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:00:13. > :00:15.Good evening, this is BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor and Noel

:00:15. > :00:18.Thompson. The headlines this Wednesday

:00:18. > :00:22.evening: Police officers investigating the

:00:22. > :00:25.vice trade rescue six women and make four arrests.

:00:25. > :00:29.A young teacher from Belfast dies after an accident on holiday in

:00:29. > :00:33.Nicaragua. The bodies of the two County Down

:00:33. > :00:38.women murdered in Turkey arrive back home.

:00:38. > :00:40.We ask why it took so long to move a broken down car in the rush hour

:00:40. > :00:43.on the Westlink. And we've had some thundery

:00:43. > :00:53.downpours already today, but we are not out of the woods yet. I will

:00:53. > :01:00.The police have taken further action against human traffickers as

:01:00. > :01:03.part of three-month operation stretching across Europe. They say

:01:03. > :01:08.they have now rescued six women forced to work as prostitutes, and

:01:08. > :01:10.today made four arrests in Belfast. Despite the efforts put into

:01:10. > :01:14.fighting trafficking, to date there have been no successful

:01:14. > :01:16.prosecutions in Northern Ireland. Four people who were charged in a

:01:16. > :01:22.high-profile case last year have had their cases moved to the

:01:22. > :01:26.Scottish Courts. Mervyn Jess reports.

:01:26. > :01:31.The illegal trafficking of people is a lucrative business. It is a

:01:31. > :01:34.major problem across Europe, and recent police investigations here

:01:34. > :01:40.in Northern Ireland would suggest it is not showing any signs of

:01:40. > :01:44.slowing down. Four suspects were arrested in Belfast today. A 24-

:01:44. > :01:50.year-old man and a 22-year-old woman were detained in Cavendish

:01:50. > :01:55.Street in the west of the city. Two men aged 29 and 22 were arrested on

:01:55. > :01:59.King Street. Two female victims in their twenties from Eastern Europe

:01:59. > :02:03.were rescued by police, one from the apartment block in King Street

:02:03. > :02:08.and the other from a nearby property at college place not. The

:02:08. > :02:13.two women have been taken into the specialist care unit. It is

:02:13. > :02:17.believed they were being used as prostitutes in the vice trade. Four

:02:17. > :02:24.other eastern European women were also rescued here in recent weeks.

:02:24. > :02:30.People are paying money in many cases to come here, and have been

:02:30. > :02:34.treated with contempt and run in two different issues. People have

:02:34. > :02:38.been promised a better life, but they have been treated very

:02:38. > :02:43.unfairly and have been given a very hard life. This is a horrible crime

:02:43. > :02:47.and I am glad that people have been rested today. Anybody with any type

:02:47. > :02:51.of information should come forward immediately with information

:02:51. > :02:56.because people's lives have been ruined here, people's lives have

:02:56. > :03:00.been ruined for a long time. four suspects, three from Eastern

:03:00. > :03:04.Europe, the other from Northern Ireland, are being questioned by

:03:04. > :03:08.police about the people trafficking allegations. These arrests by the

:03:08. > :03:13.PSNI are part of a major ongoing investigation into people

:03:14. > :03:19.trafficking, stretching across Europe. Two years ago, 25 victims

:03:19. > :03:23.were arrested by police. Last year, it was 23. Already this year, 23

:03:23. > :03:26.people have been rescued here in Northern Ireland.

:03:26. > :03:30.Tributes have been paid to a young man from Belfast who died on

:03:30. > :03:35.holiday in Nicaragua. Michael McLean from Fruithill Park fell and

:03:35. > :03:38.hit his head on a guided walk with one of his brothers. The 26-year-

:03:38. > :03:42.old had just graduated from university and had planned to teach.

:03:42. > :03:50.He also coached junior members at his local GAA club. Conor Macauley

:03:50. > :03:54.reports. At the club of which might, claimed

:03:54. > :03:59.was a member, the next generation of players were being put through

:03:59. > :04:03.their paces this morning -- of which Michael Maclean was a member.

:04:03. > :04:07.His friends are trying to come to terms with his dad. The 26-year-old

:04:07. > :04:12.met his brother in America before the pair travelled to Nicaragua.

:04:12. > :04:15.During a visit to a volcano, he slipped and banged his head. He

:04:15. > :04:21.died a short time later in his brother's arms. He spent his last

:04:22. > :04:27.night at home. This man says the people who knew him cannot taking

:04:27. > :04:31.that he has gone. It is difficult to know if it will sink in, it is a

:04:31. > :04:36.shock to everybody. Michael is one of those larger-than-life

:04:36. > :04:41.characters, always had a smile on his face. He loved living life,

:04:41. > :04:45.love his friends, looked his club, and everyone is in complete shock.

:04:45. > :04:51.Michael Maclean was a former player and administrator with his club, in

:04:51. > :04:56.west Belfast. Fellow club man and a county public relations officer

:04:56. > :05:01.Brendan says the family is devastated. Had he died in Belfast,

:05:01. > :05:06.such a young man, it would be sad, but dying father away makes it even

:05:06. > :05:11.harder. He is a credit to his family. It is hoped his body may be

:05:11. > :05:14.home by the weekend, with funeral details to follow.

:05:14. > :05:18.The bodies of the two Newry women murdered in Turkey have arrived

:05:18. > :05:21.home. They were flown from Istanbul to Dublin, and taken from there to

:05:21. > :05:29.their homes in Warrenpoint and Newry, from where Natasha Sayee now

:05:29. > :05:37.joins us. Relief of a kind to have the bodies time?

:05:37. > :05:40.I am not too far from Marion's home, but from what I understand it a

:05:40. > :05:44.hair remains not the friends of her best friend Kathy Dinsmore are at

:05:44. > :05:48.home with their families at the moment. Their bodies arrived in to

:05:48. > :05:51.Dublin airport earlier this afternoon, and you should be able

:05:51. > :05:57.to see the two hearses carrying the women which travelled up from the

:05:57. > :06:01.airport, through the A 1 and back to Newry together in convoy.

:06:01. > :06:04.Watching that, what struck me was the fact that the time -- the last

:06:04. > :06:09.time the two women were on this road, they were travelling in the

:06:09. > :06:11.other direction to what should have been a wonderful holiday. I

:06:11. > :06:15.understand their remains are with undertakers at the moment and it

:06:15. > :06:19.could be some hours before they are returned to their families. It has

:06:19. > :06:25.already been a painful and long wait for them.

:06:26. > :06:30.What has awaited them in Newry and Warrenpoint?

:06:30. > :06:35.And it has been still very raw for the people of Newry, five books of

:06:35. > :06:39.condolence have been aired -- have been opened it. It is expected that

:06:39. > :06:43.time will come to a standstill on Friday when the two funerals are

:06:43. > :06:47.expected to happen. In order to allow all of the mourners to go to

:06:47. > :06:51.bed services, they have been staggered. Marion Graham's funeral

:06:51. > :06:54.will take place here on Friday morning and a requiem Mass for

:06:54. > :06:58.Kathy Dinsmore will be set on Friday afternoon in Warrenpoint.

:06:58. > :07:00.Thank you very much. A former car thief who gave

:07:00. > :07:06.information to the gardai about stolen vehicles used to transport

:07:06. > :07:09.Real IRA bombs has been the target of a pipe bomb attack. Paddy Dixon,

:07:09. > :07:12.who is 48, suffered minor injuries when the bomb went off as he opened

:07:12. > :07:15.his front door in Navan this morning. It is thought dissident

:07:15. > :07:21.republicans may be behind the attack. The victim is under armed

:07:21. > :07:24.guard in hospital in Drogheda. Two men have been arrested in

:07:24. > :07:28.connection with an attack on a man in Londonderry five years ago which

:07:28. > :07:32.left him in a coma. Paul McAuley was beaten by a loyalist gang at a

:07:32. > :07:37.barbeque in the Waterside in July 2006. He has never regained

:07:37. > :07:45.consciousness. Only one man has been convicted in relation to the

:07:45. > :07:49.assault. Today's two arrests were made in the city this morning.

:07:49. > :07:51.A judge said today that court cases are being held up at all levels

:07:51. > :07:53.because criminal justice authorities are not putting enough

:07:53. > :07:56.resources into forensic science. Mr Justice Hart warned of further

:07:56. > :07:59.delays unless more funding is made available. It is the second time in

:07:59. > :08:01.a month that a judge has criticised such delays in processing forensic

:08:01. > :08:05.work. Our home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney

:08:05. > :08:10.reports. Forensic scientists play a vital

:08:10. > :08:14.role in the criminal justice system. Their advice and analysis often

:08:14. > :08:18.provides the key evidence for the prosecution and defence teams in

:08:18. > :08:23.court cases. But a senior judge today said that cases are being

:08:23. > :08:27.held up at all levels because of forensics -- because the Forensic

:08:27. > :08:33.Science Service does not have enough resources. Mr Justice Hart

:08:33. > :08:37.spoke out after a lawyer in the High Court said results of a case

:08:37. > :08:40.were not due until December. The judge described the delay as

:08:40. > :08:43.entirely unacceptable and unjustified. He said there was

:08:43. > :08:47.clearly a failure on the part of criminal justice authorities to

:08:47. > :08:52.provide sufficient resources to enable tests to be carried out

:08:52. > :08:55.within an appropriate timescale. As a result of that failure, he said,

:08:55. > :09:01.judges are being told virtually every day of enormous delays that

:09:01. > :09:05.are holding up cases at every level. Referring to public concern -- to

:09:05. > :09:09.public concern that the time it takes to deal with cases, he said

:09:09. > :09:11.politicians and those responsible for allocating funding do not

:09:12. > :09:15.appear to appreciate that unless facilities are available and

:09:15. > :09:19.properly resourced, the court cannot deal with cases as quickly

:09:19. > :09:23.as they would like. He went on to say that the sooner this receive

:09:23. > :09:28.the appropriate attention of the authorities, the better. The

:09:28. > :09:32.criticism comes just a month after another judge here described

:09:32. > :09:36.Forensic Science Service as dysfunctional. He said delays in

:09:36. > :09:42.processing work were jeopardising criminal trials, and that work

:09:42. > :09:44.should be sent to England if it cannot be completed here on time.

:09:44. > :09:48.The Department of Justice is responsible for the Forensic

:09:48. > :09:52.Science Service, which employs around 200 staff here. In a

:09:52. > :09:57.statement, a spokesman said the department, police and Forensic

:09:57. > :10:00.Science Service are working closely together to ensure that forensic

:10:00. > :10:04.services are appropriately resourced to meet the needs of the

:10:04. > :10:07.criminal justice system at a time of unprecedented demand.

:10:08. > :10:10.You are watching BBC Newsline, and we are not taking a break because

:10:10. > :10:13.there is plenty more still to come on the programme.

:10:13. > :10:20.The Transport Minister says he will try to get more money to upgrade

:10:20. > :10:22.the Londonderry railway line. We hear from the Irishman who will

:10:22. > :10:29.be captaining the English cricket team against the country of his bat

:10:29. > :10:32.tomorrow. -- the country of his birth.

:10:32. > :10:35.How long should it take to move a broken down car off the Westlink in

:10:35. > :10:38.Belfast? Anyone travelling on the road this morning will know that it

:10:38. > :10:41.can take well over an hour. It left motorists frustrated, some

:10:41. > :10:46.late for work, and it is not an unusual problem. Julie McCullough

:10:47. > :10:51.has been taking a look at what causes the delay.

:10:51. > :10:55.This is the West Lynn, the busiest road in Northern Ireland. Around

:10:55. > :10:58.40,000 motorists use it each day, and for anyone who drives and it

:10:58. > :11:06.regularly, you will know it does not take much for it to come to a

:11:06. > :11:11.standstill. BBC Radio Ulster Travel News... There is a broken-down car

:11:11. > :11:16.on the outside lane heading towards the M2, which has caused

:11:16. > :11:20.tailbacks... This morning, it took well over an hour for that broken-

:11:20. > :11:25.down car to be moved, causing huge problems during one of the busiest

:11:25. > :11:31.times of the day. But why does it take so long? One reason could be

:11:31. > :11:35.the lack of a hard shoulder. While this road has three lanes in each

:11:35. > :11:41.carriage way, it is not a motorway, making it extremely difficult to

:11:41. > :11:49.get the car off the road and get a breakdown vehicle to the car. Was

:11:49. > :11:55.that just a case of bad planning? When it was being planned, in

:11:55. > :11:59.advance of being built, the road went through all of the statutory

:11:59. > :12:03.proposals and public inquiries, and meets all of the Engineering and

:12:03. > :12:08.safety standards. It is regrettable that there are isolated incidents

:12:08. > :12:13.of delay, we sympathise genuinely with those caught up in it, but we

:12:13. > :12:16.think that there are measures in place that allows for early

:12:16. > :12:20.intervention to allow blockages to be cleared as quickly as possible.

:12:20. > :12:25.The car this morning was eventually towed away by a breakdown vehicle

:12:25. > :12:29.organised by the police, but not paid for by the police. If you

:12:29. > :12:34.break down on any road in Northern Ireland, it is up to you to get the

:12:34. > :12:39.car moved. The police have pointed out that it would be a much quicker

:12:39. > :12:43.process if motorists phoned a towing Company themselves first.

:12:43. > :12:46.When the minister responsible for roads was asked if Northern Ireland

:12:46. > :12:52.needed an automatic telling service for cars that cause blockages, he

:12:52. > :12:55.said he was open to new ideas. If you have also been left

:12:55. > :12:58.frustrated in a traffic jam in the Westlink, let us know your

:12:59. > :13:03.experiences, or your suggestions on how to prevent them.

:13:04. > :13:08.We are at facebook.com/bbcnewsline. You can also get in touch with us

:13:08. > :13:10.on Twitter or by email, bbcnewsline@bbc.co.uk. And Radio

:13:10. > :13:18.Ulster's Talkback programme will be covering this topic tomorrow at

:13:18. > :13:22.noon. It was a busy day for the transport

:13:22. > :13:25.minister. He met city councillors worried about the future of the

:13:25. > :13:29.Belfast-Londonderry rail service. They want the line to have a full

:13:29. > :13:33.upgrade, but it was reported last week there is not enough money to

:13:33. > :13:41.pay for it. Danny Kennedy told councillors he will ask the

:13:41. > :13:46.Passengers who use the rail link between Derry and Belfast will

:13:46. > :13:51.notice the changes next year. Due to the condition of the track,

:13:51. > :13:55.translate says it has to carry out maintenance. It means the frequency

:13:55. > :13:58.of the service will be reduced by six trains a day. A third of trains

:13:59. > :14:03.between Derry and Belfast will terminate in Colraine, and

:14:03. > :14:10.passengers will be asked for the rest of their journey. The work

:14:11. > :14:14.will take two years and come inside between this -- between Londonderry

:14:14. > :14:20.been the first UK City of Culture. We are going to look stupid in the

:14:20. > :14:27.eyes of the world if, indeed year that we are inviting people to come

:14:27. > :14:34.to Northern Ireland and experience our tourism and culture will offer,

:14:34. > :14:37.we minimise our provision in terms of a railway service... Safety work

:14:38. > :14:42.on the railway between Belfast and Derry is going to been quite a

:14:42. > :14:46.disruption for passengers for the foreseeable future. The line is due

:14:46. > :14:52.an upgrade, but the transport minister says the latest of that

:14:52. > :14:56.will be available for three years. -- money to start that.

:14:56. > :15:01.economic times are difficult, and priorities have to be made. It is

:15:02. > :15:05.customary to invest in infrastructure that provides

:15:05. > :15:09.employment. This money was committed at the start of the year,

:15:09. > :15:14.and does not seem to be committed now, and we need to understand what

:15:14. > :15:18.has happened. The repairs are necessary because the money for a

:15:18. > :15:22.comprehensive refit of the line is not available. That is due to

:15:22. > :15:29.public sector spending cuts. Work on that major upgrade was supposed

:15:29. > :15:34.to begin next year. It has been put on the long finger. People are

:15:34. > :15:37.looking forward to 2013, and it is an exciting place to be. Those

:15:37. > :15:42.involved in tourism believe investment in infrastructure

:15:42. > :15:47.remains critical. It is hugely unfortunate, we are all excited

:15:48. > :15:52.about the upgrade of the railway, and the lid to the Causeway is so

:15:52. > :15:57.crucial to Northern Ireland, it is not just crucial to this city, but

:15:57. > :16:01.from a tourism point of view, it is a big mistake. The Transport

:16:01. > :16:06.Minister today attended a special meeting with the City Council to

:16:06. > :16:13.listen to local concerns. He again reaffirmed his commitment to the

:16:13. > :16:17.service and said he wanted to maintain and upgrade the line.

:16:17. > :16:21.The tens of thousands of young people awaiting their GCSE results

:16:21. > :16:25.tomorrow may be interested to learn the financial benefit of doing well.

:16:25. > :16:35.A study has found that you will earn twice as much in a job if you

:16:35. > :16:37.

:16:37. > :16:41.have a degree that if you have no A comparison of pay and

:16:41. > :16:48.qualifications. Yes, the figures tell us the difference between

:16:48. > :16:54.people who have a few GCSEs and the people who have more qualifications.

:16:54. > :16:58.If you have a degree, you and most. The difference between you with a

:16:58. > :17:03.degree and those with just GCSEs has narrowed a bit. That is because

:17:03. > :17:09.so many more people have degrees. If you have a degree here, you will

:17:09. > :17:13.earn 84% more. That suggests that doing a degree, even despite the

:17:13. > :17:19.high costs, is probably still good value, it can be worth it. These

:17:19. > :17:23.are average figures, some degrees will a new war, some might not.

:17:23. > :17:28.have to be canny about the choice you make. Absolutely, you should

:17:28. > :17:32.look at the potential earnings capacity. If a degree is not likely

:17:32. > :17:40.to earn -- add to your earnings, you should look at the Technical

:17:40. > :17:44.College. Those colleges, if you go to one of those colleges and you

:17:44. > :17:48.have a higher education diploma, you will and 68% more than those

:17:48. > :17:53.people with just GCSEs, better than the UK average, which suggests a

:17:53. > :17:57.Diploma is worth here and in the rest of the UK. The suggestion is

:17:57. > :18:02.that qualifications still matter. Of course, and unfortunately we

:18:02. > :18:09.still have the highest proportion of people without qualifications,

:18:09. > :18:16.20%, compared to a UK average of 20%. -- 10%. They will earn 19%

:18:16. > :18:20.less than those with GCSEs. Tomorrow, with the results coming

:18:20. > :18:25.out, we will focus on the 30,000 young people and the choices they

:18:25. > :18:29.will now make. Should they think outside the box?

:18:29. > :18:33.Work has started in County Tyrone to dig out more facts about the

:18:34. > :18:43.life of a renowned Irish immigrant to the USA. He helped build Boston

:18:44. > :18:46.

:18:46. > :18:50.It is almost 200 years since he packed his bags and set off across

:18:50. > :18:55.the Atlantic to a brave new world in America. There is little left of

:18:55. > :19:00.his life here, but Kindle of Massachusetts, he left a huge

:19:00. > :19:09.market. You have come over with a team from the University, who was

:19:09. > :19:17.he? We know that he came over in 1817, he arrived in Boston, he

:19:17. > :19:25.opened Pru risk, he started a Labour ganged up -- Labour gang. He

:19:25. > :19:30.lived until 82, he is a Labour leader, a spiritual leader, he also

:19:30. > :19:34.is a social leader, he became a constable, he got the pigs out of

:19:34. > :19:39.the streets in their neighbourhood. We do not know what happened to him

:19:39. > :19:44.before that time. This extension with the second tranche is, that is

:19:44. > :19:52.having a bit of research done. This is a joint project between Queen

:19:52. > :19:56.today visited Belfast and the University of Massachusetts. This

:19:57. > :20:02.is a tremendous Project. It is a transatlantic project, we have been

:20:02. > :20:06.doing excavations at the heart of the Irish settlement in the 19th

:20:06. > :20:10.century. We have taken the same crew across, and we are working

:20:10. > :20:16.here at the homestead. Is it important to put the family on the

:20:16. > :20:21.back? Yes, if you think of him as an individual who goes Cross and

:20:22. > :20:27.his development -- is involved in the development of the city, that

:20:27. > :20:35.is the bottom here, so we are highlighting what he has achieved.

:20:35. > :20:39.The people here will appreciate the work he has done. The team is

:20:39. > :20:48.continuing to dig until Friday, and with a bit of luck, the sunshine at

:20:48. > :20:53.last, and the mark might dry up. Stay with us for a tasty success

:20:53. > :20:58.story, and how a man's car before making cheese has won him awards

:20:58. > :21:02.and a place on restaurant menus. Also, the Englishman who wants to

:21:02. > :21:07.fight as an Irishman. But first, an Irishman who plays

:21:07. > :21:11.for England. A Eoin Morgan will captain England tomorrow in a one-

:21:11. > :21:15.day international against Ireland, the land of his birth.

:21:15. > :21:21.Eoin Morgan knows this cricket ground like the back of his hand,

:21:21. > :21:26.having grown up in Dublin. He played here many times. Tomorrow,

:21:26. > :21:32.it will be a complete a different experience. It will be a huge

:21:32. > :21:38.honour and privilege. I feel very proud of myself to get to the stage,

:21:38. > :21:43.even if it is only one game. I will hope that it did them proud. It is

:21:43. > :21:47.a massive day for my family, a lot of them will be here. It will be

:21:47. > :21:54.really good. It will always be special, I am looking forward to it.

:21:54. > :21:58.He is not the first Irishman to captain England. Over a century ago,

:21:59. > :22:01.a Kildare man led England in the Ashes against Australia. England

:22:01. > :22:11.are the huge favourites, but we remember what happened the last

:22:11. > :22:12.

:22:12. > :22:21.time the countries played. This is it! This is it! Take a bow,

:22:21. > :22:25.Ireland! What a game of cricket! I cannot believe it! Terrific! Five

:22:25. > :22:29.months on, it is good to look back. But you cannot stay in the past,

:22:29. > :22:35.you have to look forward to progress as a team and as

:22:35. > :22:40.individuals. It will be hard fought, England have a good young side,

:22:40. > :22:44.people coming over have things to proved. At least one Irishman will

:22:44. > :22:48.be in a winning side tomorrow. The majority of the crowd will hope the

:22:48. > :22:54.team in Queen will celebrate another famous victory, rather than

:22:54. > :22:58.the doubloon or captained the visiting side. -- Dublin their

:22:58. > :23:03.captain and the visiting side. Tyson Fury is due to make his

:23:03. > :23:08.King's Hall debut in Belfast next month. He was born in Manchester

:23:08. > :23:12.but takes great pride in his Irish roots. He wanted to fight for

:23:12. > :23:18.Ireland in the Beijing Olympics, but could not prove his heritage.

:23:18. > :23:22.I almost quit boxing. I had my heart set on going to the Olympic

:23:22. > :23:27.Games for Ireland. What could have got a gold medal, but it is in the

:23:27. > :23:32.past now. It is a dream of mine to fight in Northern Ireland, and now

:23:32. > :23:38.it looks like it is country. When I was an amateur, people did not want

:23:38. > :23:43.to fight me. The Irish heavyweight champion does not want to fight me.

:23:43. > :23:49.How can I be the best if they do not want to fight me?

:23:49. > :23:53.The success story. A County Down man making artisan cheese producers

:23:53. > :24:03.sit up and take notice. He has come up with a new blue cheese which

:24:03. > :24:07.

:24:07. > :24:11.I just cut this into squares. all started here in his kitchen,

:24:11. > :24:18.with a pan of warm milk and a passion to make cheese. It took a

:24:18. > :24:22.bit of patience. It is a slow food. That is one of the things that is

:24:22. > :24:26.important to learn. You have to realise that the cheese is ready

:24:26. > :24:31.when it is ready. It started as a hobby but he was calling on expert

:24:31. > :24:37.help from the departure of agriculture's Food Centre. The

:24:38. > :24:45.breakthrough came when this was judged the best Irish cheese at the

:24:45. > :24:54.Cheese Show. We are dry salt in this. Another way is to put it in a

:24:54. > :24:59.brine baths. This way, you get more hands-on. He has an enthusiastic

:24:59. > :25:04.audience, but these are not his cows. He has no farming connections.

:25:04. > :25:09.The milk comes from a local dairy. That, combined with his expertise,

:25:09. > :25:16.and the result is a soft, subtle blue cheese. The idea is to take

:25:16. > :25:20.his product that we have, and will milk, and to try and produce some

:25:20. > :25:27.think that is really special for Northern Ireland, a true artisan

:25:27. > :25:31.product. We are a long way down the road to achieving that. The cheese

:25:31. > :25:37.is on the cheese board of a major hotel chain, and is being stopped

:25:37. > :25:42.in restaurants. He says there is no fortune to be made, but for him,

:25:42. > :25:45.the result has been truly satisfying.

:25:45. > :25:55.That is the definition of happiness, making a living out of pursuing

:25:55. > :26:01.

:26:01. > :26:06.It is then mixed story. We did not do too badly today. Western parts

:26:06. > :26:10.were tortured with heavy downpours from early afternoon, but a much

:26:11. > :26:17.quieter story in the east. The temperatures exceeded expectations,

:26:17. > :26:20.and we had some good spell of sunshine through the afternoon. The

:26:20. > :26:28.showers have become more uniform. Through the evening, be prepared

:26:28. > :26:35.for further showers. We are not out of the woods yet. The showers will

:26:35. > :26:39.fade away. One or two spots could get lobar than this. There is a

:26:39. > :26:45.chance of the odd pocket of mist. Tomorrow, the weather is not

:26:45. > :26:50.changing its tune. First think, it should be dry and bright with

:26:50. > :26:55.sunshine, but it will not take long before the showers role end. They

:26:55. > :26:59.start early, and they will be lively from the word go. Even

:26:59. > :27:04.before lunchtime, we could have a rumble of thunder. They continue

:27:04. > :27:11.through the afternoon. But they will be hit and miss. Not

:27:12. > :27:15.everywhere will catch a shower. In between, sunshine. The breeze

:27:15. > :27:22.should pick up through the second part of the day. That will help to

:27:22. > :27:26.push the showers out of the way. The showers continue not just for

:27:26. > :27:34.the afternoon but on into the evening time. There will be some

:27:34. > :27:38.torrential downpours at times. That is the set up for tomorrow. It is a

:27:38. > :27:46.showery outlook. On Friday, the showers are not as intense, and

:27:46. > :27:51.even into the weekend, sunny spells and showers. On Saturday, it will