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Good evening, this is BBC Newsline. The headlines: the cheques in the | :00:20. | :00:25. | |
post - the long wait comes to an end for savers. | :00:25. | :00:30. | |
And how safe is Margaret Ritchie's job? I will have the latest on the | :00:31. | :00:34. | |
leadership battle. A hundred to dice with death on a | :00:34. | :00:39. | |
railway crossing. Reduced hours at Lagan Valley | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
accident and emergency but for how long? | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
He is back training, but will Stephen Ferris naked to the World | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
Cup in New Zealand? And the sun has been in hiding for | :00:50. | :01:00. | |
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boaster today but should make a There were Turks in the post today | :01:01. | :01:04. | |
for 10,000 savers with the Crewe who had feared they would never see | :01:04. | :01:08. | |
their money again. The society collapsed three years ago when | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
panicked savers rushed to withdraw their funds. The money sent out | :01:12. | :01:17. | |
today is part of a government rescue scheme. | :01:17. | :01:23. | |
For investors at the PMS, the wait is over. This was the red letter | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
day they had been hoping for. Their cheques finally arriving in the | :01:28. | :01:32. | |
post. It was the first time investors will have access to their | :01:32. | :01:42. | |
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savings since PMS crashed into 1008. Large investors... I think it is a | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
big relief all round. About fault months ago, we did not think this | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
day would come, but we are extremely grateful that we received | :01:51. | :01:58. | |
our cheques today. Smaller savers with deposits of less than �20,005 | :01:58. | :02:04. | |
will get all their money back. is a very good deal, given the | :02:04. | :02:06. | |
position we started from as we began this campaign just over two | :02:07. | :02:13. | |
years ago. At that point, savers like myself with less than 20,000 | :02:13. | :02:19. | |
would stand to get nothing. So the situation has been turned around | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
miraculously. The bail-out will cost 230 million, up much of this | :02:24. | :02:28. | |
comes from a loan they would have to pay. Why should the Stormont | :02:28. | :02:34. | |
executive underwrite this rescue package? Because savers were part | :02:34. | :02:38. | |
of the whole British economy in which the Prime Minister had | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
promised that no saver would lose a penny as a result of the economic | :02:43. | :02:49. | |
downturn. And because we are taxpayers who are contributing to | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
the large economy, we believe it was right and proper and just that | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
PMS should be rescued. A under the terms of the bail-out, the Treasury | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
in London has known most of the money to the Stormont executive to | :03:03. | :03:08. | |
have to pay it back. In turn, the executive have given it to PMS | :03:08. | :03:13. | |
administrator to. PMS is expected to repay the Stormont executive | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
over the next 10 years from earnings on his assets, many of | :03:17. | :03:21. | |
them and property. The executive will then have to repay the | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
Treasury. The repayment plan hinges on one vital element - they will | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
have to be an improvement in the property market for its work. If | :03:29. | :03:34. | |
there is not, then everyone in Northern Ireland will and up paying | :03:34. | :03:41. | |
towards the cost of the bail-out of the failed PMS. | :03:41. | :03:45. | |
The SDLP only executive minister Alex Attwood has backed his leader | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
against the challenge from the party's deputy leader. Patsy | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
McGlone says other members have encouraged him to contest the | :03:52. | :04:00. | |
leadership. The SDLP have hardly been rushing to display their | :04:00. | :04:04. | |
colours. What is going on? Margaret Ritchie has gone on holiday leaving | :04:04. | :04:08. | |
a lot of questions. How does she feel about the fact that her deputy | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
is going to challenge her for the leadership? We heard amid | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
speculation of a challenge that she would fight on but where are her | :04:16. | :04:21. | |
supporters? We heard from two, Alex Attwood, the Minister for | :04:21. | :04:28. | |
Environment says she has his support. But key party figures are | :04:28. | :04:33. | |
either on holiday or keeping their heads down. Then maybe a third hand | :04:33. | :04:40. | |
thrown into this ring. Lot of speculation it as to what Alex De | :04:40. | :04:48. | |
McDonald will do. He narrowly missed beating Margaret Ritchie | :04:48. | :04:52. | |
last February. I spoke to him today, he said speculation about his beard | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
was premature. But I am told he is coming under pressure from sections | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
of the party. He is holding meetings over the coming days and | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
is taking soundings. What is the timetable for all of this? This | :05:06. | :05:09. | |
will come to a head next month in mid-September when the nominations | :05:09. | :05:14. | |
will be formally opened and closed. We will be able to see than how | :05:14. | :05:20. | |
much of the contenders have support. But right now, the leadership | :05:20. | :05:27. | |
contest is set for 5th November and 6th. | :05:28. | :05:30. | |
The deputy first minister has intervened in the case of a life | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
sentence prisoner who is seeking release on humanitarian grounds. | :05:34. | :05:38. | |
Martin McGuiness wants the justice minister to replace Brendan Lillis | :05:38. | :05:44. | |
who suffers from severe arthritis. In 1977, he was sentenced to life | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
on explosives charges, released on licence in 1993 and sent to prison | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
two years ago on suspicion of robbery and kidnap. They did this | :05:52. | :05:57. | |
year, it was decided he was too ill to stand trial. | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
In our next report you will see how some people are risking their lives | :06:01. | :06:06. | |
missing almost certain death by a couple of seconds at railway | :06:06. | :06:09. | |
crossings. Travelling says many children on school holidays seem | :06:09. | :06:17. | |
oblivious to the danger. Travelling by train may be one of | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
the safest options open to commuters, but across Northern | :06:20. | :06:25. | |
Ireland, young people are running quite frightening race at rail | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
crossings. In this footage, a group of friends are determined to use | :06:30. | :06:34. | |
this pedestrian crossing even though a train is on its way. The | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
leader makes it across, but the boy with a bike only just avoids being | :06:38. | :06:44. | |
hit by a few seconds. A lot of young people do not appreciate the | :06:44. | :06:49. | |
risks. We have a lot of new trains running, the latest trains we have | :06:49. | :06:55. | |
received, they are running in between are timetabled trains and | :06:55. | :07:00. | |
they are fast and quiet. Children are often do not appreciate how | :07:00. | :07:07. | |
dangerous it is. It is two months last summer. Translink found 114 | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
situations where pedestrians put themselves at risk. Summertime is | :07:11. | :07:16. | |
the biggest problem. And it is not just pedestrians. Some motorists | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
are taking risks by trying to jump the lights or beat the barriers of | :07:20. | :07:25. | |
crossings. Cancelling says attempting to drive across the | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
level-crossings as the barriers are being lowered is a dangerous | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
practice. 120 people were prosecuted for safety-related | :07:34. | :07:39. | |
incidents on our railways last year. Translate says CCTV footage is | :07:39. | :07:46. | |
helping identify offenders. You're watching BBC Newsline. Still | :07:46. | :07:51. | |
to come: first diseases and fires threatened our forests, now | :07:51. | :07:54. | |
campaigners say there is a new worry. | :07:54. | :07:58. | |
Victorious boxer Brian Magee has just arrived back in Belfast and | :07:58. | :08:08. | |
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the first person he met was his Reducing the opening hours of the | :08:11. | :08:15. | |
accident and emergency department at Lagan Valley Hospital is | :08:15. | :08:18. | |
described as a temporary measure but as Julian McCulloch reports, | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
there was no indication of the changes will be reversed any time | :08:23. | :08:32. | |
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soon. We seem to have lost that report. A | :08:33. | :08:38. | |
man and a woman arrested as they prepare to take their marriage vows | :08:38. | :08:41. | |
yesterday have appeared in court charged with immigration offences. | :08:41. | :08:45. | |
Officers and officials from the UK Border Agency investigating sham | :08:45. | :08:51. | |
marriages stop the wedding from a woman from Mafia and a man from | :08:51. | :08:55. | |
Pakistan. A wedding at the city Hall was also | :08:55. | :08:58. | |
stopped and a Pakistani man was arrested for overstaying the | :08:58. | :09:03. | |
conditions of his visa. We can now go back to that report on the | :09:03. | :09:11. | |
reduced opening hours of the Lagan Valley. It used to be open 24 hours | :09:11. | :09:18. | |
a day. Now it is open for less than half that time. If they're in | :09:18. | :09:22. | |
before 8 am, or we will treat those patients whenever the length of | :09:22. | :09:31. | |
time that takes. But arrive after 8am and you will either have to go | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
to a different hospital or wait until the morning. A I was | :09:36. | :09:40. | |
disappointed because my son broke his ankle and I brought him here | :09:40. | :09:47. | |
and I had to come back this morning. It is really inconvenient. It means | :09:47. | :09:54. | |
we will have to go somewhere else. I really do think they should keep | :09:54. | :09:59. | |
it open. The hours have been restricted because not enough | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
junior doctors are choosing to work in accident and emergency, but | :10:03. | :10:07. | |
experts say that trend is not likely to change in the near future. | :10:07. | :10:14. | |
One of the thoughts has to be that emergency medicine is not popular | :10:14. | :10:18. | |
for junior doctors to go into and therefore they choose not to do | :10:18. | :10:28. | |
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emergency medicine. For the junior doctors coming through, they are | :10:29. | :10:31. | |
looking at work life balance and choice and they are faced with so | :10:31. | :10:37. | |
much choice, that they are choosing not to come into emergency medicine. | :10:37. | :10:42. | |
Lagan Valley may be the first high- profile casualty of this lack of | :10:42. | :10:46. | |
accident and emergency doctors, but indications show it will not be the | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
last. The Health Minister has already indicated that the riders | :10:51. | :10:55. | |
the department at Belfast City Hospital could be closed for this | :10:55. | :11:02. | |
same reason. Are issues about whether the Royal and the city | :11:02. | :11:07. | |
closes, it will close its zany, whether they will cope with the | :11:07. | :11:12. | |
increased workload that will come from not just the city but Lagan | :11:12. | :11:15. | |
Valley and those are questions that the Minister and is to take on | :11:15. | :11:20. | |
board. As for how long this temporary closure at Lagan Valley | :11:20. | :11:25. | |
will last, it seems as long as junior doctors are not interested | :11:25. | :11:31. | |
in emergency medicine, and issue the health minister is sure to come | :11:32. | :11:36. | |
under increasing pressure to address. | :11:36. | :11:40. | |
The public service and many private businesses battle cuts in services | :11:40. | :11:45. | |
and jobs, a big success story is continuing to be told by the | :11:45. | :11:49. | |
Northern Ireland a Science Park. It is adding space to another 500 | :11:49. | :11:54. | |
workers. 1,500 people work in a range of high-tech companies in the | :11:54. | :11:59. | |
Park in Belfast's Titanic Quarter. That will rise to over 2000 within | :11:59. | :12:08. | |
There are few places in Belfast where banks are lending money to | :12:08. | :12:14. | |
develop property. That makes the science park different. There is no | :12:14. | :12:17. | |
shortage of tenants willing to pay forced up the difference is the mix | :12:17. | :12:23. | |
of companies. It seems that -- willing to pay. The difference is | :12:23. | :12:28. | |
the mix of companies. They see something in Belfast. We are trying | :12:28. | :12:33. | |
to replicate what we have seen in California. We have a like-minded | :12:33. | :12:37. | |
people who share ideas and communicating those ideas is | :12:37. | :12:42. | |
absolutely key. That is what this place is all about. We did not have | :12:42. | :12:48. | |
anything like this 15 years ago. We were lucky. Today there is a | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
network in place where you can get signposted in the right direction. | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
It is all happening here. There was something special about this place | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
in the days when they launched the Titanic. The people behind the | :13:02. | :13:05. | |
science park think there is something special about it today as | :13:05. | :13:11. | |
they build the new industries of tomorrow. There are about 100 | :13:11. | :13:15. | |
companies in the park. They employ many people and the important thing | :13:15. | :13:18. | |
about the employment figure is that the wages and salaries that are | :13:18. | :13:24. | |
paid here would be about twice the medium wage in Northern Ireland. | :13:24. | :13:28. | |
These are well paid jobs for young people. The new building will be | :13:28. | :13:34. | |
complete by this time next year, bringing unemployment on the site | :13:34. | :13:44. | |
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to around 2000, and a plan for expansion of a similar size. | :13:46. | :13:50. | |
Senator David Norris wrote a letter pleading for clemency on behalf of | :13:50. | :13:54. | |
his former partner who was convicted of rape. We can report | :13:54. | :14:00. | |
more on this. Tell us more about David Norris himself. | :14:00. | :14:05. | |
The Trinity College senator is openly gay and he is a James Joyce | :14:05. | :14:11. | |
scholar. He is a long time and respected advocate of human rights. | :14:11. | :14:15. | |
He campaigned for many years for gay rights when it was dangerous to | :14:16. | :14:20. | |
do so. Homosexuality was only decriminalised in Northern Ireland | :14:20. | :14:26. | |
in 1993. He campaigned for many years for that change in Irish law. | :14:26. | :14:29. | |
So this has brought about his downfall. Tell us about the | :14:29. | :14:36. | |
background of the charges. He wrote a letter in 1997 to the Israeli | :14:36. | :14:40. | |
authorities pleading clemency for his former partner who had been | :14:41. | :14:46. | |
condemned -- charged with the statutory rate -- rape of a 15- | :14:46. | :14:52. | |
year-old boy. This derailed his campaign. The report has really | :14:52. | :15:00. | |
changed the moral aspect. A case has been actively made for someone | :15:00. | :15:06. | |
who has been charged with raping a 15-year-old. What did he have to | :15:06. | :15:13. | |
say about the revelations? called it a day on his doorstep. He | :15:13. | :15:17. | |
said he did not regret supporting or seeking clemency for his friend | :15:18. | :15:21. | |
but he did regret giving the impression that he did not have | :15:21. | :15:26. | |
sufficient compassion for the victim of the crime. He also spoke | :15:26. | :15:32. | |
of the positives and by proxy up his campaign for a society at large. | :15:32. | :15:37. | |
I have also demonstrated that it is now possible for a gay person to be | :15:37. | :15:42. | |
seen as a viable candidate for the highest office in the land. I would | :15:42. | :15:49. | |
have loved to have had the opportunity as President of Ireland | :15:49. | :15:53. | |
to extend that to the service of the entire people but that is no | :15:53. | :15:59. | |
longer possible. Where does his departure leaves the presidential | :15:59. | :16:09. | |
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race? There are four remaining presidential hopefuls. There is a | :16:10. | :16:17. | |
left wing and then a Fine Gael candidate. We have two independent | :16:18. | :16:23. | |
candidates. One is an entrepreneur and one has run the Special | :16:23. | :16:31. | |
Olympics before. No one is out of the track from the Sinn Fein stable. | :16:31. | :16:35. | |
Irish presidential elections have a form in terms of controversy and | :16:35. | :16:40. | |
there is no reason to think that this one has the capacity to be any | :16:40. | :16:50. | |
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different. The Fire and Rescue Service is reviewing plans after a | :16:50. | :16:56. | |
fire in County Jerome at the weekend. There have been many arson | :16:56. | :17:02. | |
attacks on buildings in recent months. The smell was once the | :17:02. | :17:08. | |
second largest supplier in linen yarn in the world. At the weekend | :17:08. | :17:13. | |
the site became a crime scene. A fire raged through the historic | :17:14. | :17:19. | |
buildings. This was the latest in a dozen such fires in old an | :17:19. | :17:23. | |
important buildings in recent months. It is a new trend that is | :17:23. | :17:27. | |
worrying historians and those who have to tackle the flames. There | :17:27. | :17:31. | |
has been an increase in the number of fires in historical buildings in | :17:31. | :17:36. | |
the last six months or so. This has an impact on our resources because | :17:36. | :17:42. | |
these are older buildings and they are not currently occupied. They | :17:42. | :17:47. | |
are in hibernation. We have to make a very careful risk assessment. If | :17:47. | :17:52. | |
there is no like a rest we have to decide if it is suitable to put | :17:52. | :17:54. | |
firefighters in that building. There is always the potential for | :17:55. | :18:00. | |
collapse. Investigating the motives behind are so that tax can be a | :18:00. | :18:05. | |
painstaking affair. Over the years many structures have been targeted. | :18:05. | :18:10. | |
While some were still in use the majority were lying dormant. Those | :18:10. | :18:14. | |
involved in preserving our architectural heritage samer should | :18:14. | :18:20. | |
be done to protect important buildings from attack. I think the | :18:20. | :18:24. | |
main problem is that they are not being used. One of the things that | :18:25. | :18:29. | |
it Billy points out is that these buildings can be used and populated | :18:29. | :18:34. | |
and people can use them. -- it really points out. It is just a | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
question of finding the money and the will. The Environment Minister | :18:38. | :18:45. | |
will be looking at ways to securities buildings. | :18:45. | :18:48. | |
Disease and fires have destroyed many acres of our forests this year | :18:48. | :18:54. | |
and now the Forestry Service is to cut the number of trees it plants. | :18:54. | :18:56. | |
The conservation group the Woodland Trust says that contradicts | :18:56. | :18:59. | |
Stormont's ambition to double woodland cover over the next 50 | :18:59. | :19:01. | |
years. As our environment correspondent reports Northern | :19:01. | :19:09. | |
Ireland already has the lowest tree cover in Europe. | :19:09. | :19:15. | |
Just over 6% of Northern Ireland is covered by trees. In recent years | :19:15. | :19:22. | |
the targets have failed to be Matt about planting new ones. But now be | :19:22. | :19:27. | |
targets will be cut by half. The trust says it will take centuries | :19:27. | :19:34. | |
to double tree-planting here. think we need that the -- the local | :19:34. | :19:38. | |
politicians who were voted based on their manifestos to actually | :19:38. | :19:45. | |
instruct government departments to deliver. We continue at the rate we | :19:45. | :19:49. | |
are planting then it will take 400 years to actually achieve our | :19:49. | :19:54. | |
target. One reason why fewer trees are being planted is that farmers | :19:54. | :20:00. | |
and landowners do not think it is worthwhile. The very long-term | :20:00. | :20:07. | |
nature of trees, it can be two or more generations, it goes on for | :20:07. | :20:13. | |
some considerable time. It is the relative probability of agriculture | :20:13. | :20:17. | |
and food security. This is why we are going forward. We understand | :20:17. | :20:22. | |
there will be a better outlook for traditional farming. The service | :20:22. | :20:26. | |
told the BBC that its strategy has a long-term aim of doubling the | :20:26. | :20:30. | |
area of woodland over the next 50 years and a knowledge as the strong | :20:30. | :20:34. | |
desires that farmers have to continue farming. They say the | :20:34. | :20:38. | |
Minister will be revealing this in the autumn. It is not just about | :20:38. | :20:42. | |
planting more trees. If you look at the number of trees that had been | :20:43. | :20:46. | |
cut down in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months because of trees and | :20:46. | :20:52. | |
those that have been bizarre -- destroyed by fire then you will see | :20:52. | :20:56. | |
that in Northern Ireland will actually see its tree-covered | :20:56. | :21:00. | |
decrease. One of our top boxers has just | :21:00. | :21:03. | |
arrived back in Belfast following a weekend win in Costa Rica which | :21:03. | :21:06. | |
guarantees a tilt at the world title. | :21:06. | :21:09. | |
Brian Magee set off from the Costa Rican capital San Jose twenty four | :21:09. | :21:12. | |
hours ago with the interim WBA super-middleweight belt in tow | :21:12. | :21:17. | |
andhe has just arrived in Belfast via Amsterdam and Dublin. Our | :21:17. | :21:25. | |
reporter is live with the welcoming party. | :21:25. | :21:31. | |
A long journey home. When he arrived here he arrived with this. | :21:31. | :21:37. | |
He was greeted with something foreign more precious. This is his | :21:37. | :21:44. | |
baby held by the mother. What was it like to meet your daughter for | :21:44. | :21:48. | |
the first time? It was amazing was that she is more beautiful than her | :21:48. | :21:56. | |
pictures. I have to a new babies now. I can think of anything more | :21:56. | :22:05. | |
precious. It is tough going on. I knew I was going to be away for | :22:05. | :22:10. | |
this. It was tough but I am happy to be back. I have the belt and a | :22:10. | :22:15. | |
new baby as well. I am on top of the world. What was it like without | :22:15. | :22:20. | |
him? It was hard but I had a lot of support from my sister and our | :22:20. | :22:27. | |
family. It was worth it to see him bring that belt home. So it is a | :22:27. | :22:31. | |
cause for a double celebration. Absolutely. We have a glass of | :22:31. | :22:38. | |
champagne to pour on the baby's head. What is next? I am just going | :22:38. | :22:44. | |
to take it easy. I am doing my fitness training right away. I love | :22:44. | :22:49. | |
training. I am looking forward to a bright future. Thank you very much | :22:49. | :22:56. | |
for her joining us. As a father of a newly born baby yourself I was | :22:56. | :22:59. | |
telling her not to expect too many nights of slate. | :22:59. | :23:06. | |
I know what that is like. -- Knights of sleep. | :23:06. | :23:09. | |
Eugene Laverty who had two second places at Silverstone on Sunday is | :23:09. | :23:12. | |
today looking for a new team to compete in next years world | :23:12. | :23:14. | |
Superbike series.The Toomebridge man says Yamaha's decision not to | :23:14. | :23:17. | |
compete next season has come as a huge shock. The 25-year-old who was | :23:17. | :23:20. | |
runner up in the world Supersport Championship in 2009 and 2010 is | :23:20. | :23:28. | |
considering moving to Moto GP. Rugby's World Cup is just over a | :23:28. | :23:32. | |
month away and one of Ireland's key men is in a race against time to be | :23:32. | :23:34. | |
fit. Stephen Ferris is still recovering from the knee injury | :23:34. | :23:37. | |
that has troubled him over the last six months and will not be | :23:37. | :23:40. | |
available for Saturday's opening warm up match against Scotland in | :23:40. | :23:45. | |
Edinburgh. But there are signs that he's improving. | :23:45. | :23:50. | |
This is a site that will encourage Irish a rugby fans. He has been | :23:50. | :23:55. | |
going to his paces at the World Cup training camp in Dublin. He is | :23:55. | :23:59. | |
undoubtedly one of the most dangerous players in the game but | :23:59. | :24:02. | |
in the last year his influence has been all too fleeting due to an | :24:03. | :24:09. | |
injury. Ireland have transformed themselves | :24:09. | :24:15. | |
and the game and the Crown! It is a race against time for those guys. | :24:15. | :24:19. | |
Having said that, they have made progress. They have been getting | :24:19. | :24:25. | |
reasonably better over the last couple of weeks. With four or five | :24:25. | :24:30. | |
matches to go we need to give them gain time. And that is the debate, | :24:30. | :24:34. | |
how long to leave players to get ready with the World Cup looming | :24:34. | :24:43. | |
large. You think you are going to perform in a month and you need to | :24:43. | :24:49. | |
get out there. He do risk injury. That is a thing that we would not | :24:49. | :24:57. | |
be looking forward to. We think the positives outweigh the positive -- | :24:57. | :25:03. | |
negatives. It is hoped that he will feature against France in Dublin on | :25:03. | :25:09. | |
20th August. Ireland will need him to come. | :25:09. | :25:12. | |
Ireland will need him to come. Let's get the latest on the weather. | :25:12. | :25:19. | |
It has not been a great day today. We will probably -- are seeing the | :25:19. | :25:22. | |
best of it right now. We will see something a bit warmer tomorrow. We | :25:22. | :25:26. | |
are getting a little bit of the heat that is in south-eastern areas | :25:26. | :25:33. | |
of Britain. Not a heat wave. This is how the figures sum up at the | :25:33. | :25:43. | |
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end of July. It has been the driest and the sunniest since 2006. It has | :25:45. | :25:49. | |
been brightening up in the last couple of hours. This is how skies | :25:49. | :25:53. | |
look at the moment. A little bit of the evening sunshine to come. It's | :25:53. | :25:58. | |
a bit cooler and a bit more comfortable for parts of the West. | :25:58. | :26:02. | |
Still fairly warm and close across parts of the southeast with | :26:02. | :26:06. | |
temperatures in double figures. Tomorrow we can expect a dry and | :26:06. | :26:10. | |
bright day with some pleasant sunshine and temperatures up on | :26:10. | :26:15. | |
Today and most places. It will not be blue-sky all the way. There will | :26:15. | :26:20. | |
certainly be some sparkling sunshine to enjoy. Warming up | :26:20. | :26:24. | |
nicely and the morning with clouds breaking up and some light winds. A | :26:24. | :26:29. | |
dry morning sell it will not be too long before temperatures start to | :26:29. | :26:35. | |
nudge up. The breeze will keep part of the East Coast a little bit | :26:35. | :26:42. | |
breezy and our best temperatures will be towards the West. Most at | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
the day it will stay dry but we have some rain coming up from the | :26:46. | :26:52. | |
side. You will probably notice the cloud popping up around County | :26:52. | :26:56. | |
Tyrone. There will be some rain tomorrow evening. The rain is down | :26:56. | :27:01. | |
to a weather front which sits across us tomorrow night. Low- | :27:01. | :27:05. | |
pressure will hang around for much of Thursday. That is never a good | :27:05. | :27:12. | |
sign. So thorough stayer looks like an unsubtle day. -- Thursday. The | :27:12. | :27:16. | |
winds will be light so we could get a heavy shower. Friday will be more | :27:16. | :27:21. | |
fresh and temperatures will be down at around 17 degrees. At the moment | :27:21. | :27:26. | |
it looks like mixed weather for the it looks like mixed weather for the | :27:26. | :27:28. | |
weekend. More of that tomorrow. A reminder of the stories making | :27:29. | :27:34. | |
our headlines. The long wait is over for 10,000 savers with the | :27:34. | :27:39. | |
Presbyterian each will society who got their hands on their money. -- | :27:39. | :27:42. | |
Presbyterian a mutual society. These are pictures of people who | :27:42. | :27:50. | |
dice with death on railroad crossings. Our next update is at | :27:50. | :27:56. |