24/12/2016 BBC Newsline

A shot's been fired through the front window

It happened just before 7:30am this morning.

Two people who were inside at the time were not injured.

The police are appealing for anyone who noticed any suspicious activity

A 42-year-old man has been arrested in connection

with a paramilitary-style shooting in West Belfast on Sunday.

A 16-year-old youth was shot in both legs at Aitnamona Crescent.

The Dean of St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast says the annual

Black Santa charity appeal is nearing its target of ?200,000.

It's the sixth year the Dean has taken part in the sit-out.

He says he's been overwhelmed by the public's response and that

many charities will benefit as a result.

It's mostly local and community-based charities and about

15% of the money will go abroad to humanitarian work and we did make a

couple of grants, before we started, because of the situation in Aleppo

and in Yemen. Now, there'll be a lot of new toys

being delivered tonight but many of us will have memories

of our favourite old toys. An exhibition in County Down has

gathered a collection of some well-loved teddy bears,

dolls and annuals. Louise Cullen caught up

with some people who've donated their favourite toys

from years gone by. Have you been good? Have you? Have

lots of people been to see you? You are a good there. Bruno may be a

good but he's also a well loved her and Sheila has had him since she was

a baby, after the Second World War. There was so little of so much that

winter, so I was very lucky, but Bruno here has become interesting

because of what he's from. This is Army surplus blanket, or the

remnants of parachute silk, and he's stuffed with straw. Bruno is a bit

of a star at this exhibition of toys through the ages, along with his

bare brother Goldie, who came from Harrods after it Sheila's family

clubbed together, he has been known to North Down Museum and lots of

people have done the same. It's lovely to see a teddy come in that

is worn with love and we have a few toys, you can tell they were well

played with. It is not an exhibition of toys in boxes but of toys that

people loved and played with and have passed down. They include dolls

and teddies, the cabbage patch kids even makes an appearance, and board

games that families fought over, dolls and tying the cheese sets that

have been carefully looked after and electronic games, and Christmas

would not be Christmas without an annual. I brought in a James Bond

Daniel from 1967. I got it maybe ten Christmases ago from a family

member. I don't know where it came from but it was quite expensive

because it is a collectors edition. Every toy here was a collectors

edition at some point, in its own's eyes at least.

Local football now, and Linfield Swifts have won

the Steel and Sons Cup final at Seaview.

Will there be any improvement for Christmas Day?

We hold onto gusty winds right through this evening and overnight

with further spells of rain to come but before Santa's arrival it will

be a mild night, temperatures for many of us around seven or 8

degrees, temperatures we normally see by day at this time of year. For

Christmas Day it will stay unsettled, we can expect further

strong winds and outbreaks of rain. Winds tomorrow, we have a weather

warning for those from the Met Office, especially for coastal areas

and exposed Weathers -- areas where we could see strong gales, because

of the storm moving to the North. It will bring gusty winds across

Britain and Ireland, the strongest for Northern Scotland but everywhere

will have gusty periods to the day. For the start of Christmas Day, a

largely dry start with a lot of cloud but it won't take long before

we see the next batch of rain coming in by late morning from the West. It

will be a mild start and temperatures will reach 12 or 13

degrees, mild for that time of year but it will be short lived, when

this rain moves eastwards colder air will follow behind and it will turn

chilly quickly. Temperatures will fall to six or 7 degrees by tea-time

and as they continue to fall tomorrow evening, we could see sleet

and snow in high-growth areas so for some of us it could be a white

Christmas. Apart from a bit of wet weather, especially for Northern

counties on Monday, high pressure will settle things down, so for many

of us on Monday, a fine, settled day and that high pressure remains in

control into Tuesday and the middle of next week as we edge our way

towards 2017. From everyone here on the BBC Newsline weather team, happy

Christmas. Happy Christmas from all of us

here on BBC Newsline. Our next TV bulletin

is on Boxing Day You can keep up to date with local

news on BBC Radio Ulster From everyone on the BBC Newsline

team, goodbye and have a great day.