0:00:12 > 0:00:15Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Noel Thompson and Donna
0:00:15 > 0:00:20Traynor. The headlines this Monday evening:
0:00:20 > 0:00:24The two-day downpour brings flooding misery to many homes.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26There will be further heavy pulses of rain in the west this evening
0:00:26 > 0:00:28before the wind and the rain eventually eases. I'll have the
0:00:28 > 0:00:31latest. A 60-year-old man dies after being
0:00:31 > 0:00:34assaulted outside a city centre taxi rank.
0:00:34 > 0:00:40The Prison Service at watershed - a report calls for radical change,
0:00:40 > 0:00:44including up to 600 redundancies. Northern Ireland's golfers lead the
0:00:44 > 0:00:53European Ryder Cup standings. We hear from the player who is top of
0:00:53 > 0:00:58For two days now heavy downpours have brought misery to many, with
0:00:58 > 0:01:00homes and businesses flooded and roads blocked. We've reports
0:01:00 > 0:01:08tonight of roads flooded and traffic queues from Keady to
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Lisburn to Maghera. Later in the programme we'll hear how home
0:01:11 > 0:01:15insurers are reacting to this latest deluge and, of course, we
0:01:15 > 0:01:24will have a detailed weather forecast. First Mervyn Jess has
0:01:24 > 0:01:29visited some of the worst hit areas. Guy in after last night's floods,
0:01:29 > 0:01:36what was left of this kitchen and living room was being put in the
0:01:36 > 0:01:40bin and taken away. The water was just running through the back of
0:01:40 > 0:01:45the house, right out through the front. Several houses here were
0:01:45 > 0:01:51swamped. But first they realise something was wrong was when they
0:01:51 > 0:01:55noticed water pouring through the backdoor key holes. The water was 4
0:01:56 > 0:02:00ft deep. Once the manhole was opened it was like a geyser. All of
0:02:00 > 0:02:08the raw sewage was out and coming into the house. Yesterday's more or
0:02:08 > 0:02:18less constant rain damaged disc care home in County Antrim.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Householders struggled to keep the floods at bay. This morning
0:02:25 > 0:02:32following trees blocked several Brits, as did landslides like this
0:02:32 > 0:02:42one near Ballyclare. Just outside Maghera, part of the roadside was
0:02:42 > 0:02:45
0:02:45 > 0:02:50simply washed away into a field. This railway bridge had a problem
0:02:51 > 0:02:55with the level of the water underneath it. A row of cottages,
0:02:55 > 0:03:01most of them occupied by pensioners, was flooded for the second time in
0:03:01 > 0:03:07a week. Ironically they are blaming ongoing work to improve and near by
0:03:07 > 0:03:17storm drain. Last week was worse. We have never had anything like
0:03:17 > 0:03:27this, since they started the strain out here. The carpet is up and
0:03:27 > 0:03:27
0:03:27 > 0:03:32you're back down to stone floors. For us to put another good car put
0:03:32 > 0:03:38down their, but to put a carpet down there again and in another two
0:03:38 > 0:03:43weeks, what is going to happen? He will pay for at that time? I don't
0:03:43 > 0:03:52care what it looks like, he can stay that way until those boys are
0:03:52 > 0:03:59finished working out there. These homeowners had the rivers agency
0:03:59 > 0:04:05out to look at the nearby river. Meanwhile, Deborah Beck is facing
0:04:05 > 0:04:11up to living with the aftermath of the flood. I have anarchistic ten-
0:04:11 > 0:04:17year-old son. He has to stay here. His routine cannot be broken. I
0:04:17 > 0:04:22couldn't even begin to make him a lunch, so he is upstairs Africa,
0:04:22 > 0:04:28because of all the noise. I have been offered to go to a hostel, but
0:04:28 > 0:04:33it is not feasible to take my son out of his home.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37With the rain still falling, those most at risk are standing by with
0:04:37 > 0:04:39sandbags at the ready. Let's go live to the County Down
0:04:39 > 0:04:49coast to see what's happening there. Our district journalist Claire
0:04:49 > 0:04:54Savage is in Portaferry. Clearly very wet and windy. The weather is
0:04:54 > 0:05:00absolutely miserable here. It has been raining throughout most of
0:05:01 > 0:05:07today. We have seen a lot of surface water on the roads. If
0:05:07 > 0:05:11motorists have been exercising care for fear of aquaplaning. I have
0:05:11 > 0:05:16reports of standing water across Northern Ireland. You in the
0:05:16 > 0:05:24peninsula tonight we are expecting winds of up to 45 miles an hour.
0:05:24 > 0:05:30The weather has not been that bad compared to other places. The road
0:05:30 > 0:05:40was still passable down to port - - down to Portaferry. The ferry is
0:05:40 > 0:05:40
0:05:40 > 0:05:45running as usual. We are hopefully over the worst of it here. Let's
0:05:45 > 0:05:55get more detail on all this rain. Lindsey Armstrong has been tracking
0:05:55 > 0:05:56
0:05:56 > 0:06:00And number of factors have contributed to where we are now. It
0:06:00 > 0:06:07is the amount of rainfall that has fallen in a very short space of
0:06:08 > 0:06:14time. 24 mm in the last day. There has been no real break from the
0:06:14 > 0:06:24rain. From 10 o'clock on Sunday morning, it moved in quickly. A
0:06:24 > 0:06:27small reprieve, but then more rain The police have started a murder
0:06:27 > 0:06:30investigation following the death of a man in Belfast. Joe O'Neill,
0:06:30 > 0:06:40from the west of the city, had been assaulted and died in hospital this
0:06:40 > 0:06:44
0:06:44 > 0:06:49morning. Kevin Sharkey reports. Joe O'Neill assisting multiple head
0:06:49 > 0:06:57injuries. This is where the attack happened, close to did did this end
0:06:57 > 0:07:02of the Falls Road. The family are absolutely traumatised. Their
0:07:02 > 0:07:11father and their husband went out to work and just did not come home.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16I knew him from the area. A lovely family. A lovely quiet family. His
0:07:16 > 0:07:21children would often be out on the street playing. They were a well-
0:07:21 > 0:07:25respected family. The police - - at the police have confirmed that a
0:07:25 > 0:07:3034-year-old man has been charged in connection with the incident. He
0:07:30 > 0:07:34was charged with grievous bodily harm before the victim died last
0:07:35 > 0:07:39night. Joe O'Neill Riad his family in West Belfast and worked in this
0:07:39 > 0:07:45bar and was assaulted just a short distance away. The police now want
0:07:45 > 0:07:51to hear from anyone he was in this King Street area, or Castle Street
0:07:51 > 0:07:54area at about 1:15am yesterday morning.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56A watershed for the prison service - that's how David Ford described a
0:07:56 > 0:07:59report published today which recommends the most fundamental
0:07:59 > 0:08:02reforms in the history of the system. The proposals include a
0:08:02 > 0:08:05redundancy scheme that could mean up to 600 prison officers will lose
0:08:05 > 0:08:15their jobs, at a cost of at least �20 million. Our Home Affairs
0:08:15 > 0:08:17
0:08:17 > 0:08:22correspondent, Vincent Kearney, reports.
0:08:22 > 0:08:27There are almost 1800 people in prison here, the highest level in
0:08:27 > 0:08:32many years. The prison system is the most expensive in the UK, but
0:08:32 > 0:08:37also has been labelled the least effective. The latest reports
0:08:37 > 0:08:41published today recommends the most radical reforms in the history of
0:08:41 > 0:08:46the Prison Service. They include a redundancy scheme that could see up
0:08:46 > 0:08:51to 600 prison officers lose their jobs with about 300 new staff
0:08:51 > 0:08:57recruited under new terms and under or salaries. Publishing the report,
0:08:57 > 0:09:01David Ford acknowledged the scale of reforms needed. It is clear that
0:09:01 > 0:09:05lasting reform on this scale will take time. We cannot expect
0:09:05 > 0:09:12fundamental change to happen overnight. Before appealing to all
0:09:12 > 0:09:16political parties to support the changes. I now look to colleagues
0:09:17 > 0:09:21to lend their weight and support to making the strategy happen.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25hopes of cross-party support were short-lived. Some politicians
0:09:25 > 0:09:30attacked the proposal to introduce a time limit for prisoners to be
0:09:30 > 0:09:34held on romance before trial. A number of Unionists claimed this
0:09:34 > 0:09:39could lead to potentially dangerous criminals being automatically
0:09:39 > 0:09:44released after a year. This statement this morning from the
0:09:44 > 0:09:50minister reads more like a criminal's charter Thanatos about
0:09:50 > 0:09:55anything else. The report has all the smell of the Patten report
0:09:55 > 0:09:59around it. It strikes me that this report has more to do with the
0:10:00 > 0:10:04comfort of the prisoners than it has to do with looking after the
0:10:04 > 0:10:10victims. The opera of the reports later issued a statement saying it
0:10:11 > 0:10:14did not contain a recommendation to release prisoners after a year. She
0:10:14 > 0:10:18also urged the pigeon service to act quickly to implement the
0:10:18 > 0:10:21proposed changes. One of the things we said at the end of the
0:10:21 > 0:10:25introduction was what we did not want was to distribute to result in
0:10:25 > 0:10:29a report but no change because there is history of that. For that
0:10:29 > 0:10:34reason we're saying that although the whole change programme will
0:10:34 > 0:10:41take a long time, the next six months are crucial in pitting the
0:10:41 > 0:10:44foundations in place. Details of the redundancy package for prison
0:10:44 > 0:10:49officers are still being finalised. It is understood the total cost
0:10:49 > 0:10:59will be at least �20 million. Still to come on the programme: The
0:10:59 > 0:10:59
0:10:59 > 0:11:09baby milk bank that's running short of vital supplies.
0:11:09 > 0:11:20
0:11:20 > 0:11:24The end of the local motor biking The lawyer... a case of the
0:11:24 > 0:11:30Jennifer Gardai murder trial goes on. Jennifer Cardy's disappearance
0:11:30 > 0:11:35on the trot of August 1981 sparked this you'd search operation. 30
0:11:35 > 0:11:39years on Scottish serial killer Robert Brack stands accused of
0:11:39 > 0:11:44murdering her that day, but his defence say the jury cannot even be
0:11:44 > 0:11:48sure he was in Northern Ireland, let alone that he killed her. His
0:11:48 > 0:11:54defence said that the prosecution would try to put a square peg into
0:11:54 > 0:12:00a round hole. Opportunity is the key in this case, he said, and on
0:12:00 > 0:12:06this the prosecution case is weak, flimsy and unsatisfactory. He also
0:12:06 > 0:12:09claimed that there were striking differences between Robert Black's
0:12:09 > 0:12:12three known killings and that of Jennifer. He said Jennifer had not
0:12:12 > 0:12:17been dressed as he liked his victims to be dressed and that when
0:12:17 > 0:12:21her body was recovered her shoes were still in place. He said
0:12:21 > 0:12:27missing shoes were a tell-tale sign that Black had been at the scene of
0:12:27 > 0:12:30a crime. The shoes were always removed. He said that this was a
0:12:30 > 0:12:34difficult and emotional case, but said they had to make the decision
0:12:34 > 0:12:38could lead, calmly and dispassionately, even if they had
0:12:38 > 0:12:42the utmost sympathy for Jennifer's family and none at all for Robert
0:12:42 > 0:12:47Black. Maybe some or all of you would like to convict him because
0:12:47 > 0:12:56of what you know about him, but you don't decide verdicts on a motion.
0:12:56 > 0:13:03The judge will begin his summing up tomorrow.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06And just how many have used the new Peace Bridge in Londonderry so far?
0:13:06 > 0:13:09A detective investigating the death of a police officer 37 years ago
0:13:09 > 0:13:11says he is confident a review of the case will uncover fresh
0:13:11 > 0:13:15evidence. Inspector Bill Elliott was shot by Republicans from the
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Official IRA at the scene of a bank robbery in 1974. The author and
0:13:18 > 0:13:20screenwriter Ronan Bennett, who was then aged 18, was jailed for the
0:13:20 > 0:13:23murder. His conviction was overturned a year later. A senior
0:13:23 > 0:13:33police officer says he believes they can make progress despite the
0:13:33 > 0:13:34
0:13:34 > 0:13:39During the process, some opportunities were identified and
0:13:39 > 0:13:42as a result, the case will be reopened for investigation and it
0:13:42 > 0:13:46is my view that there are people out there who will have information
0:13:46 > 0:13:50that might assist the investigation. People do know who is involved and
0:13:50 > 0:13:54I would appeal to those people to come forward with information in
0:13:54 > 0:13:57order that the suspects can be proper for the court.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00If you have spent the weekend brushing water out of your house or
0:14:00 > 0:14:09business, what help can you expect from the insurance company? Our
0:14:09 > 0:14:12consumer correspondent joins us. Perhaps you have already had a
0:14:12 > 0:14:16flooding experience but it does affect insurance, doesn't it?
0:14:16 > 0:14:19As if clearing up after a flood is not bad enough, the sting in the
0:14:19 > 0:14:25tail comes when you try and renew your insurance. Most of us these
0:14:25 > 0:14:28days use price comparison sites on the internet. But if you have had a
0:14:28 > 0:14:37flood and made a claim, you may find it more difficult to get
0:14:37 > 0:14:41insured next time around. insurance companies do all used the
0:14:41 > 0:14:46technology to find out what the risk is. That somebody was seeking
0:14:46 > 0:14:51insurance through a search engine and you were asked the question,
0:14:51 > 0:15:01high close you are to a watercourse. The chances are you may still
0:15:01 > 0:15:01
0:15:01 > 0:15:06receive a rejection but he may still receive insurance.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10These weather events are becoming more and more frequent? A higher
0:15:10 > 0:15:13premium or a larger excess. That means in your next policy you may
0:15:13 > 0:15:16have to agree to foot more of the bill yourself if the house if
0:15:17 > 0:15:19flooded again. In some cases the excess may run into thousands of
0:15:19 > 0:15:29pounds. The insurance industry says the cost of flood damage has
0:15:29 > 0:15:30
0:15:30 > 0:15:38increased sharply. It is an increasing phenomenon, certainly in
0:15:38 > 0:15:43terms of frequency of their event and cost of events. In total UK
0:15:44 > 0:15:49terms, costs have increased over 200% in the equivalent period in
0:15:49 > 0:15:51the last century so it is an increasing problem.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55The cost of household insurance hasn't been increasing as fast as
0:15:55 > 0:16:05motor premiums. Home insurance is a a very competitive sector of the
0:16:05 > 0:16:12
0:16:12 > 0:16:15market. A vital service helping premature
0:16:15 > 0:16:18and seriously ill babies is desperately looking for help from
0:16:18 > 0:16:20new mothers. The human milk bank in Irvinestown helps babies in
0:16:20 > 0:16:27neonatal units across Ireland by supplying donated breast milk to
0:16:27 > 0:16:30babies who cannot be fed by their own mothers. But supplies have been
0:16:30 > 0:16:40hit because with people under financial pressures, many women who
0:16:40 > 0:16:43
0:16:43 > 0:16:47would have been donors have returned to work sooner.
0:16:47 > 0:16:54These babies are thriving but six- month-old baby Lily needed some
0:16:54 > 0:16:58help at the start of her life. was born with erratic breathing and
0:16:58 > 0:17:02she went to the neonatal unit and she had some Donna milker their,
0:17:02 > 0:17:06hence the reason that I would like to give a little bit back as well.
0:17:06 > 0:17:12Jackie has now become a donor for the human milk bank in Irvinestown.
0:17:12 > 0:17:18It helps sick babies in hospitals all over Ireland. Where helping
0:17:18 > 0:17:24lots of babies, some of them very premature. One baby we are helping,
0:17:24 > 0:17:29her mother has cancer and is unfit to feed. We have another bum who
0:17:29 > 0:17:32has been involved in a car accident and she is having done a milk for
0:17:32 > 0:17:36her baby because she is still in intensive care. Breast love this
0:17:36 > 0:17:42also given to babies who have heart surgery as it helps prevent
0:17:42 > 0:17:47infection. So far this year, donors have helped more than 400 babies
0:17:47 > 0:17:51including 35 sets of twins and six sets of triplets. But while there
0:17:52 > 0:17:55have been plenty of mum's willing to donate to the bank, the economic
0:17:55 > 0:18:03downturn is having an impact. At this time of year, the freezer
0:18:03 > 0:18:10should be full of milk but as you can see, the shelves are empty.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15also ask for a minimum donation of three litres because lots of mums
0:18:15 > 0:18:18have to go back to work up much earlier. Often they can be that
0:18:18 > 0:18:25main breadwinner and just for them to provide three litres and then
0:18:25 > 0:18:30managed to get back to work, they are doing fantastic work. More new
0:18:30 > 0:18:33mums are desperately needed to keep this life-saving service running.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Feeding your own baby is a struggle at the start to get used to it so
0:18:37 > 0:18:42if you can help somebody in the meantime until they get over an
0:18:42 > 0:18:49illness or anything, it would be brilliant. If baby Lily could speak,
0:18:49 > 0:18:52I am sure she would say thank you to the donor mums who helped her.
0:18:52 > 0:19:00A golfer from Northern Ireland leads the European Ryder Cup points
0:19:00 > 0:19:03standings and it may not be the one you think. Here's Stephen Watson.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Not our major champions Roy McIlory, Darren Clarke or Graeme McDowell
0:19:06 > 0:19:11but Belfast's Michael Hoey who made a flying visit back on today after
0:19:11 > 0:19:14a top 20 finish at the Castello Masters in Spain yesterday. He
0:19:14 > 0:19:16recently won the prestigious Dunhill Links tournament at St
0:19:16 > 0:19:26Andrews and today leapfrogged McIlory into the number one
0:19:26 > 0:19:26
0:19:26 > 0:19:32European Ryder Cup position. Hopefully this time next year, I
0:19:32 > 0:19:37will be on top of the Ryder Cup list. List. Dunhill was a massive
0:19:37 > 0:19:42amount of money and last week I was top 20 so I have now played in two
0:19:42 > 0:19:45major championships against the best players in the world and
0:19:45 > 0:19:48travelling with Rory, Graham and Darren, so is a huge boost my
0:19:48 > 0:19:51confidence. The local motorcycling season came
0:19:51 > 0:19:54to an end at the weekend with the traditional Sunflower Trophy event
0:19:54 > 0:19:58at Bishopscourt. Ian Lowry from Moira upset the odds to win a hat-
0:19:58 > 0:20:07trick of races. One of Northern Ireland's best-ever riders rolled
0:20:07 > 0:20:11back the years to stand on the top step of the podium.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15Feeling the chill at the sunflower, the end-of-season finale isn't
0:20:15 > 0:20:20famous for its pleasant conditions but it does bring together the best
0:20:20 > 0:20:29local racers along with a few big name of visitors. Ian Laurie was
0:20:29 > 0:20:32the man at the meeting beating world racers. His margin of victory
0:20:32 > 0:20:40was comfortable, he took full advantage of his team-mate's
0:20:40 > 0:20:43misfortune. It's a pity that my team-mate got hurt. He has no be
0:20:43 > 0:20:47broken if Europe's. He had an accident coming out of the last
0:20:47 > 0:20:51turn up but it is great for me to win this. I have come off the back
0:20:51 > 0:20:56of two difficult seasons so to come back and right of my old team with
0:20:56 > 0:21:00all the guys that I know well, it is fantastic and it is good to come
0:21:00 > 0:21:05and do it in front of the home crowd. He wasn't the only man with
0:21:05 > 0:21:09a smile on his face. 48 year-old journey McWilliams cut through the
0:21:10 > 0:21:13field in the Super twin race like enthusiastic teenager. The former
0:21:13 > 0:21:19grand prix racer went from last to first on a bike he had ever run
0:21:19 > 0:21:22before. Not even in practice. Once a racer, always a racer.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24There's a familiar look to the top of local footballs Carling
0:21:24 > 0:21:34Premiership. The Champions Linfield moved back into first position,
0:21:34 > 0:21:35
0:21:35 > 0:21:39jumping above Portadown who they beat at Windsor Park.
0:21:39 > 0:21:49Champions Linfield got to a flier, thanks to the school on five
0:21:49 > 0:21:49
0:21:49 > 0:21:55minutes. Portadown had plenty of chances of their own. They went
0:21:55 > 0:22:00close on a number of occasions before Robert's 5th goal of the
0:22:00 > 0:22:10season, sending the blues clear at the top. Across town, Crusaders
0:22:10 > 0:22:17travelled to Cliftonville a. They went in front after just 18 minutes.
0:22:17 > 0:22:24Crusaders Martin Donnelly levelled matters on the half-hour mark. The
0:22:24 > 0:22:31win was secured here. Sending the solitude to crowd berserk in the
0:22:31 > 0:22:35process! Glentoran are still eight points of the top spot despite a 5-
0:22:35 > 0:22:400 demolition of Dungannon. Coleraine got back to winning ways
0:22:40 > 0:22:46on Saturday, easing to a 3-1 win over Lisburn Distillery. It doesn't
0:22:46 > 0:22:50get any easier for or Glenavon as they went down 2-1 away to Donegal
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Celtic. Phil Coulter. Loughgiel of Antrim have confirmed
0:22:53 > 0:22:56their status at the summit of club hurling in Ulster. They retained
0:22:56 > 0:23:04their provincial title with a 16 point win over down champions
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Ballycran. It would have taken a hearty soul
0:23:08 > 0:23:15to venture up Belfast's first win yesterday, never mind watch or play
0:23:15 > 0:23:18a game of hurling but under floodlights at 3pm in the afternoon,
0:23:19 > 0:23:22it was Ballycran who were eventually dazzled as Loughgiel,
0:23:22 > 0:23:28wearing red, overwhelmed their opponents with a dominant second
0:23:28 > 0:23:33half display. The goals merely added to the glass. It takes the
0:23:33 > 0:23:39Antrim men to a second consecutive All-Ireland semi-final and answers
0:23:39 > 0:23:45some of their critics. We are no longer tied with the jokers. We
0:23:45 > 0:23:49have won two titles in a row. is no doubt that they want to go a
0:23:49 > 0:23:53step further than last year. We weren't so far away last year but
0:23:53 > 0:23:57we are going to put a massive effort into this this year and we
0:23:57 > 0:24:01can sit back and watch the Munster championship and see who replay.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05Until then, there will be a little celebration but plenty of hard work
0:24:05 > 0:24:08on the training field. The Belfast Giants are still top of
0:24:08 > 0:24:18the ice hockey's elite League after one win and one defeat at the
0:24:18 > 0:24:20
0:24:20 > 0:24:24weekend. The peace bridge in Londonderry has
0:24:24 > 0:24:28proved to be a big success since opening in the summer. The numbers
0:24:28 > 0:24:34crossing the bridge has exceeded all expectations. Can you guess how
0:24:34 > 0:24:38many? With the answer, here is Keiron Tourish.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42Count Dracula helped celebrate the fact that two UN and 50,000 people
0:24:42 > 0:24:45have now used the peace bridge and that this year's Hallowe'en
0:24:45 > 0:24:50celebrations that will be a treat for spectators at the fireworks
0:24:50 > 0:24:54display. It will be absolutely fantastic. There will be restricted
0:24:54 > 0:24:58numbers on the bridge for safety reasons but it will provide a
0:24:58 > 0:25:03superb vantage point. Since it opened, the bridge has proved an
0:25:03 > 0:25:07outstanding success with walkers, joggers and cyclists, even a few
0:25:08 > 0:25:12happy couples celebrated part of their big day here. Some have
0:25:12 > 0:25:15fallen foul of the rules and created a bit of a stink though we
0:25:15 > 0:25:21will not point an accusing finger at anyone. Locals have taken it to
0:25:21 > 0:25:26the bridge. I think it is excellent, it has connected the two sides.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30is terrific, we used in most days. It is not very good for the
0:25:30 > 0:25:36hairstyle, though! I think it is terrific, it has been a great asset
0:25:36 > 0:25:41to the city. Lots of people are using it. If you want to witness
0:25:41 > 0:25:46the fireworks are from the new peace bridge, you had better get
0:25:46 > 0:25:56here early, it is on a first-come, first-served basis. You never know
0:25:56 > 0:25:58
0:25:58 > 0:26:02who you meet! A good news is that we are going to
0:26:02 > 0:26:06get some release from this rain that has been falling quite heavily
0:26:06 > 0:26:11right through the weekend and into today. The bad news is, not before
0:26:11 > 0:26:16there will be further heavy pulses of rain in County Fermanagh and
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Londonderry. Here is the picture from earlier on. With a break from
0:26:19 > 0:26:26the weekend rain, this next system of wet weather pitches in from the
0:26:26 > 0:26:29east, developing into heavy pulses. That was coupled with gale-force
0:26:29 > 0:26:35winds so that not to the edge of the temperatures and those heavy
0:26:35 > 0:26:38pulses of rain continued to track westwards to the course of today.
0:26:38 > 0:26:43Unsurprisingly, the Met Office's weather warning will last until the
0:26:43 > 0:26:46end of today because of further heavy rain coming. A good this rain
0:26:46 > 0:26:50in County Londonderry and Fermanagh, right through to the end of the
0:26:50 > 0:26:54evening. Then the wet weather will clear a way to the north-west and
0:26:54 > 0:26:59the wind will start to die down, too. Apart from sunspots of a night,
0:26:59 > 0:27:03will be left with a relatively dry evening and mild temperatures.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Tomorrow, that paves the way for a much better day, we are looking at
0:27:07 > 0:27:11a drier set up with scattered showers and less structured rain.
0:27:11 > 0:27:16Some good spells of about whether to begin with, then some showers
0:27:16 > 0:27:19developing as we approach lunchtime. Drier in County Fermanagh and the
0:27:19 > 0:27:22north Antrim coast and a much better day compared to today. The
0:27:23 > 0:27:28shares will eventually ease away from the East altogether and the
0:27:28 > 0:27:32winds are down as well, helping temperatures feel much milder. The
0:27:32 > 0:27:35showers will ease the way through teatime and we will be left with a
0:27:35 > 0:27:40try evening, paving the way for a comparatively better day come
0:27:40 > 0:27:45Wednesday. What's more sunshine on Wednesday with far fewer shares.
0:27:45 > 0:27:50Temperatures still on the mild side. There's do is looking very similar
0:27:50 > 0:27:56to Wednesday and then on Friday we say hello to high pressure and long,