact on the airports

if it does linger and it will also feel quite cold.

But it the sunshine, getting up to 7 to 9 degrees.

For Northern Ireland in the afternoon, even the north

and west will be seeing some bright spells developing.

Highs getting up to around 7 or 8 degrees, with those bright

I think over the next few days, offered a lot of cloud

in the forecast, a bit more breeze but mainly dry and the temperatures